Thursday, April 30, 2009
Carrie Prejean...You Suck!!!
is this is what we are teaching our daughters???
Anyways, this year the Miss America Pageant bombarded into my living room when the runner up - Miss California- Carrie Prejean decided to spew hate! Now don't get me wrong, I believe that everyone - even perky little blondes - have the right to express their opinions. That's not my problem. My problem is that she has not Tact!
Instead of choosing to say "no comment" she stood there with her fake boobs and decided to say "I think in my country, in my family, I think that I believe that a marriage should be between a man and a woman." Do you think this or do you believe this?? You think you believe??
hmmmm very interesting... But Here's another question for you.. How do you feel about interracial marriages?? Is that a treat to "the Institution of marriage?" Are Homosexuals the reason why over 50% of MEN and WOMEN who marry eventually get divorced?? Are homosexuals the reason why Married Men cheat on their wives, have children with their mistresses and even infect them with STD's and possibly HIV/AIDS??
Miss. America... If you feel so strongly about marriage, why aren't you married??
Miss America, Do you remember when Blacks were not allowed to marry?? or better yet do you know why? Do you know whet the American Slave Code is/was?? Surely you know... let me tell you anyways. It was a "law" that stated the slaves could not marry. According to this document "The slave has no rights. Of course he, or she, cannot have the rights of a husband, a wife. The slave is a chattel, and chattels do not marry. “The slave is not ranked among sentient beings, but among things,” and things are not married.
“Slaves are not people, in the eye of the law."
Do you remember when miscegenation could have gotten you killed?? Wait, wait maybe I'm moving too fast do you even know what miscegenation is? Did you know that is wasn't until 1967 that a black and White person could legally marry??
How about the Holocaust?? Do you remember how the Jewish were stripped of the rights because they were "less than"??
Miss America, you didn't loose the pageant because of your response.. you lost the pageant because you have no tact, you have no love for humanity as a whole and you're full of hate; And that is not how America should be represented.
Monday, April 27, 2009
Weight Loss Update - Monday Edition
I ain't loose no weight last week!!! I actually gained weight...
I know where/when it happened.. I got out of control with that Black & Green's Organic (and suitable for vegetarians) chocolate candy bars... oh they were so good...
What a slippery slope. The only reason why I'm not eating one now is because they costs so darn much!!!
161.5 (starting weight)-6.5 (weight Loss to date) + .5 (Stupid lbs gained from eating chocolate bars) = 155.5
So Weight Loss update...
Thursday, April 23, 2009
One of those weeks...
They gonna give us what?!?
DARNIT!
Anyways, we called our insurance company, who in turned called the insurance company of the stop sign blower and 2 weeks later we're notified that we're going to receive $1,300.00 for our loss..
So now I'm thinking...maybe I should quit the daycare business, and start a new venture. My new gig will be buying cars from craigslist and "flipping"them for a profit... Of course I just gotta find me a crash test dummy...Oh Kyyllleeeee
Monday, April 20, 2009
Wedgie Burgers...The Burger Kids Ask for By Name
Yesterday I'm in the kitchen making dinner for Miles and I while he's sitting at the dining room table playing with his cars. Just as the water starts to boil and I'm about to put the pasta in the water Miles comes into the kitchen to ask me what I'm making. I give him a quick smile and respond "Pasta w/Sauce and Veggies", and I pull up a chair so that he san see the boiling water, fresh veggies and soon to be homemade pasta sauce.
He climbs up, takes a disapproving look around, gets down, walks over and start to pull the door to the fridge open. I stop the "unlawful transaction of food" with my foot and ask-with one hand on my hip-what he's doing. He looks up at me with his "I'm soooo sad and depressed" look that he's been practicing for the past month (you know the one Puss & boots gives to get out of trouble with Shreck) and responds with "I want a wedgie meat burger."
All I could do is laugh. Just the word wedgie makes me laugh, so when you pair it up with meat to make "Wedgie Meat" it just sounds so ...funny...so nasty. He was DEAD Serious and just looked at me - kinda how his father would look at me if I were laughing at something that he didn't find as funny...
Anyways, I amend my dinner plans to make something we obviously both like... Wedgie meat burgers, pasta and veggies..hmmmm hmmmm good :)
Weight Loss Update - Monday Edition
The last time we checkd in my scale was broken, and no I am still not taking any blame for it. Anyways, I managed to get a new scale - one that won't "crack" up whenever I step foot on it.
