Okay, I brought this up a couple of years ago on Facebook but I think its time to revisit this subject. I still do believe that every adult should be required to watch at least an hour of pre-school programing a day..Why? Because I think sometimes we all forget the basic's on how to deal with other humans and pre-school programing really does touch upon that A LOT. How many times I've heard people complaining about things that are basically an easy fix if they reviewed their children's/pre-school programing. As we age, we tend to get stuck in our ways..TOO MUCH and tend to forget about the other human beings around us.

Seriously, you can learn a lot from pre-schoolers programing..I'm not saying you should be required to watch those shows that covers shapes, colors and basic math but basically those shows where they cover basic human emotions..You know, when to say things and when not to say things, when to say you are sorry, when to say you talked outta line, when to forgive etc etc..these basic things we just...forget. As of late I've seen a lot of displays of adults who just speak just so speak and sometimes when they are speaking hurt those around them. Stop and listen to what is being said and take things into consideration when you speak...Just because you can say something doesn't mean you should..Again, basic human relations stuff thats covered in children's programming that people sometimes forget. If you forget you can easily be labeled as the jerk and not the other person. Human compassion is lost and a lot of that can be recovered if you go back to your basic's and just watch some "Blue's Clues" for a half an hour..that simple. Half the people who have relationship problems wouldn't have them anymore either because they can just go back to their basic emotions and go from there..

I'm saying you should forget who you are BUT you should at least think back every once in a while to your basic's and not forget that..sometimes you are outta line and not being fair to people. We all need that refresher course in our basic human emotions and as of late I've seen a lot of people just forgeting that..So, I encourage all of you..go to Nick Jr and watch at least an hour of something that'll take you back to your pre-school/kinder years. If there's one thing I can say for my daughter is that for the most part she's tuned into others emotions and generally pretty helpful to others kids or otherwise who she knows is upset..If more of us had that compassion the world would be a lot better..so go..watch your hour of children's programming and refresh yourself on the basics of how we all work and how you can hurt someone's feelings..I challange you to do so even if you don't have children.

Okay, that's my rant for today..Hasta!

 Okay- so I was in the salon yesterday getting my tradition Mothers day cut and color and part of my own enjoyment is sitting around and just listening to the conversation. There's something about salon conversations between women that I find interesting..

 Anyways, my color was being working on and this woman was going on and on about how she makes sure to Google any man she dates now. Mind you, before I was married there was no Google..there was no Facebook..there was no easy access to background checks and ways to spy on your dates. I got me wondering and thinking on how many people nowadays actually go and Google the person that they literally just went out on a date with and moreso..is that considered 'okay' nowadays?

  I asked this question in a group I belong in and the general idea was that no one would seriously just spy on profiles but maybe just look them up once if they were close to getting serious..To me, this is just out there to me..Yes, I can kind of understand it if you are getting serious and you have a child from another relationship..Ya know, just to make sure the guy/girl isn't a sex offender or a criminal but other then that..if its just a casual date I don't see the need. Why not wait till you are comfortable with each other and exchange information and whatnot.

Again, the hubby and I got together and married LONG before the social network BUT we did come up with ground rules for the net. Yes, we pick on each other a lot online but its all in good fun. We view the net as 'fun' and a place to 'play'. Yes, before we got married we set up basic ground rules for net behavor and it still holds true to this day but still, we constantly know where we stand on the issue and know each others passwords yadda, yadda.. We give each other free reign but still give each other privacy..its an odd arrangement but it works out..Anyways, we made it through without the social network and Google. We were open and honest about debts, credit cards, etc etc all before we got married..so to me, the idea of looking someone up is an idea that I just don't understand..

Then again, I do understand when it comes down teachers and people involved in your childrens life. We have Googled a few teachers and even the psychologist that was ready and willing to fail our little one on her Kinder enterance exam..yeah, that was an eye opener right there...When we looked her up we found out she had been kicked out of college three times! Yes, three times yet she was still allowed and hired to work with children. Google alone and the info we learned on the woman who was evulating our daughter was part of the reason why we decided to pull our daughter from school for year(she was a year too young for Kinder anyways). Yes, I can understand when dealing with children to look someone up for sure but otherwise unless your serious I don't see a point..

