How To Get a Mom Excited

Wanna know how to get a mom excited?  Wax her floor. And, no, that is not a euphemism. I just finished waxing my kitchen floor and I’m SO HAPPY.  It’s this old yucky linoleum that I haven’t been able to get clean since we moved in.  It’s been driving me cah-ray-zeeeee.  I finally did some linoleum research and learned how to properly clean, strip and wax the floor.  So that’s how I spent my weekend.  And now it’s done.  And I’m thrilled.  Beyond thrilled.  Ecstatic.  (Of course, I'd be even MORE ecstatic if someone else had cleaned, stripped & waxed my floor, hence the title of this post...)

As I was thinking about how deliriously happy I am about this floor, I stopped in my tracks.  THIS is what makes me deliriously happy?  What is going on here?  What has happened to me? It’s pretty astounding what can get a mom really excited.  My daughter pooped in the potty! Butter is only $2.50 at Trader Joe’s! My kitchen floor is waxed!  Oh, be still my beating heart…

I saw a book at Papyrus the other day called something like “Porn for New Moms.”

(I would search for this awesome book and link to it for you, but, um, yeah, there’s no way I’m typing that phrase into Google.)

This book was hilarious.  It was filled with pictures of hot guys taking care of babies. On each page, the hot guy had a word bubble above his head that said something like, “You smell nice. Is that eau de baby puke?” or “Let me do the dishes” or "I'd be happy to give you a massage, as soon as I finish with this poopy diaper".  If that’s not porn for moms, I don’t know what is.

Original Silicon Valley Moms Blog post. Jane Maynard also blogs at This Week for Dinner, where she takes pretty pictures of food and fakes being a good cook.