Conversations with Henry

Me: Henry! Be careful! You just poked me in the eye!
Henry (approximately 3 inches from my eye): I poke your eye? I see your eyeball. Open your eyeball.
Me: No Henry.
Henry: Open please your eyeball. Open please your eyeball. Open please your eyeball.
Me: Fine, Henry. Don't poke it.
Henry (approximately 1 inch from my eye): MOM! A baby is in your eyeball!

Yes, Henry was amazed by his reflection in my eyeball. It's the little things, huh?

My little environmentalist

Me: Is that your second soda today? (the rule is one soda, if ANY!)
Keith: Yes (at least he doesn't lie, right?)
Me: Did Daddy say you could have it? (because I sure as heck didn't!)
Keith: No. I got it so YOU didn't have to waste water. (emphasis on the YOU)

OK, you got me. How do you argue with that one?

I was on CNN!

How funny is that? Actually, a tweet from twitter of mine was on CNN, but Don Lemon said "Amy" and was referring to *this* Amy. And my picture was on there. Just ask Keith! And what makes it even better is I ABSOLUTELY LOVE CNN. I could watch it 10 hours a day. I probably do lol.

Random Findings on the Web

10 Most Insane Medical Practices in History
an excerpt:

To aide the stressed 19th-century mother, a series of "soothing syrups," lozenges and powders were created, all which were carefully formulated to ensure they were safe for use by those most vulnerable members of the family. Oh, no, wait. Actually, they pumped each bottle full of as many narcotics as it could hold.

No, I'm not getting any ideas. Really, I'm not.

I am JEALOUS!

So, as you probably know, Obama is on his train ride to the Inauguration and stopped in Wilmington, DE. He's giving a speech there. RIGHT IN FRONT OF MY FRIEND'S HOUSE!!! Who gets that lucky??? Why can't *I* live on the Wilmington riverfront? And why didn't I think about making an unannounced visit to my friend's house?? I can't wait for Tuesday - it seems like it was ages ago that Obama won the presidential election. I can't wait to see what will happen once he is president.

And in other news, a plane crashed in the Hudson. Sorry, that was mean. I think the pilot of that plane has some absolutely AMAZING piloting skills. And if I was to ever fly again, I would hope that he'd be my pilot. However, that plane crash and the ensuing news coverage (you know, 500+ hours on CNN?) has thoroughly convinced me that flying is NOT the way to go. Good thing my friend already HAD her wedding in Miami, because I would NOT be flying down there this May. Nope. It took a lot of gin and tonic to get me to fly down there two years ago!

Two Things...

Okay, I'll jump on the bandwagon, Anita!

Two Names You Go By: Amy, Mom
Two Things You Are Wearing Right now: Jeans and a tank top (yes, I KNOW it's 30 degrees out!)
Two Things You Want Very badly At the Moment: A Wii, but I'm restraining myself, and Keith to just chill out
Two People Who Will Fill This Out (and post a comment here to tell us..) Heck if I know
Two things you did last night: Fed Caroline, and fed Caroline. Oh, and fed Caroline some more.
Two things you ate yesterday: Taco salad and risotto
Things you're doing tomorrow: Going to the post office and updating a couple of web sites even if it kills me.
Two longest car rides: California to Pennsylvania and Pennsylvania to Wyoming with a 10 month old.
Two favorite Holidays: Christmas and Labor Day
Two favorite vacation spots: I don't do vacations much, but Wyoming is nice. So was Miami!
Two favorite beverages: coffee and white wine. No, not together.

What do you think?

I've got a new look! Like it? Thanks to The Cutest Blog on the Block for making free templates available - there were so many choices!

Oh, please.

Good thing Advil's my pain reliever of choice. Because this Motrin ad is right up there with the Saturn ads of the 1990's which said Saturns were a car you'd let your wife drive. Guess who doesn't own a Saturn?!? This offical mom, that's who!

What's the luck?!?

So I went to Target today. I had to pick up some wrapping paper for Henry's presents, so it was a quick run in, get a mocha, get some wrapping paper, run out trip. When I got back to the parking lot, I walked up to my car, and this lady came up to me. "Is this your Toyota minivan?" she asked... "Yes" I answered....

"I ran into it." she replied.

ARE YOU FREAKING KIDDING ME???????????????????????????????????

Who has that kind of luck?!?!? So the back corner of my van is all banged up. It's not too bad, considering that we've totalled two cars in the past four months, but still. My insurance agent is going to rue the day he ever sold me insurance!!!!!

Since Meg hates me....

I'll pass it along lol!

Tagged

Rules:
1. People who are tagged need to post these rules, and 8 random habits/facts/quirks about themselves.
2. At the end of the post you need to choose 8 people to get tagged and list their names.


