Stockpiling food? WTF?

http://finance.yahoo.com/banking-budgeting/article/104914/Load-Up-the-Pantry

In case you don't want to read the whole article, this is the VERY FIRST LINE! "I don't want to alarm anybody, but maybe it's time for Americans to start stockpiling food.
No, this is not a drill."

Ummm, yeah. You DO want to alarm people, otherwise this would not have been the opening sentence and it would not have been on Yahoo's homepage. STUPID as HELL! Bring on the rioters.

I was brought up LDS and as you probably already know, that church recommends that families keep a year supply. I don't exactly think that is a bad idea. In fact, I know a few people that actually had to use it and their family would not have eaten if it wasn't for the year supply.

But when I hear stockpiling my mind automatically goes to The Great Depression type scenarios. Not good.

But I guess I really SHOULD have more canned goods in my pantry. But if things get as bad as in the past (Great Depression), I better load up on ammo too. And have some cash on hand.

But let me be honest. This is a mobile home, a trailer. It isn't exactly the epitome of storage space. KWIM? He he he, we could always hide the food UNDER the trailer....

For the record, no, I am not JoJoBob. For those of you that were wondering. :)

One less thing to do

LOOKY!!!! I added a bunch of blogs to my blog roll. Except it isnt called a blog roll. I named it Read This (or read these IDK). I am so proud of myself.
<-----------------Its over there.
If I somehow forgot your blog, let me know.

My birthday presents

So as I mentioned, my birthday was on Monday. I turned 26. I even got gifts!

Hubs got me 2 roses, one pink, one white. I got them in the ground Wednesday. Last Sunday, we went to Red Lobster for my birthday dinner. Months ago, Hubs got me Guitar Hero and said it was for my birthday. I was totally fine with that.
My MIL and SFIL got me an Amazon.com gift certificate (awesome) which I spent on Season 1 of Hell's Kitchen and a Nine Inch Nails CD.
Nonnie got me an elephant figurine.
Mema I. let me go through her shelves and pick out what I wanted. I chose a glass candy dish.

I feel like I did pretty well of gifts. I got much more than what I was expecting to get. Thank you all for the stuff!

Planting a garden

So I finally got my ass in gear and started planting again. After a couple of years with no garden, I was starting to get the DTs.

Ewww. I just found a roach.

Gross. There was a roach in the bathroom. Did you know that Lysol works as roach killer? I didnt. It was just the closest thing I could grab.



Aside from the occasional Daddy Long Legs spider or fly, we dont have bugs in the house. Never! I try to keep a clean house. Messy, but its clean.

Lazy ass

I am SUCH a lazy ass. I have tons of blog posts saved as drafts but I usually get interrupted or something and never get back around to adding anything to them so they can be published. If I don't finish a post in one sitting, it will never get finished.

There is so much good material in the news that I have opinions on but everything takes so much energy to type about. Its like my book that I have been working on forever. It takes so much effort.

I guess my goal for next week is to finish my posts-in-progress. And I need to add some people to my blog roll. And it is time for new pictures on the "other" blog. Ugh, and I want to add some new "features" to this blog and get a picture of my face on here too. I HAVE to stop putting this stuff off. Hell, I am at work, what else am I supposed to do? Work? Ha ha ha, NEVA! (Just kidding CC & BB)

Better get started on finishing my crap!

RAOK

As promised, I am updating with my ROAKs.


Today when Monk Man got a Popsicle out of the freezer for breakfast, I did not get mad and take it away. I let him enjoy it. Even though he dripped all over the kitchen and down the hall and all over the outside of my purse.



I also helped BB look for some forms on the Internet.

I also smiled.

Not really big things, but I know at least one of them was appreciated.

ROAK Day

Ok, April 21st (Monday) is ROAK day. (Its also my birthday)

What is ROAK? It stands for Random Act Of Kindness.

This is all you have to do to participate..........just do something nice for someone else. Very simple. Pay for coffee for the person behind you, hold the door open for someone, take cookies over to your neighbors. Anything at all.

On April 22nd (Tuesday) I will come back and post what I did and for whom.

Feel free to share your ROAK too.

Extreme Thinness Banned

Taken from MSN.com~~Madrid Fashion Week banned too-skinny models. So did New York Fashion Week. And now, France wants to ban promoting extreme thinness. Ultrathin models, it seems, have fallen out of style.



