Lots of random bits and pieces floating through my brain, stuff that doesn’t really merit an entire post but must. leave. my. head. immediately., so I’m going to make a little list, as I feel that will be terrifically efficient.
1. Alex and I seem to have contracted the crud. And OH, the irony, because on Wednesday I was telling someone that I hadn’t had any sinus problems in, well, forever! And I really think my allergy medicine is working! And I haven’t even seen the ENT in, like, six months!
At which point all the bacteria in the universe rose up and targeted my house via GoogleEarth and launched a missle-o-crud and smited both my child and me with some Serious Congestive Funk.
Happy Weekend, everyone!
2. It occurred to me that a lot of you sistahs are making your way around all sorts of new blogs, and you’re probably encountering a blogging vocabulary that frightens and confuses you (see: meme, links, feeds, Bloglines, etc.).
If that’s the case, I really encourage you to visit Shannon and Chilihead‘s Blogging Basics 101. Even if you’re not planning to start a blog of your own, you’ll enjoy reading their easy-to-understand explanations of blog-ese, and hopefully it’ll make navigating blogland a little easier for you.
3. You can vote in these until February 13th (if you haven’t voted already, in which case you must not vote again, as that would be against the rules and all). And be sure to visit all of the finalists before voting – you never know what good stuff you might be missing.
4. If you watch “The Office,” I’d love to know your reaction to tonight’s episode in the comments. I can’t really say anything else about it because I’m too busy thinking about how sorry I felt for Jim at the end of the episode. *single tear*
5. Alex has these plastic cars that he got from Happy Meals back in the fall, and he likes to have them in the bed with him every single night. For the last couple of weeks, once he’s all tucked in, he’ll ask his daddy or me to let him “race,” which means that he wants us to lie in his bed on our stomachs and let him use our backs as a racetrack.
And can I just say?
HEAVEN.
Oh my word.
HEAVEN.
Those little plastic cars are like the most perfect backscratching devices EVER, and in this week alone I’ve fallen asleep TWICE while Alex was “racing.” Currently I’m ahead of D, who has only fallen asleep once, but really we’re sort of equal because he fell into such a sound sleep that he woke up at 2 in the morning wondering where in the world he was. And then he remembered the Happy Meal cars, and it all made sense.
It’s gotten so bad that tonight, when I was getting Alex ready for bed, I started looking around for those two little cars and saying, “Where are your cars, baby? What did you do with your cars? Have you seen your cars? No? Well LET’S FIND YOUR CARS! [shrill laughter] LET’S FIND YOUR CARS! OH LOOK! THERE’S ONE UNDER THE BED!”
And I am not kidding you: I asked my three year old child to crawl under his bed to retrieve a plastic Happy Meal car so that Mama could have her back scratched, and I’ll be sure to let you know when those Mother Of The Year ballots come out because I’m sure you’ll want to nominate me.
Clearly, I’m utterly deserving.
Can I rent him? You can just send him in a big box via UPS. He’ll make it. I promise. ;)
How great thou art
OH I hope you kick this crud quickly! I’m racing after that award right with ya girl! I let my kids stay up late the other night to finish watching a movie BUT ONLY if they promised to take turns scratching my back – they actually fell for that!!!!! :)
My husband will tell you that I will let a complete stranger scratch my back. EVERY.NIGHT I ask him or Zach to do it. In which leads to them arguing over who will do it. I always vote for the hubster since Zach’s back scratching lasts all of let’s say 1 minute?
:::::::::Is going to try the cars tomorrow::::::::: J/K Well, kinda.
Definitely Smartest Mother of the Year :)
–I couldn’t stay away; this is just a quick little sneak. I’m back to work now. Well, to bed, then back to work tomorrow. Today. Whatever :)
Do they give away kids attached to the cars with Happy Meals???? I need one!
Thank you for your fun reads! I found you thru, Yes, the Beth Moore blog. Having landed in Switzerland last July, I find myself blogging to keep family & friends updated on our life here and have discovered other blogs to keep me grounded in life in the US. Am so thankful for your sense of humor – sometimes you need a laugh when surrounded by beautiful scenery and mmmm, conservative Swiss folks. Write On! and God Bless.
