or "Bjoo Bjoo" as Wednesday says it. I could never get Winston to call it a name, but I wrote my most favorite thing yet all about it over at CrabbyGoLightly.com
There's some Angelina, some Jamie Lynn, and some ice-cream for everyone! Please go read it, I'm really proud of this one....
www.crabbygolightly.com/breasts.html
Tuesday, October 14, 2008
Monday, October 13, 2008
The two we've lost...
Olive and Lucas. One this year, one last year. There aren't any words for how much they were loved. I love you babies...
Saturday, October 11, 2008
Bushy CrabbyPatties
I'm over at CrabbyGoLightly again this weekend if you're interested.
www.crabbygolightly.com/Bushed.html The permalink isn't working for me, but it's the top story at crabbygolightly.com Today (Sunday). If it doesn't work tomorrow, I'll post the actual piece.
Please add a small shout out to Molly Ivans while we're at it, ok? She was the original...
Sukkot Sanity
Alright, my friends. Winston is out of school for 3 days again next week! I have no problem with him getting extra days away because of where he attends, but it makes him CRAZY! Somewhere inside his very intelligent brain he has convinced himself that it is MY fault that he doesn't have school on certain days.
So I've spent the last 2 days thinking up and planning things for the boys and I to do so that Winston won't turn into a screaming, hitting, uncooperative demon.
Today, we are going to attempt breakfast at Denny's, then the Farmers' Market (I do not like the Farmer's Market, b/c of the people who "attend" every Saturday, but I have to do SOMETHING). After that we have fresh movies from Blockbuster, apple butter to start in the crock pot, a back-of-the-door basketball goal, a tunnel, new library books.... It's going to be a long day...
I have today all planned out on a piece of paper somewhere, I should really find that. Paper found! My writing skills are on serious display this morning. Please forgive me for my poor grammar and unfinished sentences. So on top of all those other things, I have written down that we are playing dress up and dancing to the Halloween music on the TV, possibly going to Hobby Lobby, and painting with apples. Right now, none of this seems possible, but I'm trying to become cheerful and perky.
Sunday is looking like this: Breakfast picnic in the backyard, obtain the newspaper to read comics/look at the ads, ....Well CRAP. Apparently I can't remember anything this morning. Hold on, I'm going to get THE NOTEPAD... Barnes and Noble! That is what's next on the list. I need to get some books for my Mom's birthday anyway, so the boys can come and eat sugary crap and play with trains, etc. After that, please Lord, let there be naptime. Then whatever I can figure out that won't take away from things to do for THREE DAYS after that.
Ugh. It's not that I don't want to do all of these things with the boys. This is just what we used to do before Winston started school. But now that he's into a routine, he gets very defiant about not being in it. Here's hoping that I can make all of this work without killing myself.
Next week he doesn't have school because of a Teacher In-Service Day and Sukkot. I'd like to set up their little play tent and talk about what Sukkot means. I'd also like to take them to the pumpkin patch and on a 3 stop nature walk. Besides that we have Target, Pet Smart, Library, Half-Price Books, WalMart, Park, and very many other things planned for three days of schoolfree time.
That's seriously enough rambling. I'll come back and edit this when I'm awake....
So I've spent the last 2 days thinking up and planning things for the boys and I to do so that Winston won't turn into a screaming, hitting, uncooperative demon.
Today, we are going to attempt breakfast at Denny's, then the Farmers' Market (I do not like the Farmer's Market, b/c of the people who "attend" every Saturday, but I have to do SOMETHING). After that we have fresh movies from Blockbuster, apple butter to start in the crock pot, a back-of-the-door basketball goal, a tunnel, new library books.... It's going to be a long day...
I have today all planned out on a piece of paper somewhere, I should really find that. Paper found! My writing skills are on serious display this morning. Please forgive me for my poor grammar and unfinished sentences. So on top of all those other things, I have written down that we are playing dress up and dancing to the Halloween music on the TV, possibly going to Hobby Lobby, and painting with apples. Right now, none of this seems possible, but I'm trying to become cheerful and perky.
