Love the bathroom one. Let us know how that works out for you.

I'll never admit to how many books and magazines I haven't read in the bathroom. But I wouldn't do that. Of course not.

Hilarity. Love it. I'm still picturing the Little Guy trying to jump in a moving car.

we have stacks of magazines in the bathroom - ManOfTheHouse always laughs at me when I am caught reading them on the couch... apparently I don't spend enough time in there?

You are such a genius, Heidi!! It's obvious that this post is meant to make up for the bloggy paranoia that you (DID NOT) spread lately. It TOTALLY does. We'll all be better bloggers because of it. I thank you dearly.

Very funny! I need to start reading in the bathroom, it seems.

I can't read in the bathroom. I've tried, and it just doesn't work for me. I need a better solution.

But I like the picking up the kids from school solution you have here. Excellent.

Read? I never have time anymore...maybe I need to schedule more bathroom time.

Read? I never have time anymore...maybe I need to schedule more bathroom time.

I like the solutions to your, I mean a mysterious blogger's, problems.

Congratutlations! You were my first good laugh of the day. I always take note of that--with appreciation. That was hilarioius. I particularly like your advice for parenting a 14 year old girl.

You are such a hoot!

Books? Oh! I remember them!

I love your problem solving creativity. A lot of it seems to center around elimination. That's mom-tastic!

Kristina, I'll fill you in now--I have read one book since June-exactly one. sigh . . .Annette, as long as you don't eat cold cereal with milk in the bathroom, I think you are doing okay (but don't tell the MC I mentioned it) Heather, okay, I don't make him jump but I DO start moving before he gets himself buckled in. T--I can think of better places to spend one's time--the couch sounds good. Lisa--no--you're the genius! Becky--what? I don't know if I could stand the guilt. Lara--just make sure the traffic cop isn't looking. We live in a very small town in the suburbs of the SF bay area. We have a traffic cop at our school. Weird. Kelline--or more reading time. Hey, I thought you worked in a library! Erin--yes, the mysterious bloggers solutions. I wonder how she is doing with those? Joy--thanks for proving you read more than the first three entries. :) I guess you could have skipped ahead, though, huh?

Kim--thanks,hon! I try. Jami--yes, you know what they say, trim those sails!! I got the MC to quit waking up in the middle of the night to nurse (she was two months old) by eliminating a minute each feeding until she figured it wasn't worth waking up for anymore. She was so darn biddable back then!

Now don't go buggin' Roy in the middle of the night.

It's not cool to be cruel.

OMG you are right I am you only blonde! I have book club Tuesday and have read 4 pages of a CHristopher Moore book. I LOVE his writing but for some reason I have been side tracked....

That is really funny ---we need more hours in the day. I need MORE time to blog, to read, to look at the magazines, to watch my DVR'd programs. Someone help me ---having a full time job is interfering with my LIFE.

Ah, Reed, I was wondering when you would show up. Let's just say that I SO owe him. He runs, jogs, swims and has boxing matches in his sleep. I have woken just in time to prevent a fist in my eye more than once. (I find I am remarkably agile when woken from a dead sleep.) The trouble is, I never really know if I am going to be injured during the night or not so I don't sleep well even if he isn't kicking me or socking me or making the bed shake like there's an earthquake coming. I especially hate it when he is doing something with his hands--like writing or typing. The scrith-scritch on the sheets is really annoying!

Fiona-er, you are also younger and far more beautiful. Wendy--so sorry! Wish I could help! My job doesn't pay but I consider myself a full time writer so WHO CARES? woo hoo! (Er, again, so sorry for your plight!)

I tried that running and jumping into the car thing. But all I got was my son's backpack that he tossed in as he ran at full speed trying to catch up with me as I drove away. I don't advise it.

j/k.
Hee hee. :)

Such amazingly creative solutions to all your problems. Maybe you should give up writing and join a think tank; imagine the solutions you could find to our global problems. Besides, it sounds like reading books is on its way out (as usual, I'm behind the times, since I still manage a couple of books a week--laundry? What's that?).

You should probly add 'What I Like About You' to the TV list. That way she can learn about how crazy it'd be to live with her OCD older sister.

These were AWESOME and OH SO TRUE! See, you still have it, you're hysterical! LOVED IT! :D

I"m fond of your november 4th problem. I can't wait till my son is old enough so that I can try that too!

Scarlet--tee hee! Pam--ah, those were the good old days! Barb--since she has to live with her crazy older OCD brother, I doubt she would find it amusing but it was a nice thought! Melinda--thanks! I needed that! Heidi--now I just have to remember the Nov. 4th one. I used the dates of family birthdays . . you would think that would clue me in but it doesn't. I am a sad sack case.

HILARIOUS!! haha!! And I feel your pain with magazines. I subscribed to 3 that I LOVE and I haven't been able to look at one since they started coming in August. I just have a giant collection under my bed, hoping to get caught up on them sometime.

Funny bunny..

I need to beef up the mags in our bathroom. All cabela or outdoor life. That must mean that my man owns the throne over me. I will put a pottery barn in there to spice up some quality time.

So funny. Yes, real life and its annoyances really cut into important blogging time. Next year I am cutting my job down to part time probably, and I am already imagining the extra blog time that will provide.

Illegible chicken scratches...BWA HA HA! I love it! And the timer to get in some sexy time. =] You're hilarious Heids.

You have a wonderful sense of humor.

I have the dishwasher problem. I just buy a lot of paper plates and cups. It's amazing how much that helps!

Kazzy-with all that extra time you will be a bloggy force to be reckoned with--woo hoo! Laura--yeah, well, it really isn't that bad. We manage. Somehow. ;)Heatherlyn--that is a great idea! I go through stages where I do that too. The MC is 14 now, though, so I would rather put her to work than pay for the paper products.

Randi and Jan, sorry I missed you two--yep, mags, bathrooms, it could work!

Nice. Very nice. and you know it's FUNNY because it's TRUE!

If MC is still not getting the message try drastic shows like gossip girl and 90210.....Oh wait abstinence and purity are to be admired and understood (someone should let the networks know).

I often try to convince my younger onw that her older sister's clothes can be recycled....so far she just wants to burn them.

Maybe if I took my computer into the bathroom...

Rachel, yes, most of it is, anyway. . . Christine, I WAS going to use 90210 and Dawson's Creek and those shows but we actually don't watch them--but it is so true, isn't it? Randi--now THAT is a great idea!!

Get yourself a laptop, Heidi, and you can do your blogging in the bathroom. If you can KEEP it to the bathroom, imagine all that freed up time to experience life. (Either that or you'll get hemeroids.)

Mina--thanks but my kids already graced me with the big H via pregnancy. Ouch!

Breath Rachel...this one had me crying and gasping for air!!! I think this is my favorite post from you :)

Cheers! We suffer from the same disease.

Will you make a list of solutions for my life? I like your style and perhaps I'll even pay you a problem solver fee!

Thanks, Rachel!

You know, I was looking for a solution to these very problems. Thank you!