shhhhh.....it's the thursday 13

13 THINGS I NEED TO BE DOING BESIDES THIS!!!

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EMPTYING THE DISHWASHER
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LOADING THE DISHWASHER
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WASHING THE NEVERENDING PILE OF CLOTHES
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PUTTING AWAY THE CLOTHES I WASHED YESTERDAY
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SWEEPING THE KITCHEN
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BAKING CUPCAKES FOR W's CLASS TOMORROW
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MAKING FIRE HOSE FOR FIREMAN COSTUME
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MAKING LION COSTUME FOR THE BABY
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READING MY BIBLE
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EMPTYING MY CAMERA TO MAKE ROOM FOR TOMORROWS COSTUME PARADE
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LOOKING FOR 3 THINGS FOR THE KIDS TO COLLECT CANDY IN
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ORGANIZING THE PANTRY
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TAKING 3 ADVIL

I'll be glad when Halloween finally gets here so we can ENJOY it and preparing for it will finally be over. Happy Pumpkin Day everybody!!

I do love my kids...REALLY I DO!!!

A friend/blogging buddy that shall remain nameless and I were talking tonight about what we blog about. More to the point, what we DON'T blog about. I, personally, don't blog about my kids very often. Why? Well, I don't really know. I guess it's because I'm with them almost all of the time and I'm a little saturated with the goings on of our family. I love them...all of them...and I do talk about them all of the time to friends and family but don't feel the need to write about them. Upon further introspection I came to the conclusion that there's just too much to say and I wouldn't know when to stop. I mean, do you really want to know the day to day ins and outs of daily victories such as convincing Ben he doesn't need to wear his Superman costume to go feed the ducks or the defeat of my not being able to go on his class trip to the Pumpkin Patch??? I ate lunch with Will at his school last week but his teacher said parents couldn't stay for the Bus Safety puppet show. Nathan is hitting every milestone and is perfect in every way except isn't talking so the pedciatritian says he needs to be referred out if he doesn't start by 18 months. Kelly has had a couple of great interviews but hasn't been led to the perfect job yet. We know it exists because the Lord leads our steps and will open the perfect door in His perfect timing. So, there ya go. Besides, other than the aforementioned nameless friend, who knows who even really even reads this thing anyway, so who cares??? Well, I guess it's settled then. I'll write about the kids occasionally but more often than not it'll be more nonsense about how I love to make lists and won't go into flea markets because of the musty smell. How I won't be in the choir at church because I cry too much during the music and that I dream in Technicolor and in crazy vivid detail. And I certainly need to share my handy household tips that I've written up for an upcoming Thursday 13!! Every post is a cobweb cleared in the dusty attic that is my overloaded and cluttered brain so here's to you, nameless friend. Get out your dustpan...this could get messy!!

Thursday 13 @ 8pm, 7 Central

Things I like to watch on TV...

New Adventures of Old Christine
Cities of the Underworld
Good Eats
How'd They Make That
NOVA
Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends
Deadliest Catch
Weather on the 8's
Everyday Italian
The occasional Infomercial
The Today Show with Hoda and Kathie Lee
How I Met Your Mother
Man vs Wild

This Thursday 13 is useless!!

Sometimes I wish I could run a defrag on my brain. I've got so much random crap in there that it's rediculous. Here's what I mean...

<-> There are no snakes in Ireland (except at the zoo)

<-> Jay Leno's wife, Mavis, was on a committee that was nominated for a Nobel Peace Prize.


<-> Eating too many apple seeds can kill you (ok, maybe not totally useless).

<-> Most bats are born in June.


<-> Prince Charles and Prince William can never fly on the same plane.


<-> Men's Sport Coats have buttons on the sleeves so back in the day Roman soldiers wouldn't wipe their noses on them...nice.


<-> There are no clocks in casinos.


<-> The man operating the Robot in "Lost in Space" was not the same guy that was the voice of the Robot. Danger, Danger Will Robinson!!


<-> Buddy Ebson (Jed Clampett) was supposed to be the Tin Man in the Wizard of Oz but was allergic to the silver paint.


<-> Shaggy's first name is Norville.


<-> Your height is roughly equal to the furthest distance from middle fingertip to middle fingertip when arms are held out to the sides.


<-> The more sugar wine has in it, the less alcohol it has.


<-> Whole milk only has about 3 and a half % milk fat.

This could easily have turned into the Thursday 33.

You might hate this Thursday 13 because.....

I really hate it when...

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I go outside in the morning and walk face first into a spider web.

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I get kicked off AOL. I don't know who the Remote Host is but he hates me.

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Kids think they have to make bad choices to be cool and/or accepted.

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I turn on the radio to listen to Handel on the Law (Saturdays 12-3 AM 750) and instead, Captain Herb's NASCAR show is on.

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People get hurt trying to help other people.

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I sneeze while my mascara is still wet.

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My six year old comes home and asks me about things he heard at school that aren't

age appropriate.

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The tab on a diaper breaks.

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Hollywood puts aweful words in PG-13 movies that aren't posted in the review and you're trying to watch it with your friends...AWKWARD!!

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I load the dishwasher and put the soap in and the next morning realize that I forgot to turn it on.

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I want to watch Grey's Anatomy and The Office but they're on at the same time.

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I try to floss and when I pull the string, there's only 2" left.