I waited all day (yesterday) before I weighed myself for the week, and when I finally stepped on the scale I realized that I had, to my own surprise, lost 3.5 lbs!!!
So now here are my new totals:
161.5(starting weight)-6.5 lbs (weight loss to date) =155.00 (current weight)
Which leaves me only 14.5 lbs to loose by in 91 days...
Sunday, April 19, 2009
Who Let the Dog out? ...No Really!
It started out fantastic, Miles & I went to breakfast, and then to get a new tire for the car and then to home depot to get some hooks for the potholders...that's when it all went downhill. I got a call from my neighbor telling me that our dog just jumped out of the window!!!
This can't be right, this must be a mistake "My Dog?" I ask... "Yep. she's running down the street now." So now I'm rushing home fearing the worst and when I pull up in front of my house I see the dog tied up on the "no parking" sign out front my house... Oh Man was I embarrassed! Everybody and i mean e-v-e-r-y-b-o-d-y was out side looking at this howling dog make a fool out of herself. one of the guys down at the corner saw her, coaxed her into coming to him and tied her up for us. HELP ME JESUS!!!
My neighbors are like "how did she break out?", "did she break your window?", "does she have rabies?", Were you gone all day?", Maybe she was hungry, or sad, or missed you"... I just walked away, because the only thing i was thinking about was getting that dog in the house and choking her until her stinky little toung was hanging out the side of her mouth.... Just as I'm struggling to carry miles into the house (who has no shoes on) and wrangle with the dog Kyle calls wanting to know how we were... I almost cried.
THIS WAS ALL BEFORE 12:00 NOON!!!
what a day!
Saturday, April 18, 2009
A Quick Observation - Boys VS Girls

Oy Vey!
By 4:00 I decided I had enough and took Miles to the Zoo. Since we have memberships, going to the Zoo just to see the monkeys made absolute sense... We were in and out in an hour! Hot Dog, I'm good.
After leaving to Zoo we hopped on 95 and jetted down to Ikea . I really like Ikea, but the layout of the store drives me CRAZY!!! I mean do we really have to walk through the entire store just to buy easel paper?? By the time I got to check out I had over a hundred dollars worth of stuff in my cart. Just as we were pulling out of Ikea's Parking lot some dude tapped on the window and was like "scuse me ma'am, you have a really bad flat tire." My initial response was to tell him that I ain't even old enough to be called no ma'am, but I settled on "Thank You" and pulled out of the way. Even though Kyle is hundreds of Miles away I called him anyway and then I called Allstate Motor Club, but Hung up before they could assist me... I decided to just do it myself. Eight minutes later my hands were blackened from what ever that black stuff on tires are - dirt and brake dust I guess- there was a flat tire in the trunk and we were on our way back home. Hot diggity dog!
I returned home to find Luna standing at the top of the steps with that "uh-oh" look on her face, but after a good half hour of investigating, I was relieved to learn that she didn't relieve herself in the house - or better yet in my BED. We went for another walk, I cleaned the porch, living & dining room, and even the kitchen! Oy Vey!
Weightloss Update
Please, stop laughing... I actually suspect that the scale was broken before I heard that "cracking" sound. Ever since last week, every time I stepped on the scale I got a different weight; one day it was 158 and 145 another, and then one day I stepped on the scale and it cracked! The LCD screen went blank and Kyle had that "I wanna laugh but I might get hurt" look on his face - he didn't laugh.
So I'm on my way out to get a new scale.. and hopefully this one won't break!
Friday, April 17, 2009
It's You and Me Kid
This evening Kyle & Zoe left for a weekend trip to Atlanta to support his niece who is participating her Debutante Ball. They'll be back Monday evening, and while they're gone I'll be playing single mom with Miles... What have I gotten myself into???
In my head I want to take the weekend easy, maybe catch a movie, and hit Franklin mills, but deep down inside I feel like I'll be rushing all around trying to get things don't that don';t really need to be done. For instance I was all concerned about how I would walk Luna with Miles, and one of my friends was like"just put Miles in his stroller, and tie Luna to the handle bar"... I was wondering why I didn't think of that, but replied with "yeah that's what I was going to do"...
So far things are peaceful, the dog has been walked, Miles has been fed and bathed. So far so good...
