I've Learned...

I've learned that...

• ground turkey makes a mean burger and an even meaner meatball.  (Seriously, it's good!)
• only Moe's can make the Close Talker salad.  Don't try it at home, folks.  I did and now I can't even bring myself to eat the real one.  The wanna-be version I made has tainted me for a while.  :(
• plants have to be watered regulary.  Crap, forgot to do that last night!
• no matter how many times you say something, it doesn't mean a thing if the person you are talking to is not actually listening.  (Steven, I promise that wasn't directed at you.) 
• whole grain pasta tastes nasty.  But if you coat it in enough sauce, it's totally edible.
• that not everyone will like you and sometimes it's for no reason.  (Though I still can't fathom why...I'm fabulous!)
• wanting to put on your wedding dress never goes away.  Every time I see mine hanging in the closet I have an overwhelming urge to put it back on and walk around the house.  
• missing my sister never goes away either.
• pollen is the devil and Claritin is a joke. 
• I have picked up a few (or a lot) of my Mama's manerisms.  Lord help me...Lord help us all. 
• raw almonds were meant to be dunked in sugar-free, fat-free, chocolate Jello pudding. 
• credit cards can get paid off.  patience, my friend, patience.
• I have no patience.  
• you can have more than one "soul mate," but that they come in different forms.  Right, Courtney?  :)   
• no matter how much you blow your nose, it's never quite done.
• the people that seem to demand the most attention from you will, nine times out of ten, be the ones you want to give the least attention. 
• I love my friends' kids more than I thought possible--even the soon-to-be-born ones. 
• banana bread with chocolate chips is awesome!  Says the girl who does not like banana. :)
• my hair can hold enough static electricity to shock a grown man into submission.
• Agri Supply is to Steven what Target is to me.    
• Steven really will always be "my favorite." ;)
• I need my girlfriends.  Even the ones that don't live next door--or in the same state. 
• It can get worse.  But it usually gets better too.  
• Johnston county grows the biggest bees I have ever seen!  Mutants, I tell you!
• there really are enough hours in the day, you just have to spend so many of them doing junk you don't want to do! 
• time does fly.  And no matter how much you beg, it ain't slowing down! 
• pink is definitely not just for little girls.