I’ve made jokes before about how I’m always cold. I must be descended from reptiles, I’m so cold blooded. I’m the girl you see wearing a sweatshirt when it hits 70(F) out, nyuk nyuk nyuk.

Um. Yeah. Only partly kidding.

Tonight, I got up and shut all the windows in the living room. Because I was freezing.

My husband made me go check the thermostat, to see what temperature it was in here.

It said 75(F), people. 75.

Descended. From. Lizards.

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I  meant to write, I really did. Just like I meant to get through the mound of laundry, do my homework and sleep more than 4 hours. But I got distracted.

So while I go off and write “Procrastination is not a viable talent” 100x on a sheet of paper, please enjoy some Stuff I Didn’t Write!

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Posts You Should Read

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First, there is Talk to Me Baby over at Blogher@Home (by Kim) with bonus giveaway! Go on over there and enter to win!

I Am Not A Failure, by the talented Finn

It is ‘That’ day by Lu (also co-hosting Blogher@Home)

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Other Items of Interest

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10 of the Strangest Unclaimed Luggage

Best Dating Site for Zombies

Inappropriate Children’s Books

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Hopefully those will keep you entertained for a bit, while I try to come up with a witty way to close this post.

Until then!

Jen

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Yeah. I really can’t intro this better than the title already does, now can I?

#1 I got a job. I’m working in a nursing home as a CNA. It’s actually going really well. I like working with the clients, and my co-workers have been awesome.

#2 The kids started daycare, and are adjusting to that. The hardest part for everyone is the super early start to the day.

#3 I apparently never learn. I think I will be taking classes over the summer. I guess I like being insanely busy, on some level.

#4 I’m doing really good in the classes I didn’t fail out of. Which is awesome…sort of…

#5 By the end of the day, I feel a little brain-fried. Hence tonight’s brief randomness.

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Not only are you getting completely random thoughts here, but they’re in a LIST. With NUMBERING. Brace yourselves.

1)My sort-of-(it’s-a-long-story-don’t-ask-)brother-in-law is going to be staying with us for awhile. But he does dishes, so I’m cool with that.

2)Being outside in the sunshine makes it REALLY hard to read the laptop screen. This could be interpreted as a sign to either put the laptop away OR to hide indoors more often.

3)My daughter daughter, who is four, is now routinely using words like “toxic” and “putrid”. As in, “That is dinner? I am not eating that, it is TOXIC!” (was not) and “Mom. I can’t eat bratwurst. This saur kraut is PUTRID!”(okay, I bought the wrong brand. That one was my fault.)

4)It’s bill paying time, and I’m short on cash. Think I could pay with pie instead? I’m pretty good at pie. I’m even better at brownies. Anyone want to buy one of my special brownies??~wink wink nudge nudge~

5)On the same day that my daughter got kicked in the face, my son smacked his head riding the 4-wheeler with daddy. He put a good sized dent in his forehead. Later that day, the cat tried to kill me. He tripped me on the stairs with my arms full of crap. My face and shoulder are all black and blue. TheMan joked that he is NOT going out in public with us until we heal, and no longer look like someone beat us.

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I heard about this workout dvd that was supposedly just SPECTACULAR!! I was all, “Pfft. Whatever.”
But I kept hearing about it, so I went out and I bought myself a copy of Jillian Michael’s 30 Day Shred (which you can buy when you click the little Amazon.com box*)

And I was surprised. Yes, it was hard. Yes, I am a wee bit sore today. BUT I didn’t get completely lost in the choreography like I usually do with work out videos. See, usually, by five minutes in, I’m so confused by this arm going that way, while this leg does that and your other arm does something else, and don’t forget to keep your back straight! that I give up and turn it off. This one? Had one exercise that did that to me. Only one!
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HOWEVER: I will now warn you about what no one warned me out. There is a TON of bouncy stuff in this one. Jumping jacks and jump rope-type stuff. And if you have had a child? Or you are over a certain age? You may want to invest in some, ah, protection prior to participating. Yeah. Definitely.

But last night I did that, and it was good. Slightly painful but good. And sweaty. I’m not a fan of being sweaty, so I hopped in the shower. I knew I was going to need a new razor, so I ripped open one, and set it on the sink. You see where this is going, don’t you?

Yeah, I left it on the sink. And then tried to reach it. And I got it. Of course, I also banged the hell out of my knee and leg. Holy bruise.

