Excerpts

Excerpts from my life in the month of June (and my sincere apologies to all who missed my blogs...I don't know where I went there...):

1.) Luke, my nephew, has decided that my new name is "Tees" or "Teetee". "Aysh" has disappeared. I will miss "Aysh".

2.) The longest days of the year are not ever long enough. I still can't figure this out.

3.) My boyfriend decided to adopt a handlebar mustache and mutton chops this week. There are some arguments that I will never win in this life, and I've learned to throw up the white flag early and often. I may have decided to stop shaving my legs in protest. I'll keep you updated.

4.) Wearing $120 running shoes when getting caught in a massive downpour at an outdoor zoo is a major problem. Running for shelter in an underground penguin house does not solve this problem, only makes it worse.

5.) Penguins are ridiculously smelly birds. Kids cannot handle this.

6.) Sleeping in is the most fabulous way to start a day. Waking up at 5:20 a.m. is not a fabulous way to start a day.

7.) I have the ability to cook. Shocking. I made a pasta, basil, tomato, mozzarella, goat cheese, chicken, balsamic vinegar and olive oil salad. And it was AWESOME.

8.) Ok, by made, I mean assembled. Scott actually cooked the chicken and the pasta. So really, he can cook, and I can assemble. As in "some assembly required."

9.) Kayaking, while fun, is not best done in a toxic river where the signs read, "Human contact prohibited."

10.) Kayaking can definitely screw up your arms. It's serious upper-body exercise.

11.) God rocks. All three-in-one of Him.

12.) I learned that communication is like 80-something percent body language and tone and only an itty-bit what you actually say. So next time I tell someone that I don't like them, I'm going to give them a hug and be super-perky. It's my new strategy.

13.) I am not meant to stay friends with every single person I know forever.

14.) Top Chef 3 is not yet as addictive as Top Chef 2. I am waiting for it to get better.

15.) If you wade into Lake Michigan anytime before August, your legs will freeze and become numb very quickly.

16.) A wet, shivering child will forever insist that he is not too cold to stop swimming in the frozen lake water.

17.) SPF 70 exists and is actually quite helpful. And the Neutrogena one smells nice.

18.) I could never live in West Michigan. Every person that I saw between the ages of 20 and 30 had at least three kids. This is craziness.

19.) My boyfriend can make fun of me for pouting and I will stop pouting and laugh. He is the only one that can do this.

20.) I love summer.