I won! I won!

So heeeeeere it is!  I won this tea sampler set from Love To Shop Mom.  It took a bit for me to get it and a few emails back and forth but it's here and I can't wait to finally try it!  Love to Shop Mom is a blog written by a lovely woman named Jamie.  Her site is mostly product reviews--both mom and non-mom related--with a bit of Mom stuff and personal stuff thrown in.  What I love most about her reviews is that she is very honest.  If she loves something, she tell you and if she hates something, she'll tell you that too!  If you want to check it out go here or click on the button on the side of this post.

Disclaimer:  Just so you know, I wasn't given anything to plug Love To Shop Mom.  I merely wanted to give Jamie a shout-out because I love her blog.

Long Time No Post

Two months!  That's how much time has passed since I last posted(well, almost).  A certain Lady Toesocks has been complainin' that I haven't posted in a long time.   Girl doesn't know I'm busy? Jeesh!  Anyway, today was the first day of school here and my oldest child is a seasoned back-to-schooler, so there wasn't a lot of hoopla about it here other than getting our junk together the night before.  In my household it just seems to work better with our getting ready for the day schedules  if the Mr. or I drive the boy to school.  This morning we were all ready to go and I was just finishing getting the little one ready when the school bus stopped at the neighbor's house.  So I said "Garrett, the bus is here!  Better hurry up and get on it!"  In most cases he would know I was joking since I've said that so many times before.   He replied "OK!" and I figure he's joking back.  A few minutes later, we're ready to go so I yelled for Garrett to get a move on.  There's no sign of him downstairs, so I checked upstairs.  Not there either.  I went outside.  Not there.  So I start yelling "GAARRRETTTTT!!!!!"  and I was starting to freak out a little.  My neighbor came outside and said "Are you looking for Garrett? He got on the bus."  "Oh, he wasn't supposed to go on there.  Thank you!"  I replied.   He went on the bus without me knowing!  How did I not see him go right by me?  So my attempt at humor was an epic fail and I managed to make myself look like an idiot in front of my neighbor.  Awesome.  You would think that after 10 years the kid would be used to my brand of sarcasm.   I'd fill y'all in on my summer but there's just not much to write about besides my anxiety trip(issue resolved, thank goodness!).  Also, I have some Oreos to dunk.

So this is what I've been up to lately...enjoying summer with the fam.  This has been a pretty fabulous summer weather-wise!  Quite an improvement from the rainy summer of last year, I must say.  This little heat wave that we're in the middle of, well that I can do without.  So today I say the greatest invention ever is air conditioning.  Gas grills come in at a close second.  I absolutely luuurve my grill, especially on busy summer days or on days when heating up the kitchen just isn't gonna happen.  I love being able to throw some meat on the grill, slap some sauce on it, throw together a salad of some sort and have it all done in less time than it takes to go for takeout.  Of course, I could do the same thing in the winter time on the George Foreman grill(another top notch invention).  But it's just not the same.  I know some diehards grill outside in the winter but I don't do cold.  Standing outside in the snow waiting for food to cook isn't my idea of a good time.
     In other news, Lucas repeated his first swear word today.  Not one of the finer milestones, but a milestone nonetheless.  Mama's gotta start watching those s-bombs!

Since I Haven't Posted in a Bit....

You've probably seen this if you're one of my Facebook buds, but if you're not(LadyToeSocks!!) This is called "Chuck Norris Your Friends" I decided to "Chuck Norris" my child instead. 

So anyway, yesterday was Family Fun Day at school.  Of course I had to single-parent it since Mark had to go to work.  We paid our $2 to get in and soon after I got ditched.   Apparently I am OK to hang with in a pinch but the second a friend shows up I'm dropped like a hot potato.  I've never felt more like a Mom than I did at that moment, and not necessarily in a good way.  Oh well.  I guess they'll be more where that came from.

More Pink.

See that pink bucket?  Apparently you can buy some chicken and help cure breast cancer at the same time!  Talk about killing 2 birds with 1 stone!(hehehe)...We were talking about this at work yesterday and I thought that a great slogan for this would be "Buy a breast, save a breast!"  Who's with me?

Look What I Found!

Vintage tampons!!!!!  I was on the hunt for something today and came across these oldies.  According to my calculations these are about 11-12 years old.  I know this because after I had Garrett in 2000 I was on the Depo shot up until the time I got pregnant with Lucas, therefore AF didn't visit me in all that time. Do I save or do I toss?  This is where my green and frugal self and just-throw-it-out self come to blows.  On this one the latter won out.  But there was less than 1/2 of the box left anyway.  So I only feel less than 1/2 bad about giving them the old heave-ho.

Look What I Did!

I totally mangled my rings!  More specifically, my engagement ring and wrap.  I was sliding the door to the laundry room shut and my hand didn't quite make it out.  I looked down at my hand and thought "Wow, that ring looks a little off." Then I realized that it hurt and my finger was starting to turn reddish purple.   Mark came to my rescue and got a pair of pliers and made it so I could remove the rings.  This picture doesn't even do it justice.  Lucky for me he can fix them up at work. How long I have to wait for them is another story.  What I thought was interesting was that my diamonds took a hard blow but my wedding band came through perfectly fine.  Ah, the symbolism!