$100 Gift Card Giveaway!

Starting today through April 8th I'm participating in a HUGE Blog Party!




And what better way to party than to give away some door prizes, right?!

Right!!

So right here on this little ol' lazy blog you can enter to win a $100 Visa Gift Card -- Open Internationally!

AND... if that wasn't enough, I'm giving away not one, but TWO $50 Gift Certificates to Uppercase Living on the Ultimate Blog Party website -- Open to U.S. and Canada!

Woo-hoooo!

So how do you enter???

To enter to win the $50 Uppercase Living Gift Certificates: simply visit 5 Minutes for Mom and fill out their prize entry form. Winners will randomly be selected on their site after April 8th.

**This giveaway is now closed!**

To enter to win the $100 Visa Gift Card: Simply answer the following question in the comments area below this post....

What would you do with $100 if you won?

Anyone can answer that question below and be entered to win! (Need help entering? Click here)

If you'd like some EXTRA entries you can do the following, but these are totally optional and not necessary to win.  (Please leave a separate comment for each thing you do or already do. Make sure they are separate comments because each comment is your entry!)

• Subscribe to I'm a Lazy Mom in a reader OR Follow I'm a Lazy Mom on Google Friend Connect (over there on the side bar) OR Email Subscribe to I'm a Lazy Mom (you'll get our posts delivered to your email inbox)
• Follow I'm a Lazy Mom on Twitter 
• Follow I'm a Lazy Mom on Facebook 
• Tweet about this giveaway (1x only please!) using the following: Win a $100 Visa Gift Card from @imalazymom as part of #UBP11 Find out how here: http://tiny.cc/fojms (Open Internationally) RT!
• Post on facebook about this giveaway (1x only please!) by using the following: Win a $100 Visa Gift Card from The Lazy Mom! Find out how here: http://tiny.cc/fojms (Open Internationally)

This giveaway is open Internationally and ends on April 8th at 9:00pm (EST).  The winner will be chosen using random.org and will have 48 hours to respond to contact attempts.

This giveaway was sponsored by yours truly, no one else was in on it, I promise! ;)

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Let's Go Steady (with a link-up!)

I thought I'd take this opportunity to invite you all to participate in my new monthly blog linky thingy. (Some people call them a "blog hop." I prefer blog linky thingy.)

Remember when I did that "Things I've been meaning to do" post a few weeks ago?  Well I had so much fun doing that and had so much fun reading YOUR "Things I've been meaning to do" blog posts (of those who linked-up) that I've decided to host that monthly.

If that didn't make sense, here's what I mean...
1. I liked my "Things I've been meaning to do" blog post.
2. I liked yours too.
3. I want to make this a regular thing (can we go steady?)

Now do you understand what I mean?

Sooooo, I am going to start hosting a "Things I've been meaning to do" link-up right here on this blog the first Monday of every month.

Got that???  Here's what I mean.

1. I liked my "Things I've been meaning to do" blog post.
2. I liked yours too.
3. I want to make this a regular thing (yes, I'm asking you to go steady).
4. Write a "Things I've been meaning to do" blog post on your blog the first Monday of every month.
5. Link-up your blog post right here on my blog using the linky thingy at the bottom of my "Things I've been meaning to do" blog post.
6. That's it.

Make sense?

Am I speaking alien?

Is anyone even out there??

HELLOOOOO??

Well, if you want to participate in my link-up the first Monday of every month (whether you participate every month or just every once in a while) feel free to grab the following button using the code below it.

If you don't know what to do with that code, just skip it! I just made the button for those of you who like buttons. Don't stress about it, mkay?


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And I'll see you THIS Monday with our first official "Things I've been meaning to do" link-up post!

If you have questions regarding any of the alien I spoke in this post just email me and I'll try and interpret for you.

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The Lazy Mom - AKA: Miss Photogenic

The other day I told you all that I was going to hunt for some GOOD pictures of me to post for a change. Since for some reason I only seem to post really BAD ones.

So I went searching for some good pictures. And you know what I found?

More bad ones.

So in a continuing effort to "keep it real" on this here blog, I thought I should show you MORE bad pictures of myself.

Isn't that so thoughtful of me?

Aren't you so excited to see more bad pictures of myself?

Do you think I need therapy yet?

No?  Good! Me either!

First I found this bad picture of me that my mom took when we picked her up at the airport one time....

What can I say? I was excited to see her!

And then I found this picture my friend Tami took when we were having a girls night out.
And then she so lovingly put on facebook.
You know, for all the world to see?
And then she TAGGED me in it...

Remind me to hate her for that, mkay?

I'm kidding! I'm kidding!

I don't hate people.

I just get even.

I'm KIDDING again!

Geez, I'm a Pastor's wife, I can't talk like this. And I definitely can't MEAN it.

I repent.

Then there's this picture my friend Brenda took at a baseball game last summer of me doing a really bad impersonation of a pirate.

Which incidentally has nothing to do with the baseball game, the cow I'm holding or the spoon.

Again, trying not to hate the picture takerer. Picture takererer? Whatever.

By the way, have you noticed a trend here with me taking really bad pictures with my mouth open???

This got me to thinking about how long this bad-picture-taking-with-my-mouth-wide-open fiasco has been going on and then I remembered back to my first year of College and this bad picture of me with my roommate Anna (Hi Anna!). 

Yeah... been going on for along time now people.

Bad picture taking AND mouth wide open.

And not sure why we are covered in muddy clothes, with mine on backwards and inside out.  I'm sure there's GOT to be a good story there. If only I could remember it!

But back to this whole, bad picture with mouth wide open thing.  I'm sure I could dig even further and find more bad pictures.

In fact, I just went down to my basement, pulled out old albums from High School that I lugged back with me the last time I went home to Texas and found some.  But alas, Lazy Dad has never hooked our scanner up and when I took a picture of the picture it wouldn't turn out.

