Smella

My brain hurts, my body hurts and I'm completely exhausted. I can barely keep my eyes open to even write. Today was a crazy day but very fun. I finished up some odds and ends at the office first thing this morn, then met Kate at Northpark Mall for some trend spotting and product development work. I love this part of my job but this is why my brain hurts tonight. We worked through so many awesome ideas. We have a lot of work ahead of us and I still need to go through some old notebooks and e-mails to search for random ideas and such but at least the process of our next launch has begun.

After my day fun, Ben and I loaded up the kids and went to my friend Penny's house for dinner (an hour late, mind you). Penny became a friend of mine as a customer when I owned the scrapbook store. She and her husband have 3 kids - Mitchell, Allison & Michael. We haven't had the opportunity to get our families together in over a year, so I was really looking forward to catching up while the kids played. We all had a great time until about 5 minutes before we waked out the door to head home.

Ella (2 yrs old) came pulling at my shirt and looking very distressed, had me follow her into the playroom where I was greeted with a smell that immediately told me something that something was amiss. She pointed to a lovely patch of you know what. I immediately thought, oops...the dog had an accident on the carpet...only Penny and Greg don't have a dog. The next 30 minutes were spent with me on my hand and knees with the Bissell Green Machine scrubbing the carpet and Ben hosing Ella down in their bathtub. What a way to end the night. Penny and Greg now have a permanent reminder of the Smiths' visit - until they get new carpet anyway. Nolen made me laugh. As we walked out to the car, he exclaimed, "Hey, Mom. Now we have 3 names for Ella... Ella, Hella (a name we use when Ella not on her best behavior) and Smella!"