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30 Deeds for 30 Days - Day 6 2007-04-07 04:36:00 My deed for the day was pretty simple. I mailed a "just because" present to a friend who's in need of a little pick me up. Easy-peasy.
So crabby 2007-04-09 07:40:00 I'm crabby. I hope everyone had a good Easter and is feeling very happy and fine but I myself am crabby. I can't even think of anything vaugly amusing or smart to say right now because I'm to crabby. So I'm going to bed.
30 Deeds for 30 Days - Day 8 2007-04-09 07:15:00 My deed for today was pretty similar to what yesterday's was. I made a real effort to get along and have some positive interactions with someone that I have not always gotten along with in the past. I gave her a genuine compliment, I made conversation with her and showed an interest in some stuff that I knew was important to her.Maybe it sounds kind of self-important to say "I'm so great because I was nice to someone!" but I know that this time when I was done dealing with this person I didn't find myself feeling yucky about the whole interaction. It was nice to find some common ground with someone I feel like I'm so different from.
30 Deeds for 30 Days - Day 9 2007-04-09 22:50:00 An actual conversation I had with Joseph 2 minutes ago:Joseph: Mommy, can you open this toy for me?Me: Not right this second. Wait a couple of minutes.Joseph: Whhhhhhhhh-yyyyyyyyy do I have to waaaaaaa-aaait?Me: Stop whining Joseph. I have to update my blog with my deed for the day.Joseph: I know a good deed you can do.Me: What's that?Joseph: Open this toy for me and don't make me wait for it all day.That's my boy. My deed for the day is to make cookies for Jesse to take in to work for a couple of his co-workers. It's part of my extended thank you for them talking Jesse into buying me a KitchenAid mixer. (You don't even want to know what I'll do for the pasta maker attatchment.)I also want to point out this because it's for a good cause and one that I'm a big supporter of. It's also a way to do a good deed and do something nice for yourself in the process.
Google scares me 2007-04-09 21:57:00 I know I do this a lot but I the search terms that bring people to this blog never cease to amaze and amuse me. Here's a couple of the recent ones:what do bras do - I can't decide if this is hilarious or sad. Maybe a little bit of both.oogles of boobies - What do you suppose this person was hoping to find?wonderful boobs - Well thank you very much!remove bra blogspot - What an oddly specific request. "I want to see someone remove their bra but I want to see it on blogspot only!"examples of people great people who did great deeds - No, really. You're too kind.water coming out both nostrils the why - It's because you almost the drowned.I don't have the link for this one anymore but a couple of days ago I got this one too: "what is a better way to snort drugs up your left or right nostril" Drugs are good for you as long as you remember to snort them on the right side and not the left. Read more:Google
30 Deeds for 30 Days - Day 12 2007-04-12 23:38:00 Ok, I'm done with my pity party. My good deed for the day was to donate the payment for one of my Pay Per Posts to the Red Cross.
30 Deeds for 30 Days - Day 11 2007-04-12 16:07:00 I forgot to post yesterday's deed again. Maybe it's because right now I'm sort of involved in some stupid internet drama crap that's so middle school I can't even believe it. I've been both the hurter and the hurtee in this whole thing and right now it's eating up a lot of my time and energy and goodwill. So I feel stupid talking about some dumb little thing I did to try to improve things when I feel like I'm really just making things worse.To be honest I'm also more than a little let down by how this whole campaign is going. I know there are a few people out there doing but no one is leaving comments like I had hoped they would. The mom-oriented website that was going to help me promote this seemed to kind of never get around to it. Frankly, this whole thing has just become one giant buzzkill for me. I don't even want to log in and update my blog because it just makes me feel sort of sad.Am I done with 30/30? I don't know. I guess it probably doesn't matter that mu
30 Deeds for 30 Days - Day 10 2007-04-11 15:49:00 I just realized I forgot to post my deed for yesterday. Maybe that's because the only good deed I can think of is that I was especially nice to a cashier at Target that was really rude to me. It's not much but it's the best I can do. It's hard to be nice for 30 days in a row.
