Tuesday Musings

Are you addicted to anything? And if so what??

Let's start at the beginning, shall we? First of all we have chocolate. I could not live with out chocolate. I'm not sure if chocolate is an addiction or an necessity, like air. I'll get back to you on that.

After chocolate, we'll go in no particular order. Another of my addictions that I can't seem to kick is Freecell. I can't turn on the computer without playing at least three games. There are certain things I check every day, e-mail, mother's group calendar and message board, a couple news sites, but at the end of the day, if I haven't checked Perez Hilton, I feel like the world has continued to turn on its axis and I've been left behind, floating in space.
Then there are the fat rolls. Kissing these fat rolls seems to wipe all stress away.
There are also the goofs. Theo is turning into quite the little clown and I couldn't get through a day with him making me laugh (mostly because he can't seem to get through a day without making me crying. I will be so happy when he's fully potty trained.)
Then there's my Big Hunk o'Love. No, not the cat, the big lug holding the cat. He's my biggest addiction.

FFA

Topic: Laughing Gas at the Dentist Office

I have a problem with the way Dentists' offices handle laughing gas. For some reason they all seem to believe that it should be used when a patient is in the dentist chair. I, on the other hand, believe that laughing gas should be administered as soon as one arrives at the dentist's office. Why must we sit in the boring waiting area, reading boring, outdated magazines and watching the receptionist's idea of a good talk show? Get a few fish tanks, a ball pit and a bean bag and pump the good stuff straight into the waiting room.

This week's biggest pet peeve

I hate it when you're in the shower and the shower curtain is pushed up against you. Or, as in my case, your toddler breaks into the bathroom and shoves it against you again and again.

Tuesday Musings #14

Rewrite the following classic nursery rhyme as it applies to your life -

For want of a nail the shoe was lost.
For want of a shoe the horse was lost.
For want of a horse the rider was lost.
For want of a rider the battle was lost.
For want of a battle the kingdom was lost.
And all for the want of a horseshoe nail.

This is about how the mess spreads in my home:

For want of clean pans the counter space was lost.
For want of counter space the kitchen was lost.
For want of a kitchen the dining room was lost.
For want of a dining room the living room was lost.
For want of a living room the downstairs was lost.
For want of a downstairs the upstairs was lost.
For want of an upstairs the house was lost.
For want of a house the sanity was lost.
And all for the want of clean pans.

P.S. Not really my house.

Tuesday Musings #13

List five things that drive you crazy and make you want to go live in a cabin on a mountainside and never see another human being. Then, list five things that make you smile even on the rainiest of days.

Things I don’t like:

1. People who curse at their children in public
2. Really hot and humid days

3. Insane drivers, especially those who speed down our street 4. People who think they have a right to comment on anything and everything
5. People who leave their dogs outside to bark all day and night
Things I love about Life:

1. The smile of a baby (especially my own)
2. The beach at night
3. Seeing the Milky Way
4. Chocolate Cake
5. When my house is clean and after a long day I can lie down on the couch with popcorn popped in a pot and a huge glass of watered down orange juice and watch a really good movie and the kids stay asleep through the whole thing

Tuesday Musings #12

Do you regret anything that you have done in your lifetime and if so what?

Yeah. That I didn't have this wedding. Most of the other stuff I would do a little differently I've gotten over.

Tuesday Musings #11

Growing up what extra curricular activities did you get to try? Which activity was your favorite and which was your least favorite? If you didn't have an opportunity which do you wish you could of tried? Pictures Please! :)

I wasn't really one for extra curricular activities, unless you consider doing all I could to avoid curricular activities an extra curricular activity. Remember all those John Hughes films about the losers vs the cool kids/jocks and the losers always came out on top? Well, I was Watts in Some Kind of Wonderful without the hot boyfriend at the end of the movie. I was what some might have considered a slacker, a loafer, a punk.

I know, you're shaking your head saying, 'not Claire.' But, I guarantee it is the truth. The cheerleaders even started a rumor that I was a lesbian. I missed 1/3 of the required about of gym my junior year and still passed because the very masculine, female gym teacher thought I was entertaining (she even had a pet name for me I won't repeat). I bummed rides off my friends all through high school and can't honestly say all of my past times were completely legal. My parents accused me on a regular basis of appearing to be homeless. I dyed my hair more colors than the rainbow. My home-EC teacher tried to get me suspended because she didn't like that I wore my hair half covering my face. And I spent the last year of high school grounded, yep, the whole year. I was a John Hughes character.

Maybe I am a little more like Watts than I first assumed. I didn't get the hot guy in high school but I did get the dreamy guy in the end...