July 14, 2006
Very Important Stuff Friday: things you didn’t know you needed to know edition
1. My oven is CLEAN. Clean enough to eat out of! Or cook in! And I did, indeed, cook in it tonight; I made some delicious chicken breasts for the boys. Henry took one bite and politely spat it out on his plate. Charlie refused to even touch it. But SO! VERY! CLEAN!
2. Easy Off is, as they claim, surprisingly easy to use. And apparently you can get it in a FUME-FREE formula, which I wish I had known yesterday, before I caused permanent brain damage to every single member of my family.
3. This was the FIRST time I’ve EVER cleaned an oven. When Wade and I moved out of our loft in Tacoma, my mother cleaned the oven, because I was pregnant and pitiful (I think I went to Starbucks and ate scones and read the New York Times while she took care of things). Of course, that was NOT the first place I had lived; I have left a string of uncleaned ovens in apartments and houses in, oh, at least three states.
4. This morning at breakfast, Charlie announced, “My birthday party is going to have PIZZAZ!” Yes, he said pizzaz, and yes, he was waving his jazz hands around as he said it.
5. This afternoon, Charlie slipped and fell in my kitchen while holding a mostly-full cup of milk. The milk went flying everywhere, but wound up, inexplicably, almost entirely on his head. HIS HEAD.
6. I’ll say it again: the boy fell down and spilled milk ON HIS HEAD. Jesus.
7. It’s 102 degrees here today. So what did I do? I cooked (see #1) and did laundry (see #5 and #6–milk smells, people!). Now I just keep asking Wade, “Is it really REALLY hot in here, or is it ME?” Apparently, it’s me.
8. When you tell people who live in the Seattle area that it’s 102 degrees where you are, they are rendered entirely speechless. Try it sometime! It’s fun!
9. I have a little crush on the Take Home Chef guy. This show is brilliant–they send the super cute blonde Aussie to your HOUSE where he flirts with you and drinks some wine and COOKS YOU A MAGNIFICENT GOURMET MEAL! I asked Wade what he would think if he came home to find me tipsy and flirting with the hott surfer; he said, “He cooks, right? There’s dinner at the end, right? Isn’t that how this works?”
10. I think that for our birthday craft we’re going to have the kids decorate treasure chests and spyglasses. I have an entire drawer full of cardboard paper towel rolls that they can cover with construction paper, and I think I can find little craft boxes and “jewels” to glue on them at Michael’s or WalMart. Doesn’t that sound fun? Or at least time-consuming? And not dangerous because I know from experience that it’s really really difficult to hurt someone with a paper towel roll.
11. Tomorrow I’m going to Tulsa to get away from these kids have lunch with two of my favorite blogging mamas. I suspect there will be much swearing and perhaps some talk of boobies. At least I hope there will be because this is as close as I’m getting to going to BlogHer this year.
12. I bought the domain name fridayplaydate.com today. I did! How crazy is that? Now one of you needs to tell me what to do with it.
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July 14th, 2006 at 8:08 pm, The June Cleaver Diaries Says:
I’m so jealous of the lunch!!! I want to come, too!!!
By the way, I’m SOOOOO not into the Take Home Chef guy! And I can’t figure out why. And it’s not the ‘maybe he’s gay” factor, because I have a crush on Clinton Kelly. Ooooh! Speaking of— he’s on now. Why the hell am I on the computer???
July 14th, 2006 at 8:26 pm, Angela Says:
Can you somehow move your blog to fridayplaydate.com? Hmm, what else do you do with a domain??
It’s also fun to discuss hot weather with people who live in San Francisco - like really close to the bay, the inland people don’t count, they get hot too. Have fun tomorrow.
July 14th, 2006 at 9:01 pm, kyra Says:
so fun about the lunch! and the talk of boobies! that is SO up my alley!
July 14th, 2006 at 9:05 pm, ieatcrayonz Says:
I forgot to mention that bras are optional at the luncheon. Just so you know.
Drive safely! No boozing it up till you get here.
July 14th, 2006 at 10:01 pm, Granny Says:
The inland people don’t count? I’m crushed.
Supposed to hit 111° here Sunday.
Remind me again why I left San Francisco?
Fume free doesn’t work as well or didn’t when I tried it some time ago. It may have improved.
