I Should Be Folding Laundry

The Spooks

I was feeling extra Halloween-y yesterday and felt compelled to change my look. Isn't it spook-tacular?
Doesn't it make you want to eat some candy corn or a caramel apple or scare the crap out of the neighbor kids? 

ahhh...nothing like some Halloween fun!

I forgot to tell you!

There's a giveaway going on at my other blog.  Go there and leave a comment!  It ends tonight.

Here are the details:

-FREE
-FOOD
-10 Winners

Now, shoo, go!

Kiss the ground I walk on

Well, it's official.  One week from today, my piece of crap carpeting will be gone and I'll be walking on my shiny, clean and beautiful laminate flooring.  Remember when I asked y'all to help me decide between carpet and laminate?  Well, you helped me alright, truly!  Thank you for your input!  If someone had told me three years ago that some strangers on the internet would help me make flooring decisions, why, I would think they were crazy.

What I didn't mention when I asked you the question, is that we have a beaten path on our carpet, our garage is on the other side of the living room, so if we were to bring in groceries, which we do about 70 times a month, we tread straight through our living room to get into our kitchen.  Plus with all the trips from my chair to the kitchen to refill my nachos, you would just have to believe my carpet is all wore out!  That was our decision maker to go ahead with laminate.  And it will be installed next week.

NEXT. WEEK.   !!!!!!

To say I'm excited would be an understatement.

But don't worry, some of my excitement was lost on me today as I entered my OB's office for the Ever Pleasant Annual Examination.   Something about the Brawny robes covering my lady parts and the long plastic sticks and the Scary Silver Device just make that visit so much fun. Not to mention the stranger seeing the parts that I even hide from myself.  But hey, at least I shaved.  Heck, at least I showered.

I guess it's going to be a good day after all.  (especially since I have drunko bunco tonight.)

boo boo

What we do when a little girl bumps her head on the corner of the entertainment center and is too tired to hold a bag of ice on her head.

Trouble Makers

On Monday, my doorbell rang at approximately 5:00 p.m.  Which can only mean one thing.

Trouble.

Because my kids are still too young (thankfully) for random visits from neighborhood friends, it's pretty safe to say that it was going to be either A.  A politician.  B.  Someone telling me about how great their religion is.  C.  A Salesperson.

All equally annoying, in their own special way.

This visit was a salesperson.  This particular salesperson's presentation was good and her personality was calm and her cute child-like features made me resist the urge to slam the door on her face.  There was something about her that made me actually want to buy something from her.

Must have been because she was selling Girl Scout Cookies.  I was SO happy.  I ordered three boxes and it put me in such a great mood knowing that in 2-5 weeks I would be scarfing down nibbling on some Thin Mints.  And what put me in an even better mood was that this Girl Scout's mother, who is also my neighbor a few doors down from me, paid me a very kind compliment.

She said "you look good."  I was all like "huh?  who me?"  while I looked around behind me to see who she was looking at.  I mean, I was wearing yoga capris and a graphic t with bleach on it, she could not have been talking to me.  She confirmed that she was talking about me and was referring to my 30 pound weight loss that I have managed to keep off since 2006.  We talked about diet and exercise and it was fun. 

And I walked away from our little chat thinking "geeze, I love my neighbors.  I sure hope my cookies come in soon!" 

Because I love cookies. 

and so do you.

But then I started to get all confused.  I was so excited about these cookies AND how good it felt to have someone say something so nice about my weight loss and then I ordered three boxes of cookies.  Delicious, fattening Girl Scout Cookies.   I was confused about the whole thing!

It reminded me of the feeling I would get as a teenager after making out with a cute boy.  I would feel such young lust and excitement and then I'd think of my Mom and I'd feel guilty and feel fear that she would kick the crap out of me if she knew I had just necked inside the movie theater. 

See how these two scenarios compare?

No?  hmmm...sounds like you need a nice Samoa to help you think more clearly.  or perhaps a peanut butter pattie.

I hear they solve everything.

Except being overweight. 

Luckily, Ariel quickly helped to take this confusion away by asking what that little girl was doing.  "she was selling cookies for the Girl Scouts." 

"BUT I WANT TO SELL COOKIES FOR THE GIRL SCOUTS!!!!"

"Honey, you are not old enough to be in the Girl Scouts, but when you are - in like four years, I will be your biggest cookie supporter and buy millions of boxes from you."

"Okay, maybe tomorrow?"

I wish.

Even Steven

Reporting to you for the first weigh in of the Look Great in 2008 Challenge.

I did not lose an ounce.

Nor did I gain an ounce.

I exercised one time - which sounds bad, but I was sick, so it turns out to be okay.

My goal for this next week - actually lose an ounce (or 16) and exercise FOUR TIMES.

To see other participants and their results, simply click here.

Wordless Wednesday

For more Wordless Wednesdays go here.

TV Help?

I'm not a big TV watcher.  I may watch an old episode of Will & Grace before bed or maybe a little something something on TLC before sleep, or sometimes a little Food Network while I fold laundry.

