Randamity! :)

Since going private, i've become a much less frequent blogger, which stinks. I love blogging. There's just something about being private though. I know I have lots of yall following along, but it feels like noone is really reading. Boo! So i've had my pity party and i'm over it now. I thought i'd update on a few things going on around here.

Carrah is growing up to fast. She is interacting with us much more than before. She will clap, do "roll em up" with pattycake, mock sounds you make, share her paci (so cute!!), look when I ask her "Where's the puppies?", watch Barney (not so cute..lol)
-She has about 5 teeth coming in at the same time!! I think even more are coming up under her gums.
-She stands for long periods of time and will take 3-5 tiny steps.
-Eats pieces of green beans and baked potato on her own
-Moved into Cami's old carseat (still RF of course) and loves it!

Cami is growing up quickly all of the sudden as well. I've updated here and there on her, but it just seems to be happening FAST!
-She has been in VBS all week this week and loves it so so much. She has learned new songs, made friends, and made lots of crafts. Tonight they get to wear their bathing suits!
-She is EATING all of the time (post coming on that)
-Goes ninety to nothing on her tricycle now! lol..i'm so proud that she can finally peddle!!
-I enrolled her in Mother's Day Out! She is very excited about it!! She'll go Wed through August, then two days a week for the rest of the year.

They are both sick this week. Boo! I took them to the doctor yesterday and they have sinus infections and ear infections. Blah!! I knew something wasn't quite right, even though they didn't act that sick.

I've still been getting tons of orders for my "God awful" Bows. Apparentley, quite a few people like their little girls to look awfullly Prissy. ;)

Chris got a bonus yesterday! Praise God!! We've been struggling a little, so that was definitely a blessing from God. We will be paying more doctor bills with it. Whatever is left will go toward buying the girls ceiling fans for their rooms. Somtimes, it gets hot in their rooms at night.

I've fallen in love with watermelon with a tiny bit of Sea Salt. I've never ever ever liked watermelon. It has always gagged me, but I tried it again and I really like it!! Still not a fan of cantaloupe, honeydew, or cucumbers. lol..yuck!

I missed Big Brother AND SYTYCD last night!!! I had to make a trip to Whole Foods while Cami was at VBS. If anyone would like to enlighten me, i'd appreciate it.

Oh and ps.. i've started a new anonymous blog. I'm not going to give it away just yet..maybe you'll find me lurking around ;) {hehe}

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"The Light's Not On"

Cami has been fullt potty trained for almost a year now. She has always been really good about going on her own, then telling us to wipe her booty. However, in the passed few weeks, she has been really scared to go upstairs without the lights being turned on.

She'll do the peepee dance and say "The lights not on!!!", so I end up having to run up there to turn the lights on then run back down because she doesn't want me standing there watching or wating on her.

This morning she wanted to watch Barney so bad that she didn't even beg me to turn the lights on, she simply ran upstairs and came back down in a flash..with the potty chair in her arms!! She carried it down 15 steps. LOL! She may be tiny, but obviously she has the strength of an ant.

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TV Talk

I'm sure "Miss Unknown" would think i'm showing my ignorance here by talking about a reality show, but that's okay. I know there is much speculation that this show is not actually reality. I've read realitysteve's blog. I do believe some of the thigns he says, but I also think {most}people do go on there for good reasons. Jillian being one of them.

Moving along..I watched every epidose of this season (as I usually do) and I believe I called it first :) I said Ed is just perfect for her and obvi she took my word for it. They make a cute couple. I don't know there is just something about him that rings sex appeal. He doesn't have the muscles or the tan, but he has something.

The show wasn't that enticing though. It seems to be usually a bit more dramatic and climatic. The Reid thing was not that surprising, but I really thought she might say yes when he got down on one knee. He's such a cutie and I geuninely felt bad for him.

So.. yes I will be watching "After the Final Rose" tonight to see if they're still together. Even if they are not, I will watch the next season and the season after that because i'm a sucker for romance..even if it is falsified a bit.

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SYTYCD {The 100th episode}

First, let me say, I was NOT impressed with Katie Holmes. She was dancing like a ragdoll. Sorry!

I was really bummed to see Janette go home. She was such a great dancer. Every single dance, she nailed. I was also shocked to see Jason go. I thought it would be Evan, although I think he has America's hearts.

{oops! I said Ade, but I was totally picturing Jason in my mind. lol! I thought he was so adorable}

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Big Brother

Hmm.. where to start?

