confessions from crazymama...random thoughts. and other delightful or not delightful tidbits of information you never knew you wanted to know.
it's time for another edition of random thoughts. i know! you are THRILLED!
- i had bunko last night, it was FANTASTIC. i won the cutest red towel rack. I've decided I'm going to use it for my sunglasses storage, I'll post pictures later.
-Bunko might have been slightly better if my past indiscretions weren't discussed openly for all to hear. but I'm not much of a secret keeper anyway. so it's all good.
- feeling good about my eyebrows i tamed myself yesterday.
tweezers and some quality time in the bathroom, tweezing paid off!
- Lindsey gave me my fab prize for something on her blog. i have no idea what contest i won. but i think it happened when i commented a ton of times. WHOOHOO! i'll post pictures sometime. FAN-FREAKING -TASTIC!
-I won a contest on Leslie's blog WHOOHOO! i am thrilled.i get to have one of these
for asking a boatload of random questions. i have tons of random questions that i manage to come up with for the people that want to be asked random questions. so i asked a ton, and won! YAY ME! and WHOOHOO for you Leslie on 200 posts! FANCY!
- i am so excited for Breaking Dawn to come out! 23 days from today! WHOOHOO! can't wait!
- sarcasm is LOST on ME! i just don't follow. and always assume people that are sarcastic are being serious. if i know people are TOTALLY sarcastic all the time , i generally assume that's it. BUT if i don't know someone well or reading something, i often assume they mean it.
-i also don't do well with teasing. or playful mocking. which happens alot to me since I've always been fun to tease. leaving me feeling insecure and picked on. I'm not as secure with myself as i come off as in person.
-people used to call me Cocky. which i am not, but I apparently come off that way. I'm probably the most insecure person ever. i just fake self assured really well.
-i love to feel the burn of sea breeze on my face.
-i picked my face yesterday to the point that i understand completely when Lance says I've made his skin (after picking him for too long) like hamburger. i was feeling the hamburger effect fully. i was REALLY focused on my pores, and my face, and imaginary zits, and hairs.
-I tweeze/pull out my gray hairs. and i have alot.
- I've had to clean up at least one glass break every day this week.
-today i get to clean up Cheese on the floor, and chips, and Dr.Pepper on my new clean wall and baseboards, it wasn't diet either. i see mopping in my future. and quality time with the magic eraser.
-Last night off was FABULOUS it's been awhile, and i lucked out and missed out on 6 poopy diapers (Pierce had the runs) and ONE vomit mess , he puked in his bed and was up when i came home at 1am. i still have to wash the sheets, and had to make his bed, but i was glad i didn't get the bulk of the clean up duty.
-Joy stood on the counter today, while wet from the bath and slipped. and then wondered why.
- she also told Alicia at Barro's that if she got the roll out flower carpet, she would get thousands of flowers and" be the envy of all her friends" . infomercials strike again, but i am thinking i could totally use the flower carpet in the planter along my sidewalk , instead of the white trash grass that is currently growing there.
-i need to read the Twilight series again, talking about it last night has me all excited to read it again before the next one comes out. I'm missing my twilight book, did i loan it to anyone? Janan?
- i still haven't managed to tackle anything massive goal wise. i need to get on it, but i did thoroughly clean my bathroom which has been FAR TOO LONG since i tackled it, since no one sees it or even uses it but me. and Lance sometimes to shower. his bathroom of choice is the Hall bathroom.
-i used to yell at lance in the middle of the night for using our bathroom, i could hear him "going" and it echoed too much waking me up, so he always uses the hall bathroom. it became a habit.
-our CORN WORM, moth came out of his casing(pupa?), or whatever it is called. last week, we didn't know, but at dinner the kids saw a moth on the windowsill by the table, they were holding it and everything, then they caught it and took it outside to release to the wild . turns out it was Corny in Moth form (see#9), he'd escaped his box covered Tupperware, we didn't take pictures. dang it! but we were excited for him. way to go CORNY! good luck on your adventures!
