Honestly, I’m ashamed… I’ve grown to have great pride in the meals I serve for my family. Tonight, however, the menu was quite simply f$@#ed up. To my credit, I was leaving to get a haircut so I didn’t have much time to prepare.

Check out this less-than-tasty menu…

Cornbread muffins
Pancakes
Cocktail Weinies in BBQ sauce
Corn on the cob

That’s just not right. It reminds me of the Friends episode when Rachel made trifle with jam, custard and meat!

I love American Idol! Tonight was a fun one… all 3 contestants were great to watch. I thought the song choices for my little Enchilada (Archuleta) weren’t great, but he’s still my favorite. Syesha is so cute and probably has the best personality for being a star. David Cook is super talented and I loved his songs tonight.

As a tribute, here are some clips from my favorite AI performances…

And my all time favorite…

I love You Tube! If you ever have a memory of an old show or song, you can find just about anything. Tonight while cooking dinner, my husband and I ended up watching old segments from “In Living Color.” What funny stuff! Here are a couple that made us laugh out loud!!!

I tried a new thing from Clorox called Green Works.  It is an all purpose cleaner.  I’m using this now instead of Windex.  It smells great, cleans well, and is better for the environment.  This is from their website:

Wanting to live a more balanced, natural life? Homes are an important place where we want to achieve this balance. With the aim of creating a practical way to green your home without making trade-offs, each product contains over 99% natural ingredients that are biodegradable. Green Works™ cleaners are not tested on animals and use recyclable packaging.

After working many years to perfect our formula, we tested our products to learn that our products work as well as traditional cleaners. This is because we created our natural formula from scratch and worked until we had a powerful formula that really works.

We are proud to offer a natural line of cleaners that work as well as conventional cleaners, made from plant-based material without harsh chemical fumes or residue. We are excited to bring to market our first line of all natural products.

This may be a no-brainer, but as you begin to store your heavy coats away for the winter, now is a good time to do one last check of the pockets.  You may find money, food, keys, or in my case the always-hiding binkies.  Happy Spring!

I’ve already confessed to being a dork.  Here’s more evidence.  I’m in love with my new eco-friendly, reusable grocery bags!  I bought 3 of them just to try them out.   I bought them at one of the supercenters in town and was amazed at how much these guys could hold.  I only paid $1  each which I thought was worth it.  Now, I keep the bags in my front seat and will use them whenever I stop at the store.  I probably should have looked into the ones without the store name on it as I like to go to  different places and will likely get some looks from the clerks at the other stores!  I still will get some of the plastic bags because I use them for garbage and diapers, etc., but I’ve cut down the number significantly.   If you’re looking for a way to save the planet, this is one easy way!  Note: they were also much easier to carry from the car to the kitchen.  Great bags!!!

I’m not sure of the dwelling habits of the average troll, but in my mind, I see them creeping around at night.  They have a purpose, but to an outsider they may look like they are confused and a little out of sorts.

This is my family circa 3:30 in the morning.  Between the 2 kids and the cat, my husband and I seem to wander the halls of our house way too much.  We’re both hunched over, feeling our way around the dimly lit house.  I am decidedly more freakish as I also wander without my glasses.  We sleep wherever we can catch a few zzz’s, rummaging for a blanket to cover our bodies even if the entire blanket only covers from our feet to mid-thigh.  We move kids (who are often inexplicably bare-assed) from one bed to another, take plastic bags away from an annoying feline, and try our hardest to pretend during the following day that we are well-rested.

Humans by day, nocturnal trolls by night.  That’s us.  (Note: this picture was taken this morning!).

Do you ever feel like you don’t have time to do anything?  You think, “I would do that if I had more time.”  Then, without being prepared, suddenly you have some “free time.”  When this happens to me, I kind of freak out.  The unexpectedness of it throws me off and I am suddenly spinning around the house thinking, “Should I do this?  Maybe I’ll do that?”  Next thing you know, time’s up.

I always feel guilty about not using my “free time” to its fullest.  Relaxing is rare and appreciated, yet so unfulfilling when I look back on the day.  Staying busy is good, but there’s always more to be done.  Does everybody feel this way?

Real Housewives of NY: Did you watch this one?  It was my “I hate to admit it” one.  I loved watching them.  So many of the characters reminded me of people I have known throughout my life.  I think Jill was my favorite because she would speak her mind in an honest way, had the class she claimed to have, and seemed happy in her station in life.

Top Chef: I was disappointed last night.  I thought the other team who didn’t use polish sausage should have had to go.  I wish this show wasn’t on so late at night… it makes me want to eat!

American Idol: David A. and David C. should make the final.  David A is still my favorite.  Brook should have left last night.

Dancing with the Stars: I like Edyta and the big guy best.

Looking forward to So You Think You Can Dance!

Have a good day!

When my little girl was very little she spit up a lot. So much so that we kind of nicknamed her “Chunks.” Gross, right? Thankfully, she outgrew that and life has been good.

Sadly, the gross-ness of motherhood hasn’t left our house yet. Here are just a few of the nasty things that I’ve lived through in the past few days:

The bottle… several days later. I think this happens to everyone. Somehow a bottle (full or partially full) of milk slides itself under a dresser or under a car seat. You don’t even know it’s missing until you happen upon it. If it’s a clear bottle the chunks are easily visible. The question immediately comes to mind, “Should I just throw it away?” In my case, I’m leaving it up to dear husband. If he’s up for opening the can of stank, then he can put it in the dishwasher and hope for the best.

Back to baby spit-up. When babies are small, they have small spit up (in most cases). As a one year old, they’ve got more room in their belly, hence more juice. The other night I had given the baby some milk before bed. She had her head on my chest so sweetly then put her head up, looked at me, then heaved her vomit all over my chest. The crazy thing is how helpless you feel when this happens. I was afraid to move because I didn’t want the yuck to hit the floor, yet if we didn’t get separated soon, the goo would clearly solidify and stick us together. After yelling for assistance from my honey, I got an unexpected shower out of the deal and went to bed 3 times more traumatized than she.

Speaking of gross… somebody smells like they need a new diaper… GROSS!