Sunday is looking like this: Breakfast picnic in the backyard, obtain the newspaper to read comics/look at the ads, ....Well CRAP. Apparently I can't remember anything this morning. Hold on, I'm going to get THE NOTEPAD... Barnes and Noble! That is what's next on the list. I need to get some books for my Mom's birthday anyway, so the boys can come and eat sugary crap and play with trains, etc. After that, please Lord, let there be naptime. Then whatever I can figure out that won't take away from things to do for THREE DAYS after that.
Ugh. It's not that I don't want to do all of these things with the boys. This is just what we used to do before Winston started school. But now that he's into a routine, he gets very defiant about not being in it. Here's hoping that I can make all of this work without killing myself.
Next week he doesn't have school because of a Teacher In-Service Day and Sukkot. I'd like to set up their little play tent and talk about what Sukkot means. I'd also like to take them to the pumpkin patch and on a 3 stop nature walk. Besides that we have Target, Pet Smart, Library, Half-Price Books, WalMart, Park, and very many other things planned for three days of schoolfree time.
That's seriously enough rambling. I'll come back and edit this when I'm awake....
Monday, September 29, 2008
Carried Away, Kisses, and Kitsch
I watched the Sex and The City movie last night. I didn't realize how much I had missed those girls. Even Samantha's escapades were reasonably entertaining. Was it cheesy? Oh yes, but I love Carrie Bradshaw. I love her... And Charlotte and Miranda are tied for a close second. Favorite parts, let me see: New Year's. when Miranda kisses Brady instead of Steve, Charlotte crapping her pants, Carrie taking Big's glasses to read the love letters.... There were others, but those are the ones I still remember this morning.
Also, I finally heard "I Kissed A Girl" by Katie Perry on the radio yesterday and I sort of loved it. Her voice is so fun, and the song is very danceable but still raw enough to win over many different kinds of listeners. I think her album, along with A Fine Frenzy, and Joanna Newson, will be on my Christmas list for my brother (He's in college, and CD's are relatively cheap :)).
An enormous amount of vampire books were purchased yesterday at Barnes and Noble (No "s", Erica! hehe). Dead until Dark, Vampire Academy, Frostbite, Succubus Blues, Succubus on Top, and Outlander, which isn't about vampires, but was a book club choice for the club that lead me to all the other ones too! Whew, I have a lot of reading to do...
I made a wreath last night. I will try to link to the inspiration I used after I look it up in the magazine. I think it's in Micheal Mead's Halloween mag this year. It has ravens, pheasant eggs and feathers, Twilight colored feathers, and I'm going to add some braided black ribbon in a couple of places. It looks innocent until you realize that obviously the eggs on the wreath don't belong to the birds, hence the vampire colored feathers...Muhahahaha.....
A Shadow box is in the works next, with a Day of Dead inspired cover from last years Houston something.....(I'll figure this out later too!).
Winston needs a haircut; he is getting called a girl again. The good thing is that his face has changed enough that all it takes it for him to look at the person and they realize he's a boy. Seriously people, just because someone has long hair does not make them a girl, and vise versa...
I have to go make breakfast and change a dirty diaper now. Bye!
Also, I finally heard "I Kissed A Girl" by Katie Perry on the radio yesterday and I sort of loved it. Her voice is so fun, and the song is very danceable but still raw enough to win over many different kinds of listeners. I think her album, along with A Fine Frenzy, and Joanna Newson, will be on my Christmas list for my brother (He's in college, and CD's are relatively cheap :)).
An enormous amount of vampire books were purchased yesterday at Barnes and Noble (No "s", Erica! hehe). Dead until Dark, Vampire Academy, Frostbite, Succubus Blues, Succubus on Top, and Outlander, which isn't about vampires, but was a book club choice for the club that lead me to all the other ones too! Whew, I have a lot of reading to do...
I made a wreath last night. I will try to link to the inspiration I used after I look it up in the magazine. I think it's in Micheal Mead's Halloween mag this year. It has ravens, pheasant eggs and feathers, Twilight colored feathers, and I'm going to add some braided black ribbon in a couple of places. It looks innocent until you realize that obviously the eggs on the wreath don't belong to the birds, hence the vampire colored feathers...Muhahahaha.....
