Tuesday, June 28, 2011
Pour Your Heart Out
Tuesday Trivia
1. What Great Lake state has more shoreline than the U.S. Atlantic seaboard?
2. What country has more tractors per capita, Canada, Iceland or Japan?
3. What explorer introduced pigs to North America?
4. What continent has that fewest flowering plants?
5. Who's voice was used for dubbing Dopey in the 1937 classic Snow White and the Deven Dwarfs?
6. How long does it take light from the sun to reach earth?
7. What color is an octopus's blood?
8. What was the baby's name in the 1987 hit movie Three Men and a Baby?
9. What type of cat doesn't have a tail?
10. In what hit
Well? How do you think you did?
1. What Great Lake state has more shoreline than the U.S. Atlantic seaboard?
Michigan
2. What country has more tractors per capita, Canada, Iceland or Japan?
Iceland
3. What explorer introduced pigs to North America?
Christopher Columbus
4. What continent has the fewest flowering plants?
Antarctica
5. Who's voice was used for dubbing Dopey in the 1937 classic Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs?
No one's....Dopey was mute!!
6. How long does it take light from the sun to reach earth?
Approximately 8 minutes and 18 seconds
7. What color is an octopus's blood?
Pale bluish-green
8. What is the name of the baby in the 1987 hit movie Three Men and a Baby?
Mary
9. What type of cat doesn't have a tail?
Manx
10. In what hit
Tuesday, June 21, 2011
Pour Your Heart Out
Pouring my heart out with Shell over at Things I Can't Say.
Why is everything so expensive? I mean, like, everything.
Everything fun to do seems to cost an arm and a leg. Or more like an arm and two legs. It's frustrating y'all.
For example, I have all these grandiose plans I'd like to do with the kids this summer. We love to camp. And every summer it seems like we never make the time to do it. We may get in a trip or two. But I'd like more. So just the other day, I'm surfing the net trying to find some cool new campgrounds for us to visit this summer. The cheapest one I could find was frickin' $28 per night. Are they kidding me??? I wanted to camp from Monday night until Saturday night. Pffft, riiiiigh! $168 to camp for a week. Is that expensive to anyone else? Cuz I feel like that's highway robbery!
We have a local amusement park about an hour away. Think Cedar Point, but smaller scale. It's got a water park and a roller coaster park. I'd love to take the kids there. Buuuuuut....tickets are $26 per ticket per day. Plus a $10 parking pass. Ha...$218 for one day of roller coasters. I think not. Again, is this expensive to anyone else?
We have a local gravel pit that has been turned into a beach. It's got a small lake, beach, and splash pad. We go there quite often in the summer, because it's only about 15 minutes from our house, where as the "official" beach is about an hour away. We purchased a family season pass for 50 damn dollars!! Again, I feel like 50 bucks is out of control to go to the beach for a few months.
So, I have to fill 2 1/2 months of activities for 6 kids. And just for a week of camping, a day at the amusement park, and a day at the beach it's already going to cost us $436. And that's not including all the convenience foods that I'll have to buy to go. Cuz, you know everyone buys convenience foods for trips like this! I'm not going to be out there cooking from scratch for a week in the wilderness!
I have a great imagination. And I know there are plenty of things to do that are free. We go to the parks, we go on walks every night after dinner, we make up cool crafts and the like. But, let's face it, there are also things our family wants to do that costs money.
I'm just irritated that it cost so much money!
Be sure to check out Shell, and see what everyone else is pouring their hearts out about today!!Monday, June 20, 2011
Tuesday Trivia
1. What was OJ driving in the famous police chase?
2. Who decided there were 50 Way to Leave Your Lover?
3. The song Bright Eyes is about what animals?
4. How is Carlos Estevez better known?
5. What joins a bone to a muscle?
6. What finger has the fastest growing nail?
7. In the 60's, what American city were you supposed to were flowers in your hair?
8. If it's 10:00 pm in Colorado, what time is it on Louisiana?
9. What was the first bird domesticated by man?
10. How do you wake Lady Ga-Ga?
OK, how'd we do this week? Let's find out....
1. What was OJ driving in the famous police chase?
Ford Bronco
2. Who decided there were 50 Ways to Leave Yours Lover?
Paul Simon
3. The song Bright Eyes is about what animals?
Rabbits
4. How is Carlos Esteves better known?
Charlie Sheen
5. What joins a bone to a muscle?
A tendon
6. What finger has the fastest growing nail?
The middle finger
7. In the 60's, what American city were you supposed to wear flowers in your hair?
San Francisco
8. If it's 10:00 pm in Colorado, what time is it in Louisiana?
11:00 pm
9. What was the first bird domesticated by man?
Well duh...a Goose!!
10. How do you wake Lady Ga-Ga?
Poker Face **snort*snort** My 7 year old Dylan told me that last night!!
Monday Miss-Haps!
So this week's Monday Miss-Hap has to do with me. In an embarrassing situation. Here it goes...