- i need a sewing machine, i don't have one and I'm feeling the URGE to sew some stuff. some squishy minky dot pillows for the kids, like i bought for the girls only since they only had colors to match their room, that everyone covets. i also feel compelled to try my hand at some other FANTASTIC crafty projects . but mostly i want to make the squishy pillows.
-i have not been to any stores to maximize the sales and clearance that are going on places. what is wrong with me? i'm saving a ton on gas though, and maybe it's because we have so much CRAP, i don't want to bring anything more home.
-Hope's birthday is Saturday. i need to go shopping for her, but again what do you get for a kid that lacks nothing? in a house that has excessive amounts of CRAP? for a girl that is the 3rd in line with clothes, and dolls galore?
-she's turning 4. and not any closer to potty trained, she still resists. she's been lectured, threatened , bribed, guilted, helped, etc. and yet she still wants to be "a little girl" and wear a diaper. refuses to wear panties, and even is turning down pull ups. she pees on the potty but has never taken a dump. the grandma's are up in arms over it, Dad is lecturing constantly, and then there is me, giving her the choice, and she turns it down. UGH! potty training ROTS! oh and she's totally capable of going on her own. and she does when the mood strikes, she just wants to be little .
- in the past we have a new baby , the older one decides, i'm not a baby anymore, and they move on . with no new baby that isn't happening. she is the baby girl still. i'm at a loss. the others all decided on their own to grow up.
-anyway no one was rude or assuming i just wanted to clarify JUST IN CASE. that was all. with the whole clarifying about sympathy for Lance issue.
-i have a mosquito bite or bump on my thyroid surgery scar, it's super bugging me. It's way, way itchy. the scar is itchy anyway sometimes, but today it's extra annoying.
-so i think this is enough randoms for today. did you read them all? have any tips for me? on potty training , going comando is not an option with this many people here. any others ideas?
how do you take care of your gray hairs?
how often do you have to clean up broken glass? how do you go about it, i put on shoes, then sweep.
do you think i'm cocky?
how do you tame your brows?
what do you think of sarcasm?
do you like to be teased?
are you easy to tease or tease proof?
is there a random question you want to ask me? go ahead and shoot!
17 comments:
None of the girls in my family likes to be teased. And since we outnumber the boys so badly, we simply don't put up with it. My mom didn't like it either. My husband learned early on in our dating life. If he teased me, I wasn't going out with him again. I don't like it. And don't really see a reason to put up with it. Teasing to me is really just insulting. I'm now stepping off of my soap box;) Too bad you can't force a kid to potty train. And you really can't. I let my kids PT themselves pretty much when they felt like it. Luckily they all felt like it before they turned three. Except Brenley. She may be a stubborn one too. And, your right, they can't go commando with so many other kids around. I'm at a loss. I don't like cocky people. Which means you are not cocky. If I thought you were, I probably wouldn't like you. I think you know who you are, and you are real about it. That is not the same thing as cocky. I'll finish this book now;)
Sorry about the potty training, I was lucky, both my girls were between 2 and 2 1/2 when they potty trained, it sounds like you have tried everything, all I can say is every child is different.
I am a sarcastic person, I can dish it out but I can't take it, I take most things personally, my hubby say's I am way to sensitive, I am really working on it though, so being that way I hate to be teased, I have to really be in the mood for it or prepare myself for it if I know I am going somewhere where those people who joke with me might be.
We only use plastic cups for the time being, mostly to prevent breakage.
I don't have gray hair, it's white and yes I pull it out, I have had it since I was 17.
I wax my eyebrows and do so every 3 weeks but I don't think anyone would notice if I didn't because they are so light.
I don't think you are cocky, I think you are funny and I like your sense of humor.
I can't remember all of your questions but I think or hope I got most of them on here.
Hey Crazymama! Don't worry, crapstain is around to stay ;O)
As for potty training, my 2 older kids trained themselves at exactly 2 yrs. My current 2 year old is SO not interested, so whatever advise you get, I'll be reading.
