While today may not be Love Thursday, (for some it's Manic Monday), bring a little positivity into your life by marking your calendar for the upcoming love Thursday. What is it? Read Trula's blog below:
Positivity by Trula: Today is Love Thursday
Monday, December 10
Sunday, December 9
Christmas is just around the Corner
Dear readers, I don't have anything especially significant to say today, but just wanted to check in with everyone before the gap between posts got too large and I would have to write yet another 'mea culpa' post. Nevertheless, your entertainment in reading this blog comes first and foremost, so I will attempt to give a quick overview of what has been happening in the last three weeks.
I have been working hard on my website and am in the process of filling basket orders for Christmas. Wow! Last year at this time, I had a barely functional website, only one product and was basically giving the stuff away. Now I have more that four products (yes, I know that doesn't sound like a lot, but when you're making the stuff by hand and testing different formulas, that's a lot!! Now I am considering going natural and totally eliminating the dyes from my product. Notice I said considering!!!I really like the look of some of the colored product, which is why I have an all natural and a nearly all natural section to my website. If you're interested, click the banner at the top of the page.
The little ones are doing quite well - no colds, no one is sick - and my oldest is taking well to his swimming lessons. One day he came home and said to me "I hate swimming." Now, swimming is an integral part of the preschool program, so I wasn't having any of that. So I used that good ol' reverse psychology on him - "Oh really. What's the best thing you like about swimming?" And he proceeded to rattle off a list of things he actually liked about swimming, so another diaster thwarted. I wouldn't want to have to pick him up from school early because he didn't like swimming.
You know, talk about a non sequitur, but what the heck is up with Tyra's hair? Is it me or does it look like she just put a mop on her head? That straw look does not look good on her - I hope she goes back the burgundy!!
Well, that's really it for now - pretty uninteresting, I know, but ya know, that's life....that's what all the people say.....you're riding high in April...Shot down in May.
We're going to be getting our Christmas tree soon - this is the first year that my 19 month old will really be aware of what is going on...let's see how long it take for him to rip all the ornaments off the bottom half of the tree.
I have been working hard on my website and am in the process of filling basket orders for Christmas. Wow! Last year at this time, I had a barely functional website, only one product and was basically giving the stuff away. Now I have more that four products (yes, I know that doesn't sound like a lot, but when you're making the stuff by hand and testing different formulas, that's a lot!! Now I am considering going natural and totally eliminating the dyes from my product. Notice I said considering!!!I really like the look of some of the colored product, which is why I have an all natural and a nearly all natural section to my website. If you're interested, click the banner at the top of the page.
The little ones are doing quite well - no colds, no one is sick - and my oldest is taking well to his swimming lessons. One day he came home and said to me "I hate swimming." Now, swimming is an integral part of the preschool program, so I wasn't having any of that. So I used that good ol' reverse psychology on him - "Oh really. What's the best thing you like about swimming?" And he proceeded to rattle off a list of things he actually liked about swimming, so another diaster thwarted. I wouldn't want to have to pick him up from school early because he didn't like swimming.
You know, talk about a non sequitur, but what the heck is up with Tyra's hair? Is it me or does it look like she just put a mop on her head? That straw look does not look good on her - I hope she goes back the burgundy!!
Well, that's really it for now - pretty uninteresting, I know, but ya know, that's life....that's what all the people say.....you're riding high in April...Shot down in May.
We're going to be getting our Christmas tree soon - this is the first year that my 19 month old will really be aware of what is going on...let's see how long it take for him to rip all the ornaments off the bottom half of the tree.
Saturday, November 17
Old Songs
Well, dear readers, I'm in a reminicent mood today...must be the weather, so bear with me in my mood.
Remember the older songs from the seventies that told stories? How about Bad, bad, Leroy Brown, baddest man in the whole damn town? Badder than old King Kong, and meaner than a junkyard dog. By the end of that song, Bad Leroy Brown looked liked a "jigsaw puzzle with a couple of pieces gone" and he learned not to mess with the wife of a jealous man!
Oh, and how about that old tear jerker - "Cat's in the Cradle??" Was that a sad song or what? "When you coming home dad? I don't know when, but we'll get together then, son, you know we'll have a good time then." Then the whole thing turns around on the father at the end when the son doesn't have time for him. Sniff sniff.
Then there were the other tearjerker songs that went along with those sad movies. Remember Brian's Song? "If the hands of time were hands that I could hold,
I’d keep them warm and in my hands, They’d not turn cold! " Believe or not, that was orginally a TV movie starring James Caan and Billy Dee Williams that was so successful that they ended up releasing it in theatres.
How about "Carry on my Wayward son, there'll be peace when you are done....lay your weary head to rest...don't you cry no more." Yeah, Kansas...I'm reaching back to my pre-teen years to the songs you heard on AM radio. Being a woman of a certain age, I do remember these songs playing on the radio, which are now part of 70s complilations on late night TV.
Look, I'm from an era where I remember 8 track tapes!!!!
