Time to Dye!

My hair that is!
I walked up to the line at the bank this afternoon and I'm minding my own business just looking around the place checking out the office furniture and the change machines that you turn your coins in at, ya know, just a brain dead kinda lookin around while I wait my turn.

The woman in front of me turns to me and says, "There's a lot of young people working in this bank isn't there? I don't see any older ones."
I smiled politely and said, "yeah, must be the next generation so to speak."
She said, yeah and then walked up to her teller.
I'm standing there thinking.... humm, must really need to dye my hair again, cuz I obviously don't fit in with the "young people" in the bank or she wouldn't have made the comment to me.
The woman herself didn't look that old to me.  Maybe 55 or 56.  Which I don't consider old.
But she probably felt odd or out of place feeling like the Only older person in the bank until I walked up behind her with the gray hairs showing in the front of my mane.
I knew I needed to dye again back in November, but have been putting it off. It always starts off in a streak on the top side of my head, like Lilly Munster. 
Guess what I'm doing tonight!!

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Sweat!

I hate sweat! I sweat even when I don't want too.  
I remember once it was -3 degrees outside and my car wouldn't start, so I walked to work (at the time that job was only about 5 blocks away) in the snow and some ice to open the office.  I was bundled up so much that I had been a little too warm while walking and of course ended up with a little sweat.  Got sent home (via phone call) cuz no one else was gonna make it in.
-3 degrees with wind chill factor and I was sweating.
   
I just worked out for the first time in a long time, I got sweat pourin down the side of my face and down my back.  I know really attractive I'm sure!
I checked out the video briefly before starting, watched the low impact workout for beginners and thought it was a good cardio for a big girl like me to work out too, without making me feel incompetent cuz I can't bend like a pretzel to meet the exercise routine requirements.
The routine was easy enough to follow with minor coordination screw ups by myself.  But it was good to see the actual people in the video making the same types of errors I was making or were having their own issues with keeping up and they would make note of it and let you know it's ok, just keep moving. They also give an idea of what to do for a lower impact workout here and there for those of us (ME) that hasn't worked out in ages and just can't kick in the air without falling on my Ass. Instead, just lifting the knee up.  They do a warm up and a cool down as well.  I didn't realize it, but I did a total 60 minute workout routine.  Although at the time you think it'll never end, it did pass pretty quickly.
Not to mention the video has preset workout routines and you also have the option of creating your own workout based on the four routines.  It's pretty neat.
Ok, so I'm gonna go throw up now and then take my shower!

Oh and the video?  "The Biggest Loser Workout, Vol. 1"

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Some funnies sent to me from friends ~

WOMAN'S PERFECT BREAKFAST

She's sitting at the table with her gourmet coffee.
Her son is on the cover of the Wheaties box.
Her daughter is on the cover of Business Week.
Her boyfriend is on the cover of Playgirl.
And her husband is on the back of the milk carton.

WOMEN'S REVENGE
"Cash, check or charge?" I asked, after folding items the woman wished to purchase.
As she fumbled for her wallet , I noticed a remote control for a television set in her purse.
"So, do you always carry your TV remote?" I asked.
"No," she replied, "but my husband refused to come shopping with me,
and I figured this was the most evil thing I could do to him legally."

UNDERSTANDING WOMEN
(A MAN'S PERSPECTIVE)

I know I'm not going to understand women.
I'll never understand how you can take boiling hot wax,
pour it onto your upper thigh, rip the hair out by the root,
and still be afraid of a spider.

CIGARETTES AND TAMPONS

A man walks into a pharmacy and wanders up & down the aisles.
The sales girl notices him and asks him if she can help him.
He answers that he is looking for a box of tampons for his wife.
She directs him down the correct aisle.
A few minutes later, he deposits a huge bag of cotton balls and a ball of string on the counter.
She says, confused, "Sir, I thought you were looking for some tampons for your wife?
He answers, "You see, it's like this, yesterday, I sent my wife to the store
to get me a carton of cigarettes, and she came back with a tin of tobacco
and some rolling papers; cause it's sooo-ooo--oo-ooo much cheaper.
So, I figure if I have to roll my own .......... so does she.
(I figure this guy is the one on the milk carton!)

WIFE VS. HUSBAND

A couple drove down a country road for several miles, not saying a word.
An earlier discussion had led to an argument and
neither of them wanted to concede their position.
As they passed a barnyard of mules, goats, and pigs,
the husband asked sarcastically, "Relatives of yours?"
"Yep," the wife replied, "in-laws."

WORDS

A husband read an article to his wife about how many words women use a day...
30,000 to a man's 15,000.
The wife replied, "The reason has to be because we have to repeat everything to men...
The husband then turned to his wife and asked, "What?"

