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Olive Oil Conditioner 2007-11-08 05:04:16
This is my first foray into the world of “beauty secrets”.
Today’s installment is a simple, tried and true edition.
Olive
Oil.
I know you’re thinking, what?! Olive oil? What the hell am I supposed to do with olive oil other than cook with it?
I’ve got two things for you right off of the bat: hair conditioner and cuticle conditioner.
Wash your hair like you normally do. Once your lovely locks are squeaky clean, saturate your hair with warm olive oil. Let the stuff set for ten minutes and then wash out.
You will be amazed at how soft it leaves your hair.
Once you’re done with your hair, check out your nails. Notice how your cuticles are softer and your nails have a nice luster to them?
You have olive oil to thank for that.
OH!
If you are inflicted blessed with a baby who has cradle cap, olive oil is your new best friend.
Toss out the bottles of pre-made “miracle” cures and slather your progeny’s head with olive oil. Rub it in r Read more:Conditioner
Birthday Movie 2007-11-08 04:39:25 Since I know that you guys can’t get enough of my amazingly cute kid, I figured that I would share this movie.
My friend Alana’s hubby made the movie and I think he did a purty darn good job.
Enjoy.
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Pizza Box Art 2007-11-08 03:00:16 Do you have a toddler or small child who is driving you crazy?Are you craving at least ten minutes of semi-peace and quiet?
Do you like pizza?
If your answer to the above questions was “yes” then I have a wondrous solution/project for you.
Click here to read the rest.
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Dear Offsprung… 2007-11-07 18:20:46 …I love you more than you realize.
Your wit and biting take on the ups and downs of parenting has really struck a chord with not only me, but with a lot of other parents as well.
I am impressed with the number of blogs that you now have and with the wide variety of views.
But, with any letter like this, there’s a reason that I’m writing you.
When you flood my Reader with 30 posts at once, you cause me to have a panic attack.
Would you please time stamp your posts to hit in maybe 10 post intervals?
I think my nerves can handle that many.
Love always and forever and tons of smoochies!
Adiós, Clank 2007-11-07 13:33:47
Everyone back away from the keyboard.
When I have 160 new posts in my Reader at 1:45 pm, something is wrong.
It’s not like I haven’t been reading; I have! That’s one reason I’m pissed.
I can’t keep up!
I feel much better now.
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Guys, it’s finally cool here! By cool I mean highs in the low 60s. FINALLY!
Have I ever mentioned that I hate Florida? I’m sure I have but I don’t feel like lookin’ for it.
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Alana just called me from her work to say that she’s found Biscuit a new home!
How much does that rock?
They’re going to rename him Clank from Ratchet & Clank fame. They’ve got two small kids and a teenager, another kitten Biscuit’s Clank’s age and a small dog.
So, much luck to Clank and his new family!
And, just to “clear the air” so to speak, it was never my intention to keep this cat. He’s cute and cuddly. I didn’t save him from certain death
I Didn’t Get the Joke 2007-11-13 13:49:21 I have always been a lover of animals.
When I was much younger, my love bordered on fanaticism/obsession.
I watched way too many hours of Wild Kingdom and could name just about every animal in our local museum.
So, you can imagine my elation when I was told that we were going to visit the Memphis Zoo.
As we drove the hour and half to the zoo, I bugged my mom about all of the different animals that we would see.
When we finally arrived, I passed each exhibit and named off each animal. When I say “named” I really mean hollered. [I’ve never been a “quite” person]
Finally, we came to the aviary.
That particular month I was obsessed with the raptors and could hardly contain my excitement at the prospect of seeing a “chickenhawk” up close and personal.
I ran ahead of my mom and cousins and screeched in glee.
“IT’S A HORNY OWL!!!”
A group of teenagers had been walking behind us the entire time. They all broke into laughing fits as
I Play Video Games for Money 2007-11-13 09:34:33 Assassin’s Creed comes out today!
I’m sure you’re saying in your head, “Assassin’s what?”