Continuing on the story line song, how about "the devil went down to Georgia looking for a soul to steal...he was in a bind because he was way behind and he was willing to make a deal" Wow, Satan behind on soul stealing? Must have been the innocent seventies, cuz I bet he could find plenty today! "....but if you lose, the devil gets your sooooooul" What a cool song. Yup, it's in my Ipod, two songs down from Seal and three up from Sean Paul. So you can't say I'm not diversified!
"Ahhhh, look at all at all the lonely people.. Eleanor Rigby picks up the rice in a church where a wedding has been......" How sad that no one came to her funeral! "she was buried along with her name....."
Wow, I never took the time to actually look at the variety of songs on my Ipod. Mind you, I don't claim to be up on all the latest music - I think the newest song that I know is "Don't hate on me hata!" By jill scott, but why'd she have to bite the base line from "You're all I need to get by"?? One of Amy Winehouse's songs does the same thing.
This is the last one I'll hit ya with "when are you gonna come down...when are you going to learn...I should have stayed on the farm...I shoulda listened to my old man....you know you can't hold me forever....I didn't sign up for you...I'm not a present for your friends to open....this boy's to young to be singing the bluuuuuuuuuuuuues...So goodbye yellow brick road..." My little ones love that song only because of the ah ah ah part. They sing it top volume in the car. What a strange song though.......This was back in the day where, I, as a little child, knew nothing about gay or homosexual...I mean Libarace was just flamboyant like Elvis!
so good by yellow brick road, where the dogs of society howl, you can't lock me in your penthouse......oh I finally decided my future lies beyond the yellow brick rooooo-oooooo-ad.
Dear readers, thank you for accompanying me down memory lane.
What are some of your fav. 70s songs or story songs?
Remember the older songs from the seventies that told stories? How about Bad, bad, Leroy Brown, baddest man in the whole damn town? Badder than old King Kong, and meaner than a junkyard dog. By the end of that song, Bad Leroy Brown looked liked a "jigsaw puzzle with a couple of pieces gone" and he learned not to mess with the wife of a jealous man!
Oh, and how about that old tear jerker - "Cat's in the Cradle??" Was that a sad song or what? "When you coming home dad? I don't know when, but we'll get together then, son, you know we'll have a good time then." Then the whole thing turns around on the father at the end when the son doesn't have time for him. Sniff sniff.
Then there were the other tearjerker songs that went along with those sad movies. Remember Brian's Song? "If the hands of time were hands that I could hold,
I’d keep them warm and in my hands, They’d not turn cold! " Believe or not, that was orginally a TV movie starring James Caan and Billy Dee Williams that was so successful that they ended up releasing it in theatres.
How about "Carry on my Wayward son, there'll be peace when you are done....lay your weary head to rest...don't you cry no more." Yeah, Kansas...I'm reaching back to my pre-teen years to the songs you heard on AM radio. Being a woman of a certain age, I do remember these songs playing on the radio, which are now part of 70s complilations on late night TV.
Look, I'm from an era where I remember 8 track tapes!!!!
Continuing on the story line song, how about "the devil went down to Georgia looking for a soul to steal...he was in a bind because he was way behind and he was willing to make a deal" Wow, Satan behind on soul stealing? Must have been the innocent seventies, cuz I bet he could find plenty today! "....but if you lose, the devil gets your sooooooul" What a cool song. Yup, it's in my Ipod, two songs down from Seal and three up from Sean Paul. So you can't say I'm not diversified!
"Ahhhh, look at all at all the lonely people.. Eleanor Rigby picks up the rice in a church where a wedding has been......" How sad that no one came to her funeral! "she was buried along with her name....."
Wow, I never took the time to actually look at the variety of songs on my Ipod. Mind you, I don't claim to be up on all the latest music - I think the newest song that I know is "Don't hate on me hata!" By jill scott, but why'd she have to bite the base line from "You're all I need to get by"?? One of Amy Winehouse's songs does the same thing.
This is the last one I'll hit ya with "when are you gonna come down...when are you going to learn...I should have stayed on the farm...I shoulda listened to my old man....you know you can't hold me forever....I didn't sign up for you...I'm not a present for your friends to open....this boy's to young to be singing the bluuuuuuuuuuuuues...So goodbye yellow brick road..." My little ones love that song only because of the ah ah ah part. They sing it top volume in the car. What a strange song though.......This was back in the day where, I, as a little child, knew nothing about gay or homosexual...I mean Libarace was just flamboyant like Elvis!
so good by yellow brick road, where the dogs of society howl, you can't lock me in your penthouse......oh I finally decided my future lies beyond the yellow brick rooooo-oooooo-ad.
Dear readers, thank you for accompanying me down memory lane.
What are some of your fav. 70s songs or story songs?
Sunday, November 11
Once again....
Oh, dear, dear readers! Once again I have left you hanging for over a month without any updates to my exciting life as a stay at home mom!!
Let's see, what have I missed updating you with? Well, for starters, Mookie was sick again! That durn preschool has as many germs as that nasty Monica Lewinsky dress. I mean, really, he only is there three times a week for 3 hours at a time. I really must get on all of the little ones about the importance of handwashing. However, his sickness did not develop into the crisis it was in September(see here for the full story. Anyway, I only had to hit him a couple of times with the Xopenex, but I took him to the doctor just to be sure. Not that I'm a big worrywart, but the Goddess will NEVER let her little Mookie get to that crisis stage again, not if she can help it!