So just know in your heart that there's been years and years and years of bad pictures of me with my mouth open.

Not sure why you'd want to know that in your heart, but I like to pretend it makes the world a better place.  Or something.

Anyway! I'm going to stop the madness now and really, really, REALLY try and find some GOOD pictures of me. Surely they can't be THAT hard to find!

Surely.

Well, one can hope anyway.

P.S. Friday I'm participating in a huge blog party and there MAY be a $100 gift card up for grabs right here on this little ol' lazy blog. That's all I'm saying. That and you'll want to stop by Friday for sure.

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Cubbie Cup {Giveaway}

I just couldn't help myself.

I was just feeling another giveaway.

I hope you approve, cause here we go....

I think Cubbie Cup is the perfect solution for toddlers!  It's a juice cup and snack cup all together!

Cubbie Cup sent me their product for my friend Tammy to test out with her toddlers (since I don't have toddlers anymore).  The verdict?  Cubbie Cup love!

Several times I saw Tammy's son walking around our church with the Cubbie Cup. In fact, I was really impressed by how much HE liked it.

The part Tammy and I liked?  Food doesn't fall out of the snack cup and the juice cup has a spill resistant plug. Score!

Plus it's BPA free, has measurements on the side of the cups and designed specifically for it to be easy for a toddler to handle!

To Purchase: You can purchase a Cubbie Cup directly on their website.

To Win: One winner will be chosen at random from the comments of this blog post to win their own Cubbie Cup!

**This giveaway is now closed**

To enter: Simply answer the following question in the comments area below this post....

Have you heard of the Cubbie Cup before?

U.S. and Canadian residents can answer that question below and be entered to win! (Need help entering? Click here)

Now, if you'd like some EXTRA entries you can do the following, but these are totally optional and not necessary to win.  (Please leave a separate comment for each thing you do or already do. Make sure they are separate comments because each comment is your entry!)

• Subscribe to I'm a Lazy Mom in a reader OR Follow I'm a Lazy Mom on Google Friend Connect (over there on the side bar) OR Email Subscribe to I'm a Lazy Mom (you'll get our posts delivered to your email inbox)
• Follow I'm a Lazy Mom on Twitter 
• Follow I'm a Lazy Mom on Facebook 
• Follow Cubbie Cup on Twitter 
• Follow Cubbie Cup on Facebook 
• Tweet about this giveaway using the following: Ever heard of the Cubbie Cup? Great for toddlers! Win one here: http://tiny.cc/lebwv @imalazymom @cubbiecup (open to U.S. & Can!) RT!
• Post on facebook about this giveaway by using the following: Ever heard of the Cubbie Cup? Great for toddlers! Win one here: http://tiny.cc/lebwv (open to U.S. & Can!)

This giveaway is open to U.S. and Canadian residents only and ends on March 31st at 9:00pm (EST).  The winner will be chosen using random.org and will have 48 hours to respond to contact attempts.

Thank you to Cubbie Cup for sponsoring this giveaway. My friend Tammy received a Cubbie Cup for review purposes. No other compensation was received by either Tammy or myself.

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Where I Live

So as you know I was planning on making a great vlog showcasing me coming out of the closet about where I live.

In fact, I was literally going to come out of a closet in the video. And it was going to be all kinds of funny and you were going to laugh and I was going to laugh and we were all going to laugh together.

*insert precious moment here*

But alas, I still have not made my video, Mt. Blemishmore is still hanging around, and I want to tell you all something that will TOTALLY blow where I live before I have a chance to blow it myself.

*sigh*

SoOoOoOo, I made the decision to go ahead and tell you the thing that would totally blow where I live before I have a chance to blow it myself with my totally awesome video blog about it.  It was a tough decision that took me all of about 2 minutes to make.

What can I say? I stewed and stewed over it.

Anyway, the thing I want to tell you that will totally blow where I live before I have the chance to blow it myself is this....

Lazy Dad will be on the radio.

Namely, KLOVE.

All day today during their news segments.

Why? Because he was interviewed for our Free Wedding Weekends we are having at our church.

And I wanted to tell you all because I thought it might be kind of fun for you to know while you're listening to KLOVE that that is in fact, Lazy Dad you are hearing all day long on the news segments.

Cause I'd hate for you to hear him and NOT know.

And thus, because you will now know you are listening to Lazy Dad you will in turn find out where I live.

If you listen to KLOVE that is.

And if you don't or don't have it in your area to tune in to, you can listen online (or listen on their News Page).

But only if you want to hear Lazy Dad.

And find out where we live.

So see?! It's still kind of a fun way to find out, right?

And who knows. Maybe I'll still make a video of me coming out of the closet about where I live. Because if it's as funny as it is in my head, then you guys are all really missing out.

Missing. Out.

And I just can't have you all miss out like that, now can I?

P.S. When you find out where I currently live, just remember I'm really from Texas. Don't you get it all in your head that I'm from where I live now, mkay? Then I'd have to go all crazy-like on you. And I'd hate to go crazy-like on you.
P.P.S. This has been a public service announcement.

HEY! Have you entered my latest giveaway yet?! Ends tonight!

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Tangled DVD Combo Pack Giveaway!

How many of you saw the movie Tangled?

Well if you didn't, you possibly could!

Because someone is going to win the DVD right here on this little ol' lazy blog!

My daughter and I actually went to see Tangled at the "Big Movies." A rare treat for us. We usually wait until movies hit the cheap seats before going to see a movie. And even then we rarely go.

What can I say? We are picky about the movies we see in this family.

But I thought Tangled was so cute!

I thought the story line was good, didn't you?!

I loved the laterns floating in the sky part, didn't you?!

And I love what Flynn does at the end! *heart melting* Didn't you?!

By the way, I promise I'm not a six year old.

The only part I wasn't crazy about was the freakish old lady. But that's because I'm not a freakish old lady kind of gal.

Again, promise I'm not six, k?

