This is Buggin Me

I'm about to go on a tangent. Ready? Go!

Kansas City's non-smoking laws just went into effect last week. I'm sorry, but I think forcing people to adopt a non-smoking policy for a business that they own is stupid! There are plenty of other places that non-smokers can go to not have their senses assaulted by the evil smoke. Seriously. Do we really need to take this so far that we are forcing people in places that most non-smokers don't go anyway, such as bars and nightclubs to not smoke? I believe in the right to choose. I choose to not smoke. I chose to not sit in smoking restaurants. That is my choice. Why should people and business who do choose to smoke be forced to comply. I think it's stupid.

And while we are on the subject, I have recently come across MANY blogs of my fellow Mormon sisters that talk about how much they hate people who smoke, and how rude people who smoke are. Love your neighbor-unless he smokes, right? No people. God loves smokers too. Just because someone chooses to smoke doesn't automatically make them a big evil person who is going out of their way to make your hair smell like cigarette smoke. And can I just remind you sisters that the men we honor as the founders of our church were most likely smokers. So lets just keep in mind that we all walk around sinning. (We just can't smell it the way we can smell the cigarettes.)

Okay. I'm done. Thanks for listening.

Uh...How can that be?

Me: Oh! Dude! Maroon 5 is coming to town and tickets go on sale on saturday!!!
Husband:Maroon 5? I don't know who that is.
Me:???????(Shocked look on face)
Husband: What do they sing?
Me:(singing) It's not over tonight, just give me one more chance to make it right. I may not make it through the night, I won't go home without you!
Husband: Oh yeah, that song you sing ALL THE TIME.
Me: (singing) Sunday Morning rain is falling, share some cover share some skin.....No?
Husband: (shakes his head)
Me:(singing) She will be loved, she will be loved.
Husband: (Shakes his head as he tries to walk away) uh, no.
Me:(singing) Wake up call, caught you in the morning with another one in my bed, don't you care about me anymore, care about me? I don't think so!
Husband:(really tries to walk away now.)
Me: Oh come on! They are like my favorite band right now, and you have no idea? How can that be? Don't I talk about them?
Husband: No.

So here is my theory. I probably DO talk about Maroon 5 and he just doesn't listen.

Sadly, I probably won't be going to this totally awesome concert. Unless anyone out there in Internet space can figure out how I can come up with $300 in two days. Anyone? Anyone?

Best Morning Ever

I just had the best morning ever! No one cried, everyone ate their breakfast, and no one yelled at me. The kids got on the school bus smiling! It's a miracle!

What are the chances of this happening again tomorrow? Well, I won't think about that. I'll just enjoy this glorious moment.

Is my spam blocker trying to tell me something?

What the Heck?!!

My spam filter on my email keeps letting spam through. I guess that isn't that unusual. However, all the spam has one of two themes. My spam blocker thinks that I am over forty, single, and looking for love in my area. It also thinks I need a job. Particularly, court reporting.

I think my spam blocker needs to mind it's own business.

Just Because....

I actually did this a long time ago and couldn't figure out how to upload it. Yes, I'm a dork. That I know very well. And yes, I did have something better to do, like clean my room as you can see. So turn off the music and feel free to laugh and make fun of me, if you want. But I guess you don't have to, if you don't want to. But why wouldn't you want too?

Make video montages at www.OneTrueMedia.com

Awesome.

There is no price for awesomeness.....or attractiveness.

Just a few thoughts, I really don't have anything that great to blog about at the moment. So just randomness.

I finished reading Fablehaven: Rise of the Evening Star by Brandon Mull. It was better than the first one. Brandon Mull is a Mormon Author. I came to know these books through my book club. In his bio at the end of his books, it says he lives on the side a mountain, above a prison, I take this to mean he lives at the point of the mountain near where magic water's used to be. (Is that still there?) So if you like fantasy and fairies, lots of fairies, you would like these books. Here is a fun website that is all Fablehaven, all the time. http://fablehaven.com (Anything else you want to know, Em?)

About a year and a half ago, I realized that I had been making the same food since I got married and maybe I wasn't such a good cook after all. But having said this, I decided my cooking skills have recently improved, if only marginally. I think this because I took a bag of dried beans and turned it into something eat-able. Okay, I made chili. But it turned out on the first try and that usually doesn't happen for me. So hooray! This coupled with the fact that I discovered I can roast marshmallows on my ceramic flat-top stove makes me think that maybe I CAN cook after all.

This is the wettest spring I have ever experienced here in Kansas. Seems like we have been in a drought since I moved here. Not this year. Every other day it seems it is raining. This has a few side effects. 1. My allergies are horrific. My eyes burn and itch, my throat hurts from all the sneezing. 2. My husband is working weird hours into the night trying to get enough hours in. Which really bugs the crap out of me. Why can't he get a normal 9-5 like everyone else? 3. Everything is so green, the flowers are blooming so early and so, so BIG! It is so incredibly beautiful right now. It's just too bad that the second I step outside my house to enjoy it, I get the urge to claw my eyes out.

Went and saw Kung Fu Panda last Friday. It was awesome. Jack Black is awesome. My daughter loves the snake. ( I don't know why, she just likes snakes. Gross.) My little boy says Panda like "Puu-ha!" At first I thought he was trying to say a rude word to describe a female body part but was relieved to figure out he did, in fact, mean "Panda."

My Famous Friends, the Authors

I'm just going to take a moment here and show my dorkyness. Or nerdyness, if you prefer. I don't know if anyone knows, but I have a myspace page too. Mostly I have no friends. So I started finding authors of the books I have been reading lately. When they give permission for me to be their friend, I leave a stupid "thanks for adding me" crap message because that's what people do (apparently). But to my delight I have had two personal responses from two of the authors. How exciting for me. No really, I giggled with delight!

Check it out if you want....http://www.myspace.com/leslierama