In The Mind of A Thirtysomething Mom

It's Bigger Than K!!!!

Look at what was waiting for us when we got home from the dentist:

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My prizes for winning Bossy's and Joeprah's drawings!

Wait, we need a bigger picture for the fort:

Do you see how big that box is???? For reference, my kitchen table is 3ft. across.  The box covers all but about 4 inches of that!  Holy moly! 

Stay tuned to see how big that mother is once it's put together.

P.S.  It weighs 11lbs 2oz!

Weekly Winners 6/29/08

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Lots of sky shots this week.

My snaggletooth redneck.  :)

Could this dog get any lazier?

Would you listen to what I'm saying?

YOU need to leave my mom comments!

Weekly Winners is the brainchild of Sarcastic Mom.

Thanks for visiting and enjoy!

Random Happenings

• I got to play tooth fairy not once but twice this week!  M's top 4 teeth and bottom 2 teeth have been loose forever.  We've been waiting for them to fall out and they picked this last week to do it.  Tuesday she lost one on the bottom and then her top front tooth on Wednesday.  Now, bless her heart, she looks like a one tooth havin' backwoods redneck.

If you have small inquisitive children you'll appreciate this one.

• I was showering earlier this week with K and I bent over to adjust the water temperature.  I got quite the surprise when K goosed me!  Then she ran around screaming "I poked Mommy in the butt!".  Yeah, good times.  *Snort*

• After dinner tonight, D was acting goofy.  I caught it on tape to share the idiocy with ya'll.

• Earlier this month, I embarked on the task of potty training K.  In case you were wondering how K is doing, the answer is FAN-FREAKING-TASTIC!!!!  Somehow that first weekend something clicked and she's been doing great since then.  Last Friday, I posted a question that no one seemed to notice.  I can honestly say that that problem has also been solved.  She's even staying dry at night!  She's had a couple of accidents when she drinks too close to bedtime, but all in all I'm quite proud of her.  We started taking her out around town in her p@nties last week.  She's been to church and earlier this week to VBS and she hasn't had any accidents.  Glory be, and dare I say, my diaper days may finally be behind me!  Now watch, this will come back to bite me in the butt big time.  :P

• Last week I did a post about winning a prize from Education.com through a contest on Bossy's site.  I mentioned that there were 2 different prizes available, and that I had won the fort.  Well, I was cruising the web and found that Joeprah was having a giveaway too.  It just so happened he was giving away the other prize I didn't win from Bossy's giveaway:    .  I'm not a quitter, and I really wanted that kit so I entered Joeprah's contest.  Holy cow, I won!  Now I have another goodie coming from Education.com and I bet they're going to flag my address and not send me anything else.  I promise it was all purely luck!  Maybe I should buy a lottery ticket.  :)

Ya'll have a great weekend and I'll see you again Sunday for Weekly Winners!

SYTYCD Top 16

Last week we said goodbye to Salsa dancer Susie and her Contemporary partner Marquis.  No big surprise there.  It is odd that for the second week in a row, both people of the dance pair have been eliminated.  I think they really need to eliminate 2 dancers from 2 different pairs to shake things up a bit. 

Woot!  Shane Sparks did the opening number for last weeks results show.  That man does my kind of hip hop!  He's the bomb!  I'm sad he's not doing more on SYTYCD this season, but I still get to see him on Thursday nights.  :)

Special guest reviewer M will not be with us this week.  She opted to spend time at VBS enjoying water night, making crafts and learning about Jesus.  She'll be back next week with her riveting commentary.  :)

Anyway, on with today's show!  Adam Shankman is the guest judge this week, so there's sure to be some interesting talk tonight. 

Couple #1:  Kherington (Contemporary dancer) & Twitch (Hip Hop dancer)-Dancing a Hip Hop routine, choreographed by Napoleon & Tabitha D'Umo, to Don't Touch Me by Busta Rhymes--I was not impressed.  I like my Hip Hop more hard hitting.  This just wasn't my style, so I found it lacking. 

