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March 31, 2007
gooooooooooooo bucks!
Ohio State is rocking the joint!
Go Bucks!
Side note to Dave: Is it killing you that Uof M sucks so much at everything this year??? You know I love you, man.
Go Bucks!
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March 28, 2007
busy beaver
The last couple of weeks have flown by. Our friend, Andrew, came down to visit from Seattle. He's a good sport, a single guy hanging out with his married with children friends. We took him to Papago park and we trekked up to Hunt's tomb and climbed up Hole-in-the Rock. Grumpy carried Little Bear all the way to the top and I carried Duck. It was hot that day too, I was melting.
The next day Grumpy had to work so Andrew and I decided to take a little road trip. The best part was that we took my two kids and the two kids I babysit for a couple of times a week. We drove out past Canyon Lake, man was it wonderful to see a body of water again, to Tortilla Flat which is a cute little ghost town. We wandered around for a bit with everyone staring at us. We had a kid in a stroller, a kid in a wheelchair and two other little demons running amok. I'm sure everyone was thinking - get a vasectomy already dude! I wanted to say "we're not married and these aren't our kids" but I thought that might get us arrested or something. Best to let everyone think we are freaky mormom procreators extraordinaire.
We took him out to eat to our favorite German Restaurant one night and then next night I had the pleasure of eating dinner and watching Conan the Barbarian with all the boys.
Saturday night, Grumpy and I went out with his sister and her hubby to watch my brother-in-law perform in his first drag show. He was awesome. He makes a really pretty woman, bitch! It was weird because the bar used to be a shit kicker bar and I remember going there once for Karaoke about 9 nine years ago. I like it much, much better as a gay bar. HOT bartneders. I did have one lady who thought I was a dish. I was very flattered and she was really cool, so all in all, a really great night.
On sunday, we had a birthday party for the Little Duck. I can't believe he'll be one tomorrow. Holy shit! he's got eight teeth and he can walk just holding your finger. Nana got him a duck cake and she rented the bouce house again and we all bounced until we could bounce no more. I even took Duck in a couple of times and after he got over his initial fear he laughed himself silly.
I just finished the book Wicked. I don't know how they made a musical out of it. I don't think I liked it but I need to think about it for a couple of days. I will say it gave me freaky, freaky dreams.
I also watched The Departed last night. Yes, I know I am way behind the times but hot damn it was goooooood. Wow.
And if you haven't heard poor Meloknee got hit by a car while riding her bike in Seattle. She got really busted up and has to have her jaw wired shut for the next 4-6 weeks. Send her some loving thoughts.
I know I am forgetting to tell you something important or hysterically funny that happened in the last week but I have forgotten what it is so this is what you get stuck with, sorry.
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March 14, 2007
c'est le meme chose (it's just the same)
I am stealing this from NewPlanet because really don’t think anyone is reading it anyway….
1. What Curse Word Do You Use The Most? The F bomb.
2. Do You Own An iPod? Oh yes, I keep it in the car so I don’t have to listen to crap.
3. What Person On Your MySpace Top 8 Do You Talk To The Most? Swede, since I am married to him and all.
4. What Time Is Your Alarm Clock Set To? I don’t set an alarm. I wake up naturally about 6:30.
5. Do You Want To Fall In Love? Not again.
6. Do You Wear Flip-Flops When It's Cold? I almost always wear flip flops or sandals, but I don’t think it gets cold here. Not really.
7. Would You Rather Take The Picture Or Be In The Picture? I like being in the picture when I’m not fat. So , I generally I take the pictures.
8. What Was The Last Movie You Watched? Little Miss Sunshine. I laughed my ass off.
9. Do Any Of Your Friends Have Children? Yes
10. Has Anyone Ever Called You Lazy? No
11. Do You Ever Take Medication To Help You Fall Asleep? Not lately, but I do love Tylenol PM.
12. What CD Is Currently In Your CD Player? George Michael – Listen Without Predjudice
13. Do You Prefer Regular Or Chocolate Milk? I love fat free milk and will only drink Wilcox Farm’s Chocolate Milk. It is the BEST.
14. Has Anyone Told You A Secret This Week? Nope.
15. When Was The Last Time You Had Starbucks? I had a hot chocolate there in Decemeber when my mom made me go there.
16. Can You Whistle? Yes, I can carry a tune.
17. Do You Have A Trampoline In Your Back Yard? No, I am still trying to get some grass!
18. Think People Talk About You Behind Your Back? Of course.
19. Did You Watch Cartoons When You Were A Kid? Yes, and I still do.
20. What Movie Do You Know Every Line To? Airplane, 16 Candles, History of the World, Weird Science. I could keep going.
21. Have You Ever Done The Dirty In A Field? No.
22. Is There Anything Wrong With Girls Kissing Girls? Who cares.
23. Do You Own Any Band T-Shirts? Duran Duran, The Verve Pipe. My Billy Idol and Tears for Fears shirts finally wore out and died.
