Fail! and Awesomeness!

Over the past few years I’ve learned not to take things so personally. Okay, so it’s self-taught and it hasn’t been going all that well but whatever. I am better at not taking everything to heart; I don’t lay awake at night worried about why someone dislikes me or if they’re mad at me and for whatever reason. I  think I’ve somewhat accepted the fact that if you don’t like me, then tough shit: I can deal.

But that doesn’t take away the fact that I am still an over-analyzer and overly emotional. I have yet to find a cure for those traits so if you have an idea how, please, enlighten moi.

I started this Rookie (Mom) Challenge with the best intentions and honestly I’m a little bit crushed. I toiled and strategized and planned my wee heart out.  I have AMAZING support, AWESOME participants and (what I thought was) a good plan, then I began to worry… How can I improve it? Get it out there?  Gain some interest? But sometimes shit doesn’t fly, yanno? I get that. I can accept the fact that it’s just not internet gold and for that reason, I’m going to put it out of its misery. C’est la vie sometimes and that is the fact of life for this little nugget of poop.

Rookie Moms still rock and I still love their book and their site, it has nothing to do with that, it’s just that either this feature sucks, I suck, or both because it just ain’t flying. Not even if I threw it into the winds of a hurricane would this baby take flight.

So, with that my girl Vic at Glowstars takes the finale with this wickedly awesome picture:

Vic wearing her baby while drinking a beer

She is officially my new Internet BFF.

And for that I also bestowe on her the I’m Hooked on Your Blog Award given to me by Jen @ Blissfully Caffeinated. For being hilairously witty and so awesome, because Dude. Did you see that picture?!

So here’s for you Vic and I will also be sending along your $20 gift card for Amazon.com (or Amazon.co.uk in your case I guess.)

So that’s it my friends. Rookie (Moms) Challenge out. (Shit. Seacrest. I should have thought about getting him to pimp this. That lucky little troll seems to have the magic touch. Eeewww the thought of being touched by Seacrest skeeves me out.)

I think that’s why I’ve been feeling a little down and out the past couple days. That, combined with the lack of sleep (FOR THE LOVE OF GOD BABY - SLEEP!) and the changing of the season (which always seems to fuck with me) I’ve been a little lackluster and dare I say extremely boring! lately. But never fear, once I double my dosage of anti-depressants and caffeinated beverages we’ll be back and more irreverant than ever.

Speaking of being down and out; check out this diddy I wrote on Saturday… nevermind, can’t find it. But, I promise you it was ultra derpressing about how tired I was and resentful about my husband sleeping and snoring while I was sitting up with a child that wouldn’t sleep unless I was holding him. You would have totally rolled your eyes at me. I swear. Then, through osmosis the kid finally got it and went to sleep for four consecutive uninterrupted hours. It rocked. Then he decided to start chatting at 6am and woke up Carter. That? That did not rock.

[insert transition here - I can't for the life of me remember how to spell segway...Yes, I realize that's the spelling for the two wheel motorized stupid thingy... but is it the same for a segway. I don't make any sense, I realize that, thank you.]

You remember those “Let’s make like a….” sayings?

Let’s make like a baby and head out.

Let’s make like a banana and split.

Let’s makes like a bee and buzz off.

Let’s make like a tree and leave.

Let’s make like a horses dick and hit the road. (That’s my favourite. Am twelve)

Know any different ones? I’m curious.

In Photos, Work & a Dick

A Meme in Pictures

**(stolen without prejudice from Hilly who shamelessly stole it from Adena)

[I stole this AGES ago and stuck it in my drafts for a time that I would need it, cuz I'm awesome like that.]

Here’s how it works:
1. Go to www.flickr.com
2. Type in your answer to the question in the “search” box
3. Use only the first page
4. Insert the picture into your Blog

1.) What is your relationship status?

married
2.)  What is your current mood?

stressed

3.)  Who is your favorite band/artist?

Pearl Jam

4.)  What is your favorite movie?

Dazed and Confused

5.)  What kind of pet do you have?

pit bull

&

grey tabby

6.)  Where do you live?

Toronto

7.)  Where do you work?

construction industry

8.)  What do you look like?

messy

9.)  What do you drive?

Malibu Maxx (but black) I heart it so bad!

10.)  What did you do last night?

nurse mah bebe (for what seemed like HOURS)

11.)  What is your favorite TV show?

Hell’s Kitchen

12.)  Describe yourself.

complacent

13.)  What are you doing today?

parenting (HA!)

14.)  What is your name?

Samantha - a bald eagle at the DC Zoo - it was this or a bunch of neked boobies… I don’t get it.

15.)  What is your favorite candy?

Reese’s pieces

:::

Thanks for all the support regarding yesterday’s post. Mike found a job this morning - which is fabulous - same pay rate as the last place as well and will probably have more hours. BUT! This job requires A LOT more out-of-town work so God only knows how long he’s going to be gone at times which is totally not cool with me.

But he has work, so I can relax.

A little.

Until the first trip that takes him away from home for 6 months.

