blogging with two kids
I suck at it. The girl is old enough now where I have a chance in the evening to sit down and devote a little bit of time to blogging. But by that point in my day, I’m tired and I can’t remember the any of the dozen or so things that happened during the day that I thought were funny enough to blog about. I’ve got a dozen or so unpublished drafts sitting around from the past month alone. But rest assured, the year of creativity is not yet over. I’ve got a couple of things up my sleeve.
Yankee stadium
When I was growing up, my family would drive to New York City a couple of times per year. But because we were there to visit family, we never did anything fun (no offense, family) or touristy. We’d pass by Yankee Stadium every time, but I’ve never been inside. And now I never will, because the last game there was last night. That makes me sad. We had been talking about going for each of the past few years, but it never worked out.
Swaddling
For the sake of your sanity, DO IT. Swaddle your babies. Tightly. Like a straight jacket. I have a Ph.D. in Swaddling Science. Trust me. I’ll be posting a swaddling guide here sometime soon. If you do it the way most instructions tell you to do it, it won’t work.
The Ryder Cup
Go USA! Here’s a conversation between me and the boy while watching yesterday’s coverage:
Me: The guys in red are from the United States. The guys in white shirts are from Europe.
Boy: What color are the guys from Russia wearing?
Me: Russia is not invited to play in the Ryder Cup.
Boy: Why not?
Me: …oh no wait, the guys from Russia are wearing yellow.
Sarah Palin
Yeah right! I know better than that, I know who reads this blog! But I will say that it irks me how the McCain campaign played Obama’s popularity as a negative thing, but now are more than happy to try to ride Sarah Palin’s popularity right to the White House. Seriously though, that’s as much as I’m saying about her. For now.
The presidential race in general
I can’t wait for the debates, and I don’t think I’ve ever said that in my life. I love how this election is inspiring people (including myself) to get involved and educate themselves on all sorts of topics. I just wish the inspiration wasn’t stemming from a war and a troubled economy.
Apple, Inc.
My love for them could best be described as “borderline inappropriate.”
Bacon
My love for bacon has been tested, and I failed the test. A local grocery store recently closed, we visited on the last day it was open. The only thing left on any of the refrigerated shelves was this one package of bacon:
And I didn’t buy it. I had freshness concerns. Plus, it was reduced fat. But still, it was bacon. And now I feel like I can’t ever claim to love bacon. Because if I truly loved bacon, I would have bought it.
September 22nd, 2008
I just typed out a fifty-word-long rant about how sarah palin talks out of her ass, but then I thought it would maybe be in poor taste to spark a political debate on your blog’s comment section. even if I would win.
and you did get an iphone of your own finally, yes?
September 22nd, 2008
I just realized that I used the phrase “dozen or so” in two consecutive sentences. I’m a little bit mad at myself for that.
No, no iPhone. Yet.
September 22nd, 2008
You could have at least bought the bacon and taken it home and trashed it. That way you would have put it out of its misery. Obviously, you were never the last person picked to be on a team. Its lonely being last… poor bacon…
September 22nd, 2008
We watched part of the Ryder cup at my Father in law’s house on Sunday. At least…there were guys in Red shirts and guys in white shirts and they were golfing.
I look forward to the swaddling lesson, although my daughter is four months…is she getting too old?
Reduced fat bacon…I don’t know what to say other than that it is bacon that has been stripped of its pride.
September 22nd, 2008
Heff - My plan calls for swaddling until age 18, so your daughter is still good. (My daughter is also four months old, and I’m figuring she’s got at least another month before I consider not swaddling!)
September 22nd, 2008
So… who ya voting for Omar?
I think the thing with Palin is that people who weren’t diggin’ Obama or McCain & were settling on “voting for the lesser evil” now either really like her or don’t- helping them lean more in one direction or another. I don’t know. You know how I am so not political other than posting funny buttons in my sidebar.:P So… hmm… yeah, I don’t really have much to add to this.
Next subject:
I thought I ? bacon, but I don’t think I would have bought the bacon either. Especially since it’s reduced fat.
I never swaddled my babies. None of them. Am I bad? Maybe that’s what’s wrong with Liv. Maybe I should try swaddling her NOW- like a straight jacket… That’s an idea.
September 22nd, 2008
My heart looks like a question mark. That’s suppose to say “I thought I heart bacon.”
