Not a happy post

I feel extra fat today. Not fun. I've been doing really well losing weight and now it has come to a screeching halt, in fact I am now going backwards. I decided not to get on the scale until we weigh in but this morning I succumbed and I have gained back 5 pounds in the last week. I don't know what I am doing wrong and it is FRUSTRATING ME!!!!!!!!!!!!! I'm not getting back on the scale...EVER! I won't even bother weighing in on April 15th for the end of the contest. I'll just hand over my $20 and be on my way. I'm gross.

HOLY CRAP my house is clean!!

Travis walked in the door on Friday and I yelled to him to take his work boots off because the floors were clean. I heard him say as he was walking in, "Oh, has somebody been doing a little cleaning?".
"Yes," I said "But it sure wasn't me!".
"What??...Oh, did you have Sam come and clean?"
"Yep!"
"Good! Our house was disgusting!"

So, he ended up not being mad at all! Which was nice because I wanted to enjoy the cleanliness without having to justify it to a poopy hubby:) I'm sure that I will be better at keeping my house clean after I have another kid and become a SAHM. But who knows, maybe I'll keep Sam cleaning for as long as he is willing to do it! I really really really hate to clean. I HATE the smell of Windex and toilet bowl cleaner. Don't get me wrong, I don't enjoy having my house dirty and I'm good at maintaining cleanliness (Travis on the other hand is a messy messy boy) but I'm just one of those people who wants someone else to clean my house and I'm not ashamed to say it. I think it goes back to my childhood. Most of you who know me know that I was pretty much a cleaning slave growing up. Especially after my sister Sarah and step-sister Amber moved out. I was responsible for cleaning EVERYTHING!! Including (and most of these were weekly, if not twice a week chores):
vacuuming the whole house
cleaning the kitchen and doing the dishes every night(which also included removing all of the burners from the stove and cleaning them)
taking out the garbage
mowing and weed whacking the lawn
trimming the tree in our front yard (this was only once a year of course)
cleaning the pool and keeping the chemicals for the pool in check
cleaning BOTH bathrooms (which I always found incredibly disgusting to have to clean my parents bathroom because...eww...I was cleaning up after THEIR poo & pee & pubes & body scum!!)
scrubbing the kitchen floor on my hands and knees with ammonia & water because Gail thought that it was more thorough than using a mop (same with the bathroom floors)
cleaning all SEVEN panes of the sliding glass doors inside and out(not with Windex and paper towels or newspaper. No, I had to use a mixture of vinegar & water with a sponge and then use a squeegee to wipe it off, making sure that I didn't leave any streaks on the doors)
spraying off the cool decking around the pool
brooming off the front step and walkway
trimming the bushes in front of the house
dusting and Windexing all of the furniture including all of the pictures and mirrors throughout the house

I'm sure there are some other random chores I'm forgetting. Wow!! Was that cathartic or what? Anyway, as you can read, I have had my share of the cleaning duties and although I know that now that I am an adult and I am responsible for keeping my own house clean, I choose to have someone else do it for me. Gail had me, so why can't I have Sam?? :) At least I pay him for all the cleaning he does and he doesn't even come close to doing all of what I had to do. So, enough of my justifications. I don't feel guilty about it AT ALL. And for those of you who have kids who hate to do chores, just clue them in to how bad it really could be:)

Summary- My house is clean from top to bottom and I love it.
Peace out and word to your mom.

I gotta basket full of lemons and they all taste the same

So, I rehired Louisa's fiance, Sam, to clean my house again. Travis decided that we could keep it clean ourselves if we worked together and I figured as long as I had his help, we really could give it a go. We were doing a pretty good job until we both went out of town. Since then, we haven't been able to stay on top of...EVERYTHING! So, without consulting Travis, I called in my cleaning wizard and he is probably cleaning my house right now as I write this. I'm so excited I could pee!! Travis might get a little angry with me but I think having the house clean and having me happy are two things you just can't put a price tag on (or at least that's what I keep telling myself). So here's a big here here for my main man maid :) SAM!!!

On another note, while on a road trip with Louisa, to LA, to see our friend Ben in The Graduate (you may know him as Whopper Jr. in the Burger King commercials), Louisa and I mastered the song Letterbox by TMBG. If you don't know what I'm talking about, you're missing out, and you should be very impressed with our mad skills.

Here is a picture to ponder...

Let's do this thang...

I'm feeling like my blog is super boring. Not that I think stories about my son are boring but I seem to complain a little bit more than I'd like. I'm really not much of a complainer. So, in the spirit of "me"ness, I'm switching this blog up a bit to become a little bit more fun and more me. Granted I will still tell stories about my son and I'm sure will rant the occassional rant but I'm gonna try to liven up this dusty old blog. Also, I'm feeling kind of bummed that some people have let their blogs go, due to a certain addiction to a thing called Facebook, and I don't want to face an intervention myself. I also know that not many people read my blog but for those few who do, I wanna keep things interesting. So, to kick things off in the right direction, here is a picture from one of my favorite artists...

Let's see what happens...

I commented on my very good friend Sarah's page and so now I am obligated to post this but at least I get a homemade gift:) Honestly, I'm doubting that 5 people even read my blog. Oh well, read on...

Pay attention kids! Here is the deal:

The first five people to comment on this post will get something made by me. My choice. For you. This offer does have some restrictions and limitations:
1- I make no guarantees that you will like what I make.
2- What I make will be just for you.
3- It'll be done this year.
4- You have no clue what it's going to be. It may be a story. It may be photography, I may sew or stitch or bake something. Who knows? Not you, that's for sure!
5- I reserve the right to do whatever I want!

The catch? Oh, the catch is that you must re-post this on your own blog and offer the same deal to 5 of your own lucky blog readers. So, the first 5 people to leave a comment telling me they are in, win a FAB-U-LOUS homemade gift by me! Oh, and be sure to post a picture of what you win when you get it.

You know I'm crafty, so bring it on!!