Current song making me crazy:
I actually really like this song. I know! I am a 34 year old woman listening to Hannah Montana. But it has a really wicked chorus. (laughing) I just said wicked. In front of people.
Am I the only person who can't make the water come on in the sinks in public restrooms with automatic sensors?
The other day I was saying something to Addy and she looked at me and I swear she rolled her eyes. Steve was right there and I said, "She just rolled her eyes at me." Then Steve said, "Honey, everyone in this house rolls their eyes at you." WHATEVER!
I was talking to Steve after I told the #$!%* guy who was working on our house not to come back. I had been arguing with him about how much we owed him, since he really did jack and charged me a ridiculous amount for it. After arguing with him for about 10 minutes I finally caved and paid him. So I am sitting at the table in my kitchen eating lunch and telling this story to Steve, I said "I'm just not a mean person." I hung up after a few minutes and my sister Lauren who was at my house and was sitting across the table from me, she was just staring at me. I said, "What?" And she said, "You ARE a mean person!" Well, I love you too Lauren.
I am cleaning out my storage room and let me just tell ya. For some reason unbeknownst to me, I have boxes and boxes of Christmas lights. I don't mean boxes and boxes like a box with a single strand in it. I mean a BOX full of lights. Like I probably have 5 boxes with 10-20 strands of lights each. I have know idea where they all came from.
I have learned a trick with Addy. If I want her to move away from me, all I have to do is ask, "What's in your mouth Addy?" She takes off speed crawling in the other direction. Thankfully she is finally starting to walk. Just not a whole lot.
Monday, March 17, 2008
Saturday, March 15, 2008
I Don't Know Where He Gets It From
Zac followed me around the house for about 10 minutes with a hanger stuck up his nose. He kept begging me to take a picture of him and put it on my blog. Finally, in an attempt to get him to stop harassing me and to try and avoid a trip to the ER for some type of nasal trauma, I took a picture. I said, Zac, do you really want me to put this on my blog because you look like a dufus. He started laughing and said, yeah, it will be funny.One Last Gift
Sometime during the week before my dad died, he called me to to tell me he wanted to take Emily and Aubrey to see Disney's Princesses On Ice and ask what day would be best to take them. I told him. On the day he passed away, when we were at my parents visiting, he told me that he had bought the tickets that day. I kinda forgot that he told me that on that day. When I opened up the ticket order online the other night to print out the tickets, it was a little shocking to see the purchase date as the date of his death. Back when he told us he ordered them, and he and my sister Lauren were going to take the girls, my mom said, don't you hope he doesn't change his mind and you have to end up taking them? Sigh.....dad, I guess you got out of it after all. We went last Thursday night. It was a little sad for me to be there with the girls and see their excited faces. My dad would have loved to see their reactions.Friday, March 14, 2008
Flashback Friday - Pretty In Pink
Lauren, Kay, Emily, Allyson, Sam, Zac, Earl
Papa and Emily
I have to tell you the story behind this last picture. We had just brought Emily home from the hospital. She is my parents second grandchild and the first granddaughter. We never find out what we are having before they pop out. We like to be surprised. So I had no girl stuff. I knew this would be no problem in the clothing department if she came out a girl. If you have ever met my father, you know why. He likes, liked, to shop. (deep breath in, let it out, no tears) All the sudden this story is harder to tell than I thought it would be. Anyway, I had the crib stuff from when Zac was a baby all set up. It was Noah's Ark, so I figured it was animals, it was pretty generic. Well, we get home from the hospital and take our sweet little Emily and put her in her bed. My dad kept going in and looking at her. Then he would come out and pace around. Then he'd go back in and look, come back out and pace. I could tell there was something bothering him. I asked, "Dad, what's wrong." He said, "Is there a Linen's N Things or a Bed, Bath and Beyond around here?". I said, "Yeah, there is one just down the street. Why?". He said, "I just can't stand it. I can't stand looking at her in that bed with all those dark colors. She needs to be in a pink bed." So he immediately left and came back with more appropriate decor for her bed.