Ok, 8 random habits/facts/quirks

1. I eat frosting out of the can. Yes, I know what's in it (or isn't!), no I don't care.
2. I haven't had a W in my name in almost a decade, but it's still in my email address.
3. I don't eat the last bite of a hot dog. Drives Ed crazy.
4. I don't drink coffee from the bottom of the pot. That's just common sense lol.
5. I went to a women's college.
6. I was going to be a parole officer.
7. I don't drink milk. Ever. It's gross.
8. I am a HUGE supporter of homebirth... but you all knew that, didn't you?

So 8 people to get tagged (sorry guys! Blame Meg!)

1. Jessi
2. Jamie
3. Anita
4. Heather in AZ (b/c you're not busy enough!)
5. Val
6. TK
7. Michelle
8. Nik

And yes, if you think I'm talking about you, I am :) If you don't have a blog (shame on you!) leave your 8 in the comments!

Rainy Saturday music

Well, it's rainy, the house is clean, and I am bored. So, brought to you by the letter L is some music for your listening enjoyment.

More comic relief!

Palin as President

Nifty Widgits. Or gadgets. Or whatever.

I am in love with the gadgets on Blogger! Well, maybe they're called widgits. Whatever - I love them no matter what their name is! I especially love the Followers doohickey. I am so nosy anyways, that being able to see who reads my blog is just too cool. So feel free to click the little 'follow now' link over there on the left so I can see you, too. And the list of blogs I read? Priceless, because now I can see what's been updated since the last time I read, so I don't have to go through a million blogs in the hopes that some were updated. There are so many more gadgets which are just too cool - beware, I might add them all lol. I might just need to get out more, now that I think about it.

Things you never thought you'd say before kids

"Why does your brother have a lego stuck up his nose?"

yeah. Enough said. So what have you said that you never thought you'd ever say (let alone NEED to say)?

I love Nigeria!

No, really, I do. I mean, where else would I get my daily (some days hourly) dose of humor if it wasn't for the small (??? I'm guessing here. I don't actually know too much about Nigeria, other than I'm thinking I'm NOT related to all these dead rich people there) country which appears to have some type of epidemic going on. I mean, what else could explain all of these dead people with no next of kin and millions of dollars? I NEVER KNEW I had so many long lost relatives. Oh wait, maybe I'm not related to them... maybe our last names just have a letter in common, and that entitles me to their huge inheritance. Who knows. But anyways, you have to love the stories they come up with. My absolute favorites are the ones which start "Dear Sister in Christ." Those ones REALLY crack me up. No one addresses me as their dear sister in Christ except for random people from Nigeria looking for someone to dump millions of US dollars onto. Anyways, for those of you who don't get Nigeria letters (of course, if you don't get a Nigeria letter every once in a while I'm thinking you're not reading my blog, because you probably don't have email, or, for that matter, a computer), here you go. Have a laugh!

Dear Sir/Madam,

I am highly delighted to be in contact with you and sorry
for the embarrassment this mail might be to you as we have
not met or known each other before but please feel free to
write me back and let me know if you can be of help.

I am Mr. Don Williams. I was a good friend to Late Mr. Roy
J. a national of your country, who until his death has no
wife nor son or daughter to claim his assets hence he was
buried here.

He was a contractor and has spent most of his life in my
country Nigeria. Mr. Roy J. were involved in a car accident
along Benin/Onitsha express road and unfortunately lost his
life on the 27th day of September 2006 at Onitsha. Since
then I have made several enquiries to your country embassy
to locate any of my friends extended relatives, this has
also proved unsuccessful hence: he has no next-of-kin at the
time of his death.

After these several unsuccessful attempts, I decided to
contact you since all my effort to trace or locate any
member of his family failed me so that you as a foreigner
will assist me as my late friend next-of-kin in repatriating
the assets and Capital valued at US$6.5 million left behind
by my friend before it gets confiscated by the bank where
these huge deposits were lodged as treasury bills.

The said Bank in Nigeria has issued me a notice to provide
the next of Kin or have the Treasury bill confiscated. Since
I have been unsuccessful in locating any of my friend's
elatives for over three Months now, I seek the consent to
present you as the Next-of-kin to the deceased since you has
the same last name with my late friend, so that the proceeds
ofthis treasury bill can be paid to you.

Therefore, on receipt of your positive response, we shall
then discuss the sharing ratio and modalities for claim. I
have all the necessary information needed to back you up for
the claim. All I require from you is your honest cooperation
to enable us see this transaction through.

I guarantee that this will be executed under a legitimate
arrangement that will protect you from any breach of the
law. Reply through my alternative e-mail address:
don_williams2000@hotmail.com

I wait to hear from you soon.

Sincerely,

Mr Don Williams

Cows like M&Ms too!

I think we should be scared lol. But, hey, M&Ms got me through college, so they can't be ALL bad, right?!?

Read the story here!

And as the cost of grains and corn has gone up because of the interest in ethanol, feeding cattle strictly corn is too expensive, reports the Wall Street Journal. So farmers are now moving to alternatives such as m&m's and potato chips mixed in with their corn, frankly because its cheaper.

I'm curious!

Who's blog is www.wishesforjenn.blogspot.com? I want to read it!