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.
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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?
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!
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.
I *DO* have a potluck ready to go but the damned blogger site isn’t working!!
And that cup looks chock full of BPA.
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 ………………………..
Whoohooo! I won a prize! Yipeee!
All with the added benefit of NOT having to leave the house! SCORE!
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.
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.
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!
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
Because this is a family blog, I won’t tell you what that green thing (which you say was a cup) looks like. BWAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!! I’m sure all the males in your household already noticed, and may have commented among themselves.
CRAP!! I guess that gives us an excuse to go back to six flags. But that also means you are back to one cup.. Which means ryan wont drink after rhett eats and I want a drink first adn what are youg oing to put in the cup??Oh the joys of one cup and you had such great plans for 2 cups.. I mourn the loss of the cup with you.. so sad.. should we have a wake for the cup… Ode to green cup.. YOu were her for such a short time but hte dreams we had for you.. YOu quinched our thirst.. blah blah blah..
Oh my word – the drive thru – the drive thru!!! Every single business would have one if the corporate world was run my mothers of small children.
Afternoon drive to run errands = sleeping child = more time to spend more money if given the chance. Hello!
Um, that cup, kind of obnoxious, in an Adult-themed Silly Bandz kind of way.
Oh my gosh. LAUGHED my head off about your $13 cup : ) Ha Ha Ha Ha HA!
I came to see your photo walk pictures. I know you had to have made yours totally stellar with your super personality! : )
My brain is in the same place as Claudia’s. And I’m good with the drive-through concept except maybe not for bra fittings.
I love this, I am so joining last week. Sorry about your Six Flags cup, we usually get those yearly too. I’ll have to post a funny dishwasher story with my potluck next week.
Ah, the $13 amusement park Coke. I have to give kudos to Sea World, we bought Shamu kids’ packs there last year and 1,375,632 washes later, they are holding up just fine!
Hi, I have been following your blog for a long time. I just recently started a blog of my own and decided to do a potluck. I don’t know if you have an answer for this but I can’t seem to put the blog hop code into my post…..I have wordpress.com is that the problem?
Oh and I really think you have a fantastic blog…..I aspire to have a blog as good.
Hey! Came by to see your photowalk pics and was astonished to see my six flags cup on your blog! We did the exact same thing! We took ours back to six flags and they gave us another one…did you happen to save yours?
Anyhoo, it was great meeting you in Dallas. I’m off to look at your photos now…feel free to stop by and check out mine!