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DublinMama · December 2013

Just figured I would start a lighter, non-political thread about nothing in particular. Not because I am uneducated or don't have what I consider well-informed opinions. I am happy to throw right out there that I am pretty much what you'd call a bleeding heart liberal who's all about equal marriage rights, support and social services that don't require drug tests, making access to a gun 10xs harder than access to mental health care, and improving public education by using the standardized tests as TP.

But I also love wine (weird....), and spa days, and high heels, and free style dancing in my living room with as little on as possible. So I'd just like to say that if Miley Cyrus does not stick her tongue back in her mouth and keep it there, I may cut it off. Anyone else have something inane they want to share? And @peanutr1...don't you go anywhere, sistah.

Drea926 · December 2013

Haha seriously...are we the same person?

Bump Besties 4 Life!!!

Drea926 · December 2013

Umm plus we all need to get ready for my Bump Party on Thursday night. Don't y'all forget!!! Honestly @TarheelMama202 - I really love the "y'all". All we got up north is that's "wicked awesome!!"

musicalmama5 · December 2013

I was going to start a lighter thread too! So I'll just jump on this one.

DH is an a amazing beat-boxer. Oftentimes we'll realize that I'm singing and he's beat-boxing and we've been going for a while and are just realizing it... Poor DS is going to grow up thinking this is normal parental behavior.

MalRiggs · December 2013

I have this crazy love for 90s music.....its BAD. And I have no....NO shame in singing in the car.

With this knowledge please imagine a very sloppy drunk on Saturday singing Ace of base in her kitchen...good times

And more fun I have lived in nc for over 15 years so I have a nice southern drawl, but my central NY roots pop up, thus why in have said things like Ya'll that was Wicked Awesome". Also I'm to the point now I talk to "slow" for my NY family, but Yankee fast for DHs family.

8-}

wifeofadam · December 2013

My random addition to the thread - My son had his first violin recital tonight. This is the first time any of my children have performed or done anything like this. I was beaming with so much pride I thought I would implode. It was seriously the cutest thing ever.

But I'm glad it's over. If I had to hear Twinkle Little Star one more time in preparation for tonight I was going to lose my mind. Next song please!

Drea926 · December 2013

Was everyone forced to play the recorder when they were in elementary school? It's seriously the worst sounding instrument I've ever heard.

@MalRiggs - LOVE me some 90s music. I will sing Ace of Base with you any time!!!

musicalmama5 · December 2013

Yay for adamwife's little performer! Our school had a recital yesterday. I feel you on being glad it's over,but for different reasons. Putting on a recital of 30 kids is not small feat.

@Drea926 I played recorder in elementary and teach it now. It's pretty bad when there's 20 kids playing together (can someone say "intonation"??) but just one or two kids is tolerable. If they learn how to blow gently and not squeak all over the place!

kleigh926 · December 2013

My random contribution is that I have my motorcycle license. DH has ridden dirtbikes/motorcycles since he was a kid, and has had a motorcycle for years. I took a safety course, got my license, bought a bike... and was too scared to even ride by myself. So I sold the bike. And that is my extremely lame attempt to be cool.

Drea926 · December 2013

@kleigh926 you are full of surprises! ;-)

MalRiggs · December 2013

Drea926 said:

Was everyone forced to play the recorder when they were in elementary school? It's seriously the worst sounding instrument I've ever heard.

Yes!! I'm thinking its "secret teacher pay back for parents "

kleigh926 · December 2013

Drea926 said:
@kleigh926 you are full of surprises! ;-)

Yeah, like... pathetic surprises. Haha

Drea926 · December 2013

kleigh926 said:

Drea926 said:
@kleigh926 you are full of surprises! ;-)
Yeah, like... pathetic surprises. Haha

Nonsense! You are freakin' adorable!

nlp1990 · December 2013

My random is that E will go to the same school, at the same time his aunts are there. They are 3 and 5 now.

musicalmama5 · December 2013

kleigh926 said:

My random contribution is that I have my motorcycle license. DH has ridden dirtbikes/motorcycles since he was a kid, and has had a motorcycle for years. I took a safety course, got my license, bought a bike... and was too scared to even ride by myself. So I sold the bike. And that is my extremely lame attempt to be cool.

Try a scooter! We had a scooter for a while (it died) and it was amazing! Didn't go above 35 mph, so it was never really scary. Super fun though. I haven't ridden it since before I was pregnant and I totally miss it.

tamarar5 · December 2013

nlp1990 said:
My random is that E will go to the same school, at the same time his aunts are there. They are 3 and 5 now.

