September 3, 2008

My newest baby

My new iMac came today.

I am in love.

The screen is so sharp and clear and bright that some of the pictures of the kids that I wanted to edit and make prettier? They already are. Seriously, I guess a laptop screen just isn't all that accurate to life.

Sure, I can't figure out how to do much more than surf yet, but I'll get there. I can't wait to dump the pics off my camera and see what I've got, and load all the years of pics I had to burn to DVD just to make room for new pics. I think sorting through them all looking for shots to print will actually be fun now, instead of the tedium I was avoiding on my laptop.

For now, I'm off to discover how to do some of the basics. Like balance my checkbook.

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September 2, 2008

Unpolitically incorrect

I was going to write a post about political issues, but I'm just not feelin' it tonight. Suffice it to say that while I don't think Palin's daughter's sex life relates in any useful way to Palin's leadership abilities, I wouldn't vote in her favor just because she has a vagina, either. I think it was likely a mistake to put her on the ticket, not because of her qualifications or lack therof, but because there are too many irrelavant but controversial issues in her life, all of which distract from McCain's campaign.

Not that I was planning to vote for McCain anyway, but I'm just sayin'.

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July 9, 2008

If I keep entering contests, one of these days I'll win, right?

I found Casey's blog through Blog Nosh. I like her writing, but I was totally won over by her entry for the caulk contest. I would have giggled uncontrollably, but my fear of waking the sleeping baby in my lap was just a touch stonger than my mirth. I'll do just about anything to avoid angry cranky boy. She's running a contest of her own now, and I'm just doing like she says. I haven't managed to win myself a Wii yet, but I'll settle for a new hairstyle that makes me look like I've lost 10 pounds. I'm hoping Sarah over at Hair Thursday has some nice options that don't require a lot of skill or time or, seriously, skill to maintain. There's a reason I'd rather give up underwear than my trusty ponytail holders.

Here goes:

This wasn't the picture I was trying to find when I went searching for a picture of me with bad hair. Apparently I had blocked this cut out of my memory, because seriously, how could I have not thought of it first? I can't believe my mother let me do this to myself. Worse, she let me keep getting it cut like this for several years, until the number of people mistaking me for a boy (in junior high!) traumatized me so badly I didn't cut my hair so much as an inch for almost 10 years.

This wasn't my first choice for good hair pick, but I came across it while I was looking for a great shot of my wedding hair, and decided it looked better. I can't believe how much I like it, considering the color is a result of a really mucked up home job, fixed by a moron of a stylist at a TGFesque salon. That fuzz in the picture? That isn't noise from the low light, that's DUST. I was visiting my dad's. He is not known for his housekeeping.

And this is what my hair looks like today. And yesterday. And the day before that. Repeat for the last five years. I know there's no reason a SAHM can't keep herself up, but I just don't get out enough to make it worth spending a lot of cash on hair and make-up and clothes. I'm wearing a free sample of lipstick in this picture, and it's the first time I've had make-up on in at least a year.

Note the unibrow Wee Pea has drawn on herself. Apparently my girls are doomed to inherit my skills.

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July 7, 2008

The N word

I have some friends who make jokes using the n word. They aren't *really* racist, in the sense that they are happy to have friends of all colors, but they are overly amused by the stereotypes and totally willing to perpetuate them.

I, on the other hand, consider the n word a bad word, like shit or fuck or damn. Actually, it's worse, because while the usual curse words might offend someone's sensabilities, the n word is insulting to someone's sense of self. You aren't just releasing anger with a poor verbal substitute for expressive language, you're using a word that denigrates an entire race.

Now the thing is, I never use that word. Ever. And I don't let people (ok, I'll say it, family) use it in front of my kids. They may say other things that I consider inappropriate, but I draw the line at racist jokes. But when my friends, who I mostly talk to online, start yukking it up, I say nothing. I never participate, but I don't think I've ever told them to stop, either.

How bad of a person does that make me? My sense of guilt tells me that I should stand up for my beliefs, but logic tells me that I'm just going to be ostracized by the aquaintances and mocked by my friends. I don't mind the mocking, myself, we do it to each other in fun all the time. I guess I just can't see what the benefit of saying something will be. They know it's wrong. They aren't going to stop.

