A weekly wrapup from the random bits of my life:

P.S. You have the weekend to leave a comment from this week’s posts, and then I’ll pick a random for a great book for all the mommas struggling to find themselves post-baby: Mama’s Got a Fake Id. Check out Caryn, Kristin, or Anne’s post and leave a thought!

• After my own post about the ups and downs of mothering, I appreciated my friend Tracey’s own ruminations ice hockey, bloody noses and the rapid cycling of great mom/bad mom on any given day.Pop over and check it out.

• Words of the week: I told my mother today that “a bathroom cleaning caddy has changed my life.” Seriously? Am I too dramatic for my own good or is this really my life?

• My hubs came home from work today and was greeted with this wrapup from my oldest son: “Mommy burned off her finger hair in the grill and we watched two IMAX movies today.” I would wrap up that same thought with this: ghetto grill and Groupon. Gotta love it.

• In other notes on learning from my kids: one child today had a total “too many people around” meltdown and needed a good cry. I was reminded about how a good cry is definitely a good thing. It’s so cleansing, and I think there’s no reason to avoid them. Just go with it.

• I got pretty excited about my day Tuesday, which I call “blog-worthy.” Might tell a better story another day but here it is in a haiku:
  no kids and camera
  friends and burgers for three bucks
  random tuesday rocks.

And here’s a picture from that photo shoot. Tuesday was good for many reasons, but mostly because I got to be a part of some great talent. One was my friend the photographer. Can I tell you that photo shoots are a little awkward. Especially when the photographer is your friend, who also happens to be married to a girl who was at one time a middle schooler that you led bible studies for and now they have a baby, which makes you feel really old. But I digress.

Every girl should get a chance to look as good as possible in a picture. The story behind this shirt: a friend of mine saw it for a dollar at Charlotte Russe and had to buy it for me, seeing as I am the resident blogger of our little church circle. Little did she know how much longevity this thing would have. woop woop.

Next up was three dollar burgers for lunch at a sketchy little pub, where I got to talk to some other friends about a video project coming up at Hope that we are working on, as well as some design aspects of my bible study coming out in a couple of weeks. It felt deliciously creative (the conversation, not the burger).

I know you are now gripping the edge of your computer screen, wondering when and how you will be able to purchase hundreds of copies of the aforementioned study. Release your computer screen before you hurt yourself, and rest easy knowing you will be a-flood with information in the upcoming weeks. Here’s what you need to know tonight:

1. It’s gonna be awesome.

2. It’s called The Divine Pursuit and it’s a study of Jonah.

3. I’m going to do some cool stuff, like run an online group this fall, which will be a great experiment on further connections–and if they work–through the blogging/online community.

Finally, there is only one thing I love more than a good pet trick. A good toddler trick. Check this one out: