[ longer arms please! ]

sooooooo... when i drive along with my boys, 4 & 2, they are always dropping things & then i hear the inevitably... mom can you 'just' get that please... i like how they add the 'just'.


i'd say about 65% of the time i can grab the whatever it is, but the other 35% of the time my arms are just not quite long enough. the worst is when it's a drink! & it is dribbling out of the straw or cup on the car floor & you just can't quite get it! or when one of them sneezes & without even looking you know that there are snot tusks!

i'm wondering why women's arms haven't evolved & got 'just' that little bit longer! stretchy would be good, seriously it would be really handy! wiping noses & reaching to put binkies (dummies) in.  i'm not talking inspector gadget or anything ~ although i can't count how many times it would have been useful to be able to attach another pair of arms!

[ ticket...! ]

sooooooo... i was driving oscar to nursery school this morning & to his delight we pass a police car that had flashing sirens. he said that's like the one that stopped you & gave you a ticket...... i replied mmmmmmm yes (didn't really want to be reminded of that little incident..) oscar then asks 'was it a good ticket?' i reply no darling... police don't give out good tickets!

then i got to thinking... oscar's a genius! (of course!) wouldn't it be nice if the police gave out good tickets for once. ma'am i saw you driving really well & you let that other person out... here's a 'good ticket'! maybe they could be gift certificates!!

& maybe they should have different colored lights for 'good tickets' ~ say red & green for the holidays.... that way you can avoid that horrible sunken feeling when you get pulled over!!

just a thought!!...

[ a wipe for every occasion! ]

sooooooo... i really don't know what i'd do without my baby wipes! seriously i think i've used them for almost every spillage & beyond! i took my boys to have their holiday pictures taken the other day & oscar had some hair sticking up, nothing a wipe couldn't sort out! wipes to me are almost like windex is to that guy in my big fat greek wedding! the only thing they're not that great for, i've found, is i needed a tissue the other day & tried to use a dried up wipe... not that effective. but have you noticed that wipes are the thing! you can buy a wipe for almost anything that can get wiped! i went to get some sort of cleaner for the stainless on my fridge, there's a wipe! for our leather couch ~ a wipe! granite! inside the car! pets! windows! wouldn't it be great if we could make these wipes clean up other messes... like rude people, just get a wipe out & fix that! wipes that make everyone all better, wipes that make prices cheaper! happy wipes! not being late wipes, big butt wipes!... i'd push them to the max!