Fragina Monologues 2007-04-13 16:14:00 This post by one of my new favorite bloggers made me laugh out loud and made me recall two conversations Joseph and I have had about vaginas. That's right, vaginas. You need to use the right words with kids, don't dumb it down for them. Just use the real term, even if it is a gross and hairy sounding word. And I say that as a woman who once used the word "whoo-ha" when talking to her gynecologist. Anyway, on with the show.Conversation with 3 year old Joseph who just saw me get out of the showerJoseph: Mommy! Your penis fell off!Me: I don't have a penis honey. Mommy is a girl and girls have a vagina.Joseph: Fragina, fragina, fragina, fragina..... (as he walks out of the room)Conversation with 6 year old Joseph who's watching me change Elle's diaperJoseph: When will Elle get her penis?Me: She won't get a penis buddy. Remember? Boys have a penis and girls have a....?Joseph: A ...... fragile? (pronounced like the dad in A Christmas Story who thinks "fragile" is Italian.)Me
Easter Carnage 2007-04-13 05:50:00 My mom made some bunny shaped Easter
cookies for the kids. Joseph's had frosting all over it but Elle's only had frosting where the bunny's eyes, ears and tail were. Elle discovered very quickly that her favorite parts of the cookie were the frosted part. Today she ate one of the cookies and this is what was lef when she was done.Poor little bunny. He was powerless against Elle's sweet tooth.
30 Deeds for 30 Days - Day 13 2007-04-14 16:19:00 Yesterday was Firday the 13th so I'm going to mark that up as the cause for me forgetting to post my deed, several of my favorite bloggers packing it up and throwing it in, a large segment of the internet turning getting a case of the raging assholes and my own husband somehow getting infected with the aformentioned malady.Yesterday I took a bag of groceries over to the local food shelf. And not just stuff like creamed corn and pumpkin pie filling. I'll probably donate more later this month because I think this is a good cause. In the past my family has had to use thefood shelf a couple of times to kind of help us out of a tight spot. Since we're no longer in a position where we need that help it seems only right to try to pay back some of the goodwill.So even though I don't support the orgaization that runs the place I made the donation to I know that doesn't really matter to the people who will be getting the food.
30 Deeds for 30 Days - Day 15 2007-04-17 01:34:00 For yesterday's deed I picked up some more stuff for the local food shelf. I hadn't planned on doing it again so soon but since we were at the grocery store I went ahead and did it. I was thinking that every time I go to the store for a big shopping trip I could just add $5 worth of stuff into our cart for the food shelf. $5 can go a long way if you use coupons and sales and buy the store brand of stuff. It's just a little thing but it might be a good habit to get into.
Mommy-group 2007-04-16 19:26:00 I am up at 7:30 this morning and I already have a huge knot in my stomach. Today is the day. The day I go and meet other moms for a book club meeting/playdate for out kids. I was a wreck. It probably doesn't help that I had finished the book at about 1:30 last night.I don't know what to wear. I assumed a shirt of some sort would be ok but maybe not. I haven't really been in a setting like this in a while, maybe the hip thing to do is to go topless? Maybe I should show up topless and see what the general reaction is? No, a shirt is the way to go. Maybe the one I own that didn't come off the clearance rack at Target? Yes, that's the one.I brush my teeth twice. Once before I eat and once after. I don't eat too much though in case there's food there. I don't want to offend anyone by not taking what they eat. I debate for a long time about exactly how much to have for breakfast.What should Elle wear? She's lucky. She looks cute in everything. She screams at me whil Read more:Mommy
30 Deeds for 30 Days - Day 14 2007-04-16 04:52:00 For various reasons I don't want to say to much about what yesterday's deed was. I didn't actually do anything, it was more about not doing something. It was tough and, without a doubt the toughest deed I've done so far. I have the satisfaction though of knowing that it was important and impactful. So. Yeah. That's all there is about that.
30 Deeds for 30 Days - Day 17 2007-04-19 03:56:00 My good deed for yesterday was to write an email to several members of state and local government asking them to support increased funding for education with an emphisis on early childhood servies and special education.Special education services are going to be taking a big hit here in Minnesota in the upcoming school year. Joseph's school district alone will have to cut 17 special ed provider positions. We still don't know if Joseph's wonderful IEP case manager will have a job next year. It's really sad that the kids who need the most help are the most likely to suffer when there are budget cutbacks because the services they need are often the most expensive.This is such an important issue to me, I wish that there was more that I could do.
