No Poofy Skirts on This Rodeo Drive!

Today is the 2nd Blog installment for Mother's Day because...a moms gotta do what a moms gotta do when it comes to finding a Poofy Skirt!

Today is the 2nd grade squaredance and my daughter begged for a "Poofy Skirt" to Cotton-Eyed Joe in! I searched high and low for that "Poofy Skirt"!

I had been offered the suggestion to try a local children's boutique. Just so happens, it's the one local children's boutique that I try to avoid, due to over-inflated prices and way over the top over-inflated bad attitudes in their boutique lady help. But desperate times call for desperate measures, a moms gotta do-what a moms gotta do, so I had to swallow my "Target" pride and give the specialty shop a try, because after all, I needed a Poofy Skirt in just 4 days!

The last visit I had with these ladies, who must believe that they are living the scene from Rodeo Drive in "Pretty Woman", did not go well, and I seriously, have not been back. About 5 yrs ago, I went into this shop with my, at the time three yr old, to browse the latest high-priced styles. Upon leaving the store (empty-handed), my 3 yr old tripped on the rug leading out the door and went sailing into their plate glass door, gashing her forehead open, but luckily saving their door (or else we would've had to move)! Panicking, I grabbed my bleeding toddler and ran to the counter and asked the stoned-faced boutique lady if she had a paper towel, a towel, a "Poofy Skirt", anything to stop the bleeding?? Glancing over my shoulder, surveying her boutique door damage, the stiff necked boutique lady said, "No. You might try the bakery around the corner." Are you kidding me?! If my 2nd born had not been gushing her red blood cells all over my Mossimo hoodie, I would've grabbed the 1st silk-lined extra soft, $79.99 baby blanket that I could reach and applied pressure, but I wasn't thinking correctly, and off to the bakery we hustled.........

Fast forward to this Monday....5 yrs later.....

As I reluctantly entered the "boutique", the 1st thing I heard were the 2 boutique ladies complaining that "all people do is come in, browse around, and then leave! It gets so old!" (Great!? Now, I can't just browse and leave..they were on to me!)

So I politely ask: "Do you have any of those cute Poofy skirts? My daughter has a squaredance on Thursday and I was looking for something like that for her."

Boutique lady #1: "Uhh, no, but I have this...." (showing me a straight-line aqua-blue dress with a bedazzled Peace Sign on the front.)

I, dazed and confused, replied: "Uhhhh...not really what I was looking for?? But do you know where I could find one of those cute skirts?"

Boutique lady #2: "No.... and we sure can't get you anything by THURSDAY!"

Me: "Ok, then thank you."

(Enough browsin for today........)

My Poofy Skirt search led me miles up the street.....to another shop, who unfortunately, were also fresh out of Poofy Skirts, but were kind enough to offer a suggestion to where I could find one! CAN YOU SAY......................

THE STORE RIGHT NEXT DOOR TO THE PLACE WHO COULD ONLY OFFER ME A STRAIGHT-LINED AQUA BLUE PEACE SIGN ENSEMBLE!

Are ya jokin!?

RIGHT NEXT DOOR! .......Sure!!? "Ms. Rodeo Drive" didn't know where I could get one, just like she didn't have any paper towels 5 yrs ago too!!

So back I went, right next door to the friendly "boutique"!! Where I found 2 boxes full of these....

Visit Oopsy Daisy Baby to see the CUTE STUFF this line carries!!

Are they NOT adorable!!??

Now that store knew how to be nice! She special ordered my daughter the cutest "Poofy Skirt" in town and had it delivered just in time for the big squaredance!

Kind of makes me want to prance my little "Dosie-Doe" into that 1st specialty boutique, drop off a roll of paper towel and quote that famous Julia Roberts line to those 2 boutique ladies, "Big mistake, big mistake, HUGE!" Because this mama spent alot of money in the "nice lady" store!

Some Great Excuses!

In honor of Mother's Day coming up, I hope to dedicate the next few days to us...MOTHERS! I would like to kick off this "series" with some great excuses! Great excuses for us, MOTHERS, to use regarding why it is senseless for us to clean the house! Something I have always known, but now I feel validated as someone has actually put it in print!!

While whizzing through my favorite "Happy Place": Target, I came across this fun book.


While believing that I needed to buy ME something that day, I bought it. This book is filled with fun birthday party ideas, great quotes from famous mothers, great ideas and advice, and some GREAT EXCUSES to throw out when need be.