Even moreso, I would never give an employer my Facebook password. Really?? I'm not in a relationship with you..I'm just trying to get a job so I see no reason to give you my password. Why would I let a possible job get that personal with me and to me, personal is giving out passwords. How do I know said job won't be making posts under myself and deleteing people, checking out my friends or even messaging my friends and then deleteing all the evidence of wrong-doing by themselves within the company..

In short, I see it as technology is great! I love a lot of the technology that has been developed over the years. My IPad and Netflix app has kept me company on many nights when I just couldn't sleep and Angry Birds is great entertainment while your sitting in a gown waiting for a doctor to show up and check you out but sometimes we go too far. To me, checking someone out when you are casually dating is crossing a line just because you can do something doesn't mean you have to do it.

...and thats my ranting for today..Hasta!

 Okay- this Time cover that everyone is talking about especially on facebook seems to pretty high up there on things to talk about so for lack of anything better going on and for the fact that Mothers day is coming up on Sunday(This is clearly mom related) I figured I'll blog about it. Incase you haven't seen it yet here's a news story for you! http://www.csmonitor.com/The-Culture/Family/Modern-Parenthood/2012/0510/Time-mag-breastfeeding-cover-doubletake-What-about-the-stats

  Now, I couldn't breastfed my little one due to medical issues but I can say I had a few nurses try to pressure me a bit here and there about eventually just trying to breastfed if I could once all the meds went through my system..of course, my body had other plans and all the milk I had naturally just went away. I know many people disagree with the idea of a woman being able to breastfed in public but think of it this way..the child has to eat somehow..If you are allowed to eat in public then the child should be allowed to eat in public regardless of if that makes you uncomfortable or not. As long as the woman isn't opening flashing herself to the public why feeding her child then what is the big deal? I know many people who eat very loudly or chomp and are basically annoying while they eat their food..Can I have the right to tell them that they can't eat in public because they way they eat or chew makes me uncomfortable? Nope..I don't...I have to deal with the annoying eaters in public..Oh well, probably why I like to eat in the comfort of my own home because I don't have to deal with a possibe adult who doesn't know how to chew quietly.

   I also think part of the issue is that we as American's especially fear the breast. In certain parts of Europe its very common for women to not wear tops but here in the USA its frowned upon for a woman to be topless(in public at least). We as American's are too fixed on the sexual use of the breast vs what else they are used for..the male parts have multiple functions as well yet we aren't that fixed on just the one end of what that part does..Grow up! Those 'fun bags' as many men call them are also there to provide food to the babies that our bodies are made to produce. We as women shouldn't have to be ashamed of giving our babies food because no one can stop thinking about sex when it comes down the breast..Really..breastfeeding has nothing to with sexual arousal its simply feeding your child.

 Of course, the first thing I thought of when I saw the Time cover was "Grown Ups". If you haven't seen it yet one of characters has a five year old whose still being breastfed and its a running joke through out the whole movie until the little boy finally tries some milk out of a carton and is done with the breast milk. Personally, I don't think I would fed my child for that long..This whole extended breastfeeding debate has been around since I gave birth to my daughter. I remember when my daughter was a baby and I watched a show on TLC which involved a Mom who refused to stop breastfeeding her five year old daughter..She had her reasons but eventually she ended up weening her off of the milk..that milk really isn't needed after a certain age because you get what you need from the food that you can now consume. This whole 'attachment' parenting thing..Yeah, I don't agree with it to say the least..I WANT my child to not be that attached to me. I want my child to have independance and the ability to make their own decisions and I love my daughter but I don't want her clinging to me 24/7. If she was clinging to me like that then I would probably never want my own husband to touch me just because..I need my space! Needless to say this isn't a new concept but people of course are treating it as such because they've never heard such a thing.