24. What Is Your Favorite Salad Dressing? Honey Mustard.
25. Is Anyone In Love With You? Who knows.
26. Do You Do Your Own Dishes? I am the mom, I do everybody’s dishes.
27. Ever Cry In Public? Yes. I wear my heart on my sleeve. But, on top of crying when I am sad I also cry when I am really angry.
28. Are You On A Desktop Computer Or A Lap Top? Laptop.
29. Are You Currently Wanting Any Piercings Or Tattoo? I want to fix both of my tats and add onto one but I probably won’t. I’ve taken out my nose ring and the other piercing I had. I only have the 9 in my ears left. I won’t pierce anything else again.
30. What’s The Weather Like? Sunny and hot. It’s already in the 90’s here.
31. Would You Ever Date Anyone Covered In Tattoos? No.
32. What Did You Do Before This? Fed and changed the baby and put him down for a nap.
33. When Was The Last Time You Slept On The Floor? I took a nap on the floor yesterday.
34. How Many Hours Of Sleep Do You Need To Function? At least 6. But I prefer 7.
35. Do You Eat Breakfast Daily? Yes, everyday.
36. Are Your Days Full And Fast Paced? They are full but not always fast-paced.
38. Do You Use Sarcasm? No, never. See, I just used it. Sarcasm is my primary form of communication.
39. Have You Ever Been In A Fight? A handful.
40. Are You Picky About Spelling And Grammar? Yes, very.
41. Have You Ever Been To Six Flags? I’ve been to several.
42. Have You Ever Gotten Beat Up? No. I win.
43. Do You Get Along Better With The Same Sex Or The Opposite? Men, always have. But my closest girlfriends are not a real girly bunch of girls.
44. Do You Like Mustard? Only in honey mustard salad dressing.
45. Do You Sleep On Your Side, Stomach Or Back? Left side.
46. Where & How Did You Get One Of Your Scars? I have a scar on my knee from when my dad and I were down in Florida and we were out body surfing in 6-9 foot waves, during a storm. I got pulled under and slammed against some shells and coral and cut up my knee pretty good.
47. Who Was The Last Person To Make You Mad? My oldest son, right now. He’s on a “whining like a mo-fo 24/7” binge this week.
48. Do You Like Anybody? What the hell does that mean? Am I placing the emphasis on the wrong word, or what? So, no I don’t just like anybody. I’m very judgy, who isn’t. And if you mean do I like anybody, as in crushing, then well if you must know I have the hots for John Stamos and Robert Downey jr.
49. What Is The Last Thing You Purchased? I bought several books from Amazon: The Lovely Bones, Wicked, and The Weight of Water.
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March 09, 2007
insurdunce
Why does health insurance have to be such a pain in my ass? Wait, did I say pain, no, nope, no pain here. Shhh, don't mention pain, I don't want to have to get another referral!
Our old insurance plan with sucky, cold, unforgiving, heartless company did not require referrals and was supposed to be in effect until end of February.
We have a new plan with same sucky, cold, unforgiving, heartless company except now I have to have a referral for anything that is not with our primary care physician.
We just got the new cards and they have some obscure Dr. as our Primary Care Physician (PCP). I called to ask why this was and they told me that said Dr. was chosen for us because we had not identified a Dr. when plan was set up. I told them we had all our Dr.'s picked out on the old plan and of course they replied that they didn't carry over that information.
Gee thanks!
At this time I am also told that I need to have referrals for any Dr. that isn't our PCP. Okay, so this means I have to get a referral from a Dr. I've never met to see the allergist that I've been seeing for months now. RIDICULOUS!
A claim was turned down from Little Bear seeing his Dr. when he was sick because it wasn't the Dr. they had picked for us. Also, now we have all these denied claims because they cancelled the first plan on 12/30/06 instead of 1/30/07 like they were supposed to and I have to get it all straightened out in 7-10 days or pay big bucks for the services they are refusing to cover.
I am about to have an apoplectic fit and then a stroke but I am afraid to because I don't have a referral for any of it.
On a side note, Little Duck now has 8 whole teeth and out of the blue he started clapping his hands and shaking his head no in the last week. And if you check my Flickr pics you'll see we caught him standing all by himself! Yeah! We missed out on many of these milestones with Little Bear’s disabilities so it is so new to us and very exciting to watch.
