Were forever rushing! This goes hand in hand with our procrastination post for 'P'. We constantly have to put things on hold cause were rushing around doing other stuff.
Absolutely love when people ask, you rushin? Cause we love to answer no were not Russian were Italian! Ha ha ha. Have to laugh out loud! :-)
Rushing today because, one of us has a daughter receiving 1st communion on Sunday. Busy making butterfly cookie favors, need to run to the store, pick up the kids from school, need to clean up, hit dance practice, cook dinner, clean again. No time for an insightful post today.
Please check back tomorrow to read our rant on stress or sexuality. Haven't decided yet. Well have to wait to see what moves us for the day!
Friday, April 20, 2012
Thursday, April 19, 2012
Q - Questions - Funny ones our kids ask!
Mommy Why?
The grass is wet! Is it the tree's saliva? (it's morning dew)
Mommy, why is it so soggy in here? ( the windows were fogged & sweating )
Mommy, whats the biggest fish? I don't know. Can you look it up in that big book? Which big book? The you know the bible! ( I think that meant encyclopedia )
Mommy, do Mommies lay eggs to have their babies?
Mommy, why is a giraffe's tongue black?
Do girls pee from their butts, since they sit down?
Mommy, how come i can't have wine? Jesus did.
Mommy, are we going to need a boat like Noah? The news said there is going to be a flood.
Mommy, how come you have to put the car in "D" to make it move? Doesn't go start with "G"!!
Mommy, who's Howard? ( Howard be thy name! )
Mommy, why are we up? It's still dark outside!
Why are elves ears pointy?
Do brown cows really make chocolate milk? Grandpa says they make chocolate milk!
Is that Jesus' mother singing up in the balcony?
Mommy, how can I talk to someone all the way over here and hear them right away on the phone?
Mommy, how come you have to put a K in front of nife? This makes no sense!
There are countless more! They make any day better! Share with us some of the funny questions you have had to answer.
The grass is wet! Is it the tree's saliva? (it's morning dew)
Mommy, why is it so soggy in here? ( the windows were fogged & sweating )
Mommy, whats the biggest fish? I don't know. Can you look it up in that big book? Which big book? The you know the bible! ( I think that meant encyclopedia )
Mommy, do Mommies lay eggs to have their babies?
Mommy, why is a giraffe's tongue black?
Do girls pee from their butts, since they sit down?
Mommy, how come i can't have wine? Jesus did.
Mommy, are we going to need a boat like Noah? The news said there is going to be a flood.
Mommy, how come you have to put the car in "D" to make it move? Doesn't go start with "G"!!
Mommy, who's Howard? ( Howard be thy name! )
Mommy, why are we up? It's still dark outside!
Why are elves ears pointy?
Do brown cows really make chocolate milk? Grandpa says they make chocolate milk!
Is that Jesus' mother singing up in the balcony?
Mommy, how can I talk to someone all the way over here and hear them right away on the phone?
Mommy, how come you have to put a K in front of nife? This makes no sense!
There are countless more! They make any day better! Share with us some of the funny questions you have had to answer.
Wednesday, April 18, 2012
P- Procrastination
Procrastination - We are kinda big on this, though really are awesome planners things still somehow are done at the last minute. Even this post its 9:08pm and were just getting to it. Mean while all day we have done nothing but rant about people complaining about their problems and that they really should give it up already. Come on, if your complaining about the same 'problems' more then twice a week, FYI, everyone is probably tired of hearing about it as they too have likely the same problems. Hating their spouse for the day, trying to manage finances, car trouble, their job sucks, it goes on.
Remember there are people with serious issues, real problems, like ummm ... being homeless, being homeless with their kids, not having food in the fridge or closet, being just hit with a natural disaster, fighting a life threatening disease. Really compared with real issues, having to have to drive through traffic from construction on your morning drive to work is a walk in the park!
We are the first to say everyone is entitled to your day to complain- we are "ranters" - but check yourself every once in a while, is all were saying.