And I didn't cover my eyes during the freakish old lady parts. At all. (She wasn't really that freaky.)

So. Who'd like to win the DVD? It's a Blu-Ray COMBO pack! Meaning you get the Blu-Ray DVD version AND the regular DVD version! Woot! Woot!

**This giveaway is now closed**

To enter: Simply answer the following question in the comments area below this post....

Have you seen Disney's Tangled yet?

Anyone can answer that question below and be entered to win! (Need help entering? Click here)

If you'd like some EXTRA entries you can do the following, but these are totally optional and not necessary to win.  (Please leave a separate comment for each thing you do or already do. Make sure they are separate comments because each comment is your entry!)

• Subscribe to I'm a Lazy Mom in a reader OR Follow I'm a Lazy Mom on Google Friend Connect (over there on the side bar) OR Email Subscribe to I'm a Lazy Mom (you'll get our posts delivered to your email inbox)
• Follow I'm a Lazy Mom on Twitter 
• Follow I'm a Lazy Mom on Facebook 
• Tweet about this giveaway using the following: Win the Tangled Blu-Ray DVD Combo Pack from I'm a Lazy Mom! Find out how here: http://tiny.cc/72a8b @imalazymom (Open to U.S.) RT!
• Post on facebook about this giveaway by using the following: Win the Tangled Blu-Ray DVD Combo Pack from I'm a Lazy Mom! Find out how here: http://tiny.cc/72a8b (Open to U.S.)

For an EXTRA, EXTRA entry: You can do the following... Disney wants to know if YOU have any Tangled talents? Click on the "Talent Discovery" tab on the Tangled widget above and take a picture of you or someone else doing one of the activities! Email it to me for an extra entry to win!

This giveaway is open to U.S. residents only and ends on March 28th at 9:00pm (EST).  The winner will be chosen using random.org and will have 48 hours to respond to contact attempts.

Thank you to Walt Disney for sponsoring this giveaway. I received no compensation for this post.

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Survey SAYS!

A couple of weeks ago I asked you all to take a short survey. (Which you still can if you want!)

I have to say I was a little disturbed to find out that 9% of you had stalked me to find out where I live already.

So here's what needs to happen regarding this. I need all 9% of you to raise your right hand, put your left hand on a Bible and say out loud, "I repent of stalking you. It was wrong and creepy and very unsportsmanship like of me. Or something. I won't do it again. And never in real life. Amen."

I also have to say that I was super d-duper surprised (sorry, Barney moment) to see what your favorite thing about I'm a Lazy Mom is!

Now I know some of you complained that you wanted to select several items on this question, but I wanted to know your ultimate FAVORITE thing.

Imagine my shock to see that Lazy Mom Recipes and the giveaways tied for last! Totally shocking! As in, shock and awe!

I was even more shocked to see that Lazy Mom Confessions were so high! Yowza! I had no idea you all liked those so much. I'll do my best to post more (if you all will confess more that is).

Moving on.

Apparently 2% of all of you are Pizza Guys just trying to deliver a pizza and got lost and ended up on my blog. Poor little pizza guys.

And also according to my survey, 40% of you are now not ashamed to tell the world that:
you jiggle.
you can't keep your house clean.
you think I'm gorgeous. *blush*
you don't always get this thing called mothering right.
you're an electric blanket junkie too.

I feel quite proud of all of that. Quite proud.

A not so surprising 21% of you don't know what a vlog is. It's okay. I'm here to help.  vlog = video blog = a blog post that is a video instead of writing.  Get it?

23% of you officially agree that I'm gorgeous. *throws hair over shoulder* Why thank you!  (More on this later....)

50% of you felt this survey was pointless. *humpf!* Well who asked you anyway?! Oh wait.

A surprising 44% of you read my blog directly on the blog website and not through a reader or email.  I was surprisingly really surprised by that, surprisingly.

11% of you read I'm a Lazy Mom while locked in a room hiding from your kids.  That? Not so surprising.

Now, back to my alleged gorgeousness. An OVERWHELMING 81% of you think I am not just gorgeous.  And not just extremely gorgeous.  And not even just super extremely gorgeous.  But supercalifragilisticexpialidocious extremely gorgeous!

Wow! I'm just so amazed you think that considering the horrible pictures I post of myself on here.

Wait. Was that a pitty vote?!

Wait.  Don't answer that.

But thank you for taking my survey!  It was nice to get to know about YOU for a change!

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Crisis in the Gulf

We interrupt our regularly scheduled programming for [pause for effect]

Crisis in the Gulf.

Yesterday a crisis occurred.  You may or may not have been aware of it from my tweets (@imalazymom) or my facebook page.

The crisis was quickly named "Crisis in the Gulf" by yours truly (although I could probably think of better names for it now) due to the large amount of water that spewed from a busted tube in our church's kitchen.  Water had flooded the kitchen and left our entire fellowship hall in an inch of water. It even had seeped through to one of our classrooms.

It was a crisis of epic proportions.

And we haven't even seen the water bill yet.

As soon as Lazy Dad sent out the S.O.S. our fabulous church peeps came with wet/dry vacs in tow.  Something Lazy Dad and I have discovered is a MUST if you're going to be a Pastor.

In fact, if we ever Pastor a new church, one of our top questions we'll ask them is, "How many wet/dry vacs do you all represent here at this church?"  Whatever number they tell us will definitely be a factor of whether or not we go there.

That and how many weeks of paid vacation the Pastor gets.

Oh, and how many weeks of paid vacation the Pastor's wife gets.

You know, the real spiritual questions.

At our current church the wet/dry vac-to-church peeps ratio is pretty good.  So we feel confident we are in the right place.

What?  God confirms things in all sorts of ways, doesn't He?

