and so am I. ” I saw that months ago on a piece of flair that I immediately added to my bulletin board on Facebook. Oddly enough it has vanished and I need to go find it again. Some of the flair was given to me by friends and you can even make your own flair. My favorite is the Sarah flair of course.
In an effort to stay on top of my work load, I took an ADHD pill and set a goal to proof 2 sessions tonight. It does wonderers keeping me on track for the most part but has one side effect…I can’t shut up! All the kids are in bed and John is playing X box with his headphones on so he doesn’t disturb me which means I have no one to yak with at the moment. So I decided to get all my randomness out here. I need to give my eyes a break every so often anyway.
So I am sitting here proofing and listening to/watching ‘Bugs Bunny’s 1001 Rabbit Tales’ and almost always edit photos to Looney Tunes, Tom & Jerry, SpongeBob, and even some Pink Panther. I’m not a huge fan of most of the cartoons they come out with these days. Other than his laugh, I love Spongebob. I was lucky enough to develop the one thing most new parents hope for after the first 6 months, the ability to tune things out. After 3 kids I have mastered it and have also learned how to filter through the noise, crying, and arguments so that I only hear the things that require parental intervention or assistance. With that, I can easily tune out Spongebobs laugh and enjoy the adult humor that has been snuck in under a child’s radar. And just as I have adopted lines from movies, I use quite a few from Spongebob. Such as, “Holy Shrimp” and “oh Barnacles” to help minimize my use of the ‘S’ word, which my son reminds me is bad :p “You itty bitty idiot” I got from Sandy when she was yelling at Patrick. I just throw an S at the end and it covers all 3 kids -and also “go be stupid somewhere else.” “You wouldn’t know cool if it bit you in the aft end” from Mr. Krabs, I use for the teenager. She will show me a funny shirt in Hot Topic and say it’s cool and I’ll shoot that line at her. Not that the shirt wasn’t cool, I just wanted to say the line. I know there’s more that I can’t think of right now. My all time favorite line I got from the show ‘Roseanne.’ Completely fitting for any child 6 and older whom you would think should know better… “Are you new?!”
About 40 minutes ago, I was going downstairs and my right foot slipped down the last 3 steps sending my left foot into the wall, smashing my 4 small toes. In an effort to stop myself, I grabbed for the banister and added a nice wood burn to my wrist. Thankfully John had his headphones on so the klutz jokes will remain at their normal level for the next week. I’m not a ‘drop things, fall, or walk into things’ kind of klutz but my toes tend to have frequent run-ins with table legs, chairs, random items left on the floor by the kids, and now walls. Last week I tripped on the kitchen floor [nothing was there, just the floor] and I felt like such a dork. I looked down at my feet and asked, “ARE YOU NEW?!” Quite honestly they’re a little too old not be in sync with the rest of me. I found some facebbok flair for that too.
Our cat Garfield has developed a taste for the faux garland on the mantle. His stomach has not. No further explanation needed.
I normally avoid the ice cream section but something told me to have a look last time I was shopping. To my shock and delight, Jello has brought back Pudding Pops. Immediately I was six years old again and Bill Cosby was on TV with a bunch of other six years olds telling me how wonderful pudding pops were! Of course I had to pitch the commercial to my parents and they gave the green light since they were much better than ice cream. I was a little sad that it wasn’t the original I had grown up with but I was just happy to see them at all. I was only going to buy 1 box since I was a little afraid of the possible disappointment that they were nothing like what I had as a kid, but John reminded me of our 3 little vacuums’ and that they would not go to waste. I’m happy to report that aside from the shape and a small texture difference, they are in fact Jello pudding pops. Now if only someone would bring back the original green flavor in Life Savors!
Its been a couple hours since the stair incident and my foot is still throbbing and slightly swollen. I’ve just been given an order by John to take motrin right now!
Did you know that 99.9% of parents of children age 2 and older have said in some form, that their child/ren must be the most difficult I have ever photographed. Not true :) Take comfort knowing that since every other parent thinks the exact same thing, your child is completely normal. I need to remind myself the same thing about my own kids sometimes :) Just know that when it comes to children, I am very patient and completely understanding. I get that from my mother. On the other hand, when I get behind the wheel I am the complete opposite. I have zero patience for stupidity and bad drivers and tend to have a bit of a potty mouth while driving. That is 100% from my dad.
I preordered the nook last week. I really miss reading and find that lugging a book around in my purse can be a pain, if I remember to even grab one on my way out the door. Another plus is that its more thing I can do to go green. It doesn’t ship until January 15th which drives me a little crazy. I have very little patience in that area too. I thrive on instant gratification and almost never preorder things. If I decide I want to buy something, I go to the store and buy it. In the past few years I have been buying more online and slowing getting better at waiting 3-5 days for it.
Wow, 5:27am already. I should be tired by now. I just looked at the ‘goal’ I wrote earlier about getting 2 sessions proofed tonight and snickered. I have never been able to do it before but have to admire my own enthusiasm for even jotting such a goal down. I am 75% done with the one I started which isn’t bad for 9.5 hours.
Why is it when kids take the last food item out of the box, they can’t throw the box away? I will admit that I myself did the same thing when I was around 8, but only a few times because my dad had the shortest fuse of any other dad. I can’t even count the number of times John and I have cleaned out empty boxes from the pantry and fridge. We’ve tried rationalizing, yelling, even threats of not buying them ‘barnacles’ ever again. Never works.
I also enjoy watching COPS and shows like Worlds Dumbest Criminals while I edit. Recently, my favorite parts have been people getting tazed. [sp?] I crack up every single time! I told John they should devote an entire show to it.
I am officially out of gab for the night, err morning and will hopefully have this gallery done and crash in the next hour.
Hahahahaha! Ok so hopefully I’ll crash in the next hour. Sneak peeks coming soon and the announcement of the ‘Ode to photos’ contest. Happy hump day!