We keep expecting my til to tell us he's having another... luckily it hasn't happened. Yet.

wifeofadam · December 2013

Kind of along the lines of kleigh's post - I took hunting classes and got my hunting license and have never hunted a day in my life. After I had DS1 I decided that since we had a baby in the house, I should take a gun safety class. DH was signing up for a hunting class at the time in order to get his license and talked me into doing it too since gun safety was covered in the class. The best part was that I was seven months pregnant at the time. I got so many funny looks with my big old belly in a class full of grown men and their sons, all wearing camo.

So I guess if I ever want to go hunting I can now. lol

MalRiggs · December 2013

nlp1990 said:

My random is that E will go to the same school, at the same time his aunts are there. They are 3 and 5 now.

My brother and me are way far apart. I was teaching at his school when he went there...poor kid cause its not cool when your sister is giving your friends homework on the weekends

MalRiggs · December 2013

@+adamwife+ I have mine too...Been once...didn't even carry a weapon. Saw an mom bear and two cubs and thought...OMG my child is going to be an orphan because his parents got eaten by a bear and swore never to go again.

TarheelMama202 · December 2013

DublinMama said:
Just figured I would start a lighter, non-political thread about nothing in particular. Not because I am uneducated or don't have what I consider well-informed opinions. I am happy to throw right out there that I am pretty much what you'd call a bleeding heart liberal who's all about equal marriage rights, support and social services that don't require drug tests, making access to a gun 10xs harder than access to mental health care, and improving public education by using the standardized tests as TP.

But I also love wine (weird....), and spa days, and high heels, and free style dancing in my living room with as little on as possible. So I'd just like to say that if Miley Cyrus does not stick her tongue back in her mouth and keep it there, I may cut it off. Anyone else have something inane they want to share? And @peanutr1...don't you go anywhere, sistah.

Sister, you speak the truth! We are the same. What else would I expect from a fellow wine-lover?

TarheelMama202 · December 2013

Here's a random tidbit about me...I love rap music. Like, obsessed. The weekend before I found out I was pregnant with DS I was at a Drake concert. If DS isn't in the car, you will find me solely listening to Jay-Z, 2 Chainz, Drake, Rick Ross, and the like.

kleigh926 · December 2013

Well here's another one, while we're talking about hunting/guns. I'm seriously considering getting my license to carry a concealed weapon. My FIL has a perfectly sized pistol I could easily fit in my purse that I'm supposedly getting.

MalRiggs · December 2013

TarheelMama202 said:

Here's a random tidbit about me...I love rap music. Like, obsessed. The weekend before I found out I was pregnant with DS I was at a Drake concert. If DS isn't in the car, you will find me solely listening to Jay-Z, 2 Chainz, Drake, Rick Ross, and the like.

We need to end up at the same stoplight

brachysira · December 2013

This reminds me of the SAHMs board. I like it. Here's my question: Glasses that match your outfit--okay for mom or stupid or just for grandma? And for babies, pink glasses that don't match her outfit, okay? Or should she get something else?

Puck1182 · December 2013

TarheelMama202 said:

Here's a random tidbit about me...I love rap music. Like, obsessed. The weekend before I found out I was pregnant with DS I was at a Drake concert. If DS isn't in the car, you will find me solely listening to Jay-Z, 2 Chainz, Drake, Rick Ross, and the like.

Drake will always be Jimmy Brooks to me.

kelly321 · December 2013

Huh, and here I thought the recorders were a German thing. It is like a recorder cult. Every German I have ever met seems to have played the recorder in elementary school (at least those who have been around when the topic has been brought up. Which is surprisingly often considering...).

Looks like I was just one of the lucky ones to grow up in a recorder-less school district.

My random is something big that has happened recently. I didn't want to start an extra post about it because I didn't want to seem braggy, but I turned in my PhD dissertation 2 weeks ago. I got it done in 4 years despite hardly being able to work on it the first year due to jobs and then having 2 kids and 2 PT jobs in the remaining 3 years. I'm kind of proud of myself.

Drea926 · December 2013

brachysira said:

This reminds me of the SAHMs board. I like it. Here's my question: Glasses that match your outfit--okay for mom or stupid or just for grandma? And for babies, pink glasses that don't match her outfit, okay? Or should she get something else?

I think anything is okay in either scenario, but personally, I love to match! I match everything whenever I can. I'm the weirdo that matches eyeshadow to her sweater or wears hot pink underwear because I'm wearing a hot pink t-shirt. I am that girl. :P

wifeofadam · December 2013

kelly - That deserves a post of its own. Congrats on completing the dissertation! My little sister just defended hers over the summer and watching her do all of the research, writing, and other prep work gave me such a new appreciate for PhDs!!! And my little sis did it all as a single woman living by herself. I can't imagine having babies and a husband to take care of (and deliver) during the process. You should be very proud!!

octobermama87 · December 2013

my weird fact is that I have NEVER heard of the recorder. didn't do it in elementary school and have no idea what it is....

