Medicating Momma

Some days I look back and wonder how I managed to make it through the early days of motherhood unmediated, oh not that I’m medicated now--a mother can wish can’t she?  No you see my doctor tends to mistake being on the verge of a nervous breakdown with depression so I’m stuck either taking Zoloft or going insane…I choose going insane, it makes for a better blog post!

Getting back to my original thought (my ADD is showing again) I do often wonder how I managed to be a mom at 19.  Next month I’ll be, well let’s just say I’ll be celebrating my 30th birthday again this year and every year after that until my wrinkles and sagging skin clearly require me to pretend to be 40, and I am no better at being a mother now than I was at 19.  Admitting that is kind of like admitting that you stop and stare at car accidents, you know you should never tell anyone, but it’s still the sad, ugly truth.  You see it’s not that I’m a bad mom I just don’t seem to be progressing like I should, or at least that’s what I envision my therapist telling me…if I had one.  Take today for instance, I decided over Christmas break that I was going to start potty training my two year old after the holidays…yes well Little Man had other plans.  Here’s an excerpt from our conversation this morning:

Me:  Alright Bub you know what today is?

Little Man:  (Excited) What mom mom?

Me:  (Equally excited) It’s time to be a big boy!

Little Man:  (Still excited) Yeah!

Me:  Let’s go get your big boy undies!

Little Man:  (Confused and clearly not excited anymore) I not!

At this point Little Man has folded his arms on his chest in an act of clear defiance and turned away from me…this is not going to be easy.

Me:  But don’t you wanna be a big boy like Bub Bub?

Little Man:  I not wear unawears!

Me:  Well tough cookies little boy I’m tired of buying diapers and changing your stinky butt.

10 minutes later!

Little Man:  Mom Mom I farted in my butt…change me  (this is the most annoying thing he says and he says it at least 50 times a day).

Me:  Alright time for big boy underware.

Little Man:  (Running) Oh it ok I not fart in my butt.

And that ladies and gentlemen is what my day looks like…I wonder if my doctor makes house calls? 

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Snorg Tees Review and Giveaway! CLOSED

Updated at bottom with winner!

In life there are far too many things to be down about so why not take a little time each day to make someone smile? Alright how’s that for vague? One thing that always makes me smile is reading something funny on someone’s tee shirt, I mean it can be funny, silly, or plain stupid and I’m cracking a smile.

I was recently introduced to Snorg Tees, haven’t heard of them? Well no worries I’m gonna tell you all about them…and hopefully show you a few things that will make you smile! Here’s a little bit about Snorg Tees from their website (and just let me say that the guys behind Snorg are just as funny as the tee shirts as you’re about to see for yourself)…

Welcome. SnorgTees got its start back in May 2004 when our group of friends decided that we weren't meant for a real job. We got our options narrowed down to international jewel thieves or internet t-shirt tycoons. Since it was the middle of the summer, we weren't able to find enough ski masks, which left t-shirts as our only option. Fast forward a few years and we've grown to the point where people mistake us for an actual business. We've even shipped a shirt to NASA. That means space. So technically we're a universal company. But we are still just a group of friends who run Snorg because we enjoy it.

Here at Snorg, we specialize in pop-culture inspired, random, and all around funny t-shirt designs. Most of the designs on our site are SnorgTees employee creations. But while we think of about 72% of what goes up on the site, 28% of the awesome design ideas come from you, our customers. So if you think you've got a great idea, send it our way.

We strive for constant improvements, and it's thanks to you that we're where we are today. So go out there and spread the good word about SnorgTees to everyone you know. Stop strangers in the street and tell them where they can replace that ugly piece of cloth they call a shirt with a genuine Snorg Tee. And don't forget to send in pictures of you showing off your SnorgTees around town. Remember, when you're wearing Snorg, all your pictures look good.

I told you they were funny! We received the “Don ’t Act Like You're Not Impressed” t-shirt to review and the second my fiancé saw it he smiled (YES)! The first time Jamie wore his t-shirt out so many people stopped and commented on it that I lost track! Not only was he extremely happy with the quality and design of his t-shirt he was very pleased that everyone else noticed it (the whole “Don’t Act Like You’re Not Impressed” design was right on the money with him)! Snorg Tees offer men and women’s t-shirts and hoodies! Make sure you check out Misadventures in Baby Raising's Holiday Gift Guide 2009 (accessible by clickling the link in the menu bar) to find out all about SnorgTees and so much more!