Caution: the following pictures have been taken with a crappy cell phone camera, may include people that rolled out of bed and threw on some clothes to come help, may NOT be used against us in a court of law, and may have me looking particularly un-gorgeous, which apparently is possible. *gasp!*

Even though most everything was sopping wet, I would like to report that the muffins made it.

Which is a good thing since muffins are imperative to a functioning church body.

And Lazy Dad was VERY happy to find that the Double Stuf Oreos had made it out alive too.  In fact, I think he may have teared up a little over that one.

Between stuffing them in in his mouth that is.

I would also like to report that even though Crisis in the Gulf was going on, I just HAD to stop on my way out to it and buy myself some galoshes. I mean, I couldn't go in there in my tennis shoes!  They'd be all wet and stuff. And besides a girl has to use any excuse she can to buy herself a new pair of shoes, right?!

WARNING! The following picture is a REALLY bad picture of me.

Remember I rolled out of bed,
threw on some clothes,
pulled my hair up,
had no make-up on,
hadn't taken a shower,
hadn't lost those 25 pounds yet,
obviously need to lift weights more,
may be in a weird pose,
but still took the time to stop and buy galoshes,
mkay?

*deep breath*

Here it is.

*looks between fingers*

Is it over now?!

I can't believe I posted this picture.

I now want you to erase it from your memory forever and never read this post again ever.  I'd be much obliged.  And willing to pay you for it.

Now excuse me a minute while I go look for GOOD pictures of me to post on my blog.  Because I apparently only like to post humiliating ones.

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Confession is Good for the Soul

I use two old tried and true tricks concurrently to get my almost 8 year old son to clean his room, and love doing it: Reverse Psychology and bribery.

I tell him that I don't want him putting away an entire basket of laundry, but only a few pair of pants because if he puts away the whole basket I'll have to blow a gasket and give him stickers and I don't want him getting all my stickers!

So then he runs from his room to my room to tell me each time he's put another piece of clothing away, to get a rise out of me.

I just sit back in the lounger for a bit, because usually I've already done a whole morning worth of housework, and it's his turn now.

After that, he's so worn out with running up and down the hall 12+ times that he's happy to sit quietly for another hour in front of the TV upstairs, so I can have some downstairs TV time, for just a bit. ~ Sue

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My son just turned 3 and received the Ice Age DVD as a present. We have been watching it over and over, and over and over and over....and over and over again. The other night he wanted to watch it again right before bedtime. It was about 8 and I told him after the movie was over it was bed time. Bed time is usually 9ish for him. SO.... I pressed play and he became glued to the tv as usual. Every time he would get up either for a potty break, or to get more popcorn or to look for a toy.......I PRESSED THE FOWARD BUTTON!!!....TWO or THREE TIMES! In about 20 minutes the movie was over... "Oh buddy look the movie is over, time for bed." :) GENIUS ~ Emily

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Sometimes, when I need to wear a cami or undershirt and don’t have one clean, or sometimes when all the “good” bras have been worn one or two days past the acceptable smell test, and “I don’t have time” to do the laundry, I just febreeze them. The awkward part comes when people ask you what perfume you wear….. ~ Carrie

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So, I have a confession to make... We forgot my son at home the other day... On his BIRTHDAY no less... When we went to church. Actually, it was my mom who left him, I was already gone... But still! Poor kid didn't even know he was home alone! He just played with his new toys... After taking off his tie and coat! ~ Jessica

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Mom's Eco Store {Giveaway}

Who's up for another giveaway?

Who's up for another GIFT CARD giveaway?

Cause I've got a $25 one to Mom's Eco Store just for one of you!!

Mom's Eco Store is an online store for eco-friendly, non-allergenic products started by a mom named Julie who has seven children!

That's right. I said SEVEN.

We should all take a moment of silence for that feat alone.

*moment of silence*

Julie started her online store because of her seven children's environmental illnesses.

That's right.  I said her seven children have environmental illnesses.

If you didn't take a moment of silence before, you totally should now.

*'nother moment of silence*

Julie was frustrated with how limited she was to find products that worked for her family's needs.  So she did something AWESOME and started her own store!

At Mom's Eco Store you can find Green, Eco-friendly, Hypoallergenic, Natural cleaning products all in one spot!  Plus Julie keeps the prices low and only charges you the *for real* shipping charges.

Cha-ching!

You can shop by category, like Baby Items or by Manufacturer, or even by Julie's Favorites!  I love that!

And someone here is going to get to go shopping!  Cause I've got a $25 gift card to giveaway! Wahoooo!

**This giveaway is now closed**

To enter: Simply answer the following question in the comments area below this post....

Do you use Eco-friendly cleaning products in your home? If not, would you like to?

U.S. and Canadian residents can answer that question below and be entered to win! (Need help entering? Click here)

If you'd like some EXTRA entries you can do the following, but these are totally optional and not necessary to win.  (Please leave a separate comment for each thing you do or already do. Make sure they are separate comments because each comment is your entry!)

• Subscribe to I'm a Lazy Mom in a reader OR Follow I'm a Lazy Mom on Google Friend Connect (over there on the side bar) OR Email Subscribe to I'm a Lazy Mom (you'll get our posts delivered to your email inbox)
• Follow I'm a Lazy Mom on Twitter 
• Follow I'm a Lazy Mom on Facebook 
• Follow Mom's Eco Store on Twitter 
• Follow Mom's Eco Store on Facebook 
• Tweet about this giveaway using the following: Win a $25 gift card to @MomsEcoStore! Find out how here: http://tiny.cc/62srz @imalazymom (open to U.S. & Can!) RT!
• Post on facebook about this giveaway by using the following: Win a $25 gift card to Mom's Eco Store via I'm a Lazy Mom! Find out how here: http://tiny.cc/62srz (open to U.S. & Can!)

This giveaway is open to U.S. and Canadian residents only and ends on March 21st at 9:00pm (EST).  The winner will be chosen using random.org and will have 48 hours to respond to contact attempts.