A Shadow box is in the works next, with a Day of Dead inspired cover from last years Houston something.....(I'll figure this out later too!).
Winston needs a haircut; he is getting called a girl again. The good thing is that his face has changed enough that all it takes it for him to look at the person and they realize he's a boy. Seriously people, just because someone has long hair does not make them a girl, and vise versa...
I have to go make breakfast and change a dirty diaper now. Bye!
Saturday, September 27, 2008
A Mom's Eye View (and exciting news!!)
I am slightly addicted to the Celebrity Baby Blog. I first began reading there to find out what Elizabeth Hasselbeck would name her first child, but that is another story. If it weren’t for that strange inquest, my ear would never have been tuned to the name Sarah Palin. The pregnancy and birth of her 5th child, Trig, were both reported there and my original thoughts about Mrs. Palin are completely different now than they were then.
At the time I thought, “Wow, what an inspiring woman! To conceive another child with so many other responsibilities, and then return to them so completely, even with her son’s disability.” I didn’t know anything about Sarah Palin except what I read at the CBB and her general appearance. Her decisions then seemed to be those of a modern, working mom making good choices for her family.
Then John McCain nominated her for VP, and I realized she was a Republican. Almost immediately afterwards, it was speculated that her baby was really her daughter’s. That’s a lot of drama already, Mama! Next, was the announcement that her 17 year old daughter is pregnant. Up until this point, although she would have never had my vote, she still had my benefit of the doubt. Being a mother is challenging, and you can’t be with your children all the time.
Another confession of sorts is that I also frequent Perez Hilton’s website, where I had easy access to numerous pictures of Bristol Palin holding varying bottles of liquor with her scantily clad friends. The rumors, all over the internet, of Track Palin vandalizing school buses were pretty disgusting as well. Levi Johnston’s MySpace page being made public was the icing on my mommified-cake. My faith in her as a mother was all but lost at that point. Sarah Palin’s views on sexual education, evolution, and religion as a whole (link: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/08/29/sarah-palin-says-she-open_n_122519.html) didn’t improve my evaluation.
If I’m trying to look at Sarah Palin as just a mother, these things are more than enough for me to form a strong impression of her choices. How do the church going kids of an American governor have the time and space to participate in underage drinking, vandalize school property, and get pregnant? Where was Sarah Palin on the weekends when all of this was happening? The lack of communication and understanding required for a family to bring about that much drama is highly astounding in my book. Dedication to your job should never outweigh dedication to raising competent adults that can serve our country, in what ever manner, with kindness and wisdom.
I do feel badly that her children have been forced into the spotlight as they have, although the oldest two didn’t make it very difficult. I also understand, from my own teen years, that your parents cannot control you, or even know you completely the way they do when you’re small. But at the same time, I feel a mother who represents America has a responsibility to have done a better job. You can preach abstinence and promise rings all you’d like, but when your child is old enough to have sex, there needs to be something more. Maybe Mrs. Palin could talk with Bristol about the fact that Track was actually conceived before she was married? You can strive to raise strong boys, but when they act out violently, something has gone wrong. The sacrifices of so many other wars (link: http://www.asiaing.com/poems-by-wilfred-owen.html ) mean nothing when you leave to serve our country because you destroyed school property.
I would never doubt that Sarah Palin loves her children more than her own life. For the sake of her younger children I hope that she has done and continues to do the best she can. For this mom, however, it’s not good enough.
Exciting News! This piece has been posted over at Crabbygolightly.com! I'm writing over there whenever they need/want me to! I'm really looking forward to having some of my stuff up over there soon! Here's the link: http://www.crabbygolightly.com/sarahpalin.html
At the time I thought, “Wow, what an inspiring woman! To conceive another child with so many other responsibilities, and then return to them so completely, even with her son’s disability.” I didn’t know anything about Sarah Palin except what I read at the CBB and her general appearance. Her decisions then seemed to be those of a modern, working mom making good choices for her family.
