It's Outta Here

That's how I like to refer to me stepping on the scale last night.
The numbers ran so high, it was a homerun outta the park.


Good times!
Good times!


Seriously, my idol is:

Really? Who doesn't love Miss Piggy?

I've loved her from when I was little and had Miss Piggy sheets on my bed.
I'll let you in on a secret, I only gave those sheets up when they became thread bear...I was 29.

Ahem.

Getting back to the scale.
Since I was pushing maximum density I decided it was time to do something.

I joined Weight Watchers.

I did it before. Lost 50lbs.
I now have over a 100 to lose.

I know, hard to believe, since I am sure you all thought I was built like Jennnifer Lopez.
No nip slips here tho.
Keep those girlies covered.

I do get a lot of points
&
I can still eat my fav thing for breakfast...it's not as many points as I thought.
Yea!
For those that want to know, it's a WaWa Pancake Sizzli.
Yummers!

So I am going to need your motivation, your cheering, so please, if you feel so inclined, leave me some encouragement.

I'm getting tired of being harpooned down the shore!

....Update....

Pink tint hides a multitude of sins, doesn't it.
I think that's why pink is my signature color!!!


That little guy in the pic with me.
He is down for the count...with the stomach virus.


It's gross...not gonna lie.
I have a new found respect for the Nana.


Hopefully he will be the only one that gets it.
Poor kid.
He doesn't understand & keeps telling me he's sorry.


At least he didn't pray to Jesus to make it stop like myself.
I was little.
It's all I knew.


On a better note see this good looking kid:

He got a job!
The angels are singing & that's why NJ is having the weather it's having. :>)


He is a dishwasher/busboy at a local restaurant.  Works weekends & so far, the owner loves him!
Now if we could just get him to do dishes at home.  LOL


What is going on in your neck of the woods?

Blunt

So there we were.
The Cheeks & I.
Watching Happy Feet.

Cheeks says the boy penguins are fat.
I say Yes, they are.
He asks why.
I explain it's to keep them warm because they live in such cold, cold temperatures.

I'm feeling pretty good about myself and this mini lesson I just gave.

Then he says:
"The girl penguins are fat too"
Me:
"Yes, they are"
Him:
"Your like a girl penguin"

I have one kid up for sale!
Any takers?

Seriously? You can't be serious

I live in New Jersey.
South Jersey to be specific.

Whitney Houston was a Jersey girl.
She will be buried here.

Our Governor, Chris Christie, is mulling the idea of flying the American Flag at half staff.

Usually I don't pay close attention to politics (the Grandpop keeps me informed) but this most recent "idea" has garnered my attention.

I ask you Gov. Christie to not fly the flag at half staff for Whitney Houston.
Not because I don't like her.
Not because I don't feel for her family.

I ask because this an honor reserved for the military.

Perhaps, Gov. Christie, you should have offered to fly the flag at half staff last week when a 20 year member of the military was killed in Afghanistan.  There was no mention of it.

Whitney...great singer.
Whitney...no a member of the military.
So..no half staff.

Let's keep it for those who have died for our freedom in this country and other countries.
For those who have served their country.

Thank you 

I spy....

Today we finally gave into Cheeks persistant requests to go into the city of Philadelphia.

He can see the skyline from the park...yes, we live that close.

So we rode around, looking at the big skyscrapers, searching for the new LDS temple being built, you know, all the good stuff.

As we turned down one street we hard loud music.

Then a man stopped traffic with us being the first car in line.

It was for an impromptu Mummers parade.
Well just one Mummers group but impressive none the less:

Have you ever just done something for the heck of it & come across something neat in the interium?

LMK!

Real Talk with Cheeks

Having a 5 year old is new to me.

Having a 5 year old boy is a whole other ball game.

Take for instance, this conversation.

Scene: My bathroom, me, sitting on edge of tub running water for Cheeks bath. Him using the potty.

All of a sudden he slams the seat & lid down.

Looks at me & says:

"Mom, I almost slammed it on my penis"

Me:

"That's not good Cheeks, not at all. If that happens we have to go to the hospital"

Cheeks:

"Why? Will they give me a new one?"

Me:

"No, they don't make penises"

Cheeks:

"Do they only make them in adult sizes?"

Me:

"No, they just don't make them."

Cheeks:

"Are they out of them? Can they order them?"

Me:

"No, they don't make them like that.  If you slam the seat down, it will hurt for a long time"

Cheeks:

"Well can I get a toy penis & a toy butt?"

Me:

"Bobster! Where have you been taking this child?"

And, scene.