September 22nd, 2008
i don’t even have any babies, and i can’t find the energy to keep up with my blog as i’d hoped. there are days when i wish someone would swaddle me into a tight cocoon and then when i decided to crawl out, everything in life would be fun and easy and fixed.
that’s sad about Yankee stadium.
September 22nd, 2008
Tori questions bacon. And she says she’s not political.
What’s with everything closing down around you?
Since you aren’t hesitant to express disappointment, I have to say, i’m disappointed SubJug. Disappointed that you weren’t willing to start a pointless political argument on your blog. I have so many pointless things to say and I’m sure you have so many pointless opinions of your own.
Really, it comes down to this. Who’s hotter?
Dem’s candidate is hotter’n Repubs.
Repub’s veep is hotter’n Dems.
Crap. Now I really don’t know who to vote for.
Nevermind.
September 22nd, 2008
I can’t believe the store was open with only one package of pathetic reduced fat bacon.
September 22nd, 2008
You should have bought that bacon and sent it to Houston.
September 22nd, 2008
Reduced fat bacon.
SHUT UP. I shun the thought.
“What’s with everything closing down around you?” Yeah Omar, asplain’ yourself.
But I have to say that Yankee stadium made me =(
I wonder if my dog will let me swaddle him.
September 22nd, 2008
Do you know about Jott? You sign up, enter your cell # and email address, verify, etc. Then when you have one of those “I gotta write about this” moments you call Jott, leave a voicemail (basically), then it transcribes it to writing and emails you. Cool, huh?! And it’s been found to be pretty accurate.
Unfortunately, when I use it I ALWAYS freeze up when it’s time to talk, so my emails have a lot of “uh”s and “oh sh**, what was I going to say?”s. But maybe you’d be better under “pressure” like that than me.
My new phone supposedly has a mike too (as in microphone, no secret men in it). I thought I’d try it out as soon as I can locate it.
September 23rd, 2008
That is too bad that you will most likely never be able to watch a professional baseball game at Yankee Stadium, but if you really want to, I’m sure there will be an opportunity in the future to visit. I don’t think they’re scrapping it just yet.
Reduced fat bacon? Let it go… it was never meant to be.
I don’t have an iphone. Yet. The Contract with my current provider is up at the beginning of December. I’m just biding my time. Plus I heard rumors this weekend of a 32GB iphone due out soon. My pants were almost immediately… uh… never mind. Just know that they have since been washed.
September 23rd, 2008
You do not buy the bacon. The bacon buys you.
September 23rd, 2008
I’m voting for Mr.Cocka-doodle-doo.
September 23rd, 2008
I’ve never been to Yankee Stadium, either. When I saw that it was closing on the news, I was a little sad, too. Now I can’t go if I ever wanted to.
At least you have things happening to blog about. I’ve got nothin’.
September 23rd, 2008
i never even knew about yankee stadium.
and was THAT the golf thing paul was watching on saturday. hmm. okay.
paul also has a degree in infant swaddling, he does it better than the ladies at the hospital. he calls them burrito babies. but i look forward to your tutorial, hopefully complete with pictures.
September 23rd, 2008
i mean, i KNEW about yankee stadium. like of it’s existence, but i didn’t know it was closing. had to clarify that there.
September 23rd, 2008
oooooooooohhhhh!!! you stepped into the sarah palin ring! verrrrrry brave. i think you should just throw out some trash talk out there and watch people go POSTAL!!! could be fun, no?
i don’t dare do the politics thing–i’m too busy reading us weekly and blogstalking, so……i count on smart, informed people like you to do it for me. don’t make me look bad, omar. i’m counting on you.
September 23rd, 2008
Where is the love Omar?
C’mon, do the Macarena with me.
Dale a tu cuerpo alegria, Macarena
Que tu cuerpo es pa’ darle alegria y cosas buenas
Dale a tu cuerpo alegria, Macarena
Ey, Macarena!
September 24th, 2008
Re: Bacon
I don’t think I would be willing to take the very last item on the shelf on the very last day of the store’s existence. It would seem too heartbreaking to really be the one to end it for the store. So I don’t think it has anything to do with your currently questionable love for bacon.
September 24th, 2008
Also, FYI, lots of pieces of Yankees stadium are for sales on eBay and Craigslist and such. So you can have a piece for your very own.
September 26th, 2008
I’m sad you never got to go inside Yankee Stadium!
I am SOOO in agreement with you about the swaddling! Seriously.
No one can make me believe that stuff is really bacon.