I can barely keep my eyes open today. Garrett slept terribly last night. Not sure if it was because it was cold and he kept kicking off the covers, or if he was having nightmares. He kept crying and yelling in his sleep, but when I would go in to check on him, most of the time he was still asleep. I know I should look at this as him getting me prepared for a new baby in June, but I'll deal with that in June. I want my sleep now.
So if I can manage to stay awake long enough, I wanted to share with you a new CD that came out yesterday. (And all my family is rolling their eyes right about now.) As some of you know, I'm a big fan of the newest American Idol winner, David Cook. His first CD came out yesterday and can I just say that it's awesome! Yes, I'm biased, but I do think that the majority of you would agree with me if you were to give it a chance. He has an early 90's sound to his music, which I prefer, but of course I was in junior high and high school in the early 90's and I think that period of time in anyone's life is pretty much when your taste in music is formed. He's more of a rocker than a pop singer. However, you can understand the lyrics and it's not the shouty-type of music. There are several slower, ballad songs as well, which are equally awesome.
So can I recommend a couple of tracks if you decide to check him out? Of course I would personally suggest you listen to the whole thing because, in my opinion, there isn't a song on there that isn't good, but here's a few recommendations.
If you prefer a ballad you have to check out "Permanent", "I Did it For You", "Avalanche" (I can't find either of these anywhere on YouTube, but you could listen to a 30 second snippet on iTunes), and "Lie". (Most of these song titles are linked to the song on YouTube.)
If your tastes run more towards the up tempo, rocker songs then you should listen to "Bar Ba Sol", "A Daily AntheM", and "Declaration". My personal favorites are "Come Back to Me" and "Heroes". The person who put Come Back to Me on YouTube, set it to parts of the movie "The Notebook" and I must say that it fits this song. I had to include that because I know it will coerce my sisters to check it out because of our love of "The Notebook".
A couple of things for you to know about the album. David wrote all the songs but two (Bar Ba Sol and Light On). Permanent and A Daily AntheM were both written for and about his older brother who has brain cancer. A Daily AntheM is spelled that way intentionally because his brother's name is Adam. And while this is his first major record label album, this is not his first time recording an album, so he does have the experience needed to hopefully become successful. I personally equate him to Bryan Adams, but we'll have to watch his success over the next few years to see if that label suits him.
Let me know if you listen to any of these and what you think of them. There are more songs on the album that aren't here, but I tried to refrain myself, lest you all think I've gone off the deep end.
Wednesday, November 19, 2008
Tuesday, November 18, 2008
Such a Rip-off!
So as it turns out, the Britax carseat uber-awesome deal that I found on Sunday, was a complete and utter rip-off.
Apparently Target "mispriced" the item. And instead of it being on sale for $42.99 it should have been $279.99. Umm, who do you have typing in these prices, because those numbers aren't similar at all? And what makes this doubly frustrating for me was that I had ordered another item that was also on sale and THAT item was also mispriced. What exactly are the odds of that? 2 out of 3 items that I order are cancelled because somebody inputted an incorrect price.
To say that I'm frustrated with Target is an understatement and I can promise you that I'm one of many, many women in the same boat. The email that they finally sent stating the mistake was borderline rude. You know, as if I somehow made the pricing error myself.
And they have yet to offer any sort of compensation for their mistake. Now, I'm not someone who goes around demanding what people and companies are going to do for me when they've "done me wrong", but I do feel that in this case, some sort of discount or free shipping coupon would be warranted in appeasing their customers. For one reason, Target is currently losing money. The last quarter they saw a drop in their profits. For another reason, we're upon the Christmas shopping season. Do they really want to leave a bad taste in the mouths of an overwhelming number of Mommas who will be doing the majority of the Christmas shopping?
I will keep you posted on the outcome of this. I've already exchanged a couple of (very polite) emails with a Customer Service Rep over there. I'm curious to see what happens.
And now I'm stuck with a train that I randomly threw into my order just because. That's what I get for being an impulsive shopper. But maybe it will work under my tree and it will be worth some of this hassle.
Apparently Target "mispriced" the item. And instead of it being on sale for $42.99 it should have been $279.99. Umm, who do you have typing in these prices, because those numbers aren't similar at all? And what makes this doubly frustrating for me was that I had ordered another item that was also on sale and THAT item was also mispriced. What exactly are the odds of that? 2 out of 3 items that I order are cancelled because somebody inputted an incorrect price.
To say that I'm frustrated with Target is an understatement and I can promise you that I'm one of many, many women in the same boat. The email that they finally sent stating the mistake was borderline rude. You know, as if I somehow made the pricing error myself.
