It's Thursday and that means it's time for the Writers Workshop over at Mama Kat's and I totally think you all should join in the fun so head there now and find out how.
The Prompts:
1.) Your trip to the ER...spill it.
2.) "Why are American's obsessed with weight? Why are we always fighting or complaining about what is natural for our bodies?"
3.) Describe one of your 'God Moments'.
4.) List ten things you would say to ten different people in your life...if you had the hutzpah.
5.) Why is your kid in time out?
This week I'm not going to go with number 3...instead I've chosen number 5.
Much to the boy's dismay I will share with you a few of his bratty traits...lol. You see lately...this sweet, cute boy of mine has become a sassy, back talking kid who is 8 going on about 15. He absolutely despises going to his room...yet seems to land himself there at least once a day for his attitude...but at the same time...can I really fault him...he is *my* son afterall...I'm as sassy as they come! lol.
Case in point...the following conversation landed the boy in bed 15 minutes early last night.
Boy: Mom, you forgot to pack underwear for me to change into after swimming today so I had to go all afternoon with no underwear and just my shorts!
***side note, why this is a problem I'll never know...this kid numerous times has decided he wants to go commando...but anyways...***
Me: No, I distinctly remember putting some in your bag along with the shorts and your towel.
Boy: Nope...you definitely did not...I looked and looked and found nothing.
Me: Quit arguing with me. Am I going to have to prove it to you?
Boy: Well, I don't see how you'll prove it...I know there were none there (in his sassy little voice).
Me: (completely annoyed at this point...I go into his daycare bag and alas...) Well you must have been looking with your eyes closed because here they are, right where I said they would be.
Boy: Oh well...I looked and couldn't find them...so I don't know how they got there now (once again sassy sing songing voice...eye roll, etc.)
Me: You know what...you just wasted 10 minutes of my time arguing over something so silly...so for that...you are going to bed right after your shower!!!
Boy: Buuuuuutttttttttt moooooooooooooooooooooom...that is so unfair!
***at this point I walked away and told him he better get in the shower now...or he was in danger of a spanking...I do not handle this attitude thing well...hence the reason he *will* be 15 and still getting spanked.***
Thursday, August 13, 2009
Tuesday, August 11, 2009
It's Hotter than Heck!!!
Yay, summer has finally arrived...it's a little late...guess it slept in a little or something (totally cheesy, this I know)!
Anyway, I will not complain about this heat wave...despite the fact that we only have a window box air conditioner in our bedroom...nope still not complaining...is it weird we've spent every waking minute in there since Sunday morning? Well besides work obviously...which by the way has been freezing every day this week...like almost see your breath cold...it kind of sucks when I have to type and my fingers feel numb they are soooo cold...yep that's right, not complaing about that either :)
We've planned a beach day for the upcoming weekend...because I'd love this heat a whole lot more if I could spend it near water...please please please let it be nice and sunny and warm this weekend!!!!
Oh right, I came on here to describe to you my biggest pet peeve of the moment...now I know everyone hates to sweat...it's just gross and nasty (and sometimes stinky)! BUTTTTTTTT, if you are a woman...you most likely know the pain that I am about to describe to you (okay, pain might not be the right word lol)...but you know when you have a set of girls (not literal girls, but you know...THE 'girls') and you are all sweaty every once in awhile...it itches there in THAT crack...I don't know why or how the sweat makes it itch...but it's so dang irritating...not to mention not easy to scratch!!!
Anyway, I will not complain about this heat wave...despite the fact that we only have a window box air conditioner in our bedroom...nope still not complaining...is it weird we've spent every waking minute in there since Sunday morning? Well besides work obviously...which by the way has been freezing every day this week...like almost see your breath cold...it kind of sucks when I have to type and my fingers feel numb they are soooo cold...yep that's right, not complaing about that either :)
We've planned a beach day for the upcoming weekend...because I'd love this heat a whole lot more if I could spend it near water...please please please let it be nice and sunny and warm this weekend!!!!
Oh right, I came on here to describe to you my biggest pet peeve of the moment...now I know everyone hates to sweat...it's just gross and nasty (and sometimes stinky)! BUTTTTTTTT, if you are a woman...you most likely know the pain that I am about to describe to you (okay, pain might not be the right word lol)...but you know when you have a set of girls (not literal girls, but you know...THE 'girls') and you are all sweaty every once in awhile...it itches there in THAT crack...I don't know why or how the sweat makes it itch...but it's so dang irritating...not to mention not easy to scratch!!!
