Clearly I have some sort of mental illness that is causing me to sit at my desk today with these two songs on a constant loop.

Personally, I believe the disorder should be named "Holy Funk, I have a lot of work to do." What'choo got?

Update: I see from the comments that I was unclear :) The videos are for the benefit of you guys so you can hear the tunes — I'm not watching them on youtube myself. These are just the 2 songs I have on a constant loop in my headphones while working. Something about the persistent beats keeps me going!

Welcome to the Inaugural 'All-Exclamation Point' Edition

HOORAY!!!

Fun!

Snort! And this one too! Unbelievably yet another!

Oh please, can't infants get time off?!

(Wow, when did I turn this into a 'weekly' instead of 'daily' feature?? Um. Oops.)

I heart Redsy. Well, and Truck Baby.

I feel a really good story coming up in the next plumber's union newsletter. I was that mom too. SNORT!

You make me very, very sleepy, Kathryn! I need to get me one of them. I guess I'm not because I can't even think of one good reason. You all can rest easy now.

Well, except for the Very Scary Recall on Baby’s Bliss Gripe Water for Cryptosporidium Illness. More recalls.

ChristonafreakingBIKE, life has been kicking my ass! Boy in kindergarten, new blog, lots of day-job fracas, home-improvement-y projects in my, um, home… I am full up to here (waves hand above forehead) with stress, righteous indignation, and small people needing hugs 24×7.

In an effort to catch you up on my week, and keeping in mind that a picture is worth ONE THOUSAND (places pinkie finger in corner of mouth) words, those of you on dialup might want to go grab a cup of coffee.

Mike's self-portrait as a newly-minted Kindergartener. I know I don't post pictures with my kids faces, but I thought I'd make an exception here. Note the accurately depicted Favorite Dinosaur Shirt. Also included: "Still Life with Cow."

And we figured that since Chip, 2.5, was able to say "I wanna bed like da BRUDDAHS!" it was time to get him out of his crib. You know what that means: a trip to the paint-it-yourself wood furniture store. Or maybe that's just us. In any case, Craig came home with a bed in the minivan, made a head board, we painted it, and stuck it in his bedroom. He couldn't even wait for me to get the sheets on he was so excited!

Oh, and just for that extra "somethin somethin" in the process of moving it around I made a total bonehead move and flipped my thumb backwards. Hyperextension is fun! I'll have to show y'all a picture of the awesome bruise.

And then it was my birthday! I turned Forty! And my mom sent balloons! And the boys love them! And I still haven't thanked my mother for them! (Thanks Mom — that was so sweet of you :)

When I got home from work, the boys showed me the black-bottom CUPCAKES they made for me and the present they wrapped by themselves.

But of course Craig did the shopping.

And I'm thinking that 40 looks pretty good to me.

If you know anything about serious migraines, please go visit Jazz. 10 days is too long.

Go Beth! If that's fat, then 95% of the earth's population is obese. Britney is truly a trainwreck, but it's sad not funny.

Yes, yes, and yes. And I vote for this whackadoodle doing her grocery shopping at 2am as she proposed. Impressive and congratulations!

MISS DOXIE IS BACK Praise Jeebus!

SNORT! More from the Kids Mess with Our Minds Files. Man, my boys, especially 5-year-old Mike, do this ALL the time!

And yeah, a couple of days I told you about my new blog, and I know you all went to check it out. On the off chance there was nothing there that floated your boat (heresy!) go check out all the other awesome blogs in the eMoms Network. You're sure to find something you like. After you read my blog. Seriously.

Me too!!! I love surprises :)

Hey, check out Sonia's new TV show!! How cool is that?

An interesting question for parents. And here's another one.

I'm pretty sure Magoo and Chip are related. And Robbie and Mike are related to all of these children.

You had me at Grandma Crotch.

I've been keeping a secret from you all for, hmmm, a month or two now, but it is finally time to spill the beans.

The fantastic Wendy Piersall of eMomsAtHome has just launched a new blog network for parents and I am so fortunate to be a part of it. That's right, I have another blog :) I am now the proud mama of:

I get to review cool stuff PLUS give a lot of great products away. For example, today I started a contest where you can win a two month supply of diapers. Don't have kids in diapers? I've got movie and book contests coming soon. Don't have kids? Shhhh, don't tell anyone, but tomorrow I'm starting a contest to win shoes!

There's an RSS feed you can use to read it in Bloglines or Google Reader. And I promise to always give away as much great stuff as I possibly can, and never to spam you with products that are crap.

So please do me a favor. I don't want to end up the saddest blog in the eMoms Network. Please go check out my new site and give me some love!

BABY! I love newborns, and don't they look happy together?

Snort!

Someone should write a pamphlet.

And we have to remember to remember every year.

Precisely. Fucking hell, these cats make my day every day.

I'll be honest, the first thing I thought of when I saw this picture wasn't really "pore cleaner." And have I mentioned my deep abiding love for Bossy today?

Friendship is tough, and I'm a big advocate of whatever works.

And I just reviewed a fun label maker.

From my infertility post.

• "I can tell by reviewing your list that you're one kickass mofo… Glad your powers are used for good and not evil." - Redsy making me feel all warm and fuzzy. And kick-assy.
• "Why IS it that the doctors don't recommend donor sperm they way they do with donor eggs?" - PunditMom asking an excellent question which I will weigh in on soon.

From Tuesday's GRIT.

• "These link posts crack me up. I feel like the blind guy in Amelie when she walks him down the street." - Jonathon Morgan making me snort my coffee.

From my WeightWatchers post.

• "I actually know of someone who got addicted to crack because she started using it to lose baby weight. I think you're definitely better off doing the WW thing - even if it makes you look like the Joker from Batman." - andi creeping me out. In a good way.

From my Lucy post.

• "Erika, I am really sorry. You're still fabulous." - Moobs making me laugh really hard when I really needed it.
• There are almost 100 comments on this post right now, and only one that is negative. I am so grateful for all of you, for your support, for your kindness and understanding. Reaching out to me when most of you don't know me in person has been incredibly powerful and moving. I couldn't be handling this as I am without you. And a lesson I have learned is that even if a post has a million comments, I'll never refrain from commenting because I think it will get lost in the shuffle. Every.single.one of the comments I've gotten has been important and meaningful to me.

From Thank you.

• "Lucy has some beautiful brown eyes." - DD. True that.