More favorite things

I have a lot of favorites. A lot. I am going to share them to you and then maybe you can enjoy them like me.

Let's first talk about cereal. I probably love cereal more than any other food that has ever existed. What did people do back in the day? No cereal? Screw that nonsense! I could write the biggest list ever of the cereal I like. I could marry cereal. Is there ever a time that I wouldn't want cereal? NO.

• #1 top favorite of all time is Cracklin Oat Bran. I first discovered this at my Grammie's house. Old people have it because it's bran and keeps them "regular". I like to be regular. But what I like even more is this amazingly good cereal. It takes forever to get soggy and it's just as good without milk. 
• Grape Nuts. I ate this cereal every meal when I was pregnant with Gabe. It should come with a warning though. Less is more. You may think those tiny little grain bastards won't fill you up. So you fill the whole damn bowl. Don't do it! You will waste a lot of it or eat the whole thing because you will fell guilty leaving out the rest of the cereal. 
• Frosted Flakes. Now they can't be imitation. They need to be Tony the freaking Tiger Kellogs brand. They are grrreatttt!
• Golden Grahams. I love them. They are so good and luckily Ryan isn't way fond of them so I get them all to myself. 
• Captain Crunch. I like all variations. Crunch berries, PB, and regular. They are so awesome they even have their own website. I am not joking. www.capncrunch.com

I could go on an on about cereal, but I won't because I have more favorites too you know.

My bed is my favorite. I want to lay in my bed all day and eat cereal. I have the most comfy bed, pillows, and sheets, and blankets. Get the t-shirt sheets at Target. It's like you are sleeping on Santas beard. If you want to have a good sleep...you have 2 choices. Come sleep at my house with me and Ryan or buy everything I did. But guess what? You can't because I will never tell you where I got my bed.

Lotion. I love lotion. If I was a guy that would sound way pervy. The best lotions are at Victorias Secret and Bath and Body Works. I hate when both of them decide to eff with me and discontinue my favorite ones. It's like the Bath guy and Victoria are getting together trying to make my life miserable. I want to punch both of them square in the face for discontinuing Brown Sugar & Fig and Romantic Wish. BUT I do still like Love Spell, Pure Seduction, and Coconut Passion from Victorias Secret. And from Bath & Body I like Warm Vanilla Sugar, Sweet Pea, Dark Kiss, Midnight Pomegranate, and Warm Vanilla Sugar. They make me want to lick myself. Ok that did sound pervy.

Last, but not least. CANDY. Candy is amazing. When I first saw Charlie and the Chocolate Factory I was so jealous. I hate Charlie. I wanted to kidnap Willy Wonka and hold him for candy ransom. My all time favorite candy is Cinnamon Bears. I always eat their little heads first. NO regrets.

• Nerds. Holy crap these are good. 
• Bit o Honey. My work gets bowls of them and I take handfuls and shove them in my desk.
• Laffy Taffy. The jokes make me love them extra more
• Rolos
• Butterfinger
• Kit Kat
• Twix 
• I eat all the chocolate off the above three 1st before devouring the inside. If you don't do it that way then you shouldn't be allowed to eat them. New law.
• Life Savers. I love them. I always ask for a Christmas Life Saver book in my stocking. Ryan ate most of mine from last Christmas so therefore he has to buy me 2 this Christmas. New law.

Now I want all of you to make a bowl of cereal, smother yourself in lotion, come lay in my bed, and eat candy with me all day long.

Kids songs are depressing

I have no idea what got me thinking about this really. My brain works weird. I just have weird random thoughts. Have you ever noticed how depressing the lyrics are in kids songs? Good thing kids don't. Here are a few prime examples:



"Ring Around the Rosy," a common childhood song and dance, is really about one of the deadliest epidemics in all of history, the Bubonic Plague. It claimed millions of victims.

The opening words, "Ring around the rosy," represent the skin lesion associated with the disease that appears as a bright red, or rosy, ulcerated spot surrounded by a ring.

The next line, "Pocket full of posies," has superstitious origins. Physicians used to carry scented herbs and flowers, usually posies, in front of their noses in an attempt to ward off the plague. Traditional 17th century London physicians wore long robes and a long beaked mask with posies stuffed inside.

The final verse, "Ashes, ashes, we all fall down," symbolizes death by the plague. Can we say depressing?!!