And they have yet to offer any sort of compensation for their mistake. Now, I'm not someone who goes around demanding what people and companies are going to do for me when they've "done me wrong", but I do feel that in this case, some sort of discount or free shipping coupon would be warranted in appeasing their customers. For one reason, Target is currently losing money. The last quarter they saw a drop in their profits. For another reason, we're upon the Christmas shopping season. Do they really want to leave a bad taste in the mouths of an overwhelming number of Mommas who will be doing the majority of the Christmas shopping?
I will keep you posted on the outcome of this. I've already exchanged a couple of (very polite) emails with a Customer Service Rep over there. I'm curious to see what happens.
And now I'm stuck with a train that I randomly threw into my order just because. That's what I get for being an impulsive shopper. But maybe it will work under my tree and it will be worth some of this hassle.
Monday, November 17, 2008
The Weekend Wrap-Up
This weekend was a pretty busy one for us. I always consider the weekend to begin on Friday evenings, so I'm gonna start there.
Supper on Friday typically consists of either a)leftovers, b)grilled cheese, or c)frozen pizza. This Friday it was C. And I threw some frozen Buffalo wings in the mix. Because I like to make things interesting. Keith has an extreme dislike for the "buffalo sauce", so I just used it for dipping my wings while he ate his plain, and Garrett mostly focused on the pizza. The boy can put away the slices, let me tell you. I dread seeing our grocery bill when he's a teenager.
After supper we settled down to watch some TV. Well, I settled down to watch TV, post-supper time is usually the Keith and Garrett wrestling hour. So they mixed it up on the living room floor while I tried to hear what was going on with "Smarter Than a Fifth Grader". It's not really my favorite gameshow, but some people's stupidity really makes me laugh, so I typically watch it for that reason. Towards the end of the show, we put Garrett to bed. Yes, after all the rough housing. He's used to it by now and it doesn't usually take him long to go to sleep. I guess it wears him out. I'm long past arguing about getting Garrett stirred up before bedtime. They both enjoy it, so that's the important part.
After "Fifth Grader" comes one of my personal favorite gameshow/variety shows, "Don't Forget the Lyrics". I love this show! First off, Wayne Brady is the host and I love him. He's funny and actually has a good singing voice. I love this show for many reasons. One of which is because I love a wide variety of music and this show involves people being able to sing songs from different genres and different years. I certainly don't know many of the songs on the show, but I still enjoy watching it. I think my dad would be a perfect contestant for the show. And he should pick me to be one of his lifelines. :) I know a good bit of country music, and he doesn't, and I know a lot of the "newer" songs. By "newer" I mean from the 80's till today. Whereas my dad knows older stuff, namely from the 70's, but he's one of those guys who just always knows random trivia, and that includes many songs as well. So I think he would do well on that show. As well as "Millionaire". Maybe someday I'll be able to convince him to try out.
Saturday morning we got up and headed to Huntsville. My brother, Brad, and his wife, Kristen, evacuated from Hurricane Ike back in September (?) and when they went home they forgot a couple of things here. So we had made plans to meet them in Huntsville, which is roughly halfway between us and them, and we took them their stuff and had lunch together. It was nice to see them again and we enjoyed the visit. Garrett was excited to the extreme to see them. He also thought he would see Nana and Pawpaw, for some reason, but I think he understood once we explained that they weren't there.
After lunch we headed back home, stopping at Gander Mountain for Keith to do a little shopping. He was actually doing some Christmas shopping, which I'm proud of him for. Atleast he's trying to get it done early. He didn't get anything, but he was able to do some price checking. And Garrett enjoyed literally pulling me around the store pointing out the mounted deer heads on the wall. When we got home, I agreed to get out our Christmas tree. Garrett had been very well behaved during the time spent in the car, so this was his reward. Our tree never actually made it up to the attic last year after Christmas, so it's been sitting in the storage bag in our garage for the past year. I pulled it out, put it together, and plugged all the lights in (it's a pre-lit tree, but there's still alot of plugs that need plugging in and it always takes me multiple attempts before everything is working.) So now we have a bare tree in our living room. In the next week or two, we'll get around to decorating it. Hopefully.
Sunday was church. Keith announced to our Sunday school class that we're pregnant with baby #2. I think he enjoyed getting to share the news. I'm the one who told when we were pregnant with Garrett. I teach a girls' SS class, so I wasn't in there to hear the reaction, but he said everybody was excited for us. After church, we went to Whataburger for lunch. I had a coupon for a free kid's hamburger, but Garrett insisted that he wanted chicken, so that's what he got. I could have used the coupon for myself, but for some ridiculous reason the fish sandwich sounded good to me. Yeah, I don't know why either. I ate about half of it, but then got full. It tasted pretty good for a fast food fish sandwich though. I think it was the tartar sauce.