It's the little things 2007-04-17 23:34:00 Today when I went to get Joseph from school there was a huge commotion in his classroom. All the kids were walking around and playing with these noise makers they had just finished making. I searched for Joseph as among all the kids. He's always so hard to see because in spite of his recent growth spurt he's still the shortest kid in class.I looked at his desk and saw his noise maker sitting there. And where was Joseph? I spotted him wandering around the tables in the classroom. He was weaving in between kids and running his hands over the top of the tables. Every so often he would stop and pick at something on the table. Then he would go right back to running his hands over the table. He didn't really noticeif he ran into someone or if someone set off their noisemaker right by him. He just kept wandering and picking.Even after the teacher called for the kids to sit in their seats and all the kids had sat down he kept up with it. He never even looked up or seemed to notic Read more:little
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30 Deeds for 30 Days - Day 16 2007-04-17 23:31:00 For yesterday's good deed I made a donation to our local library. The kids get so much out of the library so I don't mind throwing a little their way. Of course, that's in addition to the massive late fees we always end up paying.
Happy Birthday to me! 2007-04-20 14:50:00 It's my 30th birthday today. So far it's been good. Joseph, Elle and Jesse got me a book I wanted and an expansion pack for the Sims and one for Zoo Tycoon. They know me so well. Jesse also told me that on Saturday night the kids will be spending the night at my parents house and he and I will be going to see a show at the Chanhassen dinner theater and then staying at a nice hotel in Chanhassen. Fun! (And a far cry better than last year when his big present to me was finding and pulling out my fist gray hair.)Tonight we'll go over to my parents house for dinner where my mom is making her world famous, tastes-so-good-but-it's-so-bad-for-you-that-you-can-only-have-it-once-a-year fettucinni. Yum!Looks like it's going to be a fine day indeed! Hey, why not help my ego out a little bit and click this button for me? Read more:Happy
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And what have we learned here class? 2007-04-19 23:41:00 Oh Elle. You sure do look cute wearing that pair of SpongeBob underwear on your head like a hat. Hey, where did you get tho..........oh dear.And what have we learned today? Not to leave the basket of clean and folded laundry out where the baby can get into it. (You can't see it from this picture but there are several pairs of my underwear in the recycling bin.) Read more:class
I stuffed Elle full of jelly beans today. It's al... 2007-04-19 23:10:00 I stuffed Elle full of jelly beans today. It's all part of my plan to potty train her. No, really. Stick with me here.See, I didn't potty train Joseph. My mom did it. For a long time Joseph had no interest whatsoever in being potty trained. Then one weekend he came home from an overnighter with my parents and he was totally potty trained. I don't know how she did it but I suppose the fact that he was nearly 4 at the time didn't hurt her efforts at all. I was glad my mom was able to potty train Joseph but at the same time there was a little part of me that thought "How come she can do it and I can't?" I mean, what kind of a mom can't potty train their own kid? And if I don't figure it out then how will I be able to potty train my granchildren when my own children come to me someday and say "I just can't do this!"?So, come hell or high water, this one is all mine. I am going to potty train this child matter what it takes. And that's where the jelly beans come in.First
30 Deeds for 30 Days - Day 18 2007-04-19 20:20:00 Yesterday's deed kind of happened just by chance. As Joseph, Elle and I were leaving speech therapy yesterday I noticed an older lady wandering around the parking lot looking lost. The building we were at is large and has several small parking lots and it's pretty easy to go get turned around and go out the wrong door. After I got the kids in the car I called over to the lady and asked if she was looking for her car. She explained that she thought maybe she came out the wrong door. I told her I had done that myself before and asked her if she would like me to drive her around the lot so that she could find her car.She got in my car and described to me where she thought she had parked. I spend a lot of time at that building and recignized right away where she was desciribing. I drove her over and we found her car right away. She said that probably would have been the last lot she checked because that was the one lot she was pretty sure wasn't where she had parked.Of course af
I'm big in Canada 2007-04-21 05:41:00 Those crazy kids love me up there. Here's proof. I'm so very, very frightened. Read more:Canada
A big step forward 2007-04-23 23:38:00 I just got a call from a nurse at the clinic where I'll be having my transfer. They need me to call them when I get my period so that they can start me on birth control to synch me up with the egg donor. I'm going to take that as a sign the the donor got her medical clearance.The really good news is that I should be getting my period in the next couple of days so I'll be able to start on the next step even before the donor has her contracts done. This is the first time that timing has really worked in our favor in this whole thing. Exciting!
