Random weekly minutes of my life...

1. almost done with taxes - so close...but still not completely done.
2. Three Cups of Tea, however, is done and i recommend the book if you haven't read it already. my father-in-law commented that you feel like your life is a waste after reading what this man accomplished - i wouldn't go that far, but it does help to reset your priorities if they've gone a bit of track recently. his work with the CAI reminds me a little bit of Habitat for Humanity (which i would like to figure out a way to get back involved with...)
3. started potty training baby k this week rather unsuccessfully. i am not in a rush to potty train her - she is the one who wants to sit on the potty like her big brother (and she wanted to stand the other day - oops!). 90% of the time she pees and then tells me that she needs to go potty. so i guess i need to get serious and start sitting her on the potty at regular intervals to be ahead of the curve (i.e. her bladder). i also bought her a toddler bed yesterday. i took down her crib this morning (she's been climbing in and out of it for weeks now) - so today she is officially in a big girl bed now. maybe i should switch from calling her baby k to little miss k?
4. so i usually go to this local mom's group every other week and at the last meeting the lead coordinator asked if i might be interested in joining the leadership team. sure...what the hell, right? figure i have the time to get involved and i could then influence some of the topics and activities covered in the bi-weekly meetings. there is one little thing that i haven't mentioned though - this is a christian moms group. which shouldn't really phase me since i'm a christian, right? well as i have mentioned in other posts, i am learning that even though we are all christians - there is a difference between your boston irish catholics and christians (mostly baptists and mennonites - but throw in some assembly of God and other smaller groups too) in rural, central CA. so i felt a little out of place at times throughout the meeting and then at one point, one of the moms asked if we should be inviting stay-at-home dads to the meetings. after j being home with the kids for 2 years, i could tell you he would NOT be interested in the meetings (even with the free babysitting) but it doesn't mean others wouldn't be interested as well, right? well, one of the members of the leadership team (who is a VERY sweet woman) quickly spoke up to say that she wouldn't be comfortable with men attending because even though she loves her husband she would still worry about the temptation and something happening?!?!?!? i was shocked, but she was completely serious. she appears to be in a strong and loving marriage and i know she is deeply religious... but i guess this means in her mind that a woman can't be just friends with a guy - especially if she is married????? ugh, i SO don't fit in here...