Then John McCain nominated her for VP, and I realized she was a Republican. Almost immediately afterwards, it was speculated that her baby was really her daughter’s. That’s a lot of drama already, Mama! Next, was the announcement that her 17 year old daughter is pregnant. Up until this point, although she would have never had my vote, she still had my benefit of the doubt. Being a mother is challenging, and you can’t be with your children all the time.
Another confession of sorts is that I also frequent Perez Hilton’s website, where I had easy access to numerous pictures of Bristol Palin holding varying bottles of liquor with her scantily clad friends. The rumors, all over the internet, of Track Palin vandalizing school buses were pretty disgusting as well. Levi Johnston’s MySpace page being made public was the icing on my mommified-cake. My faith in her as a mother was all but lost at that point. Sarah Palin’s views on sexual education, evolution, and religion as a whole (link: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/08/29/sarah-palin-says-she-open_n_122519.html) didn’t improve my evaluation.
If I’m trying to look at Sarah Palin as just a mother, these things are more than enough for me to form a strong impression of her choices. How do the church going kids of an American governor have the time and space to participate in underage drinking, vandalize school property, and get pregnant? Where was Sarah Palin on the weekends when all of this was happening? The lack of communication and understanding required for a family to bring about that much drama is highly astounding in my book. Dedication to your job should never outweigh dedication to raising competent adults that can serve our country, in what ever manner, with kindness and wisdom.
I do feel badly that her children have been forced into the spotlight as they have, although the oldest two didn’t make it very difficult. I also understand, from my own teen years, that your parents cannot control you, or even know you completely the way they do when you’re small. But at the same time, I feel a mother who represents America has a responsibility to have done a better job. You can preach abstinence and promise rings all you’d like, but when your child is old enough to have sex, there needs to be something more. Maybe Mrs. Palin could talk with Bristol about the fact that Track was actually conceived before she was married? You can strive to raise strong boys, but when they act out violently, something has gone wrong. The sacrifices of so many other wars (link: http://www.asiaing.com/poems-by-wilfred-owen.html ) mean nothing when you leave to serve our country because you destroyed school property.
I would never doubt that Sarah Palin loves her children more than her own life. For the sake of her younger children I hope that she has done and continues to do the best she can. For this mom, however, it’s not good enough.
Exciting News! This piece has been posted over at Crabbygolightly.com! I'm writing over there whenever they need/want me to! I'm really looking forward to having some of my stuff up over there soon! Here's the link: http://www.crabbygolightly.com/sarahpalin.html
Wednesday, September 17, 2008
Bidness
There are two parts of my IOU list I'd like to take care of this morn.
First, I won Emblita's contest! I am so excited! My husband and I have talked about visiting Iceland for years, so to receive a package from the beautiful Emblita is very special.
That means that I won 3Giraffes first contest, Emblita won their second, 3Giraffes won my second contest, and I won Emblita's third! Seattle, South Texas, and Iceland. Who would have thunk?
Alright, the other thing I put off telling you, as it is not at all deserved, is that Chris and Kim at 3Giraffes gave me an award. It 's the Arte Y Pico award, and I was speechless then and still am now. Thank you again. I think I am supposed to pass it along, if I've read the rules right. SO here are the rules:
1) Choose 5 blogs that you consider deserving of this award based on creativity, design, interesting material, and overall contribution to the blogger community, regardless of language.
2) Post the name of the author and a link to his or her blog, so everyone can view it.
3) Each award-winner has to show the award and put the name and link to the blog that has given the award.
4) The award-winner and presenter should post a link to the "Arte Y Pico" blog, so everyone will know the origin of this award.
5) Please post these rules.
(These are the rules as listed on 3Giraffes)
Since it has taken me so long to post this, I've pretty much gathered my list. Firstly, though, I would give it back to 3Giraffes a million times over. I love those ladies, and they are fabulous.
1. JustHay at Where Karma.....Meets Camera
2. Whimsy at The Creamery
3. Elaine at Wannabe Hippie
4. Glenna at Knitting to Stay Sane
5. Jenn at Breed'em and Weep
So there you have it! All of those ladies are wonderfully clever and creative and inspiring. Go see!
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