CREATION

A man said to his wife one day, "I don't know how you can be
so stupid and so beautiful all at the same time.
"The wife responded, "Allow me to explain.
God made me beautiful so you would be attracted to me;
God made me stupid so I would be attracted to you !

WHO DOES WHAT
A man and his wife were having an argument about who
should brew the coffee each morning.
The wife said, "You should do it because you get up first,
and then we don't have to wait as long to get our coffee.
The husband said, "You are in charge of cooking around here and
you should do it, because that is your job, and I can just wait for my coffee."
Wife replies, "No, you should do it, and besides, it is in the Bible that the man should do the coffee."
Husband replies, "I can't believe that, show me."
So she fetched the Bible, and opened the New Testament and showed him at the top of several pages, that it indeed says .......... "HEBREWS"

The Silent Treatment
A man and his wife were having some problems at home
and were giving each other the silent treatment.
Suddenly, the man realized that the next day, he would need his wife to wake him
at 5:00 AM for an early morning business flight.
Not wanting to be the first to break the silence (and LOSE), he wrote on a piece of paper,
"Please wake me at 5:00 AM." He left it where he knew she would find it.
The next morning, the man woke up, only to discover it was 9:00 AM and he had missed his flight. Furious, he was about to go and see why his wife hadn't wakened him,
when he noticed a piece of paper by the bed.
The paper said, "It is 5:00 AM. Wake up."
Men are not equipped for these kinds of contests.

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All my fault!

Oh man, we made a major mistake this afternoon.  Or I should say I made the mistake, since it was actually my idea.
You see we want to get Red boy a bike for his 4th birthday in April.  But I thought it might be a good idea to check the size or height of the bike by letting the boy sit on a bike at the store.
We we go to Wally world and get some other stuff then head over to the bikes.
We ask the guy to pull down a 16" for Red Boy to sit on so we can see the height and see if he can stand up with the bike in between his legs and all that good stuff.
Well Red Boy won't sit on the bike.  When asked why, cuz it's got pink on it.  But the main part of the bike is a cool electric blue.  "And pink on it! I don't like it!"
It had pink pedals and pink on the inside rims of the tires.  Ok, ok. You don't have to sit on it.  Just standing next to it gave us enough of a measurement to know that it's a good size and it'll last a while. So we move on.

We are at the check out and now all of a sudden, Red Boy is crying hysterically.
NOW he's realized that he's not getting the bike today and ya know what... he does like it.
I tell him to put on his coat cuz it's cold outside and he's crying and yelling, "NO THANK YOU" (which was kinda funny, a child throwing a crying fit and being polite at the same time).
So I had to pull him out of the store by the arm while he's screaming and crying, "I DO LIKE THE BIKE, I DO LIKE THE BIKE!"
I told him, that we'd get him the bike without the pink, it's ok.  But he was still crying and wanting to go back into the store to get the bike.
Inside the store Daddyjunk is at the check out with the other things we purchased and he and the cashier enjoy a giggle about how polite Red Boy is with Saying No thank you while in a crying fit.  Was a little humorous actually when I took Red Boy outside of the store and tried to put his coat on.  Since he was pulling away from me and I didn't want to let go so that he would fall. I started to put his coat on the wrong arm.  DJ spotted it and helped out. hehee.
We eventually get his coat on and into the car.  He cried for a bit longer until he sees that I'm taking sips from the juice box that Daddyjunk offered to him and he says he wants it now.  So I hand it over right away and he drinks.  Shortly after that the crying stops.  And now he's sitting down with Daddyjunk, whilst daddyjunk reads a book to him.
Red baby the entire time, an angel.  Even passed out in the car on the way home and continues to sleep in the crib as I type this.

So the fit in the store at the end of the whole thing... my fault.. I should have known better than to tease the boy with a bike.  Even if it did have pink in it.
DUH!

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Cable internet

Our cable internet sucks so bad it's not even funny!! 
Most days I'm lucky if we are pulling in 400 kbps.
This totally f**king sucks @ss!
I can barely read emails and respond when it's like this.  Half the time it tells me it's stopped the email cuz it can't connect to the server.
I need to find some money and get DSL.

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The Terrible Two's AGAIN!

Well here we are with our Red Baby.... he's not baby anymore. 
He'll be considered a "toddler" when his birthday comes around next month.  Which of course makes him officially 2 years old.  Red Baby will then be called Red Toddler. 
As for the terrible two's, well, he's started already.  Like his older brother before him, he's started a couple of months before his birthday.
Surprisingly enough the boys were GREAT for the Christmas holiday week.  I mean, really good with all the running around we did and seeing the grandparents.
But once that was over... faggetaboutit!

