Everyone has those little private jokes that are really funny, but only to those around you. One of ours is “Where are your pants?” It derives from what hubby says to the Bean when she is wearing a dress.
It is because of this little joke that my favorite two commercials of the Super Bowl (which played back to back) were the Career Builder’s “Casual Fridays” commercial and Dockers’ “Wear no pants” commercials.
Which were your favorites?
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The truck on Mt Crumpit pretty much matches the rest of the place. It isn’t that old, but it is pretty beat up. Like the house, every time I think we might be OK, I am proven wrong.
The truck has proven invaluable with the 18″ of snow we have gotten so far. Well – the truck and the plow. It isn’t pretty, it doesn’t really have all the parts – but it can push some snow off the road. The last storm left us able to leave the house before many others in town.
Yesterday and last night hubby pretty much kept up with the snow as it fell. He is a good hubby that way. A little while into the first run after dark hubby came in asking for wire, or twine, or something that would tie in a pinch. I asked what it was for. The answer may not shock you.
It seems the headlights fell out.
Fell out.
“How can this happen?” you ask… I am not sure why they were not in correctly to begin with, but it seems the last time someone had the same question, the solution presented itself in the form of string. String, as in the stuff with which you would sew a button.
I knew that if I mentioned it to “C”, I would get the answer “I thought that might happen”, so I just didn’t ask. I have decided that I don’t care how or why the headlights got tied on the truck with string.
This morning, with the snow still piling on Mt. Crumpit, the headlights are not necessary – but the windshield wipers quit working. I am not surprised at the bad timing of this (since the snow is still coming down), but I am almost curious to find out how this would be resolved. Maybe even curious enough to ask “C” to fix it. I wonder if string would be involved?
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As mentioned before, I LOVE ‘Big Bang Theory’. This week when Sheldon was popping up from the balls saying “Bazinga” had me laughing like a crazy person. If you haven’t seen it – YouTube is to the rescue.
I am not sure how funny it is if you don’t normally watch Big Bang Theory, but I still laugh. And laugh. And laugh.
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This one falls squarely in the “?!?!?!” category.
Virginia Senator Creigh Deeds has passed a bill allowing for an “Infant Hunting License”.
A few talking points:
- It is for children aged 2 and above (not infants… but really, why split hairs here)to get a lifetime hunting license.
- It allows a Virginia citizen to have a lifetime hunting permit for $125 provided they pass hunter education at age 12. (they can hunt for 12 years before getting hunter education) It is sited as an investment, since a junior hunting license is $250… but it is a lifetime permit.
- Apparently there is no hunting age minimum in Virginia, but children under 12 must be supervised by a licensed adult hunter. (So we can load up the Bean and have her shoot dinner for us… as long as one of us is a licensed hunter)
- I wonder if Mr Deeds knows something about the Zombies that he isn’t sharing… which is why he wants to arm every citizen?
Discuss among yourselves. Enjoy.
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Tagged: absurd, Where:Charlottesville-VA, wtf
This is an entry of a simple rant. I will get it out of me and be better. Then get back to my sarcastic, dry (but still up beat) sense of humor. Some months just don’t start the way you’d hope.
So far, I got a stomach bug (followed by hubby getting the bug) so we were both out sick trying to care for a baby who ended up with a different illness (thanks daycare plague!)
I had to go into the office (100 miles away) to make sure that “they” don’t decide I don’t actually need a desk. On the only day I had the opportunity to go, Mother Nature (or Punxsutawney Phil… not sure which) decided we needed more snow and a lot of fog. Nothing like making your way down a mountain with new snow!
The Lazy Man training started, but has not been a habit per se. Really it was a one time thing that I hope to get back to… (so much for EVERY DAY, I PROMISE).
The plumber was postponed… again.
We have a plow (woohooo) but it needs a heater and tires and a bumper… it needs a lot (boo). So we are going to replace it… soon… hmm… Thankfully, if you take a towel to wipe the wind shield, and bundle up… you can still plow. (if by “you” you mean, not me… but someone else. Like Hubby… or “C”)
We are three days into February and I am ready for March. Or, if it were like Groundhog Day, we could just try again. Is that an option?? I will set my alarm for 6:00 and see… maybe the Bean won’t wake up before it goes off and we can try again?
Ok… now we go back to the normal programming. (crossing fingers)
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As noted, I am going to try to do an Iron Man Triathlon – but take a month to do it. This “Lazy Man” is going to be far from the lazy that I know so well. Even though I am going to really really do it in March (the next month with 31 days), I am getting myself ready early. I am taking February to get myself trained to wake up early to get to the gym in the morning (since I can only get to the gym on the weekends and every other Wednesday evening). This morning – being my first February… here is how I did.
I woke up 1/2 late (there is 8″ of snow on the ground and bed was warm!)
But then – I got out of bed and went to the gym.
I did 1.5 miles of the marathon and 2.4 miles of the bike ride.
We will see how long this lasts.
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This month has been yet another adventure. All the things Bean is learning have been expanding. I have said it before, but I love watching kids learn and see new things. The little light going on is really amazing to watch.
This month:
Everything she did since mid-month, she did with a cold/daycare plague/ear infection/pink eye. This made her mood less than happy.
The most exciting update is language. Much like many other things – it is not 100% clear – so we are not shouting from the roof tops. (It is NOTHING like “Look Who’s Talking Too” when he all of a sudden says “Daddy”) – but we believe that she is saying “Daddy” when she says “dada”. She is also saying “nom nom” (bad habit we started when feeding her to call her food “nom noms”) – but it is language. I was really hoping for Mommy first, but Daddy is good too. This, of course, is in addition to “uh oh” and “oooh”, both of which she has been saying appropriately for a little over a month.
