Three things I'm loving this week:
1. Holidays with kids. I've been married for...13 years now...so Valentine's Day hasn't been a big deal for awhile. But, when you live with small kids -- every holiday is a BIG deal. The girls could barely contain their excitement last night and couldn't wait for today to come (one couldn't sleep last night, the other was up at 6 a.m.). Nothing can bring life to a worn-out old holiday like two giddy girls hopped up on chocolate, clutching Valentine cards that say "Ilikeyoumom." View image
2. My mother. OK, I love her every week, but this week I'm truly appreciative for her because she's always there to rescue me in a crisis -- minor or major. This week, it was fairly minor -- a project I'd been putting off for weeks and just couldn't get started by myself. View image View image After days (weeks) of procrastinating, I decided I needed my mother to kick my ass into gear. She rode in the the rescue that afternoon, got things going and in four hours we had most of the spare bedroom cleaned out. You want something done, call a mom.
3. Hotcakes at McDonald's. I know the last thing you'd ever expect to see me say is that I like anything from McDonald's and the truth is, up until a couple of months ago I hadn't set foot in a McDonald's in probably 8 years or more (really, no lie). But, the girls love pancakes and I love getting up and out of the house quick on Saturday mornings (beat the crowd at the grocery store). We stop by Giant Eagle and I get my bagel and coffee and then we go to McDonald's and get hotcakes for the girls to split. Everyone's happy, fed and ready to shop in about 15 minutes.
On the flip side -- three things I'm NOT loving this week:
1. Eco-unfriendly fast food restaurants. Call me a tree hugger, but the waste at McDonald's (and I'll assume most other fast food restaurants) infuriates me. When we get our hotcake breakfast, it comes in a styrofoam container. They give us butter even though I don't ask for it and I don't want it (imagine how many people just take it & throw it away). I watch patrons take handfuls of napkins...only to throw them away unused. And, they don't offer a place to recycle the girls' plastic milk bottles -- you're just supposed to throw them in the trash can. I just can't do it. They go back to the car and I take them home to recycle. This country has to become more responsible for our environment -- even if it's less convenient for everyone.
2. Bitter cold temperatures and ice-encrusted everything. Enough already.
3. Squeaky grocery carts. If there's an obnoxiously loud, squeaky grocery cart, you can bet I'll find it and be wheeet...wheet...wheeet...pushing it all the way through the store. Yesterday, a friend and I ran to the store at lunch and I, of course, picked the loudest cart in three counties. We could not stop laughing. At least we knew we wouldn't loose each other as we wandered in different directions.
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Power to the tree huggers! I'm right there with you!!!!!
I've been cat sitting all week... which means I've been driving all week... which means I've been FREAKING OUT every day! I don't do snow... not yet anyway... but I've had to... so I guess I offically do drive in snow! On Tuesday, I refused to drive... poor mom... waited in the car for me! That's what moms are for!
Happy Valentines day!!!
Posted by Michelle F. | February 14, 2008 4:56 PM
Posted on February 14, 2008 16:56