After a brief potluck vacation, I am glad to announce…
to all 12 of you…
that POTLUCK is back and better than ever*.
*this claim is unsubstantiated.
Whoo hoo for the pro-potluck agenda.
What brought readers to the Nirvana this week?
–“cereal salad”
–“any which wall”
–“adult silly bandz”
Really? You need ADULT themed silly bands?
Let’s find out who won comment of the week!
It was really fun to read all the reasons why y’all didn’t want to go to the store. There were some REALLY compelling reasons! Here was my favorite:
“
OMG, I so don't want to go to the store, but REALLY have to because we are down to less than half a roll of toilet paper. And I have 4 children. I have specifically told the boys they aren't allowed to poop today. Or at least not at home.
I will go tomorrow, I promise!!!!” — Desiree
Oh how I may have said this exact same thing in the past…
Desiree is the lucky recipient of a PRIZE!
*insert prize music here*
*Announcer voice* Desiree has won a six pack of Little Debbie Petites courtesy of our unofficial potluck sponsor Little Debbie Snackcakes! AND the good news is that they will be delivered to her door so that she won’t have to leave the house.
And now for a little feature I will be calling, “
Lessons Holly Learned the Hard Way so You Don’t Have To“.
See the cup above?
It is the $12.99 refillable cup I purchased at
Six Flags over Texas last week with the justification that I would take it back all season for $1 refills.
To rid it of its sticky-ness I put it in the dishwasher to prepare for a return trip to the park.
Oooops!
It now won’t stand on its own, it has a liquid capacity of about 1/2 the intended volume and it is pretty much ruined.
I am going to be SO excited to purchase ANOTHER 13 buck cup on my next visit.
Ugh.
And now for another installment of Holly gives Advice to Companies who say ‘who is Holly?’
I believe that ANY business could benefit from a drive thru.
I would be much more likely to go to a business if it had one.
I know you are
thinking…of course!
My local bakery should add one or
if only that grocery store on the corner would deliver milk to my car, but I am talking even BIGGER.
Shoes! Accessories! Home goods! Pet Stores! Hardware Stores! Electronics!
Yep. I expect to be contacted by a national thinktank within the hour...
It is time for
The Word I am Working into Conversation this Week…
NO!
My boys are killing me with the lawyering and the debating and the
moving the line a little here and making it squiggly there.
This week I am putting the kibash on MAYBE and just declaring a simple…NO!
I might say it nice and not in capital letters.
Alrighty!
If you are playing alo ng with your own POTLUCK this week, please link below. (If you are playing something else, please don’t link below.)
Let’s see
What is in Holly’s Fruit Bowl!
The copy of
101 Optimal Life Foods I received on Friday when hanging out with the author, David Grotto,
Lea Anne,
Dwan and the
California Strawberries. I realize that having ACTUAL fruit in the fruit bowl would be better…but it is a step in the right direction.
May your Monday be
dishwasher-safe.
If it can’t go in the dishwasher it isn’t allowed in my house. That includes fine china & silver.
I wish my library had a drive thru window. I browse their online catalog, put books on hold with it and then go in and pick them up. It would be nice not to have to find a parking place and then drag 2 kids through the busy parking lot to pick up books. A pick up & drop off line like the pharmacy has would be be great
It used to be that you had to go inside to pay for gasoline. Oh, how I loved the one gas station that had the outside attendant. Because, inevitably the two toddlers I had at the time would have just fallen asleep at the very moment that I needed to stop for gas. So, I am definitely in agreement about drive-thrus. Certainly more useful than the parking spots for expectant moms. Since when is being an expectant mom considered a disability!? Good grief! Chances are good that the expectant mom already has a toddler or two, and what she really needs is that drive-thru! I think you should start a petition to make that the law!
Wow, that cup is some scary stuff. Interesting I have the same style cup from the zoo and it has been in the dishwasher numerous times.
Yikes on the cup! I think it probably could go in the dishwasher, but not so much with the heated dry, I’m guessing.
YOU SHOULD HAVE CALLED ME!!! We went to sf on Wednesday. I kept wondering if I’d run into you on the Boot Scoot or the antique cars or the vomitronous “Rocket”. I hate that stupid ride.
Whoohooo! I won a prize! Yipeee!
All with the added benefit of NOT having to leave the house! SCORE!
Drive thru businesses are a top-notch idea!
I mean if Vegas can have a drive-thru wedding chapel,
Houston could certainly have a drive-thru Best Buy.
And please note, I’m confused … is today Monday????
Having Potluck on Sunday is just not the same ………………………..
I *DO* have a potluck ready to go but the damned blogger site isn’t working!!
And that cup looks chock full of BPA.
You know that scene in Jurassic Park where we learn that the super intelligent raptors are throwing themselves against the electric fence, checking for weaknesses?
Yeah, that pretty much sums up the situation with my little darling this week. Zap! Zap! Zap!
Defenses are still strong, sweetheart.
Negotiation is the bane of my existence. However, I have be saying “no” a lot lately, and though I say it, it doesn’t seem to make a whole lot of difference. So I wish you much luck not only working it in, but making it work!
I’m liking the Cereal Salad idea. Recipe?
And…where the hell is the coxxyxyyx update? How am I supposed to learn how to spell it when you don’t show me the update anymore?