Yes, it’s about time for me to participate in this blog carnival again. I can always benefit from a little introspection.
Here’s what I’ve learned this week:
If you’re gonna bake two frozen pizzas, don’t put them directly on two racks, with one above the other.
Cuz if you do, the top pizza will self-destruct and cover the floor of your oven with dough, sauce, and sizzling cheese. Oh yeah, and your kids will whine about getting a donutish pizza with the raw middle cut out.
I may have recently stumbled upon The. Best. Product. Ever.
Poo-pourri. It’s real. Check out the website. Although this text kinda creeps me out with its Too Much Information:
Just picture this…Last night’s buffet was the best you ever had, but today at the office, all that eating is catching up to you. As you walk out from your second visit to the restroom, you nearly collide with the handsome lad from two offices down. You both pause, staring at each other. Just then, the door shuts behind you. A rush of bathroom air fans past. “Mmmm, citrusy,” he says and walks away. You pat your purse and smile — Poo~Pourri bathroom spray deodorizer, it keeps your dirty little secret.
Tell me. Did you REALLY benefit from that mental image? Me neither.
That any trip to a public pool, especially one conducting swimming lessons for toddlers, will end with a whistle from the lifeguards to clear the pool, and the chance to view someone skim out a brown thing that even Bill Murray wouldn’t eat.
This was our visit to the YMCA pool last night. The silver lining: It gave me the perfect excuse to take the kids home.
That while fast food places may make you gag, with their playgrounds and Giddy Meals and mystery smells, if you take six kids to a sit-down restaurant (even one like Steak n Shake) in the middle of the day, you might be in for a worser fate.
(I typed “worser fate” because I knew I’d heard it somewhere. But then I couldn’t figure out who’d said it. Ah yes, finally it came to me: Sebastian Crab sang it in The Little Mermaid. Just some Disney trivia for today.)
That my kids are still not ready to have a sleepover all together on the floor of one room.
I learned this the other night, after they spent 90 minutes alternately fighting and laughing hysterically. After 11 pm, I finally threatened:
“If I hear another insult or threat from LC, or another slap, punch, kick or push from either of you girls, ALL of you will go back to your beds.”
Thirty minutes of whispers later, they all moved voluntarily to their own beds.
Wha??? So we all went through this once again for NOTHING? Why do I continue to fall for their tears and promises?
(It’s important to note that this occurred when Charlie was not home. He’s much less trusting than I and has yet to authorize any sleepover. Of course, he would also say that our kids will NEVER be ready for any kind of sleepover until they’re married and it’s with their spouse. In a house that is not here. I think I could benefit from his wisdom.)
So what have YOU learned? If you have a blog and post about it, be sure to visit JoLynne at Musings of A Housewife and link up!
17 responses so far ↓
1 Wendy // Jun 9, 2009 at 12:41 pm
Yup, I knew it was time for poo.
So, when will you be purchasing your poo-pourri? And are you sure there isn’t someone you’re trying to lure with that citrus-y scent?
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2 Jo@Mylestones // Jun 9, 2009 at 1:01 pm
Poo-Pourri? REALLY? SERIOUSLY. REALLY?? (That’s my Seth & Amy impression).
I guess the bright side is, what with your self-proclaimed status as top Poopy Blogger, you could totally score some ad money from these guys.
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3 the domestic fringe // Jun 9, 2009 at 2:40 pm
This one was really funny! I like your husband’s sleepover philosophy.
By the way, you won the pet carnival give-away. Do you want 4 tickets to the museum in NYC? You’d probably rather 4 airline tickets, but I haven’t been able to get an airline to sponsor a give-away. Not yet anyway.
-FringeGirl
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4 Helen // Jun 9, 2009 at 3:16 pm
That pizza one is good advice. I never would have guessed it, and could easily make the same mistake.
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5 Steph at the Red Clay Diaries // Jun 9, 2009 at 3:23 pm
Wendy, to paraphrase …um some commercial I know I’ve heard somewhere… It’s ALWAYS time for poo!”
Jo, AD revenue!!! YES! You are brilliant! This could be my first sponsorship!
FringeGirl, I wonder if I could get the Poo-pourri folks to sponsor my trip to NYC. I could blog about natural history feces or something… Also? Yay me! I won!
Helen, are you just trying to make me feel better? I just assumed that I was the only domestic goddess who couldn’t figure that out.
6 faemom // Jun 9, 2009 at 4:17 pm
Yeah, I didn’t need that mental picture either. Good to know about the pizza. I’ll write that down.
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7 JanMary, N Ireland // Jun 9, 2009 at 4:22 pm
LOL!
Great lessons
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8 @ngie // Jun 9, 2009 at 5:07 pm
Can I just say that I find it rather amusing that you have a whole tag complete dedicated to the subject that touches all our hearts (well, maybe not our hearts, but at least one part of our bodies) the infamous: POO! Ha! You are simply awesome SSBBBFF.
(Did you see that I talked about you on my blog?)
Love ya!
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9 katdish // Jun 9, 2009 at 5:27 pm
Uh..ma…gaw! I can’t believe that poo-pourri thing.
I’m just a few days into summer vacation and have already threaten my children with bodily harm on more than one occassion.
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10 Alison // Jun 9, 2009 at 7:42 pm
Poo-pourri. Unbelievable. (I mean, I do believe you, it’s just amazing that someone was able to get it manufactured.)
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11 Annie K // Jun 9, 2009 at 8:49 pm
I had something profound to say…but I lost it after the whole poo-pourri and YMCA thing…I can’t seem to get past that. Sigh.
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12 Candy // Jun 9, 2009 at 8:52 pm
All these years with Charlie and you can’t bake a frozen pizza?
The Poo-Pourri is unreal – “changing the bathroom experience.” Something I’m sure we could all use. And such stylish packaging! Sort of like the “courtesy flush” buttons in the Japanese bathrooms – but not.
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13 Sharkbait // Jun 10, 2009 at 2:56 am
What concerns me most is that pot-pourri means “rotten pot” in French.
So effectively they are naming this product “rotten poo”. Would you buy a product called rotten poo?
Also on their webpage that slightly manic looking girl sitting on the toilet cistern just gives me the creeps. What is she doing up there?
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14 Sarah (GenMom) // Jun 10, 2009 at 4:56 am
How funny on the pizza. I haven’t heard of one coming apart in the oven like that. Must have unstable pizza there in GA.
Poo-pourri is a new one too. Interesting. I like your commenters responses too. Rotten poo. uck.
Have a great day!
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15 joyce // Jun 10, 2009 at 5:54 am
Poo-pourri.
I have no words.
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16 Hillary @ The Other Mama // Jun 10, 2009 at 7:37 am
Hilarious! The amount of poo in your week is a little alarming, but very blog worthy. Too funny!
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17 Nick the Geek // Jun 12, 2009 at 10:33 am
ok so you worked in poo-pouri and a floater into the same “what I learned” wow that’s impressive.
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