Back to procrastination, we have discussed topics all day to write about, patience. One of us has NONE! In fact one of the last things my husband said to my mother, while he was in hospice was that I have no patience. Really I go from zero to a thousand, yes a thousand in less then a second OK maybe 5 seconds but I definitely over shoot 100!!! Ive been workin on it- for the last 17 years or so now.
And again back to procrastination, see this is what happens we put things off and put things off and get distracted and put things off and get lazy and put things off and decide oh lets watch Mob Wives before we have to get the kids, and then now its 9:19pm and we have just actually discussed procrastination.
Done! Good night!
Remember there are people with serious issues, real problems, like ummm ... being homeless, being homeless with their kids, not having food in the fridge or closet, being just hit with a natural disaster, fighting a life threatening disease. Really compared with real issues, having to have to drive through traffic from construction on your morning drive to work is a walk in the park!
We are the first to say everyone is entitled to your day to complain- we are "ranters" - but check yourself every once in a while, is all were saying.
Back to procrastination, we have discussed topics all day to write about, patience. One of us has NONE! In fact one of the last things my husband said to my mother, while he was in hospice was that I have no patience. Really I go from zero to a thousand, yes a thousand in less then a second OK maybe 5 seconds but I definitely over shoot 100!!! Ive been workin on it- for the last 17 years or so now.
And again back to procrastination, see this is what happens we put things off and put things off and get distracted and put things off and get lazy and put things off and decide oh lets watch Mob Wives before we have to get the kids, and then now its 9:19pm and we have just actually discussed procrastination.
Done! Good night!
Tuesday, April 17, 2012
O- Oh say can you see?
The American dream or really the American myth? We are brought up to believe that anything is achievable, we can do all things. It's this hope that leaves us complacent and willing to work harder and longer. We grow up thinking that we will do better than our parents, have more, not have to struggle with life and living life.
The truth is that the rags to riches story is a one in a million scenario. Unless you are born into a life a privilege, the odds are completely stacked against you.
What is the dream? To own your home, be able to comfortably pay your bills, provide all that your children need without having to struggle, feed them healthy food (not just what can be afforded) have a steady job where you are appreciated at, go on vacation once a year. These are all things that can be done through hard work and determination. Or can it?
How many hard working determined people have now lost their jobs their homes all they have worked for in achieving this dream? Is this just bad luck? Too often it feels like no matter how hard you try to get your family to the next level, how good your idea is, that you play cautiously, your still doomed to fail. Your social class, your credit rating prevents you from being able to hold onto that 'dream' or even from achieving it.
Everyday, people fall on hardships, things that they have no control over or had no hand in creating. For example a sick spouse, the housing market crashing, loosing your job, things that no amount of planing can prepare you for. Now you find yourself in a situation where you are stuck, you can't get a job, you have medical bills, and can't get a loan to pay anything off because of your credit score & house having no equity. No one person is immune to these things, but the American dreamers the ones who have attained the unattainable, they are the people who seem to be hit hardest in this time of economic distress.
Our hard earned tax dollars were used to bail out banks from their mess. Yet the same curtiousy is not being driected back to the people who worked hard to bail them out. Really, if you use the same scale to which "WE" are deemed fit for a loan the banks themselves should have been denied the bail out they were given. "They" being, the banks and goverment officals have made bad decisions that have cost us being, the American people dearly. And for us making a bad decision or falling on hardship now feels like an almost forever burdon. We do understand that the bank bail out had to be, that said, it would only seem fair to lower in some respect the qualifications to be approved for a loan. The banks Should not hold you to a standard that doesnt exist anymore!
In the end we suppose, the only thing that matters is a loving family, respect and admiration. Not what you have or didn't have. But, that doesn't mean we all wont try and all shouldn't have equal opportunities to achieve the American dream!
The truth is that the rags to riches story is a one in a million scenario. Unless you are born into a life a privilege, the odds are completely stacked against you.
