Random Tuesday Thoughts: Faith
Posted by: awickedstepmom on: November 10, 2009
No, this is not a badly done George Michael remake from Limp Bizkit. It’s Random Tuesday Thoughts.
Do not make Keely send her Office Manager Ninja after you, you H1N1 Zombie!
* A lot of life is remarkably about faith. Faith that people will do the right thing, that your kids will be safe at school, and that the bad men can’t get us. But faith is something that is always in flux and can change based on personal experience.
A few nights ago a new neighbor was having some car trouble. Her car wouldn’t start. Bear and I looked at each other. “I will get the jumper cables,” he stated before heading into the house. I told him I would go and talk to her. Turns out, she ran out of gas in her haste to get home and get back on the road. So, I grabbed my gas can and gave her a ride to the gas station. When I dropped her back off, she tried to give me some money. I didn’t take it and told her that I would be offended if she tried to offer it again. So, last night, she brought us over a cheese cake that she made herself. Consider my faith in people on the higher end of the flux.
* If you are a kid, there is very little scarier than a new school. I never appreciated this because it was never anything I had to experience. But experiencing it second-hand is scary enough for me.
* Bear went grocery shopping this week. I put apples on the list because they were on sale. I have thanked him like 5 times for them. I might be annoying him but the apples are really good and he remembered them for me. So, it makes me smile every time I grab one.
* Both my mom and dad have cell phones. I will occasionally gets texts that are just to say hi and I love you. These text messages always brighten my day. It’s not a substitute for actually talking but it is nice to know that people are thinking about you.
* I am taking the afternoon off today. Domo will take all my calls…
Assuming that he does not eat the phone.
Kittens
Posted by: awickedstepmom on: November 9, 2009
The Tyrant: “Meow.”
The Mother Hen: “Stop it.”
The Tyrant: “Meow.”
The Mother Hen: “Stop it!”
The Show: “Stop!”
The Tyrant: “Meow.”
The Mother Hen: “You know, if you are kitty we will have to get rid of you. [WickedStepMom] is allergic to cats.”
The Tyrant: “Shows what you know! I am a robot kitty! Meow.”
The Show and The Mother Hen: [eye roll]
The Tyrant: “Meow.”
The Mother Hen: “Stop it.”
The Tyrant: “Meow.”
The Mother Hen: “Stop it!”
The Show: “Stop!”
The Tyrant: “Meow….”
The Mother Hen: “Dad, make her stop! She is giving me a migraine!!”
The Tyrant: “Meow…”
The Mother Hen: “DADDDDD!!!!!”
The Tyrant: “Meow.”
***
Bear wanted me to share this little tibit with you… in our home no one EVER gets those pedestrian “headaches”, we graduate straight to the level of “migraine.”
It works for us
Posted by: awickedstepmom on: November 6, 2009
So, the lovely Jen over at Sprite’s Keeper wants us to confess our parenting flaws, defects and failings. Parenting is not always joyous and happy. There are times that you don’t want to shout, “Yay! That is my kid!” There are even times you would like to crawl under a rock. Those challenges and embarrassments make us go gray early and forget which child is which…
Here is my confession. We negotiate with our girls to get them to take medicine. We offer up treats and soda, trips to the dollar store and time watching their favorite shows. It works for us. There is no trauma involved and the girls take the medicine. I am sure that a lot of people would say that we are doing something wrong and that we should make the girls take the medicine or else! But, for us, it works. The girls will take medicine knowing that it is not a form of punishment. They know that even if it tastes bad, we are doing what we think is best for them. I think too often, we as adults, forget how horrible the liquid medicines tasted. And how when you are sick, the last thing you want to do is drink a mouthful of the grossest substance on earth.
Home Remedies
Posted by: awickedstepmom on: November 5, 2009
- In: Bear| Out of my element| frustration| life| self
- 6 Comments
I have been extremely sick lately. One sinus infection after the other. This has prompted people to give me unsolicited advice on how to better take care of myself. Here are some of my absolute favorites.
1. Put a large clump of Vicks Vaporub in your mouth and swallow it. Try to hold it in your throat as long as possible before you let it go all the way down. I honestly asked if this person was insane. After all, it says right on the bottle, DO NOT EAT!
2. Drink airbourne whenever you are around people who have colds. Well, I tried this one and it made me burp. I still got sick though.
3. I have been told two completely different things on exercising. Either avoid it all together and do nothing more strenious than getting out of bed to pee. Or exercise as often as possible to sweat the germs out. I am too scared to try either of these suggestions. So, I am staying on my regular schedule.
4. Drink Earl Grey tea. This made me pee a lot but had no effect on my illness or preventing illnesses.
5. Mix vinegar and salt water and gargle with it daily. I tried this once too but it was so gross, I almost puked. So, unless the idea is to puke the germs out, I am not going to try this again.
6. Change your clothes atleast three times a day. Have your entire household do the same. I change every day but it creates way too much laundry for 5 people to do it. And since either Bear and I will be doing the laundry, I don’t see how adding more work will have any effect on me getting sick.
