I am deeply embarrassed that I posted about the whole “wri-” thing. Looking back it just sort of reeks of teenage angst, and since I’m over a decade and a half removed from my teenage days, re-reading that post makes me feel all icky and self-indulgent. And “icky” is a terribly mature word, in case you didn’t notice.
In other news, I am “encouraging” Alex to stay on the potty until he takes care of his business by offering him what we’re calling “the poo-poo sucker.” And I realized, just a minute ago when I offered it to him, that perhaps we’ve chosen the wrong verbiage for said sucker, as it seems to imply a flavor of candy that no one in his right mind would ever want to purchase let alone enjoy. But it’s actually a strawberry flavored sucker (much better, yes?) that he can have while he sits on the potty, and though the thought of eating candy while, well, you know sort of makes me want to throw up, the method seems to work like a charm for a three year old.
Let’s see. What else can I write about that will entertain and delight?
Oh. Of course. Big excitement in the Publix deli department today! I stopped to get our usual oven roasted turkey breast, and I noticed that the oven roasted lemon pepper chicken breast was on sale, about 50 cents cheaper a pound. Because I am my father’s daughter, I immediately requested the on-sale item despite the fact that I’ve never tried it, and can I just say? DELICIOUS. It’s a nice break from turkey, and the fact that I consider myself someone who’s in need of a “break” from turkey pretty much makes me feel like the lamest person on the whole planet (“pssst! hey! y’all check out BooMama’s blog today! she’s gone craaaaaazy! she bought chicken sandwich meat instead of turkey sandwich meat! liv-ing on the EDGE!”).
And now for a completely unrelated question, one that I’m asking simply because I’m feeling particularly indecisive. If you were going to stay after church for lunch with your entire family – and if the kids were going to have their own little kid-friendly menu – would you, as a real-live grown-up, rather have beef and chicken fajitas OR barbecue with all the trimmings?
Addressing all the important issues here, as usual.
I don’t understand this “barbecue with all the trimmings” thing. Is it because I live in the Northwest?
BBQ – definitely!
Um. If a child is on my lap or I have on a light colored clothing…the chicken. If I’m casual and somebody else is entertaining my kids so I don’t miss my mouth…the BBQ.
And, might I say: Can an adult blogging woman not have angst, and have angst about her angst. Cause if she can’t…I have nothing left to blog about! :-D)))
Assuming that because you are in the south you mean bbq to be pulled bbq pork with bbq sauce; big ole white buns; cole slaw; potato salad; ??
If yes, I vote BBQ all the way!
If no, I vote fajitas.
Sorry it that wasn’t helpful. : )
BBQ is a little messy for church clothes :) xoxo melzie
Okay. . .I say BBQ. . .and I DO live in the south, but we are more likely to go out for Mexican than BBQ. Have some onions, pickles, sliced light bread, and potato salad on the side for me. . .YUM!!!
And be kind to yourself and your angst, BooMama. . .we’re all friends here.
I also don’t know what “trimmings” are for a BBQ, being from Canada, eh. However, all your southern recipes sound amazing!!
Chicken – bleh!!!
My vote is BBQ, Terry’s is Fajitas
On a side note: one of the reasons I am so glad I got to meet you is that I can actually hear you in my head when I read these posts. Kind of like a pod cast. So very enjoyable I tell ya.
As another northwesterner i have no idea what b-bque with all the trimmings entails. but it sounds yummy – i will be right over. But i will skip the poopoo sucker. LOL
BARBECUE: pulled pork with BIG OLE white buns, BBQ sauce, cole slaw and baked beans. And pickles, of course.
:-)
Robin, did you just call me?
Beef fajitas!
We tried the sucker thing with our daughter, but it just didn’t work. I could tell that she needed to do her buisness (she wasn’t above holding it in for three days, which is of course, bad) but she would have a melt down just thinking about sitting in the potty for more than three seconds to try…..but then we found the secret! We bought a cheap kitchen timer that looks like a chicken and set it on the side of the tub and told her that she got to play the “chicken timer game” and sit on the potty until the chicken clucked. She would get so involved with listening to the “clicky” timer noises and talking to the chicken (hey, she isn’t crazy, it is part of the game!) and waiting for it to ring that she would forget to be tense about the poo-poo thing and it would happen. It is the thing that has made the difference for us.
Not that you asked for all of that info, but just becuase I am so excited that it has worked that I had to share it with someone!
Just let me know what time to come to lunch for the fajitas! :)
BBQ, with all the trimmings, including cole slaw. And all of my kids love it! Even my 3-year old.
