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Getting Weepy Over Underoos
You know that post title could only have been written by an emotional pregnant woman, right?
Yesterday I was reading the e-mail “Parent Page” Joshua’s kindergarten teacher sends out and it said “I can’t believe there are only 8 days of school left.”
WHAT???
Holy Denial, Batman!
I knew Joshua’s last day of school (and Kindergarten graduation ceremony) was June 3rd, but until I read that, I hadn’t fully realized how close that is. I’ve been so busy trying not to vomit that I’ve really had my head in the sand. Or, more accurately in the toilet. Or in a Kroger bag in the Kroger parking lot. But you know what I mean.
It’s almost over.
Kindergarten. All those months I agonized about it, that first week when Joshua cried every day, all those subsequent weeks when he came home full of confidence and VOLUME and practically speaking a new language, they are almost over! Kindergarten. My baby’s about done with it.
Yesterday I was in his room gathering some laundry and I picked up a pair of his Thomas the Tank Engine underpants. He’s pretty much over Thomas now. We recently bequeathed his choo-choo table and all his Thomas paraphernalia to his cousins James and Joel.
So I stared at his Thomas underoos and was really, really sad that he has outgrown them…emotionally at least. How long before it’s no longer cool to wear even Batman or Cars Movie underpants? When will he decide that none of the cool kids have cartoons on their undies??
I got a wee bit weepy.
He’s such a big boy. Is it wrong that I want to keep him in underoos forever?
Irony of Ironies (and a giveaway!)
As you all know if you are regular readers of this here blog, I am the World’s Worst Housekeeper. It’s just not my forte, my friends. When I do get around to cleaning, I like tools that make it as easy as possible for me. You are never gonna catch me on my hands and knees scrubbing my floor. This is why I requested not flowers, chocolate, or new clothes for Mother’s Day, but a STEAM MOP. Because a steam mop is gonna make my life easier. (And I totally got it, too, thank you Bobby Rapson!)
Anycrap! I am about to give you a cleaning tool recommendation. Which is ironic, no? But it’s a GOOD ONE!
A few weeks ago I received an email from My Blog Spark on behalf of P&G asking if I’d like to review the Swiffer Sweeper Vac, and I was SOOOOOO EXCITED. I’m not kidding, I was totally geeked out!! Because I have been a dedicated user of Swiffer products for years – they are one of those cleaning tools that make it easy for me. And I had been jonesing for a Sweeper Vac for a long time, but wasn’t sure if I wanted to spend the $$. Because what if it wasn’t as wonderful as it seemed?
It. Is. WONDERFUL! It is all that and more. It is the Starbucks of stick vacs. Get one of these babies and you will NOT be disappointed!
When my Sweeper Vac arrived, it also came with a little “kit” to show me how well it worked. It had stuff for me to dump on my floor and vacuum up, like little containers of Cheerios and even HAIR!
I totally cracked up.
Truuuust me, I don’t need them to send me stuff to sprinkle on my floor. I got STUFF on my floor! Cheerios, cracker crumbs, and especially pine needles, courtesy of these two old ladies in my front yard:
Thanks to these pine trees, my hard wood floors are constantly covered with pine needles. Especially after a week like this one, which has been super rainy. Pine needles everywhere.
Argh!
Happily, the Swiffer Sweeper Vac is GREAT at picking up pine needles! And Cheerios, cracker crumbs, pet hair, and dirt in general. I big puffy heart it, and I don’t know what I’ve ever done without it. The Swiffer dry cloth cleans up all kinds of dirt, and the Vac sucks up all the crumbs of my life. It rocks! My favorite, favorite, favorite thing about it is that the BATTERY lasts! I held off publishing this review for a month or so because I wanted to give the battery a good test. After using it several times a week, (true story!) I’ve never had the battery even come close to running out (which is a problem I’ve had with past machines I’ve tried.) My living and dining rooms are pretty good-sized and I also use it on my new fabulous kitchen floor, and I’ve always had more than enough battery to do all three rooms thoroughly. Woohoo!
Ok, so, now for the really fun part. P&G not only gave me a Swiffer Sweeper Vac to keep, they also gave me a $40 gift card to give to one of you so you can get your own Sweeper Vac of Dreams (as I like to call it.) Here’s how to enter!
1) Leave me a comment on this post telling me what room in your house you most hate to clean. 🙂
2) For an extra entry, tweet about this giveaway on twitter and leave me a link to your twitter URL.
3) For another extra entry, share about this entry on Facebook and leave me a comment letting me know you did so.
Entries will close and Random.org will pick a winner on Monday, May 20th at11:59 pm.
Good luck and happy Swiffering!