One of my favorite chapters is, "The Heck with Housework"......giving a multitude of excuses why NOT to do housework. Here are a few examples that I hope you will find handy and make you feel a bit better about keeping that sweeper put away for the day or even the week!!:

1. "You are unlikely to be appreciated for your effort, whereas a great new outfit and a makeover will make you feel better."
2. "There's always tomorrow!"
3. "Dust actually protects surfaces!"
4. "Frankly, there's always something better to do!"
5. "If you have friends with immaculate houses, tell yourself that they must have too much time on their hands and lead a boring life. You are far too interesting to spend all that time washing the windows, polishing the furniture, vaccuming the curtains, and scrubbing the kitchen floor."

Happy Wednesday to my fellow Moms....kick your feet up today and take the day off, the dust will still be there tomorrow!

Have You Met My BFF?

I love her!

I love her so much that if I ever have another baby girl, I just might have to name her "Swoozie"! hmmm?! That seems to be way out of the question, so how about if I ever get another puppy I just call HER "Swoozie"?

"Swoozie's" is nestled in our neighboring town. A neighboring town that you don't dare think about crossing the city limit sign without your: fresh out of the salon dazzling blond highlights, fresh French tips, stilettos with skinny jeans, a lovely Cache' blouse, all topped off with your Louie V handbag. AND, by the way DON'T even think about entering any parking lots out there without your shiny black SUV Escalade!

BUT...

It is Teacher Appreciation Week, Nurse's Week, and Mother's Day Weekend.....and I needed to go see my BFF, I needed some gifts pronto! (No time to shower!)

So I threw on my sequined Import One Cross Cap, a t-shirt just long enough to cover the safety pin that was holding my shorts closed at the top, dusted off my Old Navy flip-flops, grabbed my 1/2 price Juicy bag, and rambled on down the road in my hail-dimpled 2001 Tahoe...Swoozie, I'm comin!!

I had some pretty good luck today, until I bent over to search the bottom shelf for some stationary that had the teacher's initial on it, and my safety pin (you know, the one holding my shorts together) busted open, piercing me in my muffin top. I had to pass on the stationary, as I had to retreat to the rear of the store to apply abdominal pressure to stop the bleeding and get that safety pin fastened back before I lost my shorts and/or bled all over the adorable pastel-colored "I Love The Earth" Summer Eco-bags. phooey! (That was some cute stationary too, but seriously, how much stationary has that teacher already gotten this week?!)

I did find this.... for something?

I might just have to keep it, so I can just set it out in the mornings and have everyone think I cooked up a big breakfast! Cute though huh?!

If you ever run across a "Swoozie's" stop in and say Hi for me and take a look around! She won't mind if your pants are safety pin rigged or not....she's just that kind of a gal!

Could Someone Please Point Me In The Direction of The Jr. Dept. (after you enjoy a "Not Me! Monday")..?

A "Not me! Monday" add-on:

I am a "virgin" to what a very popular blogger calls her "Not Me! Monday" blog carnival. MckMama has become like a part of the family over the past few weeks as her precious son, Stellan was very ill. We, along with the rest of the WORLD, faithfully followed her blog, watching Stellan's progress, and praying for Stellan every morning. We will continue to do so, as he now has returned home. Since her life is starting to return to a kind of normal, she has resurrected her "Not Me! Mondays", so I thought I'd join in.
Here goes nothing at my very first "Not Me! Monday" attempt:

I did not just get locked in the bathroom at my gym and I certainly did not have to be rescued by the authorties. (Because seriously, me in a gym??--now that is the truth, this is very rare!)

I did not laugh hysterically at my 8yr old and her friend after picking them up from Sunday School yesterday when they told me about a girl who made a paper airplane and threw it at them that read, "God DOES NOT LOVE you two!" and then hissed at them. #1. I should be sad for that little girl who seems very upset. #2. I should be concerned over what the 2 did to deserve the airplane to the head with a dirty inscription on it........ not laughing, so I am glad I did not....laugh.

I did not place my patient incorrectly on the potty chair at work, and that patient certainly did not miss the potty chair, certainly not making me have a very messy day.

Finally,
I most definitely did not enjoy reading other "Not Me! Mondays" today and absolutley will not look forward to more!

So please, DO NOT click on over to MckMama's Blog to read other hysterical "I'd never do that's".......

Now on to my "Bucket List" .....
My Bucket List has a few things on it.......

One is to one day be able wear a bathing suit in a public setting, that does not resemble a wet suit or have a prairie skirt attached to it!

