Well it has been a while since I word vommed out some random and spread a little bloggy love.  So here I go!

I have found it interesting that when I find a new game for my phone, the next time my teen stepsons come over, they have also just discovered the same game.  It’s as if the Apple App Store transcends the generations.  Oh, come on, you find shiz like that interesting too.

Winter this year has not really been much of a winter.  One day it is 60, the next it’s 30.  My daughter insists on wearing shorts and short sleeves when it is barely considered sunny and warm.  And I can’t argue with her because, well, she gets this stubborn streak from somewhere in our family (hint: it’s me).  So on top of my inability to ever dress my kids for the weather appropriately, I have my daughter trying to make it look like I don’t care whether they freeze or not.  Whenever we get reminders in the weekly school newsletter to dress our kids for the weather, I am pretty sure it is addressed specifically to me.

Work has had me really busy lately.  I am a crappy multitasker and have the worst time focusing and deciding which tasks to do first.  It has me forgetting daily home life tasks left and right.  I forgot about a daisy event for my daughter and constantly can’t remember to send back library books and even homework for the kids.  It really has me missing the ADHD medication I was on.

And here are some posts I read recently and would like to share with you:

• If you don’t read The Bloggess, then I think you need to check your pulse.  I really enjoyed this particular post (and all of its updates) because it really showed the silliness that still exists in our world.  I love that people can just be ridiculous and lighthearted and that the world is not just full of douchebags.
• Have you heard of Listen To Your Mother?  I had in passing but took another look again when a friend auditioned and was chosen to be a part of it.  You should check it out.  Right now.
• Check out this fun post featuring Juanita the Weasel.  I love Juanita.

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A LOT of folks have been tweeting and blogging about their Elf on the Shelf adventures.  Honestly, I have never heard of this before.  Sounds like something kids could really get into but man, what a pain for the parents to move that sucker around every night.  Glad we never did it and A and T are old enough that we can quietly look the other way and pretend we don’t know anything about it.  Seems only 1 of A’s friends has talked about it and none of T’s.  Score, I can stay lazy!  I will say that I think the folks who have posted their elves in compromising situations are cracking me up and I linked a few below.  But I still think the elf looks pretty creepy.  I keep thinking about the clown toy in Poltergeist that attacks the boy. Or the creepy ventriloquist dummy that came to life in a Buffy episode.  :: shiver ::

Well it turns out we have a budding forger in the family.  I should have known it would end up being my innocent looking little girl.  We have to sign and initial various homework assignments for school so when she did her reading earlier this week, she brings over her reading paper and proudly shows me that she has already put my initials on the paper and exclaims “I made it look just like the other ones!”  And she did.  I politely explained that the parents are supposed to do that, not the kids and she sheepishly grins and says OK.  I fear that she will forget this little lecture the first time she has a report card or note that she doesn’t exactly want me to see.

I took A and T shopping to get some toys for Toys for Tots and they were happy to pick something out to give but also took the opportunity to show me more of what they would want for Christmas.  A picked up just about everything.  I took photos but then told her that it would be hard for me to know which ones she wants most if she picks so many things.  I don’t think she cares, she just wants everything.

I spent a while on YouTube searching around for funny wedding entrances and parent/child dances.  No reason, just looking for some funny.  I was surprised at how many there were and how funny some are.  Although folks should just skip over the boring normal part at the beginning and just start when they really get down.  I may be wasting time but I don’t have that much time to waste.

And here are some posts I read recently and would like to share with you:

• Remember those elves I mentioned above?  This one at Baby Rabies and this one at Lil Blue Boo are my favorites.
• Love this post over at Aiming Low about a happy coming out story
• Here’s a cute little post with a cute little frog from Best of Fates

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Here is your weekly dose of random plus some bloggy love.

We had a great Thanksgiving week.  Lots of food, family and fun.  A and T played tag and other games that were basically “run around and scream” will my extended family’s kids for several hours on Thanksgiving day.  It was so fun to watch.  T had such a red face afterwards.  When we asked him if he was ready to go he said he wanted to stay for 2 more hours.  I guess he was having fun.

I spent a bunch of time this weekend driving my kids around to basketball games.  A was very upset when it was time for me to leave for the next game so she came with me.  She spent the time during the games listening to music and dancing around.  Not sure she actually watched any but she enjoyed herself.  I did NOT enjoy when C took a charge from another player and landed on the ground smacking his head very hard.  I shot up in my seat instinctively ready to leap over the folks in front of me and see if he was OK.  He was a bit dazed but OK and I’m glad I didn’t run out there because he probably would have been mad his step-mommy babied him.

My FIL has been here for several days helping Hubby with finishing our attic.  We have a few areas of the house that are in progress as they get walls, floors, etc and it can be a long process since Hubby also needs to go to work and bring home the bacon.  I really appreciate that we can get help from family for stuff like this.

It was nice to have some days off of work.  Although I intended to try to get some work in, I’m actually glad I didn’t so that my brain could rest.  Instead of thinking about work I could do fun stuff like school my kids at Words with Friends or embarass them by head banging to various tunes.

And here are some posts I read recently and would like to share with you:

• If you have never visited Band Back Together you really should.  It is a wonderful, safe place for anyone to share really difficult things and get support from a great group of people.  I don’t get to read and comment on as many posts as I’d like but I always feel better when I get a chance to give someone a little support in their time of need.  It is a site managed by the awesome Aunt Becky of Mommy Wants Vodka and she shared one of her own stories this week that must have been very difficult to write.
• Now she will tell you that she isn’t much of a blogger and more of a twitterer but when she posts, it is downright hilarious.  She is Jen over at The Martha Project (and on Twitter @TheNextMartha) and she totally went all out for Black Friday shopping.  Check out her vlog about how she is becoming The Next Christmas Champ

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