I'm totally going to cheat on this post and just direct everyone to a funnier post about "shit kids say" over on the People I Want to Punch in the Throat blog. The comments are just about better than the actual post.
To which I can add the following:
- My kids were seeing so many infomercials on TV for a while (before they discovered both the DVR and video on demand) that they tried to convince me to buy the Pancake Puff pan by telling me in all seriousness "But it's pan-tastic, Mom".
- Alex told me a couple years ago "Mommy, I know the "S" word." (whispering) "It's 'stupid'."
- If Grace now walks into the room where I am doing something that causes me to be bent over, she responds to the view of my rear end with "Whoa! Whoa! Whoa!"
Ah, kids.
Tuesday, January 31, 2012
Monday, January 23, 2012
Friends
So my friend Dijea over at Me, Myself & I has thrown the gauntlet for us to try to post on our blogs at least once a week. I'm game for that.
Which has made my mind turn to thinking about friends, specifically online friends. I've probably posted about this before, but my memory is so bad that obviously I'm ready to do it again. Dijea and I knew each other well enough back when I lived in Dallas, but we didn't seem (in my mind) to really become friends until I moved away and we connected via Facebook. I feel like if we lived in the same town we would definitely be getting together for some girls' nights out. And there are a few other people who I now feel this way about, that I really didn't know well before Facebook but now realize they are someone who shouldn't have fallen off the radar after high school/college/whatever as quickly as they did (or should have been more on my radar than they originally were).
But I also think about a quote regarding FB that I once read that said it was not good for us because it's like reliving high school all over again. Relationships that were supposed to die a natural death - acquaintances, ex-boyfriends, etc. - no longer do. And in a way I can see this. I have 500+ "friends" on Facebook, but I can honestly tell you that many of these people are not actually friends of mine. They were people I knew at one time - I'm not one for friending strangers online - but I don't really care much about what is going on in their lives. And I've heard the statistic that we can only truly have meaningful relationships with about 150 people at any given time. But I just can't seem to bring myself to drop people from my friend list - not that I want to keep the number big but because I just feel BAD about doing it.
Plus some of those "acquaintances" are the ones that have turned into really interesting people for me. And I actually like (most) of my ex-boyfriends and am interested in hearing how they are doing. And it's exciting to connect with someone that you haven't heard from in 20+ years.
So what to do? Is it really that bad to have that many "friends"? Most of the ones I don't care about I have blocked, so I'm not really seeing their posts anyway. But I probably could go through and get rid of a handful right away - people I get requests from that were a year or two older or younger than me in high school. I sit on those request sometimes trying to decide whether to friend or not, then end up doing it when I am having a "why not?" day. But maybe this will be the day I answer "Because I really don't remember you at all, not even 25+ years ago when we were in school together."
I don't think I can get down to 150, but I bet I can get rid of at least a few of them. Will it be liberating or guilt-inducing?
Which has made my mind turn to thinking about friends, specifically online friends. I've probably posted about this before, but my memory is so bad that obviously I'm ready to do it again. Dijea and I knew each other well enough back when I lived in Dallas, but we didn't seem (in my mind) to really become friends until I moved away and we connected via Facebook. I feel like if we lived in the same town we would definitely be getting together for some girls' nights out. And there are a few other people who I now feel this way about, that I really didn't know well before Facebook but now realize they are someone who shouldn't have fallen off the radar after high school/college/whatever as quickly as they did (or should have been more on my radar than they originally were).
But I also think about a quote regarding FB that I once read that said it was not good for us because it's like reliving high school all over again. Relationships that were supposed to die a natural death - acquaintances, ex-boyfriends, etc. - no longer do. And in a way I can see this. I have 500+ "friends" on Facebook, but I can honestly tell you that many of these people are not actually friends of mine. They were people I knew at one time - I'm not one for friending strangers online - but I don't really care much about what is going on in their lives. And I've heard the statistic that we can only truly have meaningful relationships with about 150 people at any given time. But I just can't seem to bring myself to drop people from my friend list - not that I want to keep the number big but because I just feel BAD about doing it.
Plus some of those "acquaintances" are the ones that have turned into really interesting people for me. And I actually like (most) of my ex-boyfriends and am interested in hearing how they are doing. And it's exciting to connect with someone that you haven't heard from in 20+ years.
So what to do? Is it really that bad to have that many "friends"? Most of the ones I don't care about I have blocked, so I'm not really seeing their posts anyway. But I probably could go through and get rid of a handful right away - people I get requests from that were a year or two older or younger than me in high school. I sit on those request sometimes trying to decide whether to friend or not, then end up doing it when I am having a "why not?" day. But maybe this will be the day I answer "Because I really don't remember you at all, not even 25+ years ago when we were in school together."
I don't think I can get down to 150, but I bet I can get rid of at least a few of them. Will it be liberating or guilt-inducing?
Wednesday, January 18, 2012
Can we have a boring year?
Does anyone ever have a boring year? One where there are no extreme upheavals in either your physical or mental well-being? One where you don't tick off at least one of the items on the "most stressful things in life" list. I think we may have had one in 2007, but we were still adjusting to life in New Jersey for at least the beginning of the year.
So maybe it doesn't happen very often. But maybe we will get lucky and this will be one for us.
So maybe it doesn't happen very often. But maybe we will get lucky and this will be one for us.
Wednesday, January 11, 2012
Too long away
So ONCE AGAIN I will attempt at blogging on a more frequent basis. First post for the new year is just a tiny thing from my paper.
I love the TV critic for the NJ Star-Ledger. Sometimes just some very funny items are slipped in - I often wonder if they do it to see if anyone is paying attention.
Today my morning started with a smile when I was reading the "Primescan" section, which are the little blurbs next to the television listings about shows on that night. This is the one that I liked:
It's those little things in life that can start your day right!
I love the TV critic for the NJ Star-Ledger. Sometimes just some very funny items are slipped in - I often wonder if they do it to see if anyone is paying attention.
Today my morning started with a smile when I was reading the "Primescan" section, which are the little blurbs next to the television listings about shows on that night. This is the one that I liked:
NBC's horrid sitcom "Whitney" moves to Wednesdays, where it forms a terrible new comedy bloc with "Are You There, Chelsea?"
It's those little things in life that can start your day right!
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