Did you see the Brit stank-fest on the VMAs? I'm sure you can google it, but, um, yuck. It was like watching Madonna in the 90s. Except she didn't care at all, didn't even have the dancing, and seemed a bit confused. She definitely didn't commit. I was promised a disappearing act - hence, her liaison with Criss Angel - and I kinda wish it had happened. Permanently. Helloooo, train crash.
The bed and stroller solutions - my parents brought a 4 ft. bedrail and another smaller one - we put the smaller one on the inside of the bed so Kitten would leave the window alone and the 4 ft one on the outside to keep her in bed. She thought she was the queen bee in that bed - she was SO proud. We will be moving her to her toddler bed soon. For the strollers, we brought our ($100) umbrella stroller and MIL's Kolcraft umbrella ($3 at Salvation Army) because it folded so small. Result: we trashed our $100 because it couldn't handle the terrain, but I just bought a match today for the Kolcraft ($20 new) so we now have two small strollers that we will use. The kids loved them, it held up really well, even when gate-checked onto the plane, and it's cheap and comes in several colors. Plus, they fold up SUPER small, so even with 2 in my hatch, I can still fit bags and such. YAY!
New show I'm trying - Living with Ed on HGTV. All about green living (with Ed Begley, Jr.), although it appears to be green living for the rich. So we'll see. (Ok, Ed's got a "gardener", but has almost no lawn. He has a ton of hardscape and very specific plants. Hmmm. What does the gardener do?) They did just do a "whole house" switch that looked pretty cool, though. They said it was $400, but it's a switch at the exit of the house that shuts off every non-essential item (that you've set up, I assume) completely, as opposed to leaving it in "standby" mode, even though you turned it off. So your TV doesn't keep sucking power, but your fridge stays on. It might actually recover its own cost in 6-8 months if it truly reduces power consumption 25-40%.
I don't know if it's the weather change, or a simultaneous growth spurt or teething, or just a gift from the gods, but both children are extremely tired very early and have been going to bed before or at 7:00 p.m. Weird. Anyone else's kids dog tired?
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Yup, dog tired. Though last night easily distracted so she took work to get down, but she's been sleeping a lot more/better.
The Kolcraft strollers look like a good idea, but they're way to short for ajd. Strollers are not made for tall men with back problems.
They are quite short.
They do make handle extenders for strollers.
My kids are very tired too, although after a nice summer of lounging in bed as long as you please I suppose getting up at 6 am is a bit of a shock.
I used my umbrella strollers all the time! It was the perfect height for me to use, so I suppose way too short for anyone too much taller. I miss being able to confine my kids to a stroller/ shopping cart. My kids are unruly at stores so they rarely get the luxury of seeing inside one. I suppose a 9-10 year old does look silly when being pushed around in a store though....
I watched Ed show too, at least a little of it. That whole house device did really seem neat, but it looked like a lot of work that Cheesehead wouldn't care one way or another about. He's not as into energy conservation as I am.... He laughs at me when i unplug the tvs, flip off power surges, fill fridge/freezer with bottles of water and stuff when we go on vacation. Am I crazy?
I think Brit was more than confused, she looked stoned to me. Also, although her performance was bad, I've seen way too many sites calling her "fat"- beccause if that is fat- America seriously has a problem (not that we don't have an obesity epidemic anyway) but just because she is no longer 17, and has a more womanly shape, she is not fat. No, her outfit wasn't the best choice- but lord knows my ass would not look like that on TV, before or after children. Then again, if you are going on MTV in a glittering bikini, you pretty much open yourself up to criticism...Gah. It's all ridiculous.
There is no extra dog-tiredness going on around here. Maybe the trip wore them out? Sounds nice though, send some my way?
I forgot to comment on Brit. She looks like a normal person. However, normal people shouldn't wear spangly bikinis and look like they forgot the dance moves while obviously lip syncing. It would be nice if she were a little more toned, maybe if she practices the dancing a little more, she'll get more toned.
She looked like a woman and not a scarecrow! When I look at the stick figures like the Olson twins or Nicole Ritchie I feel repulsed.
Yes, she did appear to be phoning it in, but come on, it's the VMA's. All the true pop stars lip synch it, and most of them not well. Not since the nineties have the performances, let alone the whole program been worth the time to watch.
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