Not to mention, the photographer clearly wanted that picture to grab your attention. Why else would they pose the Mother/Son the way that they did and the clothing choice..that too is pretty obvious that the photographer had a certain shock value in mind when they took the picture. Yet people are just buying into the shock value which is what they wanted..

Now, I've read a little bit into this parenting method and to be its a lot tamer then some of the other types out there but then again a lot of these methods are either one extreme or the other and very rare are easily adaptable to fit your own childs needs. I don't buy any of these methods you can read about in a book- I've said it before and I'll say it again. I will NOT buy into a parenting method that you can read about in a book. I don't care how great the doctor is..the guy is a writer and writing as such from their own experience which isn't your own experience. I'm not gonna pay five or ten dollars for some flat static advice that may be completely left field and not even work my children..no thanks! I'll happy just try my own methods and jump around from one form of doing things to another form of doing things and mind you, there are a lot of options out there to solve your issues with your children without being stuck on one method of child bearing. I also fear that a lot of new mom's could easily call into these traps of 'trend methods of child bearing' which to me thats basically all this stuff is..a trend..that could backfire on your mother/child relationship. When it comes to child bearing and raising its best to not following the trends or the books..go by your own instincts. You were given those insticts for a reason..use them!

  Okay, thats my happy little rant for day..Until I update again..Hasta!

 So, a few months ago when the hubby was sick one night I picked up my IPad and went searching for something to watch. Itunes didn't have too much rental-wise to offer up to me that week so I went to Netflix to see if I could find a movie much to my surprise I found they had "Buffy the vampire slayer" available on streaming it had been many years since I had seen the series so I decided to click it on and start the journey of the show all over again. Of course, I was quickly yet again hooked and needed my weekly fix of the show which sometimes ended up being four or more episodes on nights when well, I just couldn't sleep. Re-watching this show about ten years older then I was when it orginally aired I found out that there's a lot to take away from the show..Mind you, while I was in the process of re-watching the show I read a blog where someone wrote about 'everything I learned from Buffy' but it was mostly light and kinda funny..I'm going the other way here and going with things that well, some are funny and some are serious lessons the show gives you...so here goes nothing.

1. "You are you"- this echoed through out every season of the show and its really good thing to remember overall. You may be going through a crappy time or things just aren't going right but you are still you at the end of the day and nothing can really take the core and heart away from you..even though the 'big bad' may try to take that away from you..You are still you..you may change a little here or there but under it all..You are still you..Great thing to remember at all times.

2. Parent figures aren't always your parents IE: Giles. Yes, Giles was assigned to Buffy but he ends up being a father figure to not just her but also her friends. He may not be her actual Father but he's the closet thing to a Father that she has and that serves a lot of good overall for everyone in the Scooby gang.

3. Everyone become evil at one point in time. Seriously, everyone whose on the 'good guys' side ends up turning to the evil side at one point or another BUT they all eventually find their way back to the good guy side. We all get lost and sometimes we all turn a bit evil and although that can be held against us..it shouldn't..everyone crosses into that 'darkside' area once in their life.

4. Enemies become friends, friends become lovers then you eventually go back to being enemies IE: Cordelia. She's not always the good guy and on their side but she does eventually cross over and get involved with Xander and for a while she's on the good side of things but eventually kind of runsaway and becomes not best friends with any of them anymore. After she leaves she ends working with Angel and she is still on their side to a point but she's not directly involved with them..Oh and Faith..You can't forget her..She's the one of the best characters that goes back and forth from friend to foe.

5. Sometimes having a good heart is a super power within itself IE: Xander. Its clear through that he has a good heart and within the college season when they morph and give powers to Buffy he is the heart of the powers. Xander even uses his good heart to talk Willow down from being evil. Overall he's really the heart of group and trying his best to keep everyone safe..even if him keeping people safe is him being a little overprotective at times.

