You Belong in Dublin

Friendly and down to earth, you want to enjoy Europe without snobbery or pretensions. You're the perfect person to go wild on a pub crawl... or enjoy a quiet bike ride through the old part of town.

Anybody know any good flight fares to Dublin? :)

Annie sent me this, so I MUST comply!

A) Four places that I go to repeatedly:
Owen's Day Care
Bally's
Costco
Publix
(I know, calm down, you're dying of all the excitement in my non-stop life)

B) Four people who e-mail me regularly:
Annie
Charity
My sister
buy.com

C)My four favorite places to eat:
Shari Sushi
Seito Sushi
Thai Villa / Rpyal Thai (it's a Thai. Aahhahahhahaha a Tie, get it, Thai, Tie)
Gino's Pizza downtown after a night of getting my drank on! (not that happy hour drinking plays much of a role in my life much anymore, but every now and then, KA-POW!)

D) Four places I would rather be right now:
In my bed
On a plane anywhere
At a casino (only while I'm winning big, tho)
At a bar. Drinking. Heavily. (and then maybe going to Gino's afterward)

E) Four people I think will respond:
Charity, when she gets back from vacay (hope you are having/had a good time!)
Huy, maybe he can Plurk it! (Plurk it real good)
Christine, cause she just has sooooooooo much time (end sarcasm)
Mandy, who has to be the most consistent blogger I know. I think she's got more posts in one year of blogging than I have in 4. You Go Girl! (which incidentally reminds me of a t-shirt I saw this weekend while in line for the Simpsons Ride @ Universal - "You Go Girl. And Keep on Going."

F) Four TV shows I watch all the time:
Law & Order:: CI
Psych
Lost
Heroes
(I realize I DVR entirely too much TV, but as I've mentioned before on this blog, I'm a VERY efficient television watcher now! An hour show in 44 minutes! Sometimes less when I skip the credits. Holla.)

Work is busy, been working late hours.

Owen's doing good - but man, two weeks ago he was a TOTAL bear.  He was eating a lot more, too, so we figured it was a growth spurt.  In which case, I cannot complain; I need that boy to grow all he can.  But he's pretty much back to normal now.

Ah, the funniest thing in his repetoire (aside from demanding to sleep ... NAKED) is that he now wants to prove that he can pee standing up.  *sigh*  So he'll go to school, go to the toilet, pull his pants and underwears down and instead of sitting, pees standing up.  Which is fine ... as long as he's not distracted.  If someone walks by, he turns to see what's going on ... Yep, turning his stream along with him.

I'm trying to help teach him aim by putting rocks in the grass in the backyard that he can shoot for.  I gotta say, when he focuses, he's got pretty damn good aim.

And man, I am so sleepy and tired. soooo tired.

But anyway. It would be nice to fit into clothes from a few years ago, tho. ONE DAY! For now, I'll just die as I huff and I puff while on the damn elliptical trainer at the gym. Damn you machinery, daaaaamn you!

I gotta say, tho, it was pretty funny - two nights ago, Owen and I were eating a late dinner (Ryan was exhausted, so he went to bed way early) and we were talking and all of a sudden, he starts singing, "Fix it, fix it, fix it." And I was like, get out, is my kid singing Danity Kane? And so I opened my blog and played the youtube from two posts ago and he started dancing when the fix it fix it part came on.

That kid is funny.

Monday night we decided that Owen was ready. Ready for what? For going to school in Underwear. He'd been doing 99% fine at home wearing undies, that we said, you know what, let's do it. It also didn't hurt that we were about to buy him a baseball glove, but had the ingenious idea to use that as a reward: The first full day you can go at school without having an accident, we will buy you your very own baseball glove.

So Tuesday morning, we woke up and I proceeded to dress him up in his underwear ... actually following thru with a plan, I couldn't believe it. He went on the potty in the morning, before school and I reminded him of his goal - the first day at school w/no accidents and he could get his own glove. "My own glub, mama?" Yes, Owen, your own glove. "A big one?" Yes, honey, whichever one you want, as long as you stay dry at school today.

Keep reading for the results

Anyway, Ryan got home from work and Owen barely let us eat dinner, but we did go out to Target to buy his glove. (I so did not expect to be buying that thing on the first day.) He picked it out. Only 9.99 and it's a cute little thing. Green/black camo. Glad he didn't go for the pink camo one this time. But he did have his eye on a pink and white baseball. I told him that if he could go this whole week w/out making an accident, we'd swing by and pick up a two pack of baseballs (both white) before Hailey's party on Saturday.

Another quick story about this - I picked him up a smidgeon early on Wednesday and he was in a different room. So the teacher and owner are like, wait a minute, he was just here. We look into the bathroom and little mister has taken off his shorts and underwear and climbed up onto the toilet (they are much shorter there) and peed all by himself. When he saw that we found him and were just floored by his ease with going to the bathroom by himself, he was soooooo pleased with himself. We swung by my friend Paulette's house after work to say hi and we were sitting outside. She had bought some sushi (cooked salmon rolls) and he would run inside and grab one to eat it (I can't believe my kid likes sushi rolls) (Heck, I'm just thrilled he's eating anything) every now and then. One time he ran inside and didn't come out within 20 seconds, so I went to look for him, and he was in the bathroom, pulling down his pants and underwear. The toilet is way too high for him to climb on, so I offered to help him, but he wanted to be Mr. Independent and do things his own pay. Point is, he went straight to the bathroom and didn't even let me know he had to go. He was SO SO proud of himself.