Monday, August 10, 2009
It's True What They Say
The little gadget I got myself on my birthday that is called a blackberry...should most definitely be called a 'crackberry'. Now I've never been addicted to crack (or even tried it for that matter) but I can imagine it's something you have to have at all times...as I now find myself doing with my blackberry. If I'm watching tv it's in my hands, when we go to bed at night I always find myself just checking ONE more thing...I take it everywhere with me and if I misplace it I go CRAZY...not that I've actually misplaced it...but there may have been a time when I thought I had and I freaked out...heart racing, sweaty palms...it was horrible!!!!
Just this past weekend I managed to make my addiction a little worse (as if I thought that was even possible lol) by trying out the game on there...called Brickbreaker...OMG so much fun. I managed to make it to level 10 out of 35 last night which was a huge improvement from level 3 lol. Only problem is when you get a "game over" the stupid game doesn't save and you have to start all the way back at level 1...how irritating!!!!
The boy has noticed my addiction...you know it's bad when your child says to you "you know mom, if I can put my DS down for like a half hour to do something else...well you should be able to put your phone down too"...yep it's bad!
Just this past weekend I managed to make my addiction a little worse (as if I thought that was even possible lol) by trying out the game on there...called Brickbreaker...OMG so much fun. I managed to make it to level 10 out of 35 last night which was a huge improvement from level 3 lol. Only problem is when you get a "game over" the stupid game doesn't save and you have to start all the way back at level 1...how irritating!!!!
The boy has noticed my addiction...you know it's bad when your child says to you "you know mom, if I can put my DS down for like a half hour to do something else...well you should be able to put your phone down too"...yep it's bad!
Thursday, August 6, 2009
Writers Workshop - I Spy With My Little Eye...
It's that time again...Time for Mamakat's writers workshop - this week I'm going with the 3rd prompt...and I think I did last week too...is it a coincidence my favorite number is 3??? Probably not lol.
The Prompts:
1.) What's ailing you? Diagnose yourself with a syndrome.(inspired by Kimberly from Kamp KK)
2.) Share with us something you made by hand.(inspired by Texan Mama via email)
3.) Fess up. Tell us what you found after a spying on someone.(inspired by The Scattered Mind of a Tattooed Mini Van Mom)
4.) "How are y'all doing it? This summer, I mean? I cannot remember ever being as busy as we've been over the past two months. Those of you who are blogging daily, being as witty and entertaining as ever...I beg of you...HOW?"(inspired By Lula from Lulaville)
5.)What are you afraid of?(inspired by Life With Kaishon)
Are you a snoop? Cause I sure am! It's in my blood...I snoop all the time...you may not want me to come babysit at your house because chances are I'll go through your things...haha...j/k...it's not quite that bad...but close.
I spy on the lawyers I work for here at work by reading their email inboxes. Totally legal since I have access to them right on my computer...what's that you say? I'm only supposed to read their e-mails when they are on vacation and they ask me to keep 'an eye on them'...oh really! Well that's just no fun. I haven't found any juicy or interesting gossip...I've learnt a few things about their family through joke emails or personal emails - for example one of the women I work for...her sister just bought a puppy and they are having a hard time naming it...not really interesting stuff...but when I'm bored it helps the day go by!
I snoop in the boyfriend's email too...he was stupid enough to give me his password way back when...so why can't I snoop?
But it has bitten me in the butt a few times...first time being when I found an email (about 5 months into our relationship) between him and an old friend...who also happens to be female...apparently it was all in good fun but it had an underlying tone that made me really uncomfortable...so he has since stopped being so flirty with the other girls in his life...I guess some guys are just flirty by nature...
Since that one incident there's been nothing I need to be afraid of...and really I probably shouldn't snoop and just trust him...and is it even a trust issue? Nah...I honestly think it's just boredom...I haven't been bored lately so I haven't been in his emails lol.
The Prompts:
1.) What's ailing you? Diagnose yourself with a syndrome.(inspired by Kimberly from Kamp KK)
2.) Share with us something you made by hand.(inspired by Texan Mama via email)
3.) Fess up. Tell us what you found after a spying on someone.(inspired by The Scattered Mind of a Tattooed Mini Van Mom)
4.) "How are y'all doing it? This summer, I mean? I cannot remember ever being as busy as we've been over the past two months. Those of you who are blogging daily, being as witty and entertaining as ever...I beg of you...HOW?"(inspired By Lula from Lulaville)
5.)What are you afraid of?(inspired by Life With Kaishon)
Are you a snoop? Cause I sure am! It's in my blood...I snoop all the time...you may not want me to come babysit at your house because chances are I'll go through your things...haha...j/k...it's not quite that bad...but close.