I freaking LOVE that Kool-Aid bag!!! So jealous!!!!!
Am also counting down the days 'til Breaking Dawn! So addicted!!!! Can't wait for Twilight movie, either!!!!!
Broken glass: i use a Swiffer which really grabs the invisible little slivers.
Gray hairs? What gray hairs? I can't see them through my bleach.
Do I like sarcasm? I am sarcasm in human form. Love it, breathe it, eat it, roll around naked in it....
But I don't really like being teased unless it's cute, harmless teasing. Then it's okay. I'm pretty much tease proof if I want to be.
I don't know if I would consider you cocky, considering I don't know you in person, HOWEVER, I can see how some ppl might thing that because of the way you are so open and forthright and aren't afraid to put anything out there.
Hey-
I'm glad you liked your prize. Can't wait to see your crafty idea. I would have never thought about using it that way. Clever! Where was I when your past was being brought up? HMMmmm??? Glad you came last night.
I have no ideas for potty training. It's a big bad pain in the butt though!
Gray hair totally dye it!!!
Broken glass, sweep it w/shoes on!
I don't think you're cocky you seem like the type of person that tell it like it is. I like that. I hate trying to figure out what people are thinking.
I'm a plucker for the brows.
I like sarcasm in fun only and even then some take it too far.
Occational teasing is okay but not if it hurts feelings. :)
I just finished potty training my youngest and it was a pain! He had no interest whatsoever. I ended up bribing him with a very expensive tractor that he has wanted for months.
I am a very sarcastic person who is constantly teased but I'm also a huge smart-ass so I give it as much as it get it. It is a family thing, we are are twisted!
I wax my brows because tweezing is painful! I would rather get it all over with in one painful moment than 100 tweezes later.
I don't think your cocky, I think you are halirious!
OK my random question (and I have a ton) is: In Utah, its very common for people to have a lot of kids. I come from a family of 9 kids. How do people react in Arizona? I have to ask because when I have lived outside of Utah, we got a lot of weird looks and strange comments. Does this happen to you?
Wow, that was a lot to take it. I'll try and answer what questions I can remember...
No I don't think you're cocky. I think you're adorable, and I love people who tell it as it is. I think you're real.
Potty training is hard. I like to remember that at times like this when I'm baby hungry.
I don't do very well with sarcasm. What's the point? It's better to just be nice.
You would be so proud! I read the whole thing & took notes.
I loooove your idea for the towel rack. What no smashed paper towels! hee hee!
Kennedi would love to be a baby still(little girl). She reminds us all the time that she is too little!
If I let her have a bottle she would.
She finally is getting the whole potty training.
Good luck!!
I need to read Twilight too & can't wait for Breaking Dawn!
-Color baby!!!! I thought you did color cause your hair always has great shine.
I wax & tweeze when needed.
Your not cocky at all but you do hide being insecure very well!
My whole family is sarcastic so I guess i'm use to it. But hate being teased!
I'm still feeling bad about telling Angela & Stacy to go to the next table.
Sorry so long!
Love ya & have a great night!!!
All my kids have potty trained well, so I know I am in for it soon!! I have three to potty train in the next two years.
I am totally sarcastic. My family is, we get it from my Dad. I am used to it. I have five brothers. I worry though about my comments sometimes on others blogs. I worry that maybe they will not see it how I did and I will offend. I really have to reighn it in. I would never want to hurt anyones feelings!!
Hate broken glass I sweep it up and then get the vacuum out to make sure I did not miss anything. Always wear shoes during cleanup.
I color my hair because I like to. I have only found two gray hairs so far.
I have my eyebrows threaded. I HATE waxing it hurts and I have VERY thick eyebrows so tweezing is out. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dft8BypWd5I&feature=related this is a video on what threading is. the first time HURTS because my eyebrows were SO thick. Now it is fine.
