Wow.

I actually forgot this blog existed. Maybe it is time for a revival.

7 Random Things- Tagged By Ted

Okay so Ted at BSYTYCD tagged me. Here goes...

- Link to the blog who tagged you (above)
- Post the rules on your blog
- Share seven random and/or weird things about yourself.
- Tag seven people at the end of your post and include links to their blogs.
- Let each person know they have been tagged by leaving a comment on their blog.

- I have completely neglected this blog because I've been busy devoting extra energy to Shimmy.

- I like BAD reality shows way too much. Rock of Love for example. I like Daisy with her fish lips & circus boobs. Kristy Jo makes me want to throw things at the tv which is precisely why she remains in that house. Bring on the booze fueled fights, bleached out extensions & barely there tops that leave inplant scars in clear view. Sad, I know...

- My perfect day would involve Starbucks, a bookstore, my ipod & not a single person to interact with. Some days people are just too damn much work.

- I might as well be a kitten breeder because I have TWO sets of kittens downstairs born a week apart living with their mothers in a Tinker Bell Fairy Tent. No lie.

- I love winter but at this point I'm so over it. I want shorts, little dresses, flip flops and to run the boardwalk at 6am in complete bliss.

- Since I ask it all the time, what is on MY ipod. (laptop, or the stereo included) Common, Step Up 2 soundtrack, Omarion, Luda, Flyleaf, Shiny Toy Guns, She Wants Revenge, Anything with Timbaland, Flo Rida, Led Zep, GNR, Piazzola tangos, Linkin Park, Ratt, Nelly Furtado, Madonna, old skool rap, Placebo, Depeche Mode...

- My chocolate lab puppy Lucy has eaten one of every pair of shoes that I own & I suspect she will NEVER be trained. Ever.

I Sense A Shift Coming

I never go political here. Ever. Mainly because of my own confusion at this point in time. Not that I'd ever beat anyone over the head with religion politics anyway, but I might mention it. 4 years ago my generally Democrat self thought re-electing Bush was the lesser of the evils. Not necessarily "good" but better than the Kerry alternative that's for sure. So Bush, um, embellished a whole bunch & we are still at war & we are still sitting in a few places that I believe we have NO business occupying aside from the obvious two. I flip flop between wanting a government that will act & preemptively strike when necessary and wanting the US to stop believing that it has a say in every other countries disputes- a hands on say. I believe that when fucked with we need to respond or else we will as a country be repeatedly walked on. 9-11 was hell & I am pretty sure that if we didn't strike back then we would have had a few more bombings here in the last 6 years. I also am pretty damn sure that there's another biggie coming down the pike because it has to be. Simple good vs. evil mentality. A country can only prevent so many terrorist incidents before something slips thru a crack.

Just like 9-11 did.

So. I'm definetly Democrat this time around & I have seriously, seriously flipped between Hil & Obama. I like that she is a she, a mother, that she sat & watched the day to day running of the country while her husband played with cigars & interns was at the helm. I liked some of her ideas , actually many of them when she was First Lady. I often thought SHE should be in "the seat" rather than her husband. And Clinton had it easy. He fucked things up for himself personally but when it came to the US, Reganomics were still trickling down (& that worked, hello!) and it was a time of peace. Anyone that was president after Clinton's run was going to be in deep. The budget was going to crash as would the stock market after 9-11. I cannot ever blame Bush for the countries financial outlook because it would be bleak for anyone in office this decade. Clinton's sending jobs overseas really helped too...

Back to the flipping. I think I've leaned more towards Hil but I've also liked Obama's inexperience. He's not a career politician. He has new ideas & thinks like one of "us"- sort of. Maybe these are good things? Could he make it any worse? I don't know. I also read that since Hil's numbers have dropped like a hooker's panties she may pull out of the race.

I can't see her throwing in the towel. Can you? I don't know that I see her caving in embarassment.

So I'll open the door a crack. What are YOUR thoughts on the election? Who is holding your attention & why?

I Heart Target

Because they cracked out a PLETHORA of Valentine's Day stuff, including knee sox


Happy Happy.

What else is happening? Oh yes, since several of you guys asked, I didn't have to clock Maya for the cat throwing incident because after B finished bleeding all over the sleeves of her fav High School Musical shirt she totally "brained" her.

Again. Who throws a cat???

Speaking of cats, no kittens yet but poor momma cat is miserable & in obvious pain today. She chose to sleep on the bathroom floor during three kids baths & my shower this morning. It was a water park & the CAT stayed in the room. Any hour now I'd say.

I had stuff to write about & as usual now that I'm here I totally forget most of it. I nixxed the kids V-Day party because it's going to creep up on me way to fast & there's a lot of other stuff coming mid-late January. Two birthday parties & Princesses On Ice all fall within a three day time frame for starters! So I'm thinking a sleepover of some sort, something small for Heart Day.

You all know I LURVE winter right? But i have to admit that I'm secretly wanting it to warm up. I want flip flop weather ok and since Mother Nature is indeed still a junkie we are like, thisclose to contemplating flip flops if this is at all accurate:

My PSA Of The WEEK!

Apparently I need to state something that one would think is common sense. Do not, under ANY circumstances THROW A CAT at your 4 year old sister. Picking up a sleeping cat & shotputing him across the room until he collides with another childs face equals this:




Nothing quite like trying to put a Barbie Band Aid on your daughters eyelid before sending her to preschool.

WTF.

Who throws a cat??

Back To Reality!

And the reality of everyday life has hit hard, by way of the cold. Holy hell it is freezing. Yesterday, I walked out the door to go somewhere 3 times & each time it was noticably colder. By 3pm the windchill was barely above zero. Where are we at today?



And thats actually high balling it. The windchill locally is actually 10 BELOW zero. Kids were running on a 90 minute school delay BEFORE 6am this morning.

But wait, didja notice how much CRACK the weather pixie is smoking? Look at next week:

Enchantment

So I settled in yesterday to actually watch Stars On Ice. It used to be a tradition for me. It used to be videotaped & rewatched until the tape died. It used to be something that I traveled up to Lake Placid, NY over Thanksgiving weekend to see the opening show each year.

Used to be.

It was the greatest thing, hands down, on ice every year. Then it tanked a bit. I realized how absolutely phenomenal the cast had been & how amazing the pair, dancers & group numbers were- once they kind of sucked. I took it for granted as normal until it became mediocre & then I missed the previous awesomeness.

I used to see the show twice. Years on end I saw it in Lake Placid & then somewhere in PA. I think the last time I went was 2002, maybe.

So yesterday I sat & watched, deflated by the fact that even the television broadcast has been sliced. It used to be 2 hours & now a two hour show with 14 skaters gets an hour of time not counting commercials.

So I watched, kid & dog both on my lap. Micheal Weiss...ick. Todd Eldredge...ick. Ina & Zimmerman...GOOD!...Chinese pair...GOOD!...behind the scenes footage of group numbers that I'll just so want to see...eh maybe...concept- Live And In Color!...ok I guess. The idea is that tv is nothing compared to being in the rink & seeing the speed, feeling the wind even up high as skaters fly past...yeah that does work & it's true. Live is nothing like tv. I really had no expectations at all. I watched to see if maybe I'd want to go & see it live in March.

I definetly do. If for nothing else, then to see this:



I kind of remember liking Sasha Cohen a long time ago. She is clearly the selling point this year, even for someone like me that usually sleeps thru ladies skating. This was amazing. She's basically a ballerina in slippers being carried all over the ice by three pair skaters. The lifts are just amazing and I have to shoot it. Amazing stuff & I'm really thrilled to find it. I love when I have no expectations for something & then end up surprised & excited by it!