This much I know is true

1) Stress is a great weight loss tool...Since picking up 2 new clients for work, I'm always in a tizzy and now my pants don't fit.

2) The perfect time to decide to have a 'Home Made' Christmas is NOT in October. I should have started planning all of my crafty projects back in January.

3) Those parents that have perfectly groomed, neat children really, really have my undying jealousy. It doesn't matter how many nice clothes that I buy, or how much conditioner I put on their hair...they will still want to wear the same tacky outfit everyday of the week and be rumpled with their hair sticking straight up 5 minutes after they are dressed. This morning I even noticed that my 7 year old had a nice toothpaste smear ALL THE WAY down the side of her pants as she walked away from the car to go into school. Ugh!

4) It doesn't matter how much I pay to have my carpets cleaned OR how nice it looks, the dog will find it necessary to pee on it within three days of the cleaning.

5) My anti-smoking brainwashing is evidently working on my girls. My oldest saw a girl on the side of the street the other day and told me, "That girl is probably gonna DIE!" I was shocked and asked her why in the world she would say that. She said, "Because she's smoking a CIGARETTE!" Oh, dear...