According to an article I found: In Italy, authorities and fashion designers last month adopted guidelines banning models if they do not meet a body mass index equivalent to 55 kilos (121 pounds) for someone measuring 1.75 meters (five foot seven). I would be tall enough to model in Italy but not heavy enough. Five foot 7 and 121 lbs. Now that is healthier than 5 foot 7 and 96 lbs (Which I have been, before EACH pregnancy.)

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I am a skinny chick. I have been my entire life. I have also struggled with my self-esteem, well the lack of self-esteem actually. Wanna hear what I think about this? Of course you do.

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It is about damn time! I think it is great news. I hope that this will help change how people see beauty. You dont have to be thin to be beautiful. I am thrilled that the fashion people have finally realized that beautiful people come in all shapes and sizes.



Eating disorders are not sexy. They are life threatening diseases. What is sexy about seeing hip bones and ribs and sunken in faces? What is hot about taking laxatives or sticking your finger down your throat? I cant speak for anyone else, but I think it is gross, not attractive.



And it isnt just women that are suffering from these diseases. Men battle Anorexia and Bullemia too. If you dont believe me, google Male Eating Disorder Statistics. You will be shocked.



I will be the first to admit that I could stand to gain a few pounds. I like my after baby body (except for the stretch marks and saggy skin) because I finally have some curves. I look and feel healthy. After I had Monk Man, I managed to keep some of the weight on for about a year. I am not sure about after I had Bobblehead. He is 6 months old and I have yet to step on a scale. (Too scared to.)

P.J.

P.J. is alive! I am so happy I could cry.
Monday, Hub called me at work and told me I needed to come home. Something had happened to one of my fur babies.
So I pulled up into the driveway and he has the truck hood open. There is fur everywhere. As it turns out, P.J. was sleeping in the truck engine and when Hub started the truck, he heard a thud and, poof, all this hair started flying out of the engine compartment.
We looked and looked for this stupid cat. Monday passes, then Tuesday passes. Nothing. I was starting to lose hope that P.J. made it.
After I woke up this morning, I was sitting outside smoking while I was waiting for the coffee to finish brewing. My mind has been playing tricks on me since Monday night so I kept hearing meowing. And then I saw him. My heart skipped a beat. I had never been so happy to see one of the fur babies in my life.
I was afraid to pick him up or pet anywhere but his fuzzy little head. Ugh. He does look pretty pitiful. His tail is broken and his back is naked in a big strip where the fan belt must have pulled out his fur. But other than that, he seems just fine.
I will call our vet this morning to see what we can do for a broken tail. If anyone knows of an effective home remedy, please post it and save me around $75.

I heart SAHDs.

SAHD=Stay at home dad



http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/23903260/



Hub is a SAHD. Most of the time.



He is a railroader so his job really depends on the state of the economy. Bad economy, not enough goods to ship, not enough trains.



This is the 3rd year he has been at this job. The first year he worked all the time. The second year, he was laid off for most of the year. This year he has hardly worked at all. Understandably, he gets kinda depressed and bored not being able to work.



But the railroad PAYS him not to quit. Yeah, you read that right. He gets a paycheck every 2 weeks and we keep our amazing insurance. It works out great most of the time.



Hub is a great dad. Monk Man seems to enjoy the time with him and he is learning a lot. Come to think about it, both Hub and Monk Man are learning a lot from each other.



I loved being a SAHM (stay at home mom). But I got too bored and spent too much money. So I had to go back into the work force. Given the choice between working and staying at home, I would choose staying at home. In a heartbeat. Dont get me wrong, I love my job, but (no offence to Nonnie) I want to be the one raising my boys.

Happy April Fools Day!

April Fools Day article on msn.com this morning.


http://msn.careerbuilder.com/custom/msn/careeradvice/viewarticle.aspx?articleid=1322&SiteId=cbmsnhp41322&sc_extcmp=JS_1322_home1&GT1=23000&cbRecursionCnt=1&cbsid=65b4374cfe254631afed9e848ab97279-260374654-KB-5

Funny, but I cant see myself playing an April Fools joke at work. But the ideas did make me giggle.

Send me your blog address!

Send me you blog address and I will put you on my blog roll. My email is somewhere on this blog.....just dont know where.

Goals-Update

1) Create budget~~Nope, didn't get this done.

