Saturday, May 30, 2009

it was a great night out except for the first five minutes.

I am having the Birthday That Never Ends. Last night, my friend K Who Lives Up The Street took me out for sushi.

Let's pause a moment to reflect on the beauty and extreme yumminess of the sushi.







And let's not confuse my friend K Who Lives Up The Street with my other friend K Who Lives In The Middle Of The State, or my friend K Who Lives in Ohio, or my friend K Who Lives Ten Minutes North Of My House. I know, it can be confusing. Much thanks to the seventies for bringing K back.

Also, because I'm all about the K today, if you haven't tried K hard cider, you totally should. Because it's good, that's why. And K + Chambourd = happy mama. Try it.

Back to mah girlie date with K Who Lives Up The Street. She came down the street to pick me up because she is a classy dame. And as fate would have it, we were dressed alike because we's some classy dames. Brown shirt, dark blue jeans... except I had a supercute babeh I was wearing as my most obvious accessory. I was wearing that guy in a green and blue paisley reversible sling that I had finished making only seconds after my friend K Who Lives Up The Street walked in the door. Because I'm a crafty, classy dame, and don't you forget it.

Eventually we left my house, and hopped in her cute little car to go to Rochester.

Here's where the Bad, Bad Thing happened.

But not to us, so just relax.

There is a little section of the major road, we'll call it Route 98, just for fun, and well, because that's what road it is, where there are four lanes. And because all of us are clever? We call it The Four Lanes. Honest to God, that's what we call it.

Well, people drive like complete jackasses at The Four Lanes. The extra two lanes are turning lanes, actually, but jackasses believe them to be PASSING ON THE RIGHT AT INTENSELY EXCESSIVE SPEEDS LANES.

The car in front of us stopped. The two cars coming at us in the opposite lane stopped. We stopped. The Complete Jackass behind us? FLOORED IT AND PASSED ON THE RIGHT.

And she killed Mr. G's grandson's beagle that Mr. G was dogsitting while his son recuperated from surgery.

Jackass Dog-Killer.

Everybody pulled over, and I got out, Jackass Dog-Killer just sat there, and people came out of the houses to see what the deal was. Fortunately, the dog died immediately, and didn't suffer or gross me out. I walked over to the Jackass Dog-Killer's car and looked at her with my Scary Teacher Eyes.

Good job, I said. That could have been a kid.

And I muttered, Asshole.

Which was not the right thing to do, but that's between me and God and I apologized to Him for saying something that I shouldn't have said even though it was true. I apologize quite a lot for saying things I shouldn't say even though they are true.

Then I got back in my friend K Who Lives Up The Street's car and we went to eat raw fish. And we liked it. The end.

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If you're not already following me on Twitter, please do! Help me be the winner I've always wanted to be. I'm @Mom_17 and also @pameladayton. But @Mom_17 is the one that will lift me to fame and fortune. Or a superfab breast pump and some cool stuffs. And if you are following me? Thanks. I love you forever and ever.

come, follow me, and i will not make you fishers of anything but i will be the winner

I mentioned this yesterday, about The Sling And Swaddle Journey, sponsored by Hotslings and The Miracle Blanket and a ton of other awesome companies...

To win the game, I have to tweet at least three times a day for the entire month of June, and I have to be creative.  I think there are a few other criteria, but I'm not quite sure.  Hopefully, standing on my head whilst performing the Chicken Dance is not one of them.

Anyway, the point is this:  my new twitter id is Mom_17 .  And I would really appreciate it if you would a) follow me, or b) take five minutes to sign up for twitter and follow me.

If there is some sort of bribery that needs to take place, please tweet me @Mom_17, or direct message Mom_17.  I will get right back to you.

Also.... if I win, I get a ton of prizes.  And since I really am all set with baby stuff, I'm going to donate most of the prizes to the Teen MOPS (Mothers of Preschoolers) group that is connected to the MOPS group I attend.  Those mamas are always in need of babeh stuff, and the Teen MOPS Team tries to set them up for success.  And I like that whole idea of setting them up for success.  (I will be giving my mom the digital camera, though, if I win.  Sssshhhh.  Don't tell.  And no, she doesn't read my blog.  Thanks for rubbing it in.)

So, to recap:  FOLLOW ME @Mom_17.  On Twitter.  Yes, you.  Please and thank you.

Friday, May 29, 2009

here's mah brilliant idea for a friday.

You may have noticed my little series emailing it in friday, where I go through my sent mail folder and dig out the weirdest, most nuttiest email that I sent that week, and post it for entertainment purposes only.

I did send one fabulous email this week, but I got a reply that said it was pure blog gold, so I'm going to add in a few details that I omitted and blahblahblahblahblah. Moving on.

