You Asked For It

I asked you all to ask me a question that you were dying to ask and by asking, you asked for it!

Wait. Huh?

Oh, never mind.

Here's your Ask The Lazy Mom questions and my super fantabulous and super smart answers....

Q:
I am a super busy mom, who has things to do (Church, Work Late, Lessons...yada yada yada...ugh!) 3 out of the 5 nights a week. What are some good dinner ideas that whip up easily or crock pot well? Cause my last minute mom-ness isn't cutting it!

A:
First of all, let me say I now want to finish every list of mine with "yada yada yada... ugh!"  In fact, I think we could even make that a trend or, Oo! Oo! maybe even a song! But not just any song, a song with motions! Like... like... Walk Like an Egyptian, or something!

Second of all, I've got some great Lazy Mom Recipes (if you haven't noticed) that would take care of your problems my dear.  The only problem is, I need to separate them into categories like crock pot recipes, dinners, breakfasts, etc.  And uh, I haven't done that yet.

But here's some of my favorite crock pot recipes we have on I'm a Lazy Mom so far...

Lazy Cranberry Chicken
Lazy Shredded Chicken Sandwiches
Lazy Crock Pot Lasagna

And because I love ya, I just went and added a crock pot label to those recipes that use the crock pot. You can find them here.

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Q:
What was your favorite gift you gave to someone this year?

A:
I would probably say my favorite gift I gave someone this year was one of the gifts I gave to Lazy Dad for Christmas.  I was so excited about giving it to him I was jumping up and down, clapping my hands and screaming, "You're gonna love this!" over and over when I handed it to him.

And then I told him he better love it as much as I said he was going to love it.
And then I told him he better have a good "I love it" reaction to it when he opened it.
And then I told him he better match my excitement over it.

Then he opened it and said, "Where did you find this?!" and that was as much of an "I love it" reaction I got from him.

But you should totally know that he doesn't really "react" with as much enthusiasm as I do.  Because, well, I MAY be a tad bit more dramatic than he is. So I was totally disappointed that he didn't jump up and down, clap his hands and scream, "I love it! I love it!" like I was doing when I handed it to him.

So.  All of that to say that the gift I gave him will probably not mean anything to you, but it means a lot to us because we really, really liked it and we were totally bummed when it went away.

Okay, okay.  What I got him was the first season DVD of the show Less Than Perfect. Did anyone else like that show?!  Because we did.  And the reason I was so excited about finding it and giving it to him was because we had this one "inside" joke about it that would take a whole blog post to tell you about, so I'll spare you that story for now. But totally remind me to tell you another time, mkay?

It was definitely my favorite gift to give someone this year. I love to give gifts that have a meaning or a joke behind it.

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Q:
What is the most embarrassing thing that has happened to you?

A:
I just KNEW this question would be asked.

Well, honestly I didn't really think about it being asked and then when it was asked I slapped my head and thought to myself, of course this would be asked!

And the reason I slapped my head and thought that to myself is because I should have known it would be asked and should have been totally prepared for it. Because, you see, this question is one that literally keeps me up at night.  But not for the reason that you think!  It keeps me up at night because I can't think of one!

Seriously. I've either blocked all embarrassing moments from my memory out of the sheer, well, embarrassment of them, OR because I drank way too much Sweet 'N Low growing up in my sweet tea and have lost all embarrassing memories, not to mention many other memories due to this. OR, it could be due to the fact that I find most things funny for some reason and I just laughed at myself when an embarrassing thing happened and therefore remember it as funny instead of embarrassing.

*sigh*

It's complicated.

Anyway, I can NEVER think of an embarrassing memory when this question is asked.  And it's asked a lot in life, have you noticed?  So it keeps me up at night trying to remember one, just ONE!  So I can at least answer it!  Ugh.

Excuse me while I go cry now.

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Q:
How did you and Lazy Dad become a Lazy Couple?

A:
Well, it's real easy to become lazy.  Basically you just sit around all day and munch on snacks and... wait.  Maybe you mean, how did we get to be Lazy Parents?  Because being a Lazy Mom is not really about being lazy.

We learned many Lazy Parenting principles early on in our marriage.  In fact, when we were pregnant with our first we took a class called Growing Kids God's Way.  Now, I'm sure they would totally hate that we are calling some of their principles "Lazy Parenting" but we did learn a lot of great things from their teaching about being the parent, not letting your children run the house, how to prepare them for life and teaching them about responsibilities and such.  So in a nut shell, that's where we learned many Lazy Parenting ideas and it just grew from there.

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Q:
Was it difficult for you to adjust to living somewhere that it snows? Like driving, dressing kids appropriately, etc.

A:
Absolutely, positively, YES.

Well, for me anyway.  Lazy Dad's from Wisconsin, so when he drug this Texas girl up to his hometown kicking and screaming the whole way, it was definitely a whole new world for me.

We lived in Wisconsin for the first two years of our marriage and it was probably a good place to "break me in" to the whole snow thing.  Because now we live where we don't get nearly as much snow and it makes it more enjoyable.

Excuse me while I go cry now.

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Q:
How do you get sponsors or people to host giveaways on your blog? Especially if you are still new to the blogging scene!?!

A:
Just start asking, and be prepared for lots of "no's."  That's what I did.  I started contacting company's and asking them if they'd like their product reviewed and possibly host a giveaway on my blog.  If your blog is smaller, then they will most likely say no at first, but as your readership grows, then more company's will start saying yes!

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Q:
An advise column had a complaint about a husband who hated being nagged to make his house hotel clean for parties. He said guest should see how they really live. How would you have answered him?

A:
Huh?

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Q:
What's for dinner tonight.

A:
*Pfffft!* Haven't thought that far ahead yet.  I've still got to 4:59pm before I freak out over that one.

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Q:
Potty Training a Boy Question?
When do you start teaching them to stand to pee? My husband thinks he should start that way and I think I should potty train him first and then expand his options. I've actually tried having him sit facing the tank a few times and that worked, but son1 prefers his cool Cars seat to sit on. And I also think that the person who is doing the potty training and cleaning the bathroom should get to choose. But that's just me.

A:
We taught both of our boys to sit on the toilet at first.  It causes a lot less messes and is easier on you for sure.    It was never a big deal at our house because they weren't really tall enough to pee standing up, so we just started them off sitting down.

I think putting them on the toilet backwards is a good idea, it would help them "aim down."  And I also agree with you that the person doing the brunt work of the potty training should have the biggest say.  It's only right and fair and the way I think it should be, so there.

Eventually boys all learn to pee standing up. It's not going to "hurt" them to learn at first by sitting down.  My boys only go standing up now... and I usually have a ring of pee around the base of the toilet because of it.

Excuse me while I go cry now.

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Q:
How did you get to be so darn funny??!

A:
It's all a big hoax.  I'm not really funny.  I'm tricking you all so that you'll think I'm funny.  I'm really a very boring person who sits and stares at the wall all day trying to think of ways to trick you into thinking I'm funny.  So don't tell anyone, mkay?  I've got to keep the hoax going.  I'm hoping to write a book one day entitled, "How I Tricked the World into Thinking I was Funny and Made Millions." Or, uh, something like that.

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Thanks for all of your questions!  That turned out to be way more work than I expected it to be, so phew! I'm tired!

Better go lay down and recover for a while since I don't like to work hard.

It totally cramps my style.

Over and Out.

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