2) Create menu~~I did do this. Hub still has to look it over and let me know if he needs something added or taken off.

3) Vacuum~~I did this too!

4) Finish diaper cake~~I didn't even LOOK at this thing. I was having too much fun playing with the boys.

5) Get ALL laundry washed and put away~~I didn't do a single load. Ha!

6) Work on book~~I didn't get to this either.

7) Yard Work~~Hub worked all weekend and the wind blew like crazy. I didn't want to go outside and smoke because of the wind. (But I did, but I didn't like it) There was no way that I was going to try to rake grass or plant something.

8) Find sunscreen~~I didn't need to. I didn't spend much time outside. See above.

9) Play some Rockband or Guitar Hero with Monk Man~~Yep, we played Guitar Hero a little. Monk Man played more than I did though.

I am a paranoid dork.

All right, I watched the walk through video of Sharon Tate's house. BIG MISTAKE!!!!! It was on youtube. It wasn't creepy, scary or anything else I associate with the Manson freaks.

So I get into bed last night and I got the most overwhelming feeling of paranoia. My heart was pounding, my hands were sweating and I was freaking out. I kept imagining someone coming into the bedroom and stabbing me to death. Leaving poor Monk Man and Bobblehead alone until Hub gets home from work the next day.

Yeah, I was freaked the fuck out. So I got up and locked the door. And I laid there, all worried, all night.

Even though we have nosey neighbors and 2 loud ass dogs, I was genuinely scared. I was convinced that some psycho was going to attack me.

I NEVER freak out about stuff like that. Never. I only freak out about the stuff that is already happening and is out of my control. Silence of the Lambs and Hannibal are my favorite movies. I love psychological thrillers. I love true stories of serial killers. I read Stephen King books. I like to be scared!

What the hell is going on with me? Am I getting old?

Or is it the fact that Monk Man and Bobblehead would have been left to fend for themselves for a day and a half? Even though the neighbors are nosey, some of them are DUMB. They wouldn't have noticed anything wrong for a while.

Ughhhhghghghgh!!!! I HATE being paranoid. It doesn't happen often but when it does, I OBSESS over it.

Goals for this weekend

1) Create budget
~~This baffles the hell out of me. I have been putting it off because I get depressed when I try to deal with our sucky debt. I have got to figure this budget thing out. We are spending way too much money. Scroll to the bottom of the blog and look at my ticker. I gave us a year to get out of debt. $50,000 in a year? I hope so. If this is the ONLY thing I accomplish this year, I will still be thrilled. I cant wait until we don't have to live paycheck to paycheck anymore and have some money in the bank. I have some friends on babycenter that are giving me a TON of support and ideas.
2) Create menu
~~Maybe we can stop going to the grocery store every damn day? We have so many weird things in our pantry due to the almost daily grocery runs. Questions? See the above paragraph.
3) Vacuum
~~Ugh. I hate to vacuum. It hurts my back but I am sick of walking on popcorn seeds. Thanks Monk Man. Thanks.
4) Finish diaper cake
~~I have GOT to get this done. I am afraid that Hub or Monk Man will destroy it before KK's baby shower.
5) Get ALL laundry washed and put away
~~Someone on babycenter gave me brilliant advice about laundry. As soon as the clothes are dry, fold, hang and put it ALL away before starting a new load. Genius! I am going to try it this weekend.
6) Work on book.
~~I have been neglecting this. I was putting it off until I got a new laptop so I could have easy access to it anywhere. But a few days ago I found this amazing thing Google offers. Google can store your documents somehow and you can access them from ANY computer. For FREE!
7) Yard Work
~~Hub wants to plant some more grass. Hopefully it will stay warm (in the 70's) enough to get some outside time.
8) Find sunscreen
~~I am so pale, I am clear. I would love to have a teeny bit of a tan but my skin only has 2 colors, clear and red. I burn so easily. I already have skin cancer fears due to the ridiculous amount of time I spent outside growing up. There is this mole thing on my lower back that appeared right after Monk Man was born and there is something going on with the bridge of my nose that I am worried about. Oh well, I will take care of all that later.
9) Play some Rockband or Guitar Hero with Monk Man. We both LOVE these games. The microphone that came with the drums and guitar is broken. Need to get that fixed so I can sing while Monk Man drums.