What is the dream? To own your home, be able to comfortably pay your bills, provide all that your children need without having to struggle, feed them healthy food (not just what can be afforded) have a steady job where you are appreciated at, go on vacation once a year. These are all things that can be done through hard work and determination. Or can it?
How many hard working determined people have now lost their jobs their homes all they have worked for in achieving this dream? Is this just bad luck? Too often it feels like no matter how hard you try to get your family to the next level, how good your idea is, that you play cautiously, your still doomed to fail. Your social class, your credit rating prevents you from being able to hold onto that 'dream' or even from achieving it.
Everyday, people fall on hardships, things that they have no control over or had no hand in creating. For example a sick spouse, the housing market crashing, loosing your job, things that no amount of planing can prepare you for. Now you find yourself in a situation where you are stuck, you can't get a job, you have medical bills, and can't get a loan to pay anything off because of your credit score & house having no equity. No one person is immune to these things, but the American dreamers the ones who have attained the unattainable, they are the people who seem to be hit hardest in this time of economic distress.
Our hard earned tax dollars were used to bail out banks from their mess. Yet the same curtiousy is not being driected back to the people who worked hard to bail them out. Really, if you use the same scale to which "WE" are deemed fit for a loan the banks themselves should have been denied the bail out they were given. "They" being, the banks and goverment officals have made bad decisions that have cost us being, the American people dearly. And for us making a bad decision or falling on hardship now feels like an almost forever burdon. We do understand that the bank bail out had to be, that said, it would only seem fair to lower in some respect the qualifications to be approved for a loan. The banks Should not hold you to a standard that doesnt exist anymore!
In the end we suppose, the only thing that matters is a loving family, respect and admiration. Not what you have or didn't have. But, that doesn't mean we all wont try and all shouldn't have equal opportunities to achieve the American dream!
Monday, April 16, 2012
N - Nasty on a nice day
Sometimes when I wake up I have a short moment when my reality is blurred. Some days I think my husband is still alive some days I think its Friday when its Monday silly things like that. I had one of those reality checks this morning. As I lay in bed I hear the weather channels local on the 8s report that we expect plentiful sunshine, warm high 88 degrees. Question, you think that's a real mans voice or a computer generated one? Anyways, I thought for a moment are they on summer vacation, why did I waste a perfectly good morning to sleep in by setting the alarm clock! i patiently waited again for another 10 minutes to hear the forecast again. Yep 88 degrees and nope not on summer vacation. To put that into perspective on 2007 we had 10 inches of snow on this day. As I stretched I thought in my mind all my plans for the day. I can't even remember what they were now, because as soon as my feet hit the floor for some reason misery kicked in. I dunno why either. Typically people say a sunny day brings out sunny people. Nope not here, not today. Neither of us were in a decent mood. We were for some reason both frumpy, nasty, cranky, cloudy, moody, all day! We did go for a walk first thing after our kiddlets caught the bus ( they didn't actually catch it that would be dangerous but you get what we mean ). The scene was beautiful, birds swooping past us and chirping away, butterflies flitting all about, squirrels hopping through yards, deer strolling along. It was peaceful, quite, but for some reason didn't fix the mood.
Still dunno why we both felt so nasty on such a nice day, but here's hoping tomorrow is much better.
Still dunno why we both felt so nasty on such a nice day, but here's hoping tomorrow is much better.
Saturday, April 14, 2012
M- Mitt Romney/Mom's
So apparently some democratic analyst made a stupid remark about Mitt Romney's wife, saying that she’s never worked a day in her life because she’s a stay at home mom. Now we can see both sides of this coin. If you've read back to our intro post, you know that there is one of us from each party, and we have some views that cross party lines (really we're just American). We are middle class stay at home moms, one who happens to have the privilege of working from home at her discretion, and has also worked out of her home for several years before that blessing was bestowed on her.
