25 Random Things, Part 7...

1. Hello.  My name is Tracy, and I am an addict. I am addicted to chap stick.  I need it.  I want it.  If I could only bring a small number of items with me to be stranded on a deserted island, chap stick would be one of those things.
2. I have a serious love/hate relationship with summer.
3. A childhood friend of mine who moved away before 3rd grade just found me on facebook through a mutual friend...my prom date.  How crazy is that?  Small world, huh?
4. I've thought A LOT about working out this summer.  It's the thought that counts, right?!
5. Sometimes I think about all of my fun memories and have a hard time believing that the best is yet to come.  But I believe it anyway.
6. One of my favorite commercials of all time is the Orbitz chewing gum commercial where the one girl calls the other one a "lint licker!".  It just makes me laugh.  If you don't know what I'm talking about, Google it...it's great.
7. I love coffee.  And yes, I know this is in direct contradiction of my 2nd "25 Random Thoughts" post in which I said it was gross.  But alas, I have seen the error of my ways!  It took some time, but I've come around.
8. My brother-in-law, Joel, just might be the most generous person I've ever known.  Just thought everyone should know that.
9. Just like I edit myself when I'm singing songs with curse words (I know, I know...goodie-two-shoes!), I try to skip past them when I read them in books.  They just seem that much worse if they were to come out of my own mouth or my own voice in my head. 
10. My twin nephews are so much fun!  And they make me feel so loved.  I mean, how can you resist a sweet 4-year old, "I SOOOO love you, Aunt Tracy"?!?!?
11. I started watching Dexter during its 4th season and was able to get caught up via Kevin and certain flash-backs/references on the show.  So how is it that even though I basically know how things turn out and end up, I'm still finding the first few seasons (finally going back and watching them) so suspenseful?
12. We watched  Back to the Future with Hannah the other day.  It was so much fun to watch her watch it.  She REALLY got it!  She was all caught up in it.  It was pure awesomeness!
13. For a movie that was rated PG, Back to the Future sure had a lot of G.D.'s and J.C.'s in it.  How did I not notice that before?!
14. This parenting business is hard work. 
15. I think of my sister every time I hear "Kiss From a Rose" by Seal, because it reminds me of going to see Batman Forever with her.  We then came home, and did a pretty awesome and accurate reenactment of the movie (complete with awesome background music) for our mom. 
16. I think of my older brother every time I hear "Enter Sandman" by Metallica, because he could sing a spot-on rendition of that song (complete with creepy "Now I lay me" voice).  And I'm pretty sure that I need to give him at least partial credit for my love of certain metal/hard rock songs/bands.
17. I think of my little brother every time I hear "The Joker" by Steve Miller Band, because it reminds me of the short time period when he lived with us in our apartment in Lewisville.  Hannah was almost 1, and he came with us to the pool.  That song was playing, and we had the best time just singing loud and proud and silly while splashing with Hannah.
18. I think of my old BFF from third grade (who I'm still friends with now) and her mom every time I shake a bottle of mustard, because I did that once at their house and didn't realize the cap wasn't on.  So I ended up flicking mustard on their ceiling!
19. This is by far the laziest summer the kids and I have ever had.  And my guilt about that is just barely outweighed by our delight.
20. They say opposites attract, right?  Maybe that's how a "passive aggressive, mind-your-own-business, keep-your-mouth-shut" person like me ended up with an "instigating, pot-stirring, button-pushing" guy like Cakes.
21. I'm SO excited to meet my baby brother's baby boy this weekend!!
22. I stumbled across this question while online the other day, and it made me chuckle, "Why are the British always talking about pimps and Cheerios?"
23. I think that right along in the ranks with Big Foot and the Loch Ness Monster should be The Baker's Dozen.  In all of the dozens of doughnuts, cupcakes, and cookies I've bought, there has never been an extra. 
24. "I believe in pink.  I believe that laughter is the best calorie burner.  I believe in kissing...kissing a lot.  I believe in being strong when everything seems to be going wrong.  I believe that happy girls are the prettiest girls.  I believe that tomorrow is another day, and I believe in miracles." ~ Audrey Hepburn. 
25. I LOVE being a parent to Hannah and Mason...and parenting with Kevin.  I couldn't ask for anything more!