Quotable Friday
“I am the greatest… I said that even before I knew I was.”
Believe in Yourself
I’m Reminded of Just How Incredibly CHEESE-TASTIC The 80’s Were
While my son played with Letter People, I accidentally turned on the ‘Sounds of the Seasons’ channel on our TV; I usually turn on ‘Light Classical’ during the day. Valentine’s Day/Romantic songs were playing on this channel- okay, appropriate, I thought, although Valentine’s Day was pretty much a non-event this year with over 3 feet of snow on the ground.
With ‘romantic music’ playing low in the background, while I straightened up the kitchen and my son played in our computer room/playroom/pretend-classroom I noticed something:
EVERY song I heard was from the ’80’s…
and I was taken back… and realized that the ’80’s were… CHEESE-TASTIC !
LIONEL RICHIE had a GREAT decade, in terms of commercial success,
so did Linda Ronstadt, (I heard lots of their songs 
and do you remember… GLORIA LORING?! She was on ‘Days of Our Lives’ and sang, ‘Friends and Lovers’… she also sang the theme song to ‘Facts of Life’ and was married to Alan Thicke… who knew?!
Do you remember the band, Sheriff ?? They sang the ‘power ballad’- ‘When I’m With You’…
The ’80’s were great… And I’m so GLAD they are over.
Ugh- did you hear though that Shoulder Pads are back??!!
That’s 1 trend I’m not doing again,
Just remember,
Don’t Let Your Child Stack Magnets on Your Laptop…
I’m back online, ahhhhhhh.
Something I learned during the snowstorm: Tell your children that it is a rule not to put magnets on your laptop.
Yep, my son put these TINY magnets on my MacBook and POOF! It Broke.
Long Story Short: The employees at the Apple Store are fantastic and gave me instructions on how to install a new hard drive and recover my files from my old hard drive- I’m not gonna lie, I didn’t do any of this- my husband did.
FYI- Apple will install a new hard drive for you for $210. This is not a crazy price, but you can easily buy a very good hard drive for under a $100 and install it yourself. The hard part was ‘recovering’ my old files from my broken hard drive. APPLE WILL NOT DO THIS. And I understand why now: We recovered MOST of my files, but not all of them. Apple basically doesn’t want the headache of customers saying, “But 3 out of the 350 files didn’t come through.” They don’t want to be in that game. And they don’t have to be. I don’t blame them. And like I said, they will tell YOU how to do it… And just one more thing: make an appointment online or call beforehand- then you don’t have to wait!
And just to reiterate:
No Magnets on Laptops!
Make it a Rule in Your House-
Quotable Friday
“NO MORE SNOW!”
After 3 feet of snow has fallen within a week here in the DC Area,
I say,
no more…
I’m done with you, snow.
Stop Saying North Dakota Gets This All The Time!
Washington DC Area.
Here we are in our 2nd blizzard WITHIN a week.
I have lived here all my life and cannot remember EVER getting this much snow.
We have survived a power outage, and my laptop hard drive breaking (FYI- don’t let your children put magnets on your laptop… yes, I’m serious).
I’m content with the exception of 1 thing-
I wish commentators and reporters on TV would stop saying things like,
“Ya know, people in say, ‘North Dakota’ get this all the time.”
MY RESPONSE:
“Yes, I know they get a lot of snow. But we usually don’t. And people in North Dakota have the right tools for snow removal and survival. Even in Cleveland they have whole departments set up for snow removal, we don’t. Everyone has a 4-wheel drive in North Dakota, I think it may be a state law even. Not everyone here has a 4-wheel drive…like us for instance.”
DCers: Hunker Down and Stay Warm!
Quotable Friday
“Let it Snow, Let it Snow, Let it Snow!”
As the DC Area and all of the Mid Atlantic Region brace for a whopper of a storm,
which is set to begin in a few hours,
I say-
Stay home and enjoy!
Has Anyone Tried ‘The Ab Circle’… It looks like torture
Just wondering- Has ANYONE ever used The AbCircle ?
Seriously?
It looks so hard,
that the only people who can use it, are ones who are already in shape,
thus, erasing the need for the AbCircle in the first place.
And there, my friends, lies the dilemma,
with all these exercise machines that you see on TV-
when you finally get to the point that you can use them consistently,
you don’t need them anymore…
I jest, of course,
… kinda.
“I Vant To Be Alone”
Do you get a lot of time alone? No, me neither.
I love alone time…
I VALUE my time alone now. I even guard it.
I even schedule alone time… or at least I try to- between playing Connect 4, being a taxi service, grocery shopping and laundry.
I didn’t use to be this way.
When I was younger I never cared about ‘alone time’… I mean when I was younger and wasn’t a mother.
I guess when you are only responsible for yourself, you get more alone time…
Now, I love alone time.
I even meditate now (yeah, I read The Secret… didn’t we all?)
Click Here to Continue Reading this rant at DC Metro Moms…
Quotable Friday
“All that we are
is the result of what we have thought.”
Think Good Thoughts
A Great Field Trip: The DC Auto Show!!
Yes,
The DC Auto Show, actually titled- The Washington Auto Show is going on NOW through Sunday !
We went last year,
and if you have a child who likes cars, and trucks, and SUVs, and vans, LIKE I DO –
this is a GREAT field trip!!!
It’s at the DC Convention Center, so you can hop on Metro (a train ) and simply go!
There’s food, little giveaways here and there, Dora, Diego, SuperWhy characters,
and lots and lots of VEHICLES
Adults are $10,
Kids 6-12 years old are $5,
and Kids 5 and Under are FREE!
It’s a lot of fun,
we’re going tomorrow,
SEE YOU THERE !
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I Was In The 2012 Show !
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