Turn up the sound... and get ready for a giggle

K... Im gonna give credit where credit is due.

I stole this from M-Cat on Facebook and I feel a bit guilty that I laughed to tears over this.

YOU MUST HAVE SOUND to appreciate this...

It's a minute and twenty six seconds for those of you who refuse to waste your time on this crap<---like me

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Where's Chief Hiding Today?

I am "Hiding" over here today:












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Will the REAL Princess Please stand up!

Today's a big day for one of my favorite ladies Princess', y'all! (She's the classy Wolf Pack member!) For those of you who don't know, today is The Princess of Sarcasm's 21st birthday!

It's no secret around here that we like to do it up big in the blogosphere for birthdays, so today's celebration is no different!

If you're not familiar with The Princess of Sarcasm, or to me, Princess, Cessy or my "online psychologist", you're really missing out.  I suggest all of you take a gander at her blog.  You'll hear stories about her Prince and the Heirs to their throne.  She battles bullies and legos with so much sass and class!  She's always on the go, as she vows not to be the mother left behind by her rapidly growing sport-a-holic Heirs.

In honor of Princess, we have decided to make today Wanna Be Princess Day.  This includes a re-written version of The Real Slim Shady by Eminem.  Take a gander at the lyrics below...(I would post a video of the original song but of course this is a PG-13 blog and after watching it myself I decided if you REALLY want to hear it you can check it out over at JennSays...)

Other than that, here's ME, The WANNA BE  Princess of Sarcasm!
(DAMN!  Where's my Tiara?)
*SMOOCHES!

Yes, I bought a boa and Kate Gosslin hooker glasses just for you Cess.

    The Real Princessy, re-written by The Wolf Pack ( Really, Jenn @ Jenn Says was the mastermind behind this greatness as I had never heard this song until today<---Old Woman)

May I have your attention please?
May I have your attention please?
Will the real Princess please stand up?
I repeat, will the real Princess please stand up?
We're gonna have a problem here..
Y'all act like you never seen a Princess before
Jaws all on the floor like Jenn, like Supah just burst in the door
and started creating MEME’s worse than before
they first were by choice, throwin a new one in randomly (Ahh!)
It's the return of the... "Ah, wait, no way, you're kidding,
she didn't just say what I think she did, did she?"
And Melissa said... nothing you idiots!
Melissa’s gone, she's locked in my basement! (Ha-ha!)
Everyone love The Princess
[*vocal turntable: chigga chigga chigga*]
"Princess, I'm sick of her
Look at her, walkin around grabbin her Hermes bag
Flippin the you-know-who," "Yeah, but she's so cute though!"
Yeah, I probably got a couple of followers in my crew
But no worse, than what's goin on at Chief’s place
Sometimes, I wanna get on TV and just let loose, but can't
but it's cool for Tiger Woods to hump anything with a pulse
"My name is on your lips, my name is on your lips"
And if I'm lucky, you might just give them a little smooch
And that's the message that we deliver to little kids
And expect them not to know what the internet is
Of course they gonna know what internet is
By the time they hit fourth grade
They got the Google don't they?
"We ain't nothing but bloggers..." Well, some of us wannabes