Then we headed to Walmart to do our weekly grocery shopping. I normally avoid doing this on the weekends, but since I've started this new part time job, I wasn't sure if I would get a chance to go this week by myself. Garrett's at the point where he's hard to take shopping, so I didn't want to do it alone. Keith took him through the toy section (poor, poor man) while I bought groceries. He said Garrett had atleast one meltdown because Keith asked him to move out of someone's way and he refused, so Keith picked him up and physically moved him. He told Garrett to have patience (which is something we're working on with him right now. We have a song we sing and everything. If Garrett's in the mood, he'll sing the song and get over it. He was NOT in the mood at Walmart.) Keith said Garrett's response to the patience remark was "I don't wanna have patience!!!" Screamed at the top of his lungs. But in the midst of all that, Keith somehow managed to find a couple of things that he wanted me to get for Garrett for Christmas, so that helped out a lot because we've been having a hard time deciding what to get him this year.
After coming home and unloading groceries, we left again. Yes, I know that's a lot of coming and going on Sunday, but Dick's Sporting Goods was having a sale that Keith wanted to check out and compare prices to what he had found at Gander Mountain, so I agreed to come along, so long as we could also swing by Target. I bought several Christmas presents in Target, but Keith just managed to raise his blood pressure at Dick's. I won't even go into the entire story, but Keith did say on the way home that he needs to learn some patience too. I told him maybe he needs to start singing the song when he feels that way. That comment didn't go over too well.
The rest of yesterday was spent doing some light cleaning and a few loads of laundry. Garrett went to bed early because we never got around to putting him down for a nap. So that meant I was able to watch "Desperate Housewives" in peace. Yes, I know I probably shouldn't be admitting that, but it's one of the few shows that I enjoy watching. I also watch "Brothers and Sisters" which comes on afterwards. The main appeal to that show is that it's about a family of 5 kids, and since I'm the oldest of 5 kids, there's a pull to watch and compare. Obviously they're very different from my family, but there are some similarities which make me laugh. And Keith always says after it's over "See, that's why you don't have a lot of kids. It never ends well." I've had plenty of responses for that, but I won't go into those here.
I hope your weekend was wonderful and exciting. Or atleast somewhat productive. I'm feeling good about my Christmas list. Now if I could just get this tree decorated.
Supper on Friday typically consists of either a)leftovers, b)grilled cheese, or c)frozen pizza. This Friday it was C. And I threw some frozen Buffalo wings in the mix. Because I like to make things interesting. Keith has an extreme dislike for the "buffalo sauce", so I just used it for dipping my wings while he ate his plain, and Garrett mostly focused on the pizza. The boy can put away the slices, let me tell you. I dread seeing our grocery bill when he's a teenager.
After supper we settled down to watch some TV. Well, I settled down to watch TV, post-supper time is usually the Keith and Garrett wrestling hour. So they mixed it up on the living room floor while I tried to hear what was going on with "Smarter Than a Fifth Grader". It's not really my favorite gameshow, but some people's stupidity really makes me laugh, so I typically watch it for that reason. Towards the end of the show, we put Garrett to bed. Yes, after all the rough housing. He's used to it by now and it doesn't usually take him long to go to sleep. I guess it wears him out. I'm long past arguing about getting Garrett stirred up before bedtime. They both enjoy it, so that's the important part.
After "Fifth Grader" comes one of my personal favorite gameshow/variety shows, "Don't Forget the Lyrics". I love this show! First off, Wayne Brady is the host and I love him. He's funny and actually has a good singing voice. I love this show for many reasons. One of which is because I love a wide variety of music and this show involves people being able to sing songs from different genres and different years. I certainly don't know many of the songs on the show, but I still enjoy watching it. I think my dad would be a perfect contestant for the show. And he should pick me to be one of his lifelines. :) I know a good bit of country music, and he doesn't, and I know a lot of the "newer" songs. By "newer" I mean from the 80's till today. Whereas my dad knows older stuff, namely from the 70's, but he's one of those guys who just always knows random trivia, and that includes many songs as well. So I think he would do well on that show. As well as "Millionaire". Maybe someday I'll be able to convince him to try out.
Saturday morning we got up and headed to Huntsville. My brother, Brad, and his wife, Kristen, evacuated from Hurricane Ike back in September (?) and when they went home they forgot a couple of things here. So we had made plans to meet them in Huntsville, which is roughly halfway between us and them, and we took them their stuff and had lunch together. It was nice to see them again and we enjoyed the visit. Garrett was excited to the extreme to see them. He also thought he would see Nana and Pawpaw, for some reason, but I think he understood once we explained that they weren't there.
After lunch we headed back home, stopping at Gander Mountain for Keith to do a little shopping. He was actually doing some Christmas shopping, which I'm proud of him for. Atleast he's trying to get it done early. He didn't get anything, but he was able to do some price checking. And Garrett enjoyed literally pulling me around the store pointing out the mounted deer heads on the wall. When we got home, I agreed to get out our Christmas tree. Garrett had been very well behaved during the time spent in the car, so this was his reward. Our tree never actually made it up to the attic last year after Christmas, so it's been sitting in the storage bag in our garage for the past year. I pulled it out, put it together, and plugged all the lights in (it's a pre-lit tree, but there's still alot of plugs that need plugging in and it always takes me multiple attempts before everything is working.) So now we have a bare tree in our living room. In the next week or two, we'll get around to decorating it. Hopefully.
