Alright friends, I'm back from vacation. I don't think I've ever left you all for so long! I wanted to update you guys but I was in an area without internet (the horror! They didn't even have a Starbucks!)
I had to do a bit of work for a company I do some marketing for and found myself on the floor of a gift shop, stealing wireless and getting dirty looks from people who clearly thought I was an addict. When I finished, I snuck over here and even had the "New Post" page open before my walkie-talkie crackled to life with an "are you ready yet?" I decided not to leave my fellow vacationers waiting, but I did feel bad for leaving you all. I hope you can forgive me.
Stylishkids.com is giving one of you that cute Juicy dress, so that should partly make up for my absence. I used a random number generator and it chose #3, so our own dear Jennifer from Momma Made it Look Easy is the winner of that adorable dress!! I am really excited that such a good commenter won! Jennifer, send your mailing address to my email address over there in the sidebar and I will pass it along to the nice folks at Stylishkids.com!
Vacation went well but I'm still worn out. Our housesitter left us a note that said, "If it were up to me, I'd kill every one of these animals except for the hedgehog," so I'm guessing I need to start looking around for another housesitter (or new pets...)
Mr. Ashley wants to go to the beach today but after 6 straight days in my bathing suit, I kind of dread the thought of putting it back on. Oh, what a hard life!
Sunday, August 1, 2010
Thursday, July 22, 2010
Stylishkids.com Juicy Giveaway
Good news!
I'm going on vacation and one of you is going to get a cute little Juicy girl's dress for free!
When people offer to give you all stuff, I try to say yes because you all love stuff. Sometimes when it's a website, I feel a little nervous about saying yes because what if I don't like their site--we are honest here but we (usually) don't want to hurt anyone's feelings. When Stylishkids.com offered the darling little Juicy dress, I was intrigued on your behalf and the concept of a search engine for kids clothes sounded like something we would like. I briefly checked it out and it looked legit, so I said yes to the dress.
But last night I actually had a minute to check it out in-depth and am happy to report that it's a really helpful site, especially with back to school shopping going on right now. Stylishkids.com is a shopping search engine for children’s apparel that carries everything from school uniforms to brand names like Juicy Couture Kids and Little Marc, and offers information on sales as well as which sites offer free shipping--all on one page! Pretty cool! It also has nice sorting features, which makes it easy to browse by price or category.
As a mom of boys, I'm completely sick of shopping in the same 3 stores all of the other moms of boys shop at and I did find some really cute stuff using the Stylishkids.com search engine. It's probably even more fun if you're shopping for girls!
Which brings us to the Juicy dress. Ta-da:
So cute!
I'm going on vacation and one of you is going to get a cute little Juicy girl's dress for free!
When people offer to give you all stuff, I try to say yes because you all love stuff. Sometimes when it's a website, I feel a little nervous about saying yes because what if I don't like their site--we are honest here but we (usually) don't want to hurt anyone's feelings. When Stylishkids.com offered the darling little Juicy dress, I was intrigued on your behalf and the concept of a search engine for kids clothes sounded like something we would like. I briefly checked it out and it looked legit, so I said yes to the dress.
But last night I actually had a minute to check it out in-depth and am happy to report that it's a really helpful site, especially with back to school shopping going on right now. Stylishkids.com is a shopping search engine for children’s apparel that carries everything from school uniforms to brand names like Juicy Couture Kids and Little Marc, and
As a mom of boys, I'm completely sick of shopping in the same 3 stores all of the other moms of boys shop at and I did find some really cute stuff using the Stylishkids.com search engine. It's probably even more fun if you're shopping for girls!
Which brings us to the Juicy dress. Ta-da:
So cute!Enter to win by leaving a comment and promising to name your next child Ashley.
Okay, just kidding about naming the next child Ashley, but it would be a nice touch. Only U.S. residents, please. The dress is available in sizes 2 through 6. Moms of boys, feel free to leave your name. Maybe you know a girl or maybe you hoard things for the daughter you may have one day. Maybe you just like to win things. Maybe you just really like to leave comments and the prize would be a nice bonus. I don't know. But thanks to Stylishkids.com for the dress; I wish it came in my size.
Contest runs through next Saturday (July 31st). I'll be floating around on crystal clear spring waters on my inner tube if you need me.