Red Boy became defiant at times and Red Baby has started his tantrums to beat the band, or his head on the floor as he likes to do most times.
I know the baby is frustrated, but jeez!  Wasn't my fault he woke up from his nap before he wanted too.  Go back to sleep you goofy kid!  But nooooooo...
Instead, he's in the crib throwing out his little blanket, the bottle that is offered, kicks the side rails of the crib, stands up and head butts the side of the crib.  Throws himself left and right and grazes his head around the rails of the crib.  Took off his shirt and his pants. And threw them out of the crib too.
Let me tell ya... this kid is good.  He stuck with that tantrum for over an hour.  He's persistent at least. 
Finally I put in a lullaby CD and turned it up.  After about a half hour of it, the crying suddenly stopped and we waited a minute.  Daddyjunk asked me if he was asleep cuz he was laying on his stomach and not crying.  I didn't know I would check, and sure enough, he's passed out.
Guess he screamed himself tired and asleep. 
Poor kid is gonna be chilled though, he's got only his diaper on. And I'm sure as hell not gonna put a blanket on him!  That'll wake him up and the screaming will start again. Screw that!
Some cool air against the skin would do him some good.  It's not too bad in here.

Oh and while he was having his fit.. I was reading my "Supernanny" book, and we were doing all the right things for a kid his age.  Kept him out of harms way as much as possible.  Tried to hold him to sooth him, but he was having NONE of that!  He would thrash about and start to throw or hit, so we figured the safest place for him was the crib.
Course you can't cover the crib rails completely and when he's smooshed and tried to tear out the crib bumper, just gotta hope for the best.  Says not to pay him any attention and not give in.  But to be sure that he didn't really hurt himself or climb out of the crib (hasn't done that yet, but after this fit I think he's figured out how), I was sitting in our bedroom which is across the hall and in view of the boys room (more specifically the crib), He of course can see me, but I had the book in front of me, so I would peek over it to take a quick look at him to make sure he wasn't in any serious trouble.  And I wasn't in full ear load of the screaming, so I was able to hang out there.
But he's sleeping now.. Thank GOD! and all is quiet again.... ahhhhhh...

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Holidays are done!

Well the Holidays are done!  I hope yours was a good one!

Not too bad over here.  The in-laws flew in for the week of Christmas and New Years and went back home on the 1st.
They were really good (to our faces) and seemed comfortable enough to be around.
We'll find out much later if they had anything none too nice to say, the next time we hang out with my brother in law.  They stayed at his house and if they were to say anything, they would have said something around him and his wife.
So I'm a little curious if they did or not.  But all in all. I think things went well and they had a decent visit with the kids.
I'm sure it was easier this time that Red Boy is more open to dealing with them, since he sees them maybe once a year he's not too familiar with them.
Not to mention that he's 3 and a half.  Red Baby was ok with them.  Like with most people. He can take them or leave them as long as mommy or daddy are close by.
The boys did well with Christmas gifts thanks to family really diggin in.
Red Baby got one of those new don't tickle me  Elmo's that  laughs and then falls over laughing. Well Elmo also falls to the floor laughing, kicking into a spin. 
Red Baby watched intently standing next to his daddy (daddy was sitting next to him on the floor), and once that Elmo hit the floor and started kicking, Red Baby started to scream, cry and reach for his dad to hold onto for dear life.
Elmo was having a fit on the floor and Red Baby was petrified! 
He screamed and cried and we all laughed from the reaction.  It was soooo NOT what we thought he was gonna do.
Red Baby loves Elmo... Least he did.  On the DVD's with Elmo's world and in Grouchland, Red Baby would sing along with Elmo and all was right with the world.   Not when he saw Elmo having a seizure on the floor in front of him!  I swear Red Baby probably freaked out cuz he thought Elmo was hurt.
Now, he still can't go near it.  The box itself has Elmo's voice calling out "no peeking, hahahaha"  Whenever Red Baby goes near the box and we open it to make that sound bite play, he stares and walks the other way pulling me with him (I'm usually the torturer that opens the box to see the kid's reaction, hehehee, I know a little evil, but it's still too funny). 
We haven't taken Elmo back out of the box yet, when I set up potty Elmo the other day for him to play with (he's played with it plenty of times before Xmas),  Elmo said his little tinkle song and then Red Baby came over, stood in front of Elmo (sitting on the coffee table).
With one Swipe of Red Baby's hand Elmo was on the floor!  And Red Baby was headed to hide in his room.
Pooor Elmooo....
BWWAAHAHAHAHAHAHAAAAHAHAHAAA!!!! 
Click on the pic to make it bigger so you can read it!


Too funny!

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