Sunday was church. Keith announced to our Sunday school class that we're pregnant with baby #2. I think he enjoyed getting to share the news. I'm the one who told when we were pregnant with Garrett. I teach a girls' SS class, so I wasn't in there to hear the reaction, but he said everybody was excited for us. After church, we went to Whataburger for lunch. I had a coupon for a free kid's hamburger, but Garrett insisted that he wanted chicken, so that's what he got. I could have used the coupon for myself, but for some ridiculous reason the fish sandwich sounded good to me. Yeah, I don't know why either. I ate about half of it, but then got full. It tasted pretty good for a fast food fish sandwich though. I think it was the tartar sauce.
Then we headed to Walmart to do our weekly grocery shopping. I normally avoid doing this on the weekends, but since I've started this new part time job, I wasn't sure if I would get a chance to go this week by myself. Garrett's at the point where he's hard to take shopping, so I didn't want to do it alone. Keith took him through the toy section (poor, poor man) while I bought groceries. He said Garrett had atleast one meltdown because Keith asked him to move out of someone's way and he refused, so Keith picked him up and physically moved him. He told Garrett to have patience (which is something we're working on with him right now. We have a song we sing and everything. If Garrett's in the mood, he'll sing the song and get over it. He was NOT in the mood at Walmart.) Keith said Garrett's response to the patience remark was "I don't wanna have patience!!!" Screamed at the top of his lungs. But in the midst of all that, Keith somehow managed to find a couple of things that he wanted me to get for Garrett for Christmas, so that helped out a lot because we've been having a hard time deciding what to get him this year.
After coming home and unloading groceries, we left again. Yes, I know that's a lot of coming and going on Sunday, but Dick's Sporting Goods was having a sale that Keith wanted to check out and compare prices to what he had found at Gander Mountain, so I agreed to come along, so long as we could also swing by Target. I bought several Christmas presents in Target, but Keith just managed to raise his blood pressure at Dick's. I won't even go into the entire story, but Keith did say on the way home that he needs to learn some patience too. I told him maybe he needs to start singing the song when he feels that way. That comment didn't go over too well.
The rest of yesterday was spent doing some light cleaning and a few loads of laundry. Garrett went to bed early because we never got around to putting him down for a nap. So that meant I was able to watch "Desperate Housewives" in peace. Yes, I know I probably shouldn't be admitting that, but it's one of the few shows that I enjoy watching. I also watch "Brothers and Sisters" which comes on afterwards. The main appeal to that show is that it's about a family of 5 kids, and since I'm the oldest of 5 kids, there's a pull to watch and compare. Obviously they're very different from my family, but there are some similarities which make me laugh. And Keith always says after it's over "See, that's why you don't have a lot of kids. It never ends well." I've had plenty of responses for that, but I won't go into those here.
I hope your weekend was wonderful and exciting. Or atleast somewhat productive. I'm feeling good about my Christmas list. Now if I could just get this tree decorated.
Sunday, November 16, 2008
Moms and Moms-to-be Check This Out!!
If you are a mom to a small child or expecting one, you must check out this link.
For those of you who are familiar with car seats, then you've probably heard of the brand Britax. These are generally one of the more expensive brands and rated to be one of the best brands. However, they tend to be out of many families' price ranges. From $150 on up. Now, I'm all for safety and owning the best and safest car seat possible. However, I'm also about being frugal wherever possible. As such, we've only bought Graco car seats for Garrett because they're also safe and much less expensive. However, if you click the above link, you will find a Britax convertible car seat on sale at Target's website for $42.99!!! No, that's not a typo. Regular price for this car seat is $280. Trust me when I say that you can't even buy a cheaper brand for that little. So go snatch it up while you can. Another bonus is that it also comes with free shipping! You seriously cannot do better than that. I've already ordered one for baby #2 and also called up my sister to be sure she gets in on this deal.
Now, I know I have at least one newly expectant first-time mom reading this, so let me give you a brief run down on car seats. The one in the above link is known as a Convertible car seat. These are the kind that can face toward the back of the vehicle (rear-facing) as well as face forward. It would be a car seat that you could, in essence, use from the birth of your baby up until it turns 4 years old or weighs 65 pounds. A lot of people use infant seats during the first year because they're easier, and that's what I plan on doing as well, but this car seat is still one you would eventually need once the baby out grows the first one.
Anyway, I just had to share this terrific find for all you Mommas out there. I hope it will help you save money on a nice car seat. Let me know if you decide to order one!
