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Random Tuesday Potty Training, Robin Hood, Blogging

January 11, 2010 By Momstart 18 Comments

So I’m sitting here watching Robin Hood from BBC America and it’s getting funnier by the second. I love British Comedy, but I think this is supposed to be a drama. Maybe I just don’t get any of it really. I need to pee but I don’t want to get out of my chair and pause it. I’m really lazy huh.

I’m tired too, but I’m always tired. Today when I was cuddling with the kids in my chair, I passed out on them. I felt so guilty but they didn’t seem to care. They were enjoying Veggie Tales.

Potty training has been on my mind. What to do?

She is three now and has no desire to do it. Not for bribes for free, nothing. Most moms I know say that the best thing to do is just let them run around naked. Oh boy that sounds fun. I let her try just her underwear once and she peed on herself and started crying then I let her try again and she pooped in her panties.

Of course, I’ve read about much worse with other moms, but I’m so tired of diapers. Even my son is ready to start training. Maybe if I just do him since he’s willing she’ll follow suit? Any ideas?

I just ordered my business cards, I need to do more work on my blog. I need to update my theme and change the header, I’m so tired of the flowers. I want it to match my blog button again. Why am I so easily seduced by the TV. I’m a tv junkie I swear. I could sit and watch TV all day.

I’m training my children to be the exact same way. I let them watch way too much TV. The doctor said only “1 hour”. Oh man am I in trouble. They watch it so much. But they hardly pay any attention. Oh well.

I wish it would stop raining, I think that’s why I’m so tired all the time. I hate the Pacific Northwest. Maybe I’ll become a famous blogger and get to travel more. Oh dreams. A girl has to have them right.

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Random Tuesday – one of my new changes for 2010

January 4, 2010 By Momstart 17 Comments

One of my new years resolutions was to grow my blog and to do that I think I need to reach out to more than just the giveaway crowd. I want to write, I love to write, I always have. I just never thought of it as a career before. I still don’t think of it as a career but it’s a nice hobby. Anyways, this leads me to writing about different things and having more family photos on my blog.

Last night my husband said he noticed that I was putting more pictures up. He wasn’t upset which shocked me. Instead he asked me what photo I chose yesterday, well, since yesterday was my daughter’s birthday I posted a ton of photos of her and didn’t really consider it a photo post.

Thinking about my daughter turning three makes me think even more about the fact that I’m turning 30 this year. What a number, it’s stuck in my head. I just don’t know what to do with being 30. My husband asked me what I wanted to do for my birthday and I have no idea. I think I’d love to have a day at the spa and just be by myself. Get my hair done and relax. Which makes me think of that fact that I really could use a new hairstyle right now. I want to get my hair done before I go to Blissdom. If I was a company, I would look at me and say, that’s not my spokesperson right there. Not being the key word. Not that hair is a magic job in a bottle.

I should probably go visit my mother for my birthday. Take the kids and spend two weeks in Florida. That would be a relaxing time if my mother didn’t work the whole time. I just not sure she would take any time off from her job. She seems to think no one can do it for her. I’m the same way though. When I was a manager, I didn’t trust anyone else to do it right. So I was a workaholic, but I think I’m a workaholic when it comes to this blog too.

Will I ever learn?

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Random Tuesday: I am on the verge of insanity

October 27, 2009 By Momstart 4 Comments

I feel like I’m on a sharp blade right now and that the sharpness is unavoidable. I will fall either direction, it’s just a matter of how deep and which way I slip. Will I go crazy as the season moves on and I get closer to the date of my surgery or will I stay sane, calm and the loving mother that I am.

I have a huge issue with keeping my patience right now. I can not keep it at all. It’s not just my kids either. I’m in target and waiting for a prescription for my daughter. They told me 30 minutes I thought yeah right! So I gave them longer, we bought some cookies, a snack and enjoyed ourselves and close to an hour later they still weren’t done with our prescription.