It’s a video game that I’ve been waiting on for over a year.
Wait!
Don’t let your eyes glaze over yet!
I’m not going to write about it again.
Now that I’m writing for Ironic Gamer, I won’t be subjecting you to video game reviews. [Go ahead and breath a sign of relief]
IG is a real job. A writing job.
I never thought that I’d be able to say that I get paid to write.
And, not only do I get paid to write, but I get paid to play video games!
Sorry. I’m done talking about video games. Really I am.
The coolest thing about this job [even cooler than video games] is that this is a job that I do from home. [or Starbuck’s if I ever get a laptop. Hint, hint]
Between this site and IG, I make enough money that I won’t have to get a job when we move back to Arkansas.
As odd as it may sound, having to leave Cara i Read more:Games
, Money
Who Needs Focus? 2007-11-11 04:08:45 One thing that every new blogger learns is that a blog must have a “focus”.
The idea is that, in order to build a readership, you must be an expert in something and only write about that something.
Sam recently wrote about this subject and it got me to thinking about a topic that I have been purposefully avoiding.
All you have to do is check out my Categories to realize that I don’t do focus.
I don’t want to be tied down by it; focus seem constrictive.
Sure I’m a mom and I write about my [amazing] daughter, but, does that mean that I have to be a “mommy blogger” and only write about my [amazing] kid?
I have two [moronic] Pit Bulls. I write about my [moronic] dogs.
Does that mean that I can only write about my dogs?
Damn. Just thinking about only discussing Cara or Sophie and Beck bores me to tears.
The fact of the matter is I am the quintessential Jack [Jane] of all trades, master of none.
I know something about just about everything. [My fr Read more:Needs
, Focus
I’m Just Asking for Three Hours 2007-11-17 08:43:55 If your child has been sleeping through the night since conception, I don’t want to hear about it.
Seriously. Don’t tell me. And, while you’re at it, go to hell. I hate you.
Well that sounded a bit mean, huh?
I don’t really hate you. You’ve always been such a nice person.
I’m just bitter today.
Cara woke up at least ten times last night. At 3 am, I finally considered just getting up. How sad is that? I was 100% awake at 3 am.
We were doing so well. She would go to bed at 8 pm and wake up between 2 and 4 to nurse and then she was back out until 8 am.
I can handle that schedule. With that schedule I actually get more than 30 minutes of sleep at a time.
Her desire to drive me insane started day before yesterday. Cara got her shots on Monday [I don’t wanna talk about it] and I had been expecting at least a runny nose. But, she had been in a great mood and hadn’t been feverish.
Anyway, Thursday afternoon I put her down for her after Read more:Three
, Hours
Scaredy Cat Karma 2007-11-16 13:24:43 I live my life based on a bastardized form of Karma.
A self-serving version really.
I try not to do mean/bad things to people with the hope that they will reciprocate.
Maybe that’s a crap reason to be nice, but hey, if it keeps me from being a heinous bitch then I figure it can’t be all bad.
So, when I’m confronted with a situation where I have to be the “bad guy” I cringe.
I’ve wanted to write about my upstairs “neighbors” for a while, but I have had this irrational fear that they would find my site. [Hi neighbors!]
When we first moved into this complex, we were in a different apartment - an upstairs apartment.
The person below us was certifiably crazy and complained constantly about us being loud. One night, he and Tucker almost came to blows.
Luckily for us, our complex moved us to a ground level apartment. Problem solved.
We have lived in this apartment for almost three years.
In that time, upstairs neighbors have come and gone and
I’m a Top Momma! 2007-11-16 10:02:15 I’m not really sure how this happened, but apparently I’m a “Top Mamma”.
The button’s kind of purty, don’t you think?
To further my Top Mammaness [is that a word?] click here to vote for me.
Please?
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, Top Momma
Beauty Confidential 2007-11-16 07:30:20 I love, love, love this book!
How’s that for honest?
