Bendaroos & Fazoodles & Pillow Pets - Oh My!

This is an oldie, but a goodie and a nice segway into my rant for the day.

So about 6 months ago or so (or maybe even longer as my memories seem to feel like yesterday when they were actually last year), I was in the bathroom flatironing my hair. X walks in and asks, "Momma, what is that?" pointing to the flatiron.  "That's my flatiron."  He then replies oh so seriously, "Flatirons crush and burn your hair and that's why you need an InStyler."  My mouth dropped open and stared at this child in full and utter shock.  I just got infomercial-ed by my (at the time) 3 year old. I blame TV and I blame myself. But what's a married single mom to do when we walk in the door at 6:00pm arms full of groceries, gym bags, lunch bags, X's coat, purse and I have a starving 4 year old on my hands immediately diving into the pantry and taking up space while I try to find something that's not frozen for dinner. "GO WATCH TV!!"  As he happily skips off to the TV, I then hear the barrage of "I want that!", "Oooh! Mommy, I need that!!" and of course "Sweet! Let's get those!!" coming from the living room.  His mind is now full of Bendaroos, Fazoodles and Pillow Pets (just to name a few). I've avoided most of these at all costs (with the exception of the Pillow Pet - courtesy of Santa - I caved).

I now sit here staring at this ad on my Woot! Watcher and think to myself "Do I dare open Pandora's Box of Mighty Beanz?"

Now, some of you following my adventures may say "What the hell is a Mighty Beanz? What the hell is a Bendaroo? WTF IS A FAZOODLE?" Well, I challenge you then dear child-less friends to subject yourself to at least 4 hours of Nickelodeon and you'll be fully versed in what I like to call "Kid-mercials".  Before child, I could zone out during a commercial and never be the wiser. But now, I have to not only pay attention to the damn commercials, but also learn the difference between a Bendaroo, a Fazoodle and those stupid aluminum foil circle-thingys that float with a wand.

I still sit here pondering the possibility of bringing Mighty Beanz into our house.

To Mighty Beanz or not to Mighty Beanz, that truly is the question.

Loves!

T

Welcome and Enjoy!

So a few select folks followed my blog during my pregnancy. It was written mostly to stay in touch with my family as they were so far away for all the "fun". Here is a link to that one if you want to check it out: http://thekendalltrio.blogspot.com/.

Anywho...as I read over a friends blog last night, I thought "I should be blogging again to keep track of what we are up to these days...maybe X will want to read all about it someday."  I'm sure that won't come for a few years (more like 10-15), but since his baby book is still unfinished, might as well start another project left to be unfinished.

Many of the blogs I read come from stay-at-home mom's with multiple children. First off, let me say "I commend and applaud you! But I don't envy you."  You seem to find time to raise multiple children, keep a house tidy, cook multiple meals, get to multiple appointments, get to the gym, bank & hair salon and still be "you" in the midst of all of it...and so many of  you do it while still looking good! I know...I tried it...I sucked at it, so I went back to work full-time. I love what I do, but what I do is still work.  So, this blog is not only a place for me to dump out my random thoughts, rants & raves, tales of the family adventures, but it's also a place for working moms to read about another working mom trying to make it work, keep it altogether and feel sexy at the end of the day just in time to spend 30 minutes with my husband before he heads out to work.

My wonderful husband works the graveyard shift. He loves it...and I try to not complain.  So, while he's sleeping between the hours of 2pm & 10pm and working between 10pm & 8am (between 7am-6pm X is in daycare and I'm at work), I'm a married single mom. I make all the drop-off's/pick-up's happen, I schedule all the appointments (while on my break at work, of course), I cook all the meals (or at least microwave them) and still try to find time to get to the gym, bank & hair salon. NOTE: Keeping the house clean isn't even on my radar, there are only so many hours in the day and I do enjoy a full night sleep.

Our family finds time on Sat & Sun to do "Kendall Family Fun Days" as well as attend church, so we do get quality time together, just not quantity. We treasure these times and try to do new and fun things as often as we can.  I'll post them here to share as they might help other moms with ideas of things to do (with or without the entire family). 

So as this blog grows and my brain dumps become etched in stone (until I chose to delete them), I look forward to capturing my life and time with my family to share with you all!

Cheers!

T