I can't stand Ronnie #1!
#2 Jessie is a big douche. Why did he put Jordan up?! I don't get that at all..
and #3 Russell doesn't ever need to grow a mustache again!!

Seriously though, I want Ronnie, Chima, and Natalie gone. Yeesh the Natalie, Lydia, Jessie thing is random and weird! Can you believe there hasn't been any showmances?

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Like a Light Bulb Over Her Head

Cami is picking up on a ton of things lately. It seems like a light bulb had literally clicked over her head.

She knows almost all of her colors..Pink, Purple, Yellow, Green, Blue, sometimes Red.

Her sentences have become more detailed and she is using article adjectives more.

She listens to what we say and understands detailed requests. I'll explain something out and she'll sit there a minute and say "Oh. Okay. I sorry" or something like that..lol

Numbers are still an issue. I'm not sure if she is supposed to know what the numbers are by lookin at this age or not, but she can count to 20.

She knows how to "spell" her name. She has memorized it. If she sees it, she recognizes it, but doesn't know what the letters are per se.. does that make sense?

If she sees a picture of a little girl wearing a bow, she will say "You make that for her?"

There is lots more things I was thinking about last night, but I can't remember them now because Carrah is chasing Cami around and around and they are laughing so loud I can't think. Ha!

{btw..since this is now private, I will be using their real names again. Ha! Sorry to be confusing...again!}

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Wow. I've Never Been Hated So Much.

My newest email.. You know, everyone says don't let it get to me, but it does. I hate when people don't like me or are rude to me. I've never done anything to this girl, so I just don't get it. Truly it makes me sad. Noone has ever said these kind of things to me. I like to think it is because i've never provoked someone to. What have I done to her?!
I'm kind of blah now.. don't think i'll be posting for a few days. Just made me feel like crap.

I left a comment on it a few days ago and you did nothing about it. I saw other comments that were made AFTER mine got through so obviously you read it and didn't post it. So I posted another one. That one didn't get through either. I never said you did it on purpose. In fact in the comments I tried to leave you, I said I don't think you really meant to be derogatory and just misused the word. I said the fact that you ignored these comments and never changed the word only made you look ignorant.

Re-read the email I sent you.I just wanted you to realize the meaning of that word. To a Chinese person it read like a black person would read the word, "niggerish." So maybe you can understand the anger I had as a Chinese person. And really, you have "many" Chinese friends? You do know that "Chinese" doesn't mean anywhere in Asia. Just a person who is a descendant of China. Listen, I live in Tennessee and have been through Arkansas many times and there are few people of any Asian nationality. So to say you are friends with many Chinese people is ridiculous. {There are MANY Asian people here. I was friends with MANY in school!! Just to clear that up..}

As for why I read your blog? Your blog is on a popular site that gives a list of blogs that are "stupidly hilarious." It's something to do while there is downtime at work.

The things most people laugh at:
-Your made up words. "Radamasity" or whatever nonsense word you made up to mean randomness.
-The gross pictures of food you put up. Are you so delusional that you think people want to see that crap and learn your disgusting recipes?
-Those God awful, ugly bows you try to sell.
- The way you totally disrespect your husband and family members by talking bad about them on your public blog. I mean they can find that, you know? You're not the only one on the internet. All anyone would have to do it Google the names of you children and yourself and they would find your site.-
Your obvious narcissism. You take pictures of yourself then talk about how ugly you are in them. If you really thought that, you wouldn't post them. Oh and honey, you're not as thin as you think you are. Might want to rethink some of those tight shits. They make you look even bigger. It's much more flattering to wear clothes that actually fit you.

Basically most of your readers are people who laugh at you. Not with you. Ever wonder why you have so many hits a day? Most of them are not real fans of your ridiculous writings. Sure you have a few, but if you go their blogs or even read their comments, it's pretty obvious they aren't sharp ones either.

Your girls are adorable though. No one ever makes fun of them as far as I know. I know so many of your readers are going to be upset that you're private now but seriously, someone had to tell you how inane your blog was.

See ya, Sweetheart

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A New Start?

That's what this feels like. I think that's okay though. Now instead of 230 followers, I have about 40. ha!

Here's the thing, I don't mind someone disagreeing with me, I totally respect that, but when it is turned around on a post that I wrote about Carrah, I find it disgusting and won't tolerate it. It's just easier to go private and the people that want to read..can read..the ones who want to be hateful..can't!

Thank you for all of your comments. I didn't expect you all to make me feel better because that wasn't what this was about, I just wanted to set the record straight. I'm not a racist in any form or fashion. It really hurts that someone would even think that.