6. Love and Anger are two powerful things. Two examples of this: When Tara is shot and Willow goes off the deepend. Her love for Tara gave her power..bad power because she really did love Tara and couldn't take the heartache. It was also part anger because she was shot and couldn't bring her back. Then, look at Buffy and Spike in the last season when Spike tells her she is 'the one thing I'm sure of' what he said to her and the love he has for her gave her the power to continue and not quit.

7. If I'm ever to be cursed I want it to be by a singing Demon- "Once more with feeling"...Need I say more! Sure, you may be singing your TMI but personally I'd much rather be singing and dancing my TMI then not singing and dancing.

8. Do things your own way- The high counsel is down on Buffy the entire show and sometimes say they won't help her because her ways are not 'by the book'. You don't have to do everything by the book- half the time Buffy continued to live because she didn't do things by the book. Her ways were never wrong they were just her ways. You don't and shouldn't have to live life by the book. Sometimes not doing things by the book will be more successful then following the book.

9. You can find the one person who really loves you within someone who claims to hate you IE: Spike. They start out as enemies and don't even like each other but really, thats just a weird form of flirting and he has indeed always loved her probably moreso then Angel ever did. Sometimes that person who hates you is just scared to admit it that they like you because they broke into your school and tried to kill you and your friends.

10. Sometimes you do needs friends IE: The Scooby gang. Buffy continues to live longer then most slayers because of her friends who look out for her and help her solve problems..Sometimes friends can keep you alive and grounded.

11. Trust your instincts- people will tell you all the time that you are doing wrong..This happens a lot in season seven where people just tell Buffy she is wrong and that her instincts are wrong but in reality she ends up being right and knowing her instincts..Don't let people tell you otherwise..sometimes your gut is right.

12. Don't judge others when you've made equally messed up choices- Xander and Buffy in season six when he gives her a hard time about being with Spike when he had recently left Anya at the wedding..Yeah, if your bad decisions are still fresh in the minds of others its really not fair to critize others for what you may see as bad choices..We all make messed up choices at the end of the game so its best to keep your mouth at times..that is unless you are a perfect human and have never made a mistake...ever.

13. Becareful what you wish for- The vengence demons! Yes, sometimes when you say "I wish" and you get your wish it may end up being a twisted version of your wish that you end up not wanting in the first place..Those two little words can be evil..Watch your mouth when you "I wish that.."

14. Sometimes in order to be an adult you have to be on your own- When Buffy's mom dies and she's left on her own its a whole new world..then this happens again when Giles goes back to England BUT once she's left alone she learns how to become the woman she is and how to take care of herself. You can't get anywhere constantly being under your parents wing..branch out, see the world and do things for yourself.

15. People will always tell you whats best for you but it might not be the best for you- Spike against everyone..When people find out that they've been involved a lot of people freak and at one point it is arranged for Spike to be killed so that he is not a 'liablity' when infact, he was the warrior that they needed and the person Buffy needed the most. People will tell you till their blue in the face thats best for you for only you know what's best for you..

16. The quiets ones are the ones to look out for IE Willow..She's always the quiet and meek one BUT she took her time and by the end of the series is just as powerful if not more powerful then Buffy herself. She can also be as evil as the best of them as well if she made that choice..Just because you are quiet and meek doesn't mean that you won't ever have power of your own.

17. Becareful what you say because the person could take it to heart and do it- IE: Buffy telling Spike over and over again how he's souless..so, he gets a soul.

18. Leaders aren't born they are made- Buffy..Watch the entire series and this is very true..She starts as a scared teenage but eventually knows how to lead her army, make hard choices and lead! It took many years for her to get to that point but she wasn't born that way.

19. If a fortune teller or seer tells you something..believe it! Look at the last season especially with the little girl who just saw things coming in the future..like her death..everything she said was right and right on. Then, there's that demon that tells Anya her time will come soon enough..he was well, right..