Fajitas. :-)
Oh this is a no brainer! I’m with Terry…F-A-J-I-T-A-S baby! And, you know you could have all the trimmings w/ fajitas too… grilled green peppers, red peppers, onions…refried or black beans with some salsa and chips of course!
What’d you expect from a die hard Tex-Mex fan? :)
Beef fajitas for me please
Reader from Texas checking in….FAJITAS, for sure. Picky kids will just eat the tortillas and cheese, which means extra fajita meat for the rest of us.
Definitely the fajitas…do you really want to get BBQ on your Sunday clothes?
And the potty sucker is a great idea. We actually moved the TV INTO THE BATHROOM and watched DVDs until the *ahem* “event” in question took place.
Ok- You are hilarious! I love your quirkkiness (and, yes, this is a 100% compliment, not a backhanded one)
Definitely the BBQ!
First of all, you shouldn’t be embarrassed about the other post. I think you are very talented..w-r-i-t-e-r. See how easy that was?
Hmm. If I knew the bbq was going to be good bbq, I would pick that. If it was going to be dry or beef jerky tough, I would go with fajitas. If you go with fajitas, let me know. I have a good salsa recipe.
Why, yes I did. And then I heard a beep, looked down and saw my phone said–“Charging” with the little battery icon going up and down. At which point I thought, “Odd. It’s not connected to a stinkin’ thing it could be collecting a charge from.” Then it was lights out cell phone.
Now, the old me would have cursed the living daylights out of that phone. (I find that type of thing very annoying.)But the new, more positive me, just thanked Jesus that I have a cell phone to call my friends on before I threw it on the ground and stomped on it.
Humm, maybe I should have emailed this info instead of posting it in a comment, eh?
BBQ all the way….I have had the lemon chicken at Publix, love love love it.
I’m in the BBQ crowd. You fajita people ever heard of a bib? That’s a round tablecloth with a hole in the center.
The poo-poo sucker (lollipoop?) isn’t a bad idea. It just sounds gross. Then again, I don’t like strawberry candy. But I’d rather have that than Harry Potter Bertie Bott’s jellybeans, which come in Earwax, Booger, Bacon, Black Pepper, Vomit, Dirt, Soap, Rotten Egg, Grass and Earthworm flavors.
Not only did your post crack me up, but so did all the comments from the Northerners who didn’t know what BBQ with trimmin’s means–and I can say that, having lived in CO, ND, IL, TN, VA, PA, FL, and TX–virtually all across the US–myself:) I’m a Westerner/Northerner/Southerner/Texan. Yes, Texans get their own name–if you don’t believe me, come on out here and see for yourself!
Rambling on . . .I’d say BBQ, except that you live in the True South, where people get it all the time. So how about fajitas, for a change? Or not. Both sound good to me:)
Oh, and speaking of blogging angst, I posted about Ramen Noodles and ingesting spiders today, while the rest of the world posted about Sept. 11. Talk about shallow. Sheesh!
Being from Memphis, I couldn’t hold my head up high if I didn’t choose barbecue with the works. ;)
Fajitas, because they are my favorite.
And thanks for the idea about the potty. My 3 year old son REFUSES to go right now. It’s driving me batty! Anymore helpful hints?
Though I believe I am a Southern Girl at heart, and I’ve lived here for well over three-quarters of my life at this point, I still have to go with the fajitas. Because I am Mexican to the core, and I can’t get enough of it. you can tell by just looking at my hips.
ARE YOU CHANGING THE SUBJECT??? WEEELLLLL? Have you tracked down this publisher lady yet???? DO IT! I’ll stop yelling. I’ve been yelling a lot today. Sigh.
I vote for the fajitas. Then I wouldn’t be as tempted to lick my plate in public.
I wish the poop sucker could work for us, but seeing as how C feels the need to hold her own nose while she poops, it doesn’t really work.
You know a Texas girl is going to say fajitas. I’ll give you my guacamole recipe. It’s famous. :)
I say fajitas – DEFINITELY simply because BBQ is the norm for after-church-family-type-lunches…plus I’m not a fan of pork (bad 6 flags experience) and most people around here when they say BBQ they mean BBQ Pork and not BBQ beef…so my vote is for the fajitas…but ya know there will be someone who’s whining about the fact that “we ALWAYS have BBQ – why did we have to go and change to fuh geetuhs…what are them things anyway…have ya ever heard tell of such a thing at a CHURCH fellowship”….. ;)
As for the poo poo sucker – personally I think it’s hilarious!