One of the techs told me that it was done but the pharmacist had to check it. Ummm, why? And they said she would do it right after injecting that person with the flu shot. So, what happens next, the pharmacist goes and gets another flu shot ready, injects another person and I have to wait another 15 minutes and my kids are grumpy. I was livid. I can usually control my temper but the tech was telling people, oh, your prescription will be ready in 20 minutes. I was thinking you are crazy to tell her that. So I looked at the lady and said, It’s going to be at least an hour before it’s ready. She looked at me like she was scared out of her mind because she would have to wait an hour for her prescription to be filled. I’m thinking I guess it depends on how many flu shots they give in between and there is only one pharmacist there. The tech looked at me shocked. You’ve been waiting an hour? Yes, Yes I have, my kids are screaming and you think I’m here for the fun of it.

The pharmacist was kind enough to give me a 10.00 coupon for a target gift card. That’s the only thing that calmed me down. Over Estimate. Always Over Estimate. Makes for happier customers when you get done early.

Also, employees that argue with me. Sometimes I wonder if they are docked pay over coupons. How many people actually use coupons, in my area, not that many, or at least not the way I do. Be happy that I’m saving money. The guy that rang me up today at Target, I glared at him when he questioned my coupon usage. I told him, you get the redemption for every coupon and he stopped arguing with me.

My last thought is, am I the only one in this country that speaks English anymore. We are the only country that does not have a national language. If we switched, to French, Spanish, Dutch, Polish, German, I mean, I would learn it. Why can’t we all speak the same language. There is such a barrier sometimes.

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Sifting through my e-mail

October 14, 2009 By Momstart 3 Comments

I’m trying to get through my e-mail it takes me days to get through it and then more just keeps popping up. I think I need to hit the delete button more often than I do. I get e-mails from junk mail. Everyone does I know but some of it makes it to my in box. Then I get friends, and newsletter e-mails. Right now is particularly bad because I’m working on coordinating donations for my MOMS Club. I need a time out. I was wondering if I’m the only one that does this. I do an initial delete through. Then whatever catches my eye or needs to be dealt with right away, then I deal with it. Then I go through it again and see if I can delete anything else or move it to another category in my inbox and then I try to answer the rest. I usually only make it through the first or second sweep every day. It’s no wonder that sponsors are out of review items by the time I get to their e-mail.

Save one for me next time will you. I promise my stats are worth it.

Ok, enough Randomness for tonight. I’m going to try and post the giveaways I have for today.

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Random Tuesday: I went to print my coupons and my printer is out of ink

October 13, 2009 By Momstart 13 Comments

It’s so annoying when you have to go out and buy printer ink. I actually decided to not go grocery shopping today because I couldn’t print my coupons. I was planning on taking advantage of a huge sale that Albertsons’s had, it ended today but I’m crabby, sick as a dog and then my printer was out of ink. I tried to print anyways. and they coupons didn’t print right. I know that Albertsons would look at me like, You call these coupons?

Sometimes I wonder when I’m buying ink if I’m really saving money printing coupons. I want to do digital coupons on my smart phone but I also know that most stores are going to look at me like..no, you’re crazy, we don’t accept coupons over your phone.

Whenever I have more posts than I want to do I just move them in my calendar. I had four posts that are due tonight so I just decided to change the due date. My sponsors are going to be e-mailing me tomorrow but hey, I’ll deal with it tomorrow.

My kids are sick along with me so we’ve been miserable today but the good news is I have blinds now, so I can walk around the house without any clothes on again. My husband was embarrassed by me the other day because I was hardly dressed in front of the open window. oooOpps. Takes time getting used to having a new house.

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Random Thoughts on Tuesday

May 26, 2009 By MomStart 3 Comments

This is my first time to participate in Random Thoughts on Tuesday.

I have no idea what I’m going to go and do with the kids today. My back is killing me and all I want to do is close my eyes. My son did not sleep well and he is sick and I need to fax some forms. This is the one time I wish we had a fax machine in our house. Maybe I do need one of those all in one printers that Epson makes.

My cell phone is about to die and my son won’t stop playing with it. Perhaps I shouldn’t be blogging.

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