Written by a former beauty editor and fellow blogger who was “outed” by The New York Post, BeautyConfidential
is like The Devil Wears Prada meets Glamour and Allure.
I found myself making notes in the margins and writing down products to research.
The price guides at the end of each chapter are heavenly and completely appreciated. [That blush that I have to have isn’t going to actually bankrupt me…but the perfume will.]
Almost every beauty topic that you can think of is included in this book.
Wondering how much you should tip your hair stylist?
Refer to page 39.
Curious about proper waxing etiquette and what to expect?
Start with page 240.
Beauty Confidential is truly a wealth of knowledge but is written in a way that is accessible.
And, it’s funny. Who knew you could write about beauty and maintain a sense of humor?
Haobsh’s candor and wit make reading Beauty Confidential a pleasure.
Jam
My Kingdom for a Rug 2007-11-16 02:18:10 I am literally counting down the days until we move back to Arkansas.
We’ve been looking at houses to buy or rent and one of my stipulations [along with a backyard] is that the house has hardwood floors.
Hardwood floors are so much warmer looking than carpet. Also, let’s be honest.
…more.
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The Day After 2007-11-23 10:05:57 We’re not really the holiday kind of people.
If left to our own devices, Thanksgiving would probably just be a day in which everything is closed and there isn’t anything good on TV.
For some reason, Christmas is kind of the same.
But, I have to say that we had a really good time at our friends’ house last night.
We ate a huge turkey, dressing, corn, mashed potatoes, glazed carrots, pasta salad, cranberry sauce, crescent rolls, black eyed peas…I’m sure I’m leaving something out…
The food was great and it was nice to give up our reclusive ways for a few hours and enjoy someone else’s company.
Also, they have a little boy who is a couple of months younger than Cara and I know that she enjoyed being able to play with someone her size.
All in all, it was a really nice night.
Now, we just have to get through Christmas.
I’m Thankful 2007-11-22 02:33:10 Hello, blog funk. How was your day yesterday?
Ok. I’m not going to write to some imaginary device.
Pinky swear.
Today’s Thanksgiving. I should be giving thanks for something instead of bitching.
I can do that.
Fine. I’ll play.
Thinks that I’m thankful for:
Tucker - Even though you have yet to guest blog, [hint, hint] you put up with my craziness and you know me better than I know myself.
Cara - The child I thought I would never have. Thank you for teaching me the beauty of motherhood and the art of breastfeeding. Thank you for making me a mom.
Oscar - Thank you for being a bad ass cat that puts up with Cara and the dogs.
Sophie and Beck - I’m thankful that you both have turned your breed’s stereotype on its head and that you’re such awesome dogs. I’m thankful everyday that you both watch out for Cara and me when Tucker’s at work.
Alana - Thank you for becoming such a dear friend to me. I thank you for listening to me piss an Read more:Thankful
Thanksgiving My Way 2007-11-20 14:18:09 Well, as promised, here’s the recipe for my cornbread dressing.
The picture to the left is 1/2 of the recipe since Tucker’s taking it for a pot-luck tomorrow.
Crazy Dressing
4 cups crumbled cornbread [recipe at the end]
2 cups 1-inch cubes toasted bread
2 cups bird stock [recipe at the end]
2 pieces of thick cut bacon
3 celery stalks, diced
1 medium onion, diced
2 large eggs, beaten
1/2 stick butter
1/2 cup fresh sage
Salt and freshly ground black pepper
Combine your crumbled cornbread and bread cubes in a large mixing bowl. [Pepperidge Farm Country Cube Stuffing works great so that you don’t have to cut up bread.]
Cut your 1/2 stick of butter into cubes and sprinkle into bread mixture.
Finely chop your sage and add that to the bread and butter mix.
Cut your bacon into 1/4-1/2 inch pieces and fry in a pot until the fat is rendered [great word] and the bacon is golden. Add the bacon to the bread and butter and now sage mixture and set your pot back on the stove.
