Who needs a memory when you have a smart phone?

Truer words have never been spoken to me.  I've always had a memory that left a lot to be desired, but it has done nothing but get worse since I had children.  My brain is full just trying to remember the basic tasks, like what to feed who when, keeping up with laundry for two small princesses who each have more clothes than your average Old Navy, and preschool and grocery store trips.  It's no surprise, to me anyway, that I am constantly forgetting doctor's appointments, playdates, and the like.

The only thing that spends more time with me than my kids is my phone.  I've already talked about how I'm not a phone person, but that's only in the calling and conversation sense-when it comes to texting, email, and general web browsing-well, my phone never leaves my side.  Throw in my latest additions of GPS for my constantly lost self, and a calendar app for my constantly late self, and it is my new best friend.  It is the only thing that allows me to pretend that I have it all together, that I actually know what I'm doing and am a responsible adult capable of caring for small humans, seriously.

Not to mention I take 50% of all my pictures with my phone, and it allows me to email them directly to family, or upload them immediately to my social networks.  If I'm shopping for furniture and not sure if that picture frame will fit where I want it?  I can take a pic, send it to Mr. Floren, and get his opinion almost instantly.  Need to find a phone number on the fly?  My Yellow Pages app can take care of that.

I have what I consider a "semi" smart phone-it has web browsing and email capabilities, but comes without the more expensive data plans that the big name phones (Blackberry, iPhone) require.  According to Mr. Floren, who works in telecommunications and is paid to know these things, there is a big price war going on between the cell carriers right now-so if you don't already have a smart phone but have been considering it, now might be the time for you to take the plunge!

Verizon Wireless has a couple great new smart phones out right now of the Palm brand, and they are on sale now!  My husband verified for me that Verizon is correct in their claim that they have "the largest 3G network" in the US-trust me, he would know.:)  So if you do decide to go for it, consider Verizon!

Verizon and JuiceBoxJungle sponsored me to write this post, and they asked me to talk about the ways my smart phone affects my life as a parent. I agreed because of my knowledge of Verizon and my belief that they offer great service and a great product.  Sponsorship aside, all opinions in this post are 100% my own and uninfluenced by any factors.

Bitch And Moan Monday

For all the smack I talk, mostly via inner monologue because I really don't like conflict or hurting people I like, I'm generally a happy person. When I am stressed out, bummed out, or just plain pissed off, I really do try to keep it to myself. I like my blog to be a place of positivity...you catch more flies with honey, right? Well, sometimes you just have to let it out. So that's what made me think of Bitch and Moan Monday. Share your complaints, leave it here, and move on to a great week!!


****Now available: anonymous commenting is turned on! If your bitches and moans are too private or embarrassing to link your name to, there will be an option to leave it anonymously! I won't even know who it is commenting! Feel free to leave it here!



Facebook, why do you hurt me like this? Don't you know I'm absolutely obsessed with you? That checking you every 20 minutes from my phone or the nearest computer is the only thing that saves me from the princess and baby saturated world that I live in, and sometimes is the only adult contact I get all day long? You are not allowed to go schizo. Even though you are a free service used by billions of people, you must function well at all times. I should not have to try six times to log in, then refresh nine times to get the current live feed. And the constant (1) by my inbox, falsely indicating an awaiting, unread message that is not there? That, Facebook, is threatening to spin my OCD riddled brain off its axis. Please rectify this situation immediately before I have to find a productive hobby. Thanks.


My husband and his damn car-he spent seven hours in the garage today. SEVEN. Unless he's got a girlfriend stashed in the water heater or a Beertender that I'm not aware of, (hiding a Beertender-grounds for divorce, yo) what could possibly be so entertaining on a car that you could spend seven hours tinkering with it?  His response?  What was so entertaining about blogging/Facebook/Twitter/recapping that you spent a collective seven hours yesterday working on it?  Touche, Mr. Floren.  Touche.



The sickness I bitched about last week?  It lingered all week, annoying me more than anything else.  I finally announced this on Thursday to the Twitterverse:

Do you hear that sound?  That's karma laughing her bitch ass off.  I woke up Friday morning pretty sure death was imminent, and although I have slept virtually all weekend, I have yet to feel better.  I was standing in the kitchen this afternoon, went to blew my nose, actually semi-dislodged some of the congestion in my sinuses, and popped my inner ear so hard I lost my equilibrium and ended up on my ass almost unconscious.  That's fun.



So, my darlings, what's got your goat this morning?  Don't want to go to work?  Don't want to pay the mortgage?  Your team lose in the Super Bowl that nobody cared about?  Do tell me in the comments.

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Bonus American Idol recap up at TVgasm!

Happy Sunday, y'all! HappyHousewife has had a very busy weekend, and she has a bonus recap up at TVgasm....covering Tuesday's American Idol auditions!

American Idol: Denver Auditions

Hello, my dearies!!! You must have been good little troublemakers this week, because you get two HappyHousewife recaps for the price of one! Whee! Tonight, Ladies and Gentlemen, I give you, American Idol: The Denver Auditions. I'm super excited for this one, because Denver is a city near and dear to my heart. It's where I met and married HappyHusband, and gave birth to HappyDaughter #1 and HappyDaughter #2. Aw.

See, I actually have a heart, unlike BITCH here.

I had a ton of fun recapping the Wh-Orlando auditions, mostly because discussing it afterwards in the comments with you guys was so much fun (Lissadoll-marry me), and it's American Idol, so I really don't give a flying fork if it's a Pulitzer Prize winning recap or not. Hell, if I won a Pulitzer Prize for recapping American Idol, I'd have to turn it down, because McDreamy knows I don't want my name associated with that crap for the rest of my life.

Ruined by Not-Paula.

Don't stop reading now!  Head on over to TVgasm to read the rest!!

Sunday Coupon Preview

Hey y'all!  I found this awesome site where you can preview what coupons are going to be in Sunday's paper, so you can check them out ahead of time and decide whether it will be worth it for you and what you shop for to purchase the paper or not!  It will go really well with my In Through The Out Sale Door feature!!!

Click here to check out this awesome resource!!!

A message from The Little One....

Hi.  I'm The Little One.  I'm here to remind you about the March for Babies.  I was born really early, 7 weeks too early, actually.  I looked like this:

Tiny, but still SO cute, right?  Right.  You can read my whole story here if you haven't already.  Well, anyway, I'm writing this message today to remind you of this March for Babies.  It is organized by the March of Dimes to raise money to help babies like me.  We don't want any other babies to have to go through what I went through.  There are a couple different ways you can help-if you are local to Seattle you can walk with us on May 2nd, and if you're not, you can donate money to support our team, which my Mom named Team Bugga, after me.

Do you see that purple March of Dimes widget over in the sidebar?  That's another picture of me.  Anyway, you can click on there to donate money.  And you should, because right now it's empty.  And that makes me sad.  

That's my sad face.  You don't want me, and other little tiny babies, to be sad, do you?  Don't you like babies?  Plus, my Mom is going to match the first donation that is made to our team.  I am happy to give up a bit of my Barbie fund to help this cause.  If I can give up a new Barbie or ten, can't you help us too?

You'll help us?  Wheely?  Wheely?  (Really? Really?)  That makes me so happy I could scream.  Thank you!!!