The Parrot

A young man named John received a parrot as a gift. The parrot had a bad attitude and an even worse vocabulary. Every word out of the bird's mouth was rude, obnoxious and laced with profanity. John tried and tried to change the bird's attitude by consistently saying only polite words, playing soft music and anything else he could think of to 'clean up' the bird's vocabulary. Finally, John was fed up and he yelled at the parrot. The parrot yelled back. John shook the parrot and the parrot got angrier and even ruder. John, in desperation, threw up his hand, grabbed the bird and put him in the freezer. For a few minutes the parrot squawked and kicked and screamed. Then suddenly there was total quiet. Not a peep, was heard for over a minute. Fearing that he'd hurt the parrot, John quickly opened the door to the Freezer. The parrot calmly stepped out onto John's outstretched arms and said "I believe I may have offended you with my rude language and actions. I'm sincerely remorseful for my inappropriate transgressions and I fully intend to do everything I can to correct my rude and unforgivable behavior."
John was stunned at the change in the bird's attitude. As he was about to ask the parrot what had made such a dramatic change in his behavior, when the bird continued, "May I ask what the turkey did?"

I'll be out of town through the weekend, I'm going to visit my family in SC (yay!). I hope you all have a very Happy Thanksgiving!

Crazy Life

This past week (and the coming week) has been pretty crazy and hectic. First, Abbey had several appointments last week (all on different days). She's started speech therapy to help her with some of the consonant sounds that's she's not developing on her own. She has it at her school that she'll be starting next fall, which has introduced me to the madhouse it is around the time school lets out. Parents line up 45 minutes before school even lets out! What ever happened to just driving up, pick up your kid, and driving off? I guess she'll just be one of the last ones to be picked up because there is no way I'm sitting out there 45 minutes ahead of time. And no, she's not riding the bus (don't even get me started on the buses).
Also, this past week, Shawn and Abbey have both been sick (thank goodness I haven't caught it!). We've pretty much been hermits this weekend because of that, and hoping they'll rest up and get over it before the holidays next week!
Friday night, I went with some girlfriends to see Twilight (based on the book). While I had a good time because of the company, I must say I was disappointed in the movie. While I had expected that some parts from the book would be left out (which they were), I had not expected the horrible acting! It was almost like a B rated movie! I will see the sequels, but I hope they will send those people to acting classes or something.
Next week will be hectic, but I'm looking forward to it. My mom and I have this tradition of going to the after thanksgiving sales which start at midnight at the Gaffney Prime outlets. They have Pottery barn, Gymboree, and other name brand stores which have HUGE discounts that night. We pretty much stay up all night (thanks to Starbucks on the way) and then, on the way home, swing by the local walmart to catch the remaining deals. We always have a blast, and it's the only time I can really get away with coming home with tons of stuff and Shawn tell me not to tell him how much I spent. It's awesome.

Here.... fishy, fishy.....

I'm not usually a big video game person, I leave that to Shawn and Abbey. However, I make an exception when it comes to Animal Crossing. It's a cute, all age encompassing, violence/vulgar language free game that Abbey and I can both play.

I was playing this Sunday night after we came back from SC and Abbey was watching (she had a tummy ache and couldn't sleep). I was fishing in the game.

Abbey: "what kind of fish did you catch?"

April: "It says it's a barbel steed."

I catch another fish.

Abbey: "what kind of fish is that one?"

April: "Bluegill"

I catch another fish.

Abbey: "Oohh, a seahorse!"

Still fishing.

Abbey: "You know what kind of fish I want to catch, Mommy?"

April: "what kind?"

Abbey: "fish sticks!" (she says happily)

Save the ???

At 4 years old, my daughter has a passion. She gathers each one carefully and faithfully to keep them safe from harm. She's not saving whales, dolphins, or trees. Her mantra........SAVE THE BALLOONS!

Haiku Friday

I saw on a few blogs "Haiku Friday" and thought it would be fun to participate. This Haiku is inspired from my 4 year old asking if the trees dropped their leaves because they wanted to be naked.

the leaves are falling
bright colors float all around
the trees are naked

Tag....You're it!

Welcome to the new 2008 edition of getting to know your family and friends. Here is what you are supposed to do, and try not to be lame and spoil the fun. Change all the answers so that they apply to you. Then post the answers on your blog, make sure you leave a link to your blog in the comments! Have fun and be truthful! I want to see your answers!


1. What is your occupation right now? Stay at home mom, need a raise =)
2. What color are your socks right now? I don't like socks
3. What are you listening to right now? I Carli
4. What was the last thing that you ate? sandwich
5. Can you drive a stick shift? no
6. Last person you spoke to on the phone? Jaime
7. Do you like the person who sent this to you? Hmmm…..let me think……Yes =)
8. How old are you today? 30
9. What is your favorite sport to watch on TV? Reality TV (Survivor is a sport!)
10. What is your favorite drink? Raspberry iced tea
11. Have you ever dyed your hair? No, but have highlighted
12. Favorite food? Italian
13. What is the last movie you watched? Tinkerbell
14. Favorite day of the year? Christmas
15. How do you vent anger? Vent to Hubby
16. What was your favorite toy as a child? Rainbow Brite
17.What is your favorite season? Spring, I love thunderstorms
18. Cherries or Blueberries? blueberry
19. Favorite Color? Aqua/turquoise
20. Who is the most likely to respond? Stephanie
21. Who is least likely to respond? Shelly
22. Living arrangements? What??
23. When was the last time you cried? last night-a little girl almost fell off a cliff on the news
24. What is on the floor of your closet? Not much, my closet's pretty organized
25. Who is the friend you have had the longest that you are sending to? Jessica (since birth)
26. What did you do last night? Worked on my blog, stalked some people
27. What are you most afraid of? Spiders…..eww…yuck!
28. Plain, cheese, or spicy hamburgers? I don't like cow beef, but love turkey burgers with cheese
29. Favorite dog breed? Any dog that I don't have to take home.
30. Favorite day of the week? Thursday (Survivor Addict)
31. How many states have you lived in? 2 - NC, SC
32. Diamonds or pearls? Diamonds, definitely
33. What is your favorite flower? daisy

Hey there, Delilah.......

You've probably heard of Delilah, the relationship guru on the radio late at night to tell you whether to love him or leave him, then gives you a mushy song to make you cry even more. Well, tonight I was watching nightline news and they were interviewing her about her story. She's had several failed marriages and is currently single (with 10 kids, most were adopted which is awesome). This made me think about the people who give you advice and write books about advice. Why is it that most of the so called "educated" advice people REALLY shouldn't be the ones to give the advice? It seems to me that if you don't have kids, you really shouldn't write a book about it. If you aren't having successful relationships/marriages, should you honestly be giving relationship advice? That's not to say that I don't like Delilah, I have found myself listening to her on the long trips back from South Carolina. However, a lot of the advice she gives is common since that I trust my friends would give under the same circumstances. The only difference is I'm sure my friends' answers/advice probably wouldn't be allowed on the air of radios!