I know I said this was going to be a week of schmaltz and sentiment, not to be confused with a week of posts dedicated to rendered goose fat, but I may have overstated it. Or maybe I purged my soul of all sap and sentiment yesterday. Or maybe I’m just tired.
And that is why I probably need to get in bed. Because tomorrow (which will be today by the time you read this) I’m going on a field trip to Sea World with about 100 first graders. May God have mercy on my soul.
However, here are a few quick things I’ll share before I go into a deep meditative state to mentally prepare myself for the field trip experience.
1. I think Gulley’s shirt from yesterday’s post came from Old Navy. Or maybe it was Gap.
2. You have been so faithful to listen as I poured out my heart about all my issues with chicken and bemoaned the absence of Tyson roasted chicken breasts at HEB. Which is why you will understand the sheer joy I felt when I discovered Tyson diced chicken breasts in the frozen food section yesterday. It’s already cut up and everything.
It’s a poultry miracle.
3. Speaking of food, I’m in desperate need of some type of summertime dessert that will help me not feel deprived but is good enough to make me put down the chocolate chip cookies. In other words, I need something quick, easy and low in calories that won’t make me feel like I’m eating chocolate-flavored cardboard.
4. Someone asked in the comments yesterday why I needed to roll AJ’s hair if all I was going to do was put it back in a messy bun. Even messy buns need texture and body. They are supposed to appear effortless and all look at me I just threw my hair back in this semi-artful configuration on my way at the door, but it takes some work and some hot rollers to really make the magic happen.
5. Don’t forget to visit the Tropicana Juicy Rewards page and enter for a chance to win a $50 gift card from BlogHer. And you read my last post for the GoodNites Bedtime theater campaign right here.
6. Yes, I realize this is a lame post. But I have to focus on thoughts of sufficient sunscreen, comfortable shoes and refraining from throwing any bratty first graders in with the penguins.
I hope your day is filled with all good things.