School Rating: B

Couple #2:  Courtney (Contemporary dancer) & Gev (B-Boy dancer)-Dancing a Rhumba routine, choreographed by Tony Meredith & Melanie La Patin, to Wishing On A Star by Rose Royce--Dude, how on earth is that dress staying up????  I loved the color of the fabric that was there for the dress.  It looked good on her.  I've seen hotter Rhumba's on DWTS, but I really liked the opening sequence.  That was a nice slide down Gev's leg.

School Rating: A

Couple #3:  Comfort (Hip Hop dancer) & Chris (Contemporary dancer)-Dancing a Jazz routine, choreographed by Tyce Diorio, to Beautiful People by Marilyn Manson--Tyce doing a Jazz dance!  Woo!  I had such high hopes.  Plus, it was an African Jazz dance.  Really high hopes.  They were shattered.  Marilyn Manson????  Dude, you choreographed an African Jazz dance to Marilyn Manson????  WTH were you thinking????  Crappy choice of music aside, they did the best they could.  I liked the actual dance, and if the dance had been put to a better choice of song it would have worked beautifully.  Watching the dance on mute made it better.  If you're going to do a dance to a specific style of music, it really helps if the music matches the style.  Just sayin'. 

School Rating: A (mainly due to the mute button)

Couple #4:  Jessica (Contemporary dancer) & Will (also a Contemporary dancer)-Dancing a Disco routine, choreographed by Doriana Sanchez, to Heaven Must Have Sent You by Bonnie Pointer--Angel wings on Will's jacket?  Puh-lese!  I wasn't digging it.  It was slow and boring.  They took too long getting into the lifts.

School Rating: B-

Couple #5: Kourtni (Contemporary dancer) & Matt (also a Contemporary dancer)-Dancing a Contemporary routine, choreographed by Sonya Tayeh (a newbie!), to Wrestlers by Hot Chip--I Liked it!  It was different and fun to watch.  This choreographer is pretty good!  Now it wardrobe could have done something about Kourtni's outfit.  Blech!

School Rating: A

Couple #6: Chelsea (Contemporary dancer) & Thayne (also a Contemporary dancer)-Dancing a Quickstep routine, choreographed by Heather Smith, to You Can't Hurry Love by Phil Collins--It wasn't too bad, but again I've seen better on DWTS.  Quite forgettable.

School Rating: B

Couple #7:  Chelsie (Ballroom dancer) & Mark (Contemporary dancer)-Dancing a Hip Hop routine, choreographed by Napoleon & Tabitha D'Umo, to Bleeding Love by Leonna Lewis--I didn't want to like this, but I did.  She did better that he did.  Good emotion from them both.

School Rating: A

Couple #8:  Katee (Contemporary dancer) & Joshua (Hip Hop dancer)-Dancing a Samba routine, choreographed by Tony Meredith & Melanie La Patin, to Belia Belia by Angela Via--Nice footwork by Joshua, shoot by both of them!  It was better than the Rhumba for sure!  I thought it was the best of the night.

This just in: M has returned home from VBS and she caught the final dance!  Here's M's critique: Too sexy!  (Original isn't she?)

School Rating: A+

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A couple of notes: 

• Dominic from last season is in the house!  Woot!  Love me some Dominic!

• Joshua's dad was just too much!  What a good sport.

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My favorite of the night was Joshua & Katie.

M's favorite of the night was Joshua & Katie.  (She made her choice after watching the 15 second recap of the dances at the end of the show.)

I think the worst of the night was probably Jessica & Will.  I think they'll be in the bottom, probably joined by Thayne & Chelsea and Chris & Comfort.

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Until next week!

Looky What I Learned

I'm pretty computer stupid.  No really I am.  I can't do cool video or photo editing like Ree or Jim as I don't have the proper software.  Yeah, I don't have Photoshop!!!!  (I obviously live in Bedrock next to Fred & Wilma). 

I often salivate at people's abilities to alter pictures and add text to videos.  I want so badly to be able to do it myself.  Today I saw a video post on Amy's page and I loved how she added text.  I checked out the link with the video and holy crap, this is something I can do!!!!

*Que angels singing and clouds parting*

I wanted to start simple, so I picked an older, short video to start.  Check it out:

Ya'll are in trouble now!

P.S.  This is not a review.  I'm just trying to share something I just found with someone who may be a computer slow as myself.  :)