A Cute Birthday Contest.

Do you grapple with decorations for birthdays?? You won't have to if you go HERE and enter to win. Seriously! Go HERE and enter! Thank you very much and may you never have to grapple again!

The Quote Quota.

Okay. I know I have put this thing off for quite some time. And then I forgot about it. Then I just (seriously Just) remembered it. The quote thingy a couple of weeks ago. Are you dying to know what the quotes were from? Or did you forget too?

Yeah, well. Here are the answers...

"Stat! Stat means now!" The Office

"Your pits are entirely tolerable." Jimmy Neutron

"And whoever said that orange was the new pink was seriously disturbed." Legally Blond

"Red, yellow and blue. Each one has a message for you and me. Each is a symbol true." Primary Colors song from the Children's Song Book

Jen, Katie and Laurie got one or 2 of them. I already rewarded Katie and Laurie. Jen, we ate your reward. Sorry. I will be swinging by one day this week with a new reward.

The Bag Of Yum Quotes. Again.

Okay. Only 2 people tried to guess the quotes on my Big Bag Of Yum post. And you 2 didn't catch them all. So. Here's what I'm a gonna do! I'm gonna put the quotes here in just a bit. Then I will give anyone and everyone a chance to guess where they come from. It's gonna be hard. I'm not gonna lie to ya. But I have confidence in you! Yes, You! Here we go...

"Your pits are entirely tolerable" I did only put the entirely tolerable in the post. We'll see if this helps.

"Stat! Stat means now!"

"And whoever said that orange was the new pink was seriously disturbed."

"Red, yellow and blue. Each one has a message for you and me. Each is a symbol true."

Some clues...One is a movie, 1 is a TV show, 1 is a song and 1 is a cartoon.

Now. What you need to do is this: Email me at lovelaughloud@hotmail.com and tell me what you know. You can do one or all four or just tell me something funny. Seriously! Then I will announce winners and make you cookies. My sister Katie already got 2 right. My friend Jen got 1 right. And I don't need to know you for you to get cookies. Really. Please don't put your answers in the comments! Okay? But you can still leave me a comment. Because I like comments. Ready....GO!

Pay It Forward...

This idea came down the line and landed lately on Melanie's blog. This is a fun way to get something and give something in return. Hope there are a few takers out there, who knows what you might get. If you've already played and have gotten something on someone else's pay it forward, give someone else a chance. It's all about the love!

1. Be one of the first THREE bloggers to leave a comment on this post, which then entitles you to a gift from me - something crafty or yummy, who knows?! If you want cookies, I'll gladly oblige. If you'd like something else, hmmm, you might just get it. If you are one of the first 3 commenters, I'll let you decide.

2. Winners, you must post this challenge on your blog, meaning that you will Pay It Forward, creating and sending a handmade gift -anything!- for the first THREE bloggers who leave a comment on YOUR post about this giveaway!

3. The gift that you send to your 3 friends can be from any price range and you have 365 days to make/ship your item. This means you should be willing to maintain your blog at least until you receive your gift and have shipped your gifts. And remember: It’s the spirit and the thought that count!

4. When you receive your gift, please feel free to blog about it. We'd all like to hear how much you enjoyed it. If you are not one of the Top Three Commenters on this post, you can still play along. Go ahead and start your own Pay It Forward chain, and encourage your blogging friends to do the same! Just remember.... Pay it forward!

And Have Fun!!

Sweetums Cookies

Introducing....Sweetums.

He is a Muppet!

And the winners are.....

Sean

Crissy

Peggy

I will drop cookies off to Crissy this week, bring cookies to Katie to give to Sean on Saturday, and Peggy, I will send 1 dozen of my fantabulous chocolate chip cookies to you before the week is out. Unless you plan to visit out here soon!

Sweetums updated.

Sweetums is a character. In a movie/TV show. Sean got it right. He apparently watched the same show that Daniel did growing up. I know the character, but didn't know the name until Daniel said it. Any guesses??? I'm Waiting....

Sweetum-isms

Daniel calls Ruthie Sweetums. It's cute. Our sweetums has said some funny things lately. I thought I'd share...

Sunday night while having a movie night and cuddling on the couch...

Me: "Ouch, your head is hurting my leg. Lay your head on my tummy."

Sweetums: "Oh, mommy, your tummy is the softest tummy in the whole world."

Tonight at dinner while discussing the children's desire to go somewhere very expensive...

Dad: "That would cost a lot of money."

Sweetums: "You could start saving your money now by not spending any money this weekend!"

Now that the world is aware that my tummy is the softest in the world and that Daniel and I apparently become big spenders on the weekend, I have a question for you...

Who is Sweetums?

And I am not referring to my daughter. Go on and guess. Let me know. I'll give you a plate of cookies if you can tell me who Sweetums is and/or in what movie s/he can be found.

I dare you!

THE QUOTE!!!

It's Wayne's World!!!

"Party on!"

"Car! Game on!"

"Buuunjamin"

"I definitely smell a pork product of some type."

"It's a gun rack"

"I don't have A gun much less many which would necessitate an entire RACK!"

"And she's O.K."

And then there is my favorite which Daniel told me means not what I thought it means. So had to leave out the some young guy quote. Bummer. I have a reputation to uphold. Does Wayne's World uphold my reputation? It's questionable!

Here are the winners....

Laurie
Holly
Kim K.
Melanie
Jen

I will be making the cookies this week and will get them right to you. If you don't want to eat them right away because it's such a treat kind of time, just put them into a freezer ziplock and delicately place them in your freezer where they can await your tastebuds for about a month!

CONGRATULATIONS!!!

Another Quote...

"If she were president, she'd be Babraham Lincoln."

