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Random thoughts....

May 5, 2011

Yesterday I was on the elliptical trainer reading the latest issue of HEALTH magazine when I began reading an article about various exercises guaranteed to tone my post-(two)baby body!  I eagerly scanned over the pictures of a size 0 model who has never birthed a child woman doing lunges, squats, planks, and "X-Jacks".   What is that?  You have never heard of X-Jacks?  Basically they are your basic jumping jack, but when you jump out and your body makes an "X"...your feet leave the ground!

If any of you have experienced the miracle of birthing a child through the birth canal...you will know that the only guarantee you will have from X-Jacks is wet pants!

I now have to plan for the slightest sneeze, cough, and laugh!  


I have a question.....

Is Mother's Day meant to be a day for others to dote on their mother while spending the afternoon together as a family?

or... 

Is Mother's Day a day for a mother to take a break and get to spend the day alone and away from her family?


Guess what we have in our house?  
My husband saw him/her a few times tonight.  I myself cannot stand mice, as they freak me out!  I don't know why my husband didn't make an emergency trip over to our 24 hour Walmart and pick up some traps.....but he doesn't think it is a big deal.  I am sure the mouse will come upstairs tonight and crawl on me while I sleep.  I wonder if there is room on top of my son's bunkbed?  Maybe I can get the Navy SEALS to land their helicopters in my yard and capture this mouse?  

In honor of our latest house guest, I will post a cartoon!

Go ahead and grab a cup of coffee (morning readers) or a glass of wine (evening readers)...or both (afternoon readers)..and take a moment to remember when cartoons were funny!

7 comments:

Cakeologist said...

After 3 babies, I understand the wet pants issue:)

FYI - mice can climb on bunkbeds...

Heather said...

I love Tom & Jerry!!

I would totally freak out about a mouse...but I have 2 cats, so I doubt it'd stand a chance...

april said...

You are so funny! I have posted before how I CANNOT do jumping jacks. Whenever I'm doing any type of exercise video and they get into jumping jacks then I just move around and do other stuff. 3 kids=pee down the leg :)

KT @ KT's Refinishing School said...

Happy early Mother's Day!


My sister and I have weak bladders already (and no kids) so we joke that Depends might be in our future sooner than we may think :) No X jumping jacks for me!

Lesley said...

I rented this old house in college and had mice ALL the time. Once, my cat caught one and DID bring it to bed where I was in a peacful slumber. The mouse wasn't dead...just stunned from being in a cat's mouth I think. Eww!

Ross said...

Happy belated Mother's Day! I hope your day was what you wanted it to be. I let my wife have the day to herself with no kids. She pent the day shopping and just doing what she wanted to do, while I spent the day tearing my hair out with the kids. I wouldn't have wanted it any other way though! Thanks for the encouragement you sent my way. How is life with Mr. Mouse? Is it everything you expected and more?

Belle of The Desert said...

I love Tom & Jerry! But I HAAATE mice! At least your husband didn't do what my redneck brother back home in Georgia did... After chasing it with a broom just ran it into the pantry - he got out his work boot and smashed that sucker! (In his underwear!) I sooo wish that weren't a true story...