Wine Please

I never thought she would live to see 100,000 miles! That poor 2001 Chevy Cavalier of mine made it 100,000 miles, despite my grumblings, despite the warning from some mechanics, despite have several major (read: expensive!) operations, like the water pump, timing kit, body control module, replacing ignition coils, and not to mention all the countless smaller repair bills.

And she made it even with that dang Check-Engine light glaring at me since late June letting me know the catalytic converter is still feeling fussy…

I can’t wait to get home and celebrate tonight with some wine for me and some engine cleaner for her.

I swear I have some of the best bloggy friends in the whole world. You guys are so sweet and so supportive (again). And frankly, in a really twisted way, it makes me feel a lot better that so many of you get the ridiculously overwhelmed feeling, too. Some days? This motherhood thing seems overrated. Then you have a day like today where you manage to get both kids laughing because you snorted at them. So thanks…to each and every one of you for your kind words and prayers and laughs. And I love all of you and your blogs (yes, I know I haven’t been there much lately…please see previous post). Please accept my love and lovely blog award that includes a MEME… I got it from another blogger I love and who has an equally fabulous name: Colleen over at Mommy Always Wins.

The rules are to answer the following questions with one word (don’t laugh…I can do it…I’m not that chatty) and then pass it on to seven others. I did nine cuz I’m an overachiever and haven’t learned to count.

Where is your cell phone? Purse

Where is your significant other? Couch

Your hair color? Blonde

Your mother? Nurse

Your father? Visiting

Your favorite thing? Undecided…

Your dream last night? None

Your dream/goal? Unfulfilled

The room you’re in? Cluttered

Your hobby? Reading

Your fear? Invasion

Where do you want to be in 6 years? Promoted

Where were you last night? Bed

What you’re not? Patient

One of your wish-list items? Housekeeper

Where you grew up? Chicago

The last thing you did? Scratched

What are you wearing? Jammies

Your TV? On

Your pet? Snoring

Your computer? Laptop

Your mood? Apprehensive

Missing someone? Grandma

Your car? Running

Something you’re not wearing? Socks

Favorite store? Target

Your summer? Nonexistent

Love someone? Justin

Your favorite color? Blue

When is the last time you laughed? Earlier

Last time you cried? Yesterday

That’s kind of a downer way to end that meme, eh? Well, I have family visiting this weekend and I’m so happy that they’re here (well, they’re at the hotel right now, but they’ll be here in about 12 hours). So while I’ll still be posting, it may be a bit on the light side.
Have a great weekend, everyone!

I came, I saw, I kicked some…uh. Eh. I’ll start again.

I had a really really good time. I picked up some fun schwag and ate a ton of good food. I got to hang out with Caramama and ClumberKim all day. I picked up some interesting ideas while in the breakout sessions, did a YouTube interview with Playtex (yet to be posted, but check out the other bloggers’ interviews), and got to meet a ton of other women face-to-face, and I’d name them all except that I’m sure I’d forget someone. There were women from all age-ranges, levels of education, all levels on the bloggy star-level, and all levels of technology knowledge (I was definitely near the bottom in most categories…especially the tech knowledge since I couldn’t get online for the first half of the day). And while I was beyond excited to meet folks I’ve read/stalked/saw their comments on blogs I’ve been on, I was incredibly surprised to find that a few people recognized me! Hopefully they didn’t think too poorly of me when they saw me scarfing down mini-quiche after mini-quiche (holy crap, were those things good!). Or guzzling the coffee like some sort of fiend. Too bad I didn’t stay at the hotel again last night because they had an open bar and the wine was tasty (and the bartender generous…maybe he was thinking in a room full of tipsy ladies he might get lucky?).

Should finances allow, I’d love to go to “big” BlogHer next summer, too…but if not, I hope that they still do the Reach Out Tours because this was incredibly fun!

Oh, and if when I go again, I will remember to bring some business cards that only mention me/my blog. I only had my Cookie Lee business cards on-hand and used them to enter in the different raffles. Figured they would work since they have my name, my email, and my phone number on them on the extremely off-chance that I won something. And I did win something. A gorilla-pod from the fun folks at Saturn. Except that really, Cookie Lee won it because that’s whose name was announced. I yelled out “is there another name on the card?” but she didn’t hear me. By the time I thought to just walk up, too much time had passed and it would’ve been weird. Not that I’m not weird enough already, right?

Right now Colleen is stuck at Hyatt Regency in Bethesda, which is apparently an overpriced hotel because they are charging another $10 for internet service and she’s too cheap to fork out the extra cash for two hours of ‘net time… thus, I’m posting this in her absence.

If you are attending Blogher DC, go find her. She’s the [really] short blond girl wearing an olive shirt.

Yeah, I know I’m late since technically tomorrow is Week 6, but I’m feeling a bit brain-dead and want to stick to my goal to post every day this month for Downs Awareness.

So thanks to Santana Moss and Larry Johnson getting BIG FAT GOOSE EGGS I lost to Kim (seriously men, did you forget to eat your Wheaties?). She and Janet are still undefeated! But nothing I can do about that this week. Instead, I am pitted against Colleen (yes, there are TWO of us on the same league…how cool!) and her Fighting Donkeys. I’m going to give those braying beasts a run for their money. Colleen versus Colleen; the I’m-barely-Irish versus the I’m-not-too-sure-if-she’s-Irish-cuz-I-don’t-quite-know-her-that-well-yet; Short Blonde versus Tall Blonde; Mommy of two boys versus Mommy of two boys. It should be awesome to see. Or so I hope since 4 of my players (including my Defense) are on a bye this week. I’m still scrambling to ensure I have the right number of people starting tomorrow. Also, I have to give props to our points-winner for the week, Jenn and her Rickrollers, for not only beating everyone with her 109 points for the week, but also clinching her first win!

Oh, at tomorrow afternoon? Or evening? I will be driving up to stay in my hotel room for BLOGHER-DC!!!!!!!! I’m not sure if I’m more excited to be meeting bloggers I have been reading, and getting some good info about blogging (so that maybe I can step things up around this place); OR….being able to sleep in a bed uninterrupted by anyone or anything, eating a few meals in a row uninterrupted, and being able to use a vacation day for something that doesn’t involve sick children and/or cleaning my house–you know, for me. I’m just going to say both lines of thought are making me deliriously happy right now. ‘Scuse me while I squeeeeeeeee!