Walking skills continue to improve. She is now starting to climb! (I don’t know how to baby proof the ceiling). The living room is finally “proofed” (translation: there is nowhere to put a drink down that she won’t be able to get to it.) At least I thought it was proofed until she opened drawers (with nothing in them) and used it as a step to climb on the table, tv, etc. I can’t really move those tables – so – we took out the drawers. (this is only temporary, right?)
Stats from last doc appointment: 21 lbs, 12 oz. 30″ tall and 18 3/4″ head. As noted, she needs to be “sleep trained” and she can eat anything except peanuts and those things Daddy and I are allergic to (she has a higher chance, so better to wait). All in all, doing great.
The sleep training has moved from “pulling her toes off” to going to sleep on demand most of the time. The only issue we had was one night she was less than happy and wanted to explain her unhappiness for a couple of hours. Other than that – she goes to bed while still awake and goes to sleep on her own! (woohOOO!!)
About the food – she is better w/ textured foods. We’ve been sharing more foods with her and she hasn’t gagged nearly as much! (very thankful about this one!) I really don’t want to send pureed foods w/ her to Kindergarten. When we went to dinner, she ate pieces of the bread with great success! So we tried eggs… it failed.
Her body shape is officially “toddler” and is no longer “baby”. She stands up and walks tall (even when she has her belly sticking out and hands behind her like George Jefferson).
Daycare had a shout out to her new skillz, saying she would soon be ready for the next room (away from her favorite ‘teacher’). It is nice to get a shout out, but they did forget her birthday in the Newsletter.
She heard ‘Sounds of Silence’ for the first time. It was on a recording of the 25th anniversary of the Rock and Roll Hall of fame. She stopped everything she was doing (playing with her tons of toys) and watched. Simon & Garfunkel sucked her in and she was mesmerized by the song. She is also a big fan of ZZ Top, but doesn’t care about the Foo Fighters.
We are officially “bad parents” because we have used the Baby Einstein videos as a baby sitter a few times this month. (it is mainly times when we HAVE to do something and sitting quietly in a safe place by herself isn’t an option.)
The top center teeth have officially popped out and the two next to them are expected any day.
She is waving and it will melt your heart.
As always, she continues to amaze me and I love her more than I thought was possible. Now if I can convince Daddy, she can have a sibling… I am not holding my breath though. He is pretty fond of sleep. He also says that he remembers my pregnancy better than I do and thinks I am crazy for wanting it again.
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I don’t know many uses for dead flies.
OK. I only know the one where they die and you throw them away. But if there are other uses, I am certain this would be my favorite.
Private-i sent me a link to a site that uses dead flies to make cartoons. It is morbid. It is gross. It is creepy. It is OUTSTANDING.
This one is my favorite – I think. The river dancing flies were a close second.
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Tagged: absurd, Funnies
There were many great things and many horrible things that I remember about labor and my eventual c-section. The one thing that always sticks out is how badly I wanted a drink of water.
I was not supposed to have anything to eat from midnight the night before, have nothing to drink other than a sip of water to take my meds in the morning and labor started at 8:30 AM. By 2:50 AM the NEXT DAY, I was mighty thirsty. I was famished. I couldn’t believe the torture the mean nurses and docs were doing to me.
The wonderful nurse I had in recovery was the one person who gave me a drink of water. I don’t recall her name, but she was my favorite person in the whole world at the time. She gave me water.
Even in hind site, I don’t understand why I couldn’t have ANYTHING. NOTHING. Hubby was a good sport and kept getting me ice chips. Not nearly satisfying enough, but I had to make do. He’d get mad at me when he caught me drinking the melted water.
NOW – a new study says that I was tortured w/ out cause. “Women should be allowed to eat and drink what they want during labor.”
HALLELUJAH! OK – I didn’t really worry about food because I was nauseous, but I wanted WATER. How bad could this be?
If I do get to have another child, I think I will make one of my interview questions for my OB if I can have water. Even if she/he is a little… sketchy, if they let me have water it will be worth major bonus points.
Is that so wrong?
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Tagged: labor, pregnancy
Although I don’t generally have “bad Mondays”, I took the opportunity to cancel my own Monday this week and opted to go skiing instead. I had a few hesitations with this plan.
- I hadn’t been skiing in over 15 years.
- I enjoy having all my parts where they go and generally discourage moving body parts into places they don’t belong (i.e. my knee bending the wrong way, etc.)
- VA isn’t known for good skiing and where I went was almost all man-made snow (translation in my brain was ice)
- Skiing is physically difficult and I am (to put it kindly) out of shape.
- Skiing requires a lot of equipment that I haven’t had in about 10 years.
Even though I was nervous, I did it. I did it with a lesson. My lesson was much easier than I thought it would be, so my confidence was good when I got on the ski lift. I then proceeded to fall on the slope leaving the ski lift.
I hate that slope!
I got up and the rest of the day went well. I even got enough confidence to go to the intermediate slope when the easy slope got crowded.
For those of you who haven’t been skiing and have thought about getting back into it, the beginner skis are awesome! They are short and wide. I remember my first time skis were about as tall as I was. The skis I had on yesterday were about 3.5 feet tall and were much wider than I remember skis being. This really really really helped with the whole crossing skis problem!
I think I will have to go again this season. Maybe even go twice.
What did you do in your past that you’d like to do again?
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