T.G.I.F. (in a big way!)
I wish I was one of those people who can leap out of bed, wash their face, a sweep their hair back into a ponytail and look fantastic — like Gwyneth Paltrow going for a run, or Jennifer Gardner, yeah, like Jennifer Gardner!
Sadly this is not the case. My skin after all is nearly 40 years old and my weight is …well…let’s just say since I’ve had kids, it’s probably more than either of those pretty skinny things weighed while they were pregnant. Nevertheless, this is what I am going to do today or I’ll never ever even get out of the house.
Sometimes, I am just so lazy.
Thankfully, Samson needs more dog food and he only eats this special food which is – I kid you not – is subtitled “for fussy eaters with special digestive needs.” It must be bought at a special dog food boutique which is half way across town and at which the staff lectures you on giving your dog a tiny piece of bagel because “wheat is not good for them.” Thankfully, I have a fistful of five-dollar-off-coupons from my earth-friendly coupon book, and I plan on talking them into letting me buy a bunch of bags at once. I’m gonna lay on the “be environmentally friendly by not making me drive out here more than once” lecture. Here’s hoping!
I’m not sure how I became this urban mama, with two kids in public school, the kind of dog you can put in a satchel, a knitting addiction, and a studio –but I sure do like it!
Speaking of being an urban mom, here’s something from Eden this week:
“Momma! Our dolls are eating sushi and then we are going to take our stuffed animals to the dry cleaners!”
Yes, my children do actually have a plastic sushi set. They’re such urban babies!
Speaking of urban babies, here’s a book recommendation for the still-in-the-board-book-stage set. I think its tres adorable!
In order to stave off the midwinter duldrums, my urban babies are going to the indoor public pool this weekend. Here’s hoping your weekend is super fun too!
3 comments
garner, sweetie, garner
and en francais, un dit l’hiver, pas hiver.
cute to use the french phrases, but ya gotta get ‘em right if you’re trying to pass as a swooshy french madame.
suzanne
Too funny on the sushi set! My DD2 would love it, so thanks for the link…I may have to splurge a bit! ;) ITU on the urban mama thing…I’m a country farm girl now living in the city. There’s a part of me that longs to get our kids into that slower, more relaxed pace, and away from the craziness of 500+ kids in one grade (I know that’s still “small town” for many, but for me it’s nuts…that’s more than we had in our whole high school!). But then I think about how I’d have to wait till a day off to run to the “big” dept. store, and how the darkness I once loved (of only one yard light by the road) would probably creep me out now (with many street lights every 2-3 houses in suburbia where we live). So I guess, I kinda like it too!
Suzanne,
Oh merci! J’nais parle pas tres bein francais. Je parle suelment un peu parce que je etude suelment dans ‘high school’. (Lord knows how many mistakes I just made in that poor pigin statement!)
Maybe if I keep making mistakes I can pass as a boozy french madame instead….
:-)
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