So, after Mookie got sick, so did the Diva and Squeaky. Nothing is as heavenly as wiping three runny noses at once and running back and forth in the middle of the night because the Diva woke up and her nose is stuffed up. What a drama QUEEN! "Oh, my dose, my dose my DOSE" I wanted to tell her, look honey, stop all that screaming, concentrate on breathing and you won't have a problem. But, how do you reason with a three year old? Answer: you don't!
Now, the business. I've been workign on the website, making products,taking pictures and on top of that all, trying to keep the house in some sort of working order. My husband is a saint, because he doesn't balk when I call after a particularly difficult day and say "can you stop and pick up...." He will be rewarded greatly when my business takes off!
Anyway, dear reader, that's my sorry excuse for not keeping you thoroughly entertained for the last month. I promise to be much more diligent in the future!
Let's see, what have I missed updating you with? Well, for starters, Mookie was sick again! That durn preschool has as many germs as that nasty Monica Lewinsky dress. I mean, really, he only is there three times a week for 3 hours at a time. I really must get on all of the little ones about the importance of handwashing. However, his sickness did not develop into the crisis it was in September(see here for the full story. Anyway, I only had to hit him a couple of times with the Xopenex, but I took him to the doctor just to be sure. Not that I'm a big worrywart, but the Goddess will NEVER let her little Mookie get to that crisis stage again, not if she can help it!
So, after Mookie got sick, so did the Diva and Squeaky. Nothing is as heavenly as wiping three runny noses at once and running back and forth in the middle of the night because the Diva woke up and her nose is stuffed up. What a drama QUEEN! "Oh, my dose, my dose my DOSE" I wanted to tell her, look honey, stop all that screaming, concentrate on breathing and you won't have a problem. But, how do you reason with a three year old? Answer: you don't!
Now, the business. I've been workign on the website, making products,taking pictures and on top of that all, trying to keep the house in some sort of working order. My husband is a saint, because he doesn't balk when I call after a particularly difficult day and say "can you stop and pick up...." He will be rewarded greatly when my business takes off!
Anyway, dear reader, that's my sorry excuse for not keeping you thoroughly entertained for the last month. I promise to be much more diligent in the future!
Saturday, October 6
Ah, youth is wasted on the young
As Wendy Williams would say, I am a woman of a certain age, and that certain age indicates that I grew up in the eighties. Now, certainly that doesn't make me superold, but it is somewhat disconcerting when you can hum along quite easily with the oldies station. I mean, has it really been 20 years since Michael Jackson was the King of Pop?
And the passage of time hits you everywhere you look. I was watching ABC the other day, (which I almost never do) and actually got to see the beginning of The Practice. The only thing I know about this show is that James Spader (80s hottie) and William Shatner (70s Star Trek's hottie)were on this show. I glanced up at the screen, saw a male actor, and assumed it was Shatner. ON SECOND GLANCE, I realized it was James Spader!! When did he get so.....fat? I just finished watching Less Than Zero the other day....he wasn't fat in that movice and that was just the other day......What happened to him?? I kept watching and finally saw Bill Shatner - I have all ready gotten over the shock of seeing him heavy set - he eased us into this through shows like TJ Hooker and those Star Trek movies. But then, I saw Candace Bergen. Oh, Murphy Brown....what happened to you? And that high collar isn't fooling anyone, honey. Either get the neck surgery or let those wattles fly. Everyone knows what you're hiding. I had to turn the off the show.
But you know, the Boss is still touring, along with Aerosmith and the Police. Toni Basil (Oh, micky, you're so fine, you're so fine you blow my mind) was on TV the other day and didn't look half bad. I hear Loverboy is also on toru and I just read an article about Air Supply on tour. So the eighties aren't dead yet!!
And the passage of time hits you everywhere you look. I was watching ABC the other day, (which I almost never do) and actually got to see the beginning of The Practice. The only thing I know about this show is that James Spader (80s hottie) and William Shatner (70s Star Trek's hottie)were on this show. I glanced up at the screen, saw a male actor, and assumed it was Shatner. ON SECOND GLANCE, I realized it was James Spader!! When did he get so.....fat? I just finished watching Less Than Zero the other day....he wasn't fat in that movice and that was just the other day......What happened to him?? I kept watching and finally saw Bill Shatner - I have all ready gotten over the shock of seeing him heavy set - he eased us into this through shows like TJ Hooker and those Star Trek movies. But then, I saw Candace Bergen. Oh, Murphy Brown....what happened to you? And that high collar isn't fooling anyone, honey. Either get the neck surgery or let those wattles fly. Everyone knows what you're hiding. I had to turn the off the show.
But you know, the Boss is still touring, along with Aerosmith and the Police. Toni Basil (Oh, micky, you're so fine, you're so fine you blow my mind) was on TV the other day and didn't look half bad. I hear Loverboy is also on toru and I just read an article about Air Supply on tour. So the eighties aren't dead yet!!
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