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Five things I really and truly did today. No kidding. Even though you’ll never believe them.

1. Cleaned the master bathroom. VOLUNTARILY. Not like last week, when I cleaned the utility bathroom in desperation because the lingering smell of urine was wafting into my office and making me feel like I was working in a bus terminal. (Aside to the child who apparently is unclear about how this whole peeing in the toilet thing works: FOR THE LOVE OF JESUS STOP PEEING ON THE FLOOR. Thanks!)

2. Cooked dinner. WHILE WEARING AN APRON. I was also wearing a ridiculously expensive white J. Crew t-shirt while making fajitas, but still — I wore the apron to cook and I left it on while we ate. Oh and it was a Butterball apron, if that makes a difference (Wade says yes, it does).

Okay so that’s actually Chris in the apron, but you get the idea.

3. Spent an hour watching Henry write his spelling words. There are only like ten of them. It was easily the most painful hour of my life. And while I did spend most of the hour updating my Twitter/Facebook status, I did not start drinking, which is truly a miracle because AN HOUR OF WRITING SPELLING WORDS OMG WHAT DID I DO TO DESERVE THIS?!? (Facebook is the best thing ever, at least for the third grade moms at my kids’ school, because how else would we all survive the writing of the spelling words and various other third-grade indignities. And it makes it easier to plan happy hour meet-ups. More about that later.)

4. Wiped down all the granite in my kitchen with Pledge. I only recently learned that furniture polish is the best possible thing for granite, and now I’m obsessed with that lemony smell. And the shine! OMG the shine. Also I may be high on Pledge. Woo! Lemony!

5. 30 Day Shred. There is nothing more to say about that. Except this: I’m alternating the Shred with walking because otherwise I will die. I have also turned off the part of the audio where Jillian Michaels talks, because good lord how many times do you need to hear the exact same discussion of how great Anita’s abs are? (They are awesome, for the record. My abs? Not so much. Sadly.)

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I am seriously considering re-doing the 30 Day Shred (yes, in the 30-consecutive-days manner) in September. This is because when I finished it the first time in late July (and yes I almost died), I then embarked on 2-1/2 straight weeks (going on 3) of utter lethargy and excessive chocolate consumption. I think I may have undone all my Shredding.

In other news, I just QUIT Facebook! I joined last spring, and it has gradually taken over my life, I am not even kidding you! Hate! Love! Hate! Gah!

Pledge on the granite? Seriously? Explain, please!

Susan says: My friend Susie swears by this — apparently the Pledge keeps the granite from drying out. All I know is our counters are super shiny and our kitchen smells like my childhood. Mmm.

What is it about supervising homework drill that makes us want to run screaming for the nearest exit? Must be the supervising part, because the kids who do it on their own don’t need our involvement, encouragement, adrenaline, hollering.

People that manage to do the Shred every day are just odd. I alternate with walking so that I can go up and down the stairs to my bedroom. Also, summer only lasts so long here, so I must get outside to get my vitamin D while I still can. Snow will come soon enough.

I have got to figure out how to shut off her voice. What a brilliant idea.

If you come up with some secret way to get your boys from peeing all over the place in the bathroom, please let me know. I have a 3 year old and another boy on the way…and a husband who apparently has a poor aim as well. Why can’t they just sit down and pee like a civilized person?

Dustin and I went through a 30-Day shred period a couple of months ago. Every morning, we would get up, turn the video on and try to figure out what IN THE HELL Jillian says when she’s introducing the chick after Anita. “If you’re looking for a challenge, this is dabethe.”

OMG, WHAT IS SHE SAYING? We couldn’t focus on working out because we were always trying to decipher that word!

So I have a reunion coming up and I’m thinking 30 Day Shred, alternating with walking (which I already do)and the flat belly diet. Throw in a Lifestyle Lift and I should be good to go! (Although Jillian scares the beejesus out of me.)

6. Totally talked a friend down from the (proverbial) ledge. Don’t forget that one.

I just spent 45 min in the bathroom trying to coax my 2 year old daughter to poop on the potty chair… (Then I almost called my husband at work to compare afternoon schedules. He thinks SAHMing is the pampered life!)

I was hoping this lengthy hand-holding would be DONE at some point! Thanks for quashing my dreams…

I have been shredding too and its funny b/c last night I told my husband, I am turning off Jillian b/c I now hate her. I cant listen to her telling me “Does it burn”

I dont think the pounds are falling off of me yet….

I have been shredding for far more than 30 days and yet, I still look nothing like Jillian. I did swear like a sailor last night on those stupid traveling pushups in level three though.

1. I wear that apron more often than I should admit.

2. Have you tried the Method granite cleaner - it smells like green apples, in an entirely non sickeningly sweet way. It makes me want to lick the counters when I’m done.

My 6yo doesn’t EVER watch what he’s doing while he pees. He’s looking here and there, bending over, etc. His father isn’t much better.

Seriuosly anyone who can do the Shred thirty days straight and still sit down to pee is an amazing woman. Jillian is a drill sargent !

I heard the best way to clean granite countertops was with just plain water and rubbing alcohol (60/40) mixed together and sprayed from a bottle. My contractor said that eventually you will get a lot of build-up if you use the polish. This combo also kills bacteria. I know it doesn’t smell as nice but Pledge isn’t giving you the same “clean.”

This social media thing is bringing a whole new meaning to the wordy “multitasking”, isn’t it…

Email, facebook, twitter, blogs, INTERNET….it helps to have all the laptops and electronics located strategically around the house so that you can multitask to your heart’s content whether it’s working with food, using the facilities, changing diapers…as long as there’s a computer screen beckoning you, you’re NOT WASTING YOUR TIME.

ha.

Hehehe. I wondered how you suddenly grew long hair.

I HATE spelling words. Hate them. My daughter is a good speller. So good that she never missed a single word on the pre-test every Monday. Not once the entire year. Yet she had to write sentences, write the words three times each etc. Colossal waste of time.

Thank god for the internets.

if you are obsessed with that lemony smell, i highly recommend Henri Bendel’s Lemon Verbena candle or Slatkin & Company’s new Fresh Lemon candle. Both available at Bath & Body Works, home of Just-A-Minute Cuticle Scrub. (ok, i work there, but the best home fragrance ever!)

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