So Mr. Goose Poop and I had just ordered our new bed, and it was to be delivered in a few days. We upgraded from a full to a queen, so none of my sheets and what-not were going to fit (plus I really wanted a new get-up!!). So I search town. Can't really find anything.
One day I'm out and about, no kids, and pass Burlington Coat Factory. I hadn't been in there in years, and thought maybe they'd have something. It was worth a shot.
I go in and head for the Linens Dept. On my way, I see racks and racks of sun dresses. I'd been in the market for some new sun dresses, so I stopped to browse. I found one I loved...and it was $10 (or was it $15? I can't remember, all I remember was it was cheap). So I pick up the large. I usually wear a large. I hold it up to myself, and it seems way, way too big. So I take a look at the medium. Looks like it'll fit.
I meander over to the fitting rooms, find an empty room, and undress. Here's where it gets embarrassing....
I usually put a sundress on over my head. So, like always, I did. It was a little hard to pull over my head, but like I said...I'm usually a large
I get it on, check out my butt in the mirror and decide that I absolutely can't live with out it. I'm totally getting this dress.
Deal's done, right? Well...
I go to take it off. Ha...
Double Ha....
I go to pull it over my head. Ain't happening.
So I pull it back down, slip my arms out of the straps and was going to pull it down. Triple Ha...
Now I'm panting, trying to tug the damn thing off. Thinking how embarrassing it'd be to have to go pay for the dress....THAT'S STILL ON ME!!! See the thing is...it wasn't even tight when I had it on. I could breath just fine. There wasn't fat spilling over the top of the dress or anything. Just a normal, cute sundress.
No way was I going to walk out of that dressing room letting anyone know I got myself stuck in it!
Or was I???
So I take a deep breath, exhale ALL the air out of my lungs (you know, to make my chest smaller), and try to tug over my head one more time.
Shit.
Stuck.
Totally, completely stuck.
As I have this dress stuck just under my boobs, my arms raised in the air trying to tug, I throw my head back, chanting a little prayer to God to please let me get out of this dress unscathed.
Then I see it....
A little sign stuck to the top of the mirror...
Friday, June 17, 2011
Friday Flip-Offs
No time for the introduction shit today!!! I'm so pissed off right now I can't even remember what I usually say....
Major Flip Off & Screw You to the damn Sleep Doctor Today!!!! So last week Friday I told Mr. Goose Poop if we don't go buy a new mattress I was moving out until our awful mattress was gone. Okay...I didn't say that in those words exactly, but c'mon...what girl ever says what she really means? We always beat around the bush and expect our men to know what the hell we're talking about. Anyway, Mr. Goose Poop got the clue. And we went mattress shopping.
We finally found one at The Sleep Doctor. Now it wasn't some top of the line, extra spectacular Postra-Pedic or anything. But it was nice. And we could afford it. And it wasn't in stock. But was supposed to be delivered in 6 days. They were going to take down our old bed and (broken) frame, dispose of them, and come in and set up our new mattress. First of all....that pisses me off. The salesman said that this was their most popular selling memory foam mattress. So why not, oh I don't know...KEEP THE DAMN THING IN STOCK!!! Why do we have to wait a friggin' week to get it delivered. The thing is....I went mattress shopping last Friday. Wanna know why???? Cuz I wanted a mattress last Friday. Not a week later!! If I wanted it a week later, I would have gone shopping for it a week later. Whatever! They told us they'd call Thursday morning to let us know they were on their way. Mr. Goose Poop counted down the nights every day until or mattress would be here.
At any rate...I spent the better half of the week cleaning up our room. It wasn't a disaster by any means, but if I was going to have some strange men moving my bed around, I thought I should at least vacuum up the dust bunnies that had set up shop under our bed. I also had some other crud being stored under there, and found a new home for it.
Thursday morning I took all the old sheets off our bed. Took pillow cases off. And waited. My phone never left my side. I didn't want to miss the we're-on-our-way-call. So I waited.
And waited.
And waited.
I wanted to call so bad, but didn't want to be that crazy lady that calls every 5 minutes wondering where my shit was.
So I waited.
Finally around 1:00 I decided it wasn't morning any more, and called the store. Turns out I should have called a hell of alot sooner than I did.
"A mattress delivery for Mr. Goose Poop? Hmmm....Nothing on record to be delivered to Mr. Goose Poop. Not sure what you're talking about. Let me call my delivery guys and give you a call back."
Over an hour later, I still hadn't heard anything back. So I was that girl, and called again. Calmly explained that I hadn't received a call back yet.
"I'm trying to get ahold of my delivery guys to see if they have your mattress. But they usually make their last delivery at 2:45 (which was in 3 minutes), so I should hear back from them soon. I'll call you back."
30 minutes later...
"Yes, Mrs. Goose Poop...I haven't heard back from my delivery guys yet. So I'm going to ASSume your mattress won't be delivered today."
