I just got an email from my aunt, she sent me this youtube video. It was pretty stinkin’ hilarious.
I chuckled through the whole video, I hope you enjoyed it just as much as I did!
Well not specifically tagged….LOL! I was blog hopping and came across Kat and Christie’s blogs. This is the 6th folder, 6th picture photo meme. I have never participated in a meme before but I love posting pictures.
Here are the rules:
1. Go to your Picture Folder on your computer or wherever you store your pictures.
2. Go to the 6th Folder and then pick the 6th Picture.
3. Post it on your blog and tell the story that goes with the picture.
4. Tag 5 other glorious people to do the same thing and leave a comment on their blog telling them about it.
*since I wasn’t tagged I won’t be specifically tagging anyone. But if you wish to participate, please do and let me know you did! Happy hunting for that great 6th folder, 6th picture photo!
So here is the picture:
“Hello, my name is Freddy”
This is was our iguana Freddy. Tony used to have an Iguana when we met and unfortunately he died when we made our move back to Florida from Nevada. Petri was a HUGE Iguana, we were sad to see him go. So since Tony had made this huge, fabulous cage, we thought we would get another Iguana. We only had Freddy for about 4 months. Tony had high hopes of being able to “play” with the Iguana. Basically just hold him/handle him often so he wouldn’t turn out to be mean. Well with Tony’s BS work schedule, he was never able to.
With our possible upcoming move out of the state of Florida we decided we should get rid of Freddy so someone can “play” with him while he is still young. I wanted my kids to be around reptiles so they wouldn’t be afraid of them. That is why we got another one, not to mention they are cool. Unfortunately right now Tony just doesn’t have the time.
We sold the cage and gave Freddy to a very wonderful nice family. I am certain he will be well taken care of.
YOU…yeah you!! You’re next!
I have never liked coconut. However last night Tony brought home a macaroon from his restaurant and I tried one. Holy Moley! It was delicious. I am not sure if all are this way but these were half dipped in chocolate. Unfortunately I can’t give the restaurant name because quite frankly, I never say anything nice about his job. Not to mention his restaurant isn’t all over the place like a Chili’s or something. If you really want to know where they are from, email or post a comment and I can tell you.
All I was saying is that macaroons are tasty. If you haven’t had one, go buy some. They are scrum-diddly-umptious!!!!
I enjoy hearing news about my favorite celebrities. When I say that though I mean, marriages, passing of a loved one, arrival of new babies etc. however, I hate when they have to dive deep into a celebs personal life. Start rumors and gossip that is so far from the truth. Especially in times of tragedy.
I am driven to write this from the most recent Hollywood tragedy, the passing of John Travolta’s son. It is a time of grieving, the family needs to get through this tough time. They surely don’t need the media to trash talk their personal decisions in life. Tell the facts and leave it at that. Autopsies state died from seizure, I don’t feel their religion or reasons for giving or not giving a certain medication is relevant to this grieving process.
I am the farthest thing from celeb status but I chose to put my life out there for all to read and critique. I most certainly don’t post everything anymore from an incident I had when I first started my blog. Someone judged me as a parent from something I posted and I didn’t like it. I will no longer post anything personal I don’t want to get anyone’s opinion on.
Point is the Travolta family didn’t ask to be criticized on their decisions when their son passed away.
The other celeb tragedy happened last year when Heath Ledger died. The media turned it from sadness to a bash session of his personal life. Let his family grieve without all the BS.
I think I lost my marbles this morning! Both my lil ones either woke up on the wrong side of the bed or….who knows what the problem was this morning! We I got up this morning at 8:15. Bel was up at 7 to eat and I don’t think she went back to sleep. Bubby was up before 8 as well but I am not sure when because I was in lala land.
Whatever the problem was, though, they were both extremely cranky all morning. I think Bel is teething. I finally gave her some baby Motrin about an hour ago and put her down to a nap. Bubby was insistent on playing with the outlet covers and CRIED every time I asked DEMANDED he stopped. I was extremely patient for the first 3 1/2 hours of listening to them cry but I lost my marbles about 12:30. I had to put Bel down for her nap and she fell right asleep. Bubby was doing well for about 20 minutes after Bel went to sleep but then he climbed in her rocker chair and I started to rock him and he fell asleep. I carefully picked him up and put him down for a nap too. They both must have just had a rough night sleep and were over tired.
S-I-L-E-N-C-E!!!!!
Oh it’s great. Now to catch up on blogging and chores and most important a NAP! LOL!
About a month before Christmas I knew I wanted to get Bubby the Bounce Back Racer by Tonka.
Well I couldn’t find it in stock anywhere! At Toys R Us you can submit your email to get notification when it is back on the shelves. About a week later I got the email. I called the Toys R Us to make sure they did and they told me they only had one so I immediately packed up the kids and ran out to the store.
I got the toy and was so excited. Bubby loves toys like that but since he is still a little young I thought maybe he wouldn’t understand a normal remote control car with all the different forward/backward/turn buttons. The Bounce Back Racer has two buttons, forward and backward. The car can hit the wall and flip over and go the other direction. Perfect for a 17 month old.
Well I was not even thinking and I threw away the receipt. Not a smart move. Christmas was still weeks away and we weren’t going to open it until then.
So to my dismay on Christmas morning (not realizing how many batteries we would need for all the kids toys)we charged all of our rechargeable batteries. A day or two later I put all the batteries in and WHAT???? the car is not working. The remote worked because it actually made one of our other remote control cars move. LOL!
So is it unethical to go buy another one, and put the broken one back in the box and return it. I would buy it from the same store so really there is no loss. I will have paid for another and just “returned” the first one I got. It’s a $30 remote control car and it just doesn’t sit well with me that it has been sitting on my counter for a week and it is broken and I don’t have a receipt to return it. I went to the store a couple days ago to get one but they were out of stock. Must be a very popular toy.
So would that be wrong?
I am trying to remain positive. This post is kind of going off the previous post. I know that Tony works as hard as he does for the family. Finding a man like Tony is few and far between. At least in my experience. No man in previous relationships has ever even worked 1/4 as hard as Tony does.
My problem is that he is NEVER home and it seems like when he is, his phone is ringing from managers at work incapable of doing their job asking STUPID question. Questions they should know the answer to after working for the company for 6 years. Or when he is home, within 30 minutes he is passed out on the couch because he is so tired from working 17+ hour days.
Yesterday Tony worked from 6am until 10pm. This isn’t a desk job, he is on his feet most of his day. He didn’t get home until 10:30 and he ate dinner and pretty much fell asleep. We spent about 20 minutes together. Now today is supposed to be his one day off this week and where is he……..WORK!!! He claims he is only going to have to work until noon but still by the time he gets home Bubby and Bel will be going down for a nap.
It is very important to me at the start of this year to continue with my losing weight and getting into shape. With Tony working so much he is too tired to go with me. Which was where some of our quality time was spent. So when he gets home from work, I go to the gym and workout for about an hour, hour and a half. By the time I get home we eat and within 30 minutes he has fallen asleep on the couch.
I know we have the rest of OUR lives to spend together but the kids are only 1 once. They only take their first steps, ONCE. Say their first words, ONCE. I want him to be there for some of it.
I try not to be mad because I don’t believe that is the right emotion to have but I feel frustrated when he is never home. Not just for me but for our kids.
Here’s to 2009 being a better year!
