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Thanks for sharing your own fall down stories. I had a good sniffle and now I feel better. Although I have to tell you that none of those stories compare to one my husband heard at work which, I swear, included the phrase "emergency plastic surgery". YOU DON'T EVEN WANT TO KNOW.

Anyway. I am too tired and smelling of baby barf to post much today (ANOTHER THING YOU DON'T WANT TO KNOW) but I thought I'd tell you all what's happening in my laptop today.

My friend is a whole week overdue and while I haven't confirmed today's Labor Status, I think you could still go visit her sad little post and cheer her up. Because we all know the crying doesn't end when the baby's born!

Remember my Fan? She started HER own blog and it is FUNNY and also about being pregnant which we all know is the internet's favorite subject and after you make my first friend feel better you can go check out Liz's new blog.

If I weren't a yoga pantsed unkempt stay-at-home mom I would totally be applying for this job.  I CAN TOTALLY HAZ IT! (Can you even imagine? My parents would never want to talk about What I'm Doing with any of their friends. My own friends would be all, "WHAT IS THAT" because they've never heard of lolcats and even my husband was all, "I can haz what?")

I totally took advantage of The Children's Place online sale yesterday (even though their site was either slow or completely down for HOURS, JEEZ LOUISE). I bought about 47 adorable boy things (and one completely precious pink coat) for, like, $10. Are you proud?! Okay, maybe more, but so little that I felt compelled to brag about it in an email to Phillip who then responded with, "Please stop spending all of our money." But people! Did you read about what a sorry shopper I am at Parenting? I SUCK! I really do like shopping, but unless I have a Plan and a Mission, I get sort of... spazzy. Plus you know that whatever you buy is going to be too small before the season is out and that just makes me unwilling to "invest" very much- financially AND emotionally. Sigh. It appears, however, that online shopping suits me quite well. It was actually FUN! Although it's hard not to have fun shopping when the most expensive item in your cart is $7. But I'm not always uber cheap. I have in my hot little hands that new Gymboree coupon and guess who needs a First Birthday outfit for his One Year Pictures and his First Birthday Party? I don't mind spending when there is an OCCASION.

Also, I think I have a pretty good idea for Mother's Day gifts (hereafter known as GRANDMOTHER'S DAY because I no longer count), but I might not have enough time... what are you all doing?

Comments

[Jenn]

Is it bad that I always have to make sure I'm not speaking lolspeak? I talk like that to Tom all the time, but I try to hold back in public. Kthxbai!

[Tracy]

I got my mom a journal photo album. I don't have time to scrapbook, but I thought I could go through the last year of pictures and make her an album for when she goes on vacation and sees her friends (seriously - they all go on vacation together, each couple has their own cabin, and they've been doing this for decades).

But I haven't begun. Today is the 25th? I have a week to get my act in gear. Since it takes a week for anything to go the 12 hours drive to my mom's.

[Lisa]

Geez, I can't even think past this weekend, much less Mother's Day. Baby photos are always a hit with the grandmas, and I can always go to my default gift...a homemade pie. I make the crust from scratch, and apparently they are a big hit with the MIL. Good thing, since she has everything and there's really no way to shop for her.

[Jen]

Oh, no! Mother's Day is that soon? I have nothing! Someone help!

[Jenn]

Oh, and for Mother's Day, we're getting my mom (and dad, his birthday is the 14th) a gift certificate for a fancy restaurant they usually don't visit. The last thing they need is more stuff and my dad really wants to declutter, so I'm not getting in the way of that.

[Liz]

We still have TWO WEEKS! Don't scare me about Mother's day - but thanks for the reminder. I'll try to start channeling my creative energy now so something will happen by the 11th. Oh, and thanks for the plug! haha ;)

[ashley]

That job would be awesome!

Also? I tend to HATE shopping.

Unless it's at Target or IKEA, because I love cheap, slightly tacky things. Oh yeah.

[Kate P]

Uh, baby barf? Not to sound alarmist, but no concussion, I hope! (I'm having flashbacks to my little sister's fall as a preschooler.)

Mother's Day is pretty much taking a backseat this year b/c my brother and SIL couldn't get it together to have my nephew baptized this month, and the next day our parish is doing baptisms, for some crazy reason, is Mother's Day. It's screwing up all our family's May birthdays, too. Thankfully my mom likes Jean Nate and Dunkin' Donuts coffee, and my sister (one of the b-day people) likes Sephora.

BTW the Children's Place was the other place I thought of for cute cheap clothes. Glad you found it!