ho hum

blogging from the bathroom again.....

Actually, I am in the living room right now but I did the "THINKING" in the bathroom.
So that still counts as bathroom blogging, right?
And I know you are thinking it.
But NO, I was not on the toilet deep in BLOGGY THOUGHTS.
I was actually in the bathtub.
come to think of it
I am not one of those "read in the bathroom" types.
Really, I'm not.
I need focus, concentration....that kind of stuff.
Oh, that probably falls in the TMI department, huh?
Oh well.

Today I give you :
MY THOUGHTS from the bathtub
This is some DEEP stuff.
You have been warned.

Thought #1

The other night I was in the bathtub and noticed my cat's paw underneath the bathroom door. I started talking to her.....ya know, stuff like "Mommy loves MEW MEW" (her name said twice), "Mew is so pretty" and "Mommy loves her stinky cat." I was trying to get her to acknowledge me. She never did. When I opened the door, she was nowhere in sight.
I had been talking to a sock. Wanna know what's sad? I almost fell for that same trick tonight.
Come to think of it....Why hasn't anyone picked up that sock?

Thought #2

Lil Princess had a bike wreck this evening. I watched the entire ordeal. I saw her wobble to the left, wobble to right and then back to the left before she went down. She laid there for a minute SCREAMING (and I mean SCREAMING). When I reached her there was blood and guts everywhere. As I got closer, I could hear her saying that she was dying. She was also yelling "I love my daddy so much." I guess she wanted to say that one last time?
I scooped her up and ran to the nearest house. HELP ME! My kid is dying.....
PLEASE SOMEONE HE-ELLLLP!
Lil Princess was still screaming "I am going to die."
Oh, ok....half of that stuff I made up. However, she was screaming and saying that she was going to die.
I am thinking about putting her through auditions to be on a soap opera.
She could SOOO be on a soap.

the real injury : a barely scraped knee
barely scraped as in it wasn't scraped enough to draw blood

Speaking of guts....
I really hate that word.

Thought #3

If we ever have another kid, I would really like to name it Sookie.
Then I could say "Ahhhh, SOOKIE SOOKIE".
I like saying that.
I've never known anyone with the name SOOKIE (Well, except the one on tv).
When I was younger, I remember knowing a SNOOKIE. (Hey, I live in the SOUTH) but never a Sookie.

Thought #4

Don't ya hate it when you turn the tv on only to find that someone FAILED to turn the volume down.
Uhhhh kind of like visiting blogs that have music playing and you forgot that your speakers are on FULL BLAST?? Yeahhhhh

Ok, that's my thoughts.
They may be crazy but they are all mine.

A penny for your thoughts

While checking my inbox this morning, I noticed an email from one of my blog supporters.
(I PUFFY HEART emails from blog readers....they are the bomb diggity, just sayin')
The email was a very pleasant one.
ya know:
Hey! How ya doin'? Love the new posts. You are TUBULAR! You ROCK THE HOUSE!
*I totally snuck those last two in there just to make myself look cool. You don't mind do ya?
Anyway, there was a question at the end.
Will you be hosting any more giveaways?

Ah, Giveaways.
Giveaways are tons of fun but WOWZA can they also be a big pain in the boo-honky.
(my word for RUMP)
Most of the giveaways that come my way are brought on by a review of a certain product.
If you are a review blogger then you know what all goes into a review.
Sure, there are bloggers that slap a few sentences on their blog and say "DONE".
I am not talking about those REVIEWS.
Those are eh, ummmm....
Well, those are quiet annoying to the rest of us.
And pssst.....
A little FYI: THEY ARE ANNOYING TO PR REPS AND COMPANIES ALSO!
Guess what? THEY DO READ THEM. (Gasp, who would of THUNK IT?)
Anyhoo
Reviews just to get to a giveaway can be tons of work.
After PROPERLY reviewing a product you have to add photos and links and double check the post to make sure it looks ok.
Then you have to plaster the review/giveaway on various forums, media outlets, blogs and so on.
Add it to twitter.
Post it on facebook.
You get the point, right?
THEN you have to monitor the comments or entries.
When it's almost time for the giveaway to end, you are going to want to RE-PLASTER it back on those boards/sites so it can be seen for last minute entrants.
AY YI YI!
We haven't even got to the part where you have to choose a winner only to find out that the winner never put his/her email addy in the contact info.

Tired yet?
I am.
Just thinking about all of this makes me wanna put a "GONE FISHING" sign up and ya know. . .
GO FISHING or something.
No wonder a lot of us go through the "blog burn-out" phase.

WOW, where was I?
Giveaways
Will I be hosting more?
Yes, I will be hosting giveaways in the future.
However, I am being a lot more selective when posting them.
I will admit that I love the traffic each giveaway brings my way.
It is pretty awesome.
But . . .
I want blog readers NOT visitors looking for a free package of hot dogs.
Does that make sense?
I want you to come here because of my CHARM and GOOD LOOKS (insert bwahahaha laugh here) not for the free hot dogs.
This has been weighing heavy on my mind lately.
It's the reason that you have been seeing more of me and less giveaways.

Whatcha' think?
In this for TRAFFIC/FAME/FORTUNE/BIGGER FREEBIES?
or
Building relationships with other bloggers/learning something new/a getaway from the normal routine

just rambling, don't mind me

Woah Nelly...
It's finally Friday?
I honestly thought this week would N-E-VER end.
You see, I have been in this house with 3 (and two days 4) extra kids.
If you are keeping count then that makes a grand total of 7 kids.
I might just blow at any moment.
I can't keep the house clean.
I can't get the kids to be quiet.
I can't get the kids to stop fighting.
I can't keep shoes on the lil princess.
I can't keep food in the pantry.
Ay
Yi
Yi
Oh, and please PLEASE do not come visit this week.
I look A HOT MESS.
So, it's friday....finally.
I've been chilling.
Came across a few new blogs like this cute one, my itwins. I stalked her site for awhile today and noticed other blogs that I have never been to before like this one, Rolle Call.
Check out the word verification (hate those things) that popped up for me:

My kids would have giggled over that one.
Why do my kids giggle or ROFL at words such as POOP, BOOTY, TOOT, or FART?
They are so weird.
Hmm...
I kind of giggled at that word verification too.
Does that make me weird?
**
Oh, I also found this LIKE TOTALLY AWESOME site while visiting My ITWINS
Pink Sugar Desserts
And by GEORGE it made me wanna run out and buy some Duncan Hines brownie mix.

And once again, there is really no purpose for this post.
I'm a rambling kind of gal.
Visit some of the blogs up there though.
They really are cute and great and all that jazz.