Sadly, it appears that sitting on Facebook or blogging all day long will not get me any closer to a size 2 in the Jr. Dept. at Dillards than eating Sonic twice a day will. I've been thinking that if I spent as much time at Lifetime Fitness as I do on my "Facebook Faux Fitness Routine", I would be one "almost-forty-smokin'- hot-mom-of-2"!

Well, I bought this....Jillian Micheal's, 30-Day Shred

and we all suffered, as I whined and moaned just taking that gal out of her cellophane. It IS a great video, it DOES make you sweat and very sore the next day...but do you know how easy it is to get to my pantry full of cookies and all that aging, yet still very delicatably delicious Easter candy is, after working out in your PJs just one room away????......Which in turn (after getting all that pesky foil off those little Reeses Peanut Butter Eggs) really just = 20 minutes WASTED.

Then there is the membership card I have to here..(GOLD Membership, may I add....I know, I know.... laa-ti-daa!)...........

Gold just means....Yes! Lifetime Fitness still takes the $69.95 out of my bank account every month whether I bless them with my presence or not! Which I am here to sadly report, has been mostly, NOT, lately. (Except if you read above..in the "Not Me! Mondays", I did make a puny attempt this morning to go, only to get myself locked in the john!)

So now that the weather is getting warmer, it's about time to get off my can, get serious, get the lead out, get to the gym, get to sheddin' (or "shredding" if you will) this "winter coat" of mine, and get to Dillards, before all the "Grandma Thongs" are history!

(whistle-whistle!)

WILDCATS SOFTBALL ON FIRE in Spring Tournament!

The Texas Rangers ain't got nothin' on these girls!

Picture this:

It's the first game of the Spring Tournament, it's early, it's a little drizzly, it's a Saturday morning....the WILDCATS are a bit droopy.....the 1st two innings come & go, the WILDCATS can't catch a break, the SunDevils are WIDE AWAKE and slamming those balls wayyyy over their mitts! The WILDCATS (who are undefeated, by the way) are down 0-10!

People from other teams kept coming over saying, "What?! That score, that can't be right?! The Wildcats NEVER lose!"

Tears were falling from the players, the fans....we couldn't believe it..our WILDCATS?? What was wrong? Our pitcher, what was wrong with him?? This wasn't a BOWLING tournament, this was softball!! and, by the way, have I said that...WE NEVER LOSE!? No one knew how to handle themselves in the face of DEFEAT?!

But wait! Hold On!...... Haven't you ever heard the old saying....."it ain't over till it's over".............

By the 3rd inning, the WILDCATS had had enough of this mess and decided it was time to start playing like a WILDCAT and turn this game around!

They started hitting, catching fly balls, stopping those hits, and the pitcher started PITCHING (For the record: I'm the pitcher's "agent" so I can blog about him like this)!

In the end, after a tie-breaker overtime, the WILDCATS came out victorious with a 12-13 win over the SunDevils! The crowd went WILD!
The girls were treated to Pizza..............

and the pitcher was treated to a kiss from his "agent"!

Solving One of Life's Little Mysteries...

Certainly, you've heard people say this many times about their laundry mishaps....

"I think my dryer eats our socks."

"There must be a black hole in that dryer that takes all the socks."

"There is a monster in our dryer that eats socks!"

Well seriously?!

If all of the laundry is complete in the house, then really, how can you end up with this?!

So I got to thinking and did some of my own brilliant investigating and found this......

Apparently, there is a BLACK HOLE that eats all the leftovers and I found it.....it's BEHIND the dryer!

So if you are having this same problem of missing mismatched undergarmets and such....all you need....

is one of these...

and one of these.....

to retrieve all of these.......

Finally! The Great Mismatched Missing Sock Mystery is SOLVED! (sort of....) How come all the stuff she retrieved STILL DOES NOT MATCH the stuff I have no match for!!?? hmmmm??!

I Love My Kitchen Too!

Kelly's Corner is hosting a "Show Us Where You Live-Kitchen Edition". Just so happens..my kitchen is one of my favorite rooms in our house, so I thought I'd join in the fun!

My favorite sign in my kitchen reads...

"There is a skinny girl who lives inside of me that's trying to get out, but I can usually shut her up with cookies!"

Amen to that!

I love the dining area of our kitchen. Christmas in Texas is not always cold, but when family is sitting around the table for Christmas dinner....that fireplace is going...90 degrees or not! The big clock on the wall is a steal I found at Bombay before they went out of business....got her with some garage sale money!

My tree stays up year round....decorated for each holiday of the year.

I also love my view from my kitchen window over the sink....

it makes doing dishes a little more bearable!

Thanks for stopping by this morning!! Have a blessed day everyone!!