Add Wine connoisseur to the list of Allison’s possible careers. If there is the slightest whiff of odd smell, she will start, coughing and gagging, “Blech, ach, ugh” as she runs out of the room crying, “It’s tooo stinky in here!”
Monthly Archive for June, 2006
Have you said something yet to someone else (besides your kids) that just made you feel like an old person? I have told some of the girls at work that their jeans weren’t professional for work. I cringed at myself as the words were coming out of my mouth. In the back of my mind crying, “When did I become that person? That old lady that tells people their clothing is inappropriate????”
I remember when you had to work hard to get holes in your jeans. How I used to want holes in them enough that I would take scissors to them and carefully snip at a few places. Making holes that still had threads in them. Holes that were placed in just the right spots. It was alright then. The jeans I mutilated were already getting old, and they were pretty cheap.
Now, you can buy them with our without holes. I also spend much more on my clothes today than I did 15 years ago. Pick a pair that is flawless. No holes anywhere. They fit so well. Flattering and comfortable at the very same time. It is love. These jeans are the favorite. Wear them at least once a week.
6 months go by and you see it, the wearing at the knee. You think to yourself, “We’ll see how long they last”. Ok, first you think, “Crap, if I had wanted the holes, I would have paid for the holes.”. Then you think, “We’ll see how long they last.”
3 washes later, big holey knee.
Allison’s new phrase is, “Freaking out”. Now, I know she gets this from me, because every once in a while Zoey will get so frustrated with something that she has a melt down. When it happens I usually tell her to “Stop Freaking Out, take a deep breath, and calm down”. It sounds so funny coming from a 2 year old though.
Lately Allison has been using it to try and get out of things she doesn’t want to do.
“Eating that cereal will make me freak out”
“Taking a bath will freak me out”
“My room is going to freak me out”
“Sleeping in my bed will make me freak out”
“Sleeping in your bed will make me freak out”
“Going to sleep will make me freak out”
I think you get the picture.
1 cup cornmeal
1 cup flour
1/2 cup sugar
4 tsp baking powder
1 egg
1/2 tsp vanilla
1 cup milk
1/4 cup vegetable oil
Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
Mix dry ingredients.
Add in egg, vanilla, milk and oil. Beat until smooth.
Grease or line muffin tin with wrappers. Fill 2/3 of cup. Bake for 20-25 minutes.
I stumbled across this really neat site with great ideas for kiddie projects. Thought I would share it with everyone. So, what are you waiting for? Go visit Kiddley!
The other day Nathan and Zoey were arguing with eachother about something. When Greg started to get onto them, Allison looked up and said, “I’m the good one, huh?”
A few months ago, Nathan bought a copy of Spy Kids 3D. Allison has constantly watched it. You think I”m joking, but she had watched it on average 3 times a day. When she asked to watch it, I couldn’t understand the first part of what she was saying. To me it sounded like ‘Splinter* Spy Kids’.
After we had seen Spy Kid 3 about 200 times, I remembered we had the original tucked away somewhere. With any luck Allie would let us mix things up a bit and keep our sanity intact. She was pretty excited, “Mom! Junie looks my size! Is he my age in ‘Old Spy Kids’?”.
We were spared the constant repetion of #2 when Spy Kids 2: Island of Lost Dreams was on tv. It is set to never erase. While we were watching it, Allison started saying, “YEAH Mom! This is the one I’ve always wanted! Dinosaur and skeleton* Spy Kids!”
* Was one of those, “oh yeah, that’s totally what she was saying”, moments.
When did I become the person who would rather do things myself than have to explain how to do it?
I used to take pride in my ability to help people understand how to do new things. It was fun to watch the lightbulb come on when they figured it out for themselves. Maybe it’s just easier to do it myself than to take the time helping some people figure it out. Especially when at least if I mess it up, I know who to blame.
It could just be burn out. Who really wants to explain the same thing the 4th, 5th, or even the 6th time to some shmuck who just doesn’t get it. It’s so much simpler to just say, “Move!“.
Usually I don’t write about TV shows watched because there are already tons of reviewer type people out there. I was looking forward to the new season of Last Comic Standing. Last night as they were calling out the finalists, I found myself getting more and more disappointed. For me, they could have picked 5 totally different people (Bill Dwyer and the Skinny Girl were pretty good) and it would have been a much better show for me. I can’t believe they didn’t pick Doug Benson or Josh Mcdermitt.
Lucky for us we had Dane Cook’s Tourgasm to watch to wash away the suckage.
Last night at the dinner table the Nate and Zoey started asking some questions.
Kids: “Hey Mom, was Sponge Bob around when you were a kid?”
Mom: “Nope.”
Kids: “Wow, how about Fairly Odd Parents?”
Mom, who is starting to feel slightly older: “No, they weren’t either.”
Kids: “Man! I bet Nickelodeon wasn’t even around when you were our age.”
Mom, trying not to feel like a dinosaur stands up raising her fists to the air and her voice to the clouds: “Yes! Yes, they did have Nickelodeon when I was your age!”
Kids, not to be out done: “Prove it.”