Who impersonate the Princess [SLURP]
But if we can blog in the internet
then there's no reason that a kid and another kid can't skip rope
[*EWWW!*] But if you feel like I feel, I got the antidote
Women wave your boas, sing the chorus and it goes
'Cause I'm Princessy, yes I'm the real Cessy
All you other Princessy’s are just imitating
So won't the real Princessy please stand up,
please stand up, please stand up?
Supah don't gotta link on her blog to get followers;
well I do, so thank him and thank you too!
You think I give a damn about a Red Carpet?
Half of you critics can't even stomach me, let alone stand me
"But Cessy, what if you win, wouldn't it be weird?"
Why? So you guys could just lie to get me here?
So you can, sit me here next to Meeko Fab?
Shucks, Chief better switch me chairs
so I can sit next to Supah and Jenn
and hear 'em argue over who gets to see who first
You little bitch, put me on blast on your blog
"Yeah, she's awesome, but I think she's married to The Prince, hee-hee!"
I should download her blog on the www
and show the whole world how you gave Princess a headache [AHHH!]
I'm sick of you little haters, all you do is annoy me
so I have been sent here to destroy you [bzzzt]
And there's a million of us just like me
who write like me; who just don't give a cluck like me
who dress like me; walk, talk and act like me
and just might be the next best thing but not quite me!
'Cause I'm Princessy, yes I'm the real Cessy
All you other Princessy’s are just imitating
So won't the real Princessy please stand up,
please stand up, please stand up?
I’ll analyze your head when I listen to you, cause I'm a therapist only givin you
advice you joke about with your friends inside your living room
The only difference is I got the degree to back it
in front of y'all and I don't gotta be false or sugarcoated at all
I just get on the web and write it
and whether you like to admit it [*ERR*] I just write it
better than ninety percent of you bloggers out can
Then you wonder how can followers read up these posts like valiums
It's funny; cause at the rate I'm goin when I'm ninety
I'll be the only person NOT in the nursin home 
My heirs will take care of me when I can’t do it myselfThey’ll keep doing it until it isn't working
And every single person is a Princess lurkin
She could be workin at Burger King, flippin’ your whopper
[*HACH*] Or in the parkin lot, circling
Screaming "I don't give a cluck!"
with her windows down and her music up
So, will the real Cessy please stand up?
And put one of those fingers on each hand up?
And be proud to be outta your mind and outta control
and one more time, loud as you can, how does it go?
'Cause I'm Princessy, yes I'm the real Cessy
All you other Princessy’s are just imitating
So won't the real Princessy please stand up,
please stand up, please stand up?
Ha ha
Guess there's a Princessy in all of us
Forget it, let's all stand up 

I LOVE YOU CESSY! 

HAPPY BIRTHDAY 

If you would like to join in on Princess' birthday bash and post a picture of yourself as THE Princess, please link up at Jenn's! 

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What I meant to say about poo

New BUTTON!

You want it dont-chew?

Well, play along today and you can HAVE IT!  Just slide over ------> and grab the code, put it in your WIMTS post and then link up below!  (I'm not even goinna charge royalties for loaning out my hot bod for everyone to use to get mega blog traffic!)


Set up:


So tonight... I'm kicked back, working on some blog posts, checking out my peeps when in run both of my dogs...

They race past me sitting on the couch and run into the bedroom...

after a few seconds they race back out into the living room and jump up next to me to say hi...

AND I SMELL IT!

FECES.

POOP.

EXCREMENT.

shit.

Yes my friends, the dogs love the spring thaw.. the flowers are blooming, the birds are singing, the animals are mating, and the winter's defecation is moist and squishy for the taking.

and my dogs love to roll in it.



Now that I have set the scene...  Here's what I said...

To Bud,

"LOOK WHAT YOUR ANIMALS HAVE DONE!"
"DON'T YOU SMELL IT?"
"STAND UP AND TURN ON THE TUB!"
"I DON'T CARE WHAT YOU ARE DOING, I AM ABOUT TO THROW UP ON YOUR LAP!"
"THERE IS SHIT ALL OVER THE FLOOR IN THE LIVING ROOM AND I NEED YOU TO MAN UP!""

What I Meant to Say is....

Bud,
"Thanks so much for your willingness to help out on such short notice with the craptastic cleanup tonight.  I know it was the total shits to have two dogs handed to you while you were on the pot only to have me screaming for you to scrub the poo out of their fur while you try to finish your business.  You are a real trooper"

Now play, It's good for the soul....

I dont know why Mister Linky is showing this way... he must feel shy.. just click and add your link, humor me

I'm a published writer, talk to me about it.. you wont be sorry!

Check out my hot bod!

I am goinna get so many awesome google hits from that title! SQUEEEEE then they will click and find my fatass and it will be such a buzz kill








HOLY MOLY CANOLI!<---how do you spell canoli?

Look what Jennifer made for me!

Can you believe the uncanny likeness?  I am peeing myself over this!  What to do with it...

Oh SOOOOO many things I can do....

Just hang on to your Swiffer mops ladies, It's goinna be a big WEEK!