30 Deeds for 30 Days - Day 22 2007-04-23 15:29:00 My deed for this day was another one that just kind of fell into my lap. On our way back home from our hotel Jesse and I stopped in at the Old Navy Outlet store. While we were there I helped a woman in a wheelchair to reach several things that she was trying to get that were laying out on a table. I had seen her stuggling out of the corner of my eye. I had also seen several other people stand right by her and not offer to help. I think sometimes people don't offer to help someone because they don't want to offend them. I admit that I hesitated at first too because I didn't want this woman to think I was saying "Here, I know you can't do it. Let me and my capable body take care of it for you." She seemed glad I offered though and accepted my help. I think it's ok to offer someone help. I hope.You know, I'm nearly 6 feet tall and even I had to strain to reach some of the things in the middle of the table. I don't know how they expected everyone else to be able to reach
30 Deeds for 30 Days - Day 21 2007-04-23 15:23:00 On this day I honestly forgot to do a good deed. Luckily fate reminded me of what I needed to do. Jesse and I went to see Easter Parade at the Chanhassed Dinner Theater. After the play was over one of the actresses told the audience that they would be collecting money for Broadway Cares campaign to fight AIDS and support those living with it.It was not my most planned out deed but I did drop some cash into their collection basket so as of yet I have not missed a day!
30 Deeds for 30 Days - Day 20 2007-04-23 15:16:00 My birthday! I wanted to do something special for my birthday deed so I made a donation to this group: Minnesota Religious Coalition for Reproductive Choice. Who knew such a group even existed? I really liked their stance on a lot of things and what really moved me to want to donate was what their website says about their "Peaceful Presence" program. From the site:"We stand in non-confrontational and pastoral Peaceful Presence outside reproductive health clinics in support of their work, their staff, and their patients to demonstrate in non-violent ways that people of faith support access to safe, legal abortions. Peaceful Presence is a strategy of silent witnessing and non-engagement. Supporters (clergy and lay people) silently hold signs with our message “Pro Family, Pro Faith, Pro Choice.” "Now that's religious activism that I can get behind!
30 Deeds for 30 Days - Day 19 2007-04-23 15:10:00 Ack! I've fallen behind here. Let's see if I can think back and remember what I've done every day.Ok, the deed for this day was that I wrote a long, suportive email to someone I know through a message board who's going through a really tough time right now. She responded and thanked me for my kind words so I hope that it was somewhat helpful to her. I frequently have a hard time finding the right words when reaching out to someone like that so more often than not I just say nothing at all. This deed was tough because I was afraid I would say the wrong thing and make things worse but I think in the end it went ok.
Mmmmm, brains 2007-04-27 03:51:00 I don't know what's wrong with me. I think it's a combination of PMS and my body dealing with the influx of hormones from the new birth control pills I have to take. I have several emails to answer, I'm waaay behind on 30/30, I have 8 billion ebay things to do and all I can think about is this throbbing sensation behind my left eye. Right now the only thing in the world that would make me happier than ripping someone's head off would be ripping someone's head off and discovering that instead of brains, their skull was filled with chocolate brownies.
What? 2007-04-26 05:16:00 If putting both kids in the crib is wrong so that you can get the bathroom clean then I don't want to be right.
Mama's little whore 2007-04-25 19:08:00 This is a really great article on on some of the dangerous messages that we (as a society) are sending our little
girls through the clothes that we buy them and the toys that they play with. I liked this quote a lot: "We used to worry about Barbie, with her improbable proportions and dismal math skills. Now we long for Barbie. Not the new Bling Bling Barbie, but the old one with the job. At least she tried to do math."For the record, there will never be a Bratz doll anywhere in my house. Not a MyScene Barbie either for that matter. Even if I didn't find them massivly offensive I would still think they were creepy as all get out. What's with the giant alien eyes? When did that become "cute"?
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