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So in honor of that bit of randomness, let's have a list of random thoughts by me, okey dokey?
My children are obsessed with three things...this is one of them. Hot Wheels. They currently have 2.5 million little cars, randomly scattered around my house. They know each and every one of them and know when one is missing. If we go to the store and they see Hot Wheels, they have to go look, and they peruse their mental inventory to see if they have that particular model and THEY ALWAYS KNOW. Occasionally, I'll bring one home to them and it is invariably one that they always have.
Of course, I can't even remember my children's names most of the time, so this is probably not as amazing a skill as I think it is.
The other two things my children are obsessed with are Legos and stuffed animals. They are also randomly scattered around my house - left for me to trip over on my way to take the puppy out in the middle of the night. I would like a very large dumpster to be delivered to my house so that I could throw them all away and just start over.
We've officially declared January to be "Restaurant-Free January," and have pledged to not set foot in a restaurant during the entire month of January. This is very difficult for me, as I'm very good as setting foot in restaurants, especially when I forget to get dinner ready. It's going to take a fair bit of planning and self-control, neither of which I'm terribly adept at.
Dr. SmartyPants doesn't actually have to comply with this pledge, as he travels frequently for work, and it's very hard to pack a week's worth of breakfast, lunch and dinner with the extra baggage handling fees these days.
Stinker.
This dog pees 75 times a day. Most of them outside. I'm not even kidding. I got up at 5:20 this morning to take him out, and in the next hour, I took him out an additional six times.
Please remind me of this, the next time I say I want a puppy.
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In 27 days I'll be taking a little trip I'm completely excited about. I know someone else who is excited, too.
Have a great weekend, everyone!
oh yes...my mom threw matchbox cars and legos out on a regular basis. her rule was if it was not in the proper container by bedtime each night, it got thrown out. my brothers got much better after they found out that she was serious.
ReplyDeleteOMGosh, I like that rule! I think I'm going to have to adopt it around here!
ReplyDeleteLegos and matchbox cars -- With Shannon it was My Pretty Pony pieces and Barbie doll shoes. Sigh. THAT I don't miss...
ReplyDeleteLove those Hot wheels. I had a collection of Match Box cars when I was a kid, and as your kids do, I could go to the drug store that sold them and see when the newest model came out.
ReplyDeleteI commandeered 2 cases of these beauties when we cleaned my moms house out.
Just because I know misery loves company, FYI, my dog has the same issue.