Stay at home moms work very hard we don’t sit home all day and watch talk TV. Now I don’t know the woman personally but I would bet that based on Mitt Romeny’s wife’s social class she did how ever have a bit more help in her daily routines then most average stay at home moms. But none the less that doesn’t mean she didn’t do anything. The other side of this argument is that it wasn’t meant to insult (stay at home moms) as if we have no idea about economics. I think almost every mom & wife knows plenty on the subject because whether we stay at home or add working out of the home to our daily activities we ALL have to be the house chef (so we know all about the rising cost of food), we all are the banker (so we know that there is not enough money to cover expenses and need to balance the funds that are available somehow), we are the caretakers who have to run the kids to the doctors or ourselves (when there is no health insurance and cry that there’s no money to pay for this visit or script) oh and the small matters of mortgage modifications, foreclosures and qualifying for welfare cause someone was just laid off. These are just some examples of what today’s mom/wife has on her plate.
Young or old, no matter which party you are a part of, if you’re of the middle class you know these hardships whether you are a stay at home mom or not. We can’t imagine for one minute that Mrs. Romney ever had to worry about if the electric was going to get cut off cause they had to choose to pay that or the water bill this month. Perhaps she did have these difficulties we are making an assumption, we don’t know where to find her life story, but this comment this analyst made doesn’t affect our votes one bit. The media is a bunch of shit stirrers.
Friday, April 13, 2012
L- Legalizing Drugs
Legalizing drugs has been a hot topic for years.
To be clear we've ever done any illegal drug ever. One of us has never even been drunk. Sad we know but that's not our topic today.
Really we could give a flying fig if anyone wants gets high. What is it any of our business unless of course you live in our home or you are our kids. Other then that go ahead get as high as a kite if you like.
If the government would legalize drugs in our opinion it could actually improve a lot of crime and pull us outta our financial hole the government put us in. Think about it. People are gonna buy drugs legal or not. The money that is spent on illegal drugs is not taxed.
So should someone want to buy marijuana, cocaine, meth whatever let them and have them pay taxes just like on alcohol and tobacco. Like the FDA really gives a shit about people taking illegal drugs. They approve pharmaceuticals with side-effects and that are potentially deadly all the time! There should be a data base where you have to sign your name each time you make a purchase just like when you pick up your perceptions at the pharmacy. When you have reached a certain level each week or month you'll be cut off just as when you've drank too much at a bar.
This should also reduce street related drug crimes cause they can't push the stuff on the street so they can't shoot each other over it. I'm sure they'll find another reason to kill each other but drugs won't be it.
It will create jobs and generate more tax revenue. It's not like it will put Big Pharma outta business either since they would need some of the drugs they make anyway to make the illegal stuff.
Really think that congress should look into it. If we were running this would definitely be on our agenda! :-)
To be clear we've ever done any illegal drug ever. One of us has never even been drunk. Sad we know but that's not our topic today.
Really we could give a flying fig if anyone wants gets high. What is it any of our business unless of course you live in our home or you are our kids. Other then that go ahead get as high as a kite if you like.
If the government would legalize drugs in our opinion it could actually improve a lot of crime and pull us outta our financial hole the government put us in. Think about it. People are gonna buy drugs legal or not. The money that is spent on illegal drugs is not taxed.
So should someone want to buy marijuana, cocaine, meth whatever let them and have them pay taxes just like on alcohol and tobacco. Like the FDA really gives a shit about people taking illegal drugs. They approve pharmaceuticals with side-effects and that are potentially deadly all the time! There should be a data base where you have to sign your name each time you make a purchase just like when you pick up your perceptions at the pharmacy. When you have reached a certain level each week or month you'll be cut off just as when you've drank too much at a bar.
This should also reduce street related drug crimes cause they can't push the stuff on the street so they can't shoot each other over it. I'm sure they'll find another reason to kill each other but drugs won't be it.
It will create jobs and generate more tax revenue. It's not like it will put Big Pharma outta business either since they would need some of the drugs they make anyway to make the illegal stuff.
Really think that congress should look into it. If we were running this would definitely be on our agenda! :-)
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