The Woolly Mom

Among some of the more surprising tips:

“Have caffeine right before you nap. This may sound counterintuitive since caffeine is a stimulant, but it won’t kick in immediately. The caffeine has to travel through your gastro-intestinal tract, giving you time to nap before it kicks in. Taking a “caffeine nap” in which 200mg of caffeine are consumed right before a 20-minute nap will not only improve your performance, but it’ll also lessen how sleepy you feel once you wake up.”

Whhhaaaa?? Caffeine to help the nap? I’m already liking this plan. Give me an IV of 200 ccs of Moutain Dew! Stat! (ok, I don’t even know how much Dew that really is. And it might stop my heart. But you have to admit the idea’s intriguing.)

“Napping at work - A survey by the National Sleep Foundation found that about 30% of people are allowed to sleep at work…”

Unless they’re finally recognizing us housewives as being “at work” I can’t believe this statistic! Really? 30%? Where ARE all these companies? And do they need an experienced blogger with exquisite taste in resale shop clothing and a penchant for fine wine?

Ever since my plans for this weekend fell apart I’ve been left with NOTHING to do! Oh happy day!

So this weekend has been all about enjoying the house and family - no weeding the gardens, no basement construction today, no reorganizing anything, no major errands to run. Just us, sitting around watching Jenny McCarthy sing on Sesame Street (how did that skank figure out to pull up her fishnets and start singing to children? I mean, I know she’s a bornagain-Martha-Stewart-mommy-Oprah-wannabe, but who booked this bouncey Singled Out -hosting crab house to sing to my baby? It’s the stuff of nightmares!). Even Lily’s chilaxin’ with her first big girl sippy cups full of whole milk and some diced carrot snacks. The whole family’s diggin’ this chilled out weekend.

But what am I telling you this for? Blogging comes dangerously close to work. And this is a no-work Sunday. So sayeth the church of Katie. So I’m off to nest myself into our fluffy blue couch and spend lots of lazy hours playing Super Mario Galaxy on the Wii, as I’ve been meaning to for months and months. And if he comes around, I’m finally chasing that ice cream truck dude down. Hope your weekend’s fun and playful, too!

During my unwinding time tonight I found a fun silly meaningless quiz. I love these. Here’s one where I apparently come out more evil than not. And you know, I’m pretty comfortable with that. I’m no goody-goody. I’m no sucker. But I’m not over-the-top evil. I’m not Oprah evil. So I’ve got that going for me.

You Are 56% Evil

You are evil, but you haven’t yet mastered the dark side. Fear not though - you are on your way to world domination.

Whaddya get when you take a mountain of overgrown zucchini and add a stressed-out Katie with a sweet tooth? Zucchini bread! I’m in the process of making many, many loaves of deliciously sweet bread according to my grandmother’s amazing recipe. Baking like tihs really soothes my nerves after a day (or morning) of chaos. Thought I’d toss this recipe your way in case your zukes are coming in, too. Or if you need a breather like I do, I won’t tell if you run to the grocery store to get your zukes.

Never tried zucchini bread? It’s a very sweet dessert bread that comes out dark, moist, and a little cinnamony (not veggie tasting at all). It’s very much like banana bread, just replace the banana flavor with a little vanilla and cinnamon. Tasty. This bread is best served spread with cream cheese, peanut butter, or nothing at all!

To enlarge and view or print, just click the image a-course!

Hope your gardens are all doing well. Happy Wednesday everyone!

Let’s take a break from talking about the kids and the house and family for a moment. Let’s focus on us moms (and dads who are comfortable with their masculinity). We all need a break. And many of us (raises my hand emphatically) need a glass of wine while making dinner every now and then.

Ok, the truth is, I heart wine. I want to have wine’s children. I want to name them little Pinot and Merlot. And me thinks I’m not alone. Admit it moms, wine is one of those few holdover luxuries that we still indulge in that keeps the little bits of our brains glued together.

That’s why I’m so excited to share my newest discovery with you: Woot Wine!

Not familiar with what Woot is? Woot! is a website that sells one product a day. That’s it - only one product. They choose a new product each day, sell it at an unbelievable discount, and have a limited quantity for sale. Once they run out, or once the day is over, that’s it. Done. No more for sale. So you get to combine great sale prices with the thrill of the hunt. There’s really only one thing missing from Woot….what is it? whhhat’s missing?…oh yes! Alcohol!

Thankfully Woot recognized its egregious error and spawned. It made sites like Woot T-shirts. And now Woot Wine. And thank the gods, because before these spin-off sites were launched I was naked and sober. Now they just need Woot Cheese. And then Woot Aspirin. And I’ll never have to leave the house again.

Hello to all. I’m just popping in to say happy afternoon to everyone who stops by here. I’m currently having a wonderful day with my mom visiting. Lily is just nuts about her and couldn’t give her enough hugs when my mom first came through the door. They’re out there in the playroom now “talking” to each other and playing games. It’s really hard to tear yourself away from watching the play between grandma and granddaughter. So I won’t stay long here, but to say that I hope you all are having a very enjoyable Wednesday.

In case you’re not having a good enough day (for example, if you’re baby’s pooped 3 times today like mine has), here’s a quick video that always makes me laugh (even when I think the funny’s worn off). Stick with it for a couple minutes, and you’ll be laughing too. Happy Wednesday!

Quick, quick. Don’t have much time to post this afternoon. Lily just went down for her nap and my sister-in-law and her husband are flying in from California….sometime today. Maybe tonight? Or tomorrow? Not sure, but much to my SIL’s annoyance, I’m cleaning up the house as best I can. I turned all June Cleaver today. So instead of posting much about the ugliness of frantic cleaning going on at my house, I thought I’d share another kind of ugliness with you.
                                  
Plus, I can’t believe I’ve had a blog for this long and haven’t shared the Internet’s GREATEST video with you:

(Sorry if it’s smooshed, seems to be a hopefully temporary hosting problem.)