Blue Tooth

I can't decide if blue tooth for cell phones is a good idea or not.

I mean yeah, if you use it in the car great. But when you are talking in the car do you have BOTH your hands on the wheel? Is it more distracting to hold the phone or talk on the phone? I guess if there is someone in your car you are probably talking to them, which is kind of the same.

Here is my problem......

If you are in the store or going for a walk or NOT in the car, don't use your silly headset. It is so annoying when you are in the store and you hear someone talking and it seems like they are talking to you until you see the itty bitty headset. Then you just hope that there is someone on the phone and they aren't talking to themselves and using the headset as an excuse.

I mean really is it that hard to PICK UP your phone while walking?

I guess if you are already chewing gum it may be hard for you. (walking, chewing gum, AND holding a phone WHILE talking!!! WOW that is just too much for some people.)

Here is a note to everyone who uses blue tooth headsets while not in the car driving.....I will give you a dirty look and then write something on my blog about you.....

Blog Stalking

I have come to the conclusion many times that "blog stalking" is a bad thing for a couple reasons...

A)When I get caught up in all the blogs I kind of tune out the kids

B)Looking at all the blogs of people who are enormously talented makes me feel like a loser who needs to get a life.

If I say that around people they will always say something around the lines of "you have five kids you do have a life."

That is not what I mean when I say I don't have a life.....I guess I should say I need a hobby or something.

It seems like most of the blogs out there (even the "family" blogs (as opposed to "professional" blogs) have pictures on them that look artistic and professional. (I know I used that word twice) Which leads to me believe that everyone and their dogs are into photography.

Come on now you know it is true.

I love photography too, but the one reason I WOULDN'T pursue it is because everyone else does. I am like that. I don't want to follow the crowd.

All the other blogs are about "look how amazing I am at crafts or cooking or some other thing that you aren't good at"

And what is up with "Food Bloggers"? What ever happened to a Food Critic? It that not as cool?

Looking at all these blogs by all these people who are talented is enough to make any non talented person feel like a loser.

So what is this blog world we have started? How did blogging start? Was it a "look at the amazing things I can do" "I am so funny" blogs or was it the "I want to have some place to show my family who doesn't live close what we are up to"? I don't know how it started but someone got rich in the process.

I don't really have talents that I can blog about except maybe popping out kids fast. I am not a good mother (I am not fishing for compliments so save it) just good at getting pregnant. Hey! Maybe a should start a blog on the getting pregnant part! Has that ever been done??? :)

My question to you three people (all of which I am related to) who will read this, do you need multiple blogs to be successful? If you have talent do you have to blog about it? Someone needs to stop the madness before the world is taken over by blogs.

Also how much time do you spend looking at blogs or facebook or any of the other "social network" things? Don't you think it is a waste of time? I know for me I usually feel guilty when I do blog stalk. Guilty and like a loser. Not a good combo.

P.S. The reason this sounds disjointed and weird is because of all those kids I popped out. Screaming, crying, tattling, running, laughing kids makes it hard to have a complete thought or conversation. (just ask the husband, he knows)

Discipline

I want to say in advance sorry if this offends anyone. That being said.....It drives me crazy and I think it is absolutely ridiculous when mothers say "I'm going to call your dad" when their child isn't doing what they should be. I mean seriously. What good is that going to do? Dad is at work or something and really can't do anything about what ever it is they are doing wrong. All that shows the kids is Mom doesn't have a backbone and will let the kids get away with anything. You really think a kid cares that they have to get on the phone and listen to Dad say "do what your mother says" or "don't do that" ? NO. Also, do you think the Dad wants a hundred phone calls a day while he is trying to provide for his family, saying "the kids are being bad"? He has enough going on at work I am sure where he doesn't need that. Nor does he want that. Seriously moms, learn how to discipline YOUR kids while YOU are in charge of them. Maybe if you did that once in a while the kids would respect you and not act up so much while dad is at work. Think about it. If you really have a problem you would like your husbands help with, talk to him when he gets home or when the kids are in bed. Maybe you could ask him to give a family home evening lesson on obedience or respect or something. Then he is the one telling them this just like you want him to without bugging him all day.
Please note: I am not saying I am perfect and have all the answers but this is just stupid.
Also this example came from some random person at the park. So no one I know.

Authors

So if anyone is interested in being an Author (that sounds strange) on this blog get me your email address. (I may have some of yours but you never know....) I seem to only have ideas when I am not home and then they disappear. So the more the merrier.......