So anyway, it's been several days now, with no accidents (knock on wood) and I'm going to have to buy him some baseballs. I'm just proud of my little guy.

Oh, and another thing - we do put him in diapers when he goes to bed at night, because I don't expect him to hold it in all night. He has woken up the past four mornings DRY. Maybe he really is ready for this. Lord knows I was! :) So about 2 and a half years for us to move totally to underwear.

Comment with songs that are really upbeat and you think are great to workout to. I've already gotten a few suggestions from Christine, but would love to hear more. Gimme Gimme More! Oooo, that could possibly fit. I'm looking for catchy songs that have some kind of beat to it. Even if it's a tad bit slower, that's fine because it could be used for the warm up or cool down periods.

The latest song I have in my head that I'm going to have to download from iTunes and put on my playlist is:

(complete w/lyrics)

Danity Kane's "Damaged" - yes, that is P.Diddy's band. :)

Pretty much the only country music I'll listen to is Garth Brooks Greatest Hits, and that's only because he had a tie in with McDonalds in promoting that CD, and who doesn't love a good Egg McMuffin? And it was in college - aren't we all experimental then?

So anyway, I needed some new music at the gym yesterday, so was just randomly going thru my iPod and decided to listen to that cd that I hadn't heard in ages. Ages.

So I'm elliptical-trainin' it, listening to "Ain't Goin' Down til the Sun Comes Up." Thinking, ooooo, we're goin' to the rodeo. Then I start listening. I mean, really listening. No background noise cause the earbuds are firmly in my ear, and the volume is up to 11 (this one goes to 11).

Click below to see my analysis.

Six o'clock on Friday evening / Momma doesn' t know she's leaving / 'Til she hears the screen door slamming / Rubber squealin', gears a-jamming

So he's telling a story about a teenage girl drivin' around.

Local country station just a blaring on the radio / Pick him up at seven and they're headin' to the rodeo / Momma's on the front porch screamin' out her warning / Girl you better get your red head / Back in bed before the morning

So he IS talking about the rodeo. Uh oh, but wait.

Nine o'clock the show is ending / But the fun is just beginning / She knows he's anticipating / But she's gonna keep him waiting

ANTICIPATING FOR WHAT???

Grab a bite to eat / And then they're heading to the honkey tonk / But loud crowds and line dancing / Just ain't what they really want

Whew, they're only eating and line dancing.

Drive out to the boondocks and park down by the creek

WHAT?! They're parking?!

And where it's George Strait 'til real late / And dancing cheek to cheek

Oh wait, that's sweet! They're dancing cheek to cheek! See, good wholesome. I knew you wouldn't let me down, Garth. And cue chorus:

Ain't going down 'til the sun comes up / Ain't givin' in 'til they get enough / Going 'round the world in a pickup truck / Ain't goin' down 'til the sun comes up

See, what good folks, they're just driving around (in HER truck, no less, go girl power), havin a good time, hanging out. Just chillin, you know?

Ten 'til twelve is wine and dancing / Midnight starts the hard romancing / One o'clock that truck is rocking / Two is coming, still no stopping / Break to check the clock at three / They're right on where they want to be / Four o'clock get up and going / Five o'clock that rooster's crowing

Holy sh*t! THEY'RE DOING IT! OVER AND OVER AGAIN! FORNICATING!!! I hope that man is using a condom, thankyouverymuch.

A couple rounds more of the chorus, and then it ends with teenage rebellion:

Six o'clock on Saturday / Her folks don't know he's on his way / The stalls are clean, the horses fed / They say she's grounded 'til she's dead / Well here he comes around the bend / Slowing down, she's jumping in / Hey mom, you're daughter's gone / And there they go again

Nice. :) Good, wholesome music. Miley Cyrus should do a remake. Still a catchy tune to work out to, tho! :)

But the best part of the day came at the very end. It was nearing 11p and both Ryan and I were exhausted and Owen just wasn't in the mood to sleep. I made a deal with him - he could sleep in our room tonight if 1) he promised to go to sleep and be quiet, and 2) he slept in his own room tomorrow. So as we were all drifting off to sleep, I thanked my boys for a wonderful mother's day - more than any cards or gifts they gave me, the best gift they gave me was just giving me hugs and kisses. I didn't tell them this, but that meant so much more to me as a mom because of the own way I've been treated by my own mother. So anyway, Owen turns to me, grabs my face in his hands, gives me a kiss on my left cheek with his very soft lips and says, "You Welcome for the Happy Mother's Day, mama." He almost made me cry with that hilarious statement. He made me realize that no relationship is perfect, and love may not last forever, but really, truly appreciate every moment I have with this kid while he's young and able to express his love like that. Who knows what he'll be like in 13 years - I just hope I raise a young man who loves me and won't hate me when he's going thru teenage angst!!! :)

Enjoy.

LOFreakinL

Tim Tebow helps circumcise impoverished kids

Although I'm kind of bummed cause that's the headline you see from the main page, but when you go to the article, the title is much different. Boo.

And that is all I have to say about that.