Team Kate, Cheesecake, Flip flops, and other stuff

1. After much deliberation, I have decided I am on Team Kate (as in Jon & Kate Plus 8). She was on the Today Show yesterday and I really felt sorry for her. Yes, as a viewer of the show I know she can be a shrew, a nag, a pill. But it was always directed at Jon, and who really knows what he is like to live with? I mean, he never seemed to hold a job and always had to be told what to do. That could really wear on a person, especially with 8 kids to raise. And this whole "I'm with Hailey, now I'm with Kate 2.0., nevermind -- I'm back with Hailey" is just plain junior high. So, I'm Team Kate. Who's with me?

2. There is a brand new beautiful cheesecake waiting for me in the fridge. I got it for my birthday -- actually, I bought it for myself as my birthday cake, I didn't receive it as a birthday present. I was going to have a piece yesterday (which was my birthday) but I was so stuffed from lunch I couldn't eat anything. And now I have stuffed my face again and I'm not sure I can eat anything more tonight. Is it still considered a birthday cake if you don't eat it until two days after? What are the rules/protocol for birthday cakes?

3. Did you know you can throw your LL Bean flip flops in the washing machine and they come out all shiney and sparkly and almost new looking? Well, you can, and they do, and it's awesome.

4. I'm still not on Facebook, I still don't have a tattoo, but I did finally get a cell phone. My brother badgered me enough about it that I finally gave in. The fact that BJ's had a special too good to turn down didn't hurt either. Free phone, no activation fee, and a sale on the car charger kit.

5. A brand spanking new Panera's is going up less than a mile from my house! *JOY* The closest one to me now is about 15 miles away and I really never make it to that area. When I lived in Tampa there were two in my area. One about a mile south, and one about a mile north of my apartment. Heaven! I get my Panera's back (I have to wait a few more weeks, but it will be worth it!).

6. The cheesecake in the fridge is calling my name. Perhaps I should go check on it to see if it's okay...