*I am sure some of the words in this blog will bring the nuts out of the woodwork to my blog...take heed, it's not that kind of blog...nothing to see here...go about your business*

Yoohoo...I got something for you

Meghan's Mindless Mutterings: Review & Giveaways

Clicky the Linky for your chance to win!

May have been a Flash Giveaway but not so much a Flash Winner

Sorry for the delay folks.

Life, it happens.

Our winner is:

 MegRyans Mom...Rita!!!

Woop! Woop! Email me your deets sister!

My son, the Polar Bear...literally

Yes, I've always wanted a pet in the fam.

Maybe not quite like this but, eh, it'll do.

That is the 18yo.
The salon the Nana works for needed a mascot to hawk their sale.
Who does the Nana think of?

Mr. I need money for the prom.

Viola! Instance Polar Bear for a child.

He was so good, another salon wants to book him.

Bobster & I are thinking of opening up a mascot business.
Who wants first dibs on the best mascot this side of the Mississippi?

Advertising really hits home

Dear Advertising Companies

Your campaigns have done the trick.
All these years, you have marketed this ad or that towards all of us.
You have your fancy shmancy statistics to show these "commercials" really work.

I am here to tell you that they do.
See that unsuspecting five year old child up there.
Your direct marketing has worked.
He knows it all (well he really does know it all, just ask him, he'll tell you yes...just like his father)

See the other day I spilled something on my shirt.
As I was going "Are you kidding me? Oh man, this is my fav shirt"
My son gently put his hand on my arm & said
"Mom, do you know what you need?"
Me: "No, bud, what?'
Cheeks: "Mom, you need OxiClean, it'll get that tough stain out!"

So thank you marketers, you have done your job!
My son now knows OxiClean will get the job done.

Now, can you teach him to actually do the laundry?

Snoozy McSnoozerton

Hi everyone.
My name is Meghan, this is my blog and I am a Snoozer.
A. Big. Time. Snoozer.

I love my snooze button.

It's just not any ole snooze button on any ole alarm clock.

It's the snooze button my cell phone.
That's right...I am a new school.

None of the old school for me.

During the week that incessent phone goes off at 5:30. 
The sun isn't even up.
Right there that should be against the law...getting up before the sun.

Albeit it is what it is.

So I do what every good exhausted mommy does.
I hit that snooze button every 5 mins for 30 mins.

Hence my tush doesn't get out of bed til 6.

Wait! Let's be realistic.
After the snooze button no longer works for the day, I just lay there & take my chances.
I'm usually up by 6:15.
Thus resulting in me running like a mad woman to get myself & the Cheeks out of the house.

This morning I decided to be a rebel & screw the snooze.
I got in the shower by 5:50 (I hit the snooze like 4 times...whatever).

Know what?
I was still running around like a mad woman.

I don't get it.

So, my real question is...are you a snoozer?

Flash Giveaway ~ $10 Build A Bear Gift Card

You must be quick because this is my first flash giveaway of 2012.
Holla!


I have one $10 gift card to Build A Bear Workshop.


You can have it in your hot little hands just by entering below.


Remember, time is of the essence.


Giveaway ends on Monday, the 23rd, at 8pm est.


Ok, go for it!

Mom Bloggers for Social Good ~ Mom on a Mission

Did you know I am a member of:

I am a founding member.  Very exciting...I know!!!!

Anyway the reason I am bringing it up is because of something very important.

Nominations are now open at http://www.healthychild.org/mission to find

eight extraordinary parents—one of whom will become our 2012 “Mom on a

Mission.” From January through August, Healthy Child will select and honor

one finalist each month; in September and October, the general public will

vote to choose the winner, who will honored with a grand prize at a gala

event in New York City in November.

Celebrating its 20th anniversary year, Healthy Child Healthy World began in

1992 after five-year-old Colette Chuda died of a rare form of

non-hereditary cancer linked to environmental factors. Playing a leadership

role in one of the most important public health and environmental movements

of the 21st century, today Healthy Child Healthy World ignites the movement

that empowers parents to protect children from harmful chemicals. More

information can be found at www.healthychild.org.

So I am asking you to nominate someone you know or even yourself.

Or

Just follow along, check out the organization, let me know your thoughts.

Thanks for reading today.

The Case of the Mysterious Smear

So this evening, after work, I needed to use our one & only bathroom.

I was doing my thing when I looked over at the tile wall and noticed a dark reddish brown smear on the wall.
"Slobs!" I thought.

So I saunter downstairs where my family is & say "Ok, who left the bloody booger smeared on the wall".