But that's about it during the summer.  And during the prime TV viewing season, which basically starts this week, I only watch Grey's Anatomy and American Idol.

And that is all she wrote.  But I would actually like to get addicted to a fresh, funny sitcom.  One that would only take about 23 minutes a week, after forwarding through the commercials.  But I don't know which one to start watching. 

Can you help me?

If you could tell me to start watching ANY sitcom on TV, which one would it be? 

From bloggy meet ups to vacuum cleaners

It's never a good sign when you sit down to blog and you start your first sentence and delete it.  Three times. It's actually a sign that I have nothing to blog about so I should shut my computer and go fold some laundry, but I'm not one to quit so easily and I also hate folding laundry so I'll just keep plugging away, writing about nothing.  As usual.

My life as I know should officially be slowing down.  For that, I am ecstatic.  I'm excited to have normal nights and normals mornings.  I'm excited to be able to schedule some time for work rather than sitting down and frantically working at every chance I have.  I'm excited to try to keep my house clean.  Although it will never happen, it's exciting to at least think about.  I'm also excited about being a better blogger.  I see in my bloglines that there are bloggers that blog multiple times a day!  I wish I could do that, but I think I would end up telling you way too much about my life which basically consists of my indecision on whether or not I'm going to grow out Ariel's bangs (I change my mind three times a day) and how good I am getting at bowling on the Wii.

Important things, no doubt.

I'll just focus on blogging once a day.  Wouldn't that be nice?

Speaking of blogging -- ATTENTION NW Indiana bloggers, we are meeting up again!  Since the last meet up was such a success and there were so many bloggers who could either not make it or who didn't get the invitation, we are doing it again.

Mark your calenders for Sat. October 6th - 5:00 pm.  If you are interested, e-mail me at foldinglaundry AT gmail DOT com.  or you can e-mail my lovely friend Crooked Eyebrow at crookedebyebrow AT gmail DOT com.  We will then tell you the exact location of our meet up.  We hope to see you there!  Feel free to invite other bloggers on your blogs!

Also, in bloggyland- did you know the girls at 5 Minutes for Mom are giving away a PINK DYSON???  Those are two beautiful words, if you ask me. 

I think I would wear a matching outfit if I won this.

I think I would also actually start vacuuming.

That would be something new.

If you'd like to win it, go here.  You have a really good chance of winning, as of right now, there are 1400 entries and another week of the contest.  So -- good luck!  (I do hope you sense my sarcasm there.)   The contest ends on October 1, which is next Monday.  Which means next week is October.   

What the heck?  How did that happen?  It's almost Christmas!!! 

I need a drink.

(Speaking of pink, you should see this ADORABLE pink car I found at their store, it may be one of the cutest kid's cars I have ever seen!)

AND FINALLY!   I was recently given an award from Yes, They Are All Mine.  The You Make Me Smile Award.  Isn't that a great award?  You are so sweet, thank you!   

Will I ever stop talking about illness? *updated*

I mean, seriously, isn't that all I ever talk about?

So, I took a bloggy break that lasted from Tuesday until today and man, the guilt associated with that break is all-consuming, but I have to tell you, I wanted to blog, I just couldn't.  No time, we had a big medical thing going on with one of the kids yesterday that lasted all day and I got sick last night.  Like stomach ripping open, lower back pain, vomiting and pooping.  You know, the good stuff.  I was tempted to sit on the toilet and blog, because isn't that what laptops are for?  But my stomach hurt so bad that the only blog post I could come up with went something like "I'M GOING TO DIE.  I'M GOING TO DIE.  STOMACH HURTS.  CAN'T STOP POOPING. MUST VOMIT NOW." And well, how boring would that post be?

Adding insult to injury, Aunt Flo and her Associates dropped in for a surprise visit yesterday and let's just say my mood was stellar.  Just ask my husband. (I apologize to the men reading my blog, I know you are out there.  But the Sisters reading this blog can relate and I gotta keep real.)

So, here I sit, the day after, I still have stomach cramps and I'm going to the doctor later today.  Nothing says you better go to the doctor like a fever, low grade, as it is.  So, I guess I'll go even though I'd rather sit here and write to all y'all.  I'm sure I'm fine, I can just tell, an instinct, I guess, but I still have sinus issues which started almost two weeks ago.  Such sinus issues that my menthol tissues won't even touch what's lodged up there.  Maybe it's not even snot, maybe it's a shirt, I don't know.  But I best find out.

And I'll report back to you ASAP.

By the way, my fundraiser walk is this weekend.  If my national team reaches $100,000 we will have a research grant geared towards pediatric cancer named in our honor.  Isn't that awesome?  Anyway, if you feel so inclined, you may donate to my walk, every dollar, truly every dollar would be appreciated.  Thanks!

*Back from the doctor.  Irritable Bowel Syndrome and allergies.  The IBS makes a little sense considering the day I had my worst episode was the same day we had a very stressful day with one of the kids at the hospital.  Regarding the allergies, well, I've never had allergies before, so we'll see if the nasal spray works.