Snow, Sleet, Slush, and Other "S" Words

Let's add stinky, sucky, and sooooooo cold! How are those for descriptions of this beautiful weather we're experiencing? You know what the worst part is? Aside from scrambling to find last minute child care for your kids that should be on the bus. And aside from a nasty wet/sticky/rat's nest hair day. It's trying to drive carefully, and having the sugar scared out of you when you slam into one of those incredibly ginormous potholes. I'm always afraid I'm going to drive into one and it will cave into a big sinkhole. You'll be hearing about me on the 6 0'clock news. Witnesses will say "It was only a small pothole, and then whoosh - she was gone!" Everyone up here will think I'm dead and buried, but in reality, I'll have discovered a whole new world below, creatures never before seen. Geez, I'm starting to sound like Lopez! When I start talking about unicorns, you know it's time to medicate me.

Be safe today!

Dina

This Is My Day

So I'm sitting here across from Dick McDonough as he does his show. I'm trying to get some work done and I can hear the TV in the background. I just have to say, Elizabeth Hasselbeck is annoying as heck. Is it me or does she take every opportunity she can to blah-blah-blah about politics and breast milk! Don't get me wrong - I did the same for my kids, but I never talked about it every day like she does; calling herself a milk machine, saying her boobs are so big they're resting on the table, joking that she filled the audience mugs with pumped milk - eeeewwww! I hope that comes to an end real soon! Well, enough about that.

My daughter has the day off from school, so of course, she's on the computer playing webkinz. She even gave me one of hers so I could have a webkinz account. She says it's because I love playing on it so much, but I know it's because she wants me to send her gifts everyday. Truthfully, I'm addicted now. I can't wait to go gem mining, spin the wheel of wow, and go to the employment office. For some reason, I still can't do Dr. Quack's assistant - I stink at it! And, if can you believe it, I get some of the questions wrong at Quizzy's Corner. So, never mind "Are You Smarter Than a Fifth Grader" because I'm barely smarter than a 5-year-old!

On that note, I must go find the remote and mute this silly blond twit now (Elizabeth - not me!).

Bye for now!

Dina

Where Am I?

Hi Everybody! It's good to be back, although some things feel foreign after 10 days off! The first thing I noticed was that someone switched my chair. You know how you just get a feel for what's yours? I knew the chair I had was not mine! I got mine back though.

Anyway, my vacation was busy with Christmas stuff - the whole wrapping, unwrapping, opening packages, organizing, re-organizing, returning, returning, re-returning, re-opening packages, etc. But as long as my children are happy, that's all that matters, right? I still can't believe Chris thinks a parent would sell Hannah Montana tickets for the cash instead of taking their kids! Isn't the life-long memory (and pictures to prove it in case they forget) worth more? Well, anyway, my daughter is loving the Eye-clops she got, and once I get her up and running on Be-Bratz, she should be golden until her birthday. All I can say is, thank goodness it's over! Bye for now!

Dina

Lopez Yelled At Me

Hey Everybody! Sorry it's been a while since I've blogged. You know, I'm not very computer-friendly. So, I got yelled at for not blogging - by Lopez. He literally put me and Chris in timeouts over it. Okay, no he didn't, but he was very condescending. Lopez baked us cookies for Christmas. Surprisingly, they were good - yes, from scratch, not a tube! I think his girlfriend did all the work. Honestly, the cookies, I can take 'em or leave 'em. It's the FROSTING that I love!

So yesterday, we almost ran off the road when my windshield wipers stopped working. It was just me and the kids, so I had to call Gary to save us. Why do major things like that happen when there's a storm? Why can't it happen when there's just a light mist?

I feel like I'm in babble mode right now. Maybe it's because I'm trying to compose my thoughts and Chris is sitting across me babbling about not having a girlfriend over the holidays. I can't focus! Hey, it's one less gift he has to buy, right? Okay, he's still babbling ("Woe is me" - literally). I gotta get out of here before he cons me into hooking him up with one of my friends. Later!

Dina

To pay or not to pay - that is the question

Wow, what a debate we had yesterday morning! I guess Gov. Patick wants pre-school to become universal in Mass which means finding an extra $600 mil to pay for it. I'm for it, but Chris is worried about the cost coming back on Joe Public. A lot of you called to support the program, and some of you were against it, but one thing can be said - you were all passionate about your feelings! Feel free to comment here if you like.

Today was lighter. I shared my funny kid story about how my niece, Lilliana, and my daughter, Morgan, took green markers to each other one day. When my sister (who was supervising them that day - not my fault) came into the room and asked what happened, Lilliana, who was almost four at the time (Morgan was just about two), said she and Morgan wanted to be monsters like in Monsters Inc. But when my sister scolded her for writing on herself, she denied it. Ultimately, it came out like this. Lil - "I didn't color myself." Sis - "Then what happened?" Lil - "I colered herself and she colored myself." Ah-ha! That kid is gonna make a great defense lawyer someday! Got any funny kid stories you wanna share? I always love a good laugh!!!

By the way, do you say pointesettIA or pointsettA? Just wondering.....

The Proper Place is Down

Hey everybody! Today we talked about a kid who invented a toilet seat that automatically goes up and down before and after the guy uses it. Genius! Chris debated that maybe women should put it down rather than the men put it down, but here's the thing. When you see a toilet on display in a store, is the seat up? Does it look better up with all the nastiness underneath showing? Do men only use the seat in the up position? No, no, and definitely no. There you have it. And what it boils down to is this - we're the queens of the household so what we say goes! Now, I have to go and buy some bubble wrap for my children. They have pictures this week, and you know what always happens - someone gets injured right before. In the meantime, if they do get hurt, I can always use the bubble wrap to carefully pack them and ship them to Zimbabwe.

Caffeinate Me....

I hate rainy days. They make me soooo sleepy...... I think I need some caffeine because I keep falling asleep at the mic. You know you're falling asleep when you start to have those half dreams - you know what I'm talking about. But I'm not a caffeine person. When I have it, I go a mile a minute, and it's all good, until.... I crash! I'm like a kid at the carnival coming off of the cotton candy/ice cream/candy apple high. I just wanna take a nap - waaaaahhhhhh! Not that I'm complaining, okay I am, but I need some energy for when I go to my second job - raising my kids. You know, they seem to have that much more energy when they know they can't go outside. I don't think I'm ready for couch diving and table cartwheels today! Goodnight everyone!