Add Read more:Thanksgiving
7 Random Things 2007-11-29 07:24:18 Link to the person that tagged you and post the rules on your blog.
Share 7 random and/or weird facts about yourself.
Tag 7 random people at the end of your post, and include links to their blogs.
Let each person know that they have been tagged by leaving a comment on their blog
As I’m sure you have figured out, I’ve been tagged with a meme [still not sure what that stands for] by Kat.
#1 I really like to cook, but I don’t like to clean-up.
#2 I think that it’s funny that I get paid to play video games.
#3 I started riding horses when I was two and I still have my first horse.
#4 I had a germ cell tumor and my right fallopian tube and ovary removed when I was 14.
#5 I’m not close to my dad because he’s a lunatic.
#6 I still breastfeed Cara.
#7 I really don’t think that it should have been that difficult to come up with 7 things…
Time to “tag” people. Don’t hate me guys. The rules say I have to…I’m just fo Read more:Random
Message to YouTube 2007-11-27 10:05:47 Dear YouTube
,
I love you.
You have given my daughter, my husband, and me hours and hours of enjoyment.
But, I’m pretty pissed off at you right now.
The League of Maternal Justice posted a breastfeeding montage on your site in response to Facebook banning a picture of a woman breastfeeding her child.
It was a nice video. No bare boobs, nothing offensive.
For some reason, you’ve banned our video. I say “our” because my daughter and I were in the video. No warning, no reason. You just banned it.
How is a video of women feeding their children offensive or obscene while videos making fun of animal cruelty and fat people are left on your site as acceptable?
I’m a bit confused, YouTube.
I understand that you have the right to delete any video that you want, but some continuity would be nice. I’m just sayin’.
I just thought that I would write to you and warn you that you’re going to have a flood of “Message
to YouTube” videos by
Tuesday Randomness 2007-11-27 09:38:47 Can someone please explain to me why I’m not able to make myself take a break?
Let me explain.
When I worked “outside of the home”, I watched the clock for my fifteen minute break. Seriously, I counted down the minutes.
Quitting time was something to be celebrated.
Now that I work from home, I work from the time that I get up in the morning until Tucker gets home and even then I’ll hop on the computer to check my email.
Maybe I should look for an old punch time clock at a flea market.
How funny would it be to have a time clock sitting next to the computer?
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Cara’s taking a nap right now with her Ugly Dog.
Up until her birthday when she got Ugly Dog, Cara hadn’t formed an attachment with anything other than my boobs.
Now, Ugly Dog takes naps with her and sleeps with Cara at night. She carries that thing around with her everywhere.
So, UglyDolls.com, we thank you for Cara’s new best friend.
Read more:Tuesday
Post Office Apology 2007-11-26 09:02:00 The Christmas season is now officially upon us.
Since we live about 16 hours away from our family, we receive all of our Christmas presents via the Post Office or UPS and FedEx.
I’ve never been too concerned about loosing a package in the mail or scared that something would get broken.
Until I got this in the mail on Saturday. They damaged mail sent by them! Now that’s some funny shit!
At least they apologized, right?
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Bass and a Dead Guy 2007-12-07 13:32:48 Most mornings I wake to the sounds of Tucker in the shower. I grab the baby monitor, make sure Cara’s still asleep and I pray for ten more minutes before she too wakes up.
I say most mornings because that sure as hell didn’t happen this morning.
At 4:45 am, I was jolted out of a rockin’ dream by the sound of bass.
Loud, teeth rattling bass.
My first thought was “I’m going to eviscerate the people upstairs!”
And then I realized that the noise was coming from outside.
Someone was in their car at 4:45 am on a Friday morning [!!!] with their bass cranked up so high that it vibrated our walls.
Are you fucking kidding me?!
By the time that I fumbled around for my glasses [cause I’m blind!] and got to the window, the “music” was off.
Heck of a way to wake up, huh?
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Yesterday, Tucker got off of work early and we all piled into the car and went to get some lunch.