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And one of the things I hate the most is .....

When Elizabeth on the View, WON'T SHUUUUUUT UUUUUUUP!!!!

Is Paul Mitchell trying to kill me???

Well if he doesn't, my shower curtain will.

Back in 2001 when I was pregnant with B., I had my first realization of what certain things can, and do, do to your body. I didn't color my hair or use nail polish during any of my pregnancies. And I'm not one to believe everything I read but lately I've started to make sense of it all. Our bodies are like sponges and everything we put onto them soaks in, not to mention all the things we breathe. (ie. fumes from vinyl shower curtains) Now, I'm not gonna go ripping out my cabinets because they're made with formaldehyde (<--had to spell check that one!!) but I am going to make smarter choices and not replace my counter tops with granite because they can emit radon or buy sippy cups made with BPA. We've replaced scurvy and the plague with cancer and, well, more cancer for heaven's sake.....why continue to make those choices that'll tip that unstable scale in the wrong direction??? I may be lazy about a lot of things but this is too easy NOT to do. That said, we've made more than a few changes at our house. Ok, I made the changes and the rest of the family just lives with it. So, what have we done, you ask??? Sodium Laureth is the foaming agent in shampoos and toothpaste and is linked to cancer. And did you know it's also used in garage floor cleaners, engine degreasers and car wash soaps??? Bert's Bees doesn't have it so we've switched to their shampoo, conditioner, kids shampoo/wash and even their baby bee diaper ointment which also works on the baby's eczema. (Yes, Bert's Bees products are a little more expensive but the ones I've used are at least 96+% natural and the shampoo is more concentrated anyway so it lasts longer than a cheap bottle of the same size. Besides, if you're using 88 cent shampoo, you'll have 88 cent hair. Live a little why don'tcha?) There are several natural tooth pastes that don't have the Sodium Laureth either and that's on the to-do list. The FDA doesn't regulate fragrances used in products and there are many things hidden there that we're not aware of. Anti-Persperant has aluminum in it. ALUMINUM!! If I wanted aluminum in my arm pits, I'd stick a piece of tin foil under there!! Baby Powder (which is really 100% corn starch) is my alternative. (Ok, so I still sneak a swipe of my Dove on those hot, humid days) We also don't use anything with aspartame...don't EVEN get me started on people that give their kids Diet Coke!! (Or soda of ANY kind, actually) And with the birth of our newest little one came the change to buying more and more organic food which was really important since I've always made all of my own baby food. It is a little more but not that much. For the price of a delivered pizza and a 2 liter soda, we cover the cost of buying organic stuff for a month. How can you possibly argue with that? And why in the world would I want to give my kids meat that has antibiotics in it??? I KNOW...These poisons are very, very minimal but over time, they build up and trigger things I don't even want to think about. Like it says in the bible...you have to have more than just faith. I pray God's protection over my children every day but he left them in my care and it's my job to be a good steward of that responsibility. Like I'm gonna to go to Publix and look at my baby in the buggy and say "Well, honey, the organic sliced carrots are 30 cents more...sorry. But we went to Taco Bell Yesterday!!!"

It's all about choices, that's all I'm saying.

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UPDATE:

Thursday, October 9: On a trip to Trader Joes today, I was able to check the above mentioned TOOTHPASTE off of my to-do list.

Philippians 2:1-18 NIV

Why I do the things I do : To give God the glory!!

If you have any encouragement from being united with Christ, if any comfort from His love, if any fellowship with the Spirit, if any tenderness and compassion, then make my joy complete by being like-minded, having the same love, being one in spirit and purpose. Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit, but in humility consider others better than yourselves. Each of you should look not only to your own interests, but also to the interests of others.
Your attitude should be the same as that of Christ Jesus: Who, being in very nature God, did not consider equality with God something to be grasped, but made Himself nothing, taking the very nature of a servant, being made in human likeness. And being found in appearance as a man, He humbled Himself and became obedient to death— even death on a cross! Therefore God exalted Him to the highest place and gave Him the name that is above every name, that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, in heaven and on earth and under the earth, and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.
Therefore, my dear friends, as you have always obeyed—not only in my presence, but now much more in my absence—continue to work out your salvation with fear and trembling for it is God who works in you to will and to act according to his good purpose.
Do everything without complaining or arguing, so that you may become blameless and pure, children of God without fault in a crooked and depraved generation, in which you shine like stars in the universe as you hold out the word of life—in order that I may boast on the day of Christ that I did not run or labor for nothing. But even if I am being poured out like a drink offering on the sacrifice and service coming from your faith, I am glad and rejoice with all of you. So you too should be glad and rejoice with me.

Thursday 13 things I can never remember

The difference between "A"ffect and "E"ffect
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Whether we'll be going into Daylight Savings time or out of it
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Which way my ceiling fan is supposed to spin in the summer/winter
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The password to our online bank account
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The name of almost everybody I've met less than 5 times
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The number of the room where I teach Cubbies
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To take my grocery list INTO the grocery store
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To pick the right movie I want from Netflix before they're mailed
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Our fax number
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To use the raincheck for the carwash before it expires
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How to spell completely. I have to spellcheck EVERY time!!
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What night Big Bang Theory comes on
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To give away the free baby formula that came in the mail... 6 MONTHS AGO!!