Post It Note Tuesday!!

Five Question Friday!!

Wow, 2 blogs in one week-I'm getting better!  Now if I could just come up with a creative post of my own.....Actually, I'm working on, the idea is there, I just need to find the damn time!

Anyway, 5 Q's, 5 A's coming right up...

1. Do you have an iPhone and, if so, how do you get apps and what are your favorites?

Oh yeah, and I can't live without it!  Although I am probably one of the few people left who has the original iPhone.  A new one will be mine very soon, though!  BTW-when is the latest and greatest version due out?  Pretty soon, right?
Favorite Apps-Google Voice, Amazon Kindle-(GET IT! IT'S FREE!), Grocery IQ,  & Shop Savvy.  Also love FB and Twitter app, but that kinda goes without sayin"...
My kids love Falldown, Jelly Car, and Action Potato.  DO NOT tell them, but I am sadly addicted to them as well, but I suck at them, and the kids rock at them. So. Not. Fair.

2. What is your fondest memory of K-3rd grade?
Ooh, that's tough.  My 3rd grade teacher was a cranky little biotch, so scratch that year.  Kindergarden was only 1/2 days, and I remember one day we had the "afternoon kids" come in the morning, and I quite enjoyed bullying some boy out of my seat.  First grade-not much to recall.
So that leaves 2nd grade.....Mrs Basille, such a nice teacher.  Got it!  I was Miss Valentine in the class play, "February on Trial".  I loved that role, I loved the play, and I still have all the letters the other classes wrote to us about it. 

3. What makes you cringe at the thought of touching?
Snakes.  Cannot discuss further because I will get the heeby geebies.
4. If you could have any celebrity show up on your doorstep who would it be and why?
Female celeb-Sandra Bullock, and bring the baby please!  I think she could be my new bestie, and I could watch that delicious baby while she ran to the grocery store for milk.......
Male celeb-Patrick Dempsey.  Cannot discuss further because I will have to censor this blog.


5. What would you say is your best physical feature?
I have a great head of hair (if the weather is right).  It is abundantly thick, has lots of natural wave, and so far is still my natural color.   There is quite a bit of maintenance that goes with it though-I have an amazing hair stylist who is all that with a razor and thinning shears.  I've tried to stray from her outrageous price, but no one compares. 
Well, that's all, folks!  I must get on with my day!  But before I do, I gotta go link up, and hope you will do the same!
 
PS. I will be blog hopping looking for more fun iPhone apps!

Post-It Note Tuesday

Where the hell have I been?  I kinda fell off the blog wagon for a bit there, but I'm back now! 

I LOVE LOVE LOVE this post it thingy-it's quick, easy, and right to the point! 

PeterSam's Sick Day

PeterSam wasn't feeling so great yesterday, and of course, being that it's Monday, he was 100 times worse today!  So I let him stay home, but I hid every stinking remote in this house before I headed out to work this morning!  (Mean Mom!)
I had 2 text messages and 1 voicemail before I left work at 12:30, "When are you coming home?"  Do you think the poor kid was bored to death? 
We had a nice lunch together, took the rotten dogs out for a walk, and then he helped me plant some seeds.  We planted Italian Parsley, Sage, Sunflowers, Poppys and 3 Pumpkin seeds.  We've had a great time together! 
My intended Monday?  Work, home to clean, tackle the laundry, pay bills, get dinner going, back to work, and finally home for the night. 
I think I like the way day has gone much better than what was intended.  Time with PeterSam, sick or not, is a blessing....I don't get to do that much anymore.  The cleaning, laundry, and bills will all certainly still be here tomorrow, but PeterSam will be in school. 
I wish more days could be like this! 

P.S.  I don't have much of a green thumb, so if those seeds grow, it's just a bonus to a great day!

Five Question Friday!

There must be something seriously wrong with me-I actually forgot for a few minutes that today is Friday.  Go ahead, say it..."You need help'.....
What I did not forget is that I haven't done 5QF in 2 weeks, and I was so bummed about that!  It feels good to be back! 
On that note...here goes....

1. If you could, would you go back to high school?
Um, yeah, probably so!  It would have to be a 50/50 split though-keep 50% of what went on, change the other 50.  We had some good times, but I was also quite a handful for my parents!  But if I do go back, can I keep the big 80's hair???  But no smoking this time around.  See....50/50!

2. If a genie appeared and granted you two wishes, what would they be? (And, no saying "more wishes".)
    1.  That my family-sisters, brother,  & mother could make peace.  We are a family divided, and it really bugs me.
    2.   Financial stability-I don't need to be rolling in cash, I just wish we could keep up with the bills and not have to penny pinch. 

   3. What kids show do you secretly like?
Don't hate me because I'm perfect-(HA) but there isn't one! 
Listening to some of those cartoon characters is like nails on a chalkboard to me! 

4. What is your beverage of choice?
Non alcoholic-water.  Easy enough. 
Alcoholic-Cosmopolitan, or Pinot Noir.  


5. What is something that you would change about yourself (or are working to change in yourself)?
I have no patience, and can "blow" at any moment.  In other words, when I ask my kids to do something, I want them to DO IT NOW!  Not in 10 minutes........

Now, time to Link up!  An adorable blonde, whom I've never met started this, and she's got the goods on the copying, pasting, linking thing, so clickety here for the full scoop!  Thank You, Mama M for the 5Q's!

Good Mail! (and a Coupon Code)

It seems that all that shows up in my mailbox lately are bills and those annoying offers for yet another credit card.  Getting these babies in the mail just about made my day!

My feet (and knees) are so happy to finally have some new cushioning! 

AND

I got a great deal on them from RykaFit!  As an instructor, I get a discount on them anyway, but they were an extra 20% off-Sweet! 

FOR YOU...

The coupon code!!  Ryka is offering 20% off to my "clients"!!

Visit  http://www.rykafit.com/

Coupon code RCP20

Good through July 31, 2010

I promise you won't be disappointed in Ryka sneakers!!

Florida Edition of Leigh vs. Laundry

How catchy is that title, "Leigh vs. Laundry"?  I LOVE IT, but I take no credit-I stole it from another Leigh who had it way before me.....and she probably doesn't even know I borrowed it for today.  A) I love that I found another Leigh and B) I hate laundry as well. 
It's a typical Monday in my part of the world...laundry, kids to and fro, work, home, laundry, kids to and fro, back to work, etc.etc.etc.  Really, I'm no different than anyone else.

Now, I've been at this marriage/motherhood thing for almost 16 years, and I think I finally have the laundry down to a science.  When Tool Time and I got married, he needed a few lessons on putting dirty laundry in the hamper, and he's doing just fine with that now!  Payback is pretty good at it-she likes a clean floor, but PeterSam and G-man clearly take after their father.  (Sometimes I think they like hearing me yell......)

When it comes down the nitty gritty of tackling the laundry-the kids have to help me separate it, and make sure everything is turned right side out.  I take care of the rest-washing, drying, folding.  They get the hamper full of clean clothes back, and they get to put it away.  It's usually an all day process...5 or 6 loads DONE.  And I only do it once a week, so if the clothes don't get in the hamper-they don't get washed! 

And here it is, folded and DONE! 

Now, really, does anyone give a crap about how I do my laundry???  No, probably not!  However, as I was checking up on other blogs, I stumbled upon
this little tidbitfrom the original Leigh vs. Laundry.  So, Leigh, this one's for you!