Thank you to Mom's Eco Store for sponsoring this giveaway. I received no compensation for hosting this giveaway.

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Top O' the News

Top O' the morning to ye!

Er, something like that.

I'm not Irish.  At all.

Lazy Dad thought he was Irish and then I reminded him he is a little bit Scottish.  To which he retorted, "Well, it's something over there!"

But I think he makes up the Scottish thing anyway to explain his red hair.  Or at least his family does.

But to prove his "Irishness" he made us all green eggs and "ham" this morning.

I say "ham" because we didn't have any ham, so it's really green eggs and turkey.  Which just doesn't sound the same now does it?

And I'm not real sure what green eggs and ham have to do with St. Patrick's Day anyway.  Seems like it should be green potatoes and lamb.  Or something like that.

In other news, I preached a three-point sermon to Lazy Dad over the phone yesterday morning.

What? He preaches to me EVERY week.

Whether I ask for it or not!

Besides, he needed fresh material.

Besides, my sermon was WAY shorter.

Besides, I preach like a girl anyway.

In more other news, I asked a stranger to tuck my shirt tag in the other day.  It was itching the FIRE out of me and I couldn't reach it.

Is that weird?

You just have to know which stranger to ask is all.  Men are out. All of them.  Unless it's your husband.  But then he wouldn't be a stranger.

So that narrows it down for you... you know you have to find a woman.  But not just any woman, a woman who looks very helpful.  Snarling women are out.  As well as ones that look in a hurry.

I found the PERFECT woman... she was the sales clerk (do people use that term anymore?) at Kohl's Department Store. So she WANTED to be helpful, right?

I went in for the kill, "Um, excuse me... can I ask you a really strange favor?"

"Yes! What can I help you with?"

(I knew I was in now)

I started to take off my jacket, "Can you tuck my shirt tag in? It's itching me to death!" And then I slouched off my jacket and turned my back to her.

"Um, surrrre."

(Too late for her to back out now)

"Thank you!"

For the record, I didn't see her again the whole time I was in the store.  I think I traumatized her.  She was probably back in the darkened break room crouched in a corner with a look of horror on her face the rest of the day.  Or until I left.

In even more other news, I've been ROCKING the church van all week.

Wait. *blush* Let me rephrase that... I've been DRIVING the church van all week.

My car is in the shop so in the meantime I get to drive the totally awesome church van.

With our church info on the side of it.

Which makes driving a real pain.

Cause you have to be all perfect and smiley and nice and stuff.

I mean, I'm all perfect and smiley and nice and stuff ANYWAY, *ahem* but it's still exhausting!

In fact, when I was walking out of Kohl's the other day when I traumatized that poor store clerk (do people use that term anymore?) I stopped ON THE SIDEWALK in front of the store to get my hood up on my head because it was raining.  As I was busy getting my hood up standing still ON THE  SIDEWALK a lady in a car honked her horn at me and waved at me to pass in front of her like she was all annoyed to wait on me as I stood still ON THE SIDEWALK putting my hood on.

So I looked up and pointed to my hood and mouthed, "Uh, I was putting my hood on," as I crossed in front of her.

Then I realized two things....
1. I probably shouldn't cross in front of someone that's in a car all annoyed with me.
2. I had to walk to the church van WITH OUR CHURCH INFO ON THE SIDE and get in it.

*sigh*

Why don't I ever stop and think about these things BEFORE I get annoyed with people that are annoyed with me, hmm?

Anyway, to end this blog post (are you shouting Hallelujah yet?) I thought I'd let you know that I have narrowed down the choices for where I live for you.

There's only 49 other states to guess from now.

And my Mt. Rushmore blemish isn't going away anytime soon.

Over and Out.

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Lazy Asian Chicken Stir-fry

I felt that today would be a good day for a new Lazy Mom Recipe.

I also felt that today would be a good day for the sun to come out and shine.

I also felt that today would be a good day for me to wake up and find my house all cleaned and my laundry all done.

Well at least I can make ONE of those things happen today.....

So, today's recipe is from lazy mom Diane.  Get ready to make it for dinner soon!


Lazy Asian Chicken Stir-fry

-one package chicken and garlic flavored Rice-a-roni
-2 tablespoons butter
-1 pound boneless, skinless chicken (cut into cubes)
-1/4 cup teriyaki sauce
-one package of frozen stir-fry veggies, thawed

In a large skillet, saute the rice mix in butter until golden brown. Then stir in the contents of the rice seasoning packet along with the chicken and the teriyaki sauce. Add 2 and one fourth cups of water. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat, cover, and simmer for 10 minutes. Stir in veggies. Cover and cook 5-7 minutes longer or until rice is tender and chicken is no longer pink. Yummy!

Thanks for sharing your lazy recipe with us Diane!!

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Lazy Mom Tip #52

I don't know about y'all, but we are forever trying to find a cleaning/chore "system" that works in our home.

Keeping the house picked up, much less clean, when you have kids is a constant battle.  And I mean, CON. STANT.

Can I get a witness?

You all have seen pictures of what my house usually looks like. It's not like I stage those pictures I post on here.  It's the real deal, folks.

The very shocking and sad real deal.

The embarrassing and humiliating real deal.

But the real deal nonetheless.

Anyway, Saturday night as I was lamenting over the state of the house for the 500th 29 millionth time in our married life, Lazy Dad suggested a new system for us.  Each person in the family is assigned a room that they are in charge of "overseeing" for the week.  Then at the end of the week we rotate room assignments.

As soon as the idea rolled out of that beautiful head of his, I was game. In fact, I think I even said, and I quote, "That's a really good idea."

So SEE? I CAN give Lazy Dad props. It just doesn't happen often on my blog for some reason, but I promise it happens often in real life. Promise.

I quickly grabbed some chalk and made out the following chart on our Chalk Wall:

Each room and the person's first initial of who's in charge of it. (We do initials a lot around here).