 What I Meant to Say tomorrow... stop by to see my hot new characiture<---how do you spell characiture? in action


and seriously... if you want a hot lady like this for yourselves.... you don't have to pick them up on main street.. Just email Jenn (Supah's IRL sister<---everyone knows Im her cyber sister) jsherback11 AT HOTMAIL dot COM!  She is the genius behind my Hiding Chief in my header as well!




oh... and if you DID find me through google search when you were looking for hot bods... WELCOME!  If you are still in need of your fix<---I can't imagine why you would, I hear the JC Penney catalog has some pretty smokin underwear ads!

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Conversations with Booger... Birds and the Bees

Archive post from last year at this time

but it fits perfectly with....

However, this morning I was privy to a conversation that I fear I will forget if I don't record it immediately. As you may know, I drive a friend's 1st grader to school every day and occasionally the conversation gets crazy as Julia IS her mothers child and of course Booger IS mine. So we have been living the drama of mom's pregnancy for a while now and last week her sister was born. This has peaked Boogers already heightened sense of curiosity. I have answered his "birds and bees" questions as delicately as I can over the past several weeks.
"How does the kid get out, mom",
"How does the kid breathe?",
"Does the kid poop?"
or "how does the kid get in there".

Now I'm sure Adrianne will be mortified to know that she has been the focus of an 8 year old boys curiosity about the human reproductive system, but nevertheless, I move on...so here is the conversation I overheard.

Julia enters the car. All has been quiet until now...Bud in oblivion with MP3 playing much too loudly.

Booger: "Are you feeling better?" he's always nervous to see what kind of mood she's in and she's been ill.

Julia: "Yes"

Booger: "Do you know how the baby got in your mom's tummy?" excited to know something she doesn't.

Julia: silence

Chief: "Uh...Julia, did you get your lunch?"

Julia: "Yup!"

Booger: "Do you want me to tell you?"

Julia: "Sure" bored

Chief: "No, Booger, let's not do that this morning, mommy has a headache" starting to sweat. (I use the headache thing a lot when it comes to this subject. But now's not the time to go into it)

Booger: "But mom, she wants me to tell her!"

Chief: "But this is something parents talk to their kids about. Not friends." (at least until college anyway)

Booger: "But Mrs. Sinca told me!" with inflection

Chief: nervously "OK" How bad can it be, right? If his second grade teacher told him?

Julia: listening intently, munching on her dry cereal breakfast

Booger: Well, there are nerves in your body right? Well it's just like your nerves."

Chief: huh?

Booger: "So with your nerves, there are cells (squeezing my butt muscles getting real nervous) and the two cells meet and then more and more cells join them, like they are a rock band (everything has to do with music in his world). They form together and make a body. Isn't that cool?"

Julia: "Hmmm" clearly not convinced

Chief: "Ok! so did you get all of your homework done"

Booger: "Is your baby pink?"

Julia: "Just her blankets"

Booger: "My mom says babies are pink when they are new"

Julia: "Oh yeah, I guess she's pink. Wait until my mom drives you home and you can see." duh

Booger: "But then she won't still be new. Hey, Julia? If she was born on PI day what if the Dr. threw a pie at her?" proudly

Julia: "That would be so mean!" horrified

Booger: "That would be awesome! Then your dad would throw a pie at the Dr.!"

Chief: "Let's play I Spy!" in desperation

Kids together: "YEAH!"

Bud: startled "What..." preteen expression of dumbfoundedness

Chief: "Have mercy!" eyes rolling

What I want to know is how my explanations weren't enough to satisfy him. Why did he feel the need to go to his teacher? Hopefully things will calm down a bit regarding the female anatomy now that Martie is here. Maybe once the new Transformer movie comes out he'll move on.

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Toothsoap Winner!

AND THE WINNER OF THE TOOTHSOAP IS.....


STASHA!
 

Awesome!  you will love it!
email with your address and I will get it out to you ASAP<----if you don't get it in 3 weeks email me and kick my BEEhind

No click her button and go visit her... maybe she will let you share?<---doubt it



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WIMTS about "ABC" Promos

Support some cool peep!  Go play!

Ahem...

ABC Promos...