No advice on PT. Olivia is 4 1/2 and still in Pull ups atnight and has accidents sometimes too. Does she have something she wants? REALLY bad?
Fake it till ya make it!?!?
Your self-assuredness that is.
do you think i'm cocky? Nnnnnooooo. I think you are honest and funny. In blog life, anyway. :)
how do you tame your brows? Tweezers. If I can find them.
What do you think of sarcasm? I can be very sarcastic at times. My kids are learning to understand it.
Do you like to be teased? I don't mind about most things. There ARE certain things I HATE being teased about though.
Are you easy to tease or tease proof? I am an EASY target.
Is there a random question you want to ask me? go ahead and shoot!
I can't think of one! How lame is that? Too tired...too burnt out. Maybe later??
Hey, there were two quesions in there...
Holy crap your life makes me tired. I am tired all the time anyway. How do you do it?
I am always sarcastic and we tease all the time. People think my hubby and I don't get along but that is just how we are and totally in love they just don't get it. We don't care.
I hate potty training. Have no adivce they are all just different. Mine wants to take his diaper off evertime he goes in it. He will go on the potty to but I don't do comando it's too much work for me to clean it up. ugh!
OK so I have to say can't wait for the new book and I also want to reread them all. My son has me reading Fablehaven now. Like it too.
Your hubby rocks by the way. If I was gone for a fun girls night an mine do stuck with that many poopies and a vomit he would have called me and whined several times. Awesome he got to do it and good too. You get to do it way tooo much!
Love your randoms and read them all. I want to know if you are my long lost double?
I tweeze my GRAY HAIR TOO!! I haven't succumb to dying yet! I have one I really hate, right at the top front part of my head! I love pulling that thing out!! It is like a silent victory!! LOVE TWEEZING GRAY HAIR!!
I tweeze my eyebrows about once a week! Never done it any other way. Like doing it myself. I feel like someone else is going to mess it up!
Umm broken glass, not very often. Yes, shoes, then sweep. maybe vacuum too.
Don't have any gray hairs yet. That infuriates Ben. He has lots! tee hee :)
I am VERY sarcastic and so is my family! We love to joke around all the time! It's fun. But I have to be careful when I meet new people. To see if they can handle it or like it. I don't try to be mean about it, just being silly.
I don't think you're cocky, just flippin' hilarious!!!
Oh potty training? not much advice from me. My kids were all almost 3 1/2 yrs old. My girls have worn pull-ups to bed. Some kids wet the bed periodically. We're a mess! ha ha No, they're pretty good about it, accidents happen sometimes. But the beginning always takes a while and YOU have to be dedicated. That's the hardest part. I hate that it's up to ME. I don't like that pressure and responsibility. Eventually we got it all done.
Sorry I'm rambling!
Good Luck!
My twin sister has 7 kids and one of her daughters refused to potty train. She was four and wanted to go to preschool but they don't take kids in diapers. So Lisa just told her if she wanted to go to school she had to go on the potty. It worked in one day.
I think you should tell her that the the rules at the pool (or grandma's house, or wherever you swim) changed and that if she wants to swim she has to go in the potty. It may work!
My oldest potty trained at 2 1/2 but only after I bribed her with candy. First I tried tootsie rolls but they didn't work. So I made teeny tiny chocolate chip cookies and she got to have one every time she went. Even in the morning. (And I'm normally pretty strict about sweets).
Okay...back to your questions. I found my first gray on my 25th birthday. I color my hair to cover it but can't right now because I'm preggo with #3. So I'm sporting lovely roots/grays.
I don't think you are cocky at all. You definately come across as having a big personality!
I wax my brows because if I try to pluck I always stop after one eyebrow. I hate plucking.
My husband is the king of sarcasm and teasing but he does know what not to tease me about. Usually anyway.
My random questions...
Have you always been a stay-at-home mom? If you weren't a SAHM what would you want to be doing?
Have you ever done something that was seriously out of character for you?
What was the first job you ever had and how old were you?
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