Buy it! Check out everything SnorgTees.com has to offer…I promise you’ll smile!

Now here comes the cool part…wait for it…you ready? The wicked awesome people at Snorg Tees are giving one of my readers a chance to win a Snorg Tee of their choice! YAY!

Win it! To be entered into this giveaway just visit SnorgTees.com and look around, come back here and leave a comment on this post telling me what T-Shirt you would choose if you won…easy as 1,2,3! This is mandatory and must be completed before any extra entries are counted!

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Shew that was a fingertip workout! Giveaway ends on Friday September 25, 2009 at 11:59 PM EDT. One winner will be chosen via Random.org and posted on THIS post! Winner will have 48 hours to claim their prize or forfeit!

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cindiizzy on September 11, 2009 8:30 PM said... 39

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Fourth of July weekend Day 1!

I have something to admit...now that July 4th is over I'm a little sad. I get this way every summer, I get so excited at the beginning of summer and then after the 4th I just seem to get depressed because it means that summer break is almost halfway over. I'll get over it I suppose...and the next best thing I guess is to tell you about my July 4th weekend...which rocked!

On Friday the family and I went to Longs Retreat which is a big lake with a beach and campground with lots of little extras for the kids...go carts, rock climbing wall, miniature golf. The kids had a blast and so did the adults and I promised myself that I wouldn't mentioned Taylor and I getting stuck in a paddle boat in the middle of the lake for half an hour...so embarrassing! Here are some pictures from that day.


Everyone had so much fun that day...I'm pretty sure that the adults had as much fun as the kids (I know I did).

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5 Reasons my 6 year old can't clean her room...according to her!

So I do completely get that kids HATE cleaning their rooms...hell I hate cleaning MY room, but it must be done. My 6 year old is the worlds worst at giving me excuses for why she just cannot do it and over the years since she's been cleaning her room she has come up with some of the best excuses I've ever heard for why she can't possibly clean her room...I thought I'd share a few of my favorites with you!

5. "Because I have homework."...Alright this one actually sounds legit, except for the fact that she started using this one before she was ever in school. When I would patiently point it out to her that she wasn't in school yet she would tell me..."Well one day I will be and you don't want me to not do my homework do you?" I just smiled and handed her a trash bag!

4. "Because my teacher said that I have to go outside and play every day to be healthy."...Now it very well may be true that her teacher did tell the class this in some context, but I tried to explain to her that she could still clean her room and then go outside play, to which she responded with tears in her eyes..."Why don't you want me to be healthy Mommy? I thought you loved me." Now the "I thought you loved me." card is one that I wasn't expecting...I thought kids only pulled that one out when they became rotten, disobedient teenagers, so I had no idea how to respond to it....so I did what any mother in that situation would do....I let her go outside and I cleaned her room....I know how bad that sounds but you had to see the look on her face!

3. "Because the other day my toy box told me if I put my toys in him he would eat them."...Now when she said this one she looked very serious which only added to the degree of difficulty in explaining that I knew it was not true..of course she had a response (for a 6 year old she's pretty quick with the comebacks)..."Well that's fine if you don't believe me, but when you have to buy me all kinds of new toys then I guess you will see!" She's an absolute pro at laying on the guilt trips as well!

2. "Because God said you have to be nice to your kids and making me clean my room is not being nice to me!"...She loves to make me feel bad! I calmly explained to her that even though God did want you to be nice you your kids he also wanted your kids to be nice to you...and that by her not cleaning her room she was being mean to me. I'm pretty sure this is the only time I actually got her because she didn't have anything to say after that...I should have taken a picture to memorialize the event, because Lord knows it hasn't happened since.

1. "Because if I clean it today it's just gonna be messy tomorrow and then we're gonna have to have this talk all over again!"...This much I can count on! How could I argue with that? I'll tell you how, I couldn't! I had no words of wisdom, no witty one liners, I just couldn't argue with the plain and simple truth. She had won...I had been defeated by my 6 year old...I am officially a pushover!

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