What about you guys? Any remedies or unsolicited advice you recieved lately that can to share here?
V is for Very Cold
Posted by: awickedstepmom on: November 4, 2009
We watched the series primere of V last night. Bear and I were very disappointed that there were no lizard babies. As a matter of fact, the lizard baby was one of the few reasons that he rewatches the original mini-series.
This morning, it was 32 degrees out. The Mother Hen went off to the bus stop with no coat, and no socks. So, I guess we don’t even get the consolation prize of a lizard baby of our very own.
Random Tuesday Thoughts: We have a winner!
Posted by: awickedstepmom on: November 3, 2009
It’s Tuesday… Things have been way too exciting around here. Go see Keely for less craziness and no dental horror stories.
* I got a text on Sunday from my mom. My brother is in the hospital. ICU to be exact. He has his wisdom teeth extracted about 4 days ago and now has a massive infection that was causing his airway to be closed off. The intubated him and sent him for emergency surgery to put some drainage tubes into his mouth and neck. When I went to see him yesterday, I told him that if he wanted to beat Bear at anything, he should have challenged him to ping-pong…
* The Tyrant won the funniest costume contest at a party over the weekend. She was “Double Trouble”, half angel and half devil. She didn’t understand why the adults thought it was funny. I told her that I would remind her of this when she is a mom and then she would understand.
* Speaking of The Tyrant… She fell on Halloween. Hard. Really Hard. And scraped knees up really badly. She wanted to keep Trick-or-Treating. So, we did. She was bleeding and she thought it would make her costume look better. Later, her tights got stuck to her leg because the blood had dried. Bear and I soaked her leg but ended up having to pull a little bit off. I asked him to hold her still and I pulled. She screamed “Ow!! You jerks! You could have warned me!”
* Bear, my Mom and I all helped the girls with their costumes. Mom teased hair and put leaves in to make the two zombies look like they had crawled out of the ground. I did make up to make them look dead. Bear took care of Double Trouble’s make up. My Dad laughed and took pictures!
Taking a break..
Posted by: awickedstepmom on: November 2, 2009
- In: life
- 3 Comments
But, I can’t leave you with nothing…
I promise to give you all the updates tomorrow.
Skills that are used once a year
Posted by: awickedstepmom on: October 30, 2009
Once a year, I get to use my make up artist skills. This year, we are going to a party the day before Halloween and then going out on Halloween, so I get to use my skills twice.
This morning, I added antenna to a butterfly. Tonight, I will make two people look dead, and make a half-angel/half-devil child. I am looking forward to it. Its been a long time since the last time I did this much theatrical make up. Those years in theatre are finally paying off…
DDS: Dentist or Butcher?
Posted by: awickedstepmom on: October 29, 2009
- In: Bear| frustration| rant
- 4 Comments
Bear and I went back to the oral surgeon today. They can still do nothing for him and he is in pain because the living bone is exposed. I will never ever again ask anyone ever to go to the dentist!
Or?
You decide…
Random Tuesday Thoughts: Okay, I am listening…
Posted by: awickedstepmom on: October 27, 2009
It’s Tuesday again. Time for some random updates, funny quotes and to go see Keely. But, not if you are a Zombie with the swine flu. She will have to shot you and won’t appreciate it one bit.
* Bear’s mouth is still hurting. He has pulled out three more pieces of bone since last Tuesday. I really hope he has a jaw left when he is finally done with all this nonsense.
* Since he has been so sore, he tends to eat soft foods. And cereal because you can soak it a bit so it is not so crunchy. He mentioned that he liked Boo Berry cereal, so I went on a hunt to find it. I struck out but, I called in reinforcements. I called my Mom and my cousin (who works at a grocery store). My Mom managed to snag some for us. And my cousin bribed a stock boy to get the last of the Boo Berry set aside for us. Thanks everyone!! He has been eating Boo Berry everyday. Its a step up from Apple Jacks, truly.
* The Show and The Tyrant went outside to play in the leaves. The Mother Hen joined them and they buried The Tyrant until you could no longer see her. Then, Bear went outside and sat on The Show and they buried her. This was followed by an all out leaf fight. Several hours later, The Tyrant started to freak out, “There is something in my eye! It hurts! It HURTS!!!” I tried washing it out, I tried using air and nothing came out. She still said it hurt. Using a rag in the corner of her eye, I managed to dislodge a small piece of leaf…
* I want this book. If only for entertaining myself when people try to argue with me.
* Yesterday, I was really grumpy. My day started out bad and got worse. I was frustrated, short-tempered and probably just plain mean. Then, I got a phone call from someone I love who was dealing with a real problem. Not like my petty problems about people arguing or bad drivers. A real one. It was my wake up call. And I looked up to the sky and said “Okay, Universe, I am listening.” I was karmically put back in my place, which I needed. No worries though, the problem was solved with no tears, blood or drama.