I guess what it really comes down to is this: Is their attitude a friendship dealbreaker for me?

Typing this out has pretty much given me the answer: They won't get past a surface friendship with me. My best friends and I have differences, but less important ones, at least to me. I'm not proud that I'm not more forceful standing up for my beliefs, but it's also hard for me to cut someone out of my life (and I've known these people for many years) based on something so common, even if it is contrary to a core belief of mine.

Man, the more I type, the more I feel like a wish washy spineless suck-up.

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June 26, 2008

Link love

Stefanie from Baby on Bored linked to a blog called The Wind in Your Vagina written by Black Hockey Jesus. And I'm confused because this guy writes like a total loon, but I keep going back to it. There are imaginary people, ghosts and he never refers to his wife by the same name twice. He is irreverant and offensive and the post he wrote for Father's Day made me cry. In a good way, not like when my kids make me cry.

Go read him.

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May 29, 2008

NOT a paid advertisement

I'm not super eco-hippie, but I try to do what I can to recycle and cut down on energy usage. That pretty much means that I do the easy stuff: Recycle in our home, buy more energy efficient appliances, buy less stuff in general, and freecycle or donate anything that has life left in it. So when I saw IzzyMom's post about Brighter Planet's 350 Challenge, I was intrigued. And when I realized it would only take 30 second's to add their badge to my page, and in return they'll offset 350 pounds of carbon in my name, I figured that was easy enough even for me.

Put the badge on your site. It's a lot easier than finding 100 light bulbs to turn off for a day, and a hell of a lot easier than giving up your car for two weeks.

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May 8, 2008

wtf

At every house we've owned, and several we haven't, I have received mail in the name of Rex's ex-wife. Her exact name, my exact address. I'm torn between amusement and annoyance.

And I wonder if it's someone's idea of a joke.

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May 6, 2008

I have no idea what I'll do with it, but I've signed up for Twitter.

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April 22, 2008

Review - Horizon Organic Milk with DHA

Brought to me (and therefore you) by Bzz Agent.

This time I got two coupons for a free half gallon of Horizon Organic Milk with DHA. The max value of the coupon was $3.99. It took me three tries to find this specific product - Super Target and Walmart both carry Horizon products, but neither had the DHA product. i finally found it at Albertson's, but it cost $4.99 for a half gallon, yipes!

Taste-wise, this stuff is pretty good. I got the 2% version, and it's creamier than regular 2%. I thought it had a tiny off taste, similar to the off taste I've seen in vitamin added OJ. Not really enough to bother me, but enough that I cold taste it over my cereal. When I served the milk straight up to my husband and kids, none of them noticed any difference.

I like the idea of organic milk, but I haven't been able to justify the price. The DHA is a nice feature, especially since I'm breastfeeding and supposed to be taking in more of the stuff,and Horizon is a green company that treats it's animals and it's employees with care and respect, but there's just no way I can spend nearly three times the money on this product that I would spend on generic milk.

For anyone interested, I have coupons for $0.55 off Horizon Organic Milk with DHA.

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April 16, 2008

Product Review - Scrubbing Bubbles Automatic Shower Cleaner

I have another review, courtesy of BzzAgent.

Right after we moved into our new house, I received the Scrubbing Bubbles Automatic Shower Cleaner. According to the box, it will either clean a nasty shower in about two weeks, or keep a shower clean when used daily after your last shower of the day. It's also fun to watch!

I had sort of hoped to use the cleaner in the shower at our old house, since it was absolutely filthy. Unfortunately, I had to clean that shower by hand. However, I've used the Scrubbing Bubbles cleaner since we moved into the new house, and I can't see a single thing in the shower to clean by hand! The water still sheets off the glass and doesn't leave water spots, there's no scum or any of that black stuff that grows on the caulk.

The biggest downside to the cleaner is the price.The starter kit is about $25, and the bottles of solution, which only last about two weeks, are just under $4 at Super Target. I'm sure I'll end up buying more in a weak moment (or anytime I find a coupon!) but I'm not sure I'm willing to spend that kind of money day in and day out.

