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Loud Baby in a Mini Van
I felt very much like a typical mom today. You know the ones you see on television that are driving in their mini van and freaking out at the kids for being loud and obnoxious? That was me today. Justin wanted to make a “quick” trip to some electronic store to see about a dead battery in his computer. Let’s just say that there is no such thing as a quick trip for Justin to any electronic store. So I waited and waited and waited and waited for what seemed like an eternity. Maisie was screaming her head off. Not necessarily crying, but screaming as if someone was torturing her. It was not pleasant to the ears. By the time Justin came out, I felt like doing something horrible to him. Maybe screaming loudly in his ear or punching him really hard, just to get some aggression out from waiting…
Read MoreLeg Warmer Obsession (Yes, It’s True)
A couple of my friends have little girls around Maisie’s age and they have the cutest little teeny tiny leg warmers. For some reason, seeing these little leg warmers excited something inside me to the point where I just felt like I had to have them for Maisie! I wonder if my love of leg warmers began as a child when my mom would get me all dressed up in my leotard and leg warmers for my junior jazzercise class. All I knew is that I had to have them for Maisie. I literally could not stop thinking of them and it only got worse after we actually did drive to the place to buy Maisie her own little precious pair of leg warmers. I was convinced she needed them and then as soon as she had her own pair, I couldn’t stop thinking of how she needed more colors. …
Read MoreSpeaking of White Trash…
We almost ate at Kentucky Fried Chicken for our Thanksgiving meal tonight. Can you even believe it??? My mom woke up sick today, so we had to cancel our plans to go to our friends house for dinner. We went through the drive through and they had been closed for two hours. As we were figuring out what other fast food restaurant would be open on Thanksgiving day, we spotted some people coming out of the Safeway! We couldn’t even believe we were so lucky to have a real grocery store open at 6pm on Thanksgiving evening! So we bought a cooked chicken (tastes the same to me as turkey!), some mashed potatoes that just needed to be heated, a packet of gravy mix (ew, no taste), Stovetop Stuffing (surprisingly delish!), some little rolls that you just brown in the oven, and then I had already made my mother in…
Read MoreWhite Trash Mom?
You would think that I would question my parenting skills once in a while, and I guess I do, but not the same things that other people question in me. I am not the mom who has the high chair cover for the restaurants or the covers for the shopping carts. I just think that it looks strange. I get the idea of it, but to me, a few germs on the shopping cart or high chair are the least of my concerns. I also just throw food down on the table without cleaning it off. Ew, I know that is sort of gross. Another thing that I get a lot of, “you better not do that!” comments to are when I set Maisie down on the floor of a restaurant to crawl around. I know the floors are gross (not compared to floors in Paris!!!), but she is past…
Read MoreConfessions of a Bad Friend
I have some confessions to make. This probably won’t come as a surprise to most of you, but I must share it anyways. I don’t like to answer my phone all the time. I also have a hard time calling people back right away. I will eventually do it, but it may not be that day or even that night as I forget to check my voicemails. I do not live with my cell phone plastered to my ear. I occassionally forget it or misplace it. I hate answering it if I am in the middle of doing something. I forget birthdays. I will rarely send a thank you note. I never expect a thank you note and I never expect someone to remember my birthday…(I guess that is a lame excuse for me not remembering other birthdays or sending a thank you note). So I guess you could say…
Read MoreLet’s talk about the important things….
Hopefully you won’t be seeing any pictures of me with this hairstyle for quite some time… I got a haircut today! If you have been reading my blog for a while now, you know that I have had some mishaps in the hair department. Well, today my good friend Andrea cut my hair. It hadn’t been cut since my last fiasco in Paris and I just have to say that I was so thankful to get rid of that cut! 2 1/2 years in Paris, France and not one good haircut!!! How can this be?!? I lay awake in bed pondering how such a thing could happen in one of the most fashion conscience cities in the world. I just don’t know. But all I do know is that I have a cute haircut once again. I was really beginning to lose hope that I would ever feel cute again.…
Read MoreBiting Baby!
Maisie has been trying to take a bite out of crime anywhere she can. Yes, it all started while she was nursing. Now it is just out of control. I was noticing that she kept trying to bite my leg while I was on my computer. Then again while I was putting her to sleep. I thought they were innocent little nibbles, but now I am beginning to think she is trying to communicate something to me. Is she mad? Does she need more attention? Is she bored? Maybe all of the above. I don’t know. I tried to say a firm, “NO”, but she just looked at me like, “Is that all you got?” Then I tried pushing in on the side of her cheek to release the little grip her four teeth had on my flesh, but that was also a joke. She just stops and goes back…
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