Thursday, March 13, 2008
Thinkin' Thursday - Tragedy
Sorry. Once again it is Friday, but I am going to pretend it is Thursday. I had a hard time yesterday. At the beginning of the week, I knew exactly what topic I was going to discuss in my Thinkin' Thursday. But as the week has gone on, there is something that just has me all riled up and I couldn't decided if I wanted to discuss it or not. I was not going to be political this week. I didn't want anyone to get the wrong idea about my Thinkin' Thursday. It's not just about politics. I went back and forth with myself all day yesterday and finally decided what statement I would like to make. Unfortunately by the time I had it all figured out, it was time for me to go see a bunch of Princesses skate around on ice. So here I am now. I have decided to cover the topic in a way that is not political. Deep breath. This song has been going through my head all week:
(hee, hee, hee. I just looked up the song on youtube and found the most perfect video with it)
A certain governor from the state of New York seems to have gotten himself into a little trouble lately. Now I said I wasn't going to be political. Because if I were going to bring politics into it, I would say things like it is interesting that in reporting this "tragedy" the New York times failed to mention until you got all the way down to the 15th paragraph that he is a democrat. Then I would remind you that when a certain senator from Idaho got himself into trouble of the same type, the media was very eager to report the fact that he was a republican. Or I would tell you that when USA today reported the story they never once, not even in captions, mentioned that he was a democrat but, even though the story was about HIM and his problem, they did mention Larry Craig and David Vitter and said that they were republicans. Or, I would say something like I am sick and tired of hearing about what a "Political Tragedy" this was because he had such a promising political career ahead of him, from all of the democratic commentators. Those same commentators who, when a republican holding office commits the same type of crime call for immediate resignation. Or I would quote the liberal political commentator Alan Dershowitz when he said, "I feel that this is an America-only story that we have to put into perspective. You know, big deal! Married man goes to prostitute. In Europe, this wouldn't even make the back pages of the newspaper. It's a uniquely American story. We're uniquely, you know, pandering society and hypocritical society when it comes to sex." Well excuse me Mr. Dershowitz, but we don't live in Europe. We live in the United States of America. And we have laws and rules that govern our society and those laws and rules are what set up apart from other countries.
This is what I am upset about. Our society has certain "defining roles" that we put on men and women. And I am sick and tired of it. Men are characterized as being pigs, out for only one thing. And women are characterized as being mere objects, with only one purpose. Here I am going to quote Mr. Dershowitz once again, "...because men don't use their brains when it comes to something like this. They think with a different part of their body and that part of the body, the -- the level of brains there are no relationship to the level of brains in the skull, unfortunately, and when people think with that organ of the body they make these kinds of really, really terrible mistakes." What??? You know what, that is the most stupid thing I have ever heard. I happen to be married to a very good man. A man of valor and integrity. And never once has he done anything to make me question his character or morals. And I happen to know plenty of other good men too. Is it fair for our society to label men in this way. I think it is very demeaning.
Just as demeaning as it is to women to label them in the way society does. Look around. It doesn't take long for you to see exactly how our society depicts women. And this whole thing with Spitzer just enforces it.
And what is up with his wife? And not just his wife, but other wives of politicians who have stood in front of the world with their husbands while they spit in their faces and trampled all over them and humiliated them in the worst possible way. What kind of message does that send to women and young girls? "Men are pigs, honey. That's just the way it is. And it is your duty as the woman to love him in spite of it. You love and support him, bear and raise his children, and then let him find some 20 something little toy and let him use her too, because she has her own special set of problems, and then then you stand right there beside him and smile and act like it aint no big thang."
This is the problem with our society. The more we see this, the more normal it becomes. We are lead to believe that this is normal and this is the way life works. But it's not. IT'S NOT!
I belong to The Church Of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. In 1995, 13 years ago, the First Presidency of my church put out a statement entitled "The Family: A Proclamation To The World". You can click on the title to read it in it's entirety. I find it very interesting that the Proclamation came out when it did. Things have changed drastically in our world in the 13 years since it was issued and I believe it was divinely inspired for our day and time. The last two paragraphs in the proclamation read:
"We warn that individuals who violate covenants of chastity, who abuse spouse or offspring, or who fail to fulfill family responsibilities will one day stand accountable before God. Further, we warn that the disintegration of the family will bring upon individuals, communities, and nations the calamities foretold by ancient and modern prophets.
We call upon responsible citizens and officers of government everywhere to promote those measures designed to maintain and strengthen the family as the fundamental unit of society. "
I think that says it all. I don't want to get political now, but.....well, just think about it.