When I get back to work on Monday, I will let you all know how well I did on the goals. Off to find the sunscreen before I forget!

Ultimate Fighting Tots

Check this out. I found it on msn.com
http://msn.foxsports.com/boxing/story/7959842?MSNHPHCP&GT1=39002

This is one of the few sports I can actually sit down and enjoy watching with Hub. I know a couple of lesser known Ultimate Fighters that live in our town. They are people I went to school with. We grew up together.

That being said, I would never let the Monk Man be an Ultimate Fighter at his age. He lacks the understanding of ANY kind of sport. But, when and if he decides that this is the kind of sport he wants to pursue, then I will support him 100%. Hopefully this wont be decided until he has finished growing. But if it happens before I want it to, then so be it. Not a big deal to me.

Sure, there are risks involved. But there are also risks playing football, or baseball, or hell, even walking in your house! Especially with our rampant clumsy gene.

There are also great lessons to be learned from Ultimate Fighting or MMA (Mixed Martial Arts). Discipline is a big one. Being able to defend yourself from someone else is another lesson.

So, if the Monk Man (or Bobblehead) wants to be an Ultimate Fighter, I will support his decision. I will be at every match. I will be his biggest fan.

The Ugly Duckling & Popularity

When I was growing up, I never felt comfortable in my skin. I was the tall, skinny, ugly chick with the funky teeth and I got teased constantly. I am not exaggerating when I say constantly. Every damn day, somebody had something mean and nasty to say to me. I will spare you the details, but I went home from school crying 4 out of 5 days a week. Kids are cruel. The teachers didnt do anything to stop it or even lessen it. They saw and heard it happening and not one of them did a thing. And when my parents went to the school to try to help, it got worse.

And then came Jr. High. I discovered make up and clothes. And boys. I was still uncomfortable with myself, but I tried to appear confident. People started noticing me. I wasnt the same girl I was before and I was trying to be someone that was liked. That was my big thing. I wanted so desperately to belong. To fit in. I didnt like who I was trying to be, but that seemed to be the only way I would fit in. I still got teased, but in a different way. The majority of the teasing seemed to be coming from the popular girls I was trying to be like. I looked up to these girls. I wanted to BE these girls. They were all so pretty and seemed perfect. Plus they got good grades and they boys paid attention to them. Puberty was a bitch.

When I got to High School, I decided that I wanted to be myself. Not what someone else wanted me to be. I was still having problems with other girls. But this time, the other girls were mean to me because I was tall, skinny, freaking hot, smart and HAPPY, and they were jealous. Afraid their boyfriends liked me more. Which they did, just not like their girlfriends thought. There is a difference in a chick friend and a girlfriend. That was fun. Insert eye roll here. Hell hath no fury like a woman whose boyfriend has a chick friend.

Just let me say, my 10 year reunion in 2010 is going to be fun. I have had 2 kids (and a boob job) and I look better NOW than I did in highschool. I am happy with who I am becoming.

I gave up trying to make people like me. Either you like me or you dont. If you dont, thats your problem, I dont care anymore. My kids like me and thats all that matters.

At 26, I am still trying to figure out who I am. I STILL have a hard time being friends with girls. I still have more guy friends than girl friends. And girl friends I DO have are secure, strong women who are not afraid that I will steal their men. Their men are friends with my Hub. And I am fairly certain the my Hub likes who I am. He better be, I got tired of being someone fake a long time ago.

Craptastic Day

Ugh. I am having such a craptastic day. Nothing bad has happened (yet) but I just feel blahhh. I have no energy at all. I dont think any amount of coffee or Red Bull is going to fix today.

Keep your fingers crossed that I dont get sick. I cant get sick. Hub is finally working again so he couldnt help with the kids and I sure as hell dont want to take care of kids if I am sick. Thats why I go to work sick. I would rather be at work getting better and not being stressed out than being at home, getting everyone else sick and being irritated. And I feel guilty if I take Bobblehead and Monk Man to Nonnie's so my ass can stay home alone and get well. The normal working guilt is enough, I dont need sick guilt too.

Saturday, March 22, 2008

Comedian Jeff Dunham

Has anyone ever seen this guy? Fan-freaking-tastic! He is this comedian and he does his jokes with puppets. I havent laughed this hard in a long time. Here is a you-tube link. Check him out.http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=jeff+dunham&search_type=Lemme know what you think of him.