20. Sometimes you can't stop things from happening- back to the girl who saw the future in the last season..Yep, she saw her death and everything was done to stop the death but it still happened anyways..sometimes no matter what you do or the effort you put in the end result will always remain the same.

21. Regardless of if you believe it or not..you CAN make a difference..Back to the last season where ALL the slayers are activated..the one small group of people did change the world..it didn't happen over night but they were able to change it all and change the rules.

Okay, so there ya have it..I'll do a similar blog once I'm done re-watching "Angel" and since I have recently finished "Buffy" well, I am onto "Angel" next.

 So, this week hasn't gone exactly as planned. First off, on Monday we had an internet failure this internet failure resulted in me having to reboot my laptop a few thousand times then one reboot just ended up frying the laptop. We had no idea what happened and it really seemed pointless..BUT after a day of messing around with my laptop it was able to get up and running again but its still not all the way fixed up. I'm waiting on a new harddrive to get here and a new power cord. I really hope the power cord shows up soon because this morning my laptop went into a loop because it didn't think it was plugged in when I checked it a dozen times and it was indeed plugged in..On the plus side though- I didn't lose any of my files. Literally, I was a few days away from backing up this months worth of pictures but the crash on the laptop happened a few days too early and I was very worried that I'd end up losing a month of pictures but once the harddrive converter got here we found out that none of my files were lost in the mess up which is a good thing.

  On top of the laptop messing up- Logan seems to have a bug of some sort and he's been going to bed early almost every night this week. Of course, the downside to this is most nights he goes to bed early he can't seem to sleep or spends his nights in the bathroom..Oh yeah, and speaking of the bathroom the upstairs middle toliet is broken and we still have to call up the plumber to get someone out here to look at it.

 On the plus side though- Logan did get the copy back of his book and the good news is that it only took them three tries to get the draft back to him in at least acceptable condition. Of course, since he was pressured to get the thing in there's a lot of typos and mistakes in there that he has to go in and fix up. This wouldn't be that big of a deal if he was feeling at his best and he could concentrate fully on what he's doing. He has gotten through or well, almost through fixing up the first short story which is a good thing but he's got a long way to go before he can resubmit.

 All things considered we haven't gotten over to the little ones school to register. At this rate we're planning on heading over on Monday..assuming nothing goes wrong before then..Seriously, we keep planning on going over there to at least grab the paperwork but things just keep going insane to the point where we don't have the energy to leave the house and start the process. We aren't even sure how long the process will be this time when it came down to pre-school it was about a three week or so process with the testing and the results and the paperwork after the testing and yadda yadda. We want to register her before the school before the new school year starts because we just want it out of the way plus we already know for experience that setting up the bus can be a pain in the butt..

 Anyways, now onto the it could be worse part. We have a friend who happens to live in Michigan and he ran across a newsstory this morning about this guy who tried to abduct a 19 year old in his Ford truck..oddly enough the criminal looks a whole lot like Logan..You can make the call for yourself but here we see the simiarities and we find it kind of funny and at the same time we're happy we don't live in Michigan and happen to be nowhere near Michigan.

Anyways, thats my ranting for today...Until I update again...hasta!

 Okay- first, it was the period parties I read about, then the whole idea of eating the placenta which I literally just wrote about yesterday and now, hey look! Another kind of crazy parenting thing came up in the news today. Alica Silverstone chews her sons food for him and in bird like style feeds him the food that she has already chewed up. Yes, I'll admit the video is kind of cute and creepy at the same time because it looks like she's making out with her little boy at certain points within the minute video. I know she's a vegan and believes that we all should take certain cues from the our animal instincts and whatnot but okay, I don't even like it when my dogs lick me in the mouth. Yes, I used to bite my nails until I found out how really gross that was..The human mouth is dirty to say the least and its filled with germs some good and some bad. To me, it seems a little bit icky as well among the other things I've been reading about..