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March 06, 2007
do you come from a land down under
Once again I find myself asking, dear god why? when watching a commercial. This particular commercial happens to be for a local business which apparently is too embarrassed to say exactly what it is that they do because they use a series of euphemisms to explain what they are all about. The spokeswomen talks about “fixing your down under” and “you know, down there”. And while she is talking they show a vignette of a happy smiling woman drinking coffee. Apparently she is so thrilled with the way they fixed up her cooter that she just had to brew up a mug of delicious, deceptively rich and creamy General Foods International Coffee and sit in her big, comfy chair thinking about her G-Spot.
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March 04, 2007
weekend fun
Well, I am having a busy weekend. Normally my weekends are pretty uneventful and spent doing laundry, grocery shopping, taking the dogs and kids to the park, watching movies and just hanging out.
But this weekend is different. Friday night I took the boys over to visit some friends who were having a birthday party for their daughter. The kids had a blast and I got to play pool and hang out with adults which is always a bonus. Little Bear came home covered in green icing.
Yesterday we went to the Renaissance Festival. Grumpy even had a good time. Because of Uncle Cakes, Little Bear got to ride on a big swinging swan, a butterly ride, a pirate ship ride, Davinci's flying machine ride, and he got to ride a real African elephant. I can't even look at those rides that spin or I will barf. Little Bear loved the petting zoo and he even got to eat a giant turkey leg (not in the petting zoo). Considering there were 6 kids with us we did pretty well. There weren't even any tantrums. I feel bad because both boys got sunburn on their faces. And I was bummed because the batteries in my camera died the second we got there.
After a brief nap we went to nana and papa's for dinner and we watched one of my favorite movies, Parenthood. I love the roller coaster. Little Bear even got to sit in the hot tub with his daddy and papa. Spoiled, spoiled, spoiled!
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March 02, 2007
bad ass commercial
Yesterday I saw a bad ass commercial, and I don't mean that in a good way. The commercial started with a middle aged white man and black woman sitting at a counter in a diner. They are chatting with their server about COLON CANCER SCREENING.
GAH!
The women are saying something to the extent of - How can getting a camera rammed up my butt prevent colon cancer? And the guy says LET ME SHOW YOU!!!
Wha????
He then takes a spoon and blazes a curvy trail through his mashed potatos and then he drops a lima bean into it. He says imagine these potatos are your colon and when you get a colonoscopy they can find polyps (like the lima bean) and remove them before they turn cancerous. As he says this he stabs the bean with his fork and pops it into his mouth, smiling like a fool. Then the black women says oh no you didn't! And then they both throw back their heads and laugh.
It reminded me of the SNL commercial for Oops I crapped my pants, where the guy is like imagine this pitcher of tea is a gallon of your feces! I wanted to throw up.
And in other news, I just love all of these:
Washington Post's Mensa Invitational asked readers to take any word
from the dictionary, alter it by adding, subtracting, or changing one
letter, and supply a new definition. Here are this year's winners.
1. Intaxication: Euphoria at getting a tax refund, which lasts until
you realize it was your money to start with.
2. Reintarnation: Coming back to life as a hillbilly.
3. Bozone (n.): The substance surrounding stupid people that stops
bright ideas from penetrating. The bozone layer, unfortunately, shows
little sign of breaking down in the near future.
4. Cashtration (n.): The act of buying a house, which renders the
subject financially impotent for an indefinite period.
5. Giraffiti: Vandalism spray-painted very, very high.
6. Sarchasm: The gulf between the author of sarcastic wit and the
person who doesn't get it.
7. Inoculatte: To take coffee intravenously when you are running late.
8. Hipatitis: Terminal coolness.
9. Osteopornosis: A degenerate disease. (This one got extra credit.)
10. Karmageddon: It's like, when everybody is sending off all these
really bad vibes, right? And then, like, the Earth explodes and it's
like, a serious bummer.
11. Decafalon (n.): The grueling event of getting through the day
consuming only things that are good for you.
12. Glibido: All talk and no action.
13. Dopeler effect: The tendency of stupid ideas to seem smarter when
they come at you rapidly.
14. Arachnoleptic fit (n.): The frantic dance performed just after
you've accidentally walked through a spider web.
15. Beelzebug (n.): Satan in the form of a mosquito, that gets into
your bedroom at three in the morning and cannot be cast out.
16. Caterpallor (n.): The color you turn after finding half a worm in
the fruit you're eating.
And the pick of the lot:
17. Ignoranus (n.): A person who's both stupid and an a**hole.
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