(hee, hee, hee. I just looked up the song on youtube and found the most perfect video with it)
A certain governor from the state of New York seems to have gotten himself into a little trouble lately. Now I said I wasn't going to be political. Because if I were going to bring politics into it, I would say things like it is interesting that in reporting this "tragedy" the New York times failed to mention until you got all the way down to the 15th paragraph that he is a democrat. Then I would remind you that when a certain senator from Idaho got himself into trouble of the same type, the media was very eager to report the fact that he was a republican. Or I would tell you that when USA today reported the story they never once, not even in captions, mentioned that he was a democrat but, even though the story was about HIM and his problem, they did mention Larry Craig and David Vitter and said that they were republicans. Or, I would say something like I am sick and tired of hearing about what a "Political Tragedy" this was because he had such a promising political career ahead of him, from all of the democratic commentators. Those same commentators who, when a republican holding office commits the same type of crime call for immediate resignation. Or I would quote the liberal political commentator Alan Dershowitz when he said, "I feel that this is an America-only story that we have to put into perspective. You know, big deal! Married man goes to prostitute. In Europe, this wouldn't even make the back pages of the newspaper. It's a uniquely American story. We're uniquely, you know, pandering society and hypocritical society when it comes to sex." Well excuse me Mr. Dershowitz, but we don't live in Europe. We live in the United States of America. And we have laws and rules that govern our society and those laws and rules are what set up apart from other countries.
This is what I am upset about. Our society has certain "defining roles" that we put on men and women. And I am sick and tired of it. Men are characterized as being pigs, out for only one thing. And women are characterized as being mere objects, with only one purpose. Here I am going to quote Mr. Dershowitz once again, "...because men don't use their brains when it comes to something like this. They think with a different part of their body and that part of the body, the -- the level of brains there are no relationship to the level of brains in the skull, unfortunately, and when people think with that organ of the body they make these kinds of really, really terrible mistakes." What??? You know what, that is the most stupid thing I have ever heard. I happen to be married to a very good man. A man of valor and integrity. And never once has he done anything to make me question his character or morals. And I happen to know plenty of other good men too. Is it fair for our society to label men in this way. I think it is very demeaning.
Just as demeaning as it is to women to label them in the way society does. Look around. It doesn't take long for you to see exactly how our society depicts women. And this whole thing with Spitzer just enforces it.
And what is up with his wife? And not just his wife, but other wives of politicians who have stood in front of the world with their husbands while they spit in their faces and trampled all over them and humiliated them in the worst possible way. What kind of message does that send to women and young girls? "Men are pigs, honey. That's just the way it is. And it is your duty as the woman to love him in spite of it. You love and support him, bear and raise his children, and then let him find some 20 something little toy and let him use her too, because she has her own special set of problems, and then then you stand right there beside him and smile and act like it aint no big thang."
This is the problem with our society. The more we see this, the more normal it becomes. We are lead to believe that this is normal and this is the way life works. But it's not. IT'S NOT!
I belong to The Church Of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. In 1995, 13 years ago, the First Presidency of my church put out a statement entitled "The Family: A Proclamation To The World". You can click on the title to read it in it's entirety. I find it very interesting that the Proclamation came out when it did. Things have changed drastically in our world in the 13 years since it was issued and I believe it was divinely inspired for our day and time. The last two paragraphs in the proclamation read:
"We warn that individuals who violate covenants of chastity, who abuse spouse or offspring, or who fail to fulfill family responsibilities will one day stand accountable before God. Further, we warn that the disintegration of the family will bring upon individuals, communities, and nations the calamities foretold by ancient and modern prophets.
We call upon responsible citizens and officers of government everywhere to promote those measures designed to maintain and strengthen the family as the fundamental unit of society. "
I think that says it all. I don't want to get political now, but.....well, just think about it.
Flashback - Of A Different Sort
First of all, just so you know this is my
300th Post!
This morning, at the kids school, the PTA had their annual Books and Bagels. All this week, since they brought home the flyer for it, I have been having horrible flashbacks. Click here to find out why. Whew! Glad that's over.
Stay tuned. Thinkin' Thursday coming soon!
Tuesday, March 11, 2008
She Thought She'd Get Her Hands On A Member Of Duran Duran
For Aubrey's birthday, my sister Lauren told her that she would take her shopping and let her pick out 3 CD's that she wanted. I took them to go pick them out yesterday. One of the Cd's she picked out was a Barbie Party Mix. It was all pink and sparkly. I looked on the back to see what the songs were on it and I didn't recognize any. In fact the titles didn't even make sense to me. I figured they were just some made up Barbie songs. Boy was I wrong. Who knew Barbie did Ghetto? And it is Aubrey's favorite of all the Cd's she picked out. We have been listening to it constantly since she got it. I would much rather listen to Hannah Montana or The Barbie Fairytopia Soundtrack CD she got. There is one redeeming song on the CD and I am trying to convince her it is the best song on there, that way I can play it at least 2 times before we move on to the other songs. Thankfully that song is now stuck in my head because "Tainted Love" can only be in there for so long before it makes me a little wacko. I love this song because I love 1985.......I can even tell you all the video's they are recreating on this video, back when there was music still on MTV.
