How wrong is it that I have to clean up before the cleaning service comes today?

I never had problems with peer pressure. Until this blog happened. Now I feel the need to keep up with the Jones' and sign up for every free thing I can.

That is how you find me linking to Adagio Teas. Why the heck not right? Everyone likes free stuff, and I do like tea, so we'll see. I'll let you know what I think.

I got my new washer and dryer today.

I've never been happier to get new laundry appliances! Really, it doesn't take much to thrill me nowadays.

Three loads have been completed and I'm ready to clean all the clothes in the house just so they can receive the aura of newness that hovers around the new washer and dryer.

Today, laundry is actually fun. I'm sure in a day or two the excitement will wear off.

Drank cappuccino
After 4 PM. I fear
Sleep comes late tonight.

Lay in bed staring
At LED clock mocking
Me with it's green glow.

If sleep comes too late
Waking tomorrow morning
Will be difficult.

Here we are off the Magnificent Mile in the Sheraton and my mom, brother, sister-in-law, and I are in the midst of a Tetris marathon/tournament. My brother and I are the best players and it's eerie how often we make the same moves. As he put it, it's "Tetris Rain Man". Or like we are idiot savants, minus the savant part.

We went to American Girl earlier and are waiting on a beautiful Giordano's spinach stuffed pizza. With the Tetris comes a certain amount of trash talking. Mostly from mom. You should hear some of the names she calls us when we start winning!! All in all, we are having a blast and have once already dissolved into giggle fits that reduced us to tears. I'm currently taking a break from kicking both my brother's and sister-in-laws asses in lining up shaped pieces on the TV. My addictive personality has reached nirvana. My turn is back up, so I gotta go keep my current title!

Sayonara baby!

Well, it's the gas station/gas price lottery. You know the rules, you cruise around on fumes because you are too cheap to fill up at $1.99 a gallon. I found a gas station yesterday that had gas at $1.83 a gallon. Sure, all in all I saved my self an entire $1.75, but I have to get my victories where I can.

What is the most number of times you've washed a single load of laundry? You know the one you do, then forget about until it smells, then you wash it again, forget about it again, etc. etc.?

Is it twice? Three times?

You haven't lived until you've chased a gallon of white vinegar down in the parking lot of your grocery store while trying not to spill the peppermint mocha in your left hand. Oh, and the fact that your cart is hurtling toward the car in the spot next to you. Also? The mega pack of paper towels somehow fell out of the cart halfway between the store and the car.

This better not be an indicator of how the rest of my day will be.

Oh and? It's like 17 degrees outside and breezy!

When I gave birth
I got more mirth
and girth.

What's that worth?

I apologize for the freaky poem. I had a mental tic that I needed to eradicate. It's gone now. Sorry.

First, I laughed along as Rockstar Mommy described a particularly hellish playdate.

Next, I howled at The Field Guide to Spotting Annoying Parents at Catawumpus.

Scored a hat trick with The Extraordinary Mundane's What Mommies Do That Annoy Me.

I tell you, I have never had as much validation of being a normal/cool mother than I did reading those three posts.

Hat's off to all three of you! BRAVO!