Disgusting and Despicable

Chris Brown Beat Up Rihanna
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This is an actual advertisement on the sidebar of a site I was on today...This makes me sick, it should be illegal for them to post. The SAD thing is how many people are actually going to vote? I wish I knew which site it was so I never end up there again but when I came to blogger it was gone.

In my head...

Sandals on a 0 degree day, seriously I saw it this morning. Really? sandals, ridiculous.

I am a positive person most of the time, we all have our days but seriously if you are having a bad day do you HAVE to take it out on the rest of the world.

Why couldn't I have been born with the skinny gene?

I made toffee crack (probably why I wish I was born with the skinny gene) it is sooo good, you can find the recipe on this blog that references another great blog.

My heart breaks every time someone calls my office with a toothache and no money to have it taken care of. This morning I spoke to someone that cried when I told them we didn't take medicaid, my eyes welled up also as I gave her the number to the only place I thought may be able to help her but they are so busy chances are it won't be any time today. I would love to work on health care reform and I don't have 150,000 in unpaid taxes in my past (Daschle)...do you think Obama would hire me, I wish.

I LOVE that Obama is looking to put a salary cap on companies that the govt bails out. It think it is RIDICULOUS that execs with poor performance continue to get over the top salaries with over the top bonuses. If your company is doing well and you don't need a federal bail out then yes you deserve the millions!

Update...

If you have a facebook account you have been tagged, probably numerous times, for the 25 random things note, you may not want to do it but I love reading new facts about people. Here is my blogger version but I'm only going to do 10.
1. I have a couple addictions including facebook, food, my ipod touch and tv. I have actually decided to breakdown and get dvr to try to condense tv watching without commercials. What occupies my time?
Monday - The Bachelor and then I got sucked into True Beauty (stupid but I'm hooked)
Tuesday - The Biggest Loser and I can't think but I know there is something
Wednesday - LOST and of course they always have to recap the previous week LOST
Thursday - Ugly Betty, Grey's
Friday and Saturday - Nothing, I know hard to believe...another reason we think dvr will be good maybe we can watch some of the above shows on those nights when we are struggling to find something on our 200+ channels, it is amazing that you can even say "there is nothing on" these days.
Sunday - Desperate Housewives, Brothers and Sisters, Dexter but it is on hiatus and Trent wants to watch the Unit, which I also enjoy
So you see I watch WAY to much tv, and these are only the shows that I watch on a regular basis embarrassing but I can always have on the weather channel, yes I will sit and watch it, the food network, mtv, vh1 and E. WOW, I have a lot of hours in the evenings that I could be way more productive, I feel a bit embarrassed and am half tempted to delete everything I just typed!
2. Ally is doing very well at school and is no longer needing assistance with reading. We are so proud of her:)
3. Lanie has the biggest crush on a little boy at school. She told me that they had a conversation about how when they get to be older boys can be boyfriends and girls can be girlfriends, then she just smiled really big
4. Trent is on the hunt for a new job, if you hear of anything please let us know
5. Ally takes ballet and tap/jazz, she loves to dance and is super flexible. She can do the splits 3 different ways and often times when we are talking she will just kick her leg up on to the counter or wall, I don't even thinks she realizes that she is doing it.
6. We went to the Jonas Brothers concert a couple weeks ago compliments of my friend Amy. We had the BEST time and if you have an opportunity to see those cuties in concert I would highly recommend it, it was a great show. Lanie was a bit confused on why we couldn't go down and talk to them.
7. I HATE SNOW! I'm just so sick of the cold. I can't wait to get my flip flops out.
8. I have been feeling really motivated to eat better and exercise. Until I am tempted with something better, I'm a work in progress!
9. My sister in law (Travis' wife for those who know us) is going to have a baby boy any day now, I pray for them daily that she will have a healthy baby and a comfortable delivery, she has been in and out of the hospital with various pregnancy issues but things are ok. I also pray the transition from one child to two will also be smooth.
10. We went over to some friends house for the superbowl and had a great time. There is nothing better than a good laugh with good friends.

AND...thanks for you encouraging comments about Ally, it is sometimes so hard to know the right thing to say to your kids.

Mom..."I'm fat"

Ally said this to me last night and my heart broke. We talked about it for a bit and when I asked her why she thinks this she said she didn't know she just feels fat. (I have struggled with my weight my whole life but it is an internal battle that I just don't talk about.) I asked if someone said this to her and she said there is a little boy at school that calls her names, she said he doesn't call her fat but I just can't help but wonder...
How do I give my seven year old a healthy self image? She is at a point where she has a little "baby fat", and we have had a hard time finding things to fit, especially pants. When we have a hard time finding a pair to fit or that she grows out of we talk about growing and that she is going to grow taller and stretch and her body will take on lots of different shapes. We also talk about making healthy food choices and that it is ok to have a cookie we just can't eat ten at a time. I pray that I'm not the one making her feel this way when we have a hard time clothes shopping, that in my frustration to find clothes to fit I haven't said something that has damaged her self image. If there is anyone out there that can help, I'm looking for advice if you have it.

Return to blogging...

Maybe it is time to make a return to the land I seem to have abandoned in September. After school started there just didn't seem to be enough hours in the day to do anything but I guess four months later I feel like we are a little more settled. Another reason I seemed to abandon the blog was quite honestly due to facebook...Are you a member? Are you addicted? I seem to spend lots of time "stalking" people and updating what I'm doing. Which I guess it was what I used to here. So I do enjoy blogging and I think it will be fun for my girls someday to look back at the ramblings of their mother so I'm going to try to be a bit more consistent. More later, lots to update:)

School Days

School has started and at the very last minute we were informed that Ally and Lanie would be able to transfer back to Warner from Parma. Ally did K at Warner and was moved to Parma for first grade. We are delighted to be back at Warner and the kids have the best, most wonderful teachers. Lanie ended up with my cousin Melissa and Ally has Mrs. Valentine, whom everyone loves! So far school has gone very well. Lanie knows quite a few kids in her class including her cousins Madi and Caylee. Ally has been re-acquainted with friends from her first year at Warner and a couple friends from church.


It is hard to believe I sent my babies off to Kindergarten and second grade this year. I'm just trying to take it all in and enjoy it all. Activities are beginning and will fill our days to the max. Hopefully we'll be able to keep everything running smooth and we'll have an excellent school year.

Shoes, shoes, shoes

Spending money on shoes used to be so much more fun. Not that it isn't fun to buy shoes for the kids, it just used to be more fun to buy them for myself. New soccer cleats, new tap shoes, new tennis shoes, new dress shoes and a new pair of "cool" shoes...Oh, my!