so, so far this morning i’ve watched Regis and Kelly, Ellen, and the View. oh, and also last night’s House and Monday’s Heroes (which my husband had pvr’d for me. sweet!). you learn the greatest things from daytime tv. my daughter is OBSESSED with Hannah Montana. anyone else? well, i knew that Billy Ray Cyrus plays the girl’s daddy on the show. what i didn’t know was that he is her REAL father. yes, folks, she’s Miley Cyrus. oh, and also, some psycho astronaut woman put on a depends undergarment (bwah!) and drove from houston to orlando to fight for the man she loves. what?! oh, also, Christina Aguilera and her husband have ‘naked sundays’ where they spend the entire day naked. cooking, cleaning, hanging out. all the normal things people do on sundays….just in the buff. could you imagine? driving to ballet and the superstore, doing my food shopping…all completely naked?!! hmmm…something to think about…also, Kelly Ripa was wearing black tights with a spring, short-sleeved dress. what’s up with that??? she always looks amazing. today…not so much.

ah, i miss daytime tv…and staying home. but i’m already getting antsy. i have tons of work to do and was already checking my work email at 8 this morning. i’m so used to my life being hectic…that i guess i don’t know how to relax. i can’t even remember the last time i took a sick day. i don’t know how to be sick!

the very lovely and the very wonderful Catherine, of Her Bad Mother fame, has dropped out of the Canadian Blog Award competition for various reasons. you can read about them on her blog….but really, we all know why she dropped out.

Coming in in 6th place has its advantages for moi….I’m now in round 2 of the Canadian Blog Awards in the Best Family Blog category. and i think there’s no shame in asking you to vote FOR ME. vote for me!!!!! and vote often (you can vote once a day! yay!)

 

i’ve never won anything before…and you know how much i like to win. even if there’s no prize.

so i have no pictures.
no pictures of the line outside Roy Thompson Hall
no pictures of the losers walking around with tvs strapped to their backs so people in line could watch flim festival footage.
no pictures of the 7 girls from Manchester who we stood in line with and sat with (and were just as Jude-obsessed as i am)
no pictures of the red carpet.
or of Anthony Minghella
or Robin Wright Penn
or Juliette Binoche
or Jude Law.
mmmmm…Jude Law.

he’s gorgeous in person, folks. gorgeous.

and during the movie screening, Breaking and Entering, which was great, by the way, i highly recommend, we were sitting right above the cast. i spied on Jude as he whispered to his castmates. and wondered who the girl sitting next to him was. it was not Sienna Miller. or his nanny friend. he was there alone. in a gorgeous dark blue suit and brown pointy shoes. HOT.
and after the movie screening, the husband waited for me as i was the last person out of the building. well, i and the Manchester girls, were the last ones out. we found a prime spot where we could see Sir Jude shmoozing it up with the VIPs. ah…to be a VIP.

1. Peg Perego high chair.

we got the White leatherette. big mistake. big. the tray was too high for my little ones to feed themselves because they couldn’t reach the food. the tray was also way too far away from their bodies that they would drop all the food into their laps. also, it was impossible to clean. i bought an easy clean fisher price and i love it. pegs are eye candy. totally not worth it.

2. Diaper genie

we have never used this. mostly because we rarely change our babies in their bedrooms, and just throw the diapers straight into the garage. why do i want them sitting around in my house when i can just get rid of them right away?

3. Change table
my kids were way too squirmy. and it’s a huge pain to always have to go upstairs to change diapers. a pad on the floor is perfect for me, thanks.

4. Peg perego double stroller

we got the tender xl. 4 years ago, before the mountain buggy and valco side-by-sides existed. it’s huge and bulky and it’s really hard to steer. and i always end up using my cheap grace side-by-side.

5. Swing

we got a graco swing as a baby gift – we asked for it – and we never used it. wait, that’s not true. we used it about 4 times. it’s not that it wasn’t great…it’s just between the bouncy chair and the gymini, it totally wasn’t necessary.

6. Wipe warmer

um, yes, tell me again why this is necessary. are wipes really THAT cold?

7. Bath ring

this was the very reason i HATED bath time. my kids never quite fit right into this contraption and i never had the right angle to wash them properly.

8. Cheap stroller

the evenflo comfort dimensions plus. what a waste of money. it fell apart. and the seat never sat up straight. pain in the ass, if you ask me. i bought myself a peg pliko and a zooper boogie to replace it and have never looked back.

9. Bottle warmer

um, yeah, the best thing you can do is teach your babies to enjoy their formula/milk lukewarm to cool. i promise. it will save you the hassle of having to continue heating their milk forever.

10. Shoes

with the invention of Robeez, baby shoes are completely unnecessary.

11. Snowsuit

i have a bunting insert for my infant seat. amazing. snowsuits, be gone. no more bulk, and trying to fit the straps of the carseat over the giant snowsuit. no overheating.

12. What to Expect in the First Year

the only thing worse than this book is “”hat to expect when you are expecting”. these are two books that are gathering dust in the closet in my basement.

13. Baby powder

seriously, have you ever used it? i still have the same bottle of johnson’s that i bought when Emily was born.