For some reason, the lane that I had to be in was backed way up.
Traffic sl
Imus. Bad Behavior. Period. 2007-12-06 08:08:49 Wanna know what I’m listening to right now?
Imus in the Morning!!! Sweet!
*Rant* Just let me say right now, I don’t want to hear you bitching about me listening to Imus. I’ve listened to him for years. I watched the episode that he got fired for and I didn’t blink an eye because what he said was nothing out of the ordinary. Other “shock jocks” say far worse things, far more frequently and nothing happens to them. I love Don [I wouldn’t have his kids or anything but I like him] and nothing that anyone can say will change my mind about him.*
Damn. I’m kinda defensive about that, huh? I guess it’s because I’ve eaten so much shit for listening to the guy. Moving on.
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So last night I was supposed to “appear” on Kristen Chase’s radio show. [I was just a tad bit excited by the whole deal.] I wrote this funny little post about listening to me make an ass of myself and I even embedded the radio player so Read more:Behavior
, Period
Damn Plug-Ins! 2007-12-05 20:40:11 Ok. So, apparently my “malicious content” issue is actually a plug-in issue.
I’m not sure if I’m going to fuck with it tonight or not, but, at least I can post on my own site now.
I’ll explain tomorrow.
I’m off to watch the rest of Private Practice.
Tuesday Turmoil 2007-12-04 09:53:29 Twitter is an evil, evil thing, people!
I signed up for the thing a while back but I never did anything with it. Now, I can’t leave the damn thing alone!
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If you’ve read my Twitter, I’m making a chuck roast right now. Correction. My crock pot is making a chuck roast right now. I’m watching Cara climb on a box.
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The bitchy neighbor’s car is outside right now. I really want to type up a note and tell her that if she doesn’t live here [ as in - if you’re not on the lease] then she needs to move her car out of the “prime” places.
But, I won’t do that. That would be just a tad pit petty and I just want to talk big.
I talked to the office yesterday. The conversation started with a “hypothetical” question.
Me - “If someone is basically living with an apartment tenant…” [apartment manager cut me off]
Apartment Manager - “Then that person needs to be on the lease.”
Me - “T Read more:Tuesday
, Turmoil
In Need of Some Serenity 2007-12-03 07:41:45 Today is going to be a good day.
I’m just going to keep repeating that and keep my fingers crossed that it comes true.
This weekend was a stressful one and it smelled like Worcestershire sauce. [A full bottle of the stuff shattered on my kitchen floor on Saturday]
Tucker worked the entire weekend and worked until Midnight almost every night. Sad times for me.
I know that I’ve bitched about the people above me before and I know that I’ve said that the gloves are off and all of that. But, when push comes to shove, I’m a huge wuss. I don’t want a confrontation because I’m afraid of some sort of retribution.
But yesterday was sort of a deal breaker for me.
I was outside reading a book while Cara napped and I noticed that the porch had leaves all over it. I grabbed the broom and started sweeping.
Around that time, my neighbor’s girlfriend pulled up with a car full of people. I had seen them park out of the corner of my eye but I acted like I did Read more:Serenity
Personalized Kids Books 2007-12-17 08:22:01 Cara has finally reached that point where she’s excited about books. She routinely shoves a book into my lap and demands that I read to her. Granted, Cara only lasts for about three pages before she moves onto other pursuits, but, three pages is a start.
Though we have tons of my books from childhood, Cara has grown tired of them. When Parent Bloggers offered me the chance to review a book from a company that specializes in personalized books for children, I was beyond excited.
The ordering process was quick and easy; I chose from one of six different stories, wrote a personalized dedication to Cara, entered in our names and then Cara’s basic physical appearance and what she should wear in the book.
That’s all I had to do. I was expecting a much more labor intensive process, but it was really very easy and painless.
I chose Laughing All the Way to School since Cara is so into animals right now and she loves all of the pictures of the different animals. For me, th Read more:Books
, Personalized
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