let’s see what I’ve got packed for lunch today…
alright! the wife packed me kimbap today. normally, it’s the usual ho-hum turkey sandwich and chips but I’m pleasantly surprised to find kimbap in my lunch box today.
hhhhmmmm, what did I do to deserve this?
..uummm, nothing really comes to mind…
uh oh. I’m getting a bit suspicious now.
is the wife trying to soften me up for some big purchase in the near future???
hhhmmmmm…
well, there they are – the source of conflict among my kids. video games.
The Wii, gamecube, gameboys, DS, playstation, you name it, they’re now banned from our household.
the wife and I warned our boys countless of times about taking away their nintendo if they didn’t stop all the whining, the in-fighting, name-calling and yelling while playing their games. It just got to the point where we had to just pack all their stuff away or else go crazy from all the noise and commotion the video games would bring. The constant fighting and bad behavior between brothers HAD to stop and the only way we knew to do this was to nip it at the source. the nintendo.
And wouldn’t you know it, the house was A LOT quieter this past weekend with the game systems boxed up.
but for how long?
we’ll just have to wait and see…
You know, I kind of had a feeling our little kitten (the one we adopted a couple months ago) is a tad on the crazy side. Today, while visiting the vet, she viciously bit the vet in the hand (and drew blood!) two separate times. I’ve been bitten by her once before but nothing like the way she acted at the clinic. crazy cat.
man, these vet bills are adding up already. The wife really should have thought this through before taking in this pet.
the meds, shots, antibiotics and prescription cat food???? geez.
I’ve got more to say on being a new cat owner but I’ll save it for a future post.
..stay tuned..
well it snowed over the weekend here in our area. yeah, I know, not really a *big deal*. BUT to us in the southeast, IT IS. significant snow events aren’t a regular occurrence around here so the kids take full advantage of these snow days. they played in the snow practically all day saturday and sunday.
we have a sloped backyard so the kids had a blast with their sleds. we even purchased a zipfy mini luge a while back just in case we had snow like this and so the lil’ sled came in handy. it worked pretty well in the snow but it turned out that a cheap $8 plastic sled actually performed better.
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Years before Nintendo unveiled the Wii motion controllers to the world, video gamers rarely had to worry about getting hit in the face while playing. But unfortunately gaming injuries are becoming a bit more common nowadays especially with sporting games on the Nintendo Wii. With arms rapidly flailing about in the heat of competition, it’s pretty much a given that someone would get physically knocked to the ground by their opponent.
It even happened with my kids this past weekend. We’ve had the Wii for approximately two years so it’s not like they’re not used to playing with the controllers in their hands. Anyways, the 12-year old and the 5 year old were playing Wii Sports Resort and the older one inadvertently hit the younger one pretty hard in the eye. Our poor 5 year old ended up with a big bruise and a nasty cut on the eyelid. ouch. it ain’t pretty.
and.. believe me we’ve told them countless of times before not to get too close to each other while playing these games but we all know how hard headed kids can be.
The 5 year old is fine but he looks like he’s been in some sort of fist fight. In fact, we’ve been calling him “Rocky Balboa” all weekend.
Since Chickie, Shirley and Kim knew all about Pocky, I’m curious to see if they’ve tried this item that I recently spotted at my local korean grocer:
It’s COCONUT flavored Grass Jelly Drink!
…umm, grass jelly??? what in the world is that and why have a coconut flavored version? is it any good?
and NO, I didn’t purchase one to try. at least not yet anyway…
ummm, pocky men’s??? I’m not exactly sure what the marketing team of this product is trying to say but I don’t particularly have pockmarks all over my face so I guess these bitter chocolate snacks aren’t for me.
OK, ok, apparently it’s a famous japanese brand of chocolate covered pretzel sticks. But come on, couldn’t they have settled on calling it something a bit more appetizing than “pocky”. and why is it for men only? is there an alternative flavor for women?
I didn’t realize I was ordering miniature-sized versions of these Eric Carle books! I guess that’s one of the hazards of ordering online. I’ll have to make an effort in the future to read the product descriptions in detail. especially the dimensions of the products!
The kids love Eric Carle’s illustrations but man, the impact of those lovely drawings aren’t as great when they’re teeny-tiny!
holy crap. the wife just called and said that she’s going to get the kids a little kitten for Christmas. Apparently, she was at the local pet shop looking to get a lil’ parakeet or something but wound up being lured by the calls of a cute kitten. I told her to stay away from that place. I just knew she’d walk out of there with something cuddly and adorable. I guess this’ll be an early Christmas gift for the boys since you can’t just stuff a kitten in a closet until Christmas morning. or can you? 
so, any tips on raising a cat? I’m not really a cat-lover myself.
Well, I guess it’s about that time for “The Talk” with my 12 year old son. I just discovered him with this month’s issue of Maxim magazine.
For those that aren’t familiar with the magazine, it’s a monthly men’s magazine with a bit of pop culture, sports, fashion and of course photos of scantily clad women in suggestive poses. It’s NOT “Playboy” territory since there’s no nudity but still, I don’t feel it’s appropriate reading material for a 12 year old. Anyway, I’m more concerned about the content in the magazine more than the photos. There’s a lot of frank talk about sex and some recent articles featured an investigation (in graphic detail) on reality show murderer Ryan Jenkins and a behind the scenes look at what happened to the high-end strip club Scores in NY.
You’re probably wondering how my son got a hold of an issue of Maxim. OK, well, I happen to subscribe to the magazine. I know, I know.. Hold on, before you make any judgements… let me back up and explain why I get it in the mail. I was a subscriber to Blender Magazine (a pop culture mag similar to Rolling Stone) which went under earlier this year. The publisher converted over the Blender subscribers to a sister publication which happens to be Maxim. So, it’s not like I *chose* to subscribe to Maxim… it just happened to show up at my door after the demise of Blender. and who am I to complain about a mag that features photos of sexy women every month?
Anyway, I had a long conversation with my son last night about how it wasn’t cool for him to take my stuff without permission. I explained to him calmly that the material in the magazine is akin to a “R” rated film. Just like how he’s not allowed to watch a movie that’s rated “R”, he shouldn’t be reading Maxim.
Honestly, it was pretty surprising to find that he’d be interested in the magazine. He’s still into Pokemon and Nintendo for goodness sakes!! In our conversation, he told me he was just curious about the issue since it had Twilight’s Ashley Greene on the cover. I didn’t really push for more info and just made the point that he shouldn’t be taking or viewing stuff without my permission.
As for “The Talk”? I’m going to hold off for now. I’m not sure if he’s ready to get into the nitty gritty of all that. OK, OK, *I’m* not ready to go into the nitty gritty with him. I mean, he’s had sex-ed in school so he’s aware of the basics. But to go beyond the school info and into sexual images, urges and self gratification? I can’t go there just yet.
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