Links to other Thursday Thirteens!
1. Raggedy
2. Sadie
3. Jenny Ryan
4. Tug
5. Lindsey
6. froggie mama
7. The Shrone
8. Tiffany
9. Audrey
10. Kimmy
11. something blue
12. buttercup
13. Julie
14. Jennifer
15. Vicky

(leave your link in comments, I’ll add you here!)

my other pretty one…watches Rockstar??

i wish you could see the clock in the shot also – it was 12:30-something.
(we missed the first showing because of meet-the-teacher night at the kids’ school, so we had to watch with time-shifting. needless to say, i’m zonked.)

she had spilled her water in her crib and was laying in it, soaking wet and freezing. so, we let her come out and play in bed for a little bit. she was in heaven.

carpool
being wet
being late

i’m experiencing the joy of all three this morning.
lucky me.

i’m not fishing here.
it’s just interesting.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

anyone hear the latest in federletus news?
it seems that it’s another boy for the Federlines, at least according to the national enquirer now, i have no idea if there’s any truth to this rumor, but i thought she was having a little Jailynn?

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

anyone watching Rockstar Supernova?
i’m a little bit on the obsessed side – since i’m watching the monday night, tuesday night, and wednesday night shows each week…

at first i was all about Dilana. she was a creepy and scary and mysterious chick. now she’s just an emotional wreck that destroys songs. they already had one of those on that show…ahem…can we say Zayra…and we all know what happened to her…

i’m hoping that my man Toby will take this thing home. I love him. he’s all accent-y and evs-y. and i can’t get that freakin’ oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh song out of my head. and that ass? mmmm. and that’s got to count for something.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

anyone thinking that Prison Break is not nearly as good as it was last year???

i’m usually not one to admit when i’m feeling down. i’m usually all smiles and all about the “everything’s fine.”
by nature, i’m incredibly independent (which, most likely is the result of growing up in not one, but two emotionally unattached workaholic families. i didn’t really have a choice. either you are independent, or you don’t survive) and don’t like to rely on others, for anything really.
i like for everyone to think that everything 100% fine, 100% of the time. Sure, i’m Fabulous, but sometimes i just feel shitty.

i guess there’s just a lot going on. i’m having some clothes fitting issues (in that they just aren’t fitting. at all), i’m having some friends issues (yes, once again), i’m having some web design issues, and i don’t even have a freakin’ kitchen sink

the good news of the day, though, is that on Wednesday night, i’ve got tickets to see my Jude in the movie Breaking and Entering at the Film Festival.
AND
hes.going.to.be.there.

the husband better pray that he doesn’t want to take me home. he IS on my list, after all.

EDIT:
my BLAHs are completely gone.
it’s amazing what a little good news will do for you!
Ro, my designer over at Ciao my Bella, is working so hard on my design today, even though September 11th is a day that hits really close to home for her, and i’m so appreciative.
so…be on the lookout for my new site (yes, people, we are getting rid of blogger for good! wahoo!) – it’s not done yet, so don’t go peeking around just yet…and for those of you who are worried, my good pal Haley has an automatic redirect for me, which will be handy for you until you change all your blogrolls over from I Write, Therefore I Blog to my new site, Cheaper Than Therapy. (ah, don’t you just love that name???)

okay…also…
this
just might be the most hilarious thing i have ever seen in my life.

are we had our first sentence on tuesday.
(no, i’m not kidding)

Isabella is beyond obsessed with this birthday Dora doll. she walks around holding her saying, “Da-ra. da-ra!” it’s actually beyond adorable.
we were sitting in the car and the Dora doll had fallen to the ground. Isabella shrieked and then said, clear as day, “I want my Dora!” (i guess it wasn’t clear as day…it sounded more like, “iwama da-ra” but, you get the idea.)

and then she said it again.

until i turned around and picked it up for her.
sucker.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

on another note, please please please come and visit me at my new blog at Urbanmoms.ca

and leave a comment. let me know you were there.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

yes, i realize that i’m the LAST person on the internet to talk about Suri.

i’ve seen all sorts of photos of her flying around the internet from her debut in Vanity Fair and on Katie Couric’s show.

i’ve also seen the hilarious photo that you WON’T see in Vanity Fair, where miss Suri Cruise looks like the poster girl for the new Omen movie.

Poke fun all you want. (she’s Chris Klein’s! she looks like L. Ron Hubbard! I think i see Pacey a little bit around the eyes! it’s a wig!) lordy knows, i’ve been doing a lot of that! but, folks, this is one cute baby:

1. Winnie and Kevin

2. Dylan and Brenda

3. Cory and Topanga

4. Ben and Felicity

5. Sonny and Carly

6. Tony and Angela

7. Joanie and Chachi

8. Zack and Kelly

9. Joey and Pacey

10. Meredith and McDreamy

11. Ross and Rachel

12. Seth and Summer

13. Jim and Pam

Links to other Thursday Thirteens!
1. Meredith
2. Tug
3. PixiePincessMom
4. froggie mama
5. Tink
6. LuluBunny
7. Amy
8. Shannon
9. Southern Girl
10. on the Rock
11. Lindsay
12. Audrey
13. Lisa
14. Cat
15. Sadie
16. Tiffany
17. wrigley
18. jersey girl
19. Ruth

(leave your link in comments, I’ll add you here!)