Groceries

I would like to know how much people spend on groceries in a two week period. I am a little depressed because I just did our grocery shopping and I HATE seeing what the total comes to. Seriously when I watch the numbers get bigger I feel like I might hyperventilate. Of course while standing there I act all cool and calm like nothing is wrong and pay more attention to the kids and make it seem like I don't notice the numbers climbing. Wrong. This is when I look at the chocolate and think "what is 1 more dollar to soothe my nerves and stress?" I don't usually buy any chocolate but I do consider it. I have been keeping track of the things that I buy and have it worked out to which things I buy once a month and which things I buy every two weeks. Here are the gory details. Once a month I buy diapers. (for now need to potty train Jax before the new baby comes.) I haven't really kept track of this but once every month to month and a half I buy Laundry detergent. I have stopped buying the clorox 2 and downey because I don't think it is worth it. Our clothes are clean and I don't notice a difference in the softness. Now here is where is gets crazy. Every two weeks I buy (from Sams Club, so we are talking big quantities) a box of eggo waffles (to some this may seem extreme but my kids do not eat cereal. when they do want to eat it they only have a couple of bites and then say they are done. Then they are hungry and grouchy) , syrup to go on those waffles, a thing of Nes Quick, two packages of chicken breasts (about 6-7 pounds each (the pachage not the breasts....)), 2-4 loaves of bread depending on how sandwhichy we are at the time, 5 pounds of shredded cheese, a large package of american cheese (the cheese is monthly sorry), 10-14 gallons of milk, 4-5 gallons of apple juice and 3-5 dozen eggs. Now this doesn't include all the little stuff and random things that sometimes pop up. You know all the stuff that actaully makes a meal and not just stuff. So this comes down to... are you ready for this..... 3-4 HUNDRED dollars every two weeks. Now seriously. I asked my mom today how much she was spending when we all lived at home and it was about this much. I have to keep in mind the diapers (which were cheaper back in the day) and that just in the last year the price of everything has gone up. So I guess it is pretty average, but still geeze. I was thinking today how when Skyler and I first got married he was making about 5-7 hundred dollars every two weeks. How on earth did we survive? Oh Yeah, one car and no kids. Right. Not to mention the cheap apartment. All I have to say is that LIFE costs money. I just wish it didn't cost so much.

Mascara

I am wondering if it really makes that much difference on the kind of mascara you use? I mean there are so many kinds and they are supposed to do all these amazing things to your lashes, but do they really do it? Or does it come down to what kind of lashes you have in the first place? The only way your lashes will look like the ones on the commercials is if you get fake ones. I have never had lashes like that and I use the mascara they supposedly are. So, does it matter which one you buy? Has anyone found one that they think does exactly what is says it will???? The only one I have found that does that is the one that has two wands. One white and one black. That one does what it says but who has time for that extra step....... That's all.

Grocery Shopping

Here are a couple of my pet peeves that involve grocery shopping. Maybe it is just me, but I can always remember what I will need at the store when I am not able to write it down on my list. Why do you suppose that is? I can even open the fridge and pantry and still cannot think of what I need. So then I go to the store and still don't remember anything, end up spending money on things I don't really need. Then when I get home I remember everything that I needed. Someone needs to come up with something that will help solve this. (of course if I am the only one I guess it doesn't matter. I should just be better at heading straight to my list and writing it down) Something that will keep track of what you bought and then you know what you got before. That would really only work if you bought what you needed though. There has got to be something (other than the recording thing that you see commercials for. You know eggs, milk, bread..... then when you get to the store you push the button and it plays it back for you. yeah I want to walk around the store with that.) EVERYTHING else in the world (okay maybe not everything, but pretty much) is electronic. Why can't someone figure out an EASY way to make a grocery list? Something that doesn't require clicking around through a thousand things just to get to the right application for a grocery list. I know I wouldn't use that. Something........ super.
The other thing is carts. I don't get it. You either have to only have 1 kid to go shopping, or use the HUGE carts with either a car on them (which is worse than a regular cart cause everyone wants to get in it, and they can't, so fights and crying ensue.) or the carts that have the extra thing by where you push and seats two kids. Those are NOT fun to push. Why is it that only Sam's club and Costco have the carts with the two seats on the actual cart? Is that the only place you can go if you have more than 1 child? Seriously. They assume that you only have 1 child at Walmart and 2 at Sam's. Besides that, the cart itself is bigger. Who likes to cram all their groceries in a cart and then start piling them up in some sort of balancing act? If we had the Sam's/Costco cart at Walmart or anywhere, that would be nice. They could keep the regular carts and even have smaller ones. (Maceys does) At least when I go to Sam's I can keep the youger two wrangled in the cart.
(sigh) if only the world was perfect..............