I spy on the lawyers I work for here at work by reading their email inboxes. Totally legal since I have access to them right on my computer...what's that you say? I'm only supposed to read their e-mails when they are on vacation and they ask me to keep 'an eye on them'...oh really! Well that's just no fun. I haven't found any juicy or interesting gossip...I've learnt a few things about their family through joke emails or personal emails - for example one of the women I work for...her sister just bought a puppy and they are having a hard time naming it...not really interesting stuff...but when I'm bored it helps the day go by!
I snoop in the boyfriend's email too...he was stupid enough to give me his password way back when...so why can't I snoop?
But it has bitten me in the butt a few times...first time being when I found an email (about 5 months into our relationship) between him and an old friend...who also happens to be female...apparently it was all in good fun but it had an underlying tone that made me really uncomfortable...so he has since stopped being so flirty with the other girls in his life...I guess some guys are just flirty by nature...
Since that one incident there's been nothing I need to be afraid of...and really I probably shouldn't snoop and just trust him...and is it even a trust issue? Nah...I honestly think it's just boredom...I haven't been bored lately so I haven't been in his emails lol.
Wednesday, August 5, 2009
Mud Day
Have you ever heard of such a thing?
Neither had I...until recently. You see the boy's daycare has every day of the month (both July and August) filled up with different activities for the kids to do while they are on summer vacation...lots of places to go or on other days activities they can do at the centre.
Yesterday...was mud day. What exactly is mud day? Wellllllll, let me tell you...basically they fill kiddie pools up with oodles and oodles of mud and the kids can jump in them, swim in them, and just get downright dirty. I've seen pictures of previous years (ours haven't been put up at daycare yet but I'm sure that's coming soon) and these kids are just covered...but having oh so much fun.
The boy had to shower last night and I actually had to help him scrub his legs because it had dried and caked on lol. It was in his ears, between his toes...and literally dripping from his hair...the staff had hosed the kids off as best they could and they had changed into new clothes...but boy did I have a mess to clean up on him at shower time.
But it was oh so worth the mess...the boy had a blast!!! He said it was so cool and so much fun! Boys will be boys.
Neither had I...until recently. You see the boy's daycare has every day of the month (both July and August) filled up with different activities for the kids to do while they are on summer vacation...lots of places to go or on other days activities they can do at the centre.
Yesterday...was mud day. What exactly is mud day? Wellllllll, let me tell you...basically they fill kiddie pools up with oodles and oodles of mud and the kids can jump in them, swim in them, and just get downright dirty. I've seen pictures of previous years (ours haven't been put up at daycare yet but I'm sure that's coming soon) and these kids are just covered...but having oh so much fun.
The boy had to shower last night and I actually had to help him scrub his legs because it had dried and caked on lol. It was in his ears, between his toes...and literally dripping from his hair...the staff had hosed the kids off as best they could and they had changed into new clothes...but boy did I have a mess to clean up on him at shower time.
But it was oh so worth the mess...the boy had a blast!!! He said it was so cool and so much fun! Boys will be boys.
Tuesday, August 4, 2009
He keeps on Growin'...just stop it already!
Speaking of McDonalds...well I was here anyway...
Very recently the boy has decided that a happy meal just doesn't do it anymore...in fact a happy meal with an extra cheeseburger doesn't even fill him up...I swear this child has hollow legs and is never ever full...
Anyway, the past 2 or 3 times we've gone to McDonalds the boy has asked for a 'grown-up' meal...with (of course) a toy on the side...and I've given in. The child needs to eat till he's full so I don't immediately hear "Mom, I'm hungry" and I do mean immediately...usually about 10 seconds after he's swallowed his last fry that's what I hear!
But I have to say I'm sad...he's not a little boy anymore...he's almost a teenager actually (only 4 more years that I'm sure will fly by)...and what saddens me even more...
The past 2 times McDonalds has forgotten to give us a toy (thankfully I also wasn't charged for it either time)...the boy's response when we get home and realize this "ah, that's okay mama...those toys are kind of babyish anyway"...
Ummmm, excuse me...what did you just say young man??? Babyish toys??? Since when???
It really is bittersweet...
On the one hand I won't have these stupid toys all over my house...you know the ones...the ones they just HAVE to have...yet they only play with them for 3.2 seconds and then they are long forgotten...we have drawers of McDonalds toys...
