new mommy trick...

so i have started loading the girls up in my almost the size of the mini school bus suv before annie's morning nap time to "make phone calls"......yes, i know that i should not be talking on the phone while driving but what else am i to do with two small children when i have a mile long list of calls to make. i know what some of you are thinking, however, i am betting next week i will see you making the loop around 820 just to complete one task without interruption. and the thought process is.....put annie in the truck to take her smaller morning nap and turn on a movie for izzy, stop by starbucks for a vanilla milk box, stock an extra binki or two to be tossed into the back if one were to fall out of her reach and return a dozen or more calls from the holiday weekend.....i just may be a genius because my plan worked with only a few pull overs to change one poopy diaper, put annie's binki back in and to wipe up izzy's spilled milk. the major draw back... gas is almost $4 a gallon...but hey, i did break in my hands free earpiece!





a big thanks to my brother-in-law for commenting on my blogging. while i am truly enjoying it, i like to hear i can still make other people laugh with my craziness. of course, dear ole husband responds with "i bet chris does like it, he doesn't have to sit on the phone for 45 minutes actually listening to your stories that go on and on wondering how he is going to get you to quit talking". i would rather think he enjoys hearing about our daily adventures (i say adventures because i never know what will happen each day as i roll out of bed....will i answer 20 or 60 calls today, will the girls shit once, twice or three times, will dinner make it to the table or is it a cheese omelet night again, etc.)





i am sitting in the "fake" dark created by pb blackout curtains sipping or rather guzzling my mommy juice waiting for izzy to nod off so i can go watch the season finally of hell's kitchen and follow it up with flipping out. okay if you do not watch this show, i think it is on bravo, please watch just one episode because you will be addicted. this guy is a complete nut job! when jeff and i first watched the show last season we thought there is no way this guy is for real....it has to be scripted, but he was on ellen and now i believe nothing he does is played up for good tv viewing more likely toned down because no one can be this nuerotic.





so, today i failed at winning a slightly used rainbow playset on ebay i have been diligently watching the past 4 days. before i went to bed last night i put post-it notes everywhere, on the coffee maker, fridge door, garage door, tv remote to remind me my item was ending at 11:58 today and i did not forget because i have been kinda, but not really searching that hard for six months to find a playset for the girls. i am one of those people who up and decides i have to find that perfect rug right NOW and sets out in search of it all day long dragging tired, cranky, cookie bribed kiddos in and out of ten storess o you can imagine jeff's not so much jump on board attitude when i decided this week to find the perfect but not some cheap china made crap yard toy, one that will last through all the little longspaughs i want.





anyhoo, i did find a good deal on ebay and in the last two seconds lost it to some bidder who apparently was secretly watching the countdown laughing his/her ass off because i thought i was the only one that found this really awesome deal on 20 miles away. but, hey, i am determined to find one NOW and didn't waste time calling on the ones i found on craigslist. i even told jeff if we can find one this week i will give up our anniversary dinner reservations saturday just to set it up.....i tell you if i set my mind to something.....

well, i am off to bed for a little one on one time with the tv.....sorry jeff maybe tomorrow night.