It's 9:53pm and I'm sitting here waiting for Kyle's phone call letting me know they arrived safely, and for the first time in a very long time the house seems so big, so quiet, so much...
OMG!! I haven't slept alone in over 11years...I don't know how I am going to get to sleep tonight...
Wednesday, April 15, 2009
whaddaya retahded?
I feel like my brain has been soaking in a jar of hennessey or something. Like I got hit upon the head while I was eating that sweet & sour tofu wrap. I mean, Did someone take out pieces from my Central lobes and replace them with cucumbers???
I need to just go to bed and fughetaboutit...
Tuesday, April 14, 2009
When Life hands you Lemons.....
Unfortunately my great grandma died a few years back... fortunately her advice lives on and I was lucky enough to be willed her turntable, her Lionel Richie Album, and her extraordinary ability to make "lemonade"...
So, in the spirit of "getting over it" and "Making lemonade"
I Love You "Grandma"...
Tuesday Boosday!!!
Sorry about that.. but I've been holding this in all day. Today was one of those days that no one wants to repeat..EVER! It all started early this morning with the rain (there ain't ish good about a rainy, dreary day!!), and ended with Kyle being in a car accident.
Let's start at the beginning - - I should've known something was up, I never ever ever wake up early. It's either on time or late, but I never ever wake up early. But today was different. I woke up an hour earlier than I normally do. Instead of going back to bed I took advantage of the time by walking the dog and going for a quick run before getting on with my normal morning routine.
I got to work, and the morning went really fast, one minute I was putting breakfast in the oven (tator tots) and the next thing I know I'm cleaning up after lunch. I called Kyle and we decided to take the van to get inspected so we could actually start using it. Oh yes, we got a van over the weekend to use for the daycare... you know picking up and dropping off the kiddies, running daycare related errands and things like that...Nothing fancy, nothing expensive just a van. So we take the van to Pep Boys (Sign #2.. I hate Pep boys) and we come back... no big deal right?
About a good 4 hours later Pep boys calls and tell us that we need new brakes, and windshield wipers which according to their calculations will cost about 350$. We decide that my dad can do the work so kyle goes to get the car and on his way back BAM! Someone runs a stop sign and crashes right into him.... Thank God he's alright, but the car... Did you see the incredible hulk?? You know the scene where the hulk is fighting that bad hulk and the hulk smashes a cop car in two?? yeah, that's how it looked.... Okay, maybe not that bad, but chances are the insurance company will declare it a total loss... JUST GREAT!
The great thing (aside from Kyle being okay)is that Progressive's claim service is really as good as they advertise... This is the first time we've ever had to submit any kind of claims, but the process was very smooth, they made us feel at ease and promised to make us "whole again". They guy had insurance and the Police officers weren't jerks (which I find to be very rare nowadays...)
Most of all I am surprised with myself. Surprised that I could actually hold it all together long enough to 1) get through the day (this happened at about 4:00 while kids were still here) and 2) use this blog as a way of getting behind this horrible day. Of course, I had to take a moment to breath, and another to Thank God, but in the end we're alright!
Sunday, April 12, 2009
Our Vegan Easter Dinner
I've been looking since last week for a dinner recipe that would be suitable for all of us, but it wasn't until I went to a local Asian supermarket that the dinner I had envisioned became a reality...
For Appetizers we had Vegan Wontons. I diced up some "vegetarian chicken" (SEITAN) added shitake mushrooms, onions, garlic, and parsley and stuffed them into these funky little wonton wrappers I found at the Asian market. I threw them into a pot of vegetable broth and watched "the masic" as Miles calls it...
For the main course we had stir fry vegetables and "vegetarian beef" (also seitan)over rice noodles.
We finished up with Soy Ice cream and strawberries...
I was able to satisfy the Zoe's need for noodles, Miles' need for sauce, and Kyle's need for meat... MISSION ACCOMPLISHED!
Yes, they are wearing daycare shirts...always advertising, always
Work on me...
For the past three months, my Pride has stopped me from going to church. What started out as a quiet conversation with myself turned into this big blown out thing about not being respected, cared for or even noticed.... It's ridiculous I know, but at what point do you set your pride aside (even though the feelings are still there) and get on with your life???
In these three months I've visited other churches, talked with ministry leaders, and I've gotten the same response every time..."hmmmmmmm" Even friends don't really have anything to say about it. Am I crazy?
