WOULD YOU RATHER (3)

ok, if you've been wondering why i haven't been posting pictures, of um say, CHRISTMAS, its because A) I was lazy for a long time and B) my computer with all my pics and photoshop is dead and the charger broke! ahhh! i'm waiting in the mail for a new charger..so pics will come soon MAYBE.



Ok thanks to those (yeah all 4 of you, psh) who answered my would you rather last week! My answer was...eating foods that begin with A.  Although the choice was hard. Because Andrew and i got talking about it, and we decided that it makes sense that we could eat any food that starts with A. but not made up stuff, or adjectives. ok, like "Almond Joy" or "Apple Jacks" because after all, that is their REAL name...hmmm i don't know.. tough choice. i think it would be fun to carry a dictionary around and search for new words beginning with , but most people wouldn't know what you are saying..

OK




next would you rather....

WOULD YOU RATHER..... (drumroll)

Be able to travel wherever you want, whenever you want, expenses paid, BUT the catch is : you have to lick one public toilet completely clean wherever you are. so , if you go to Jamaica, you have to find a public toilet there and lick it clean. (don't worry, you are GUARANTEED not to die or get any sickness from it.)

OR

Never leave your house (that you live in now) ever again. you can't make any modifications to your  house like cut a big hole in the roof for sunlight.  (with also the guarantee that you won't die from no sunlight)

okayyyyyy CHOOSE!

WOULD YOU RATHER (2)

OK THANKS to everyone that did my would you rather! that was fun!
and YES staci, you guessed right, i would rather be deaf. i do not want to know what others are thinking of me, or really thinking at all for that matter! your thoughts are meant to be private. plus people think of a lot of dumb things. like today, i was noticing the dumb things that were going through my mind. like i kept singing this black eyed peas song over and over again in my head without even really noticing that i was! one of the only things that would be sooo hard to live without is music, or hearing jaxon's sweet little voice!

ok here is this weeks would you rather...

would you rather...

Only be able to communicate words that start with "A" (speak, sign language, writing, texting, everything, and you can't make up words, or say "axon" for "jaxon")

OR

Only be able to eat foods that truly* start with "A"

by truly , i mean you can't say "alfredo" and get the noodles and chicken. all you'd get is the sauce.

you also can't say things like "animal" and eat like chicken or something.

also you can't say adjectives in front of any word , like "aged" cheese or whatever.

K, READY, SET , GO!

again, this is not optional, it is required that you answer this! :)

p.s. cierra & annaleese , YES of course you can copy this idea and do would you rathers on your blog! i would love to read them.

only i care about this stuff

not super interesting , but i'm doing it for me to remember all the little things you forget. if you want to know what's going on in my uterus and how Bruce is coming along, then by all means, go ahead and read it! i'm guessing you probably really don't care, and that's fine. i hate to be super annoying about posting non-stop pointless personal stuff about my woman parts and the effects i'm dealing with, so i started a different blog for that. also- i know how pregnancy and babies can be a touchy subject, been there done that. i remember avoiding stuff like that as much as i could because i just couldn't handle hearing about yet another pregnant person! i know i have a right to be happy but i can't become that kind of person, now that i know how it feels!


here it is anyway.

Pregnancy Numero Dos
http://onlyicareabouthisstuff.blogspot.com/

Christmas Eve.

On Christmas Eve, Andrew grew up with the tradition of going in the mountains to get mistletoe.

i liked the sound of that, so we did it for the first time this year.

i was sick and ornery but glad we did it!

then we made "bringerman"(that's what jax  calls them)

then we looked at christmas lights...

then we came home and read the bible nativity story.

then jax opened a present.

then we got him to bed and we watched "miracle on 34th street" & at had our traditional cheeseball, crackers and salami, eggnog, sprite, coke.  i was still kinda sick :(

then we sang christmas hymns from the hymn book.

this will definitely be a tradtion every year from now on. andrew and i loved it!
(we both love to sing)

christmas morning coming.....

WOULD YOU RATHER (week one)

ok i'm not waiting for approval on this, i'm just going for it! read the post below this to understand!

ok, your first would you rather is this:

WOULD YOU RATHER....(drum roll)

(we'll keep it simple this week)

BE DEAF

OR

HAVE NORMAL HEARING, AND HAVE TO HEAR PEOPLE'S THOUGHTS, ALL THE TIME!

I will tell you my answer on next weeks would you rather, that way i can't bias you.

so , again, rules are

-you can't say "i don't know"

-you can't say "neither"

-you can't say "both"

-you can't say dumb things like "deaf, i'd just go buy a hearing aid and then i wouldn't be deaf anymore, hehehe". no, if you're deaf, you're deaf, and you can't change the situation.

k now i wanna hear answers! ready, go!

p.s. YOU HAVE TO DO THIS, it's not optional. :)

Holy cow.

yes, i am now the worlds worst blogger. k, not the worlds. i see some people who update like 3 times a year. but gall, look at me. i have stuff to post too, like our epic-fail sea world/disney land trip, and christmas eve, and christmas...blah so much work! see, this is how i am now..LAZY & unmotivated.

wow, is there a cure for this? i feel like doing nothing. except stuffing my face with all sorts of foods throughout the day and sleeping. i don't want to go anywhere or do anything. blah.

but other than that , i am doing well. we did an ultrasound last week and saw the baby's heartbeat! we saw him/her  move too! and we saw the spine! eew sick. but it was awesome. i am thinking of naming the baby a really dorky name until we find out what it is...like Bruce or something. that way, i can just say "today we saw Bruce's heartbeat, or Bruce hicupped, or kicked, or is making me gassy, etc") i know its weird, but i am a weird girl! and i think its funny. i hate calling a baby "it" when you don't know what gender it is. rude! Bruce is a much nicer thing to be called.

also, i am thinking of doing a weekly "would you rather" on this blog. just for the purpose of something fun and different, AND i'm really good at thinking of them, AND i LOVE doing it. I would love to hear your answers too. BUT the rules are :
you CAN'T say:
"i don't know"
or "neither" or
"both" .

andrew , although he should know better by this point in our marriage, tries to say "neither" . well duh, we'd all like to choose neither, but it defeats the whole purpose of it!  Mainly they will be questions about what would suck more..sometimes they'll be nice though, we'll see....

