Oh Water, Where Are You???

Tonight when I was preparing to give Jake his bath I realized we have no water!

I immediately got on the phone to the water company.

To make a long story short, when I set up our water here at our new home BACK IN MAY they entered my address incorrectly and said that I live in WEST VIRGINIA...where I have not lived since 1998...and not even in a town I have ever heard of.

Apparently they turned off our water today because there was not a current account at this residence and it only took me getting hung up on once and having to call back and then being on the phone for a total of 41 minutes to figure that out.

And to be told that they can't turn our water back on until tomorrow! WHAT??? This was not MY fault, this was the crazy person who set up my account's fault.

No matter how nicely or crazily I asked the water won't be on until tomorrow.

So tomorrow my poor co-workers will just have to wear nose plugs since I can't shower...which is a daily requirement for myself.

I have been eyeing the 24 pack of bottled water and that may be how I "bathe" tomorrow.

UGH!!!

So to you water company...in the wrong state...who turned off my water...and hung up on me...and kept me on hold for 30 minutes...

Just be glad I'm not PMSing.

Works for Me Wednesday -- Multitasking Bath time

While Jake takes baths I use this time in the bathroom to tidy up a bit.

Since I have to spend at least 30 minutes or more in the bathroom with him I immediately clean him up and then let him play in the tub (which he greatly enjoys).

As he is playing I use this time to clean the bathroom. This past week I have straightened and organized my bathroom cabinets. I have also been able to use this time to in the past to clean the rest of the bathroom that is not being used.

Being a busy mom every minute is precious so multi-tasking during bath time works for me!

For more Works for Me Wednesday tips visit Rocks in My Dryer.

My little reader

This was the sight I saw when I turned the corner the other day and looked into Jake's room. He had climbed into the glider with a book and was reading to himself. Out Loud.

Jake LOVES to read. When I say LOVES to read I mean LOVES! Jake will pull out a book at a time, open it page by page and read the story.

He often will actually read the story as he remembers it.

His favorite book this month is "Go Dog Go!" which he has in this picture. He also loves his "Brown Bear" book and "Mr. Brown can Moo."

These books he has memorized (and so do I) and will read them to himself. It is the cutest thing in the world!

Have I told you that my child is absolutely precious? Because if I haven't I will now.

He is PRECIOUS!

Where's the beef?

Tonight we had cravings for Arbys roast beef.

Hubby went to get the yummy food.

About 15 minutes later I get this phone call:

H: "They are out of roast beef."

Me: "What?"

H: "They are out of roast beef. I think I'm gonna go to Wendys."

Me: "What? How can Arbys be out of roast beef?"

H: "I don't know. What do you want from Wendys."

So the question of the evening is, how can Arbys run out of roast beef?

Feet, celebrities, and classic country music, all in an hour

Friday evening I had a pedicure.

Hubby gave me a gift certificate for a free one for my birthday so I took a few minutes to have some pampering.

I have had pedicures before. Prior to being married and having a kiddo, pedicures were something I loved to have done. Although my left foot is insanely ticklish I enjoy letting my tired aching feet soak in a tub of water while someone massages them, scrapes the layers of dead and dry skin off, while I sit in a massage chair and read the latest People magazine and catch up on the world of useless gossip.

Honestly, can anyone tell me a better way to spend an hour on a Friday evening? Because I honsetly can't think of one!

Prior to Friday I had not had a pedicure in well over a year. I am not one to spend much money on myself now that I have a kiddo and family and a pedicure seems to be one of those frivilous things that can be eliminated so you can pay the electric bill.

Needless to say my feet were gross. I won't go in to all the details of the shape of my feet because it's 1. gross and 2. embarassing! I have all the items necessary to perform my own pedicure at home, but that means I can't read a People magazine, or sit in a massage chair, so why would I want to do that? Plus it means I need to have more than 10 minutes of time that is not changing a diaper, picking up another toy, clipping coupons, and well, blogging!

Don't get me wrong, I have clean feet and I am not treated by a specialist for any type of foot problems, but my feet do get dry and cracked. I do try to paint my toenails in the summer months when they are displayed as I wear sandals, but other than that my poor feet are neglected.

The pedicurist, a middle-aged man of Asian decent, spent a good deal of time lecturing me on caring for my feet, which I do plan to make time to do. I am sure he gossiped about my nasty feet once I left because I know I would have!

The pedicure was as I expected. I was able to relax for a few minutes as the massage chair beat my back so hard my entire body shook. As your head shakes side to side it can be difficult to read about Nicole Richey, Jessica Simpson and Lindsey Lohan, but I managed to flip through an entire People magazine.

As I was allowing my toe nails to dry in the foot dryer I realized the store had country music playing. I guess between the massaging, reading and lecturing during the pedicure I didn't recognize the music playing, but as I sat in the quiet area of foot dryers I was able to hear the great goodness of some country music.

I have to say this made me chuckle a bit. This particular nail salon is a family operated business owned by the middle aged man of Asian decent who performed my pedicure. I found it interesting and rather humorous that the music of choice was American country music.

Now, this was not just any country music. The music of choice appeared to be classic country music. The song playing the majority of the time I was allowing my nails to dry was "Sweet Bye and Bye."

Don't get me wrong, I am a fan of the song, and at times classic country, but the setting it was playing in made me smile.

Next year when I venture back to the salon for my annual pedicure and lecture I will listen much more intently to the background music. Maybe their taste will change and a little Jay-Z will be blaring from the speakers, which for some reason seems more appropriate. Why is that?

A cozy place for an afternoon nap!

We had a little visitor on our back porch this afternoon.

As I walked into the kitchen I saw this through the back door.

Isn't he cute? (or she, we didn't get that personal).

We don't have any pets. The men in the family are allergic to animals with fur or "dander" and we have not ventured into the hairless pets yet. I think that I have been banned from caring for pets which can not make their presence known to me when I allowed my poor fish to freeze to death during the 2003 ice storm.

Well my little feline friend was not so friendly and must have heard about the fish incident of 03. He woke up when I tapped the window (imagine that!) and ran off. I put out some tuna because I thought he may come back and kill all those uninvited rodents which may be lurking around these parts!

Unfortunately he must not be a tuna fan, or else tuna in 90 degree heat is not so appetizing.

(Please excuse the poor wilting flowers in the picture, the 90+ degree heat is killing them; however, I watered them soon after taking the picture and they have returned to healthy beautiful flowers, for now!)

The walking advertisement...er, blogging advertisement

As you may have noticed I have an advertisement at the top of my page now.

I thought I would join the world of Google's advertising, plus they emailed me and offered!

I'm not supposed to tell you anything about the ad or to do anything when you see the ad, but if you find it interesting then use that fake rodent thing attached to your computer and push the left button.

Anyway, I have noticed the advertisements correspond with the content on my blog. Just before I began to write this blog the ad was for Coupons, imagine that! I have also seen ads for CVS (I should get compensation for plugging them!), 4th of July activities (well after the 4th of July) and yesterday I laughed out loud when I saw the ad for oil changes.

I'm tempted to write blogs about funny things to get funny ads. I have promised, back on my 100th post to tell you about the WWE infatuation of my husband and the Valentine's day fun we had a few years ago. I wonder if that will trigger some type of wrestling ads, hmmm.

Do any of you have ideas? Of course nothing "bad," just good, clean funny ideas! Or have you had any interesting ads on your blog?

Edited to add: When I published this post the ad at the top of the page was stated "Prepare to be Shocked!" and was an advertisement for Real Age...now how did that get on there? It must have been my mention of blood pressure medicine!