Today I learned to appreciate free things. Here are some of them:
1. The commercial with Glenn Close that says 1 in 6 people suffer from mental illness. (We’re 5 for 5 in our little family for sure and I don’t know why but I just can’t tell you how funny I think I am to share that. My husband will not think that this is at all funny.)
2. I just read that Jenny McCarthy swears by some kind of kelp noodles or something because they don’t have carbs. I am going to buy those tomorrow because I love noodles and don’t they all have carbs? The noodles won’t be free but the fact that I saw that Jenny McCarthy eats them is free.
3. Markers are practically free. Lots and lots of markers, like the whole box I got for Christmas from my sweet friend Sammy makes me just ecstatic. There is almost not a problem that can’t be solved with many shades of markers.
4. Incense. Who knew that incense could just be delightful on a rainy work day? I guess incense isn’t free but maybe if you give me some it will be.
5. The sound of my 21 month old who has just mastered her new laugh. She throws her head back, closes her eyes and says “dee-wish-us”. Everything at our house right now is dee-wish-us and I’m sorry but she’s as big as a pork chop and just doesn’t even care that she has the biggest tummy ever.
6. My almost 4 year old. AFTER his dinner tonight he decided to eat a brownie. Big freakin’ surprise the babysitter served him up a ginormous chocolate situation just in time for bed. He decided to follow this up with a chaser of carrots and Wholly Guacamole. I swear on my life this happened. I was downing Wholly Guacamole and carrots because I am trying to be super healthy for my shoot on Thursday. I wanted to avoid the brownie, even the sniff of a brownie. I wanted to forget brownies, chocolate, caramel, Butterfingers, whipped cream, that all of that existed. He was ecstatic with his fork full of brownies, carrots and guacamole. I would’ve heaved but instead I just went back to my salsa/guacamole/carrot situation and tried to dream of a tiny waist. (Oh by the way, none of you snark-monster friends of mine need to write in and tell me that guacamole can have lots of calories. I wasn’t eating a bucket of it, I was eating just some of it.)
7. My husband trying to convince me that he is not cranky. (He is 99.9% of the time very cranky.) I have now taught the children to say ” Daddy, cranky.” This is just magic.
8. Catching up. Talked to Beach Bomar today and it was like Christmas all over again. I guess if you live in the South you’re just plain nice; you check in on people. Who just checks in on people? No one in Los Angeles would ever call to just check in. We are so focused on road rage that we can barely smile.
9. Texas. Texas is free. I am just giddy thinking about how much I get to eat tomorrow when the Austin girls pick me up from the airport in Texas.
10. Twitter. Thank you for all of my recent Tweets, especially about my classes last week at Special Event. I think I had more fun than the peeps in my group! (Yes, my voice is almost back. This does not make my husband happy – SHOCKER.)
11. Leopard. I am just pretty sure I can’t even stand how much I love leopard prints of every single color. Turquoise leopard? Even better.
12. The Jersey Shore. I don’t know why that show doesn’t drive me insane but Snooki just does it for me.
13. Rain. Thank you, thank you, thank you universe, shiva, buddha, krishna, everybody, thank you for the rain.
Goodness, now maybe Kate Hudson will call since I’m being so grateful or maybe when they shoot The Secret II, they’ll call me for an example.
Oh yes, and Reese’s Peanut Butter cups. They are not free but almost free and I could take a bath in them. Good night.
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There is almost not a problem that can’t be solved with many shades of markers.