Smorgasbord

1) Whenever I use my sewing machine, the stitches always end up like this:

Why? My only guess is that maybe I'm pulling on the far end without realizing it? It's really annoying. And makes for weak stitches.

2) This is one of my biggest life mysteries. Almost invariably, my shirts look like this:

I'm not exaggerating at all when I say that at least 60% of the shirts I wear will have a couple of little holes in the front, bottom center of the garment within the second or third wearing. Do you know how infuriating it is to put on a nearly new shirt and find holes? And I can't for the life of me figure out what's causing them. I don't notice myself pulling down on that area of the shirt, I've never seen myself zip that part of the shirt into a zipper, I don't go around catching my stomach on sharp objects... I'm stumped? Many of Sean's shirts have suffered the same fate. This has been going on for years and years and years. Does ANYONE have any clue what's happening?

3) Houston has some crazy roads. I believe I see no less than seven overpasses here:

(You better believe that the gross tarp hanging out of the truck in front of us splattered some nasty dark liquid all over our windshield). Sometimes it's hard for my brain to understand driving when it involves several large highways. I'm used to just one big road, you know? One thing I do like, though, is all the U-turns. It was super confusing when we first moved to Texas (the left turn lane suddenly became a U-turn lane!) but once we got used to it, we realized how beautiful it was to have so much frontage road along the highways, so many access points to the highway, and a great way to avoid a light. I always plan for the u-turn if it means I'll skip a light. I can drive back from Hobby Lobby without hitting a single one!

4) I love my boys and their brains:

And their cute hands:

Over and out.