" I want to be a hobo"

BAH!! That is what I wanted to tell my 8 year old son when he told me "I want to be a hobo". We were discussing (o.k. so it was more like him crying and me telling him) why reading was important, and we were both trying to just get his homework done. Reading, the one subject that makes me break out in a cold sweat and my son curl up in a ball on the floor. So I ask, "What do you want to be when you grow up?" Ergo the hobo comment. I should of known. I have asked that question too many times. So instead of saying BAH! I chuckle and say "Well too bad, because Mommy is not going to let you follow THAT dream. Pick something else."

So how do you motivate, without choking, your child to read. I do not want to scar him for the future and associate reading with me yelling and punishing, and him crying and getting frustrated. I need to find some creative constructive way to get him motivated to read. Perhaps I will mute his T.V. and make him read the closed captions that run along the bottom of the T.V., or just take away the T.V. altogether. Maybe some type of reward system. For every book you read you get half an hour of T.V. time. But do I really want to bribe him? I read to him, and he "pretends" to be interested. So anyone out there have any ideas?

New Year

So we are all supposed to be all about Change and improvement. I mean those Electoral Colleges dudes gave us a big ole helpin of change by deciding that we needed to have someone with basically NO EXPERIENCE in much of anything over seeing the BIG RED BUTTON, and answering the red phone.
For myself, I have resolved to quit smoking, and not sweat the small stuff. So I bought my last pack of cigarettes Friday, and "yeah me!" I have not bought another one. Maybe if I wasn't a smoker I would not of broken my ankle. I am sure that there is a joke in there somewhere, but I don't know where. I broke my ankle 2 weeks ago @ work, walking down some stairs, on my way to smoke my lunch. While that probably sounds funny, the best part was having to crawl up 3 sets of stairs on my hands and knees because the person who finally came out to help me (I had been sitting there crying like a baby for 10 mins) is pregnant and could not help me up the stairs.
Anyway, I think that I got side tracked there.....
So no more smoking, and not sweating the small stuff. Sounds simple right? Well perhaps I should not of tried to tackle BOTH of these @ the same time. Seriously, I work in a call center, I do not always get the brightest people on the other end of the phone. And while I want to tell them to by a vowel, and get a clue (that is if they can afford it these days) I vowed to smile and be happy. "No I can not cancel your order, it has already shipped" "So you canceled it right?" "Well, if by cancel you mean, it shipped out and is on it's way to you then yes, idiot" is what I'd like to say. I was pissy enough that once I actually responded with " Unfortunalty there is no way for me to chase down the US Postal Truck and say, 'Hey mind if I get that package back from you? The customer changed their mind.' " I heard nothing for a few seconds then "OH! It already shipped!"
I am pretty sure that I have vented enough for one night, but no worries (my motto for '09) I will be back for your amusement another day. I am thinking that I can spew about tail gaters for a bit.

The most wonderful Time of the Year?

Yeah right! Obviously Andy Williams was drunk when he decided to sing this one.
"It's The Most Wonderful Time Of The Year
It's the hap -happiest season of all
With those holiday greetings and gay happy meetings
There'll be scary ghost stories
It's The Most Wonderful Time Of The Year
There'll be much mistltoeing "

Happiest season of all? I am not seeing happy people. I see stressed people. The economy is in the toilet, people are angry, and grumpy.
Holiday greetings? Where? I do not see that, and no I do NOT want to see the gay happy meetings. Keep it to yourselves people. Scary ghost stories?!?! Are you freaking kidding me? Seriously? Scary ghost stories @ Christmas. If he is referring to A Christmas Carol, was that really scary? And isn't there supposed to be a lesson learned there?
Much mistltoeing? O.K. so @ this time of year it is alright to go around kissing everyone you see? So if I made a clip or something for my hair, and attached some mistletoe, it would be OK for me to go around kissing people all year long? Well, that might actually be the best part of the song.

Seriously though, isn't this suposed to be the happiest time of year? Where is the joy and cheer? How do I help spread some warm fuzziness and smiles? What is it that we are really looking for?

O.K., so I know that my blog is not that fun or exciting. I mostly just complain about the idiots that surround me, but I did discover this blog:
http://theadventuresofpatoneil.blogspot.com . I found it from the 11 lamest blogs list that was on MSN. This guy is FUNNY! Seriously, if you are an uptight, blocked person, do NOT go there. Otherwise, enjoy. Meth Ninja... geez what a concept.

http://s100.photobucket.com/albums/m7/Sabs_21/?albumview=slideshow
The above link is the site where my sister's wedding photos are. Hope you enjoy.
-Channon

All I want for Christmas

I have had several people ask me what I want for Christmas. Since I don't think that my dream for a Republican in office is going to come true, I have a list of consolation prizes.
While I am most happy with anything that I get, there are some things that I want, want.
My list is as follows, for those who are interested:
Gift Cards:
Wal-Mart; Lane Bryant; Half Price Books; Yankee Candle
Yankee Candle:
Star Fruit & Orange; Mandarin Cranberry
Candle Scents:
Pomegranate
Cranberry
Clean Linen
Body Spray:
Bath & Body Works Warm Candy Apple
T.V. dvd Box Sets:
Bones season 1-3
Grey’s Anatomy Seasons 1-3

Computer Monitor; Digital Camera; Anything w/ Frogs or Snowmen

I am registered @ wal-mart. Wish list under my name.

BAH!

So the country is in pretty bad shape right now. I mean let's take a look at the election situation. Thankfully Hillary is out of the running, but seriously, Obama? Do we really want him in office? I'm going to throw my 2 cents in and say no. PEOPLE wake up. Not that McCain is perfect, but he will not run the country into the ground with socialistic ideas. Why should a man who has never served his country in uniform be allowed to pass judgement on the military? He does not know what it means to wear the uniform. ACORN wasn't sitting outside a mall telling teenagers they could register to vote, then pointing them to the booths saying " Over there you can vote for McCain". No no no, they, a supposedly neutral party organization, encouraged 15-17 yr olds to register then go FRAUDULENTLY go vote for Obama. My friend @ work, always tells me that there is a prediction that the world is going to end 12/12/12, and it will be brought about by the charismatic man who was able to convince the nations everything he said and did was right. She thinks it is Obama who is the anti Christ. I'm just saying.....

Bail out? phhhhtt. I heard on the radio that if they took the money being used for the bail out, and divided it amongst the American citizens, that were legal, and over 18, we would each get $420,000. I could pay off my debt with that. I like that idea better, give all of us the money, let us get ourselves out of debt and put the money BACK into the economy. Sounds like a plan.

Thankfully we are getting another stimulus check this year, hopefully the checks won't bounce. I mean we are giving all this money to the bail out, do they have enough money for the rest of us?