Thursday Thirteen and Happy Comments

Lately I've been stressed. Without going too far into it, I'm feeling a bit overloaded--by a lot of stuff. There are some things however, that have lightened my load in the last few weeks. One of those things is comments from all of you. So in honor of that (and to pimp a few of your great blogs in the process), my Thursday Thirteen this week is a list of some of your comments that have made me smile, and sometimes outright gafaw!

Thanks to everyone who comments here by the way...ya'll are peaches!

1. From Crystal:
WHAT MORE EVIDENCE DO WE NEED THAT WE SHOULD BE FRIENDS???? We were meant to find each other on Earth, I swear! Because:
1) Mimi eats ice cream for breakfasts at least 3 times a week. OK'd by me. Pathetic.
2) I have totally been known to pat my kids down with baby magic lotion to mask the "recess smell" from the day before.
3) I also have been known to let Mimi & Isabelle spray my perfume on them. Also to mask some unsavory smell. My expensive perfume. Pink Sugar. Or even the fav Chanel.

I laugh at nearly every comment she makes. I’ve totally done the Great Lotion Rub Down–especially to cover up the recess smell...so classic. Crystal is my new smell hiding kindred spirit.

2. From Laura:
I remember when I was little and my little sister could NEVER find at least one of her shoes- resulting to wearing snow boots in the summer to church etc. One time my poor mom couldn't find one of EACH shoe - so she put one shoe on her and wrapped the other in an ace-bandage! She didn't want to be late to church!

I laughed so hard when I read this comment I instantly wanted to meet Laura’s mom! I have since told this story to several people who have all giggled as much as I did.

3. From Shellie:
...it was so validating to hear that my husband isn't the only one who can't find a towel. Recently after a shower mine came back to the bedroom wearing a dinosaur hoodie towel! Somehow this is my fault because I didn't find a bath towel for him because the technology of opening the linen closet right next door to the bathroom before bathing is beyond him!

I have to admit, since I don’t know her husband, the first image that popped into my head was my 6' 2", 300 pound husband in the dinosaur hoodie towel. I nearly collapsed laughing at myself.

4. From Bee-lissa:
YOU SUCK! Now I have 13 songs stuck in my head.

This makes me laugh mostly because I know her and 13 songs really did get stuck in her head after that silly post. Heh. After this they’re probably back.

5. From Dancin Queen:
Oh my gosh reading your comments is just as entertaining as reading your blog!

I know! Hence my problem narrowing it down to 13!

6. From Helena:
Next time, try swim goggles. They really work!

Holy cow, I am totally cracking out the summer box so I can use goggles when I cut onions now! Can you imagine if I got a visitor when I was making dinner? It makes me laugh just thinking about it. Funny thing is, she isn’t the only one who suggested this. A few comments down Shellie said the same thing!

7. From HotMama:
Those pictures are great and I've been laughing about her gluteus maximus for days!

Jon and I laughed at Gracie’s glooodiuz maximums for days too. But only when she wasn’t within earshot. She got very embarrassed once Jon told her what it really meant. "I didn’t know it was a bum, Mom!"

8. From Kate:
I love sleeping in my Belle dress up to! Is there anything wrong with that?

I wonder, does her husband dress up like the Beast?

9. From Carrie:
So, we're not the only ones who have kids that sleep in costume! yeah ... I have a 13 yr old who went to bed on Friday night as a jester, hat and all!

Did the jingle bells on his hat hurt his head?

10. From MatchBox Mom:
You're a stinker! I can say stinker cuz I'm a Mom. Which also means I can say poop. But I won't.
This could apply to nearly any of my posts...

11. From Karen:
Lose 20 pounds? What do you mean? You're so tall and thin, and shadows don't lie!

This came after I commented on her blog about whether or not posting a self portrait of my shadow counts. I told her it would until I dropped 20 pounds (shhhh. It's more like 35) or so of Evie weight...

12. From Colorado Writer:
It's all fun and games until your boyfriend pukes in your lap!

Fun and games, yep, that's what it was...

13. From Becky:
...nothing says "I Love You" like a guy that can hurl on his girl and still win her heart.So when he gets sick now, does he say, "Sorry to bring this up again, Honey..." ?

Hurl on his girl...such a poet!

Sorry Thursday Thirteeners...I can't limit this to such a measly number! A few more to grow on.

14. From Oda41143:

That is hilarious!!! It's weird for me because my co-worker had a virus yesterday and now I'm in puke paranoid mode. So, if you anniversary is another sign that I'm going to catch her virus I might just stop snooping at your blog. Well, that's a lie. I'll still snoop. Happy Anniversary. Do I wish you many more pukes? I'm confused.

Yes, wish us many more pukes. Happy Puke Day everyone!!!!

15. From Kelly:
Why oh why must they wait til they are in the shower to say, "Hey Babe, can you get me a towel??" Oh yeah, sure, let me drop everything since you can't find your way to the towels!

Hey, at least he's calling you "babe"!

16. From Free To Fly:

Girl, You might as well embrace it! That's what I do! This morning I woke up to 2 different Nickleback songs combined into 1 in my head. It was a very strange combination! I had combined a very unusual part of If Everyone Cared with Rockstar.

Free is my song combination kindred spirit. I thought I was the only one who did that!

17. From Jen:

My husband keeps me on my toes, and although I usually have a splitting headache after a weekend of him, I love him dearly.

See, and I thought my headaches were from too much sugar! Go figure!

Again, thank you, thank you, thank you to everyone who has ever commented here. It really has been a great stress relief for me. Trust me, Jon and the kids thank you too!