When I said "I wanted neon pink pens with MK Logo and custom text on 500 pens delivered by the 16th of April..."

What I guess I SHOULD HAVE SAID IS...

"Listen dumbass... do you think you can handle this simple order or do I need to dumb it down for your stupidazz?   Yes, I got the order off YOUR WEBSITE... IT'S YOUR PRODUCT and I entered in my ORDER on your ORDER FORM!  So can you anticipate any problem with this?"

But it's obvious I didn't because boy was a surprised when the package showed up with 500 NEON PENS with the logo of the FRATERNAL ORDER OF EAGLES on it and some dudes name (removed for privacy reasons)! 

Now what I have to say is.. "Bend over and let me return these to you Chief Special Delivery you incompetent nincompoop!

Sigh....

play please

UPDATE:  I got my pens and they look great.

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Conversations with Booger... a load of crap.

Because I am a an equal opportunity humiliator...<--- is that a word?  Blogger says no...hmpf

and I believe in being fair to both children at all times...

I promised Bud I would give equal time to his sibling and start....

While I still have high hopes that he won't disappoint, I doubt anyone can beat Bud in the laugh category but let's give it a shot.

Set up: We were at church a week ago in a meeting us Mormons call Testimony Meeting.  Now you don't have to be LDS to think this is funny but if you are it may make you pee a little.  

Testimony Meeting is something like I am sure every religion has in some capacity or another.  Members are free to share their feelings about our gospel and our testimonies about our belief in our church.  I'm sure you can all get the drift here.

So it is very quiet... we have been sitting there about 45 minutes and a lovely woman has just finished expressing her love for the faith that she has in the gospel...

(and you have to picture Booger (age 9) sitting there looking as if he has a hot poker stuck in his sphincter.  He has squirmed, sighed loudly, kicked the back of the pew ahead of us,  punched his brother in the nuts.....)

HE . IS . DONE.  DEE. OH.  ENN. EEE.  and he is ready to bear his testimony of that fact.

So he announces to me and the three rows of church members in front of and behind us:


wait for it....

I AM NEVER BEARING TESTIMONY!  EVER!

IT'S ALL A LOAD OF C.R.A.P!!

and I look over at Duke who has now found a spot on the floor between his feet that he can't seem to keep his eyes off of and I say "Well done dad!  Aren't we the poster children for birth control?"

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What's Up with Chiefy!

What UP homies? <---I sound hip there don't I? (not really)

So I am gonna indulge myself here a bit because, let's face it... it's my site

I started a business of sorts and I am so bedongled about it I can't hold still enough to type it out and I need everyone to go over and check it out for me! It's free, it's a blast, and it's perfect for those of you who can't seem to get enough of me!<---not a good selling point...

Maybe you have seen this logo out there in the blogosphere lately...Maybe you haven't but now you have so let me tell you how it has anything to do with the ridiculous ramblings that have so far plagued this post...

I NEED SUBSCRIBERS! I write a weekly newsletter with great parenting tips, book reviews, movie reviews, recipes, crafts and activities for families and I want EVERYONE TO join me! Just click the BIG OL' LOGO above and it will take you right there like the DeLorean in Back to the Future!

Go ahead, click it and take a ride over to my place!

Then click "subscribe" on my sidebar and every week you will get a little bit of Chief directly in your inbox! CAN YOU IMAGINE IT? Phew! Who knew life could be so good? (snarky)

Right now I am giving away a $25 gift card to the restaurant of your choice just for referring your friends! Soon, I will have fun giveaways and free loot for everyone! So go over and check it out, for the first 10 subscribers, I have 1 million fake Mexican Pesos... snort.

On a side note: If you have a business and want to feature something in my newsletter, email me and I would love to do an article and a giveaway to help promote your business as well!

K... so now that I'm done pimping my page out.. let me tell you something else for those who are looking for a fun job they can do and still be involved with their kids. I work full time and I have taken this on as a hobby of sorts so here's the short version of what the whole thing is about...