I heard once that "Hell is real, and in fact it is the point in your life where you are furthest from the Grace of God." According to this saying, once you step away from god depression, anger, envy and all those other sins fill the void of God's love. God's Grace. God.
So as I sit here this Easter Sunday - Feeling God's Arms wrap around me (as Zoe describes the warmth of the sun)- and I wonder if this "slight feeling of depression" is Hell???
How did things get so far? All I wanted was validation. All I wanted, no needed was for people to respect and understand my point of view. Do I have to scream at the top of my lungs that MY SON'S NAME IS NOT KYLE, or that I HATE BEING CALLED PAT?
All I can do at this point is Pray that God continues to work on me. Work on my pride issues, I know how stubborn or unrealistic I can be at times. Work on my sin issues. Help me to learn your word and apply it to MY LIFE! WORK ON ME....
Friday, April 10, 2009
Weight loss Update
This week I got really lazy. Other than walking Luna, I did absolutely no exercise whatsoever. No running, no yoga, not even any stretching... Nothing... I ate out almost every day(there's a really good Vegan place in Mt. Airy), slept in late and thanks to Trader Joe's I found some Soy Ice cream...
But some how some way I managed to still loose weight. One Whole Pound to be exact. Kyle says it has something to do with me speeding up my Metabolism or something, and is using this claim to get me to buy P90X...I DON'T THINK SO....
Anyways, here's my update for the Week - - - Weight loss to date 3.0lbs
Only 17 pounds to go....
Terrible Two's
This Past week with Miles has proved me wrong....and I mean that in every sense of the word. Don't get me wrong, the time I spent with him was great, we went clothes shopping on Tuesday, to The Little Gym on Wednesday, Breakfast on Thursday, and we went to the Movies today.. But in between, there have been shouts of "get offa me mommy", little lies that "She hit me", throwing of food - across rooms, running off and screaming "Help Me! Help Me!"..in Macy's of all places.... The boy has even told me that he's a "Sexy Man", and his swagger - oh please!
Quite honestly, I'm tired of it. It's embarrassing and its annoying. The evil eye, and threats of "a popping" don't work anymore. Just today he asked Zoe if she "wanted to get busted"...
Serenity Now.. Serenity Now...
We are healed...
But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was upon him; and with his stripes we are healed.
Thursday, April 9, 2009
That's Not My Name
They call me Pat
They call me Tricia
They call me Flemming
They call me Jane
That's not my name
That's not my name
That's not my name
That's not my name
Tuesday, April 7, 2009
Pros & Cons of Pet Ownership
Pro #1 - Brisk am walks/jogs/runs
Con #1 -Brisk am walks/jogs/runs
Pro #2 -Having another person to share your life with - Life is fun with Luna, a little stressing with miles on my lap, Zoe asking a gazillion questions and a 35lb dog sitting on my feet, but fun none the less
Con #2-Having another person to share (but not contribute to) your financial budget- In for days we managed to spend $200. on this dog!! She's gonna have to get a part-time seeing eye dog position or something... lol
Pro #3 -Being greeted every morning with a wagging tail - She seems happy all the time, I wonder what dogs think about all day - I'd love to have that kind of positive outlook on life all day.
Pro #3 -Having that wagging tail unexpectedly whack you against your leg - Did I tell you how strong this dog was? one tail whack and you're limping for sure.
Pro #4 - Having a fast learning dog who will do anything to please you - In four days Luna has learned to sit, heel, and is working on stay.
Con#4 - Having a fast learning dog who will do anything to please you- In four days Luna has learned how to push the chair from in front of the kitchen door and get into the kitchen and "serve herself dinner".
Pro #5 - Health Benefit - I mean come on...how can you not be healthy with a dog? You take long walks, your stress levels are lower, you have someone who you can tell all your problems to who wont judge you....
Con#5 - Long walks in the rain, long walks in the wind...
Monday, April 6, 2009
Serenity Now!
In The words of Frank Costanza (Seinfield) "Serenity NOW!!"
Saturday, April 4, 2009
Friday, April 3, 2009
20 lbs... in 121 days?? I think I can
When It comes to exercising I can do it. I can do 100 sit ups, and 50 push ups -in a week of course. I can run fast and pretty far, and apparently I can do Yoga. But it seems like once I hit the 5lb mark I hit a wall.