I'm not the kind of person who *likes* to clean, and since I just had a baby (kid #3!) I don't really have time, either. This has been a great time-saver, and it actually works!

For anyone interested, I have $5 off coupons for a starter kit, or you can go to www.automaticshowercleaner.com and print out a $7 off coupon.

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January 25, 2008

Almost

The best part of being pregnant is that it gives Rex and I an excuse to get french fries after the kids go to bed. Actually, the BEST part is not having to clean the litter box for nearly a year, but Rex gets a lot more enjoyment out of the fries.

It almost makes up for getting winded every time I get up off the couch.

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January 16, 2008

I'm ready to start moving stuff NOW

I've spent the last couple hours deleting junk and spam out of a clients email. Two years worth of junk and spam. Yeesh.

I met with the home inspector today. There were no major issues, and not all that many minor ones. We're good to go in the financing department. We still have a walk through with the builder to discuss the inspection report and look for cosmetic problems, a final walk through to make sure they fixed the stuff, and we have to pick homeowner's insurance, but other than that, I think we're set.

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January 15, 2008

Bzz!

I've been working on another campaign for BzzAgent. This one was actually sort of fun, and gave me a good comparison for those photobooks I do every year through MyPublisher. For the campaign, I was given a coupon for a free 6x8 Photo Book from CVS/pharmacy.

First off, the photobooks I usually have to be uploaded to the company, printed, and then shipped to me. The Photo Book from CVS was ready minutes after I finished the layout. The pages print out of the photo station, I handed them to the guy behind the counter, and he very carefully put the whole thing together in minutes, while I watched. At $12.99, the price is comparable to what I paid the other company for the book + shipping, but the CVS book is a hardcover and the ones I've order were softcovers (hardcovers were available, but for quite a bit more!)

Working on the book at the photo station was slightly less comfortable than sitting on my bed working on my laptop, but if you already have your pictures chosen, you won't be there long. The station was simple to use, while still allowing for editing, cropping, and text addition. Layout was easy to modify, and there were lots of choices.

I think my biggest problem with the whole experience was that the store I was at didn't have the 6x8 books in stock, since I went right after the holidays. I ended up choosing a 4x6 instead, which would make a cute little brag book to give to the girls' grandmothers.

I would totally make another of these books, especially as a last minute gift, or if we were going to be visiting family or friends and wanted to have some pictures to pass around. Easy, inexpensive and fast...it's a good mix!

I have a bunch of coupons for 50% off a 6x8 book...comment with your email address if you're interested!

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December 30, 2007

One outta two ain't great, but it's better than nothing

I don't watch a lot of football. Even the teams I care about, I'm ok with finding out the score after the game is over. On rare occasions, I'll bother to watch my beloved Aggies. Like last night, when I watched them lose to Penn State in the Alamo Bowl for the second time in my life. (This is significant only because my Dad went to Penn State and actually took us to the game last time. The Penn State part, I mean.) And yet, I still get an unreasonable amount of satisfaction from coming home to see that the Redskins thrashed the Cowboys.

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October 26, 2007

Good thing NaBloPoMo hasn't started yet!

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October 3, 2007

ODDwalla

While certainly delicious, Odwalla's Strawberry Lemonade wasn't as nutritious as I would have expected. And for someone who will drink corn syrup right out of the bottle, I was surprised that even It hought it was too sweet. Maybe it's that organic sugar. Ironic that the sugar is the only organic ingredient in the bottle. And does that organic 16% somehow balance out the evil 84%'s toxicity?

As a drink? Yummy. For the price? No freakin' way.

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August 31, 2007

Am I the only one who finds the Long John Silver's commercial with the headless, cooked shrimp swimming in the ocean disturbing?

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August 22, 2007

Sounds like the definition of family to me

We were in Austin last weekend, where I was buried in old memories.