My wife and I have been avoiding McDonald’s for weeks now since most of those Happy Meal toys end up all around the house, never again played with but once. But back-scratchers, huh? Perhaps we should rethink our decision.
Mike
http://somethingaboutparenting.typepad.com/
BooMama, I hope you kick the crud to the curb soon. It sucks feeling yucky!
Thanks for the reminder to go vote. I still need to do that. :)
I hope you don’t mind if I mention that I’m hosting a a href=”http://overwhelmedwithjoy.blogspot.com/2007/02/favorite-ingredients-friday-chocolate.html”>Valentine’s Chocolate edition recipe exchange today. Stop by and sneek a peak, if you’re so inclined.
I hope you’re feeling better soon!
Yesterday was…um…not what I planned, so I missed (AAAAAARRRRGGGGGGHHHHH!) The Office. Please tell me this is one of the shows that can be watched online. Then I’ll be happy to discuss it. On my MySpace (yes, I’m cool enough to have one, just ask my teens!) I have a video clip of things done to Dwight by Jim. What a montage! http://myspace.com/lmombot
My youngest is coming down with the crud, too, and I so hope it doesn’t make the rounds of the family.
Yes, we watched The Office last night. I jokes to my oldest, who watched it with me, that it seems like Michael is developing a Pavlov’s dog reaction to weddings, with the “I hate you” and the performance anxiety at each one. The Altoids thing with Dwight cracked me up. And I felt sorry for both Jim and Pam. I want to bop them upside the head and ask them when they will both ever get it at the same time. But I guess if they did a major subplot of the show would be lost.
Oh, the office. I had such high hopes for Jim and Pam! My husband actually said “I like that Roy guy.” I’m sorry, what???? Roy? No.
Michael made me so uncomfortable with his antics at one point I left the room because I was so embarrassed FOR him.
All in all a VERY funny episode. Did you see Ryan knock the bouquet out of Kelly’s way? So funny!
Oh — also, my oldest sent me a cute link related to The Office. With the new Wii gaming system, you can choose the features of the character you use in playing the game, and those characters are called Miis. A lot of people make them look like themselves. But someone with a lot of time on their hands made a whole set to look like the cast of the Office
here.
I enjoyed the office last night. I hate it coming on at 8:30 though, because we barely got the children in the bed. I thought it was funny at the end where it looked like Michael had saved the Uncle and Phyliss gave him a kiss on the cheek. That was cute.
Feel better soon. My baby just got over RSV and during Christmas our whole family had the flu then the crud.
Off to McDonald’s for HM cars…. >
I just discovered your blog and anyone who likes The Office can’t be all that bad. :-) I enjoyed last night’s episode. I mean, anyone foolish enough to have Michael in their wedding party deserves what they have coming. And as for Pam and Jim finally getting together? We’ve gotta earn it!
P.S. We are on week 7 of the “crud.”
Oh. My. Word. I had no idea. We just cleaned out Wild Thing’s room and I actually had some of those cars in the give away bag. I’m totally digging them out right. now!
I loved The Office. I felt so sorry for both Pam and Jim. I do not want her to get back with Roy!! I laughed so hard about Kelly saying she wore her dress because she “looks really good in white.” I also liked when the preacher was marrying Phyllis and Bob Vance, from Vance Refrigeration and how they drove away in his van. So whatever happened to Andy? Did he quit or get fired after punching the wall? Kind of strange he’s just never been mentioned again.
Ooh! I love link-love! Fun reads and links, galore!
OK, um, “yes please” on the cars-back-scratching. Sounds delightful.
But onto the pressing issue. Pam & Roy leaving the wedding together.
Roy, you’re a jerk. Pam, stay away from him, as much as he’s trying to act sweet right now.
Jim, I know, sweet baby, you love her. It’s gonna be alright. Just go grab her!!! Just tell her…again!!!
I am with you on Jim. I have such a “crush” on him. And yes…my hubby knows. :-)
Ahh, my kids scratch my back when they come in bed with me. Heaven is right!