Friday, November 14, 2008
FYI
My first 'real' post on my new blog.
As you can see, I've transferred all my old blogs from MySpace. It was time to breakout into something different.
One of the first questions I've already been asked is where I came up with my blog name. As you know, my name is Lydia. Growing up one of my many nicknames (my family is big on nicknames, I'm not even sure how many I've had) was Lid the kid. I think that was the most prevelent of everything that I've been called. So when I found out that I was pregnant with baby #2, I decided that I wanted to start a new blog where I could journal my thoughts and feelings on this pregnancy as well as all the crazy and wonderful things that Garrett gets in to. My first thought was what to name the blog. I didn't really want to do anything with my kids' names, obviously the second child is yet-to-be-named and I didn't want anything solely named for Garrett. So Lid and the Kids just kinda came to me and there you have it.
Since my last blog from a couple of months ago we've been busy. Obviously a baby has been conceived and is currently in the development process. I've also taken on a parttime job working for our church. And Garrett has been full-steam ahead.
First things first, the pregnancy. I'm feeling decent right now. Occasional nausea and many, many afternoons of exhaustion, but overall, everything is good. My younger sister, Grace, is also pregnant. She's 9 weeks ahead of me and she has had terrible morning sickness. So all I hope for is that I don't go through what she has gone through. Of course I also hope and pray for a healthy baby as well. I would honestly love to have another boy, but we'll see once we have the gender ultrasound. I'm guessing that will be in February.
Garrett gets bigger and more "grown-up" all the time. He's loving Mother's Day Out (or preschool, whichever title you would prefer to give it). He talks about his teacher constantly, so I think that's a very good sign that she's doing a good job with him. He knows all of the ABC's, can count to ten (though he doesn't really recognize any numbers), and I've most recently discovered that he has also learned the days of the week. When his class had their Halloween party, his teacher led the students in their morning activities as the parents watched, and Garrett impressed me by being able to recite all of the days and even knew what day of the week that particular day was. He still doesn't know any of his colors. He calls everything yellow, except for yellow, that he calls blue. But I know he'll catch on eventually. He is completely potty trained with the exception of bedtime. Just this past week, he's been waking up from naps completely dry, so I've (hesitantly) been putting him down without wearing a pull-up and so far we've had no accidents!
I'm very excited about the upcoming holidays. I can practically taste the turkey and dressing. Yum! I've also started my Christmas shopping. I'm actually normally done by this point of the year, but I've been a slacker the last few months, so it's time to get my game face on and get everything purchased. I'm hoping to get my Christmas tree put up in the next week or so. It's a little early for it, but we're going to be out of town for Christmas this year, so I want some extra time to enjoy it.
It's hard to believe that we're already in mid-November. The countdown is on for 2009.
As you can see, I've transferred all my old blogs from MySpace. It was time to breakout into something different.
One of the first questions I've already been asked is where I came up with my blog name. As you know, my name is Lydia. Growing up one of my many nicknames (my family is big on nicknames, I'm not even sure how many I've had) was Lid the kid. I think that was the most prevelent of everything that I've been called. So when I found out that I was pregnant with baby #2, I decided that I wanted to start a new blog where I could journal my thoughts and feelings on this pregnancy as well as all the crazy and wonderful things that Garrett gets in to. My first thought was what to name the blog. I didn't really want to do anything with my kids' names, obviously the second child is yet-to-be-named and I didn't want anything solely named for Garrett. So Lid and the Kids just kinda came to me and there you have it.
Since my last blog from a couple of months ago we've been busy. Obviously a baby has been conceived and is currently in the development process. I've also taken on a parttime job working for our church. And Garrett has been full-steam ahead.
First things first, the pregnancy. I'm feeling decent right now. Occasional nausea and many, many afternoons of exhaustion, but overall, everything is good. My younger sister, Grace, is also pregnant. She's 9 weeks ahead of me and she has had terrible morning sickness. So all I hope for is that I don't go through what she has gone through. Of course I also hope and pray for a healthy baby as well. I would honestly love to have another boy, but we'll see once we have the gender ultrasound. I'm guessing that will be in February.
Garrett gets bigger and more "grown-up" all the time. He's loving Mother's Day Out (or preschool, whichever title you would prefer to give it). He talks about his teacher constantly, so I think that's a very good sign that she's doing a good job with him. He knows all of the ABC's, can count to ten (though he doesn't really recognize any numbers), and I've most recently discovered that he has also learned the days of the week. When his class had their Halloween party, his teacher led the students in their morning activities as the parents watched, and Garrett impressed me by being able to recite all of the days and even knew what day of the week that particular day was. He still doesn't know any of his colors. He calls everything yellow, except for yellow, that he calls blue. But I know he'll catch on eventually. He is completely potty trained with the exception of bedtime. Just this past week, he's been waking up from naps completely dry, so I've (hesitantly) been putting him down without wearing a pull-up and so far we've had no accidents!
