Oh the joys of consumerism...

So the wife and I have decided to put new carpet into our house. We'd been thinking about it for a while and recently decided to go ahead and do it. We figured that if we're going to get new carpet, we should get it before our kid starts sticking his face in it everyday. Maybe let some of those 'non-toxic' chemicals come out while he's still floating safely in the amniotic fluid.

So we get a guy out here. And let me stop right here and say that carpet salesmen are like car salesmen that come into your house. They want to make a deal and they want to make it right then, before you can talk to someone else. Anyway, the guy's here and he's showing us some good carpet in colors like sandstone, desert pearl and log cabin. We're scurrying around the house laying it in rooms trying to get a picture of what a 4 inch square would look like if it covered a whole room, laying our faces on the carpet, putting our hands in it, letting the cat walk on it...

Then it occurs to me... How many other people have done this? woof... So I tried not to think about it.

Now I'm sitting down to finish this blog, almost a full day since I started it... Ah the joys of consumerism.

Anyway so I couldn't finish it last night because the very thing I was beginning to write about was the very thing that took over my night. From about 5 oclock until almost 11 last night, my wife and I (with a little help from a friend) managed to move every single thing from a carpeted area to an un-carpeted one. So now as I write this I'm sitting in a spot I carved out for myself in the living room amongst a jungle of furniture. It's pretty unreal. Just this morning I got out of the shower just like I do everyday and, unlike everyday, I had to walk to the living room to get my underpants.... woof.

It's really put alot of stress on the ole prego wife. Kinda makes me wish in a way that we hadn't done it. I'm sure however that once our snazzy new carpet gets in here, we will love it. I know this one was a little disjointed but what do you expect?

Overheard at WoRMS
So I haven't done one of these in a while and I think we're all in the mood to smile so here's a couple.
1. Girl: "Mr. Spurlock, so North and South Carolina..."
Me: "Is this a question?"
Girl: "Yea. Which one is in Canada?"

2. Me: "OK folks what do you think the Paleo-Indians hunted and ate?"
Class barks out various answers and mysteriously quiets down just before one smart alec yells:
"BABIES!"

Lastly, I'm not sure if this will be funny but something of note. I started my first day of crossing guard duty today. I have to wear a silly vest but I get paid pretty good...

Thanks for letting me share!