Okay, just kidding about naming the next child Ashley, but it would be a nice touch. Only U.S. residents, please. The dress is available in sizes 2 through 6. Moms of boys, feel free to leave your name. Maybe you know a girl or maybe you hoard things for the daughter you may have one day. Maybe you just like to win things. Maybe you just really like to leave comments and the prize would be a nice bonus. I don't know. But thanks to Stylishkids.com for the dress; I wish it came in my size.
Contest runs through next Saturday (July 31st). I'll be floating around on crystal clear spring waters on my inner tube if you need me.
Cross Dress
One thing led to another and I ended up putting one of my sundresses on little kid today as I was folding laundry. (He asked me to, although he denies this now.)
We both giggled as we snuck into the room Big Kid was in and little kid tapped him on the shoulder, cracking up over wearing jeans, a Jimi Hendrix shirt and a sundress. Big Kid looked up and laughed.
"Let me go get my camera," I said.
Big Kid's smile instantly stopped. "Don't you do it! Don't you dare take a picture of him like that."
"Oh whatever, it's all in good fun," I said, reaching for the camera.
"DON'T DO IT! NO PICTURE! I won't let you do it, mom. I'm not havin' you take a picture of my bubby in a dress."
"What is your problem? He's fine with it. Who cares?"
"I care! He might care when he's more growed up. If you do it, I'll be all tweaked out."
"Tweaked out?!? Did you really just say that? Are you for real?" I could tell he was for real, just by looking at him. His face was turning red.
"I will not let you, mom. If you do it, I will delete it or break your camera or do whatever I think is best. I'll take little kid and we'll run away!!"
Honestly, I've never seen him so mad at me. There was only one other time that was comparable, the one time I swiped a soapy finger in little kid's mouth for out-of-control sassing. Big Kid threatened to call Poison Control on me that day.
At this point, little kid was running around the kitchen island screaming and trying to tear the dress off. I decided to give up on the photo; I can't have them running away right before we leave on vacation.
We should all be so lucky to have a brother like Big Kid, though.
Despite Big Kid's noble effort to save little kid from embarrassment, little kid keeps asking me to put the dress on Big Kid. When I told him that Big Kid would never go for that, he suggested that I just hold him down and force the dress over his head.
I think he's your more typical type of brother.
We both giggled as we snuck into the room Big Kid was in and little kid tapped him on the shoulder, cracking up over wearing jeans, a Jimi Hendrix shirt and a sundress. Big Kid looked up and laughed.
"Let me go get my camera," I said.
Big Kid's smile instantly stopped. "Don't you do it! Don't you dare take a picture of him like that."
"Oh whatever, it's all in good fun," I said, reaching for the camera.
"DON'T DO IT! NO PICTURE! I won't let you do it, mom. I'm not havin' you take a picture of my bubby in a dress."
"What is your problem? He's fine with it. Who cares?"
"I care! He might care when he's more growed up. If you do it, I'll be all tweaked out."
"Tweaked out?!? Did you really just say that? Are you for real?" I could tell he was for real, just by looking at him. His face was turning red.
"I will not let you, mom. If you do it, I will delete it or break your camera or do whatever I think is best. I'll take little kid and we'll run away!!"
Honestly, I've never seen him so mad at me. There was only one other time that was comparable, the one time I swiped a soapy finger in little kid's mouth for out-of-control sassing. Big Kid threatened to call Poison Control on me that day.
At this point, little kid was running around the kitchen island screaming and trying to tear the dress off. I decided to give up on the photo; I can't have them running away right before we leave on vacation.
We should all be so lucky to have a brother like Big Kid, though.
Despite Big Kid's noble effort to save little kid from embarrassment, little kid keeps asking me to put the dress on Big Kid. When I told him that Big Kid would never go for that, he suggested that I just hold him down and force the dress over his head.
I think he's your more typical type of brother.
Wednesday, July 21, 2010
Frigidaire Professional Series
Do you like hand washing dishes?
Love the feeling of dish pan hands?
Enjoy the excitement of reaching around blindly in scalding hot water for sharp knives?
Then you need a Frigidaire Professional Series dishwasher!
Its puzzling error codes will stimulate your brain while your new manual labor role occupies your time and lets you have a more intimate relationship with your dish ware! Amazingly, the Frigidaire Professional Series dishwasher has a knack for quitting right before you have guests or leave on vacation! Sometimes it's just joking and can be reset, but sometimes you just have to wash your own damn dishes!