I am a Macaroni Publishing Mom! I get to publish a local online newsletter for my community. I am part of an international company "Macaroni Kid", and I make money through advertising and free perqs! All I have to do is know about the fun activities and events going on in my area and post about them on my site! I have local advertisers offering me free perqs in return for shout outs and my family enjoys the great new activities that we are involved in since I began this adventure 6 weeks ago!

I would love to tell you more about it! Email me if your interested.

Love and all things gooey... Chief

Phew!

talk to me about it.. you wont be sorry! hidingfromthekids@live.com

What I did for clean teeth

So guess what I did?

Ok... so you will never guess so stop trying...



I agreed to try this and write a review about it!

I know, I know, Chief doesn't do reviews....

But I did it cuz I love my Supah and she promised I wouldn't be sorry.


and guess what else?


Ok.. so you will never guess....

Chief LOVES IT!


I have never felt my teeth so sparkly clean...   I liken it to a glass that you get out of the dishwasher... that squawks when you rub it... that's how my teeth feel after I brush with ToothSoap.  I can't get enough of it.

I went so crazy after using it the first time Duke ran in and tried it and then it was a snowball effect when he exclaimed to the offspring that his teeth actually LOOKED cleaner after using it once.  So they agreed to try it and while the taste was something they have had to get used to (it's been 2 weeks now) we are all SOLD!


I immediately went to their website and purchase two more bottles (letting the boys each choose their flavor) and we are lifelong ToothSoap users!  We have tried grape, spearmint, peppermint, and CHOCOLATE MINT!<-----------My Favorite!

It's all natural soap for your teeth... my cankers are gone!  I ALWAYS have a canker.. my whole life... cankers.. I have none since I started using ToothSoap.

My teeth tell the story... they are clean and white... it's been a complete family change over.

Go to their website and find out how and why it works. Use this link to get there:

So now you want some huh?


Well, I will give some away right now...

Every comment is an entry... just tell me you want to try it and next Friday (4/23) I will award the winner. But let me warn you...

YOU WILL NEVER GO BACK TO PASTE!  EVER!


Now if you don't want to wait or you think there is no way you will ever win<----like me you can go to this site right HERE and once you are done watching the video she will give you a coupon code for half off!  HALF PEOPLE!<----I already used it so I know it works!


Then go over to my Macaroni Kid site and see what Im giving away there!  $25 bucks baby!

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The Virginia Reel-Booger Style

This is one of those posts that maybe only grandma will actually watch


Well then the rest of you are missing out cuz this is the cutest damned hoe down you will ever see..


PS Booger is PISSED that this is posted.  I told him if Bud can take the heat then he needs to learn to do the same.

I give you...

Booger's school rendition of the Virginia Reel

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Thank Goodness I can SEE!

So , it's Chief's What I MEant to Say post!!!    You LOVE these!  "When I told Duke I was having a really hard time reading the monitor on my laptop... and that I think I might need eyeglasses even though I had Lasik 3 years ago...and he told ,me to buy some at the dollar store...

What I Meant to Say Was.... "I refuse to buy thick, nasty goggles when I can use our insurance and get prescription eyeglasses that actual help me see better and don't attract unwanted attention from the "people of Walmart"

And when I received my glasses and came home to see how dirty my floor actually WAS and told the boys they best be gettin' the mop and vaccuum out...

What I Meant to Say Was.... "it's a good thing I got these glasses online so I can start opening a can-o-whoopass on you boys!  What the hell is all these little pencil shavings and pieces of gum stuck to the hardwood floor?  Does anyone not notice this crap?  Bud?  I paid good money for your goggles, don't you see this all over the floor?"  

Ramona's Story

I've been thinking a lot lately about the strength of certain people and I have decided that I am not very strong.  In fact, I am a blubbering wimp.  Last week was a tough one.  Everywhere we turned there was tragedy.  I am determined to turn this around and make this week inspiring and wonderful!

So many people are struggling through hardships that I can't even imagine.  Whether it be financial, emotional, physical illness....  and yet they are strong and the pull up their big girl panties and deal with everything life throws at them without complaining, crying foul, shutting down and crawling into a corner.

