Shopping with small children
Mood:  don't ask
Shopping with small children should be an Olympic sport. Clearly it takes endurance, strength, and the ability to think quickly on your feet. It helps if the store you're shopping at doesn't have toys, candy, or anything related to Nick Jr. or Disney characters. So basically, you can't go anywhere because now everything from paper towels to fruit snacks has some kind of popular character on it. But, getting back to the point . . . it is not for the faint of heart. It takes all of the planning and strategy of going into battle, because that's what it is. A battle to get in and out of the store without losing your mind or yelling at your kids in the middle of the store. You lose points for buying the expensive toys or the bulk size bag of candy and it is certain death if you have to leave the store without getting what you came for. There is however a bonus for making all the way to the car before giving the finger pointing, grounded for life speach and if you can do it without spit flying from your mouth or ripping your hair out then your reward is the bottle of wine waiting in the fridge when you get home.

Hold on it's going to be a bummpy ride!
Mood:  caffeinated
So here we go, I have to leave work right now, so it's going to be short. It's Friday and I'm off to the races. Let's hope the weekend is relaxing and not as stressful as the week was.