A few weeks ago, I posted about entering the Sling and Swaddle Journey, and filling out their questionnaire and wondering how to describe myself?  I'm happy to say, THEY LIKE ME, THEY REALLY, REALLY LIKE ME!!!  Well, me and 29 other babymamas.  We start tweeting on Monday, and the objectives are 1) most followers on Twitter, and 2) creative content.  I'm pretty sure I can swing the creative content, but I totally need help with the Twitter thing.  And I'm not interested in buying followers on Twitter, because that is lame, and possibly cheating, but nobody from Sling and Swaddle has said Don't buy followers yet so I'm not sure about the cheating thing.  In any case, you can find me here.  (Today it says the account has been suspended, but I'm sure it will be up and running by Monday.)

And I have more good news for you, people!  My birthday present from The Mister arrived yesterday!!!  Want to see?



Is that so adorable? And the font. I love it. And because I love it so, I am plugging Canela's Etsy shop, Cinnamon Sticks.  She makes some lovely jewelry.

HB's trying to break our CD drive, but even so? There's more good news. I get to go out tonight with a good friend to celebrate my birthday. She's not a slacker, we have actually had tonight on our calendars for over a month. We are going for sushi. I didn't tell The Mister that's what we were doing, partly because I couldn't talk yesterday, but also because he's going out of town to work all weekend and I didn't want him to be harboring jealousy all weekend long. Or while he was driving, anyway, because I'm sure that once he picks up some wifi or whatever it's called he'll read my post and weep like a little girl. Sorry, babe.

I will leave you with my brilliant idea for a Friday, a replacement for the "I Love New York" campaign.

Come To New York, Where The Only Person We Hate Is The Governor!!!!

Thursday, May 28, 2009

california, you make no sense. and i mean that in the most confused way possible.

California discriminates against gays. (Do I need to link up to something to give you an example. Really? You're on the internet, thereby refuting the I live in a hole under a stump theory. 

California discriminates against Christians. And yes, that is a link to (gulp) Fox News. It's the Benadryl/Zyrtec cocktail I'm on. That's the only explanation I have for plugging those people.

Who is next?

klepto in the hoooooooooouse!!!!!!

I thought about telling you how I woke up this morning. 

Okay, okay, you don't have to beg. I'll tell you.

It all started yesterday when my seasonal allergy problem hit me like a ton of bricks. Unpleasant. My midwife's office recommended Zyrtec, with the disclaimer that if I didn't drink (water) like crazy my milk would dry up. Awesome.

Did it work? Not so much.

So I took a full, grown-up sized dose of Benadryl before I went to bed. I'm still groggy. I way overslept and it was not so good, which translated into descriptive yap means that I had to scratch and claw my way to awakeness. Yes, I know that's not really a word, and I'll refer you back to the dayton time rulebook, section 438.2 which states It's my blog and I'll speak how I want.

Also not good? I HAVE NO VOICE. And I know I shouted at you just then, but it doesn't matter, not just because of section 438.2 but also because I HAVE NO VOICE. So I'm just pretending to yell. Get it?

The short people are ecstatic.

Moving on.

One of my short people ::cough::Wee Man::cough:: has a little problem with theft. A little problem that borders on being the youngest person in Juvenile Hall.

Last week at the zoo, he pinched a manta ray ring, which I discovered too late to get back inside the zoo to return it. Oops. Yesterday he tried to steal a 20 inch long tube of bubble stuff. I caught on to that right away. The lady at the store told him that she would call the police to take him away to jail if he tried to steal from her store again.

And every time we go to the Natural Foods store in town he steals a pocketful of malted milk balls.

I have a hard time blaming him for that. I mean, who doesn't love those things? I'm not being serious about downplaying the malt balls, and I don't joke about it ever, well, except for here, and that's because that kid can't read.

He knows he's doing something wrong. It's written all over his face. He will take anything that isn't nailed down, even at home, only I'm not going to bore you with stories of Wee Man took all the change off my bedside table again.

How do you get a child to understand a) what stealing means, and b) that stealing is wrong, and c) strategies to get what you want without going to jail shortly after you acquire the thing you desire?

Thoughts? Comments? Suggestions? Jokes about laryngitis? Anything?

Monday, May 25, 2009

they that were, who are no longer

In Flanders Fields 

Lieutenant Colonel John McCrae, MD 
Canadian Army

In Flanders Fields the poppies blow 
Between the crosses row on row, 
That mark our place; and in the sky 
The larks, still bravely singing, fly 
Scarce heard amid the guns below.

We are the Dead. Short days ago 
We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow, 
Loved and were loved, and now we lie 
In Flanders fields.

Take up our quarrel with the foe: 
To you from failing hands we throw 
The torch; be yours to hold it high. 
If ye break faith with us who die 
We shall not sleep, though poppies grow 
In Flanders fields.