I'm very excited about the upcoming holidays. I can practically taste the turkey and dressing. Yum! I've also started my Christmas shopping. I'm actually normally done by this point of the year, but I've been a slacker the last few months, so it's time to get my game face on and get everything purchased. I'm hoping to get my Christmas tree put up in the next week or so. It's a little early for it, but we're going to be out of town for Christmas this year, so I want some extra time to enjoy it.
It's hard to believe that we're already in mid-November. The countdown is on for 2009.
Friday, September 5, 2008
On Politics and Palin
I finally have a minute to sit down and post a blog and actually feel compelled to do so! It's the perfect storm, let me tell you.
So, August was a pretty busy month for us. My family came to visit, we had Garrett's birthday party and my cousin got married, all over the same weekend. Garrett did much better than I expected as a ring bearer. He also now thinks every day is his birthday and all packages that come in the mail are presents for him. It doesn't help that we celebrated a month early and then the 3 of us celebrated again on his actual birthday. We've also been to the Ringling Brothers Circus, Dallas Aquarium, saw 2 more movies in the theater, had a few play dates with friends, and started back to Mother's Day Out/Preschool (depending on the name you want to give that program. I say for 3 year olds it's MDO, but once he's 4/5 then I will call it Preschool.) This was all in the past 4 weeks, so it's been a busy, but productive, month for us.
Today we had the big 3 year doctor check-up. My child is very hot/cold. One minute he's crying and literally sliding down the back of his chair in the office when the doctor walks in and the next minute he's handing him a coloring sheet that he had been working on. He sat on the exam table and was very cooperative throughout the entire check up after his initial meltdown. At one point he even looked at me and said "I good boy, Momma!". Of course that might have had something to do with the icecream that I promised him if he behaved himself.
I'm sorry, did I just say that? I would never condone bribing a small child. It's just not done.
Thank goodness that we didn't have any shots this go around! Of course the doctor warned me that next year at the 4 year check up, it will not be pretty. He actually promoted bribery for that checkup, saying "Maybe you should have something special planned once you leave here." That does NOT sound good at all!
I'm not a political pundit, but I found myself watching the RNC the other night when Sarah Palin spoke. I had never before heard her name, so the speech was a good introduction to who she is and let me just say that I was really impressed. But first, I have to say that I want this teen pregnancy issue to be taken off the table. The choices that her 17 year old daughter makes cannot have any bearing on the type of person or parent that Palin is. I say that because, while I was a pretty good teenager, I would never have wanted anything that I did to reflect badly on my parents (namely my dad who is a pastor) because they did most everything right (of course all parents make mistakes, I know I sure do). I'm sure Bristol Palin does not want her choices to reflect badly on her mom. She's adult enough to know that having sex can sometimes result in pregnancy even if you take all the precautions that are available. She could have gone out and had an abortion without her parents ever knowing, but she didn't. That right there is what speaks volumes of the Palin's parenting.
Ok, so I said I wanted this issue taken off the table and then proceeded to talk about it, sorry. How many of you (ladies especially) squealed with delight and had a huge grin on your face when you saw the littlest Palin daughter lick her hand and slick down baby Palin's hair??! I loved it!! So cute and so real. What a little sweetheart, both of them! I would get a kick out of watching Sarah Palin reviewing that footage! Let me just say that seeing that precious little Down-syndrome baby squeezed my heart and choked me up. Could I love the Palin kids any more than I already do? I think I'm just a softy when it comes to big families. Of course those kids have no bearings on whether or not their mom (or McCain) are the ones to vote for so I hope nobody votes based on them. However they definitely made Palin more "real" to me. And Palin in turn made McCain more appealing. I had no plans to go out and vote for Obama, but now I feel actually compelled to vote for McCain/Palin rather than allow apathy to swallow me and keep me from the polls come November.
I've got to add that if Obama and Biden didn't consider McCain a real threat before, you can bet they do now. And I cannot wait for the VP debates! Yes, I realize that Palin was reading a teleprompter rather than thinking on her feet during the speech, but everyone should be in agreement with me if you watched McCain last night, teleprompter reading is not something that comes natural to most. Palin obviously knows how to atleast read with inflection and (I think) will hold her own just fine against Biden.
Yesterday morning I dropped my son off at MDO and came home to kill some time before my hair appointment. So I flicked on the TV and turned it to the only talk show that was on (no cable here!) at that time. Unfortunately for me it was "The View" and double unfortunately, Elisabeth Hasslebeck (the show's token Republican) wasn't there! You would think that those women would actually have been impressed with Palin. Women's rights and all that jazz, but apparently the Republican label trumps estrogen and those women ripped her to shreds.