So here we are now. It's kind of a bummer that I can't be public and spread the word about Albinism, but I like to think i've let a lot of you know and that you will pass the word on. If you have friends that want to view my blog, email me their email addy (please let it come from you..so nothing tricky goes on)

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Nothing Like a Good Ol Dose of HATE Mail

..to brighten you day. Good grief people, really?

When I said Carrah's glasses look "chinky", I simply meant "cheap looking" OKAY?!?! I do not have a problem with Chinese people, that is so silly to even discuss. Why the hell would I say her glasses looked like a derogatory Chinese person or a dent in metal? I'm so so ignorant, I know. Anyway, if you have my email, mail me. I'm definitely going private now. I don't have the patience to put up with stuff like this. My blog. My journal. My thoughts. My words. My LIFE! My daughter has a lifelong condition and people make ignorant, stupid comments. Yes, it hurts when they do and yes I will say so. To even compare this word, that I used so innocently, to my child is unacceptable. Goodbye!!

The fabulous email (from someone who has left "super nice" comments before.)

I don't know how you can complain about ignorant people when you still have the word "chinky" in this post: http://lifeasamomat21.blogspot.com/2009/07/we-found-glasses.html

By not changing it after it was brought to your attention that the word "chink" is the n-word to a Chinese person (like myself) or could also mean a small dent in metal, you are showing your own ignorance.

You are either saying your daughter's glasses make her look like a dent in metal or a derogatory word for a Chinese person. If that's not what you mean then you would have changed it. If you don't, expect to get flooded with a bunch of comments and emails from a few Asian equality rights groups I'm apart of.

Also, there are WAY more Chinese people in this world than there are people with Albinism. You would think that since you aren't sensitive to the Chinese culture then people are not going to be too sensitive to people with Albinism. It's simple math, sweetheart.

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A Stranger's Ignorance Irks Me Once Again..

If I wanted to let my anger get the best of me, this blog title would read "A Stranger's Ignorance Really PISSED Me Off Today!!", but I counted to ten, let the blood that had run to my face flow back to where it belonged and managed to concoct a smile that would almost pass for geunine.

I had to make a post office run to mail some packages that were much overdue. While standing in line, several people behind us made sweet comments about CareBear's glasses.."Oh she is just precious in her lil glasses." "She is stylin'" etc.. However, one woman took it upon herself to ask every single detail about my chlid's life.

"How did you know she needed glasses at such a young age?"
Me trying to get my stuff together to walk out while MissPriss yanks on my arm.."She clearly had vision problems"
Staring at me with a blank look.."Like what? How did you know?"
Still obviously trying to leave, I said "Nystagmus, Strabismus, and Albinism"
"Huh? What's that?" in a snarky, rude, uptight beyotch kinda way.
"She is Albino!!" I said as my face turned the brightest shade of red possible and sweat started to fall from my forehead.
Getting RIGHT in Bear's face.. "Oh. I thought they{whomever the heck they are is to her? Prob the Discover Channel or something..} said in animals they aren't truly Albino unless they have pink eyes."
Almost in a moment of shock, I sort of laughed in a huff and said "Yes that's prob true for animals. But she has grayish blue eyes and does have Albinism." and walked out before she could say anything else, which she clearly wanted to!!

OHMIGOSH!!!!!!! I know that I have to deal with this for the rest of my life, I just pray {and ask that you pray for me} that it will get easier some day. It seriously makes my heart beat so incredibly fast that my adrenaline starts and I want to say something so incredibly rude back to these ignorant people. Then I think about my kids standing right there looking to me for guidance. I will not let these strangers ignorance provoke me in that way..even though it is tempting.

Seriously though lady?.. Are you really comparing her to an animal that you saw on some random show?! Ugh!

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Some of My FAV SYTYCD Moments

None of these showed up for me,b ut i'll look for the URL so you can see them.

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Wordless Wednesday - Evening Play

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NEW Products from PrissyMiss Boutique

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Products not yet listed on the website.

(this one already on website. I just took a new pic to match the rest)

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Snack Attack

My most favorite snack at the moment is fresh cherries with almonds and raisins mixed in. Yum!
I've never eaten fresh cherries before this year because I HATEd those jarred cherries, like the ones they put in your drink at Sonic. Ugh! They make me gag so I was afraid to taste fresh ones. But I did and now i'm hooked. I'm in love with them. We even bought some at the farmer's market Saturday{they are expensive though!!}

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Bloggy Changes Clothes

I guess you've noticed that i've changed a few things around here. I got tired of the cluttered look. I wanted it to look really clean. I had to use a premade template, but that's okay. It'll work. I think i'm just going to rig up some kind of pic to put up top.