Every night the person in charge of that room has to do a "room check."  Pick up, straighten, clean, whatever it may be... it's their job for the week.

And just because someone else is in charge of the room doesn't mean you can go in that room and make a big ol' mess and expect that person to clean it up.

Nuh, uh. No way. No how.

That's grounds for punishment.  And not the cute little kind of punishment, the big ol' government kind of punishment -- waterboarding comes to mind.

I'm joking!!!

I think.

Now, we only started this new system Saturday night.  So far it's going really well.  The house has definitely looked better than it did before.  It's still not all clean and sparkly as I'd like it to be, but it's better.  And that's a step in the right direction.

And how many moms out there know that a step in the right direction toward clean house sanity is good, hmm?

Your kids may not be old enough to do this type of chore system yet, but hang on to this idea! It may be just what you need one day.  And I'll be sure and report back how it goes at our house.  At this point it's still up in the air, but I think it's very promising!!

UPDATE on 6/30/2012 (original post on 3/15/2011): We've been using this chore system for well over a year now and it WORKS! It cuts down on arguments, everyone knows what their job is, it's fabulous!

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My Thoughts [Unedited]

Today... my thoughts, as they come out of my head.

Isn't that an eloquent statement?

1. My kids played in our trashcans this weekend.  What? YOUR kids don't play in YOUR trashcans??

2. If you've been meaning to link-up an "I've been meaning to" post you still can. Plus, that's just funny.

3. On Friday I posted a really short and fun survey. If you haven't taken it yet I'm going to scream and cry and pitch a hissy fit until you do.  So you might as well take it.

4. For the record, I felt this was my best tweet this last week. If you record that type of thing, that is.  Because I don't. At all. Not at all.

5. Last week in my first official vlog (video + blog = vlog) I exposed my church peeps thoughts about my blog writing. I think I watch it twenty times a day. At least. What can I say? I love my church peeps. Especially when they talk about me all caught off guard like.

6. Also last week I told you all I was going to finally spill the beans on where I live. Unfortunately a blemish the size of Mount Rushmore (was that a weird mountain to pick?) decided to form itself on my face, so that may need to be pushed back to a time when you all will be able to stand to look at me again. Due to the size of Mt. Rushmore, that could take years.

7. Today is the last day to enter to win a $100 gift card. Uh, HELLO. Gas prices are rising. Do you even NEED another reason to enter this giveaway??? I didn't think so.

8. Wow this blog post is REALLY boring. I'm so bored with it I don't even want to read it.  So I won't blame you if you don't.

9. If you read number 8 then that probably means you've read this whole blog post. So maybe that means this blog post wasn't as boring as I thought it was.

10. Nah. It was boring.

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A Lazy Survey

Today, I thought it might be fun if you all took a survey.

Wasn't that nice of me to decide that for you?

You're welcome.

But really, I wanted to ask you all some questions because YOU all know so much about ME, but I don't know a whole lot about YOU. Or you all. Or y'all. Or whatever.

Besides, it's only 12 questions, highly entertaining, and will make me feel better in life.

Plus everyone's doing it. So you should too.

And yes, I'm totally peer pressuring you. Did you have flashbacks to High School?

You're welcome.

Now hop to it! (if you can't view the survey below because you are on a reader or email, please click here to take the survey on my website)

Quizzes by Quibblo.com

Now see? That wasn't so bad! Thanks for taking my survey! Class is dismissed.

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Things I've Been Meaning To Do... {Link-Up!}

Things I've been meaning to do....

1. Put this laundry away since last Friday.

2. Clean this coffee table off for two weeks now.

3. Ask Lazy Dad where this game came from and why it's been sitting on our table for three weeks.

4. Deliver this electric blanket I picked up for a friend four weeks ago.

5. Throw these tulips away I got for Valentine's Day.

6. Put a picture in this frame we got for Christmas.

7. Put plastic on our windows before winter sets in. *ahem*

8. Sew these Cub Scout badges on since September.

That's what I've been meaning to do.  What have YOU been meaning to do?  Leave a comment below or link-up a post from your blog with your "meaning to do" items.

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Where O Where?

On Monday I showed you all what my church peeps think about me writing this here blog o' mine.

It was enlightening, was it not?

Many of you commented that you liked our church.  That you thought the kids area and church decor looked nice.  That you wished you could go to our church.  That you thought our church looked fun.

Really? 

I guess it takes the Pastor slamming the door in your face to get that message across these days.  Who knew?!

I think from now on we'll just have Lazy Dad slam the door in peoples faces when they visit us on Sundays. And I'll holler at them through the door that "the people have a right to know!" for good measure.

Yes, I think this new method should work beautifully.  

Anyway, some of you wondered....  Just where is my totally awesome church with the totally awesome Pastor's wife who writes a totally awesome blog about being a totally awesome lazy mom? 

Well, you didn't say it quite like THAT, but I caught your drift.

And I have to say, I haven't intentionally been not telling you where I live.  I just haven't intentionally been telling you.

Doesn't that make perfect sense?

But now I feel like I should tell you where O where I live exactly.  Now that I've exposed our church peeps to you and all.

I think I feel a new vlog coming on...

I think I feel a little shy about telling you where I live...

I think I feel like I'd be baring my whole soul to you if I did...

I think I feel a need for a milkshake and a large pizza all of a sudden....
(What? I stress eat. Don't you?)

So.  I'll try and work up my courage to tell you where I live.  Maybe sometime next week.  If I'm not too busy doing stuff like this, that is.

Now, you all that KNOW where I live already don't go spoiling the fun by spilling the beans. And don't let me hear of any hanky panky going on out there 'bout it now 'neither.  I'm from Texas and know how to shoot a gun.  And that's all I'm saying about that.

Well I'm off to write a book entitled, "Don't Go Spoiling The Fun By Spilling The Beans."  Cause that's just too cute of a title to NOT have a book to go with it.

