Last Tuesday, December 8th, was NATIONAL BROWNIE DAY! Um, best holiday idea EVER! In honor of this chocolateous day, Cheryl & Co. invited several Ohio bloggers to their headquarters to celebrate their new Buttercream-Frosted Brownie. (Which by the way, is TOTALLY. WORTH. CELEBRATING!)

Here’s a picture of all of us in our Cheryl & Co. “Fun Baker” aprons. I have two questions for you regarding this picture: 1) Don’t we look cute? and 2) What the heck is wrong with me that I feel the need to cheese for every picture like it is my flipping senior portrait!? GEEZ!

Here is a close-up of my nerdiness next to the awesomeness that is Amy Turn Sharp, Amy in Ohio, and Heather aka Domestic Extraordinaire.

The whole event was really great and included a bakery tour and a fun session where we got to frost our own brownies with Cheryl & Co. signature buttercream icing! (Which some of us may have eaten with a spoon and others of us may have squirted into their mouths with their decorating baggie. *ahem*.) But the BEST thing about the event was: FREE CHILDCARE!!! That’s right, the awesome folks at Cheryl & Co. fed and entertained our children for THREE hours while we ate lunch, toured the bakery, and filled our bellies with goodies. Sophie had a GREAT time. The kids each got to take home a goodie bag also, and I cannot express enough how amazing the child care was! I wouldn’t have been able to attend without it.

The second best thing about the event was the frosting. OH, the FROSTING!!!! Of course Elisabeth, head baker and maker of all things yummy in the test kitchen, could not share the super-secret recipe but she let us sample it all we wanted. ‘Twas heavenly.

The THIRD best thing about the event was how HAWT we all looked in our Cheryl & Co. hair nets!! Especially me. Apparently, I can rawk a hair net out because several bloggers told me that I made a hair net look cute. Say what? I’ll let you be the judge:

It was a great National Brownie Day at Cheryl & Co. – and of course I LOVE that all these goodies are made in OHIO!! And since it supports our local economy to eat that yummy buttercream frosting, then I think it is my patriotic duty. So be a good American & go check out Cheryl & Co. for great holiday gift boxes & baskets full of goodies. Because, sadly, the hair nets are not for sale.

This past Friday, I was already in a bad mood when I got this email from the person who has the unfortunate task of doing PR for Clorox.

(Thanks to MattressPolice for the enhanced Clorox picture!)

Hello,

Thank you,
____________, on behalf of The Clorox Company

Needless to say, I was grossly offended. I am not an idiot and I think I made it pretty clear in my post that using Clorox wipes on Sophie’s face was an act of desperation and not something I would normally do.

(Because normally, I would use LYSOL wipes, because that’s all I ever buy because THEY actually put out coupons for their products, have good sales, and incidentally, have never sent me an email asserting that I am STUPID. BOO-YAH.)

No one send me an email about using Lysol wipes, either, please, I swear I only wipe Sophie’s face with baby wipes or good old PAPER TOWELS.

*Anyway* thank you Clorox for reading this here blog.

After that comment on Friday, I was super-excited to get THIS comment on Saturday:

Gary Leitzell says:
November 21, 2009 at 2:23 am

I read your comment. Call 333-TRSH and report the damage to your tote. Let me know if it is not replaced. You can contact me through my blog http://www.daytonmayor.blogspot.com

That’s right, y’all, the newly-elected mayor of Dayton read this blog!!! And commented! I’m guessing he saw his name pop up on a Google Alert which lead him to my rambling, insomniac post about how my trash can was broken and since I voted for him and all, could he please see about getting it replaced? Now, I gotta say, if this is a sign of his concern for the citizens of Dayton in general, I am impressed! But I do have a couple of things to say to him.

*Ahem*
Dear Mayor-Elect Gary Leitzell,
Thank you for reading my blog. I was super-excited to see your comment. Sorry you had to read the part about how I only voted for you because you were the only alternative to the incumbent. But hey, I figure you were happy to take any votes you could get! And normally, you know, I research all candidates more thoroughly, but you NOT being *her* was plenty enough for me on this one.

Now, if I had known before what I know now, that you are a BLOGGER!?! I might’ve campaigned for you even. How cool is that?

Also, sorry that you had to read THAT post. I was having an insomniac moment. I really am a better writer than that. And so is Emily. You MIGHT wanna check out our “Greatest Hits” page next time you stop by. I mean, there are some good posts on there about poop, snakes, coupons, pregnancy, and inbreeding. MUST-READS!

Oh, and, the trash dudes came and looked at our trash can on Wednesday, and they couldn’t fix it. So, we are on a waiting list for a new one. I know you’re not in office yet officially, but if you could somehow shoot us to the top of that waiting list anyhoo, you’d have my undying affection. I might even borderline-stalk you like I used to do to Mike Turner when he was mayor.

Cheers,
Jenny

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So, moral of the story: sending me an email about how to use your product? BAD! Elected officials responded to citizen’s needs via blog comment? REALLY GOOD!