COUPON BOOT CAMP

Monday, August 17, 2009

My Life the Musical!!

Act 1 Scene 1 How to clean living room floor. Place 32 oz cup filled w/water within arms reach of 1 yo boy. Turn back on boy. Wait for splash & scream. Rush in with beach towels since mop is in washer from last spill. Wipe furiously while pushing boy away agai...n & again. Move couch to get runoff. Grab broom to clean up hidden dirt & food. House is clean for another month!!

Act 1 Scene 2 No use Crying Over Spilled Milk. Apparently didn't tighten the lid to baby's bottle. While dressing 3 yo daughter in leotard so she could play dance, I glanced over and noticed about half the milk bottle pooled all over the floor. Clean up on aisle 2 please.
Timeline for Acts 1 & 2 only 2 hours: Song: I HAD HIGH HOPES, I HAD HIGH HOPES! I HAD HIGH APPLE PIE IN THE SKY HOPES. OOPS THERE GOES ANOTHER MONDAY! OOPS THERE GOES ANOTHER MONDAY!

Act 2 Scene 1 God's Timing! AAHH!! Praise GOD!! I just got this email from David Holthaus, Business journalist, columnist, Procter & Gamble reporter, The Cincinnati Enquirer. "Hi Tara I'm looking for someone to go grocery shopping with this week for story on shoppers looking for value. Interested?:"!!!! AAAAHH!!!! Yes I have been screaming & jumping up and down for the last 5 minutes!! Of course, I emailed him back ABSOLUTELY first!!! Thank You Jesus!
Take 2: Many phone calls, Facebook updates and Tweeting this exciting news!
Timeline approximately 30 minutes!! LOL! Song: I'm Walking On Sunshine!! WO HO!! And don't it feel good!!! Hey!! Allright now!!

Act 3 Scene 1 Working on Cutting Corners Column, Fashion Frugality and a couple of articles for the WNJ for the Wilmington News Journal.

Act 3 Scene 2 Called
Elite Sound Productions to work out pickup arrangements for my completed DVD Coupon Boot Camp Training.

Act 3 Scene 3 All Work & No Play Makes for a Dull/Workless Day!! (WAHM's understand)
Things I learned while playing hide & seek...#1 I can fit under the end table!
Things I learned while playing hide & seek...#2 We are not allowed to play in the kitchen door blinds as
reminded by my 3yo daughter.
Things I learned while playing hide & seek...#3 I cannot fit in the TV Armoir.
Timeline 3 hours. Song: Everybody's Working For the Weekend!! Everybody needs a little romance!!Everybody's goin' off the deep end. Everybody needs a second chance, oh. You want a piece of my heart. You better start from start. You wanna be in the show - Come on baby lets go!!!!

Intermission: Lunch, 2 loads of laundry

Act 4 Scene 1 Workin 9 to 5!! Blog, Twitter, Laundry, Feedings-need I say more!?

Act 4 Scene 2 What's that smell? Oh its me!! I haven't showered yet today. 2:42 pm. As soon as
Word World is over. We Love PBS!!

Act 4 Scene 3 Death of a Blow Dryer. About 2 months ago my blow dryer would no longer work on the cold setting. Yesterday I saw a spark and it died. I tried blowing in it to cool it down in an effort to CPR it in a sense but no pulse could be found. But this morning I tried it, just in case, and low and behold (spelled that way on purpose) the Low setting works. Bright Side: better for my hair.

Act 4 Scene 4 Friends are the Flowers in the Garden of Life! My BFF Niki stopped in to pick some of our delicious blackberry's!!

Timeline 2 hours Song: This is How We Do It!! This is how we do it.Its friday night, and I feel all rightThe party is here on the west side.... Im kinda buzzed and its all because (this is how we do it). WAHM's do it like nobody does(this is how we do it). To all my neighbors you got much flavor (this is how we do it) Lets flip the track, bring the old school back(this is how we do it)!!

Act 5 Scene 1 Hi! Ho! Hi! Ho! Off to barter I go!! Trading groceries for dance leotards.


Act 5 Scene 2 The Convenient Price! Stop off at the local convenient/gas store for a "cookie chocolate for daughter aka Fudge Round), dinner (tuna for salad), chips and cream, cheese that is for snacking & biscuits for brunch meeting of Women4Wilmington tomorrow.

Curtain Call: Dinner, outdoor yard fun, Daddy's shift!, hubby time, work after everyone is asleep - then lights out!!
Do Do Do Do Do Good Night Sweetheart, Well it's time to go!! Do Do Do Do Do Good Night Sweetheart, Well it's time to go!! I hate to leave you, but I really must say Goodnight, sweetheart, goodnight.

1 comment:

  1. Gotta love it Tara, you are sooo clever!! You amaze me so much I do not know how you do it every day. Congratulations on the P&G deal hopefully that road will lead to bigger and better things for you, but you deserve it, you are such a hard worker you make me tired just reading your blog!!!

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