A while back, I was tagged by the lovely Karen of Mommy I am Home to share 7 random or weird facts about yourself. Since I am all about the weird and random, I thought I would give it a shot.
So here goes:
1. I started this post and then went to save it but accidently hit publish. So if this showed up in your reader with just a blank #1, then I'm sorry. I'm kind of a dork that way.
2. I have some sort of adult ADD. I find it hard to concentrate on one thing so I always have multiple projects going. But my multi-tasking rarely gets completed. I find half-finished pieces all the time. The same goes for books. One day I will finish them.
3. I am a fountain of useless information. I know all of these random facts and I have no idea why. I always win when I play trivial pursuit. But ask me what I did yesterday and I might not remember.
4. I have a great sense of direction and can get anywhere if I've been there before. But I can not give you directions without pointing the way you need to go. If I tell you to turn right make sure you see which way my hands are going. The hands are always right.
5. I haven't had a caffeinated beverage in almost 20 years. But I still drink coffee every day.
6. My porn name (the name of your first pet and the street you grew up on) is Sugar Hi Mount. I think I'll keep it.
7. I did a workout video yesterday and now it causes me pain to walk. This is why I don't workout on a regular basis.
Well that is it. I'm sure I could come up with a million other weird and random things about me, but I want you all to keep reading.
I'm supposed to tag some people now but I'm feeling rather lazy so I tag everyone who is reading.
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Tuesday, October 14, 2008
Tuesday, July 15, 2008
Things Overheard in my House and Other Randomness
Bubs: At the Zoo we rode the train and the carousel, Bunny rode the ponies, we petted the sting rays and we fed the giraffes.
Me: No wonder she loves you more than me. You are like a weekend dad, "I'll buy you things. Please love me."
Bubs: Yeah. You are the disciplinarian and I'm like the drunk uncle, the drunkle.
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Bunny: That car is on the sidewalk. I'm so mad.
Me: Why don't you tell it that you are mad? You'll feel better.
Bunny: I'm mad at you car. You no park on sidewalk. We walk on sidewalk.
Me: Do you feel better?
Bunny: Yes.
Other bits of randomness:
Anti Icky Poo really works. It even cleans the smell of decaying vegetables, skunk spray and dead bodies. Not that you'd need to get rid of the smell of a dead body, but in case you do.
Anti Icky Poo is really fun to say.
And if you were wondering Sir Pees-A-Lot has struck again. In the bookcase this time.
Me: No wonder she loves you more than me. You are like a weekend dad, "I'll buy you things. Please love me."
Bubs: Yeah. You are the disciplinarian and I'm like the drunk uncle, the drunkle.
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Bunny: That car is on the sidewalk. I'm so mad.
Me: Why don't you tell it that you are mad? You'll feel better.
Bunny: I'm mad at you car. You no park on sidewalk. We walk on sidewalk.
Me: Do you feel better?
Bunny: Yes.
Other bits of randomness:
Anti Icky Poo really works. It even cleans the smell of decaying vegetables, skunk spray and dead bodies. Not that you'd need to get rid of the smell of a dead body, but in case you do.
Anti Icky Poo is really fun to say.
And if you were wondering Sir Pees-A-Lot has struck again. In the bookcase this time.
Thursday, July 10, 2008
She's Got Questions, Do I Have Answers?
When you live with a two year old you get a lot, and I mean a lot of questions. Most of them are fairly simple. What's that? Where's parrot? Where's minmi? What are you eating?
Then there are the tougher, more philosophical questions, the why questions. And the questions about nature and her surroundings can also be tricky. What do ants eat? What kind of clouds are those? These questions may require a basic understanding of grade school science.
Now I am a relatively intelligent person, a former lawyer. And I know realize that none of my schooling beyond grade school has prepared me to be a question answerer (is answerer even a word?) to a toddler. So like any good (former) lawyer, I make an educated guess, research it further and give a more fully formed answer later.
Take for example the cloud question. When faced with determining the type of clouds in the sky, I was pretty sure that the fluffy white ones were cumulus so that was my answer. A quick check of Wikipedia confirmed it. I also looked at the other types of clouds for a refresher, just in case.
Her questions about ants have posed tougher. She will spend hours examining ants, and ant hills. And then the questions start:
What to they eat? Grass (I think).
Where do they live? In the ground.
What are they doing? Looking for food.
Why are some little and some big? Um, they are different kinds of ants.