I'll think I'll include a signed picture of me holding a gun in it too.

I'll let you know.

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The Sock Bag Tattles

So by now you all have read and implemented my supercalifragilisticexpialidocious sock bag tip, right?

*crickets chirping*

Uh, I SAID, right?!

*more crickets chirping*

Well, don't come crying to me when you can't keep up with your sock laundering!!  Because I not only preach about using the sock bag tip, I USE the sock bag tip.

Or in other words, I practice what I preach.
Or in other words, I'm true to my word.
Or in other words, I'm supercalifragilisticexpialidocious.

And using the sock bag tip has changed my laundering life forever and ever. Forever and ever, forever and ever. Forever and ever. Aaaaaa-men.

(Sorry, Randy Travis moment.  Don't mind me.)

Anyway, I gave you all a sock bag tip update not too terribly long ago.  But today I wanted to let you know another super awesome bonus to using sock bags.

The sock bag tattles on people.

It does!  I just pull it real close to me, give it some dryer lint to eat, talk real smooth like to it and it totally spills the beans.

Or, if I'm short on time, I can just look at the sock bag and it spills the beans.  That's how good I am.  Just one look.  One look and it's tattling.

Case in point.  Check out Exhibit A below...

Exhibit A

One look at these sock bags tells me they are nice and full.  People have been going through socks and underwear and what-not the whole week long.

Now check out Exhibit B...

Exhibit B

One look at THIS bag tells me the person who owns it has NOT been going through socks and underwear and what-not all week long.

Mm, hmm.

One look at this sock bag and it's putty in my hands. Totally tattling.  Totally whispering to me, "Someone's wearing dirty socks and underwear all week long."

And the real beauty of the sock bag tattling like this? I know that this has happened not just one week, but TWO weeks in a row now.

Well, except this week there was underwear in the bag with the two socks.

So we've improved.

I think.

So clearly another bonus to using my supercalifragilisticexpialidocious sock bag tip is to expose the "dirty" ones among you!

If you haven't implemented this tip yet, then how will you ever know?!?!

*gasp!*

That's all I'm saying.

That and I am NOT the dirty one.

Oh, and I'm supercalifragilisticexpialidocious.

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What Do They Think?

So I've had a couple of you ask me recently what the people at my church think about ME, their Pastor's wife, writing a blog about being a lazy mom.

Well, first of all, if you click on the "Are YOU a Lazy Mom?" link at the top of my blog you'll see that this blog isn't really about being lazy. Uh, per say. I just happen to have some lazy tendencies and write a blog about teaching my kids how to do things for themselves. Is that a crime?!

But the question begged to be asked... what exactly DO my church peeps think about all this???  Well. Let's find out, shall we?

(video)

So there you have it. Straight from the horses (horses'? -- horseseseses?) mouth.

And no, I'm not calling my church people horses.

Or at least I didn't mean to.

Promise.

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My Dad

So my Dad emails me yesterday.  A whole email for two words....

"Running yet?"

And no, he wasn't referring to me.  He knows I jiggle too much to run.  And if he didn't know that, he does now.

No, from up in the subject line I knew he was talking about something else running....

"Subject: Walleye"

So for the record, the whole email went like this...

Subject: Walleye
Running yet?

Isn't that such a great email?
Are you at a total loss as to what it's even referring to?
Are you wondering if my Dad is coherent?
Are you thinking to yourself, "why is she writing a blog post about this?"

Good.

I have you right where I want you.

I think.

Let's clear up the reason for the email right off the bat, shall we? Because that is not the point of this post anyway.  He was referring to the Walleye fish that run through these parts in the spring. My Dad's a good Boy Scout, so he likes to know the happenings of random wildlife and weather and outdoor things in general.  Especially since we live "in the North" and different things happen up here than down there "in the South."

But the point of this post is this: I just think it's funny that my Dad emails this way.  He almost writes like it's a telegram from the 1940's.

Subject: Walleye [stop]
Running yet? [stop]

That's probably what he should be typing, since that's how he emails.

But believe me... he's gotten better at emailing.  Back when he first started he used to email all of us kids (my brother, sister and I) in ALL CAPS.

Subject: WALLEYE
RUNNING YET?

After about a year or two of this ALL CAPS emailing behavior my sister and I staged an intervention.

"Dad, you do know that when you type in all caps that means you're YELLING AT US?"

"Huh."

And no, he wasn't asking, "Huh???"  He was stating, "Huh."

What can I say, he's a man of few words that answers things with a grunt of, "Huh."

By the way, the ALL CAPS emailing continued for years after that intervention.  Apparently my sister and I aren't good at those.

But what cracked us up even more than his emailing in ALL CAPS, was the way my Dad would end emails.

Yes, after my Dad had extracted all of the information from you that he needed he would simply reply with an old, "10-4."

This made my sister and I giggle to no end.

I half expected him to write, "10-4 good buddy," seeing he's from Texas and all, but he never went that far.  Probably too much to type.

Yes, that one still makes us giggle.  In fact, I'm giggling now.

But nothing compares to when my Dad got an ipad the day after Thanksgiving!  I think we all groaned over that one.

My brother and sister were with him when he got it and the questions started the second he unpacked the box and probably realized it was a Mac computer and not a PC. Question after question after question.

My brother finally called me and whispered over the phone, "I can't wait till they come up there to be with you at Christmas. YOU'LL get to answer all of his ipad questions."  And then I'm pretty sure he evil laughed as he hung up.

And when he came, he did have a few questions, but by then he had mostly questioned my brother enough to get all the information he needed.  I'm sure he probably even emailed my brother a nice "10-4" for good measure letting him know that he had extracted all the information he needed from him and he was done now.

But I will tell you, my Dad LOVES his ipad.  He seriously carries it with him EVERYWHERE.  And I'm not even exaggerating when I say everywhere. I literally mean EVERY. WHERE.