Another one my Dad taught me when I was little and I loved it because I was speaking French. I had no idea it was about pulling off a innocent birds beak.


Alouette, gentille Alouette (French)

              Skylark, nice skylark (English)

    Alouette, je te plumerai

        Skylark, I shall pluck you

    Je te plumerai la tête

        I shall pluck your head

    (Je te plumerai la tête)

        (I shall pluck your head)

    Et la tête

        And your head

    (Et la tête)

        (And your head)

    Alouette

        Skylark

    (Alouette)

        (Skylark)

    O-o-o-oh               Poor lil' guy! What did he ever do to you?


And then of course there is Rock A Bye Baby

Rock-a-bye, baby
In the treetop
When the wind blows
The cradle will rock
When the bough breaks
The cradle will fall
And down will come baby
Cradle and all


      Duh! First of all. Who puts their baby in a cradle and then puts them in a tree..the TOP of a tree? A crazy ass psycho? And in a storm? Then this poor little baby minding his own business playing with a rattle comes crashing down to the ground. How violent. I am changing the song. It ends up that it lands on a soft white bouncy cloud of hugs and kisses and love. The end.    

 

 

 

 

I am a sucker

I am a total sucker for cute little kids selling stuff. It really doesn't even matter what they are selling. This year so far I have bought candy, cookies. wrapping paper, cups, and Arctic Circle coupons. I can't say no to their cute little faces. There are such thing as ugly kids, and I tell them to get the hell off my porch. JUST KIDDING...geez.

There was a knock on my door at about 9 PM last night and I wondered who the heck would be knocking on my door that late. I was bra-less, hair wet from just showering, and no hint of makeup. Embarrassing! It was a cute little girl that looked to be about 11. ALONE. How in the hell could a parent let their little girl walk door to door selling coupons for her softball team AT NIGHT all alone??? I wish I knew who it was so I could give them a piece of my mind. Some parents should not be parents for reals. For all they know I could be a serial rapist murderer. How easily she could be taken and they would never see her again. I said a little prayer for her that she gets home safe.

And I bought  Ryan bought Arctic Circle coupons from her for $5 :) I had to at least help her out. And Molly wanted to go home with her. She ran out of the house and was following her. My cute little trouble making puppy at it again haha

Eating healthier tip

I like to snack. Especially when I am bored. Soooo I did something last weekend to make it easy to have snacks on hand. Also, I can grab them and go. I bought some baby carrots and some celery that I cut up. I put some of each on a plastic baggy. I made like 8 baggies on Friday and they are already gone. Ryan and I ate them up. They were yummy and so easy to just take with us if we were running errands or needed a quick snack. I am going to do that with some fruit too. Easy peasy....

Haters beware

I went to dinner with some lovely old friends of mine last night. I don't mean they are old in their years, I meant they are friends I've had for a long time. (Just felt I had to clarify) We had some pretty funny things to talk about. It was sooo much fun and was long overdue.

We got onto the topic of bullying. Specifically bullying someone for being gay. I hate bullying. I hate judgment. It makes me sad. How can you judge someone without knowing them first? How can you hate someone for being a certain race or for being gay? It doesn't define who they are as a person. There are good and bad people all over the world regardless of their race, religion, sexual preference.

It hurts my heart, and angers me at the same time, to hear about kids taking their own lives over bullying. Or people that are so scared to admit that they are gay that they would rather take their own life than get ridiculed for who they are. I cannot stand haters and people so judgmental and closed minded that they would write someone off before even getting to know them.

There is nothing wrong with being gay. I have friends that are gay that I love with all my heart. They are wonderful people. You cannot help who you are and you cannot help who you love. I am all for gay couples being able to marry and adopt. They can love just like straight people can and they can give a wonderful loving family life to a child just like a straight family could.

Before you pass judgment on someone, how about getting to know them first? Would you want someone judging you? I personally have received multiple dirty looks from people for my tattoos. They might not agree with my tattoos, but it doesn't make me a dirty untrustworthy person. If they knew my sleeve was in memory of my beautiful perfect son Gabriel that passed away..do you think they'd still judge? If I told them it was my way of coping with it, and that every time I look at it, I smile...would they still glare at me?

All I am saying is that you should take a second and think about the person you are gonna dislike without even knowing them.

"For in the same way you judge others, you will be judged"
"Let he who is without sin cast the first stone."