1.  I challenged a few of my friends on the Blueboards to a race to write 1K today.  I started at about noon and had cranked out 1200 words by 1:45.  I should do more but I'm hungry right now.  I'm taking a break to get some food and write this entry.

2.  Speaking of hunger, my hubby is taking me out to an early dinner tonight with his chiropractor friends and their wives.  I should be happier about it than I am, but only because I had plans to write the rest of the day, and knowing I have to stop and take a shower and get ready is really cutting into my ability to focus.  I keep checking the clock to see how much time I have left.  Not good.  Not good.

3.  Why is it that when I ask for a quiet day to write, the entire household decides to reenact World War II?  I love my husband dearly, but his peace-keeping skills need a little help.

4.  We lit the pilot light for our furnace two nights ago.  And the whole evening I walked around thinking how much my  house smelled like my grandmother's house.  Old and dusty.  Which is weird because my grandmother cleans incessantly, so I'm certain she tackles the dust in her house quite a bit.  Which, come to think of it, is probably why it is floating around in the air so much and smells dusty every time I visit.  Just like my house did yesterday because the vents had been collecting dust for quite a few months.

5.  My hubby has now enlisted the kids in a friendly half-hour of exercise.  He passed out some cans for weight lifting, and Sweet Pea (she's 18mo) got the tomato paste.  She's now lifting them up and down just like her older siblings.  Aww.  It is adorable!