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February 29th, 2008 by Natalia

I just had to take a break from trying to tame the laundry monster and tell you what I learned today on Jackson’s favorite TV show, The Wonder Pets. If you haven’t watched it. It’s great. It’s all about teamwork.

On today’s show there was a “Pengaroo”(cross between a Peacock and a Kangaroo) and his friend the “Butterdeer” (Butterfly slash deer). At the end of the show they ate “celerackers” (celery slash graham crackers) as a treat.

So back to my conclusion. If a “Pengaroo” and a “Butterdeer” can exist then so can the elusive “Jackalope.”

This one’s just for my disbelieving husband! Ha!

February 28th, 2008 by Natalia

Thanks to Kevin for these thoughts to ponder. (I know, it’s been circulating in an email. Just in case you haven’t seen it yet.)

Why do we press harder on a remote control when we know the batteries are getting dead?

Why do banks charge a fee on “insufficient funds” when they know there is not enough money?

Why does someone believe you when you say there are four billion stars, bu t check when you say the paint is wet?

Why doesn’t glue stick to the bottle?

Why do they use sterilized needles for death by lethal injection?

Why doesn’t Tarzan have a beard?

Why does Superman stop bullets with his chest, but ducks when you throw a revolver at him?

Why do Kamikaze pilots wear helmets?

Whose idea was it to put an “S” in the word “Lisp”?

If people evolved from apes, why are there still apes?

Why is it that no matter what color bubble bath you use the bubbles are always white?

Is there ever a day that mattresses are not on sale?

Why do people constantly return to the refrigerator with hopes that something new to eat will have materialized?

Why do people keep running over a string a dozen times with their vacuum cleaner, then reach down, pick it up, examine it, then put it down to give the vacuum one more chance?

Why is it that no plastic bag will open from the end on your first try?

How do those dead bugs get into those enclosed light fixtures?

When we are in the supermarket and someone rams our ankle with a shopping cart then apologizes for doing so, why do we say, “It’s all right?” Well, it isn’t all right, so why don’t we say, “That hurt, you stupid idiot?”

Why is it that whenever you attempt to catch something that’s falling off the table you always manage to knock something else over?

In winter why do we try to keep the house as warm as it was in summer when we complained about the heat?

How come you never hear father-in- law jokes?

I KNOW that we’ve all experienced these things once in our lives! If any of you have any special wisdom and would like to share it with everyone else, PLEASE DO!

February 27th, 2008 by Natalia

Kev sent me this, this morning. I thought it was great. Thanks Kev..

Dear Tech Support,

Last year I upgraded from Boyfriend 5.0 to Husband 1.0 and noticed a
distinct
slow down in overall system performance — particularly in the flower and
jewelry applications,which operated flawlessly under Boyfriend 5.0.

In addition, Husband 1.0 uninstalled many other valuable programs, such as
Romance 9.5 and Personal Attention 6.5 and then installed undesirable
programs
such as NFL 5.0, NBA 3.0, and Golf Clubs 4.1.

Conversation 8.0 no longer runs, and Housecleaning 2.6 simply crashes the
system. I’ve tried running Nagging 5.3 to fix these problems, but to no
avail.

What can I do?

Signed, Desperate

————————————-

Dear Desperate:

First keep in mind, Boyfriend 5.0 is an Entertainment Package, while Husband
1.0 is an Operating System. Please enter the command: ‘I Thought You Loved
Me.exe’ and try to download Tears 6.2 and don’t forget to install the Guilt
3.0 update.

If that application works as designed, Husband 1.0 should then automatically
run the applications Jewelry 2.0 and Flowers 3.5.

But remember, overuse of the above application can cause Husband 1.0 to
default to Grumpy Silence 2.5, Happy Hour 7.0 or Beer 6.1. Beer 6.1 is a
very
bad program that will download the Snoring Loudly Beta.

Whatever you do, DO NOT install Mother-in-law 1.0 (it runs a virus in the
background that will eventually seize control of all your system resources).

Also, do not attempt t o reinstall the Boyfriend 5.0 program. These are
unsupported applications and will crash Husband 1.0 ..