Immediate "Wasn't me!" "I didn't do it"

Then from right in front of me the 5 yo says:

"Oh that's not a boogie"

"It's not?" I replied.

So my overly honest little bundle of angelic joy said:

"No, see I was going poop AND it was a lot AND it got on my finger, so I wiped it on the wall!"

And that my friends explains why the HazMat team is outside my front door.

A Grandpop & His Boy

Tangled Clip~Check it Out

Tangled was one of the cutest movies of the summer.

Even Cheeks liked it.

Check out the a clip from the new short that is being shown with the new Beauty & Beast 3D:

Come On Get Happy

Happiness.
Something to achieve in 2012.
For everyone.


How am I going to achieve it?
I'm going to tell you.


I'm going to let things go.


Like for instance, after I clean the kitchen to a spotless, pristene room, I am going to soak in the view and revel in that moment.
I will not get upset when 2.5 seconds later I have a child or a man-child who absolutely "needs" to eat & will mess it up.


I will let it go when a customer gives me a hard time because that's the job I choose.  I will let it go.


2012 is about letting it go.
About having pajama days with the family.
About letting blankets & pillows be in the living room all day.
About relaxing.
About not letting things bother me.


It will be an uphill climb but I am up for the challenge (and I'm thinking of upping the meds).


Tell me how are you going to achieve happiness in the new year.


Leave me a comment...I'd love to know.


Also, check out Blogher's Happiness Post here. Dr. Aymee will give you some ways to help get there.


While you are there, enter to win a Kindle Fire here.

Thank you Trix Rabbit, Thank you

Finally!

Finally manufacturers are hearing the cries of parents.

Mostly, in my opinion, parents of children who follow a diet of no artificial coloring.

Why would you want to cut out the artificial coloring?

It makes some children act like the Tazmanian Devil.

Hence, The Aunt Erin.

Sure, as a mature woman, she can handle red dye #40

BUT

As a child, give her a little dye & suddenly she's building a house of bricks in the backyard in 10 seconds.

Why am I happy that General Mills has changed it's additives, colors etc in their Trix yogurt?

Cheekers loves this yogurt

&

This might come as a shocker for a kid that pretty much goes to the principal everyday for being disruptive

BUT

We think he's ADHD or Hyper & diet change is one way of helping the symptoms.

I was literally beaming in the food store.

I know.

Dork!

It's the little things that make me happy.

Now I can get him this yogurt (which was a big, big place that he got his artificial dye from) & feel good about giving it to him.

So General Mills, you have heard my personal pleas & on behalf of many parents, I'd like to say thank you!

Tsk, Tsk, What a Let Down

Tonight was Bobster's turn to cook.
So you know what that means...ordering out.
You know, cause that's how we roll...like Rockefellars with the money.

I digress.
So we agreed on pizza but wanted something that would feed the 4 of us.
One hubs, 2 boys, & me.

We decided on this:

Oh Pizza Hut
Much like my ex-husband, you showed such great promised but the disappointment was all mine

When I say this wouldn't feed 2 birds eating on a budget, I am not kidding.

It's 2 medium pizzas
OR
The equivilant to one box of Ellios.

It included 5 breadsticks...that was the highlight of the box.

It also included 6 bonless wings.
6.

One pizza we asked for pepperoni on it.
The other...half pineapple.
It was covered which allowed me to remove the pineapple so the 5yo would eat the pizza.
God forbid he eat pineapple.

Overall, this deal is worth maybe $12.
Not $20.
Photos are very deceiving...again reminds me of my ex-husband...I saw a photo first...should have run.

So Pizza Hut thanks for building up the anticipation and failing to deliver.
Again, ex husband.

Anyone noticing a theme?

So, tell me, what do you think of Pizza Hut?

12 for 12 looking at 11

2012.
Holla!
Woo.

In honor of 2012, I thought I would list some of my "fav" posts from each month of the year 2011.

First up:
January:

Guilty Pleasure

A year later & that show is still my guilty pleasure.  It starts again soon.  Woo!

February:

My popular post of this month...

Gallbladder Free

Who knew?

March:

Watch While I Bend this Lollipop with my Mind

My own Yuri Gellar

April brings:

Have you met Eddie Haskill 2011?

May:

My First Vlog...Take 2

Yep, You get to see me...& hear me!

June:

Advice

Really? I have good advice...swear.

July:

He's a Baller, He's a Playa

August:

That Doesn't Happen Here til Today

September:

Catchin Up

October:

The Horror! The Horror!

November:

Customer Service: Good vs. Evil

December:

How to Embarras Your Mom #512

That's what I got.
How about you?