conversation with the girl

girl: "Mommy, remember when I loved cheetos so much I wanted to marry Chester Cheetah?"

me: "Yeah, and Kool-Aid man was going to come..."

girl: "I love these hash browns so much, I wanna marry Mr. Dell when I get big."

me: shaking my head because Mr. Dell is a real person, and continuing to shake because I should have seen this coming with the girl going through a bag of hash-brownie-browns a week by herself! "Sweetheart, you can't marry Mr. Dell because the original Mr. Dell passed away, and the current Mr. Dell is married to sister Johnsen, and is old like your meemaa. Maybe you can just be his friend."

girl: "Really? I know Mr. Dell? Why didn't you tell me that before? I LOOOOOOOOVE his hash browns! You have to show him to me."


She has also taken possession of the boy's Mr. Dell semi and keeps her favorite toys of the moment in them. The girl is just a little bit obsessive about her food, and potato products have been the latest. She has given up her bag of chips a week for a bag of hash browns a week. What a goof!

black friday survival tips

1. MAKE YOUR BATTLE PLAN ON THANKSGIVING. It helps to check the online black friday stuff before then, you may be able to buy some things early. Also make note of the time the store is opening. Seperate each store into "halves." Tell your co-shoppers which list they will have.


2. SET YOUR ALARM. Unless you are hunting electronics, you don't need to be at any store until a few minutes before it opens. Why wait outside in the cold in line, when you can stroll up when the doors open and get in just the same.


3. GET YOUR DIET COKE READY. Make sure that each person has one so that your peeps won't be too tired to have your back! Put them in the car so you all you have to remember is shoes!


4. SLEEP WITH YOUR MAKEUP ON. That way you can fool those who didn't into thinking you are one of those who is serious and got up extra early to put her face on.


5. DON'T BE AFRAID TO SPEAK UP. That fire hazard that Target sets up every year? Make sure you loudly proclaim the lack of unlocked doors is a fire hazard and you are calling the fire marshall! Also, people getting things before the designated time at WalMart? If they won't hand you the sizes you need, start loudly letting everyone else know who is breaking the rules!
6. DIVIDE & CONQUER. Give your team their parts of the list and split through the store. Any questions, complaints, use your cell phone to let them know. This is where the battle plan from yesterday becomes successful. Also don't be afraid to yell out what you need, and what you have that you don't need. Making friends with the person on the other side of the display is key to getting stuff fast!
7. GET THE HELL OUT! Find the most out of the way register you can find. They move faster. Jewelry, automotive, sporting goods, garden center, "non black friday" lines are all game.

These steps allowed me to leave the house at 3:30am and be back by 5:45am this year... What fun this is!

more thinks

• I also think I would watch "30 rock" if it weren't for Alec Baldwin. He just really annoys me.
  

• My forehead is reacting well to the tazorac. It is losing it lines as it is growing more whatever it is supposed to. The rest of my face is drinking moisturizer like diet coke in the mornings, and is flaky like a biscuit when I get home.

• When I stumbled to the living room, the news is saying something bout a winter storm. What??? Oh well, I have a stockpile of cheese, crackers, brownie mix, & diet coke. I guess I'm ready!

• If you are my child and are hanging out in your underwear, then don't complain about the house being cold! Put some stinkin' clothes on already! Don't you remember my 2-layer rule crazy!

I think I maybe, kinda, sorta, need to get a boyfriend. Someone to take me to get some nachos, and to see New Moon, and buy me some milk duds there, and then appreciate my witty, snarky comments throughout said movie. Any takers?

ow! my face...

Is burning off!!!!! I began my Tazorac prescription. Now I remember why I waited 3 years to do it again! Oh well, I will look years younger in 6 weeks! (If I can put up with it that long...)

proven theory...

I have long had a theory that I have shared with many. That drinking Diet Coke makes you short. I was the proof of that theory, being the shortest kid in my family (5'8" for me, 6' for my sister, 6'2" for one brother, and 6'4" for another). And last night my theory was proven again. The girl and her cousin K are 9 months apart. Usually they get to be about the same height, and then the girl hits a growth spurt. Not so much last night. K is taller than the girl now! Even though the girl's growth spurt will start soon, K has never been taller. How does this prove my theory? The girl has been taking drinks off my diet coke for the last year. She swore to quit that habit after last night, and finding out that her mom was right! Feel free to use this theory on your kids as well. I have always said that diet coke makes kids short, and I now have further proof to add!

computer issues

So, I switched phone/internet companies. Thought it would be easy. Not so much. I was without home phone for 4 days, and without internet until today. How? I'm not sure, but appearantly my downstairs is wired differently than the rest of the house. The main computer is downstairs, so I had to piggyback on a neighbors unsecured network. And now I can't work my wireless at all. I guess I'll be placing another service call! Good thing I paid the $4 a month extra that I can cancel at any time! I'll be getting my moneys worth for this month!

Other stuff... I finished at the denture place. I'm now at a pedo (kids) dentist. I like the clientel much better. I'll save the things I learned at the denture place for another blog.

Have to find the boy some food... he is having dad issues (will they ever end?) and is being extra picky and not so hungry...