No I'm sorry. No apology of any kind. No we'll make it up to you. Nothing.
So I asked what the hell I was supposed to do. I was supposed to have a new mattress delivered today, and have already disassembled my bed. Now I have no bed for the night. I don't usually take it out on the messenger. I understand it's not usually their fault. But they are the ones representing the company, and the man didn't even try to apologize to me at all.
I asked when the mattress was supposed to be delivered.
"Well, I'm not sure. I'll talk to the delivery guys when they get back here tonight, and I'll call the warehouse in the morning. Hopefully someone will be able to get it to you tomorrow. But I'll call you in the morning."
I told him that I PAID for the bed a week ago, I'm not waiting 2 weeks for a damn bed. And if it wasn't delivered to my house tomorrow (today), I would be in the store for my money back and go somewhere else for a mattress set.
Let me mention....it's 10:20 the next morning, and I still haven't gotten a call from him!!! Arrrgh....
I understand things happen. Mistakes happen. I get that. I'm usually calm about it. But I'll for sure tell you, this guy would have gotten alot further with me if he were a tad bit nicer and maybe offered up an apology. Maybe something like...why don't you stop in tomorrow and we'll give you $100 off. I probably would have refused it, but it's the thought of trying to make it right that counts.
Mr. Goose Poop just called me, and is walking in the store right now, going to see what's going on.
The problem this brings us to is....if we have to go get our money back, where will we buy a mattress from now? We shopped around for the best mattress we could afford. If we have to go somewhere else, I don't know that we'll find another mattress at a price we are willing to pay for.
So I say....
Thursday, June 16, 2011
Thursday Three....For real this time!!
Mr. Goose Poop and I have been talking about buying a new mattress set for over a year now. But there were three things stopping us....he wanted a memory foam mattress, and I didn't. He wanted a king size mattress, and I was content with our full. And, more importantly, holy sticker shock batman!! But the time finally came when we just couldn't get a good night's sleep on our mattress any more. It's finally to a point where my toes ache when I get up in the morning. So last week Friday, we broke down and went mattress shopping. We compromised....we got the cheapest, good quality, queen size memory foam mattress set that we could find. And it's being delivered this morning some time. I'm so excited to finally sleep on a normal mattress where we don't roll into the middle "dip" every night!! I have my phone attached to my hip this morning, as to not miss the we're-on-our-way call. New comforter & sheets are washed and awaiting patiently in the corner, ready to see their new home.
2. My sweet, helpful, crafty, patient, loving daughter has been struggling lately. She's been lieing and stealing. Not from stores. But things around the house. I've caught her going in my purse and taking gum that's not hers. I've caught her sneaking in my room and taking my hair things/make-up/perfume/what ever tickles her fancy. I have a stash in the basement of things I find on sale that I buy and stash away until I need a last minute gift. I've caught her going into the stash, opening gifts that she wants, then throwing the packaging under the shelves in the basement. Last night I had a come-to-Jesus-talk with her. I faked calling the cops, I told her that maybe she could go live with another mom who would be able to teach her better than I could. I'm so disappointed in her. I just don't know how to teach her.
3. As you know, we're in the middle of building a new garage. Wait...I take that back, we haven't quite gotten to the point of building yet. We're still in the middle of demolition of the old one, and building of the retaining wall for my new garden that needs to be done before we can start the garage. But I'm optimistic that one day we won't live in the middle of a construction zone every day of our lives.
Friday, June 10, 2011
Friday Flip-Offs
Who do you have to flip off today? Let's hear it...yell, scream, cry, or vent. Do what you gotta do to get it out. You'll feel better, promise!
Flip-Off Rain...All the "stuffings" of my shed are laying in my backyard. Mr. Goose Poop doesn't have to work today, and was planning on working on the new garage all day. But now it's raining. So he can't. Boo hiss...
Flip-Off Tyler...You know momma love you very much. But all this crying? Really? You have been crying about everything lately. I can understand crying if you've gotten hurt, but crying because you have to finish your cereal is not acceptable. C'mon kid, get it together.
Flip-Off Kitchen Floor....I can never keep you clean. And I'm sick of sweeping and mopping you. I'm going on strike.
Flip-Off Front Yard...We've literally tried to get grass to grow on you, at the very least, 8 times. We've had professionals out to tell us what to use. Gotten professional grass seed. We've remembered to water you every night, no matter how tired we are, and you still won't grow grass for us. You're making us look trashier than we already look. Something's gotta give here.
Thursday, June 9, 2011
Thursday three one?!?
And now it's truly summer vacation. So happy that I'm done having to drive the kids to school and pick them up every day! I don't care if they wake up at 6:30 every day the whole summer, as long as I don't have to go anywhere before 9:00 am, I'm good with it.
Monday, June 6, 2011
Monday Miss-Haps!
Hint: It involved Tyler, a button, and a pair of tweezers.
So, what's your guess????
Why, yes, you're right!!! Tyler did shove a button
Lord, help this child!!