And then cut myself shaving.

In summary: 30 Day Shred-totally worth the price
I’m going to start buying stock in Depends
I’m a total klutz, who managed to kick MY OWN ASS.

*This is an Associate’s link. If you purchase that product, I make a few cents off of every dollar.

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This week, the ladies at GirlTalkThursday wanted to know what you would do if there were no consequences for your actions.
That’s a hard topic. Because it requires detaching myself so fully from reality!
A million things ran through my head, some of which I had to reject the idea of posting about. Because even admitting that I would hypothetically do something that I don’t do now, might come back to bite me in the ass. It’s *that* big of a no-no currently. (in some people’s eyes)
So if I could do something with no financial repercussions, I would quit worrying about work and bills, and scale school back to half-time. And I would focus on writing more often.
I would spend more time doing fun, not necessary things with the kids.
I would take more road trips, visit more places, and drag the kids along, too.

If I could do something with no physical repercussions, I would cook more of the food I love, and not necessarily the food that’s good for me.
I would take more risks, do more dangerous, yet fun-sounding, physical things.

If I could do something without worrying what everyone else thought,
I would do all of the above, and then some.

What about you? If you could do something with no worries about the consequences, what would it be?

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Clearly.
This was revealed to me on Tuesday. I present to you one of the sure signs you have been married to someone, for too long.
I was on the phone with TheMan as he drove home, and all of the sudden he hollers out, “What the hell have you been feeding me? I’m going to kill myself with these farts?”

We have so crossed a line in the relationship realm here.

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So Christmas is over. And it was good. And I am feeling fried. So I apologize in advance if this post isn’t as coherent as usual.

I’ve become convinced that Facebook may be a tool of the devil. There is some circumstantial evidence to support this.

Addicting games that distract you from getting “important” things done.

Reconnects you with people you didn’t actually want to get back in touch with.

Allows family, co-workers and friends to know when you are screwing around, or what you did last night.

Friends can tag you in unflattering, or incriminating, photos.

And the facebook status…..a potential weapon in the hands of the unwitting, the immature and the downright cruel.
You may be thinking that I’m talking about you, specifically. If so, let me assure that this isn’t about any specific incident,* but an observation on an apparently normal thing to do.

Scolding/insulting someone in a FaceBook status.
I get being mad at your boyfriend, but I don’t need to know that. And I don’t want to hear that he has a tiny dick, too.
Better yet are the ones directed to an unnamed “someone”. As in, “Someone really hurt me this weekend. I really thought I could trust someone. But apparently some people are just big cheating liars. Sigh.”**

Um, yeah, most of us? Can figure out in about 10seconds who “someone” is.

I suppose I don’t have much room to speak. I’m sure I’ve been more dramatic than I should have been. I guess I just feel that if you are angry enough to say something *about* someone, where they can hear/see it, than you’re probably angry enough to warrant saying something *to* that person.

* Really, I swear.
**This is just an example. If you have actually posted this, I swear it’s just a weird and freaky coincidence.

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My birthday is coming up at the end of this month. The 31st, to be exact.
I will be celebrating it myself. TheMan has gotten roped into working at his mom’s restaurant that night, since it’s a damn busy night.
In the last 6 years, there has been exactly one birthday where we both had a day off. But I’m not bitter, not even a little. Really.

This birthday is different, though. This birthday? I will be 25 years old. 25. That’s a quarter of a century. That sounds damn near grown-up.

I think the more depressing aspect is that I’m still in school. Because I did things all backasswards like.
I will be 27 before I graduate. That’s nearly 30. Ugh.

There’s no real point to this post, except that my birthday is coming up, and I’m tempted to ignore it this year, instead of celebrating.

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at least, it WOULD HAVE BEEN a quick post, if I hadn’t gotten interrupted approximately 1500 times

1. Up :: and at ‘em. Another day to make it through
2. Scram! :: What I say to the dog when she tries to sneak into the kitchen
3. Smell :: I have multiple pets, multiple kids, and a husband. Something ALWAYS smells
4. Belong :: somewhere, someday
5. Doug :: Duggars-babies-those poor kids
6. Collar :: chain
7. Squirrel :: Super Secret Squirrel
8. Chinese :: Firecracker
9. Tracker :: cowboys and Indians
10. Apartment :: cramped

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