And again..surprise, surprise! This is a very common act in third world countries where people don't have the access to food that we as Amercian's do! I know that the USA isn't doing that great overall right now but we aren't for a lack of food. If anything we as Americans throw out more food then we eat...So yeah, I do have to admit that I don't get it.

Right when my daughter was of feeding age as in baby food...the 'trend' to make your own baby food. Every time you turned a corner at a grocery store or a baby food store you could find what you needed to make your own baby food which is well, fine and dandy! This is taking it to a whole new level really.. Now, Alicia doesn't eat meat so its not like she's letting her young boy try an already chewed up steak or anything. Believe it or not I'd actually understand if she was trying to let him try a steak or some form of meat because most young children can't really chew that type of stuff all that well..Our daughter got her first piece of steak at age six then again, she got her first lobster at age four..I'm getting off topic though.. Your child has to learn how to chew on their own even with missing teeth. My daughter has lost a few teeth already that happened to be in bad spots and she had to relearn how to chew and how to talk..thats part of growing up. Sure, she was having soup a few days when she lost a tooth in a bad spot but she eventually adjusted.

I just hope that if she has a cold that she stops for a little while and that her son doesn't think this is a normal thing. I would hate for my child to be wanting to be feed pre-chewed food for them for an extended period of time. Same can be said for breast feeding..I mean no one wants to see a seven year old asking Mommy for milk from her breast...Right now, yes..it is slightly cute and slightly creepy to me at least but hopefully there is an end to this habit thats she's forming with her son.

Okay- now lets see if something else new parenting wise won't pop up tomorrow....I remember a time when I used to be able to read parenting news and what's 'trendy in parenting' without going off on a huge rant..I wonder if it'll ever get back to that..

    Just when you thought you had heard it all with the period parties for your daughters I now bring you another new trend thats sweeping across America. Mind you, this has been going on for years and decades in other cultures but now this is the next big thing to hit the USA! What am I talking about you may ask?? Well, I'm talking about the new trend of eating your placenta aka afterbirth. Hey, if you don't believe me here's an article about it: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/22087790/ns/health-womens_health/t/placenta-pizza-some-new-moms-try-old-rituals/?fb_ref=.T3DCvjYRKqM.like&fb_source=profile_oneline 

   You can also find another article about it on yahoo news. Infact, I only heard about this one through yahoo news and then went to look it up a bit further myself. Now, I don't know about any other Mothers out there but to me this just seems like a gross concept. There's even recipes online that gives you ideas on how to cook your placenta and make meals out of it. There's also companies out there that will take your placenta and turn it into a pill that the new Mommy can pop if she's feeling tired or down. As I've been reading this is suppose to be a natural 'pick me up' for new Mommies and its said that the afterbirth can prevent post pardum depression. As wonderful and joyous as they make this ritual sound..I would personally never consume my afterbirth. The companies that are around that will take your placenta do sanitize it before they do anything to it..Regardless of if you tell them that you want your placenta made into more a free dried steak looking thing..or a pill...Oh, and if you get grossed out easily I suggest you don't go looking for the recipes because well, they should you exactly how to prepare your placenta complete with step by step instructions with color photos!

   Yes, I also understand that a lot of animals eat the placenta after childbirth and yes, we as humans are animals but as I've also read..we are very well fed animals so the Mom who just gave birth really doesn't NEED to consume the placenta. If we were third world and people were fighting for food left and right...okay, I guess I could see this going on but not in our pretty well to do country.

  This is yet again another example of why we as humans are slowly going out of our minds...Is this really something we need to be doing?? Do we really have to be like cavemen now because its 'trendy'? Seriously, what else can we make 'trendy' that really shouldn't be 'trendy'. I can understand saving the cord blood just incase but to basically consume a tempory part of your body is just way out there and really rather gross..To each their own but to me, this is a gross concept and shouldn't even be a new trend in the states to begin with..Now, I will leave you with your thoughts and if you dare you can look up some of the stuff on this subject for yourself.

