Alayna and Tyson and spouses sent us to the Dr. Laura tribute to stay-at-home moms tonight. It was very nice. It was mostly vignettes and comedy and good sentiment. I liked one piece of advice Dr. Laura gave as she was answering written questions from the audience (a California audience--ours was in a movie theatre). She said to avoid the spoken, or unspoken, snobby response following the question, "What do you do for a living?" one should go off into one or more funny or heart-warming stories about one's husband and/or children and then say, "Oh, sorry, I got carried away, what was it you asked again?" She says it leaves them speechless. It really is a pretty good idea to do with any question that one might be hesitant to answer.

I left wanting to have more fun in my life.

We ate at a Chuck-a-Rama, and then because I have not done any physical activity in forever, I wanted to go on a walk. The sky was an intense purply blue--threatening rain. So, I directed Ivan to a big-box Lowe's Store across the street from Edwards and proceeded to walk every isle in the store--even the short isles and displays and around the outdoor plants and the little kitchen rooms, etc. I did not get kicked out of the store--and Ivan even bought a thingy to cover a defunk light socket. He was grateful to buy something because his knees were giving out. It was a lot of walking and some good exercise.

I need some more silly lists of things to do like Elena used to send me. You know, I would do them once, but never figured out to do them more. Anyone have silly things they do to break the routine?