July 14th, 2006 at 10:04 pm, adria Says:
Congrats on cleaning your oven, but I will have you know that the no-fume oven cleaner still smells and kills brain cells. That is speaking from experience because I always have to clean my oven.
My experience of living in Vegas in the summer gives me the knowledge to appreciate 102 freakin’ degrees. And oh, I am so sorry. My suggestion: make alcoholic popsicles, but don’t get them mixed up with the kid’s treats.
Congrats on buying your domain name! And I think you should have the chef over to cook and drink - won’t you be on TV then???
July 14th, 2006 at 10:25 pm, mom on a wire Says:
It was awesome talking to you today! You have such a sweet and melodious voice.
July 15th, 2006 at 4:43 am, Sheryl Says:
#4 is priceless. Depending on who you bought your domain from, you should be able to map it so people who go there are redirected here, but the new url will be what they see– ask them because I only know enough about it to sound like I know something about it. Otherwise, if you direct people there with a link from here, you’ll probably lose some traffic– don’t know how important that is to you. Hope the birthday party and lunch go well. Will’s having his party today :o) I’m going to bake a cake now. Yawn it’s early.
July 15th, 2006 at 6:15 am, daysgoby Says:
So your oven is clean, your kids are clean, your husbad has a clean mind and you’re going off to booze it up with some very cool people?
Sob. I’m getting playdate-envy ovah heah!
July 15th, 2006 at 10:15 am, Mir Says:
You take that domain name, and you get some jewels and stuff, and some glue, and you…
… wait….
Okay, nevermind.
So. Tired.
July 15th, 2006 at 1:25 pm, Mary P. Says:
Everyone else is talking about the lunch and the domain and the oven cleaner. Me, I want to know who you’ve tried to injure with a paper towel roll, and why. Or maybe you shouldn’t tell me: I’m having way too much fun envisioning the how and why all by myself.
July 15th, 2006 at 4:04 pm, Jenorama Says:
I can host it for you. Or I can tell you what else to do with it. Call me. And tell me how lunch was.
July 15th, 2006 at 4:57 pm, mamatulip Says:
It’s stifling hot here too. Not the kid of weather I’d want to spill a milkshake on my head in.
July 15th, 2006 at 10:36 pm, Cmommy Says:
I am:
1. Jealous of the Tulsa trip
2. Riding your coattail when you discover the secret to creating an official url homepage.
3. Loving the spyglass time-consuming craft!
4. Horrified about the milk.
5. Very curious to see the Aussie chef–the accent gets me every time.
:-)C
July 16th, 2006 at 6:08 am, Karyn Says:
That’s awesome you bought your domain name, good on you!
The aussie guy is way cute; and incidentally I wonder if our husbands are related.
Huh.
ps:Junecleaver, yep, Clinton’s got it goin’ on.
July 16th, 2006 at 8:59 am, Candace Says:
I, too, am not into the THC guy. Just don’t like him. He seems…uncomfortable a lot of the time, I think.
Anyway.
Forget the glue with the jewels. You can get SELF-STICK jewels at Michael’s. I swear. We had them for one of Sophie’s birthday parties (fancy-dress tea party where the guests made crowns). I vote self-stick. Less messy.
July 16th, 2006 at 2:48 pm, Laura Says:
Sorry, my heart belongs to Alton Brown. Not my type physically (that would be that Trevor fellow) but so smart and funny.
I think at your new domain you should have a showcase of “Favorite Shoes I Have Worn.” Or “Shoes that I Covet.” Or something else having to do with shoes. And you can set up a little PayPal account where visitors can help make your shoe dreams come true. OOH! Kind of like Save the Children, except with SHOES! We could adopt different pairs of shoes and you could give them a good home!
I LOVE this idea. Hee.
July 16th, 2006 at 9:12 pm, The Daring One Says:
102? I’m sorry. I have no response to that. Oh, and the domain? YAY! Dan and I are formulating a plan right now and we shall talk soon.
July 18th, 2006 at 5:28 am, Naomi Says:
Hi there! I’m a new-ish reader, and a new commenter!!
100* in Seattle and people give you looks? Imagine telling them it’s 100* (or hotter) in TORONTO? That’s Canada, and many people still think we live in perpetual snow!!
Don’t know the Take Home Chef guy, but it sounds like he’s someone to look for!
As for the domain, find a host (I can recommend a cheap one), install Wordpress, and move over your blog. Easy Peasy!