   So, its come to my attention that one of the newest 'trends' is to throw a party when your daughter gets her first period. These parties are becoming rapidly popular and there's even a company out there that you can call to set up a party for your daughter. Mind you, these parties come complete with tampons, maxi-pads, red frosting cupcakes and even games that revolve around the period that has just been recieved. I did some research on this myself and found out that yes, this has indeed been going on for a long while in Jewish cultures but its now just a 'new' thing among parents today.

 Now, I don't know about anyone else- but as normal as having a period is and getting a period is I wouldn't WANT a party thrown for it. I mean, its bad enough when you as a woman get your first period. I mean, most every woman has a horror story about what happened when they got their first period and yes, I do have one of my own. I personally would have been even more humilated had my mom actually thrown a party for me getting my first period. To me now, my idea of a great period party would be well, being left alone for the entire day, some champange, some Mexican food and a whole lot of chick flicks being watched while being left alone..Yep, yep..there's really no need to toss a big party to celebrate something thats just so painful to deal with..

  I completely understand throwing a party for when you turn 16, graduate High School and a few other milestones but to me, throwing a party for something so personal seems rather silly to me and could end up badly for the poor girl who gets thrown the party. I would just hope that these parents who are throwing these parties are at least..I don't know..asking the child if they would like a period party or not. I also would hope that these parties are only 'girls only'..I don't think little pre-teen boys would like being sent home with a goody bag filled with female products. To me, it just seems like another excuse to throw a party..I'm all for parties for no reason..if you feel the need to just throw a party..then just throw a party. Its a lot better option then this type of party...at least that way your guest of honor won't be crampy, moody and angry.

Oh and incase you are curious..you can read about this new 'trend' here. http://voices.yahoo.com/how-throw-daughter-period-party-783533.html?cat=25

 So, this week has been basically work, work..Yeah, we finally came to a decision on what to do with the little ones school..basically, we plan on getting her tested via the public school and depending on where she places we'll either locate a private school or simply enroll her into the one school for one year then go shopping for a private school before she hits first grade..Well, much to our surprise once we decided this we found out that our school district is on Spring break until the 26th..So, we're kind of stuck in waiting at this point in time but we have about two monthish to make some headway.

  Anyways, last week I got my hair done..Yes, it's sooner then normal but well, it was needed and I wanted to change out my color again. Also while I was there I booked my next appointment for the normal Friday before Mother's Day.

  At any rate, once I was done with my hair I called home and asked the hubby if he needed anything and he told me to go to get an external drive and I picked one up for him with good timing too. The computer he was working on kept shutting off and he finally had the last of it and had to call Best Buy..the laptop he's been using is still under warranty so that'll be going into the shop very soon once he dumps ship completely and moves all of his work on the work computer and then has the one desktop for movies, music then the other red laptop once it's fixed will be for gaming..Anyways, a new laptop was ordered and the hubby has been slowly readjusting his stuff so that his work and gaming and fun are kept seperate.

 In other news, the dishwasher has broken AGAIN and we are now handwashing dishes yet again but come next week we will have a brand new dishwasher installe for free all thanks to the manufactor warranty..Yay! Hopefully, since we're getting a new dishwasher for free we can now finally afford the new stove we have been talking about since around Christmas time. The stove in the house now is about well, as old as the house and it needs to be replaced..so at some point once we have a working dishwasher...again, we will buy the new oven and then our kitchen will be mostly finished well, minus the sink that still needs to be replaced but at least our appliances will all be working and well, not as old as dirt.

 Oh, and yesterday I spent most of my day transcibing the hubby's writting for his next work..it was a long three chapters and took me about four hours to complete but now, that huge chunk of work is done and out of my way. I do still have two more chapters to re-type for him before he sends his next book 'into production' but at some point next week I'll do that..

Anyways, thats my ranting for today....I know its been a while since I've updated so I figured I'd toss an update out..Until I update again...Hasta!