I've known the friend we were visiting for 22 years, two-thirds of our lives. Even though we haven't always lived near each other, or even been in the same phase of our lives for most of that time, we've always come back to each other. She's a smidge older than I am, and has met most of life's milestones first: college, marriage, kids. Because we have some very similar values and views, her advice and opinions have always been very important to me. I'm not sure what I contribute to her life, but to me, she's been invaluable.

Add to that her parents, with whom I spent quite a bit of time as well. We were at their house on Lake Travis, which is filled with the things they've collected over the years. They had a lot of those things already when I was a kid, and so even though their current house is less familiar, much of what fills it is the same. We were at their house for my friend's birthday party, a fun affair full of families, swimming, food and play.

I got to flip through an album of old pictures, from before my family met theirs and beyond, and it gave me a sense of connection I don't get with many people. I haven't held on to very many people through my life, I don't have those elementary school friends some have, or a group of girls from college that did everything together. But I do have this family that has been intertwined with mine in many ways since I was eleven. They knew me before I knew me.

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August 21, 2007

Getting a letter from the Comptroller of Maryland, completely out of tax season, and referring to tax year 2004, asking why we didn't file?

Not cool.

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July 11, 2007

Time will tell

Have you ever spent a really long time making a decision, weighing all the consequences, and then as soon as you implement your decision, realize you may have made a huge mistake?

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July 6, 2007

Stumpin' for the MAN

So a while back, I signed on with this company called BzzAgent. They send you stuff, or coupons for stuff, and you try it out out and then talk about it.I seem to sign up for something every time we move, so I pretty much lose the motivation to really talk about it. This time, however, the product is worth the effort.

The product: al fresco all natural chicken sausages. So far, we've tried the sun-dried tomato & basil (yum) and the sweet apple (YUM!) My husband had no idea they were made with chicken! Both flavors were low in fat; in fact, no fat oozed out of them during cooking, even when the casings were pierced or I sliced the sausage before I cooked it. The sausage wasn't dry, though like you might expect from a low-fat/poultry product.

We ate the tomato & basil flavor for lunch, and both of my girls chowed down. My older daughter isn't picky, but my younger one is notorious. Yet they BOTH asked for seconds! My older daughter even chose to have the sausage a second time as leftovers.

The sweet apple flavor was my favorite, but then, I love sweet. We ate it for breakfast, and it paired nicely with pancakes for Father's Day.

The only downside was the casing. I'm not sure if it was because it was a natural casing, but it was rather tough. I don't mind a little snap to my cased meats, but this was a little much.

All in all, I would definately buy this again, even without coupons.

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July 1, 2007

You know you have a great friend when she offers to FedEx her cellphone-that-works-as-a modem to you so you don't have to be internet free for two weeks.

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June 12, 2007

Blogher

The last thing we heard about the house was that they had received another offer. The bank's realtor stupidly told us that our offer was way better. The hope was that we would hear something today. We did not.

***

I was still waffling over the Blogher decision when Rex was asked to go to California for a work thing. It's a good opportunity for him, but he would be returning on the Friday of the conference. I wasn't too upset, since I was still frankly quite terrified of going without knowing anyone.

I've sort of changed my mind, though. There are a few people going that I think I would like to meet, and that I think I can get the guts together to meet. Of course, our plans have changed, also. Instead of hanging around here while Rex is in Cali, I'll be spending a couple weeks in Maryland with my family. Perfect babysitting opportunity, but it'll cost me $200 to fly to Chicago from there, and I would still have to pay for hotel and the conference. Actually, that's about what it would have been from Dallas. I'm still waffling, I guess.

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June 7, 2007

I adore my DVR. Even when there's shit on tv, it keeps a little gem waiting for me :)

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April 11, 2007

Cadbury eggs

Easter is the season of Cadbury Mini Eggs. My love for the mini egg has surpassed even my love for Cadbury's other famed egg, the Creme egg.

Every year, I eat way too many. They are so delicious, so addicting that I can't stop eating when I'm full, when my tongue is sore from rubbing the candy coating around, when I don't even *want* to like them any more.

I ate a pound of the little suckers in the 48 hours surrounding Easter.

Not martha has done a comparison of Mini Eggs from different countries, with US eggs coming in last. As amazing as I think the American eggs are, I can't imagine how many Canadian or UK eggs I would consume. I'd like to find out, though!