From Palin's criticism of Obama's community service ("Obama graduated from Harvard and could have done many other things, but chose to 'give back' to his community instead. That's noble and not something to be made fun of." Yes, Sherri Shepard, it's noble, but not something that should go on the resume of a presidential hopeful. Hence Palin's point in bringing it up as something that does little to give Obama the experience he needs to be president.) to the pregnant teenage daughter (I won't go there again, promise!). I could only stomach about 10 minutes of it before I had to turn it off. Then I later heard on the radio someone say "Republicans are against teen pregnancy, but now that there's a candidate with a pregnant teen, they act as if there's nothing wrong with it." Umm, maybe I missed the Republican memo that came out saying we're "against" teen pregnancy. How is one against teen pregnancy exactly? Especially when the Republican party is against abortions. You can't be against abortion AND against pregnancy. Yes, Republicans preach and support abstinance and are usually against sex education in the schools, but I don't see how that equals being against pregnant teens. Yes, I know, we don't *want* girls to get pregnant at a young age. It's not good for them and a lot of the time can result in the babies being raised in a less than ideal environment. But it's very frustrating to hear all these appearingly uninformed people making statements that are certainly not based on facts.
I know that this goes both ways with Republicans making uninformed statements in reference to all-things Democrat. But all this is more reason behind my 'head-in-the-sand' mentality. The backbiting and namecalling grates on you after awhile. I just don't see how politicians can live in that world.
Ok, so in closing, please vote for me. No, that's not right. I promise I will attempt to post more frequently now that Garrett is back in MDO. I'm in the beginning stages of planning to start a blog elsewhere, so once that is a done deal, I will let you know where you can find me.
So, August was a pretty busy month for us. My family came to visit, we had Garrett's birthday party and my cousin got married, all over the same weekend. Garrett did much better than I expected as a ring bearer. He also now thinks every day is his birthday and all packages that come in the mail are presents for him. It doesn't help that we celebrated a month early and then the 3 of us celebrated again on his actual birthday. We've also been to the Ringling Brothers Circus, Dallas Aquarium, saw 2 more movies in the theater, had a few play dates with friends, and started back to Mother's Day Out/Preschool (depending on the name you want to give that program. I say for 3 year olds it's MDO, but once he's 4/5 then I will call it Preschool.) This was all in the past 4 weeks, so it's been a busy, but productive, month for us.
Today we had the big 3 year doctor check-up. My child is very hot/cold. One minute he's crying and literally sliding down the back of his chair in the office when the doctor walks in and the next minute he's handing him a coloring sheet that he had been working on. He sat on the exam table and was very cooperative throughout the entire check up after his initial meltdown. At one point he even looked at me and said "I good boy, Momma!". Of course that might have had something to do with the icecream that I promised him if he behaved himself.
I'm sorry, did I just say that? I would never condone bribing a small child. It's just not done.
Thank goodness that we didn't have any shots this go around! Of course the doctor warned me that next year at the 4 year check up, it will not be pretty. He actually promoted bribery for that checkup, saying "Maybe you should have something special planned once you leave here." That does NOT sound good at all!
I'm not a political pundit, but I found myself watching the RNC the other night when Sarah Palin spoke. I had never before heard her name, so the speech was a good introduction to who she is and let me just say that I was really impressed. But first, I have to say that I want this teen pregnancy issue to be taken off the table. The choices that her 17 year old daughter makes cannot have any bearing on the type of person or parent that Palin is. I say that because, while I was a pretty good teenager, I would never have wanted anything that I did to reflect badly on my parents (namely my dad who is a pastor) because they did most everything right (of course all parents make mistakes, I know I sure do). I'm sure Bristol Palin does not want her choices to reflect badly on her mom. She's adult enough to know that having sex can sometimes result in pregnancy even if you take all the precautions that are available. She could have gone out and had an abortion without her parents ever knowing, but she didn't. That right there is what speaks volumes of the Palin's parenting.
Ok, so I said I wanted this issue taken off the table and then proceeded to talk about it, sorry. How many of you (ladies especially) squealed with delight and had a huge grin on your face when you saw the littlest Palin daughter lick her hand and slick down baby Palin's hair??! I loved it!! So cute and so real. What a little sweetheart, both of them! I would get a kick out of watching Sarah Palin reviewing that footage! Let me just say that seeing that precious little Down-syndrome baby squeezed my heart and choked me up. Could I love the Palin kids any more than I already do? I think I'm just a softy when it comes to big families. Of course those kids have no bearings on whether or not their mom (or McCain) are the ones to vote for so I hope nobody votes based on them. However they definitely made Palin more "real" to me. And Palin in turn made McCain more appealing. I had no plans to go out and vote for Obama, but now I feel actually compelled to vote for McCain/Palin rather than allow apathy to swallow me and keep me from the polls come November.