What kind of ants? I don't know. Let me check on that and get back to you. Would you like me to brief it or would a simple answer suffice?
So I found myself at the bookstore looking at books on ants. Hey guess what they do eat grass. Well some of them do. Do you know their are ants that grow their own food? Farmer ants do, in case you cared. I armed myself with some basic knowledge and answered her questions.
I know that this is just the beginning. I'm going to have to learn enough about what she is interested in so I can answer her questions. For example I just looked up whether a Parasaurolophus is a meat eating dinosaur or a plant eater. And the answer is plant eater.
What do you do when faced with these types of questions? What kinds of questions have you answered?
Then there are the tougher, more philosophical questions, the why questions. And the questions about nature and her surroundings can also be tricky. What do ants eat? What kind of clouds are those? These questions may require a basic understanding of grade school science.
Now I am a relatively intelligent person, a former lawyer. And I know realize that none of my schooling beyond grade school has prepared me to be a question answerer (is answerer even a word?) to a toddler. So like any good (former) lawyer, I make an educated guess, research it further and give a more fully formed answer later.
Take for example the cloud question. When faced with determining the type of clouds in the sky, I was pretty sure that the fluffy white ones were cumulus so that was my answer. A quick check of Wikipedia confirmed it. I also looked at the other types of clouds for a refresher, just in case.
Her questions about ants have posed tougher. She will spend hours examining ants, and ant hills. And then the questions start:
What to they eat? Grass (I think).
Where do they live? In the ground.
What are they doing? Looking for food.
Why are some little and some big? Um, they are different kinds of ants.
What kind of ants? I don't know. Let me check on that and get back to you. Would you like me to brief it or would a simple answer suffice?
So I found myself at the bookstore looking at books on ants. Hey guess what they do eat grass. Well some of them do. Do you know their are ants that grow their own food? Farmer ants do, in case you cared. I armed myself with some basic knowledge and answered her questions.
I know that this is just the beginning. I'm going to have to learn enough about what she is interested in so I can answer her questions. For example I just looked up whether a Parasaurolophus is a meat eating dinosaur or a plant eater. And the answer is plant eater.
What do you do when faced with these types of questions? What kinds of questions have you answered?
Sunday, June 22, 2008
Random Bits of Useless Information
It seems that Bunny's got herself a boyfriend. Elvis (or as Bunny likes to call him Elfish) lives across the street. She talks about him constantly, Elfish this, Elfish that. Whenever she sees him outside she cries until she can go see him. Yep sounds like guppy love to me.
It is possible to sprain your pinky toe while tripping over your slippers, I'm embarassed to admit.
We've made some decisions about Non-Existant Hypothetical Baby Number Two, hereinafter referred to as Turtle. When I'm ready I'll post something about it.
It seems that the attack of the scary pants has returned and has brought with it scary shirts too. We have to be very careful when getting dressed. Plus Bunny can now take off her own pants, so she can now rid herself of those darned scary pants at will. Fun.
Bunny has also developed the same annoying habit as her father. If I am in another room, they will both start talking to me from whatever room they are in. If I'm in the kitchen in the back of the house and they are in the living room in the front, they will yell across the house rather than getting off of their butts and walking into the room I am in. Bubs doesn't yell real loud but Bunny just screams "Mooooommmmmyyyy" over and over again until I come running. Its such a lovely habit for her to have picked up.
Well that's all I've got for today. So I'll just add this little video of Bunny for your viewing pleasure.
It is possible to sprain your pinky toe while tripping over your slippers, I'm embarassed to admit.
We've made some decisions about Non-Existant Hypothetical Baby Number Two, hereinafter referred to as Turtle. When I'm ready I'll post something about it.
It seems that the attack of the scary pants has returned and has brought with it scary shirts too. We have to be very careful when getting dressed. Plus Bunny can now take off her own pants, so she can now rid herself of those darned scary pants at will. Fun.
Bunny has also developed the same annoying habit as her father. If I am in another room, they will both start talking to me from whatever room they are in. If I'm in the kitchen in the back of the house and they are in the living room in the front, they will yell across the house rather than getting off of their butts and walking into the room I am in. Bubs doesn't yell real loud but Bunny just screams "Mooooommmmmyyyy" over and over again until I come running. Its such a lovely habit for her to have picked up.
Well that's all I've got for today. So I'll just add this little video of Bunny for your viewing pleasure.
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