In summary, Husband 1.0 is a great program, but it does have limited memory
and cannot learn new applications quickly. You might consider buying
additional software to improve memory and performance. We recommend Food 3.0
and Hot Lingerie 7.7.
Good Luck,
Tech Support

February 26th, 2008 by Natalia

I get email after email, and newsletter after newsletter with articles telling you how to do anything and everything. Never have I received an article though, that would have helped me through the situation that I faced this afternoon. Let me explain.

Jax started swimming lessons this morning so he was “unavailable” during the time when he normally does his morning “business.” (Sorry the pic is fuzzy. Here he is afterwards wrapped up like a little burrito trying to get warm)

When we got home I wanted to give him a bath to get all the chlorine off of him. Little did I know that a monster was ready to make his escape. I put him in the tub and he started tilting. I knew what was coming. Just as I reached for him to throw him on the toilet…. duhn duhn duhn…. Jax made a floater. (Thanks Jax) The pictures are not for the faint of heart. Please do not enlarge if images of fecal matter gross you out, like they do me! ha

Now, I cleaned him off and got him dressed. But there was still a matter of what was lurking in Ashton’s tub. If she knew she would never bathe again! How the heck was I going to get that thing out? I most certainly was not going to reach my bare skinned hand in and grab that sucker and hoist it into the toilet. No sir. Then, I pictured gently lifting it out with a set of kitchen tongs… Nope… Unsanitary. Should I get a cup and scoop it out… No, it was bigger than any cup I own(that I was willing to throw away). Besides, what if I reached in to scoop it up and it bit me?

What was I going to do? In a panic, I took the above pictures and sent them to my husband and a few other people who I THOUGHT might have some words of wisdom for me. No one replied soon enough. (Thanks guys!) I knew that I had to take one for the team. So I stuck my hand in as fast as humanly possible and unstopped the tub so it would drain. Once the water was all gone, I used a helluva wad of toilet paper and grabbed that crap. I flushed it. I won the battle. The turd did not prevail! After much disinfectant spray the tub is now in tip top condition, until the next time!

So, if you ever find yourself staring into the eyes of a giant turd, you can trust the toilet paper!

I hope that by sharing this, I have helped some one out there!

February 26th, 2008 by Natalia

I was getting all the pictures off of Ashton’s camera so that I could post the goat pictures and ran across some really interesting pictures. It’s so cute the things that an 8 year old will take pictures of. Let me just show you.

Her Feet

Her “tooth hole”

NUMEROUS pics from the Sponge Bob TV Show(I’ll just show you one).

I THINK this is Mumble… I’m not really sure…

The contents of her purse….

Various self-portraits…

And my favorite….

She’s adorable. I love her!

February 25th, 2008 by Natalia

While Ash E. Poo was visiting the folks in west Texas, she got to hold some 2 week old baby goats. She was so proud of this and has decided that we need a pet goat.(I don’t think so) She says that they are so sweet and don’t really cry even as much as Jackson.

She’s got it all figured out. She’d be the mommy and her baby goat could sleep in her room. She says she would hold it, and love it and help it to grow up and be a good adult goat! (Not the kind that eat stuff - she assured me)

Here are some pictures from her adventures with the goats..

We might think about a puppy someday…. but NO goats. Sorry Ash E. Poo!

February 23rd, 2008 by Natalia

Ashton hopped a plane all by herself last night to go visit Grandy(my mother) in good old west Texas… Getting her there was the fun part. The kids and I sat stood at the airport for 4 long, grueling hours waiting on a plane that didn’t seem to exist. This wouldn’t have been so bad except Jackson has “no baby changing table radar” and ALWAYS seems to have an extremely disgusting messy poop when it’s most inconvenient. This was the case on Friday. He pooped the stroller all up. The airport had only limited counter space to remedy these particular situations. I had women gagging as they were trying to wash their hands, it was so bad. Yeah.. it was fun! Why didn’t I drop him off with Daddy at work? Then Daddy could have experienced this instead. I will next time! <*evil laugh*>

February 21st, 2008 by Natalia

Feeding Jackson has been a struggle from the very start. He wanted the boob and nothing but the boob for the longest time. He would accept no substitutes. No pacifier, no bottle, nothing. I mean we tried every brand on the market and the child wasn’t having it. Little did I know that his picky eating habits would carry over into his toddler life.