I know one of these people.  Her name is Ramona and she is one tough cookie.  I have mentioned her before, just not by name because I didn't want to make her uncomfortable or invade her privacy.  Well, yesterday I spoke with her and explained that many of you have inquired about her well-being, donated money when times are hard for everyone, prayed for her and grown to love her.  Supah wrote a post last week and you all rallied around Ramona.  For those of you who need to be brought up to speed.. here is her story.

Ramona is a mom with 6 kids her youngest is Boogers age (8).  When he was 2 she was diagnosed with breast cancer.  At the time her oldest was about 14.  She went through chemotherapy and radiation for a year and she fought like crazy and beat the monster that tried to invade her.  She was cancer free for over 5 years.  Last summer she found another lump and went in to get it checked out.  The cancer had returned.  This time they tell her it is terminal, but she is fighting because she is a fighter.  

She has undergone chemo treatments every three weeks for the past 7 months, except for a small break in the fall when she had to have surgery to fix a problem with her colon that is a result of the treatments.  a few weeks ago she started feeling tingling and numbness in her arm and hand.  She assumed it was nerve damage from the chemo so she fought on, even returning to work for a few hours a week to help with the families finances.  But the tingling turned to paralysis 10 days ago and she went in for an MRI to find that there was a slow bleed on her brain creating a clot that put pressure causing the paralysis. 

She went in for surgery to have part of her skull removed and the clot taken out.  I have not heard whether this is a result of the chemo or a problem made worse by the medication.  I only know that when I talked to her yesterday, she was in good spirits and ready to continue fighting.  I admire her so much.  The love for her family and the strength not to crawl in a hole and give up.  I told her I didn't think I would handle these trials the way she does.  She told me that when it happens to you, there is no choice... you just do it because it needs to be done.

For those of you who share my same faith, you should know that she sent one of her oldest sons on an LDS mission to Mexico in March.  He is just 19 and will be gone for 2 years.  She is so proud of him and loves him for sacrificing his time for what he believes so strongly. 

I am inspired by her and all of the families I have heard of lately that have dealt with these trials.  Two year old Jaden's mom and dad, Ethan's family who held their baby as he left this life after a valiant fight with Neuroblastoma last week.  They are strong, valiant and amazing people and while I feel helpless to know what to do to help fight these cancers, my heart aches to find something to do for them all.  

 Supah's button for Jaden that led to an auction and many prayers.  He is fighting and winning his battle.

Booger and Ramona's son sending white balloons to Ethan in heaven

and now if you feel the same way I do... that you want to know how you can help, Supah has graciously set up a way for you to help my friend Ramona and her kids.  I love Supah so much for ignoring my apprehensiveness to tell Ramona's story.  She made me realize that people want to do something to help.  It is good for the spirit to reach out beyond ourselves and help those who are fighting their battles.  We help others so that we can help ourselves in the process.

Of course, we can all do SOMETHING ELSE! We can pray! Pray for Jaden and his mom Julie who fights a battle of her own, pray for peace for Ethan's family, pray for Supah's friend Rhonda who is also fighting a battle with cancer.  We all know someone we can pray for who needs help only He can give.....

and please pray for Ramona and her children that they will continue to be strong and FIGHT, FIGHT, FIGHT!

I just wanted to do a quick shout out to a few blogging friends who wanted to reach out and do something for Ethan Loney, a friend none of us knew but a little 2 year old who lost his battle last week.  These tributes made my heart explode as I am so honored to know them.

Angel Believes
Not Your Average Teen (I recently proposed marriage to her... for Bud. I believe she in considering it)
Supahmommy (she has links to many other wonderful people who love this little dude)

all members of Blogfia.. and you can be too!   Go see Princess to find out how.

A minute and a half of pure joy

I had tears...

I laughed to tears

10 things I love not to love

Playing with Glamazons Friday Confessional... go ever and play with her... she needs some love this week as she has gone under the knife to get her innards disconnected. (dont ask)

10. Religious Protesters.  Seriously people, if you disagree with my beliefs then so be it... chances are I disagree with yours too but I will never take time out of my busy family life to picket your place of worship.  As I watch you yelling and screaming all red faced and manic, I can only imagine the examples you are to you children as they watch you berate someone for the way they choose to worship.