Big Mama, please post the guacamole recipe for us too – would love to have a great one on hand!
How could I have forgotten to mention the pickles earlier! Bad southerner, bad bad! Personally, I like a big sour dill one. Then I can take a bite of my big ole white bbq bun and a big ole bite of dill pickle! Yum yum!
Michelle
Chicken fajitas!
I bribed the 4th child (boy) with candy all the time while potty training, oops sorry, I meant encouraged!
As a California girl, I would definitely go for the fajitas, as long as they’re good ;) If whoever is cooking doesn’t feel confident about the seasoning on the fajitas, go with what you know.
I get the whole barbeque thing real well, Texas is famous for yummo barbeque. I however would definately go fahitas because children tend not to like barbeque. I eat out alot with friends and kids and they never want to eat it. plus you can pick fahitahs a part, like the chicken, cheese, and even a tortillia, if the kids are picky.
Just my thought.
Church clothes and kids on your lap neatness factors aside, I’d pick a fajita over bbq ANY day.
Fajitas all the way.
Fajitas are one of my favorite foods, but I do love me some good barbecue, but then again, I just visited Alabama and ate more than my share, so I am more in the fajita mood right now.
BTW, I couldn’t even enjoy the ballgame Saturday for thinking about how sad it was making you. Of course I would never admit that to my family or Auburn would take back my diploma at their urging.
After church? With the family? In the south? In Alabama? BBQ! How is that even a question?
Fajitas are for going out to a restaurant and eating.
Even though I love fajitas, I would have to go with the BBQ, all the trimmings minus the baked beans because ewww I just can’t eat any kind of beans except in my chili. Can I get fries with mine instead, ya know the big steak fries not the little crinkle ones? =)
The “poopoo sucker” was funny, albeit kinda “icky”. (that’s a very mature word by the way)
OK, your angst over your writing angst post is making me angsty about the comment I left, which now seems (is) overbearing and bossy. THANKS! ;-)
And, by the way, “poopoo sucker” didn’t make me think of candy at all. It sounded at first like a really disgusting invention for constipated kids. Yikes.
Well, since it’s real southern bbq, I’d take the que.
And we always buy what’s on sale… unless we’ve tried it before and it really was “icky”. Then we go for the full-priced favorite.
Fajitas. Mmm. Mmm. Mmm.
Even though I love both, I’d have to take BBQ. Being a true Southern gal & all. We have some men on a cooking team at our church who have their own pig cooker & can do ALL the trimmings! It’s like He—a—ven!
Fajitas, fer shure…
While I do indeedy love me a good BBQ with all the trimmins’ I’m a tex/mex lover at heart.
We did the sucker thing in our house and it worked like a charm. I was determined to have them potty trained pronto even if it meant rotten teeth! ;)
I got the little dum-dum suckers and just handed ’em out as needed. Worked oh-so-well!
The barbecue, hands down. I love fajitas, but can have those anytime, and can only have barbecue when we’re in the South (which we will be in two weeks! Woohoo!!). So, to me, there’s no question. I’ll always go for the barbecue.
My laughter over the poo-poo sucker nearly startled my baby awake. I think you need to email the editor from the “Wri- incedent”… you should be getting paid for this. ;)
I would go for the barbecue that sounds so good!! don’t worry I think that chicken instead of turkey would be living on the edge, just the other day I got sundried tomato turkey and I was quite pleased with myself! It is so good, go for it be daring at lunch time!
OK the poo poo sucker is funny!
Oh, BooMama! You are from the South & you have question whether or not to have BBQ? Girl. Go for the Q! ;)
Boys are just harder to potty train, so I used the sticker book. When they were successful we would all jump up and down whoop and hollow! With my daughter, she was like auto pilot, we just sat her down and we were done! It was amazing! :)
Both sound great to me! BBQ is a good old favorite, and Chicken Fajitas is new and both fabulous and fun to do!
Hahahahaha! I couldn’t help but think of “poop-sicle” just then;)
Kelly
Home of Pass the Torch Tuesday
OMG! I want to be a good blogging friend…but I am ROFL here! You are the best! I know beneath the humorous writing–there is a stress permeating through your life…but seriously–would you be offended if I just LOL for a little while longer!
As for the menu selection–anyone who writes as fluidly and hysterically as you–should have BOTH!!!!!!
Thanks for making me smile today–I hope your day is smiled-filled as well!
Diane