Tuesday Tidbits

I have a major case of mom brain today.  Mamas, you know what I mean (at least I hope you can relate)!  The first hint of mom brain came when I was thinking of a word but could not for the life of me remember what it was ... doh!  Then I decided to buy a cute monogrammed pillow case for G and couldn't remember my credit card number -- I had that thing memorized a long time ago (online shopping much?  hehe), but for some reason the only numbers that came to my mind were my bank account and social security number.

Therefore, I decided to do a bulleted list for today's post to cope with my less than stellar mental capacity.  ;)

• We now have two monkeys residing in our house.  Remember this pirate monkey that G was scared of but is now obsessed with?  Well he (the monkey) decided that he needed a lady companion and she was on mega clearance at Target, so I couldn't resist.  Or maybe I'm considering having a sock monkey themed birthday party for G (I know his birthday isn't until August, but I like to plan ahead - no judgies please!) ... either way, she came home with us and now I get to listen to two monkeys simultaneously.  The pirate plays G's all time favorite song, "Club Can't Handle Me" by Flo Rida, and the girl plays, "Only Girl (in the World)" by Rhianna.  OMG... the noise!  What was I thinking?!? 

• I can't remember (Mom brain at its finest) if I already talked about this previously or not, but G's teachers at school asked me to be one of the room moms!  Ummm hello, yes please!  Haha!  Is it sad that I was honored by their request and simultaneously giddy about the prospect of all of the crafty things I would get to do?!?  Wow, I am such a SAHM, first time mom dork!  The only thing R wanted to know if it was a paying gig - ha!  My duties up until now had been sending group emails and reminders, but I just got tasked the job of putting together our class donations into gift baskets for the annual silent auction fundraiser.  What do you think???

• This past weekend we ventured out to look at five different houses, none of which are close to our current part of town.  We love our neighborhood, schools and location, but it would be nice to have more space and an office for R.  We keep toying around the idea of adding on vs. selling, but we have definitely decided to put our house on the market and see what kind of offers we get before making the ultimate decision.   Of the five houses we looked at, we really liked one in particular and are going to look at five others this coming weekend.  It's so hard to figure out what to do - I keep going back and forth!

• Speaking of which, our house goes on the market this Friday!  Ahhhh!  Tomorrow we are getting new windows installed, the photographer will take pictures for the listing, and we will have the open house this weekend!  Is it wrong that I shudder at the idea of strangers traipsing through our house, yet I love being nosy and looking at other people's homes? 

• G has been really good about not messing up the stager's work!  I thought for sure I would constantly be chasing him away from certain areas of the house and re-doing her work, but he has largely ignored the new changes and has been fine with having the majority of his toys packed away!  I am so thankful for having such a laid back little boy.

• Was anyone else sad about picnik closing?  All of my picture collages and any of the pictures you see on here with text were edited with picnik via picassa, but now that picnik has shut down I have heard about some good alternatives.  Check out this blog for more info and let me know if you have tried anything else out!

• Like I admitted recently, we have been bad about caving and bringing G into bed with us if he put up a huge fuss.  If he cried out in the middle of the night, I would attempt to rock him and he would immediately point to the door, scamper off my lap, and pitter patter down the hall to our room.  Spoiled.  All three of us in this smaller bed, though, is not fun at all.  One night recently, I had had enough of G's giant head and kicking feet.  I took him back to his crib but left him with one of our pillows, and he has stayed in his own bed since then!  Maybe it is just a coincidence, but I'm giving myself a little pat on the back for that one.  While his crib has always had bumpers and quite the assortment of lovies, he has never slept with a pillow until now because of the whole SIDS thing.  I think we are in the clear now as far as SIDS is concerned (right?!?), so the pillow shall stay... which is why I was trying to get a cute pillow case earlier today.  You know, since you care so much about those important details of my life.  ;)

• I keep reading good book reviews on various blogs for the "Fifty Shades of Grey" trilogy.  Has anyone else read them???  I'm thinking about downloading them to my kindle once I finish my current book.

• I had a serviceman come out this morning and I didn't even bother getting out of my pajamas or fixing my crazy morning hair ... winning! I did cringe when he made a lot of racket while G was napping, but he probably cringed at my lovely appearance.

Still not sure why he didn't ask me out ... hehe.

• The new store that I am now sick of going to repeatedly is Lowe's.  Don't get me wrong, I don't have any complaints about their products or service, I'm just tired of going there non-stop.  And I usually am clueless about what in fact I should be getting or where things are located within the store, so luckily there is someone around every corner willing to help a mama out.  

My big "helper" during one of our many trips to Lowe's!  

• Now that the NBA regular season is coming to a close and play-offs are upon us, I will finally start watching some games and cheer on my Spurs.  Go, Spurs, Go!  Just call me MWP (Mama World Peace).

Okay, enough rambling from me.  Gold stars to any of you who actually read through this post in its entirety.  :)  The end!