Monday, March 10, 2008
Monday Morning Musings - Bust A Move
Current song stuck in my head:
(WARNING: If you actually watch the video with the guy dancing, it might ruin the song for you. Just listen to it. Unless you need a good laugh, then you can watch it.)
The other day Addy, Aubrey and I were in the car and Hey Jude came on the radio. Aubrey and I were singing the "Naaaaa, naa naa, na na na na, na na na na" part and Addy started doing it with us. It was just the cutest thing ever.
Now that Addison is in a forward facing car seat, she thinks that we always have to watch a movie when we are in the van and that she has to have headphones every time we are in the van. And if I don't give her headphones and turn on a movie she pitches a major fit.
I just got to pay my Home Owners Association Fees for the new neighborhood we are building in. WOO HOO!! I don't even reside in a house there yet and I already get to give them my money.
Do you ever have contractors or repairmen come to your house to do work and then leave a mess behind? I had 2 guys in my house Friday working on stuff and one guy to repair my dryer and they all left a mess behind. It was really irritating to me. It always seems to happen whenever I have anyone in to do something. I know my house is a mess, and you probably think I won't notice one more thing, but honey, letmetellyousomething, I am very aware of all the messes in my house and I DO notice.
I am having a hard time not bustin' out with a Thinkin' Thursday right now because I have a big list of topics to cover. I am having a hard time choosing on for this week. I know you will be on the edge of your seat all week waiting for it.
I better go get something accomplished today. Happy Monday! Have a great week.
(WARNING: If you actually watch the video with the guy dancing, it might ruin the song for you. Just listen to it. Unless you need a good laugh, then you can watch it.)
The other day Addy, Aubrey and I were in the car and Hey Jude came on the radio. Aubrey and I were singing the "Naaaaa, naa naa, na na na na, na na na na" part and Addy started doing it with us. It was just the cutest thing ever.
Now that Addison is in a forward facing car seat, she thinks that we always have to watch a movie when we are in the van and that she has to have headphones every time we are in the van. And if I don't give her headphones and turn on a movie she pitches a major fit.
I just got to pay my Home Owners Association Fees for the new neighborhood we are building in. WOO HOO!! I don't even reside in a house there yet and I already get to give them my money.
Do you ever have contractors or repairmen come to your house to do work and then leave a mess behind? I had 2 guys in my house Friday working on stuff and one guy to repair my dryer and they all left a mess behind. It was really irritating to me. It always seems to happen whenever I have anyone in to do something. I know my house is a mess, and you probably think I won't notice one more thing, but honey, letmetellyousomething, I am very aware of all the messes in my house and I DO notice.
I am having a hard time not bustin' out with a Thinkin' Thursday right now because I have a big list of topics to cover. I am having a hard time choosing on for this week. I know you will be on the edge of your seat all week waiting for it.
I better go get something accomplished today. Happy Monday! Have a great week.
Friday, March 7, 2008
Flashback Friday - Chapstick Addict
My sister Kristy just did a post this week on lip gloss and her facination with it. This is an obsession that goes way back. I have the pictures to prove it. I will say this though, the quality of the stuff she puts on her lips has greatly increased. This is he her cup 'O chapstick she used to keep by her bed. There were other pictures of her room with these and I thought some of you might enjoy seeing them.
Kristy in a trance, applying chapstick
Allyson
Kristy's Room
Kristy's Hunk 'O Junk
Thursday, March 6, 2008
Thinkin' Thursday - Turn ON The Lights!
(OK. So it's not Thursday anymore. I am pretending like it is for the next few minutes. I started this post yesterday and then ran out of time to finish it. )
Drum roll please! From the blog that brought you MONDAY MORNING MUSINGS and FLASHBACK FRIDAY, a new weekly post has been born. THINKIN' THURSDAY.
What is Thinkin' Thursday, you ask? It is chance for me to throw my opinion out there. It is a chance to me to make you say, hmmmm. (things that make you go hmmmm, things that make you go hmmm, hmmm, hmmm)
OK, anyway. My opinions. Because it is my blog. You probably won't all agree with my opinions, and that is fine. I just feel like throwing some thoughts out there because I feel like I need to. If you want to comment that is fine, if not, that's fine too. I just want to make you think.