:::

Carter calls a rake a “dick” and when he pretends to rake something he says: “dick, dick, dick, dick…”

Is it wrong that I laugh every single time?

Ah, kids.

filling the void

As promised, this weekend will be filled with memes and overdue awards since I’m having a hard enough time keeping you interested I figure: What the hell? What’s one more boring ass post where some people may get excited for linky love and others will bitch that they never win anything.

But before I go on, I must just point out that my slight OCD was gnawing at me since I didn’t have a header so I slapped that thing together in about 5 minutes. I have to say, I am rather pleased with myself. Of course, nothing would have been accomplished without my trusty can of Coke Zero which got me through.

And now, without further ado a due adoo delay! I was tagged by GHD from So, What Do You Do All Day? and it’s even from THIS month… I know there are more, trust me: I have posts to fill later.

Here are my Crazy 8’s:

8 things I’m passionate about:

  1. Coke Zero
  2. Designing
  3. Celebrity gossip
  4. Gossip in general
  5. Photography
  6. My down right hatred for vomit
  7. Animal Cruelty
  8. Um, guess I should mention something about the family here?

8 things I say often:

  1. “Fuck Off”
  2. “No, no ta-ta mommy please”
  3. “When are you coming home?”
  4. “No thank you Carter”
  5. “Please don’t touch me”
  6. “I’m not having sex”
  7. “I think I have to barf”
  8. “I just barfed”

8 books I’ve read recently:

  1. Human Capitol
  2. Under the Boardwalk
  3. Fifteen Candles
  4. Marley and Me
  5. Little Black Book of Style
  6. The DaVinci Code
  7. Does Perez Hilton count?
  8. What to Expect: The Toddler Years

8 things I want to do before I die:

  1. Matthew McConaughey
  2. Go to New Orleans
  3. Meet my grandchildren
  4. Go to Egypt
  5. Drive a motorcycle
  6. Go skydiving
  7. Own a Austin Mini
  8. A Pool Boy

8 songs I can listen to over and over again, and probably have:

  1. Pearl Jam’s TEN album
  2. Easy Like Sunday Morning - Lionel Richie
  3. Sweet Emotion - Aerosmith
  4. Welcome to the Jungle - G n’ R
  5. Here for a Good Time - Trooper
  6. Mr. Jones - Counting Crows
  7. Shook Me All Night Long - AC/DC
  8. Pour Some Sugar on Me - Def Leppard

8 things that attract me to my friends:

  1. Have to make me laugh
  2. Trusting
  3. Are able to have a great time as well as just chill out sometimes
  4. Reliable
  5. Trustworthy
  6. We can share gory details of just about anything, can’t be shy!
  7. Like potty humour
  8. Can act like a 12 year old boy sometimes

8 things I learned in the last year:

  1. My husband I are drifting apart
  2. I love being a parent to a toddler more then to an infant
  3. I love to drive
  4. Quit holding everything in
  5. My life is in a rut and I am in need of some serious changes
  6. Not all friendships are meant to last forever
  7. If I don’t clean the house, there is no one else who will
  8. It’s truly amazing how long one can last without doing laundry

Now, for the 8 people that I’ve decided to inflict this on:

  1. Phat Phannie
  2. Moosh in … Utah
  3. I Can Fly, Just Not Up
  4. Cheaper Than Therapy
  5. Velveteen Mind
  6. Mrs. Flinger (love you Les!! *smooch*)
  7. Kellementology
  8. LawyerMama

Fuck, that was painful.

blogstipation hurts my head, so I meme

This past long weekend has screwed me up significantly. I have no idea what day it is, I’m so out of sorts and I’m blogstipated. My creativeness totally blows has completely blown this week. Why are you even here. Seriously.

I was tagged a while ago (read: like three WEEKS ago) by the very interesting Erica from Mom’s Journal. Sorry I took so dang long, but I tend to procrastinate a little.

The Five Things Meme

Five things in your refrigerator:

1. Rotten tomatoe

2. Rotten lettuce

3. Yogurt

4. A bag of baby carrots

5. V8 Splash juice…Mmmm.. my favourite

Five things in your closet:

1. Empty suitcases

2. Winter sweaters

3.  The hatch to my attic

4. Dirty clothes

5. A huge tupperware bin of my work field clothes

Five things in your purse or backpack:

1. Wallet

2. Cell

3. Keys

4. Carter’s Progress Report from daycare

5. Lipgloss

Five things in your car:

1. CDs

2. Gum

3. Stroller

4. About 5 DVDs to keep the kid quiet in the backseat 

5. A stash of empty water bottles behind my seat. Oops.

Five things in the world you want to see before you die:

1. Redneck Mommy *wink*

2. My beloved Tulip

3. My blog traffic reach an all new high of tens of people a day

4. A celebrity get put in jail and treated like a “regular” civilian

5. The Golden Gate Bridge

I Tag everyone who reads this. Get memeing and trackback so I know you played along.

Now, go find me a blogstipation cure. I hate being all bunged up.

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