Breaking the Binky Habit

Miranda will be two in September and is firmly attached to her binky - in fact, if she sees that there is more than one, she has to have both of them - you know, just in case she loses one. She will not give it up on her own and I'm looking for suggestions on breaking her of the habit without leading to hysterics on her part and eating too much chocolate on mine.

Ah, girls

This morning I was in the bathroom while my kids were playing in the TV room. I heard a "CLONK" and then the definite sound of small hands splashing in water, which meant my son had overturned my husbands water glass on his desk and was happily playing in it. I sighed, got up, and was washing my hands when my 18-month-old daughter toddled into the doorway and looked up at me with her huge blue eyes, one hand tightly clutching her favorite beaded necklace.

"Mess" she said. "Mess!"
"Did Daniel make a mess?" I asked her gently.
"Yeah" she said, nodding her little head.

Then she wandered off to her potty and rather primly sat down.

I went out to the TV room and sure enough, there was my three-year-old, splashing around the water he had spilled. I cleaned it up and shooed him away, reflecting that if his sister was already tattling on him at 18 months old, this was going to be one long childhood for all four of us!

LISA FUIMAONO FUNDRAISING DRIVE

I’m a Mary Kay Consultant and it is my pleasure to dedicate the entire month of November to raising funds to help support Lisa Fuimaono and her family.

As many of you know, Lisa was involved in a very serious car accident at the beginning of this month. Lisa is a local belly dancer and every little bit can help her and her family during this difficult time.

I am donating 50% of all profits made from my Mary Kay sales to Lisa and her family this ENTIRE MONTH. I am also selling a number of products at 25% off, and will donate 100% of all profits from these discounted sales. My goal is to raise $350.

Here are some ways you can help!

1) Have a Mary Kay Party!
Invite a few friends over to sample some great skin care products, spa products or cosmetics and win Hostess prizes!

2) Attend Facial / Makeover Events
EVERY Tuesday night, Thursday night, and Saturday morning, the Mary Kay Training Center hosts events featuring FREE skin care classes, glamour makeovers, prizes and more!
Times: Tuesday, 6:30 pm Skin Care
Thursday, 6:30 pm Glamour Makeover
Saturday, 9:30 am Skin Care/Glamour
Place: Mary Kay Training Studio in the Financial Plaza Building: 1135 Terminal Way Suite #105 Reno, NV

3) Private Consultation Not feeling social? Don’t have time for a party? Meet with me for dedicated one-on-one skin care and/or cosmetic consultation.

4) Website
Or you can simply visit my website at www.marykay.com/plgrace to see all the great products Mary Kay has to offer!

Call me anytime at 351-2239 (home) or 240-0307 (cell), or email me at plgrace620@gmail.com to let me know which one(s) you’d like to do. This is a great opportunity to treat yourself and support a great cause all at the same time!

Sub-Zero New Year's Eve Zombie Hunt

We've seen this coming. We knew it could happen. And now...they are here.

They are here.

The date is New Year's Eve, 2007.
The time...is...inconsequential.
The place: The Grace Safe House.
The plan? Kill Zombies. Kill, Kill, Kill.


Want more details? Afriad you'll freeze your butt off?? Tough testes. soldier.

Zack waits for no one. NO ONE.

(Plus I wanted to claim the date before someone else did)

Mark your calendars.....The apocolypse is upon us.

Book tag - 'cept all my friends on tribe already got tagged.

1. grab the nearest book
2. open book to page 28
3. find the 3rd sentence
4. post the text of the next three sentences in your blog along with these instructions. Do not look for your favorite book, the cool book, or the intellectual one: pick the CLOSEST book.
5. tag 5 other peeps to do the same.

Pam's:

"You just signed your traveler's checks, went under the knife, then went home to Miami or New York or whatever. Question: Did you ever try to track these patients down, warn them? No, I didn't."

Question: what's the point? Is there one? Anyone? Bueller?

From my buddy Tracy: In Praise of Women over 30

MAKE SURE YOU READ TO THE END!!!


In case you missed it on 60 minutes......

This is for all you girls 30 years and over... And for those who are
turning 30, and for those who are scared of moving into their
30's...AND for guys who are scared of girls over 30!!!!... This was a
monologue by Andy Rooney from the CBS show, 60 Minutes

Andy Rooney said:

As I grow in age, I value women who are over 30 most of all. Here are
just a few reasons why:

A woman over 30 will never wake you in the middle of the night to ask,
"What are you thinking?" She doesn't care what you think.

