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Sometimes you know, as soon as the question passes through your lips, that you really don’t want to know the answer.  So why is it that we can’t stop asking the questions?  The list is endless but these are some of the ones that have come up, just this week.

• Why is your underwear in the toy box?

• What is that smell?

• Did you eat all of the cupcakes?

• How much is that going to cost?

• Is that my bra?

• Why is it so quiet in the kids’ room?

• What did you just flush down the toilet?

• Where did my tampons go?

• Did you like the new recipe?

• What did I just step in?

• How many calories could be in that?

• Should we invite your mom?

• Are you gonna throw up?

• How long have you been standing there in the dark, son?  No, really.  How long?

Note to self: stop asking the questions.  And close the bedroom door!  (FYI, it was only a near-catastrophe).

There is a site warming party for the Resourceful Mommy website.  The blog is up & running, looking great and full of great info for mommies.  Check out the Resourceful Mommy site for more info on how to find the site warming party on Twitter, tonight at 9 pm EST.

The holidays are here and along with the gathering of families, and exchanging of holiday recipes comes the one important thing many people overlook.  The need for a good stiff drink!

Pumpkin Pie Martini

(makes 2 drinks–or 1 really huge and efficient beverage!)

2 oz. vanilla flavored vodka

2 oz. crème de cacao

1/4 cup heavy cream

1 tsp. pumpkin pie spice

whipped cream (in a tub or sprayed into a bowl)

1.) Fill a martini shaker halfway with ice cubes.  Add the vanilla vodka, crème de cacao, heavy cream and pumpkin pie spice and shake well.

2.) Dip the rims of 2 martini glasses into the whipped cream to cover just the rim of the glass.  Strain the cocktail into the glasses.

Enjoy your guests.

Once again, I was sucked into a whirling vortex of activity that kept me from the internet and, more importantly, from my long suffering blog.
In all fairness, I’ve been consumed with critical activities that are geared towards improving the state of the world, stimulating the U.S. economy, providing affordable and adequate medical care and education for children everywhere and…I have this election that I need to guide toward the conclusion that will most benefit our country. As you can see, I’ve had a lot on my plate.

Alright, that’s all bullshit.  I really just got behind on a ton of stuff and rather than deal with it like a grown up and double my efforts, I took the “screw it, I just won’t do anything” route.  So, now I’m crawling out of that hole and determined to never sink into it again…this year anyway.

In addition to being behind on things, I had one day two weeks ago when two crappy things happened within hours of each other and my shit just came down around me.  The first had to do with The Oldest and some stuff that’s been going on at school.  The second was related to the stay-at-home job that’s been bleeding me dry taking a lot of my time.  What I learned from that event (the work one, that is) is that you can bend over backwards for some people, go out of your way to meet their needs and to ease things for them and that there are still bitter, deceitful, malignant personalities who will f*ck you the minute you reach across the desk for a pencil.  All I can say to the person who wronged me is that I firmly believe that karma is diabolical bitch.  I can’t wait to hear how this comes around on you…and believe me, I have ears out there!

Now, what other things have I done to contribute to the betterment of the world?

Right…

I’ll need just a minute here…

Oh, yeah.  I switched to an environmentally-friendly all-purpose cleaner.  I haven’t actually used it yet, but when I do…saving the planet, baby!

Please, what do you expect from me?  I’m no SuperMom.  I get tired.  I can’t cook a meal, clean the house, do the laundry and help with homework all in one week!  I have to prioritize and, quite frankly, the homework is the only hope I have for getting these boys out of my house someday!  So, I’m not making HUGE contributions.  At least my kids will be able to endorse their own unemployment checks someday!  And, for the record, I am teaching them how to vote, using a variety of ballot formats so they can TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR HOW THEIR VOTE IS CAST!!!  (and that will be my last political comment of the day)