Lately, this thought occurs to me very often ... How on Earth do people go without ever having children? I suppose it is because, well, they have never had children of their own so they don't really know what they are missing.
A good friend once told me that their reasoning for not having a child was that it scared them to death to be responsible for another human being. I told this person that I thought that was a weak excuse.
If you don't want kids, fine. Don't miss out on something so wonderful just because you are scared!
It's like driving. Weren't you terrified the first time you got behind a wheel? It was something you had been watching people do for years, (much like raising a child; you get better at it as you go along.) but your hands were still a little damp when you grasped the steering wheel into your possession. Here you are though, all these years later... driving. Sure people have wrecks all the time. Think about it! Somewhere out in the big world a toddler is eating a crayon. Much like a fender-bender.... when your car doesn't look the same after, the toddlers poop does not look the same after. It may be blue for a few days... Depending on what color they actually ate. :)
Random Roundabouts
How can I work for such a fantatic company, yet others work for way less than fantastic companies?
Why does swiss cheese have hole... I think I'm gonna have to look that up.
Why is depression genetic?
How hard would it be to afford a weekly massage?.... OK, monthly massage?
Ohhhh... or how much would it be to hire someone to address the four loads of clean clothes that need to be folded that are currently piled up in my bedroom in baskets? And to clean the bathroom.
Jacob is obsessed with choo-choos. When his choo-choo has a wreck... it comes out of his mouth and sounds like he's saying rape...I know, our first word faux-pas. It really could be worse... I think.
Why didn't I find clean eating before now? Yummy and easy... thankyouverymuch!
How is it possible for people to love a little person that has totally turned their lives upside down, sooo much?
Why does swiss cheese have hole... I think I'm gonna have to look that up.
Why is depression genetic?
How hard would it be to afford a weekly massage?.... OK, monthly massage?
Ohhhh... or how much would it be to hire someone to address the four loads of clean clothes that need to be folded that are currently piled up in my bedroom in baskets? And to clean the bathroom.
Jacob is obsessed with choo-choos. When his choo-choo has a wreck... it comes out of his mouth and sounds like he's saying rape...I know, our first word faux-pas. It really could be worse... I think.
Why didn't I find clean eating before now? Yummy and easy... thankyouverymuch!
How is it possible for people to love a little person that has totally turned their lives upside down, sooo much?
There is an art to making a bed...
Now, I know that most all of you out there know how to make a bed. Generally, I never make my bed. The only time I do is when I want to fold laundry on it our something of that nature.
Some moms can attest to what i am about to explain.
There is an art to making a bed with a toddler jumping on it. You have to be spread the sheet out just so. Then as you try to smooth it out, be careful not to pull it while their little toes are touching the bed. That means, straighten whilst they are mid-air. Repeat with other clankets and/or spreads.
Some people, (especially my mother) don't understand why I don't just spank him for being unruly. I say to heck with convention. He'll only be my baby boy once. Letting him have fun and be a kid, in turn helps keep me young!
Some moms can attest to what i am about to explain.
There is an art to making a bed with a toddler jumping on it. You have to be spread the sheet out just so. Then as you try to smooth it out, be careful not to pull it while their little toes are touching the bed. That means, straighten whilst they are mid-air. Repeat with other clankets and/or spreads.
Some people, (especially my mother) don't understand why I don't just spank him for being unruly. I say to heck with convention. He'll only be my baby boy once. Letting him have fun and be a kid, in turn helps keep me young!
A Good Night's Sleep
I just want to say thank you to my sweet son Jacob. He slept all night in his "toddler bed" for the first time last night!
Get A Clue You Idiot!
Sometimes, I think that it would be better if parents have to pass some sort of licensing test. I mean, some people are not good drivers and manage to get a drivers license. But this parental license might keep the super-bad, utterly horrible parents from reproducing.
There would be simple rules to life after being granted parental licenses.
There would be simple rules to life after being granted parental licenses.
1. You must love your child!
2. You must be able to put your child first, (no matter how selfish you were in you pre-parental days).
3. You must feed the child.
4.You must wash the child.
5. Protect the child against all dangers. (That would be real or the imagined kind... because it's really,really dark in their bedroom.)
6.You must put shoes or at least socks on your child's feet. Even if this means you yourself must go without shoes and/or socks. (see rule #2)
Come on people! Really...? Is it that hard to put some damn shoes on your kids bare feet... (we are talkin' toddler child, not a smarmy 15 year old)... before you take them out to Big Lots? It was way cold this last weekend. "Can I see your parental license please?"
Yellow snow might be yummy...
When is the last time any of us have had snow cream? For many North-Georgians, I am guessing it's been awhile. So, now is the time to take advantage!
Use good clean snow. After you have a dusting, get ready to harvest your snow. Better to collect while it's falling. Then add sugar,vanilla extract, milk... measurement is not a science I use for this. It is kind of a "eye ball it" and a "to taste" type thing. Therefore, you decide your own consistency and sweetness.
This will give it a yellow hue...
Enjoy!
Use good clean snow. After you have a dusting, get ready to harvest your snow. Better to collect while it's falling. Then add sugar,vanilla extract, milk... measurement is not a science I use for this. It is kind of a "eye ball it" and a "to taste" type thing. Therefore, you decide your own consistency and sweetness.
This will give it a yellow hue...
Enjoy!
So this is christmas....?
Well, gone are all the duties that come with the holiday season. That is for the vast majority of christmas celebrators that work themselves into a tizzy. Luckily, I am not one of those fools.... I mean folks.
We got to enjoy a couple of long weekends with our sweet boy. It made it hard to back and face a full work week today. But, so is life. I am glad i actually have a wonderful job to go back to.
Happy new year to all, and to all a good night!
We got to enjoy a couple of long weekends with our sweet boy. It made it hard to back and face a full work week today. But, so is life. I am glad i actually have a wonderful job to go back to.
Happy new year to all, and to all a good night!
Happy Holidays
I can't wait for Santa to show up! I hope Jacob has as much fun with the toys as Santa had shopping for them!
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