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There if finally some relief from the three long days of hot hot heat! We survived.
Asa has been potty training again. Evie has been grinning and talking, thats been fun, and she's sleeping better too! It'll be six weeks since her birth this friday, It seems like so long ago, but then again like yesterday..

Last Week we looked at the townhome i mentioned in the previous post. We loved it and put a bid in two days later. Unfortunately someone else bid the asking price so we lost out. There was another home we looked at the same day which needs more work and isn't as pretty, but it's cheaper and closer to the middle of where we need to be. We still aren't sure we're going to bid on it though, because it's located at the corner of a slightly busy street. We're supposed to see it this Saturday, I'll keep you posted.

I am really getting sick of paying $65+ every couple of days for gas. The monthly gas budget is more like a car payment now. I wish Mark's work, our families, Tyler, and church could all be close together, like within walking distance...or at least bike riding distance. I bet peoplein the city aren't being affected by the rising costs, at least not as much. Food is crazy expensive too. We have been eating out..or ordering out way more than we should be doing too, so thats not helping our budget..

On gas prices:
"I don't think it's going much lower, and it could go higher," McCain said on NBC's "Today Show." "I don't think so, not when you've got a finite supply, basically, and a cartel controlling it

Who the heck is McCain, the new gas price expert? They might as well have asked me. Anyway his answer is pretty safe. Sorry I just think it's stupid that he is making predictions--even if they are safe. I feel like he doesn't know very much, just army stuff. I especially don't think he knows much about our economy or whats really happening with the oil industry. I am still going to vote for him..the lesser of two evils. I feel that just like our country shouldn't be SO dependant on foreign oil, we-automobile drivers, shouldn't be so dependant on the oil companies... I am so excited to think of better electric cars and cars which use way less fuel for way more miles. My insurance company Progressive is offering $10 million to the winner of a contest in which the goal is to make a 100-mile per gallon car that people actually want to--and can afford to--drive. How cool is that? I just feel that even if the oil companies are making extremely high profits, that's there freedom--this is America, they shouldn't be regulated. We can change their pricing by demanding less oil... I know it's crazy to think about since right now we are so incredibly dependant. I definitely think that this is a good thing for us, a wake up call to be better stewards of this planet and be cleaner and more efficient.

I have ranted enough!
I have this website that I check pretty often. It's called Popsugar, a celebrity gossip blog. I know, I know, how shallow!!! The blog has different categories in it, like home, fashion, beauty ect..
I was reading it the other day when I came across a link. It said, something like "Urban Outfitters opens a new line of stores called Terrain" Right away I thought about a place I drive by very often called "Terrain at Styers" it was recently re-done and is now open. I've been wanting to go in because the design of the place is so intriguing! Anyway, I clicked on the link and saw that Urban Outfitters acquired a nursery near Philadelphia for their first store(the same nurseryI drive by). I was so excited!!! I can't wait to check this place out! I love Anthropolgie and was really into Urban Outfitters as a teen. This new store is even more up my alley being garden center!

Ok I'm done!

Already June

Yesterday Evie had her one-month appointment. She weighs 10.6 lbs and is 22.5 inches long. That puts her in the 95th percentile for both categories! I had a feeling she was big, but it's hard to tell when you see her every day. She is perfectly healthy though so, yay :)

I buzzed Asa's hair today, not too short, but it looks cute and summery. I like him with very short hair, it's much neater. I actually enjoy cutting hair. It's kinda scary just because I taught myself and still don't have much confidence that I won't completely screw up the cut. So far everyone has been pretty happy with their new do's though. Tonight is Mark's turn.

I bought a lock for the door. A sliding lock for the top--so that Asa can't possibly reach it. He has been escaping again.

Asa is very interested in Star Wars...to say the least. Today he rode his Pooh rider into the kitchen with a long red Marble Works tube and said he was Anakin on his speed racer with a red light saber. Then he got up in his chair to eat his raviolis and whispered very dramatically, ..."water..." with a tinge of whininess authentic to Anankin Skywalker's character. I said, "Would you like a cup of water?" he said "Yes....Master..." again, just as the character would.

It's raining out. We found a townhome that we liked. We are going to look at it tomorrow. I really hope this is the one for us and everything can go smoothly. It would be so nice to actually "live" in a house again. These boxes lining the walls are getting tiresome..