Not a Fan of Santa

My friend Nancy just sent me this picture from the Cub Scout Holiday Pack Meeting.  Poor kid, but isn't that totally hilarious?  I guess Jacob isn't a fan of Santa yet.

 

 

I'd Call That Kristie Spelling

I was playing hangman with Ben this afternoon while Maddie was at a playdate and Jacob was napping.  We played for a long, long time until my eyelids wouldn't stay open anymore.  In order to help him win, I gave him the valuable hint that all english words have a vowel in them.  As we ended the game he commented to me, "Okay.  If I ever do sound spelling at school and write a word and then I see it doesn't have a vowel, I will just add an "e" on the end of it."

 

Reminds me of when a certain sister of mine had a college professor tell her she needed to use more commas in her sentences.  For the next paper, she used them all right.  About every three words, need it or not, that paper had a comma.  It was surprising how obnoxious it really was to read and it made me laugh so hard I wanted to cry. If I recall correctly, she turned that paper in though I can't remember what grade she got. Kristie cracks me up, so I dedicate this new way of spelling to her.  Here is my shout out to the extra commas and letter e's at the end of all words.

I think the timing could be better for this.

Jakey is so excited about potty training. The last two days he just wanted to sit and sit and sit. this morning i was in his room and figured from the smell he must have a stinky diaper. When he woke up i tried to change him but he was clean and kept protesting that he needed to go potty. I took him in and after a while he tinkled four times. "I did it pee pee mama!" he says. Not sure if this will stick or not. I'm guessing no. To be truthful it would be much better for me not to be potty training on a 26 hour plane flight and while we stand in a two hour line at customs. I'm hoping he wants to try again about two weeks after arrival. Then he can pee his accidents all over someone elses house and i can move out a week or two after he's got it down. Of course i still have to clean it up though. That's a terrible thing to say but it's a parents dream. Time will tell what we do. He is
only a month past two years old so i'm not pushing it any time soon.

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Christmas fun catches up to ben.

Tired boy.

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New Years Resolutions Begin in March

I can't help but smirk at the adds that keep coming across my homepage.  It's New Years season and everyone is joining gyms, eating less, eating healthier and doing grand and amazing things.  Not me.  I see a headline teaser today that reads, "Simple Ways to Cut 500 Calories A Day" as I lick the artificial cheese flavor from my fingers.  I make no apologies.  My mother raised me to not waste any food.  Clean your plate.  And thus, I am simply cleaning my cupboards.  They are stocked with all sorts of amazingly delicious treats.  Today it is Doritos and a nice cup of hot chocolate.  Tomorrow maybe I'll attack the Fritos and Hershey kisses.  Maybe in March I'll have time to get healthy.  For now, I have a double chocolate cheesecake in the freezer that needs some attention.

Gum on Sunday Again

Just wanted to say that I got my two front teeth installed a few days before Christmas.  I haven't been able to chew gum since my tooth was removed in March. My life doesn't involve a lot of close contact these days with other people like it used to.  Back in school people, including me, used to carry gum all the time.  When you take a piece, you offer one to everyone else nearby and gum is everywhere.  Thus you ensure your breath does not offend anyone. 

 

These days I only have gum on a random Sunday when I sit next to someone in a class and am feeling self concious.  I'm excited to say I get to have gum today!!  And my flipper won't get stuck to it or fall out or get tweaked slightly to the side and pinch or poke a hole in the roof of my mouth.  And just to kick off the reunion on the right foot?  I'm doing the Strawberry Bubbilicious today instead of the boring adult spearmint variety.  Oh it feels great!

 

NOTE: I don't usually have such crazy bug eyes.  Ben was taking the picture and he wouldn't/couldn't push the button and the bubble sprung a leak and I was gesturing wildly to take it NOW because I had to keep blowing so it wouldn't collapse and I was beyond out of breath.  Such great memories.  From now I, I think I'll keep the teeth I've got.

Meet My New Family!!

Amanda, You didn't leave an email, so maybe you'll check back and see that your photo was deleted. I was genuine in saying you have a cute family. So sorry for posting and I hope you aren't too upset. Having the email address I do I get flooded with junk from other people that I assume use me as a dummy address. I got two messages just yesterday from Ron Zufelt and someone else Zufelt that think I am in their family. I have asked four times for them to remove me from their family distribution list as they send 10 MB of pictures every few weeks of people I've never met. Their response? "Your email address is just too close to my daughter-in-laws" so they can't promise it won't happen again. Sorry I get frusterated by it all. I totally understand your feelings. Many people prefer not to be public online. The photo has been removed. As a kindness in return, please be careful not to use my email in the future. Thanks. No hard feelings.

***Picture deleted at request of the real Amanda.***

Aren't we cute?? So I've been meaning to tell everyone. I changed my name to Amanda Zufelt and then went blonde. Oh yeah. And got a new husband and two kids instead of three. Here's what happens when people type in the wrong email address.

I'm sure it was an accident since the account actually does exist and it wasn't a scam email. Costco sent me the note today saying my online account would be deleted in January 8 due to inactivity. Interesting. First, my name is not Amanda. Second, I'm becoming more and more a believer that everyone is out to get me (via email). Just for kicks, I decided it might be fun to see if I could get into the Costco account. Sure enough they sent me a new password to the email address she signed up (mine) and I got to check out sweet Amanda's family pics. Love them by the way. Cute family.

One more thing. Big shout out to Alene Zufelt from your buddy Duane Domagalski (you know, the service manager at Andrew Toyota in Wisconsin). He just wrote to say Happy Birthday on the 24th of this month. He sends me notes for you from time to time. He also informed me that you are over due for an oil change a few months ago. Sorry for not delivering the message sooner. Peter Klein sent a coupon to you. Let me know if you want to use it.

My mother-in-law sometimes teases me about me always stealing the login/screen name "azufelt." She says I'm always too fast (her name is Anne). Hopefully this makes her feel just a little bit better. Having an email so generic is beginning to cause problems afterall.