I have decided to dedicate my first Thinkin' Thursday to the topic of......Global Warming and the recent Global Warming Conference that was held in New York City. WHAT? You didn't hear about that conference? Why not? Oh, because it was a conference of scientists who don't believe in Global Warming. (and we are supposed to believe the media isn't biased) I find the following video very interesting. Willie Soon with the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics states that the data for the earth's climate changes over the last 100 years do not follow the same patterns for the c02 emission data like you have been hearing. He says that between 1910-1950 the Arctic was warming by about 2 degrees. During this warming period there were relatively no c02 emissions. In the 1970's the Arctic started a cooling trend, at the same time there was a huge rise in co2 emissions. Bob Carter from James Cook University says that Antarctica used to be warmer, but is cooling now and sea ice this year is at an all time historic high. Sea ice in the North Pole was decreasing but it is starting to turn around. Both scientists agree that our planet Earth is constantly getting warmer or colder. Here, you can watch the video for yourself:
So why all the Global Warming hype? Because it is the hip, in thing right now? Because someone is making a booty load of money? I don't know. I do recall an Oprah with Al Gore where he said people who don't want to cut back on their co2 emissions can send money to make up for the co2 emissions they put out. Hmmmm......that makes sense? I did go on his website and found ample opportunities to donate.
Click here to read an interview Glen Beck did with Anthony Watts, a meteorologist who started out looking at a temperature recording station (where we get all our data about the rising temperatures) to see if the type of paint they used made a difference in the temperature readings. He happened to notice that the recording station was six inches away from a heat source. He thought that was strange that someone would put it there. He went to another recording station near a fire station and noticed that the fire chief parked his car with the radiator end about 2 feet from the sensor on the temperature recording station which also happens to be right next to a cell phone building which had an air conditioner blowing exhaust on the recording station. He started looking at stations all around the country and found out that the majority of them are not in compliance with regulations. He found some on asphalt parking lots, on rooftops, near other heat sources. Hmmmm.....click here for more pictures.
Drum roll please! From the blog that brought you MONDAY MORNING MUSINGS and FLASHBACK FRIDAY, a new weekly post has been born. THINKIN' THURSDAY.
What is Thinkin' Thursday, you ask? It is chance for me to throw my opinion out there. It is a chance to me to make you say, hmmmm. (things that make you go hmmmm, things that make you go hmmm, hmmm, hmmm)
OK, anyway. My opinions. Because it is my blog. You probably won't all agree with my opinions, and that is fine. I just feel like throwing some thoughts out there because I feel like I need to. If you want to comment that is fine, if not, that's fine too. I just want to make you think.
I have decided to dedicate my first Thinkin' Thursday to the topic of......Global Warming and the recent Global Warming Conference that was held in New York City. WHAT? You didn't hear about that conference? Why not? Oh, because it was a conference of scientists who don't believe in Global Warming. (and we are supposed to believe the media isn't biased) I find the following video very interesting. Willie Soon with the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics states that the data for the earth's climate changes over the last 100 years do not follow the same patterns for the c02 emission data like you have been hearing. He says that between 1910-1950 the Arctic was warming by about 2 degrees. During this warming period there were relatively no c02 emissions. In the 1970's the Arctic started a cooling trend, at the same time there was a huge rise in co2 emissions. Bob Carter from James Cook University says that Antarctica used to be warmer, but is cooling now and sea ice this year is at an all time historic high. Sea ice in the North Pole was decreasing but it is starting to turn around. Both scientists agree that our planet Earth is constantly getting warmer or colder. Here, you can watch the video for yourself:
So why all the Global Warming hype? Because it is the hip, in thing right now? Because someone is making a booty load of money? I don't know. I do recall an Oprah with Al Gore where he said people who don't want to cut back on their co2 emissions can send money to make up for the co2 emissions they put out. Hmmmm......that makes sense? I did go on his website and found ample opportunities to donate.
Click here to read an interview Glen Beck did with Anthony Watts, a meteorologist who started out looking at a temperature recording station (where we get all our data about the rising temperatures) to see if the type of paint they used made a difference in the temperature readings. He happened to notice that the recording station was six inches away from a heat source. He thought that was strange that someone would put it there. He went to another recording station near a fire station and noticed that the fire chief parked his car with the radiator end about 2 feet from the sensor on the temperature recording station which also happens to be right next to a cell phone building which had an air conditioner blowing exhaust on the recording station. He started looking at stations all around the country and found out that the majority of them are not in compliance with regulations. He found some on asphalt parking lots, on rooftops, near other heat sources. Hmmmm.....click here for more pictures.
So to celebrate this wonderful news I went around my house and turned on all the lights and plugged in all my appliances. Then I started my car and just let it sit in the driveway. Just for fun. Really, I didn't. I think that this earth is a gift to us and we do need to take care of it. I think that we have a problem with overdoing it in our country and it is good for us to cut down on the unnecessary things that bog our lives. But I don't think we need to have wide spread panic about something that, well, doesn't need to be panicked about. I don't think hard working Americans need to be swindled out of their money.
Besides, what makes Al Gore an expert on the environment. Well, I guess if you are smart enough to invent the Internet......
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