The maniacal search for the cars made me laugh. That has to be the only good thing about McDonalds. B/c it surely isn’t the urine-smelling tubes my kids like to crawl through. Seriously. Have you been inside them? I have. Ignorance was bliss.
I HAVE an office. Does that count??
I feel like I’ve missed out on the prom here, ya know!
How the BFG SCF skee-dadles quickly. Before you blow more cars unda’ da bed :)
I may just beat you in the mother-of-the-year contest since I pay my children ten cents to walk on my back for 5 minutes. They get tired (bored) after 3 minutes, but what a lesson they learn about the pay-offs for perseverance.
Oh, the sacrifices I make for parenthood.
Okay, trying again, BooMama…hopefully your spam filter won’t think me a woman of ill-repute and refuse to let me comment this time. ;)
The Office is easily one of my top three shows, and I frequently have to watch it from between my fingers because my hands are over my eyes. Last night was definitely a through-the-fingers-watching episode. More thoughts, including about Jim and Pam (*sob*) are on my blog:
http://southern-born-and-bred.blogspot.com
Hope you and Alex are feeling better soon! The best treatment is probably more of that toy car scratching. ;)
Tsk, tsk….I’m afraid the crud issue is of your own doing. You mentioned being healthy!! Never do that! So although it was your own fault, I do wish you and Alex a speedy recovery. I, myself, as well as my whole family, have remained 100% healthy this whole winter and while we are grateful, you won’t see us ADMITTING this!! No sir! That would not be smart! Oh…wait….oh, shoot.
i’m glad i’m not the only one who enjoys it when their son “plays” on their back or arm or with my hair…:)
you wrote:
“I can’t really say anything else about it because I’m too busy thinking about how sorry I felt for Jim at the end of the episode. *single tear*”
i still have hope for pam and jim (even though i’m also one of the ones who really really likes karen as well). have you seen the british version of the office? the american version has kept really closely with the storyline of the british version (with a few sidetracks here and there that are GREAT…i think the american version will last a few more seasons than the british version did). so if they will keep to the british storyline, then i still have hope for pam and jim.
i loved the episode. “phyllis, did you break wind?”
ha ha ha!
~liz
I haven’t commented in ages. But I’ve been here – honest. Thanks so much for the heads-up on the Beth blog. I had no idea!! Congratulations on your nominations – completely, absolutely deserved.
Thanks too for just being you. I always love visiting.
I am SO getting those “happy meal cars” out right this minute before my little 3 year old’s nap time!!! I think that I am going to introduce him to a fun new “game”. This is great.
Re: the Office – I just loved the Pavlov’s dog bit in the beginning. LOVED IT. Re: the rest of the episode, rather disappointing. I want Jim and Pam together so badly, my password used to be jimandpam2007. Nerd. I know. But I do suppose the writers want to drag this on – they have to keep us hooked, right?
I am so glad that Alex didn’t decide to use your face as a racetrack.
No spa should ever offer that.
I have Bin Laden hiding in my sinuses right now.
I hope you guys get to feeling better. I have had a sinus infection for a month now. I just went back to the Dr. this morning for my second round of medicine.
Sorry the ‘creeping crud’ caught you. There’s been a lot of it amongst my family. I am still on an antibiotic because if it. Keep warm and drink lots of fluids.
I like your idea of a back scratch. I’ll have to share that one.
really? pam and roy? UGH! boomama, i got here from bigmama and have shared in so many of your thoughts. but do you really want to ruffle my feathers? oh, i finish watching in such anger. i realize it would be the end of the show if they got together. but leaving with roy? and this karen girl. she’s killing it for me. *big sigh*
I love the falling sleep as a race track story. Love it. … We’re heading to McDonald’s for lunch today, and dinner tonight, and tomorrow and …
The Office was good but I was sad that Jim and Pam didn’t hook up. I know they are going to milk this storyline for all it’s worth. And Michael, cracked me up! Don’t we all have a relative in our own weddings that tried to take center stage??? NO! Well you haven’t met my family! ;)
Hope you get to feeling better-enjoy your car back scratches, let me know if you need a sub-I’ll volunteer