When I think of a defining smell around my mother, it's a particular perfume that she only wore on special occassions.

My kids will remember the scent of the chocolate cloud that surrounds me always.

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January 18, 2007

My new favorite drug

Yaz rules.

You might remember how I felt about it just four months ago. But after three months on a stronger pill, I went back on the Yaz. I probably would have gone back to it anyway, after the appointment I was supposed to have in December (cancelled by the move,) but running out of the stronger stuff with no medical cards in sight cemented the decision.

The first month went well, no unusual bleeding. The period was fantastic, three days total, light with an elegant bouquet. And it obediently went away when I started taking the little colored (can I say colored?) pills again. I'm in love.

On the other hand, I'm starting to develop a serious case of baby fever.

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January 12, 2007

The delurking thing

Well, it's a little late in the week for a delurking post, but that's ok, because I'm not going to ask anyone to delurk. I'm mean, I'm not going to complain if you post a comment, but it would be hypocritical of me to beg, since I haven't posted one comment this week I wouldn't have posted otherwise. Which means I may have posted one comment this week, since I'm not much of a responder. By the time I get around to thinking of a comment and actually having the time to type it, it's already been said, multiple times.

Anyway, what I'm saying is this. Hi! It's nice to write for you, whether I know it or not!

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January 5, 2007

Trying to break out of my rut

I'm signing Jamie up for Zhinka dinka doo's Teeny Tiny Swap #2.

This is something I would usually be too lazy, too shy or just too much of a fuddy duddy to do.

Lord, I'm using words like fuddy duddy.

Anyway, I love mail, Jamie loves mail, Katie loves mail, and maybe we can teach some geography while we're at it. The girls got a puzzle of the US for Christmas, and Jamie has mastered the puzzle and is slowly learning the names of the states.

Wanna join us?

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December 15, 2006

What the hell were they thinking?

This was one of the poorest choices of marketing ever. The toy is so annoying I'm going to have to avoid McDonald's at least until they stop giving out these things, and possibly longer in protest. The sound it makes is like the adult equivalent to that Mosquito noisemaker used to disperse teens.

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November 23, 2006

Happy Thanksgiving!

Just how much do I have to say to qualify as a post?

I hope everyone is enjoying a nice meal with family and friends, and getting lots of fodder for the last week of NaBloPoMo.

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November 17, 2006

At least I wasn't trimming my hedges

I'm going out with friends tonight, so I guess I better get something posted before I leave the house. Wouldn't want to screw up NaBloPoMo at this stage of the game! Originally, this was supposed to be a girl's night out kind of thing, but I think it's now sort of a going away kind of thing for me. Whee.

I'll give you this little nugget of disgusting before I go:

I was sitting in the comfort of my living room, alone in the house, picking at my toenails. It's one of my great joys, poking and snipping and cleaning. I know, I have no life. Apparently I neve have, since this is a nasty little habit I started in my youth.

Anyway, sitting. Alone. Picking. I look up, and there's a large, dirty man in my backyard, looking at me. He waves. I wave back. Did he see me sniff the chunk of skin I evacuated from under the side of my toenail?

The unexpected landscaper knows too much about my personal habits.

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November 14, 2006

Is Dr. 90210 fluff?

I'm watching Dr. 90210. Doesn't get more fluffy than that, right? It does make me feel a little dirty, enjoying the shallowness of others. I guess it touches on the shallowness in me.

I've been watching the dirty whore, Tabitha, get these small dents in the back of her thighs repaired, and it's jawdropping. I cannot believe she's going under anesthesia for a defect most women would be happy to have. Then again, this is a woman who gets her anus bleached. Oh, and she wanted a diamond implanted in her wrist, so it would be with her always and forever.

Watching this show has a sort of weird effect on me. On the one hand, watching what they do to people's bodies while they're out makes me not want to let a surgeon near me unless my life is in danger. And the thought of the smarmy Dr. Rey makes me want to keep my clothes on always and forever. On the other hand, the show also makes it seem like plastic surgery is no big deal, and everyone is doing it. And if I'm not happy with something (helloooo saggy, underfilled-water-balloon boobs!) I should just go ahead and fix it.

