Spring Cleaning, etc.

Get ready cause this post will probably sound like one long run-on sentence. This week has been a busy one. We decided we need to do some spring cleaning. We are going through everything and getting rid of a lot of stuff, and just trying to reorganize everything. On top of that I've been trying to decide on a preschool for Emma for the fall (and finally did - yay!) and trying to figure out schedules for the next couple of months with me going out of town and Eric going out of town, and trying not to ignore Emma! It's been hard finding lots of time to play with her this week because our laundry seems to have exploded. Seriously, I think everything we own is dirty, and it's not because I haven't been trying to keep up with it either. It's just all dirty. Sometimes I think nudists have the right idea...at least from a laundry perspective. =) We ran out of jam this week so I need to make more (Emma wants to help me do that today), and I've been trying to get a little reading in too. So many projects! I have been wanting to sew an Easter dress for Emma too. See how far behind I am!? It's this year's dress, not next years. And I knew Emma was getting taller, but it's like all of a sudden clothes don't fit her anymore. It's actually just warmer weather clothes that are not fitting her again this year. Shoes too. We've had to do some shopping, which normally I don't mind, but this week it's almost been too much. Ugh. Add to the mix scheduling dentist appointments and trying to figure out when to get Emma's dance pictures taken since we'll be out of town when they are scheduled for everyone else, and you have a really crazy week. Which basically is a normal week for a mom...wouldn't you say?

Sort of Funny

Since he was little Eric has always liked the muppets. I never really watched them or enjoyed them until after I was married and I saw some of their movies. Our nephew had a video game called Muppet Party Cruise in which you choose a muppet to be and play different games as if you were on a cruise. Eric and I liked it, so we bought it too (this is several years ago). We sometimes still play it, and Emma has seen it a few times. I used to always choose to be Animal, but lately I've been Miss Piggy. Eric always chooses Kermit. Emma obviously knows this, because she made an interesting observation yesterday as she watched Muppet Treasure Island with Eric. She saw Kermit and said, "Hey, that's you Daddy." Then later when Miss Piggy comes on screen she said, "And there's Mommy." Hmm, if I had realized she would come to associate me with a character of sorts, I might have chosen a different one - you know, one who isn't a pig. Maybe Redhead Barbie or something.

Why?

Why is it that no matter which checkout line I get in, it's always the slowest? I really don't understand how this can be, but it is most definately true. Today I was at the store and was having a good time. Emma was being wonderful, she even got a free icecream cone. We went and got in line, and sure enough it ended up being by far the slowest. Included in the delays for the man ahead of me were unknown prices, most of his groceries apparently not scanning correctly, and he wrote a check (seriously!? I didn't know people still wrote checks - at least not in person at a store, maybe for bills in the mail or something) and was then very slow at getting his ID out for the checker to see. All I can say is I'm glad I wasn't in a terrible hurry.

If you've never seen this commercial, enjoy!