:-/

Drea926 · December 2013

This demon instrument!

TarheelMama202 · December 2013

Everybody plays it!

Here's my recorder story-- we were supposed to play "Candle in the Wind" on our recorders at our fifth grade graduation. However, during the school year my class had music at the same time that I had pull-out AIG (gifted ed) class. So I never actually learned to play.

The music teacher just told me and the other pull-out kids to fake it with our recorders during the song. It was hilarious.

octobermama87 · December 2013

Ok, I definitely do not remember using that instrument. :-/

draeray · December 2013

My random tidbit was I purchased an AR-15 when I was 8 months preggo. I ordered it online from a gun store in Minnesota, and had it shipped here. I had to go into the store full of men, 8 months preggo, to fill out my background check in order to get my gun. The best part was, they made me inspect the gun in the store before I left with it, so they got it out of the box and here I am super big and pregnant waving around an AR-15 in the store. It was quite the scene.

penguingrrl · December 2013

My random: Prior to becoming a SAHM I spent 7 years working in a living history museum. It was similar to Williamsburg or Sturbridge, but far smaller and far less well funded. I was the costumed person. I miss it terribly but less than $9 won't cover daycare and that's all I was earning after 7 years, a BA in History and some graduate work (was en route to a PhD but changed my mind due to job prospects). I hope when the kids are older I can return to doing that because it was seriously the best job ever! And I may have pushed DH to apply to professor positions near Williamsburg (there are two listings within an hour of there) because my lifelong dream has been to work there.

Other random: I've never seen a gun in real life or met a gun owner.

penguingrrl · December 2013

Kelly, congratulations!!! DH defended his dissertation last September and it's a long, difficult road, especially with kids (he was at new student orientation when I was sent in for my induction with our first and I was pregnant with our third at his defense)! I gave up on mine partially because I just couldn't quite do it with kids. I'm seriously in awe of you! Congratulations!!!!

Drea926 · December 2013

I've mentioned this in another thread, but I was actually a Wheel of Fortune contestant in 2008. I was the "big winner" too! :-)

TarheelMama202 · December 2013

Drea926 said:

I've mentioned this in another thread, but I was actually a Wheel of Fortune contestant in 2008. I was the "big winner" too! :-)

I still love this and still need video footage!

TarheelMama202 · December 2013

penguingrrl said:

My random: Prior to becoming a SAHM I spent 7 years working in a living history museum. It was similar to Williamsburg or Sturbridge, but far smaller and far less well funded. I was the costumed person. I miss it terribly but less than $9 won't cover daycare and that's all I was earning after 7 years, a BA in History and some graduate work (was en route to a PhD but changed my mind due to job prospects). I hope when the kids are older I can return to doing that because it was seriously the best job ever! And I may have pushed DH to apply to professor positions near Williamsburg (there are two listings within an hour of there) because my lifelong dream has been to work there.

Other random: I've never seen a gun in real life or met a gun owner.

Me neither! And I don't really have any desire to see one. I have met gun owners, but that's because I live in the South. The people love to hunt.

DublinMama · December 2013

I was on 20/20 in 1st grade. My school was featured for it's progressive literacy curriculum. They featured me reading to my class. I still remember me saying, "Ready or not! Here I come!" and the green Laura Ashley type dress my mother put me in because obviously the parents knew this was all going to happen. DH is dyslexic, and I was fluently reading out of pre-school. I hope the genes swing my way... lol.

CamMyMan · December 2013

Drea926 said:

This demon instrument!

They were called "flutoophones" in my day. My day being 1996 when I was in 5th grade

Puck1182 · December 2013

I just realized that apart from chiming in with my whole Drake will always be Jimmy Brooks opinion, I didn't give a random fact about myself. So here it is: I (and/or my places of work) have been on TV multiple times for some fairly weird reason.

I was in the national spelling bee in 1996, and I only made it a few rounds... BUT, I was also one if five contestants randomly selected to help Al Roker give the weather report while I was there.

And I was accidentally on Teen Mom 2 because they were filming at the courthouse where I work. I thought they stopped filming so I ran really quickly between the crew and the teen mom (Kailyn, I think her name is?) and found out a few months later that they were in fact filming when my coworker came in with a picture of her tv with me on it!

Also, the library where I work was part of a segment on The Daily Show, except it wasn't supposed to be our library, it was a story about a neighboring town whose library took away a kid's library card because he wasn't a resident and it caused a bunch of controversy.

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