I Can't Believe. . .

What's up with that phrase "I can't believe. . . "? What I can't believe is that I've begun the last 3 entries (ok, 4 if you count this one) with it. So, I've decided to list a few things I can't believe all in one entry so I can quit using that phrase! Here goes:

I can't believe. . .

• time goes at the same pace today as it did when I was a kid.
• how huge our house seemed when we moved in 6 years ago.
• in a year and a half my firstborn will be going off to college.
• that Amazon.com actually sells this thing: http://www.amazon.com/JL421-Badonkadonk-Land-Cruiser-Tank/dp/B00067F1CE/ref=cm_syf_dtl_top_6
• it's possible to have gray hair, wrinkles, dry skin, and zits all on the same person at one time.
• some people think members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints are not Christian and/or belong to a cult. (Please see the video at the bottom of this page.)
  
• that I actually have someone named after me.
  
• I enjoy reading the Wall Street Journal.
• my boys don't mind getting haircuts from me.
  
• I've been called for jury duty again. (This must be the 6th or 7th time in the 15 years we've lived here. And Chris has been called more times than I have!)
• that yet again, I will request to be excused from said jury duty because, "I have a verifiable, non-professional obligation to provide care for another between the hours of 8:00 am and 5:00 pm Monday though Friday and alternative arrangements are not feasible." How boring that sounds, when it's actually the most exciting thing in the world.
  
• it's already 10:15?! Where did the time go?
  
• I'm actually going to post this with no pictures.

There. I feel better now, and that phrase hopefully won't show up in future posts. It'll probably get replaced with something else, though, as I have a habit of using a word or phrase to death, then picking a new one. We'll see.