Also, i've been wanting to go back through comments and visit some of your blogs. I've been really crappy at commenting back. So busy..blah!

As you can see, I lost almost all of my "gadgets" when I did this new template. So that means i've lost all of my blogs that I had in my blog roll. I'll get them all back eventually. In the meantime, i'll be blog stalking during naptime. :)

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Another Long, Fun Packed Weekend

You know if I don't blog all weekend, something FUN is happening.

We didn't have any plans for this weekend, but we found things to do. Saturday we went to the rivermarket/farmer's market. I bought some fresh veggies and fruits that were oh so pretty.

Then CareBear and I took a walk down the path by the river, watching all of the people that went by. (It's so much fun to people watch.) While we were doing that, Chris and MissPriss went to the Nature Center to check out the fish. I'm not into that as much, i'd rather be walking, listening to my iPod and getting some Vitamin D!
She conked out. The breeze was awesome!
When they finished down there, they came to where we were and MissPriss played at the splash pad and park. She was right in the heat and sun, so Bear and I hung out under the shade tree and watched her. It was such a beautiful day. I think the high was around 82(not sure ab that number exactly){fabulous picture of my big girl. She was so brave on top of that rock..too brave!}
{Did I mention that CareBear got her glasses Friday? See how they tint in the sun?}
{sweet girl!}
{She went almost all the way to the top!!}
We had never been to this particular spot before. It's semi new. They put up a little walk way with all sorts of history about the state. It was very interseting to read..and a nice view as well.

{i'm loving this picture at the moment}

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Shh! This is a Library

Yesterday, after depositing some money and taking movies back, I took the girls to the library for the first time EVER! I know, I know..who doesn't take their kid to the library? Well, it wasn't that I didn't want to. I had always thought about it, but to be honest, I didn't know how the library worked. Ha! I thought you had to pay and fill out a long application to get a library card. But I didn't. Just a short little thing with my name, p hone number etc..

After I got my new card, we made our way downstairs to the children's books. MissPriss was not interested in the books at all! She saw some kids playing and wanted to go join them, then she saw a fishtank(which is possible the coolest thing to her), and after that spotted child sized computers. Shame on them! lol..thankfully they were "Out of Order" or i'd never have gotten her out of there.

I had to explain numerous times that we were in a library and that you are supposed to be quiet in a library. She didn't really grasp that concept. Thankfully the entire downstairs is dedicated to children's stuff, so it wasn't super quiet down there anyway.

Once I finally got her to look for books with me, we found three good ones to checkout. "Dora's Favorite Fairy Tales" "On the Farm" and "Kippers A-Z"

We will be going back soon. Next time we can checkout DVDs too!

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Lil Prissy Peddler

Hoorah for MissPriss!! She can finally peddle her tricycle. She has had it since her first birthday and has always just walked it around without the peddles. This morning she said "LOOK!! I can do it!" Sure enough, she has been peddling all over the house all morning.

She also recognized the colors yellow and pink and matched them to everything in the house that "matched"

Go girl!! She's getting so big and smart.

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Wordless Wednesday - First Pony..

..tails!

Sorry, I had to add words! LOOK behind her head. You see a floating straightener. LOL!! Cami had threw it in the room for some reason and I guess it was in the process of falling when I took the pic.

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The Fun of Summer..Lake Days

We always try to make it to the lake a few times every summer. I'm not a big water person(if you were on BBC you remember my terror of my kids being anywhere near water) It has gotten a bitbetter and i'm learning to not be so protective and just try and let them learn.

Sunday, my dad and step mom were at the lake, so we decided to go with them. Both girls had the best time!! I didn't think i'd be able to get either of them out of the water..especially CareBear!

This picture turned out really pretty. The backdrop was perfect.
Word to the wise: Do not buy these bathing suits from WAl Mart. I tried to run and get something really quick and it was not worth it! Piece.O.Crap!

Crazy lil bear. She wanted back in the water so bad, the entire time she was out of it, she was playing in her boat.

This went on for a very long time. Actually, up until we took her back to the water. lol! She also plays with it in the house. She will just sit there forever.
Edited: OMG Thank you Kelly!! I appreciate that information so much you will never know. Seriously, i'm already terrified enough in the water.
Shs sent me this link listing all of the floaty boats that have been recalled. We have two of them. One for each girl(not the same kinds..two different ones, but both on the list)

Crud! What can we use now?

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