February 25, 2008
move with me
one more time!
i have my own domain name now.
and i was trying desperately to learn all things code in order to move by tomorrow. which incidentally is the exact date that i started blogging 2 years ago.
anyway, i’m moving. and deleting this here blog by tomorrow. yes, that quickly. i have content in several places and i think i’m single-handledly breaking the internet.
i couldn’t get it polished. argh. i worked so hard to get it just right just to realize that i know absolutely nothing and i need to just admit defeat and start posting in an unfinished place. and y’all can rejoice with me as i work out all the bugs.
as always, i’m a work in progress.
having said all that here’s where you can find me. spread the word. and i’ll be around to all y’all’s sites soon to let you know where i am.
February 24, 2008
I’M SO ANGRY
(we’ll get back to the moving the site thing later - right now, i want to post this on every site i have.)
i have a friend that posts on the homeschooling site with me. she posted this message tonight. i read it and i honestly thought, no offense girl friend!, that it couldn’t possibly be as bad as she described. but it is.
just in case you don’t follow the link i will recount her experience and what followed. because i’m that mad.
in fact, i’ll just quote her and then i’ll tell you my story.
“You’re the Photographer
Just yesterday we went to Taco Bell. I wanted to be kind and get some tacos for the children. In the bag was Purple Taco Bell Hot Sauce packets. Purple? Well, that’s new. On the packet there was a website URL address. What is this I wonder? I type in the url and it takes me to a vitural photographer activity where YOU are the photographer and a string bikini clad model is waiting for you in a virtual setting. The object of the game is to snap some shots of her. No matter where on the screen you try to manuever the camera lens, it defaults you to her chest and behind. She glares sensually into the camera posing in sexually suggestive poses.I am appalled!So I call 1-800-TACO-BELL and speak to a representative and explain why this frustrates me and that I am concerned about children finding this website. She says, “Let me go to our site and see what I can find.” She types in tacobell.com and doesn’t see it, Yet when you click on the purple hot sauce packet it takes you there.I told her that I will not be a patron at Taco Bell anymore unless this campaign stops immediately. I said, “How dare Taco Bell have an ad campaign like this! Not only is it innapropriate, but to add the link to this website to their own packets is just disgusting.”
Families who value any kind of decency should call their number and file their grievance.
She herself was upset at the description I gave her. She said she would be sure to let them know how I felt and I assured her other families would be calling her soon. So please call today. Families need to take a stand and let their voices be heard!”
so, being a little disbelieving and cynical i google taco bell. just to make sure i have the real site. yep. i go the official site. the site right now is built around this campaign. big purple packet. i click it. i click that yes, i am up for the game. and that’s it - i’m snapping shots of a model’s body parts in a string bikini. maybe on the surface this is not that big of a deal in our current society. except that i have children. i have boys who will have to deal with these things. i have a daughter that i have to train up differently than this girl who used to be somebody’s little 2 year old princess. and it’s not like it’s a victoria’s secret site. it’s fast food, people. FAST FOOD. they put the packet with the url right there on it in the sack. not a flier with a “we’ll mail you something with the url.” no. it makes me furious. from the magazines that are in walmart eye level and next to the candy at the check out to the wall-sized posters of the victoria’s secrets’ models facing into the mall to fast food. i consider myself to be somewhat lenient and understanding. we don’t wear ankle-length dresses around here. i do go to the mall occasionally. i read harry potter and i didn’t support the walt disney boycott. (no offense, again, to all my friends who fit these categories!) but i will be calling 1-800-taco-bell during their business hours to complain. and i will not be eating there until this is resolved. and i will post this everywhere i can. and i will beg y’all to make calls. and i will make a difference for decency and i will attempt to make the world a little better for my little ones. or at least to keep it from getting decidedly worse. will you join me?
February 21, 2008
did i just say “bag of bones”?
yep.
and you can see just what on earth i was talking about over on Heart of the Matter…
February 20, 2008
do not dysterbe!
my oldest had his magnadoodle lying on his chest for me to find.
very fine, sir.
February 15, 2008
bloggy break
i know, i know, we’ve been here before. this time i’m taking a not-completely-non-money-related break. i have realized that i’m spread too thin at this season. i will focus more on looking at y’all’s sites and helping with the homeschooling sites. i will sit and watch cinderella with my kids and celebrate, not just endure, this very busy season of everyone stuck inside and having a 2 year old and an almost 1 year old. because right now, it’s kickin’ my boot-ay. and i ‘ve prayed about it and need to refocus for just a while. and my husband surprised me with an incredible valentine’s present - i will have my own domain name and will completely host my own site. so i will be working behind the scenes to get that site up and going. i will still blog as the inspiration hits and i will try to update on the kiddos when i can. by all means, please don’t unlink me!! and i’ll be sure to let you know when i’m back full time. you know me, that could be 6 months or it could be tomorrow! (and knowing me, it’ll probably be closer to tomorrow.) i just need to take the pressure off. it’s the equivalent of the weekly asking of my husband to tell me it’s perfectly okay to live in an absolutely funky disgusting house. to which he always replies, “of course.” and then he drives home to find the house in tip-top shape. i just need to know that i have taken all the pressure away.
so, i’ll be seein’ ya. just on your sites more!
February 14, 2008
way cool
there’s a new place to hang out!
it’s called the Homeschool Lounge and it’s awesome! come check it out! and read all about here!
February 12, 2008
reading and dictatorships
my oldest (and my next to oldest, for that matter!) has finally started reading. as in reading real-life stuff like signs and billboards and stuff, not just the hooked on phonics or 100 easy lessons books. yea! everybody do a little happy dance with me! proof i’m not failing too miserably at the teaching my children thing.
and so while in the capital city the other night my oldest starts sounding out in the back seat: “huh-oo-tuh-ur-s, huhooturs, hooters?! what’s that?”
my quick-witted husband said, “hooters, you know like the owls, hoo, hoo, hooters. i think they serve owl there. do you wanna go eat some owl?” a very quick “no!” from the back seat and the moment passed.
i took a deep breath and briefly cursed the freedom of our country that we actually encourage our youngsters to learn to read. can’t we just control everything, like big brother?!
February 11, 2008
conversations from a public bathroom
while pottying all three of my oldest (and myself) in a restaurant bathroom last night:
the oldest: “mama, why don’t you pee like daddy pees?”
me: “well, um, God made boys and girls differently and if i tried to pee like daddy pees i’d make a big ol’ mess.”
the middle and the girl: hysterical laughter.
the oldest (on the way out the door): “so, it’s like girls have guns but no aimers.”
February 9, 2008
for those of you who care
in reference to my spouting off, i have updates.
if you’re a tv junkie, like me, this might interest you. and here’s how it would actually affect you.