I waited until he was close to 6 months to start him on solid food because I have a history of food induced tongue itching and swelling. Some called me over protective, but I didn’t care. I didn’t want my kids to suffer life long throat itching because I wanted to jump the gun and feed him carrots or some other disgustingly smooshy food too early. (While there may be no truth to my fear, it’s still my fear.) Anyways.. he pretty much refused to eat any of the previously mentioned mash that they can and call baby food. He only wanted those puffs and the dried fruit. I sustained his existence for many moons by nursing him at night and drowning him in puffs by day until I discovered his favorite food to date. FROZEN PEAS. Yeah, pull them straight out of freezer and plop them on tray. Baby like!

Now that Jackson has 12 teeth he is eating a few more things but he’s still very picky. I’ve been worried lately that he isn’t getting all the nutrition that he needs because he’s so dang picky. Here’s his current list of foods that are acceptable to place on his tray:

• Vanilla Silk/Soy Milk(since we weaned nearly 1 month ago!)
• Bananas
• Watermelons
• Grapes
• yogurt with fruit in it (he insists that he must feed himself)
• cups of mixed fruit/apples/peaches/pears/mandarin oranges (what ever I happen to have)
• Gobs of multi grain Cheerios
• Mounds of Frozen Peas
• Graham Crackers
• Gold Fish (Changed his mind, doesn’t like anymore)
• Ice Cream
• Bread sticks or bread (Only if we are out to eat)
• Cookies of ANY kind

Notice anything? Where’s the meat? Yeah, I’ve tried on numerous occasions to sneak some chicken or turkey into is mouth. He holds it on his tongue, sticks his tongue out and begins to wail like someone has just fed him poop or something. He then proceeds to scrape it off his tongue and is very upset. It’s the craziest thing.

I’ve done some research and come to find out that he’s not eating all that unhealthy. He’s actually doing a pretty good job getting what he needs. According to the THIS SITE the average toddler the following per day:

• 1300 calories
• Protein-16grams
• Vitamin A-400 ug
• Vitamin C 40mg
• Calcium - 800mg
• Thiamine - .7mg
• Riboflavin - .8mg
• Niacin- 9mg
• Vitamin B6 - 1mg
• Folate - 50ug
• Iron - 10g

He’s getting plenty of protein from his soy milk, yogurt, FROZEN peas, and graham crackers. All the other vitamins he’s getting from the fruits. If you would like to look up the nutritional information on a certain food, the USDA has a great website for that.

Some people have asked me why I worry, when he really eats pretty healthy. I guess I’m not really worried anymore now that I’ve looked this stuff up. BUT… have you ever ate a diet of fruit and fruit and fruit and only fruit? It does a number on his hiney. All the acid or something burns him right on the bottom. I mean, come on kid, eat some more bread and soak it up so your tush isn’t always raw.

Something else I came to realize in my research is that ALL of our food is saturated in sodium and sugar. Maybe… that’s the culprit for the sore hiney and not the poor innocent fruit… I don’t know. I’ll have to work on eliminating some of his salt and sugar intake and see. I’ll let you know.

I found this interesting site, Toddler Dish, with great recipes for picky eaters. I’m going to try some of the recipes soon.

Gosh that was long… I can’t believe you are still reading….

February 21st, 2008 by Natalia

I can’t. I don’t know if anyone is noticed, but I’m constantly changing the theme on this blog. I can’t find one that does exactly what I want it to. And it’s ticking me off. I’m trying to learn how to build my own theme in my spare time, between my kids and school and stalking my ex… (haha freaking ha). So please bare with me as this site will probably change looks a kazillion times before I am satisfied… Thanks!

-Your Indecisive Rambler

February 20th, 2008 by Natalia

I got this in my email today.  Thanks Kev! I’ve seen it before, but I think it’s neat. Weird, but neat..

If”…. Your brain works “normally” - this is neat.

This is another example of an amazing illusion!!! The last sentence is so true.

If your eyes follow the movement of the rotating pink dot, the dots will remain only one color, pink.

However if you stare at the black ” +” in the centre, the moving dot turns to green.

Now, concentrate on the black ” + ” in the centre of the picture. After a short period, all the pink dots will slowly disappear, and you will only see only a single green dot rotating.

It’s amazing how our brain works. There really is no green dot, and the pink ones really don’t disappear.

This should be proof enough, we don’t always see what we think we see.

Who came up with this? Are there people that this doesn’t work for?