New Years Resolutions.

my new years resolutions are a bit different this year..usually i break them up into categories. usually there are like 60 of them, and they are things are wishes,dreams, not resolutions. 

i looked up resolution and here is the 10th definition, i liked it the most.

resolution: reduction to a simpler form; conversion.

that being said, here are my resolutions.

and here's how i'm going to do them:

1) becoming more independent. i am so dependent, and i hate it. andrew does too. i can be independent, but if someone is there to take care of things for me, i'll let them do it. its an easy , comfortable trap i fall into with relationships. i get lazy, because i find these guys who will do it all. then i do nothing. then i feel worthless and depressed and incapable. that's no good. so...i may or may not (depending on if i ever get my energy & motivation back in the next 9 months), take over the bills and finances. (yuck!) BUT if i do that, i'll be more in control , and feel better i think. i'll know how much money we have, so i'll know when and how much i can spend on groceries, therefore i'll be able to plan meals better. now, this all depends on my energy levels. if i stay in this horrible crappy hole of no energy, then not only will none of this happen, but i might shoot myself.

2) simplify life. this sort of goes with #9. but see, that's what i have a hard time with, making things not so complicated; simplifying. how do i plan on simplifying? well, i cut out all the useless junk from my life that i don't need. that's hard, though. what's junk and what's not? hmm, i'll figure that one out hopefully soon. but more importantly, i find myself overwhelmed because life is anything but simple anymore. people with their blackberries, ipads, blu-ray, 3-D this and that, handheld electronic books, what's next? an app that allows you to not have to actually walk to the bathroom? you push a button on your phone or device or whatever, and just poop or pee right there on your screen, and it takes care of it for you? see, its these things that make my brain want to explode. and it's not even the fact  that i don't have them. its the fact that everyone does and everyone is getting to the point where they think they NEED them. and well, that just makes me tired and sad. i could update myself on it and try to be like everyone else maybe, but that doesn't seem like a great solution either. for now, i'll try to not care so much about it. when it all boils down , life is about the SIMPLE things. I'll keep that in mind.

3) Keeping the house clean. well, this means less computer time ,and getting off of my growing butt to clean this mess of a house. this is tough, and its always a resolution. but i feel so much better when the house is clean. feeling better = acting better = happier everyone in my house.

4) being a better mom and wife. this kind of goes back to simplifying. what does jax really NEED? he needs nutritional food, he needs me to teach him, and he needs love and attention. what does andrew need? again food, and i don't really know, marriage is so dang hard. he's not a talker and i am. so i need him more than he needs me .. so maybe i need to be less needy? yep, ring a ding ding. 

5) be positive. this goes along with being thankful. if i look at the good things in life, and continue to be thankful for all of the great things i am blessed with, i'm hoping an attitude adjustment will naturally find its way to me. i need it so bad! no more negativity! 

6) not let others behavior affect me so much. this one is a big one. i need to get over it. some people don't apologize, some don't thank, and some don't give compliments,  and its OK. (well its really NOT ok, they need to learn how to do these things) but i need to stop worrying about it, it gets me nowhere. except bitter and mad.  some people are jealous, some people are insecure, some people are just mean.  yep, and that's just life. its not my job to worry about it. (unless its me or my son with the problem)

7) be proactive instead of reactive. i read this book when i was 19, called 7 habits of highly effective teenagers. my alcohol counselor made me read it after i had gotten 2 minor consumption tickets. it was a great book! really! i ALWAYS think of the part where it said, there are two kinds of people "reactive and proactive" clearly, i am reactive. most people are. andrew WAS proactive, until he spent some years being married to me. i'm not proud of that. it means basically, in a fight, do you REact ; fight and yell back, OR are you PROactive? do you control a situation by causing something to happen rather than waiting to respond to it after it happens? basically, it means THINK before you speak and try to hold that temper back. THINK of a solution before you freak out and lose it. hard hard stuff for me. andrew has taught me a bit about this ,though.

8) healthier lifestyle. uggghhh. i love junk so much. too much. i love it all. i need to not. i need to like fruits and veggies. i am going to work on that. AND i would like to become more active. even if its something small and lame , like taking a walk around the block everyday.

9) prioritize. what's most important right now?

10) don't give up. don't beat myself up. no one's perfect. i will have crappy days, where i won't accomplish one good thing, except surviving it. and maybe i'll have a whole week of that. (yikes) but its ok. that's life. i will pick myself up and move on. not get stuck in the rut i created. 

here are my resolutions! like you cared to read all of that! basically, its for me. i will reread this many times.

now, go make YOUR list. there are no excuses why you can't. we ALL need improvement. and if you think you don't, then sorry but YOU actually need it the most! there goes my problem about caring about other people's dumbness! UGH!

HAPPY NEW YEAR!