Love it!

If you have kids, and you have not yet discovered Kidsurplus.com, go there now. Do not pass go, do not read the rest of this post. Now. Go.

Best new purchase? Stride Rite sandals for $17.99. I know the size, just needed to find them in the right size, and cheap. And sometimes the outlet? None in the right size. And the shipping from Kidsurplus.com? Probably what I would pay for gas to and from Albertville anyway, only to find they are nearly out of everything in Kitten's size and I can't get the nice velcro ones. Cuz tying shoes on a 2 year old is hard enough, but just try buckling a pair of sandals. I'd rather shave my head with a cheese grater.

Oh, and while you are there, check out their clearance section. You're paying shipping anyway, and I believe it's flat rate, so get a couple of other things you need. Like a new bottle brush. And this cool little thing that you can stick onto seat belt buckles that makes it really icky-feeling for toddlers to try to press them. And for less than $2, I think I'll find out if it works. And a couple of new hats for the kiddos (vacation at the beach later this summer, you know). You'll be amazed at what you can find in the clearance section that you would buy anyway.

And then. You must look through the toys. Some of the best brands, like Melissa and Doug, Manhattan Toy, Learning Curve, Lamaze, Haba, in addition to the standard brands - Sassy, First Years, Fisher Price, etc.

The website is not terribly well organized, but it's worth the time to browse through occasionally when you need something else anyway. Take the time to try it out, you won't be disappointed!

Dead dead dead dead dead

I am PG because I use the word dead. I also used the word hell once, but dead was the overriding factor.

So let's see what's up with dead:

We have tried to teach Kitten to whisper, "I see dead people." It hasn't gone terribly well, and we're not sure what daycare would think, but we think it would be fall-over hilarious.

I mentioned once that I was watching CSI and they were in the person's apartment, which was immaculate, and they found crumbs on the floor and deduced that the murder (dead dead dead) had started there. I looked around and deduced that no one would ever know someone had been killed in my living room, even if it was drenched in blood. (blood blood blood - where does that get me?)

Disco is dead. It's true.

I have a disturbing number of dead pets. Not like, here in the house, I mean historically. This includes countless fish, three gerbils, several dogs, at least three cats, and a duck. That's right, I said duck. Dead duck.

My new appliances are deadly awesome. Is that a stretch?

Oops. Apparently my cell phone is also dead, which I think is cheating for a PG Rating.

The missing pregnant woman is dead. Let's count missing, found-dead pregnant women (that we know of from national media):
1. Lacy Peterson
2. That other dead pregnant woman from the same area Scott Peterson's lawyers tried to tie her murder to.
3. That Hawking chick from Utah they found at the dump - ok, she was only like, 6 weeks pregnant, but she counts.
4. Apparently another pregnant Utah chick was found dead behind a gas station in Raleigh NC last month. Hmmm.
5. Newly-dead pregnant chick, killed in front of her son by her baby-daddy.
And the number 1 cause of death for pregnant women? Murder. Look it up.

I think Freddie is dead. No more Elm Street movies.

Anything else?

Random Thoughts

Reached a milestone in human development this morning - Kitten blamed her sister for farting.

Scrapbooked last night - wow, do I need to tame down my supplies. I have entirely too much stuff, so that's my next project - go through and get rid of some things until I know what I have and can actually find it.

On the bright side, got the "pictures with Santa book" updated. One page per year is easy enough to keep up with. Got the Antiquities proofs into a book like the one I did for my mom for Christmas. Doing the same book a second time? EASY. And got my princess book started, although I found I didn't have all the pictures with me once I got there. I did get 5 pages down, though.

You know it's a sign of your current life situation when you are so excited to have a whole day off, alone. And the reason you are so excited? Your house is going to get SO CLEAN. Another sign of your life? In two new or newly renovated houses, you are not coveting the actual house, but the beautiful, efficient washer and dryer. Just imagine how fast you could do laundry in THOSE. Can you feel that warmth as you fold THREE LOADS OF LAUNDRY AT ONCE, secure in the knowledge that what amounts to SIX MORE LOADS is happily washing and drying downstairs? Is this heaven, sir? No, it's Whirlpool.