They call it the "Professional" series because you'll have to hire a professional to wash your dishes once it quits working. And if you can't afford that, you have the added benefit of on-the-job training to become your own professional dishwasher! It provides job skills, people.
Admire the Frigidaire Professional Series dishwasher's sleek stainless steel interface as you and your dishtowel painstakingly dry each plate and bowl and cup. Watch how the green flashing "ER" signal reflects off of the cutlery you're scrubbing. Eat nice family meals off of paper plates with plastic forks in your beautiful kitchen.
The Frigidaire Professional Series dishwasher can do all of this and more!!
(Well, not much more.)
Love the feeling of dish pan hands?
Enjoy the excitement of reaching around blindly in scalding hot water for sharp knives?
Then you need a Frigidaire Professional Series dishwasher!
Its puzzling error codes will stimulate your brain while your new manual labor role occupies your time and lets you have a more intimate relationship with your dish ware! Amazingly, the Frigidaire Professional Series dishwasher has a knack for quitting right before you have guests or leave on vacation! Sometimes it's just joking and can be reset, but sometimes you just have to wash your own damn dishes!
They call it the "Professional" series because you'll have to hire a professional to wash your dishes once it quits working. And if you can't afford that, you have the added benefit of on-the-job training to become your own professional dishwasher! It provides job skills, people.
Admire the Frigidaire Professional Series dishwasher's sleek stainless steel interface as you and your dishtowel painstakingly dry each plate and bowl and cup. Watch how the green flashing "ER" signal reflects off of the cutlery you're scrubbing. Eat nice family meals off of paper plates with plastic forks in your beautiful kitchen.
The Frigidaire Professional Series dishwasher can do all of this and more!!
(Well, not much more.)
Tuesday, July 20, 2010
What's for Lunch?
"Some people's moms are dead and den no one's bossin' 'em around! My wook fwiends moms is dead, they's got no one bossin' 'em!" little kid announced.
This is a recurring theme, his imaginary friends and their dead mothers. Sometimes they have mothers that let them do crazy shit, like bake cupcakes every single day and frost them by themselves. Sometimes they are adults who can do whatever they want. But often their mothers are dead or have died recently.
"little kid, do you know how sad you would be if I died? You started to cry when I came back from my 3 hour hair appointment today because you had missed me so much. If I was dead you could never talk to me, hug me, kiss me, snuggle me, play with me--nothing, ever again. You would miss me forever."
"Well...I could talk to ya when you was up wif God. Pippi Longstocking talks to her mumum and she's dead. I'd get to see ya when I go up wif God, too."
"But I could never talk back. I couldn't be here for you during your life. You'd be talking to me and missing me, but you wouldn't get to see me or be with me again for a very, very long time. It would be very sad for you, little kid."
He looked pensive. "Yeah, a little bit sad. Dere would be no lunch."
Detecting the pissed off look on my face, he started to talk about how much his work friends missed their dead mothers. I just sort of ignored him, so he paused for a moment and then went on to mention how his work friends still got lunch since they still had dads.
"It's a good thing I got's a dad, dontcha think?" he finished.
This is a recurring theme, his imaginary friends and their dead mothers. Sometimes they have mothers that let them do crazy shit, like bake cupcakes every single day and frost them by themselves. Sometimes they are adults who can do whatever they want. But often their mothers are dead or have died recently.
"little kid, do you know how sad you would be if I died? You started to cry when I came back from my 3 hour hair appointment today because you had missed me so much. If I was dead you could never talk to me, hug me, kiss me, snuggle me, play with me--nothing, ever again. You would miss me forever."
"Well...I could talk to ya when you was up wif God. Pippi Longstocking talks to her mumum and she's dead. I'd get to see ya when I go up wif God, too."
"But I could never talk back. I couldn't be here for you during your life. You'd be talking to me and missing me, but you wouldn't get to see me or be with me again for a very, very long time. It would be very sad for you, little kid."
He looked pensive. "Yeah, a little bit sad. Dere would be no lunch."
Detecting the pissed off look on my face, he started to talk about how much his work friends missed their dead mothers. I just sort of ignored him, so he paused for a moment and then went on to mention how his work friends still got lunch since they still had dads.
"It's a good thing I got's a dad, dontcha think?" he finished.
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