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Growing Up Too Fast What Is Happening To Childhood

I look at my twin boys and wonder where the time went.  I can remember when they were 5lb preemies in the NICU and seemed like such tiny little things.   They will soon be turning 3 and are talking and learning so many things.

I hope that this doesn’t make me sound like a snob but I am really taken back by kids today.   I cannot believe some of the things that they do and what comes out of their mouths.  Here I am trying to teach my children to respect people and things and at the same time I feel like they are being thrown to the wolves.  I know that things are different than they were for me 33 years ago, but I hate the feeling like I have to just sit here and let it happen because this is the way of the world.

There was one day in particular that I look over to see another child throwing sand in my childrens eyes and face, and then proceeding to tell my sons that they were stupid!  Neither one of my children know this word, nor do I want them learning it.  No parents were around, and I had to step in and say something while they ran off still yelling the same things.  I know I can’t be there to protect them all the time, but man does it make me so angry.

Then I had another child in my yard with a creature, and he was tossing the thing around and just not being respectful to the poor thing.  My husband said this is the sort of things boys do, but I told him I do not want my children learning to mistreat living things.  I asked this kid to politely leave the yard, and he politely ignored me.  I cannot believe how kids have such a lack of respect for anything or anyone, and this kid only had to be 5 or 6.  I was saying yes maam and no maam at that age, and found life to be much more pleasant when I listened to adults.

I am very worried when we have to send them to school and what they might pick up.  It makes me feel like everything I tried to instill in my kids will be reversed.  If I mouthed off like that my mouth would have been filled with soap.  I know I can only control my kids and not others, but I am horrified at what they will be exposed too.  I miss the innocence of childhood that once was.  I believed in Santa till I was 9 and now I will be lucky to keep the magic alive in my own children’s eyes until they are 5.  It makes me sad.

Windex All In One Giveaway!

Do you suffer from WWAS or Window Washing Avoidance Syndrome? WWAS is the perpetual postponement of cleaning your outdoor windows.  According to a recent study 80% of homeowners admit they have avoided cleaning their outdoor windows, and I know I fall right into that category.  In fact, we have never cleaned them in the 6 years that we have been here! When it comes to window cleaning , it is probably last on the list.

We have a ton of windows on the back of our house, and well I just can’t reach them but they are in serious need!  If you have WWAS, I have a terrific giveaway just for you! With Windex All In One, all you have to do with it is spray the window and the cleaning pad with the garden hose, use the handy long reach pole  with the All-in-One cleaning pad, then rinse off the window with the hose.  And the best part is you don’t have to dry it.   You can watch a demo here .

If this is as easy as it says then I will be giddy with excitement to get out and clean the windows.  Anything that will make my life easier and motivate me to get out and do the things you often overlook, then that is a huge plus!

Would you like to give Windex All-In-One a try? Doublebugs will be giving away three All-In-One Cleaning kits.

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Giveaway starts June 4, 2009 and Ends June 18, 2009

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Wordless Wednesday

Hi Mommy!

What Type Of Person Are You?

I have almost always been one of those people who is really observant of people’s initial reactions to things.  I guess you could also say that I am one of those slow to warm up individuals.  I am also a true blue friend and I only have a handful of personal friends that I really genuinely trust.

I was recently faced with a situation where I had gotten angry with a friend and was really taken back by their reaction to a situation.  After thinking about it, I decided to write this post because I find it interesting to learn about how people handle themselves in the real world.

So here is my question.  So if someone made you mad, and lets say hypothetically that they had a lot of influence in the group that you frequented would you confront them in risks of losing friendship and risk your reputation being smeared by them?  Are you one of those people that gets to know someone first before believing what someone says about them?  Truthfully, the common observation is that you sort of go along with the crowd, and we are often influenced by what others say.  I know in the past I was guilty of the same thing, but I try to pass my own judgements.  I have found that it is really difficult when you are friends to get past peer influence.  Peer pressure never ends after the school years, we are all influenced in some way by others.

Anyway, I am sure that this post made no sense, but I was thinking about something thought provoking to post.  I always thought I should have been a psychologist  lol!

Toshiba NB205 New Little Beauty

Toshiba is hopping on board with their version of the netbook.  Their approach to the wait look and listen to the consumer has apparently paid off on this one.  The Toshiba NB205 will be showing up on the shelves by June 23rd and this is one that you will want to set your sights on, especially if you are glued to your computer like me.

As a mom and a blogger, I am on my laptop a good 9-10 hours a day and sometimes more.  And this new little beauty in the land of netbooks, has a battery with a 9 hour life.  The Toshiba NB205 has a 10.1 inch display, a 1.66GHz Intel Atom N280 CPU, a 160GB hard drive, and 1GB of RAM (which can be upgraded to 2GB).   Some of the other features which I am finding appealing includes a full size keyboard and touchpad, something that is hard to find amongst the netbooks.   It comes in some stylish colors too, including my favorites of blue and pink.  Even  better, is its sheer size and weight of just 2.9lbs, and small enough to fit in your purse.