I keep thinking of them and I haven't seen the movie in YEARS!

Quote Update...

I have only gotten one correct response for the quote 2 posts down. Do you want another clue?

Here it is...

"Camera one. Camera two. Camera one. Camera two."

Did that help?? No??

"Scooby-Doo ending!"

Email me. Call me. Catch me in front of the school. Just get yourself a plate of cookies!!

There is also another quote at the bottom of the original post....

Here's another one...

"Do I Scare You? Do You Want Me To?"

Is there something that just scares you? Something that makes your knees shake? Something that makes your tummy hurt?

I was just asking.

But you know, there are a few things that do scare me...

• John Malkovich
• losing one of my kids
• getting in a fiery car accident
• throwing up
• men who wear tights
• water
• losing Daniel
• anchovies

That's just a few I could think of off the top of my head.

So here's my question....What Scares You?

And...

What movie is that quote from?? If you can answer it, I'll bring (or send) a dozen of my absolutely divine chocolate chip cookies. Come on! Don't be shy! It's not something your kids have seen. Daniel couldn't think of it. Can you?

This seems to be a tricky one. Here's a hint (another quote):

"I'm definitely gonna get a place like this when I move outta my parent's house."

Because I Love Chocolate Chips...

A.K.A. I'm not weird. Daniel is. According to your comments and emails, he's the weird one. But I think he's kinda cute. So I'll keep him around.

So there are some cookie winners. And like I said, I Love Chocolate Chips. So they are chock full of 'em! You can't go wrong with lots of chocolate chips. Here are the winners to the all consuming question of "who said it?" They are...
Holly
Melanie
Sean
Laurie
Crissy
Jen...
who gets cookies becuase I understand her answer of..."it may have something to do with a certain annoying cartoon character."

Here's what's coming to you today!!

Isn't it pretty?!

And the answer is.....Drumroll please.......

Mr. Krabs said it on SpongeBob when the Anchovies were coming to the KrustyKrab.

And I do believe I feel a twinge of sorrow that so many people know that!

Congratulations to those of you who have had to sit through SpongeBob to know the answer to that. You deserve a dozen homemade cookies today! (Or yesterday, if you're related to me.)

I will be around later today with your prizes.

First I need to go pick up my very own copy of Season 4 of The Office!! YAY!

Do you smell that? That smelly smell. That smelly smell that smells....smelly.

And if you can name the show that quote is from, and/or what it's referring to, I'll give you a big hug and kiss. Never mind...Daniel, you can't play. (I'll still give you a big hug and kiss, but it's not contingent on answering that!) If you can name it and you don't live in my house, I will give you a dozen homemade chocolate chip cookies. Promise!

So last night Daniel and I were talking. Ok. I was talking. He was trying to watch M*A*S*H. And for some weird reason I started talking about how smell takes me places. You know. They link me to a place, a time, a person. Here are a few examples...

1. Homemade bread...being inside a nice warm house when it's raining outside on a school day.
2. Moth balls...My mother in law.
3. Skunk...My bedroom in my parents basement at 4:30 am after Willie the dog came in from outside and ran around my room...couch, chair, bed, carpet...and got skunk smell all over. It was a really bad day. It was also my first "let's use the internet"day to find a cure for skunk smell.
4. Vanilla candles...Being pregnant and sick with Isaac.
5. Gasoline and rain...Being in the back of the Toyota station wagon with my sisters. Asleep. Going to the gas station to fill up, listening to rain drops hit the top of the car, then continue the trip.
6. Lysol...My mission...they always cleaned with Lysol. I don't clean with Lysol!
7. Mexican food...The real stuff...my mission and eating with the people.
8. Febreeze...Back to the skunk. I sprayed it on everything! I can only think skunk when I smell Febreeze.
9. Realm cologne...Daniel when we were dating and engaged. Sometimes I smell it on my brother. That's just weird!
10. Freesia body spray...The little shower in the little bathroom on the Carribean cruise I went on.

There are so many more, too. If I smell any of those things or a myriad of other things, I am sent back to the time and place and people and the most vivid memory associated with the smell. It gets really scary sometimes. Like when I would wait outside on the driveway for Isaac's bus to come and a neighbor boy would be walking home from school. He would stop to chat with me and when the breeze was just right, I could smell School. I would seriously want to puke. Like run in the house clutching my innards close to my spine as all the memories of school and teachers and desks and and and...I can't handle it. I'm glad my boys don't smell so strongly of that with a relatively new school.

That was painful to think about!

So I tell Daniel (back to last night) that I smell him and know his smell and it's a good and comforting smell. "So, hun, what do I smell like?" "Nothing" "Nothing?" "I don't associate smell with memories or feelings or anything." "How can that be? That's all smell is to me" "I'm weird." "Well that goes without saying." And we went on like that for a while.

It was when we were in bed and I had this epitome that I crossed the line. I say, "So that's why you don't have a problem cleaning up the throw up!!" He laughed briefly then said "I can still smell, Jennie. I just don't associate it with anything. Throw up smells gross and I don't like the smell of it. It just doesn't evoke a memory." Oh. Ok. He can still smell. I knew that. Puke doesn't evoke any memories for me either.

Does anyone else out there associate smell with memories or people or anything? does anyone just smell and not associate it to anything? Is there anyone who just can't smell? Let me know. Because I want to know if I'm weird or if Daniel is weird. Well. I know he's weird. But, you know, weird in the sense that he doesn't think anything special when he smells the lotion I wear on someone else. Maybe I'm weird.

And I'm serious about the smelly smell quote. Anyone know it? Tell me. Tell me...
And because I make more than 1 dozen cookies when I make cookies...email me, call me or stop me at the school to tell me, don't put the answer in the comments! I'll give cookies to one and all.