Of course, I'm cheaper than I am shallow, so no worries there.

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October 23, 2006

NaBloPoMo

I'm planning to participate in NaBloPoMo. It's taken me close to a week to get around to announcing that, though, so I'm not sure how well I'm going to keep up. This will either be a miserable failure, or you guys are going to be reading some really crappy posts in the next month.

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June 3, 2006

Embezzlement and a sex scandal

I think one of the delinquent kids at the party last weekend opened Jamie's piggy bank.

I don't have any proof, and it's possible Jamie opened the bank, although her inability to dress and undress her dolls without 30 minutes of crying (her) and cajoling (me) has planted a large seed of doubt in my mind. I'd be surprised if the boy who was caught offering $.39 to one of the girls at the party to take her clothes off wasn't at the very least present, if not the culprit. I'm not sure if the fact that the kids were 5 and 4 makes the whole situation more or less sordid.

So which do I hide for the next party, the piggy bank, or my daughters?

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April 18, 2006

Ahh, the irony

Tom Cruise's and Brook Shield's daughters, born on the same day.

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March 2, 2006

I suck

I haven't been keeping up with comments very well. The way I have MT set up, I don't emails saying when I have a new comment. It also won't email you guys when *I* comment, and I'm not sure if anyone comes back to check for replies. I know I tend to forget when I comment on other blogs and don't check back, and as usual, I assume others do the same. I also wish MT would thread comments (and it might and I just haven't read that far) so maybe I'm just waiting for a miracle.

In any case, I would just like to say thanks now, all at once, and I'll try to do better :)

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February 22, 2006

I'll still be full the next time we go, in about 5 years

Rex's birthday. Dinner at The Melting Pot. Too full to talk. Too full to breathe.

Damn, that was good.

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January 11, 2006

I wasn't going to do the De-Lurking thing...

...but I just can't resist.

I'm guessing I'll get a deuce or less, which is sad, because all of my friends live in my laptop.

Maybe my new laptop will come with more friends included. Dell should list that as an option.

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December 22, 2005

Deafening silence

I guess I have my answer!

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December 21, 2005

*Tap*Tap* Is this thing on?

I'm falling behind. My goals was to write something here every day, with maybe weekends off. At the very least, I wanted to have a picture posted every day, hopefully even on weekends. I'm not sure if it's the holidays, the length of my non-holiday to-do list, lack of outside interaction or just sheer laziness. It's hard to worry too much about slacking when you figure no one is reading you anyway.

Drop me a comment if you're out there. While I wait, I'm going to write a post, and save it so I have something for you to read tomorrow :)

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November 21, 2005

I'm still not sure if she was mad at us, or with us

A woman stopped me in the mall tonight to ask me if I had a farm. I've never actually been stopped for my Porky Pines Farm jacket before.

As soon as I responded yes, she started spouting off about some relative having a profitable 1,000 acre farm, and people picking on farmer's like that Lieutenant Denzel. She was dressed oddly, and wearing a Park Police hat. Halfway through her rant, she stopped talking and was walking off when she suddenly started up again. I actually jumped when she started talking again it was so sudden.

I've become sort of used to people stopping me to talk about my kids. It's embarassing, but at least it sort of makes sense. We were so stunned by what and how this woman was talking, we weren't even sure how to respond.

What the hell is up with people?

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November 12, 2005

Bowling

I win the first game.

Then he kicks my ass.

Then he bends me over to do it again.

"It's all my schoolin', baby."

"Fine. Then I'm going to inseminate a cow on the way home."

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November 8, 2005

Another new category, also not my idea

I belong to a group called the Damascus Y-Women. It's a service/social/charitable women's group that meets weekly to raise money, give money away, talk, craft, listen to speakers, etc. We did a craft today called a journal jar. I now have a mason jar filled with topics and questions to jumpstart my posting. When I have trouble coming up with things to say, I'm going to pull a little slip of paper out of a jar, and write about what it tells me to.

Hence I bring you...The Journal Jar!