Sometimes slow and steady wins the race and I think Toshiba has a winner in the NB205.  Its often the not the first that comes off the assembly lines that is best, but the ones that are refined and tweaked that make the cut.  This is something that for a busy mom like me, is perfect. I can take it anywhere with me, it serves me well for my uses, and doesnt take up the space.  Last thing I need is more to tote around with two toddlers! The price is perfect at around $350 and, it looks chic too!

How Is My Garden Growing?

I decided to give a vegetable garden a try again this year.   I have never had much luck in the past, probably because I wasn’t prepared for the level of upkeep that I had to do.  I was bound and determined to actually grow something worthwhile.

I am so happy to say that everything is growing so incredibly well that I will have more than enough green beans, tomatoes, lettuce, and cucumbers to last throughout the summer.  I am even considering learning some things about canning so I can make some dill pickles, salsa, and can some tomatoes for spaghetti sauce.  This may be a little ambitious for me, but it sounds good for now.  Things are finally taking off…check it out!  I am so excited!

Shiny Cars or Clean Underwear?

Ok so me and my husband argued about washing the cars today.  I told him that they aren’t a priority and that it is a complete waste of time to wash and wax the cars.  If I see a car being washed or waxed, it usually a man that is out doing it.

I know you should get the salt off the car for winter and such, but seriously, the car is always the last thing on my mind.   I never seem to have enough hours in my day for getting the cleaning done, the laundry done, the meals cooked, the kids taken care of and foo fooing up the cars is far off of that list.  So today for about three hours he was out cleaning the cars, mine was done in 20 min because I helped, then he spent the rest on his car, washing and waxing, getting the buffer out like he owned a ferrari (which no offense still is just another car to me) *rolls eyes*.

You can just tell how differently men and women are wired in their thinking.  I cannot even stand to take him to the grocery store with me, because they like to browse and mosey through the aisle like they have all day to be there.  I almost dread when he says “oh we can all go to the store.”  No offense babe, I still love you, but grocery stores and us don’t mix.  It used to be ok with me until we had children, but now I need to get in and get out and the cars can wait till the cows come home.  No honey it isn’t much shinier than before, but my laundry pile got a little bigger.  Shiny car or clean underwear on Monday?

JVC Everio I want one!

I would love to venture into the world of Vlogging and I simply don’t have the camera that is right for the job.  I have one that is built into my digital camera but for some reason 3/4 of my video comes out horrible.  It is so blurry that I cannot even tell what it is I was taping.  If I can get the video to focus then, I am ok, but I would really like something that works.

I just laid eyes on the JVC Everio HD series, and this would make a great camera for me I think.   Not only that it comes in 5 colors and I would love to have one in blue, my all time favorite color!  If it is true HD I can imagine that the quality of the video is awesome.  I would love to take videos in HD that I can keep every single one of them because the clarity is perfect.

This camera has features that I would LOVE!

Advantages

• KONICA MINOLTA HD LENS (F1.9, Filter diameter: 30.5mm)
• 60GB Internal Hard Disk Drive
• 25 hours recording at the highest quality (Ultra-DVD Movie)
• Full HD1920 x 1080P Recording
• 1/4.1″ 3.05Megapixel CMOS
• 24Mbps Ultra High Quality AVCHD Recording
• Up to 1920 x 1080 Digital Stills
• Up to 9999 digital stills at the highest quality

Easy Operation & Convenience

• New Laser Touch Operation
• Face Detection
• HDMI V.1.3 with x.v.Color
• 2.7″ 123K-pixel Color LCDData Battery
• Power-Linked operation with Quick Restart
• Convenient 2-way Strap
• Auto Power ON/OFF & Auto Lens Cover
• Remote Control

Easy Archiving & Sharing

• One Touch Export (Windows)
• One-touch Upload to YouTube (Windows)
• One-Touch Backup to PC (Direct Backup)
• One-Touch DVD Creation (Direct DVD)
• Pixela Everio MediaBrowser (Windows)

I think that if I had this video camera, I would be in seventh  heaven because I love the fact that it has a 60 GB internal hard drive for one, and can take pictures too!  Having a hard drive is very appealing when you are transferring pictures and video to your computer.  I so wish I had something like this when we got married, we still have the video tapes from our honeymoon that need to be put onto a disk.  Our old dinosaur of a video camera, needs to be charged, and hooked to a firewire cable to get the stuff off of the tape.  With the JVC that is a distant memory!  The size looks perfect, so it wouldn’t feel like I am lugging around a boulder.  I can imagine that the videos of the boys and anything else that I would get would be terrific and I could take this along to Blogher and get some really great footage!  As a busy mommy, I would love the simplicity of using this camera, and to be able to touch a button and everything is put into place (like right out of Mary Poppins…a girl can dream)!  This is such a cool and versatile camera and not only that, it holds the JVC name which brands itself as one of better video cameras on the market today.  I wish I may, I wish I might, have this JVC Everio tonight! (Oh and in blue please) if the camera gods are listening!

Wordless Wednesday

Somewhere Over The Rainbow

This was captured out my front door yesterday.  It was raining in one half of our yard and sunny in the front.  This rainbow only stuck around for a few brief seconds and was gone!

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