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Wild West And The Deep South

Summer — Fri, 16 May 2008 00:48:43 +0000

If you haven’t heard yet California has become one of my favorite states this week. How? By finally realizing that everyone has the right to get married if they want to. Crazy idea, I know.

Can I get a woot, woot, woot, woot?

Unfortunately Georgia just ranked itself as “state I’ll never move to” when one of it’s honorable judges decided only a virgin can be raped, the rest of you are dirty whores.

Tags: California, same sex marriage, Georgia, rape

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Only In Oklahoma…

Summer — Thu, 15 May 2008 14:34:47 +0000

could a 19 year old college kid become mayor.

Tags: Oklahoma

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Bloggers Unite For Human Rights

Summer — Thu, 15 May 2008 06:48:33 +0000

Today bloggers allover the web are talking about Human Rights and contributing in their own ways to sparking discussion and understanding on the various human rights we are entitled to, rights that for some are never realized. There are so many great bloggers out there already speaking up on so many important issues. From the cyclone that struck Myanmar to the crisis in Darfur. Honor killings, children’s rights, and some human rights issues you probably never heard of, even if they happened in your own back yard.

How about starting the Human Rights movement at home by teaching our children to respect the rights of others?

I could go on listing every great post written today, but instead let me just link to the discussion on this topic so you can see what others are opening up about.

There are so many things I want to write about today, I just cannot narrow it down to one topic. Instead I’m just urging everyone to read what others are saying on the hundreds of important topics that desperately need to be seen and known.

“All that is required for evil to prevail is for good men to do nothing.”

Tags: blogging, Blog Catalog, Bloggers United For human Rights, human rights

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Removing Crayon And Much More

Summer — Wed, 14 May 2008 04:44:49 +0000

I know that last week was the doesn’t work for me theme, but I made an interesting discovery this week that I wanted to share anyway. And no, not Phentermine without a prescription. Something that really didn’t work for me, and even ended up costing me money. And you know how I hate to spend money.

Trey managed to get his grubby hands on the crayons and decorated a wall in their room. I wouldn’t have cared too much, except the landlady was coming over the next day with the realtor and a a women looking to buy the house. So it had to be cleaned. After a ton of scrambling through the house I noticed that the side of the box of washing soda said it works on crayon. Perfect!

Mix with some warm water, a little scrubbing, and it came right off. A perfect white wall. The problem is that apparently the mixture also removed wood stain. Like the stain from the wooden baseboards that are now streaked and smeary. That I have to pay to have redone now. Ouch.

So there’s my tip for the week. Mix some washing soda with warm water and get that crayon right off, just don’t do it near stained wood. Unless you already plan to redo your woodwork anyway.

Tags: Works For Me Wednesday, cleaning, washing soda, home

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Time Moves On

Summer — Tue, 13 May 2008 14:27:14 +0000

Trey is almost 2 years old, in three weeks and a day. It’s amazing how fast time flies. He’s so big, and getting bigger every day. The boy who would not talk is suddenly jumping up the ladder of vocabulary. Yesterday he said “Thank you”, and a couple days ago he caught me eating a snack and said “Share please”. Unfortunately he still calls everyone dadda, including me and his brother. But hopefully that will pass soon.

He’s so different from his brother, I was thinking about this the other day. Luckily I blog since I have the memory of a turnip, I can look back at Evan at this age. At 2 Evan was starting potty training, he was talking up a storm, and was full of personality. OK so Trey is pretty full of personality himself, but no where near ready for potty training and barely has 1/8 of the vocabulary that his brother did.

He’s also still breastfeeding, near constantly if I let him. I have to limit him to how much he nurses to get him to eat any solid foods. Evan was already weaned and had no problem eating anything I gave him. Though Trey is definitely more physically advanced than Evan was. Trey climbs fences, jumps from the top step of the porch, and goes down the big slide at the park all by himself.

I still can’t believe it’s been almost two years since a squeaky, red, 9 lb baby was handed to me. Wow.

Tags: kids, life, toddlers

To Be Appriciated on Mother’s Day

Summer — Mon, 12 May 2008 07:26:40 +0000

I feel a bit ashamed to admit it, but even after bragging on some awesome moms thinking about big things this year for Mother’s Day, my wishlist was still pretty shallow. I asked for a chocolate donut (mmmm, so bad), a gift card to get some more books (like I need more), and a nap. Oh, and I asked for a new tattoo also but I was already pretty sure we couldn’t afford the $200 I would need for what I want.

Of course the universe likes to teach lessons, so I got one on being materialistic and buying into the overcommercialized, HallMark sell out that Mother’s Day has become. I got a sink full of dishes, four loads of laundry (bedding and Dearest’s work clothes), and a couple pair of Dearest’s work pants that needed new buttons sewed on.

Well then, next year I’ll ask for world peace.

Tags: Mother’s Day

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The Secret Of Life

Summer — Sat, 10 May 2008 15:33:04 +0000

Yesterday I noticed Evan was spending a long time in the bathroom, so I decided to investigate. I was almost fairly certain I would find him playing with the bubble bath or trying to stick a diaper down the toilet. Instead I found him at the sink washing his hands. He used to hate washing his hands, it was torture to get them a little wet and soapy after using the bathroom. So to see him suddenly past that phobia and actually doing it on his own was amazing. But still not as cool as our conversation.

Me: Hey, how did you get so big?

Evan: I ate my vegetables and did my exercise.

Me: Exercise huh?

Evan: Yeah, like running fast and riding my bike.

Me: That sounds fun.

Evan: Yeah, it is. You need to eat your vegetables and exercise too mommy. If you don’t you’ll stay little and I’ll have to carry you in my pocket when I get great big.

So there you have it, tel you kids they need to eat their veggies and exercise so they can get so big they can carry you in their pockets. I, for one, and looking forward to the ride.

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