9.  Peas.  Argh, the thought of them makes my stomach turn.  I think I must have regurgitated them way too many times as a child and when I even get a whiff of them I imagine the green stains on my couch.

8.  Skinny People who give unsolicited advice on what I should do to be as "healthy" as they are.  I know what makes my ass fat.  I know how to make it smaller.  I've tried your tactics and I didn't like it.  So kiss my fatass.

and to continue along that same theme.....

7.  Fat people who blame everything but the Ho Ho's they are eating for the reason they are overweight.  You aren't fooling anyone.  It isn't glandular... it's psychological and it's about self control and what you eat and the fact that you don't exercise.

6.  Parents who think their kids are perfect.  The funny thing is... these children of these delusional people are usually the ones that are terribly misbehaved and are destined for a life behind bars.

5.  Men who constantly grab themselves.  What is with this all about?  Can't you work this problem out in private?  I know this guy who does more ball handling than Kobe Bryant.  I know you may get a pinch or an itch occasionally.. women do to but you don't see us fondling ourselves at the grocery store do you?

4.  Anyone who acts differently around others to make believe they are a certain type of person than they truly are.  If you like Nascar, then like it.  If you can belch on command, brag about it.  Don't pretend that you are someone else because you think it is more socially acceptable.  Grow a "set" and be who you are and love it. On the other hand, if you are a total social idiot who has no class or tact... don't necessarily flaunt it for the world to see either.  Take a class or read a book or something and learn some social skills.

3.  Hair that grows out of people's noses.  Please manicure your nasty orifices... I know as we age, we get hair in our ears and noses... 1 minute a day can alleviate the need for me to be forced to stare at your 4 inch nose hairs.

2.  One uppers.  I have mentioned this on my blog before.  When I am having a conversation with you... listen.  Don't just sit there pretending to pay attention while you think of a better story to trump mine with.  It's rude and you look like a dumbass.

1.  Liars.  I don't need to say much more than that.  Out of all these things listed above this is definitely the thing I truly do hate the most.

That was a bit therapeutic I must say....

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Yo Tweeps! Twitter Twaffic Exchange

It's that time again.... Yo Tweeps Twitter Exchange...

Check it out... then check out the bottom of my post for a chance to win $25!!!

DIRECTIONS: To play along and increase your twitter twaffic do the following:

1.   Follow the first  5  Twitter Twaffic hosts listed on  the linky.   Netiquette and courtesy!   They'll reciprocate your love on twitter!

2.  MAKE A BLOG POST LIKE I  am doing.   Copy and Paste these directions.

3.  Grab the YO Tweeps  Twaffic Exchange Button pictured on my sidebar.   Put him in your post. (He's so cute.    Put him on your sidebar too if you're that kinda girl. 

4.  Put  YOUR OWN  twitter icon / link on your blog post like I did. It should directly link to your TWITTER PROFILE.  ( there are directions below if you need)

5.  Now link up your post below in the linky!

6.  Visit some other #YOtweeps linkers on the list.
7.  Follow them if you choose and shout out to them on twitter  that you are following so they can instantly follow you if they're on.  (Follow their blog as well if you're interested.)  

Example:   @personsname #yotweeps  I'm following! 

8. If someone follows  you JUST  reciprocate on twitter.  It's that easy. Join in the fun and grab the code to paste the linky in your own site ! Spread the word.  WE'LL BE BACK every THURSDAY TO DO THIS AGAIN!

9. No grab the code for Mr. Linky (you can find it below everyone's links) and add it to your post so all of your followers will Exchange Twitter Twaffic with you!

p.s.  Tweetdeck.com is AWESOME and makes this game  of twitter SO MUCH EASIER and fun.


How to make a twitter ICON:  *  here are some twitter icon sites  
( WHERE TO GET THE COOL TWITTER PICS).. http://twittericonfactory.com/  
http://www.twittericon.com/  
http://www.hongkiat.com/blog/100-remarkably-beautiful-twitter-icons-and-buttons/  

FIND ONE...  that you like.  Download it and put your name on it with a site like photobucket, picnik.com , photoshop, paint etc.     Then upload  it to your blog post and link your twitter profile to it directly!

