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I know, interesting title.  But see, you have to know what the last week was like in my house.  Last weekend we were gone to a wedding.  All week, the earliest my hubby came home from work was 7 pm.  Needless to say, the house was a wreck.  On top of all that, I was changing hosting due to many issues with Bluehost (which I will blog about later!).

Hell froze over because well, the hubby actually got it into his head that we needed to clean the house.  Not only that, he helped.  We went from room to room and actually cleaned the majority of the house.  He actually got on his hands and knees and cleaned the tub.  He used an old toothbrush to clean the jets on the whirlpool.  That’s what a good job he did.  We rearranged the living room again too!  After the kids went to bed last night, he also went grocery shopping and managed to spend less than $200 too!  (However, some of his choices were not so good so I’ll be going back, but I am not complaining.)

It feels good to have a semiproductive weekend.  This afternoon we will be going to one of his friend’s house for a little party, and I am not sure what we have in store for tomorrow.

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I love getting off a plane and being greeted with a sign. It makes me feel, well, important. This is day one of the Pampers Mommy Bloggers Event. I just got to Cincinnati, and its just as hot and miserable here as it is in Chicago. However, I am in an awesome hotel. I can’t wait to sleep, alone, in my king size bed.  I think it even has a down comforter.   Yes, it is the little things that make me happy.  I have to say I was happily surprised with the little gift packs they had awaiting us in our rooms.  Lets see, there’s toothbrush, Secret, Olay, Water, sleep mask, loofah, and some awesome slippers that I can’t wait to try on tonight!  I have about ten minutes before I have to leave to go take my tour of P & G (that’s who makes Pampers!).  I guess this is a tour that journalists don’t even get to go on.  After that, we are going to dinner in Kentucky!  I can’t wait.  I have to remember that I don’t have to inhale my food since the kids aren’t here.  That’s what they have planned so far for day 1 for us.  Tomorrow, we will be conferences all day, so I am pretty sure I won’t have much time for blogging.  However, I am hoping to get a couple pictures tonight, so you can see what awesome company I am with.  Well, I have to head off for my tour so talk to you all later!

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You all may remember me posting about Madison last dentist appointment and how disastrous it was.  Today, we went to pediatric dentist, and I am still amazed how well she did.  I wouldn’t have had to walk in back with her.  It went that well.  The dentist looked at her teeth and said they looked great.  There was no fighting, no pleading, no threatening.  She did what they told her.  They kept talking to her and asking her how her day was, how old she was, if she had siblings, etc.  I think that may have been what kept her calm and collected.  They also had a 500 gallon or so fish tank.  Madison loved that!  We then saw the dental hygienist, and she did everything that she asked her to do.  It was great.  I was completely impressed and am so glad we went where we did.

She ended up with a new toothbrush that has a suction cup on the bottom of it.  She got a tub of Crest for Kids and some floss.  She also got a prize and some stickers.  All I have to say is that you should take your kids to a pediatric dentist.  It really does make a difference!

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Husband: When I get mad at you, you never fight back. How do you control your anger?
Wife: I clean the toilet…
Husband: How does that help?
Wife: I use your toothbrush….

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The Way Children See Things! Very funny!!!

NUDITY
I was driving with my three young children one warm summer evening when a woman in the convertible ahead of us stood up and waved she was stark naked! As I was reeling from the shock, I heard my 5-year-old shout from the back seat, “Mom! That lady isn’t wearing a seat belt!

HONESTY
My son Zachary, 4, came screaming out of the bathroom to tell me he’d dropped his toothbrush in the toilet. So I fished it out and threw it in the garbage. Zachary stood there thinking for a moment then ran to my bathroom and came out with my toothbrush. He held it up and said with a charming little smile, “We better throw this one out too then, ’cause it fell in the toilet a few days ago.

OPINIONS
On the first day of school, a first-grader handed his teacher a note from his mother. The note read, “The opinions expressed by this child are not necessarily those of his parents.”

KETCHUP
A woman was trying hard to get the ketchup to come out of the jar. During her struggle the phone rang so she asked her 4-year-old daughter to answer the phone. “It’s the minister, Mommy,” the child said to her mother. Then she added, “Mommy can’t come to the phone to talk to you right now she’s hitting the bottle.”

MORE NUDITY
A little boy got lost at the YMCA and found himself in the women’s locker room. When he was spotted, the room burst into shrieks, with ladies grabbing towels and running for cover. The little boy watched in amazement and then asked, “What’s the matter haven’t you ever seen a little boy before?”

ELDERLY
While working for an organization that delivers lunches to elderly shut-ins, I used to take my 4- year-old daughter on my afternoon rounds. The various appliances of old age, particularly the canes, walkers and wheelchairs, unfailingly intrigued her. One day I found her staring at a pair of false teeth soaking in a glass. As I braced myself for the inevitable barrage of questions, she merely turned and whispered, “The tooth fairy will never believe this!”

DRESS-UP
A little girl was watching her parents dress for a party. When she saw her dad donning his tuxedo, she warned, “Daddy, you shouldn’t wear that suit.” “And why not, darling?” “You know that it always gives you a headache the next morning.”

DEATH
While walking along the sidewalk in front of his church, our minister heard the intoning of a prayer that nearly made his collar wilt. Apparently, his 5-year-old son and his playmates had found a dead robin. Feeling that proper burial should be performed, they had secured a small box and cotton batting, then dug a hole and made ready for the disposal of the deceased. The minister’s son was chosen to say the appropriate prayers and with sonorous dignity intoned his version of what he thought his Father always said: “Glory be unto the Faaaather, and unto the Sonnn, and into the hole he gooooes.”

SCHOOL
A little girl had just finished her first week of school. “I’m just wasting my time,” she said to her mother. “I can’t read, I can’t write and they won’t let me talk!”

BIBLE
A little boy opened the big family bible. He was fascinated as he fingered through the old pages. Suddenly, something fell out of the Bible. He picked up the object and looked at it. What he saw was an old leaf that had been pressed in between the pages. “Mama, look what I found”, the boy called out.” What have you got there, dear?” With astonishment in the young boy’s voice, he answered, “I think it’s Adam’s underwear.

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