On the other hand I want him to stay little forever...and I want him to like those 'baby' toys...at least for a few more years...sigh.
Very recently the boy has decided that a happy meal just doesn't do it anymore...in fact a happy meal with an extra cheeseburger doesn't even fill him up...I swear this child has hollow legs and is never ever full...
Anyway, the past 2 or 3 times we've gone to McDonalds the boy has asked for a 'grown-up' meal...with (of course) a toy on the side...and I've given in. The child needs to eat till he's full so I don't immediately hear "Mom, I'm hungry" and I do mean immediately...usually about 10 seconds after he's swallowed his last fry that's what I hear!
But I have to say I'm sad...he's not a little boy anymore...he's almost a teenager actually (only 4 more years that I'm sure will fly by)...and what saddens me even more...
The past 2 times McDonalds has forgotten to give us a toy (thankfully I also wasn't charged for it either time)...the boy's response when we get home and realize this "ah, that's okay mama...those toys are kind of babyish anyway"...
Ummmm, excuse me...what did you just say young man??? Babyish toys??? Since when???
It really is bittersweet...
On the one hand I won't have these stupid toys all over my house...you know the ones...the ones they just HAVE to have...yet they only play with them for 3.2 seconds and then they are long forgotten...we have drawers of McDonalds toys...
On the other hand I want him to stay little forever...and I want him to like those 'baby' toys...at least for a few more years...sigh.
Monday, August 3, 2009
Long Weekend Fun!
If you are Canadian...then you know this weekend is a long weekend and hopefully you've had as much relaxation time as we have...
YES, I'd much rather be out camping or at the beach soaking up the sun....but sadly our weather is the pits...it's cold and rainy....no fun at all! But we've managed to keep busy.
Friday night the boy had his little friend sleepover...not much sleeping went on...but they were cute and giggly and I just couldn't seperate them...in the end they seperated themselves and went to bed around 11:30 or so...only to be up the next morning before 6:30 a.m.
Saturday was spent relaxing and bbqing and then we had all the neighbourhood kids over for a fire in the backyard...complete with smores and lots of other yummy 'junk'...potatoe chips a plenty and popcorn too.
Sunday we lazed around most of the day...eventually heading out for some slurpees and a nice walk...thankfully though it seemed gloomy most of the day the rain stayed at bay. Last night the boyfriend and I saw the movie "Taken"...It was good...but I guess I was expecting better since I've heard alot of hype over it.
Today has just been declared family day...we are off in a bit to see the movie "Aliens in the Attic" as per the boys request...and currently the boyfriend is out getting us some McDonalds...the boy will be over the moon when he's surprised with that....despite the fact we just had fast food on Thursday lol....what can I say...I don't like to cook when I"m in relaxation mode...hence the reason we ate out Thursday and then ordered in chinese for Friday...oh and the boyfriend bbqed Saturday...so I've really been let off the hook this weekend!
I hope you all enjoyed your weekends...whether it was a nice long one (don't hate me if you don't have today off!) or just a 2 day one!
YES, I'd much rather be out camping or at the beach soaking up the sun....but sadly our weather is the pits...it's cold and rainy....no fun at all! But we've managed to keep busy.
Friday night the boy had his little friend sleepover...not much sleeping went on...but they were cute and giggly and I just couldn't seperate them...in the end they seperated themselves and went to bed around 11:30 or so...only to be up the next morning before 6:30 a.m.
Saturday was spent relaxing and bbqing and then we had all the neighbourhood kids over for a fire in the backyard...complete with smores and lots of other yummy 'junk'...potatoe chips a plenty and popcorn too.
Sunday we lazed around most of the day...eventually heading out for some slurpees and a nice walk...thankfully though it seemed gloomy most of the day the rain stayed at bay. Last night the boyfriend and I saw the movie "Taken"...It was good...but I guess I was expecting better since I've heard alot of hype over it.
Today has just been declared family day...we are off in a bit to see the movie "Aliens in the Attic" as per the boys request...and currently the boyfriend is out getting us some McDonalds...the boy will be over the moon when he's surprised with that....despite the fact we just had fast food on Thursday lol....what can I say...I don't like to cook when I"m in relaxation mode...hence the reason we ate out Thursday and then ordered in chinese for Friday...oh and the boyfriend bbqed Saturday...so I've really been let off the hook this weekend!
I hope you all enjoyed your weekends...whether it was a nice long one (don't hate me if you don't have today off!) or just a 2 day one!
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