Mother of the year!

smoking womanLast night we went shopping.

At a mall.

All of us.

Well, not the dog.

Seriously.

A MALL!

I can’t tell you the last time I was at a mall.

Probably around the time most of the other patrons were BEING BORN!

Jeez, I feel old.

Well, not as old as Lori. I’ll never be as old as Lori.

This got really off topic.

Forgive me, it’s 3:30 am as I write this.

You gotta love inspiration that strikes when you should be sleeping, not to mention the hungry baby I just fed.

So.

Back to the business at hand.

We saw a woman while driving to the mall who did not appear to be a careful nor a considerate driver. She was weaving in and out, not maintaining a constant speed and simply being a highway nuisance. At one point she passed us up and I noticed she was driving with no hands, smoking a cigarette with the left hand and “texting” (man, I’m old) with her right. AND SHE HAD KIDS IN THE CAR!

Am I just getting so old and uptight (well, I’ve always been uptight) or was this just the most stupid behavior on the planet??? Did I mention the speed limit was 70 and she had to be going faster than that since she passed MY HUSBAND and he drives like Mario Andretti?

Ok, I’m done.

Discuss………..

In search of farmers and fleas, careful what you wish for…

famerThis weekend we decided to go out for breakfast and then visit a Farmers Market and a Flea Market. We’re in a sorta small town, and made the drive about 20 or so minutes to get to all three which were located relatively near each other.

It was not a day that will go down in history as anything other than a big waste of time!

There was an X-Files once where Mulder said to Scully something like “it will be a nice trip to the forest” and she ended up almost being eaten alive by bugs.

I now know how she felt.

A little word of advice…

If you place a can of beer inside the ice reservoir in your freezer, DO NOT use the ice crusher dispenser to get crushed ice.

You will get a crushed beer can and beer flavored ice.

Seriously.

Someone in my house just learned that the hard way.

It wasn’t me.

My Energizer Emergency Kit

A couple of weeks ago I posted about an emergency kit I won from Energizer at Lille Punkin’ Reviews. You can read the post here: I’ve Gone and Done it Again.

I received my kit and it was filled with a bunch of wonderful safety goodies! They sent enough for one person, but the backpack is big enough that I can go out and get the duplicate items I need for every member of the family and they will all fit in the bag.

Here are a couple photos of the emergency kit:
Energizer emergency kit

Energizer Emergency Kit

Every family really should consider making their own emergency kit and include additional things like water and the other items listed in the original contest post at Lille Punkin’ Reviews.

Oh how I love the internet!

A couple of weeks ago, I entered a giveaway at Wired for Noise for an Electric Double Breast Pump. The other day I received an email telling me that I won! With a pregnant sister and sister-in-law, it will go to good use!

I also recently entered a giveaway at Life is Like Champagne for a British design t-shirt from Charlie and Sarah’s shop. I received an email this weekend telling me I was the winner! I let Jake pick and he picked a t-shirt with a Mini Cooper on it.

Thank you to both sites for the giveaways!

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