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November 3, 2005

All of my best ideas aren't even mine

I think I want to steal another good idea. The first was for a (somewhat) daily picture category, which isn't exactly a unique idea, but I might not have made one if I hadn't seen it on dooce first. I liked the idea because it's motivation to log into this site and post something every day, which hopefully translates into more non-picture posts, and it's also motivation to try to take some pictures aside from those I take to document my kid's lives. Lord knows I need a hobby.

The other idea is Mommy Matter's "quip du jour," a place the author records funny things her kids say during the day. I try to record some of the funnier things Jamie has said, but I'm already forgetting some of the cute things she screwed up. Some of them are common to a lot of kids when they start to talk, and some are specific to my kid.

In light of my own lack of creativity, and the convenient-for-my-purposes phrase, "Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery," I bring you the Daily Dose of Jamie!

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October 28, 2005

I'm like a housewife in the 50's

I'm going to a Tupperware Party tonight! I'm excited, not because I need more food storage options, (Or more of anything, at this point. I haven't seen half my stuff in long enough to think that maybe I should donate it all and start over wherever we end up!) but because this will be a night out with other women, no kids, and possibly wine. Please, let there be wine! Or beer. Or anything except tequila and whiskey.

I'm not really much of a drinker, although every now and then I like to get a bit liquored up. I rarely feel the urge to have a drink just for the heck of it, although I must admit I've wanted a beer enough in the last couple months that I've considered drinking the sad, old Coors Light that's been cluttering the fridge since before we moved up here. I miss my monthly Drunko group in Texas, though, since that was always a good excuse to have a couple beers, smoke a bit and try to talk about something other than our husbands and kids. I haven't had a drink since before we moved up here.

I sure hope I don't have one drink and fall asleep.

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September 14, 2005

Hit Me Baby

Britney Spears had a baby boy today by c-section. From previous reports, this was a planned c-section. Apparently her mother told her bad stories about labor.

What a freakin' cop-out! It's one thing to schedule a c-section if you've had a previous section or have other medical issues, but to get one because you're afraid of the pain? Childbirth is nothing compared to parenting! And besides, that's what they have epidurals for.

I'm a firm believer in at least giving something a try before you take the easy road. I copped out and got epidurals with both my kids, but I tried to go without first. I'm not a glutton for pain, and I didn't get my piercings because I enjoyed the feeling, but labor is usually something that starts slow and gives you time to change your mind and get medicated one way or another.

This might sound like I'm jealous that she got out of the pain of labor, but I'm not. Frankly, I'm not sure a c-section recovery is any better than labor and delivery recovery. And while the pain I experienced was real and strong, the memory of it has been reduced to minor discomfort compared to the pain in my ears from my two screaming offspring.

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August 29, 2005

Figure it out

I feel like I should post my backstory or something. I mean, it's not like I had an exciting life, but at least then you might know where I was coming from. I think I'll just let you all figure me out as I go along. That's what I'm doing, after all.

Besides, it would be too damn hard to get 31 years of my life summed up before one of the kids is up my butt.

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August 28, 2005

Finding memo

Nobody posts on weekends. Maybe that's my niche!

I haven't been posting here yet because I'm not sure what I plan to blog about, exactly. I actually started this site and blog more out of the desire to see if I could master the technical aspects and practice some design and programming. I have a LiveJournal, in which I record the daily drudgery of my life. It's a journal of my kids daily activities, so that I can keep track of when they woke up, when they nap and what we do. It's a way for friends to know what's going on in our life, in sometimes tedious detail, I'm sure :)

I don't think that's what I want to write here. Both because I'm less in control of my audience, and I want this to be more about me, maybe. I'm not a writer. I sometimes come up with funny or interesting stuff in my head, but can't get it written before I forget it, or can't seem to type it the way it sounds in my head. Not really sure how to describe it, but there it is.

Maybe if I write about what I really think and feel, to a more anonymous audience, I can find out who I am. I've lost a lot of me in the last 5 years or so. Hmm...sounds like a good jumping off point.

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August 21, 2005

Yay! It works!

Look, it's the obligatory first test post!

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