For those of you who don't know who these two guys are the blue bird her name is Zee and that yellow moose that guys name is Moose A. Moose. These guys used to be the mascots for Nick Jr which was once called Noggin. These two characters would lead kids through songs, dances, basic emotions, numbers, alphabet, you name it! These guys covered it! My daughter loved these two guys a lot and infact, we even did an arts and crafts project in October 2010 where we made the little stuffed animals of Moose and Zee(see below picture).

Yesterday, I got up with the little one just like it was a normal day and we flipped on Nick Jr..at first, I noticed that something was wrong because "Diego" was on..typically, that only happens on a weekend so I had to search my mind to make sure it was infact still a weekday. Once I realized it was still a weekday..I was confused. I had just sat down with my coffee and I was ready to check my mail and well, wake up while the little one watched some TV. Right away, I noticed one thing missing from the 'in between' show line-up..there was no Moose and Zee. At first, I said nothing about it because well, the entire show line-up for the morning was well, confusing and I hadn't had enough coffee to add things up. Well, by the end of the second "Backyardigns" when I had two cups of coffee I again noticed..there was no Moose or Zee..this time the little one was just enough awake and she started asking me "Where's Moose and Zee?" Of course, the 'in between' shows now are rather boring so the little one was acting out... A LOT! She kept asking and asking "where's Moose and Zee??" At that point the hubby got up and of course he had already heard all the issues and he wasn't too happy at all himself. Well, I took the little one upstairs to her morning bath since we didn't have anything major planned for that day. By the time the two of us got back downstairs we got the news that even the Nick Jr. website was now all messed up and they even had a nice little message on their website saying 'If your kids ask where Moose and Zee are..please, tell them that they are working behind the camera."

We of course..told the little one this and she somehow came up with a strange story that the two of them were working on a broken toliet that had caught on fire??? Okay..I don't know where she gets her ideas but hey, at least we can say she's creative. The hubby thought about writing a letter of some sort of the station but he decided to wait a day and see if any other parents were going to start an out cry over it. I mean..we had to not be the only parents that were having a hard time with a little one over two characters who have been a part of their kids life since..well, I don't know when...are suddenly gone. These two guys have been in our little ones life since she was about 2 and a half when we noticed she was taking interest in TV shows and movies..So, yeah..we suffered through the day with the little one acting out everytime a show ended..Mind you, half the time she doesn't even watch the shows. If its a re-run she'll play with her toys or run around the house, color or whatever she feels like doing with the TV going in the background. The really hard part of the day was the in-between show area because well, there was no Moose and Zee anymore..Oh, and I forgot to mention yesterday and she missed them..a lot and in addition to the arts and crafts guys we made as a family we ended up ordering her an actual plush toy of Moose and Zee..so at least she can hug those guys and remember them happily.

So..we got to this morning and we were hoping that there was some underground out cry over these two characters being missing and they would be magically put back on the TV but alas they weren't back. The line up in between shows was a bit more bearable as in they added in more songs and whatnot but still no Moose or Zee and the same old boring woman talking was still there.. Once the hubby woke up he went looking for any information on the two again and this time he did find a petition to bring them back. The signatures are growing by the minute. If you have a little one and you want to sign go here: http://www.change.org/petitions/bring-moose-and-zee-back

Please remember to sign it and pass it on to any other parents and get the word out! I know adults can understand when their favorite character(s) is killed off or written out of shows but kids..yeah, they can't understand it and it leaves us parents with having to well, come up with something as to why they aren't around anymore. If they want to try something new...fine but they should have at least given Moose A. Moose a farewell(even if just put online) so that the parents could explain easily why they are going away. To me, this just seems cruel..not only to the parents but to the kids as well..Bring him back! Not to mention, now the in between shows are well, boring and not as entertaining and clearly it doesn't speak to kids anymore as seen by my daughter and many, many other kids. If you go through and read the signatures there's actually a whole lot of stories about depressed kids who don't know what happened to these two characters. In the least, give these two guys the right to a farewell and introduce something else that kids can relate too and like as much as these two! Okay...thats my rant..