If a woman over 30 doesn't want to watch the game, she doesn't sit
around whining about it. She does something she wants to do. And, it's
usually something more interesting.

A woman over 30 knows herself well enough to be assured in whom she
is, what she is, what she wants and from whom. Few women past the age
of 30 give a hoot what you might think about her or what she's doing.

Women over 30 are dignified. They seldom have a screaming match with
you at the opera or in the middle of an expensive restaurant.

Of course, if you deserve it, they won't hesitate to shoot you, if
they think they can get away with it.

Older women are generous with praise, often undeserved. They know what
it's like to be unappreciated.

A woman over 30 has the self-assurance to introduce you to her women
friends. A younger woman with a man will often ignore even her best
friend because she doesn't trust the guy with other women. Women over
30 couldn't care less if you're attracted to her friends because she
knows her friends won't betray her.

Women get psychic as they age. You never have to confess your sins to
a woman over 30. They always know.

A woman over 30 looks good wearing bright red lipstick. This is not
true of younger women.

Once you get past a wrinkle or two, a woman over 30 is far sexier than
her younger counterpart.

Older women are forthright and honest. They'll tell you right off if
you are a jerk & if you are acting like one! You don't ever have to
wonder where you stand with her.

Yes, we praise women over 30 for a multitude of reasons.
Unfortunately, it's not reciprocal. For every stunning, smart, well-coiffed hot woman of 30+, there is a bald, paunchy relic in yellow pants making a fool of
himself with some 22-year-old waitress.

Ladies, I apologize.

For all those men who say, "Why buy the cow when you can get the milk
for free".

Here's an update for you.

Nowadays 80% of women are against marriage. Why?

Because women realize it's not worth buying an entire Pig, just to get
a little sausage.

Gaiety abounds

So a buddy of mine posted an link to an online sermon on how homosexuality is an abomination - quoting God, of course - and proceeded to list all biblical evidence of God saying so. The orator went on to list human justification for homosexuality, and how biological factors and similar behavior in the animal world turned out to be a 'straw man' (never mind that the whole point of science is to disprove all hypotheses, and new ones are springing up all the time) and that God is infallible and men should stop fucking men and women should stop fucking women and go with Christ or forever burn in hell like the beasts they are.

This orator, I believe, should be served a hot steaming cup of "I DON"T FUCKING CARE!!!!"

Jesus. Love between humans is scarce enough without having to limit whom gets to boink whom (with the VERY notable exception of pedophiles, who need to kill themselves immediately.) However, if two men love each other, or two women love each other, then good for them and it's nobody elses business. I'm tired of whiny, insecure people like the aforementioned orator using their outdated religious dogma to assume the mantle of moral superiority and attempt to control the lives of others. Now, I'm all for using simple ethics to control behavior...for example, indiscriminately killing people isn't NICE... but I know some people would argue that ethics have a moral root, and morality is wholly dictated by religion, to which I cry bullshit. But that's a whole 'nother post, and my son is waking up.

The point is...if you don't hold with homosexuality, don't practice it. These folks aren't hurting anyone, so just leave them the fuck alone.

That is all.

I stole this from Mary

You can only type one word answers.
Copy this and paste it in your blog with your one word answers.

1. Yourself: sleepy
2. Your boyfriend/girlfriend: nonexistent
3. Your hair: dry
4. Your mother: home
5. Your Father: dead
6. Your Favorite Item: Bjorn
7. Your dream last night: forgotten
8. Your Favorite drink: tea
9. Your Dream Car: Mary's
10. The room you are in: office
11. Your Ex: forgotten
12. Your fear: boredom
13. What you want to be in 10 years: content
14. Who'd you hang out with last night: Jim
15. What You're Not: unoccupied
16. Muffins: tasty
17: One of Your Wish List Items: landscaping
18: Time: sporadic
19. The Last Thing You Did: eat
20. What You Are Wearing: jacket
21. Your Favorite Weather: sunny
22. Your Favorite Book: shelved
23. The last thing you ate: cracker
24. Your Life: busy
25. Your Mood: restless
26. Your best friend: husband
27. What are you thinking about right now: sleep!
28. Your vehicle: empty
29. What are you doing at the moment: typing
30. Your summer: hot
31. Your relationship status: married
32. What is on your TV: dust
33. What is the weather like: cold
34. When is the last time you laughed: recently

I also stole some of Mary's answers. What can I say, she is eloquent!