Case in point: Christmas Day at my house. We're opening presents.  What's Dad doing? Looking up something on his ipad....

My parents are SO killing me for posting this picture!

He carries his ipad around with him like a woman carries her purse.

He loves that thing.  I'll call him to tell him something and he'll say, "Huh. I'll have to look that up on my ipad." And before we've even hung up, he's already on it extracting information.

I bet he even pats his precious ipad and says... "10-4, good buddy. 10-4."

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Just Because....

Because I think you all are awesome....

Because I'm a weight lifter....

Because I jiggle....

Because I drink Diet Pepsi now....

Because I don't know how to shovel snow....

Because my Pastor can get jiggy with it....

Because I rock a $5 swimsuit from Walmart....

Because gas prices are rising....

And because the sky is blue....

I want to give away a $100 American Express Gift Card to one of my readers!

Just because.

**This giveaway is now closed**

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What could you do for someone else today "just because?"

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Lazy Mom Tip #51

Let's talk stains, my dear lazy moms.

Because stains can make or break a mom.  They make you sing when you get one out, but they break you into tears when you can't.

Those pesky little stains.... they play with moms emotions everywhere.  Shame on you!

Well, never fear!  Lazy Mom Crystal has a great story and tip to tell us about a stain she put the smack-down on...

One day my son had a bloody nose just as we were about to leave the house. Unfortunately he discovered the bloody nose just as a drop of blood hit his brand new shirt.

Of course we tended to his nose but I was a bit frustrated because now I had a stain I needed to take care of and in doing so we'd be late to where we were going.

So I immediately thought "cold water" because that's what my momma always said worked best on stains. I didn't have time for this... So I thought "ice is the coldest water there is when it starts to melt, right?"

I put the shirt on the counter I placed a folded paper towel inside the shirt under the stain. Then I poured dish soap on the stain, covering the stain completely. Then I covered the stain with ice cubes. And I left the house.

My thought process was that I would be back in time for the ice to melt but the stain would still be wet when I got home so it wouldn't set and then I could get the stain out.

So I come home and go immediately over to the counter to take care of the shirt but to my amazement the stain was COMPLETELY GONE! 100%, no trace of there ever being a stain at all!

This is my absolute favorite thing to do now for any stain that pops up, knowing I no longer have to sit at the sink, or pretreat a stain is amazing.

Yes, that is ah-mazing.  But she doesn't just stop there... she also has a BONUS stain removal tip for us...

Hydrogen peroxide removes blood stains from mattresses pretty well after a child wakes up from a bloody nose during the night. Just pour it on the stain let it bubble and fizz, blot with a clean dry rag and repeat until the stain is gone. This cleans the stain anywhere from 75% clean to 99% clean, depending on how long it sat and weather it started to dry or not.

I have to say, the hydrogen peroxide tip is my all time favorite blood stain removal go-to item.

I discovered it just this last year when I needed to get a blood stain out of some clothing. When I saw that it actually worked, I high-tailed it to Walmart and bought a spray bottle of hydrogen peroxide to keep in my hall closet for stain removal emergencies.

In two words... IT. ROCKS.  I don't know why this tip isn't preached to girls at a young age (say about 12 or 13 or so --- catch my drift?).

Do you have a stain removal tip to share? Leave it in the comments below!

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Bust a Move

Last week I showed you all the pictures I recommended to Lazy Dad to submit to our state's Ministry Network website.

This being one of them:

This is SERIOUSLY my favorite picture of The Lazy Dad, like, ever.

And yes, I totally just said "like, ever," in my valley girl voice of the late 80's.

And you know you want to too now.

Isn't this picture the BESTEST?

Let's look at it bigger so we can take it all in, shall we?

I wanted to bring this picture back to your attention because there may be some things you missed due to the fact that Lazy Dad TOTALLY steals the eye with his groovy moves.

See?

TOTAL eye stealer.

Whatever that means.

I think I mean, he's the center of attention in this picture. I think.

Anyway, while he's the center of attention (yes, that IS what I meant!) check out what is going on in the background of this photo.

Like, this person:

She is clearly shocked to see a Pastor out on the dance floor busting a move.

She probably didn't even know Pastor's could do, well, whatever it is Lazy Dad is doing.

She's also probably thinking to herself that she's calling our state's Ministry Network office the following Monday to report Lazy Dad dancing at a wedding reception.

Her and like everybody else there.

But since no one can prove that Lazy Dad is actually DANCING here (Who even knows what he's doing?) the jokes on her! HA!

Let's move on.

Check out this person:

He's trying to capture this moment of funkiness (or should I say, moment of white boy funkiness) for all of facebook to see later.  He probably even had plans to blackmail with it.  Or try and get money from Lazy Dad by threatening to post this picture all over the internet if he doesn't pay out.

Oh wait.

That's what blackmail means.

Never mind.

But it wouldn't have worked.  There were too may witnesses and pictures taken and facebook uploads of Lazy Dad moving and grooving for that to happen.

Thank goodness. *ahem*

Now check out this person:

She's clearly embarrassed by this Pastoral display of awkwardness, er uh, I mean, AWESOMENESS.

But not nearly as embarrassed as the person hiding in the shadows a little ways away from the crowd is...

That'd be me.

Just picture me like 25 pounds skinnier, mkay?  Then I won't be so embarrassed to show you this picture.

Oh wait.  Yes, I still would be.  Because the man at the CENTER of this picture belongs to me.

And he's flailing all over the place in an attempt to get jiggy with it.

But despite any loving embarrassment that night, this IS my favorite picture of Lazy Dad.

I sure hope God has this picture on His refrigerator in heaven with a magnet picture frame around it that says, "My son getting busy on the dance floor!"  That way I can see it forever and ever and ever.

Oh, and I hope God has this one too...

These pictures just bring way too much joy to those who see them to NOT be in heaven.  So I'm pretty sure they're going to be there.

Pretty sure.

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