I'm not trying to get to the point where I can wear "skinny jeans", but I do want to be able to walk without my inner thighs rubbing together. Don't you dare laugh... I am not the only person that happens to. I want a Size Medium shirt to look like a Medium and not a SMedium as Kyle calls it and I definitely don't want Mommawheel cracking on my "young" shirts...give me a break! I'm not looking to wear a string bikini (eeew just the thought of one of those things stuck up in my butt makes me laugh), but a two piece would be awesome... I'm tried of wearing theese silly one piece swim suits... My 8 year old wears a two piece WHY CAN'T I??
Okay.. 20 lbs is doable, I mean it's only 0.16lb a day. 1.12 lb a week.. arghhhh that already sounds like too much.
Please follow me on this journey - join in if you'd like. I'm sure it's going to be a fun, bumpy, and maybe even stressing time.
My starting weight 161.5lbs
Target weight loss 20.0lbs
Ideal weight 141.5lbs
Weight loss to date 2.0lbs
Can I go from this... to this??
(um that lady on the left is not me.. no really it a'int.. I'm serious)
Check back every Friday to see... and maybe even fall out laughing
The countdown has begun...
We (kyle actually) reserved our vacation upon Carnival Cruise lines yesterday, but reality hit today when I received an e-mail from them assigning our cabin.
Kyle and I fell in love with cruising when we took our first one 7 years ago on our honeymoon. Since then we have been on 4. We just love the all inclusiveness that comes along with cruising. For one price we get 4 star dining, entertainment and accommodations. All You can eat EVERYTHING, Free room services, and lest not forget the 20-30 foot slide mid ship. This year we were kind of leaning towards a all inclusive resort like ClubMed or Apple, but were not sure... We weren't too sure just how kid friendly some of these places were, how the destination was, and what to really expect. We had been on Carnival before, so we know the child care policy, we know about entertainment and best of all we get to visit more than one place.
I am so elated!
So I have officially began counting down the days until August 22nd. I've began researching the ports of call (Cozumel, Mexico; Belize; Costa Maya, Mexico and Nassau; Bahamas) and planing events for the two days at sea. Did I tell you I was Hype??
Unlike our last cruise, I will take full advantage of on ship childcare. Last time I was all scary, thinking that it wouldn't really be a family vacation if we weren't together.... let me put it like this...WHATEVA! The kids are going to do their thang while Kyle and I have some clean adult fun... And guess what?? I won't even feel guilty.
I'm really looking forward to crossing a few items off of my bucket list, I understand Belize is a nice place for water skiing... we'll see about that one
Thursday, April 2, 2009
Ok, Here we go....
For starters it was Thursday..one day closer to FRIDAAAYYYYY!!!!, and one of our employees had called out....I know it's kinda weird for an employer to be happy when someone calls out, but I have been so close to slapping this person that a day away from them was actually good.
Kyle and I were giving each other's High Fives all day!
At around lunch time when all the kids finally fell asleep I ran out to Whole foods and discovered these tofu "hot dogs" that are amazing. The package advised against frying, but who can really resist a fried hot dog?? Not me. I ignored the directions, and fried that baby up with some onions and green peppers, threw it on a whole wheat bun and was in pure bliss... I ended up eating two! Then Kyle decided that today was the day to book our annual family vacation. And we ended up saving over $1,100.!!! When he told me the total cost I was like BOOK IT! BOOK IT! BOOK THE DARN THING ALREADY!!! He Booked it. When we told Zoe she let out the scream I had been holding in all day! VAAACCCAAAAATTTIONNNNNN!!!!! - She was like Howard Dean on the Campaign trail back in 2004...
By the time we got home I was exhausted, but since Kyle was in class I was playing single mom for the night... Whew! those kids can tire you out in a heartbeat, and to make matters worse Kyle came home and was all upset about someone parking their car on our driveway... It's really irking. I can't understand how its so easy for people to invade your space, but get all upset when you scuff their shoes by accident, or look at them the "wrong" way. We did the right thing and knocked on our neighbor's doors to see if they had visitors, but after they all denied it we call the po po. The cops came in like 5 minutes, but couldn't do anything other than writing a ticket... A TICKET??
By the end of the night I was like "you can divorce me if you want, but you ain't leaving' me with these kids." -that's our running joke around here.