NOW.....


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Where am I?

Im posting here today..... 

Come see me.  It's a post all about Duke.

I write and make money.... talk to me about it hidingfromthekids@live.com

WIMTS I am asking for help!

 Today is What I meant to say Wednesday and I have a lot on my mind.

So I am taking a more serious route with WIMTS today and I am asking for help.... 

What I am trying to say is....

I have a friend.  I've talked about her here back in the fall, about her battle with breast cancer... for the second time. This time they tell her it is terminal. Go read then come back.

At that time I was trying to make sense of things.  Why there was such suffering in the world.

But now I need to ask you to help her.  She needs as many prayers as she can get. I want to shout it from the rooftops but she is a private person, I would not want to make her uncomfortable so I will just ask you to pray for my friend who discovered she had a blood clot on her brain this weekend and had emergency surgery to remove it.  On top of the cancer treatments she is receiving, she is recovering from brain surgery.

She is a mother to 6 children, a military wife, a community volunteer. 

Please keep her in your thoughts and prayers.

Thank you to all of my friends out there.

If you choose to link up with a WIMTS post and you feel compelled to add a place to have your readers come read her story we can fill her heart with prayers and peace for her and her family! Thanks!

Conversations With Bud "Where are we?"

AWWWWW  Cute Bud

So we are on our way home from school on Tuesday, just Bud and I....

I tell him that I have to stop and buy stamps at the POST OFFICE.  I need 800 stamps so I have to stand in line and I know its going to be a looooong wait. I pull into the parking lot and tell him to turn up his ipod and relax as the POST OFFICE is painfully understaffed and I could be a while.  

I leave him to wait in the car

25 minutes later I come out and as I get into the car he asked...

"So, did you get your medicine?"

Derrrrrr

What is it?.... talk to me about it hidingfromthekids@live.com

Why I never leave the kids home alone - leftovers

One last regurgitated leftover for those who missed it last summer.

Next week I WILL BE BACK! and I got a new Conversation with Bud to post about.


Well, this past week was the first week of summer break for the boys. I still needed to work full time to close out the school year so I told the boys I would give them 1 week of unscheduled relaxation before the annual, dreaded, summer chore/activity chart made an appearance.Duke had to work out of town the beginning of the week so they were left to their own defenses during the day. The weather has been very wet, not allowing for a lot of outside play time. I give all of this background information so that you may understand the full extent of what I was up against each evening as I returned home.

It looks as if they had a slumber party in the living room. They didn't want to leave the dogs out so as you can see, they brought the dog bed out along with all of Bud's bedding.

Granola bars (the entire box), fishy crackers (once again, the whole box), a Pringles can (empty), and a myriad of dishes and trash left as evidence of at least 15,000 calories consumed in one 8 hour period.


Frozen dinner packages (licked clean by the dogs), cereal bowls, and it looks as if they weren't satisfied with the feel for the couches in the living room so they drug out their chair from the bedroom.

Hmmm....nearly every door is left wide open in the kitchen, even the microwave. I failed to get the floor in this shot but I can guarantee you the trash cans were empty when I came home. Not one thing had been thrown away (at least not in the cans any way) all day long.


I was proud to see that at some point the 409 was used. By the look of the place, it wasn't used for any type of cleaning. No doubt something sinister was in the works. You will notice the bag in the upper right hand corner. I stopped at Hobby Lobby in hopes of finding them something constructive to do the rest of the week.

This did not solve the mess problem but at least it cut the calorie intake down significantly and they both accomplished something in the end. Bud made a model car and Booger did a fun mosaic out of Magic Model stuff.

Bud complains that he is too old for a chart. I say it has nothing to do with age, only that a wasted 2 1/2 months eating, watching T.V., and driving mom crazy with a pig sty house is not safe for any one's well being...including mine. I have 6 weeks off (not by choice B.T.W.) and my goal is to make it a positive experience for everyone.

I have to say, I was very proud of myself when I came home from work each day to the after effects of a tornado. No yelling, no crying, no swearing or degrading name calling, no threatening of life and limbs. I just calmly made mental notes for the coming week's charts and as soon as this post is published, the chart making will begin.