My order from Mountain Rose Herbs came in the mail yesterday while I was at class. Of course, when I got home that evening I kept thinking, “I need to check the front porch to see if it’s there.” But I never did and wouldn’t you guess what was waiting for me this morning? Yup.

So I open it up. Here are the delightful things I purchased (for not too much money!):
Organic Catnip Essential Oil (for making insect repellent)
Saw Palmetto Capsules (herb suggested for health issues I’ve been having)
Witch Hazel Extract
2 Wood Incense Holders (made in India with this spectacular design on them)
Douglas Fir Wildcrafted Incense
Jasmine Incense

Never again will a day go by that jasmine incense isn’t burned in my home. This is delightful. And when my mom comes up tomorrow to go to the farmer’s market with me she is totally going to think I’m smoking weed. Cause that’s the only reason to burn incense, ya know.

i thank you God most for this amazing…
by e.e. cummings

i thank You God for most this amazing
day:for the leaping greenly spirits of trees
and a blue true dream of sky;and for everything
which is natural which is infinite which is yes

(i who have died am alive again today,
and this is the sun’s birthday;this is the birth
day of life and love and wings:and of the gay
great happening illimitably earth)

how should tasting touching hearing seeing
breathing any–lifted from the no
of all nothing–human merely being
doubt unimaginable You?

(now the ears of my ears awake and
now the eyes of my eyes are opened)

I have no need for this, but I think it is one of the cutest pregnancy shirts I’ve seen. So I thought I’d share it with those of you who might have some use for it! Most pregnancy shirts that I see on celebrities annoy me (e.g. Britney Spears), but this one…this one is just perfect. By disco belly™.

http://www.hillaryismomjeans.com/

Go there. Read. Laugh. Most of them make me LOL, but one made me gag: “HILLARY TAKES HER UNDERWEAR OFF BEFORE TRYING ON BATHING SUITS”

Some of my favorites:
HILLARY INSTALLED KAZAA ON YOUR WORK COMPUTER
HILLARY TRIES TO START THE WAVE AT BASEBALL GAMES
HILLARY NEVER PUTS A COASTER UNDER HER DRINK
HILLARY GAVE YOU PINKEYE
HILLARY REPORTED YOUR DOG TO ANIMAL CONTROL
HILLARY IS NOT ONE OF THE OCEANIC 6

(Thanks to Jen for the link!)

The other day The Boyfriend and I went to see Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street. The music was good and I knew to expect blood–only I didn’t realize how much blood. Call me a wimp, but that was too much for me. Again though, the music was phenomenal. I can totally advocate buying the soundtrack.

Lucky for me though, going to see Sweeney Todd meant that I got to see the wonderful trailers that went along with it. Trailers are nearly the best part of the movie to me. I love them. I am exactly the type of person that they aim these things at, especially whenever they make the film sound like some kind of sweeping epic–I am so there.

On this particular trip to the theater we got to see the trailer to a musical. I am a firm believer that life should, at all times, consist of the following things: singing, dancing, kissing, running through city streets, jumping on top of cars, lots of rooftops, and weddings. I’m not sure if Kevin realized how excited I was about this, because all I did was lean over and say “I’ll see this while you’re gone this summer.” (He’s going to coach at a camp in Pennsylvania for the summer) I don’t know how much he likes musicals, but I hope that he does for the most part. I believe that there are two kinds of people in the world–those who like musicals and those who don’t. I think the latter should be euthanized.

Anyway, this movie is Mamma Mia! and it’s starring Meryl Streep, Pierce Brosnan, and Colin Firth. And I’ve had a deep love for Abba music since I was a wee little thing. Again, I’m so there. I suggest going to the official movie site to view the trailer, because it’s better there, but I’m going to post one here anyway. You can be sure that I’ll let you all know what I think about the film after I see it this summer.

Learning to put on a happy face.

“Falling Slowly” by Glen Hansard and Marketa Irglova

My friends and I, we dance.

Spank you.

BOSSY loves Dooce.
But Ms. Dub love BOSSY.
(And The Pioneer Woman.
And Redneck Diva.)