I've got to add that if Obama and Biden didn't consider McCain a real threat before, you can bet they do now. And I cannot wait for the VP debates! Yes, I realize that Palin was reading a teleprompter rather than thinking on her feet during the speech, but everyone should be in agreement with me if you watched McCain last night, teleprompter reading is not something that comes natural to most. Palin obviously knows how to atleast read with inflection and (I think) will hold her own just fine against Biden.
Yesterday morning I dropped my son off at MDO and came home to kill some time before my hair appointment. So I flicked on the TV and turned it to the only talk show that was on (no cable here!) at that time. Unfortunately for me it was "The View" and double unfortunately, Elisabeth Hasslebeck (the show's token Republican) wasn't there! You would think that those women would actually have been impressed with Palin. Women's rights and all that jazz, but apparently the Republican label trumps estrogen and those women ripped her to shreds.
From Palin's criticism of Obama's community service ("Obama graduated from Harvard and could have done many other things, but chose to 'give back' to his community instead. That's noble and not something to be made fun of." Yes, Sherri Shepard, it's noble, but not something that should go on the resume of a presidential hopeful. Hence Palin's point in bringing it up as something that does little to give Obama the experience he needs to be president.) to the pregnant teenage daughter (I won't go there again, promise!). I could only stomach about 10 minutes of it before I had to turn it off. Then I later heard on the radio someone say "Republicans are against teen pregnancy, but now that there's a candidate with a pregnant teen, they act as if there's nothing wrong with it." Umm, maybe I missed the Republican memo that came out saying we're "against" teen pregnancy. How is one against teen pregnancy exactly? Especially when the Republican party is against abortions. You can't be against abortion AND against pregnancy. Yes, Republicans preach and support abstinance and are usually against sex education in the schools, but I don't see how that equals being against pregnant teens. Yes, I know, we don't *want* girls to get pregnant at a young age. It's not good for them and a lot of the time can result in the babies being raised in a less than ideal environment. But it's very frustrating to hear all these appearingly uninformed people making statements that are certainly not based on facts.
I know that this goes both ways with Republicans making uninformed statements in reference to all-things Democrat. But all this is more reason behind my 'head-in-the-sand' mentality. The backbiting and namecalling grates on you after awhile. I just don't see how politicians can live in that world.
Ok, so in closing, please vote for me. No, that's not right. I promise I will attempt to post more frequently now that Garrett is back in MDO. I'm in the beginning stages of planning to start a blog elsewhere, so once that is a done deal, I will let you know where you can find me.
Tuesday, July 29, 2008
The Terrific, no, Terrifying Three's
Whoa, here I am writing a second post in less than 3 days time. It's a bloggy miracle.
My child has decided that he's going to show me that he is no longer 2, as in the terrible two's. (Technically, yes, he is still 2, but exactly 4 weeks from today that will not be the case.) In the past 24 hours he has made all terrible two's look appealing because apparently we are in for the terrifying three's. From the time he woke up yesterday till 5 minutes ago he has done the following:
1. Removed everything hanging on the walls in his bedroom, including the nails. Not once, not twice, but four times. I promise that after each offense he was punished, and the punishment increased exponentially, but apparently this is too much fun to be deterred by a little spanking.
2. Stuffed an entire roll of toilet paper down the toilet and then flushed. On two separate occasions. Needless to say if you come to our house, the toilet paper is now out of sight. And we have two plungers in the bathroom as a precaution.
3. Dumped an entire shaker of salt onto his plate of dinner last night. This has happened two different times over the past week.
4. Pooped in his pants and made a huge mess of it. (We've been really successful with potty training, apparently he wants to punish me now.)
I'm scared to consider what the upcoming year holds for us. I guess I just hope that my house is still standing and my sanity is intact. Though the latter is already questionable.
My child has decided that he's going to show me that he is no longer 2, as in the terrible two's. (Technically, yes, he is still 2, but exactly 4 weeks from today that will not be the case.) In the past 24 hours he has made all terrible two's look appealing because apparently we are in for the terrifying three's. From the time he woke up yesterday till 5 minutes ago he has done the following:
1. Removed everything hanging on the walls in his bedroom, including the nails. Not once, not twice, but four times. I promise that after each offense he was punished, and the punishment increased exponentially, but apparently this is too much fun to be deterred by a little spanking.
2. Stuffed an entire roll of toilet paper down the toilet and then flushed. On two separate occasions. Needless to say if you come to our house, the toilet paper is now out of sight. And we have two plungers in the bathroom as a precaution.
3. Dumped an entire shaker of salt onto his plate of dinner last night. This has happened two different times over the past week.
4. Pooped in his pants and made a huge mess of it. (We've been really successful with potty training, apparently he wants to punish me now.)
I'm scared to consider what the upcoming year holds for us. I guess I just hope that my house is still standing and my sanity is intact. Though the latter is already questionable.
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