so i had the big birthday on monday and i'm thinking maybe this is the year i grow up and learn how to do stuff that other girls...er women...do. i was at a friend's house over the weekend and she was showing me her big bathroom vanity, the kind where you sit down and do your make-up. I was like "ok, real women do their make-up." beyond mascara and lip gloss, apparently. another thing i've never really learned how to do is record my children's lives. i take pictures, but they remain in my camera for years. i don't ever print them out or make a photo album or a wall collage or anything...bad mommy. er...mom. sheesh. anyway, i do draw the line at scrapbooks, but maybe my kids would like to be able to show their kids a history someday. by then i'm sure i'll have lost my digital camera, so then what? yep, time to grow up. oh! and i should probably learn how to properly slice and dice stuff. especially vegetables. and watermelons. if you've ever seen me slaughter a watermelon, you'd cry. and maybe it's time i started doing laundry without losing all the socks. this must be a secret that grown-up women know, cuz i've been losing socks since the first day i attempted a washing machine. and i've always been amazed at how other girls...er women...can host events without major trauma.

wow. so much to do, and so little time. i'm going to go upstairs, toss in a couple pieces of bubble gum and start working on how to act like a grown-up. now where is my hannah montana cd?