mexican rice

I have to say this kid is pretty funny. I could write a book about him.
When I make rice he will ask what kind it is. I say, "it's Chinese." He says, "no thank you, I only like Mexican rice."
Really?
Thank you for letting me know. I proceed to tell him that he better marry himself a Mexican girl that knows how to cook. He just smiles :)

I'm Back......

So I have decided to start writing again. I have realized lately all the funny things that go on in my family and it would be a sin if I didn't share this humor!! Right?!1

Funny Kid

The other day I found a small barbie toy on the floor so I attempted to throw it in the toy room. I misjudged and hit Gordon in the head. This is what he said: "hey, dat weelly hurt.....jut kiting it dint hurt dat bad.....but hey yeah dat hurt weelly bad....ouch."
I started laughing. It was so cute. Then he was embarrassed.
The things kids say can really make my day.

Un-invited guests

So I realized a pet peeve that I have.
When people come over uninvited, right during dinner, eat, then don't offer to help clean-up or chip in for the food ordered and then leave.
I don't want to sign like a major witch but honestly........do people have any courtesy.
Now I can see how the first couple of times I can be a good host and not complain. Then when it keeps happening and the mess keeps getting bigger and bigger....I start to lose my mind. I work all day and go to school full-time. I teach at church and have three children. I don't have all the time in the world to be cleaning every night all night.
So next time you want to come for dinner without an invitation, I just ask that you can chip in once in awhile or at least help clean-up. Thanks!

How this all started-Podcast

How this all started

The above link is the Podcast of the following. If you are not able to click and listen you may read it below. 


So where did I get this crazy idea to write a blog about my family nuts?  Well, let me give you a glimpse of how this happened.  Last year, my niece got married.  This was the first of the cousins, so it was a pretty big deal.  The ceremony and dinner was located in New York City. It just happened to be a record hot day.  I think it was around 110 degrees. This experience made me realize that heat and family do not go well together.  There were a lot of things that happened that could count towards having, pretty much, the craziest wedding of all times. 

So contemplating this I realized that as much as I love my family, that they were a little nuts.  During this weekend we got on each other’s nerves and there were things that were said that could have been avoided.  Now I realize that in high stress times everyone is a little on edge. But with almost everything that happened I was like….”are you stinkin serious?”

So rather than complain, I tried to make the best of the situations.  At the beginning of the trip I knew my main goal was making sure that my sister; “the mother of the bride” had full use of my energy.  The other goal was making sure that the bride was unaware of any stressful situations.  Well I succeed in the first, I was able to help my sister and make things easier for her.  The second one slipped past and of course the bride did find out about things that could have been avoided.

So, on my long 12-hour trip back home I thought about all the crazy things that happened and how I could write a book about this experience.  I realized I could write a chapter for each situation that took place. I laughed to myself thinking how it would be so funny for other people to read and get the same reaction that I had. “Are you stinkin serious?”

 It would be funny, even sad, maybe make you cry and even make you mad.  Although this sounded like a great idea, I then thought about the people involved; my family.  I thought about the feelings that would be hurt, the souls that could be crushed, and the family ties that could possibly be broken. So, I decided I did not want that to happen. So my idea of writing a book was pushed off my to-do list.

Recently I started taking classes online through Kaplan University.  I was excited when I picked the class, “Tools for the Digital Age.”   I knew there were many things that I needed to learn and this class was just what I needed.  So for our main project we are to design a blog.  This seemed like my golden opportunity to write about what was on my mind with my family. I can share my life experiences about my loved ones on my blog site.  I knew right off the bat that I wanted to write about my family experiences, but do it in a way that was without pointing the finger at anyone individually.  I want this blog to be for my sake and also to help others feel that their family might be a little less nutty than mine.

So what to call it?  There is a pillow at my Mom’s house that says, “My family tree is full of nuts.”  Every time I see this pillow I laugh and think of the truth it has.  I know that I have a family that is full of a lot of nutty people that do nutty things.  This title seemed to fit perfectly.  So this is what it’s all about, the good, the bad, and the ugly.  It’s my blog about my family tree that is full of nuts. I hope that many of you can relate and all enjoy my new blog. Come back often to hear a new story about another nut on the tree.

Just Facebook!

Benefits: I like that I can keep in touch with family, and friends in a conveinent and fast way. It is also a great way to meet new people to network through. I have been able to get new customers through networking on facebook. I have been able to find out about new workout classes, and pages that interest me. There are many things that I gain from facebook, but I do not spend very much time on things. I often find out things by face before I see it on facebook. 
Challenges: I think you have to be disciplined to only get on so many times a day or only spend so much time on it at once. It can be time consuming and a waste of time. You have to set yourself up to have rules and stick to those rules. It can also be challenging on how careful we need to be. I put a lot of personal information about my family on facebook so I have my privacy settings so that only friends can see it. I only friend people that I know. This can be hard to attract new networks if I'm being careful who I friend. 

I do not use any other microblogs, besides facebook. I did start to get a membership for twitter, but realized I would not use it. There weren't really any of my friends using it and I'm not the type of person to follow the stars. I could care less what they are doing. I wouldn't put numerous updates on twitter, I really wouldn't want people to know exactly what I'm doing or where I am at. I find that a little disturbing that people post those types of things.

podcast?

Till last week I didn't know what a podcast is....so I guess I'm the nut this time. Who knows about pod casting? I am learning about this in my class, Tools for the Digital Age. I will be posting one soon. I did a little research to find out what it is and actually found it to be very cool. It's like radio listening but to topics of interest. The listener chooses what topic to listen too and there are thousands of podcast to hear. I chose to use podbean.com because it looks user friendly. I also like that I can synchronize my podcast here to my blog site. It also allows users to download apps of their favorites. This was very interesting to learn. Thanks Kaplan!