Tales From The Toybox

So last night I was telling my oldest daughter, Kayley, about my latest friend. We meet twice a day in the conference room down the hall from my office and sometimes at my house. It’s always a short visit, maybe 10-15 minutes, but my friend always seems to have just the right words for me. When we first met she would talk to me about what it means to be a mother. But as our relationship grew she began reminding me to always put God first and to be calm and rely on him in times of struggle. She always knew just how to refocus me. She is a woman of few words, but her words are always so thought-provoking. During our visits my friend and I are literally inseparable. Kayley looked at me as if I should quickly get to the point so I asked her if she wanted to meet my new friend. “Not really,” she said. Great, let’s go! So I dragged her to my bedroom and pulled out my new friend from her leather case. “Oh my gosh, Mother!!! You talk to your breast pump???” she screamed as if in shock. I roll my eyes and try to stifle a laugh. “Heaven’s no!! <chuckle>Do you think I’m crazy?…The pump talks to ME! Sheesh!” Kids!

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How many commercials have we seen over the past year about the NEW AT&T? Doesn’t the term “NEW” bring visions of something nice and shiny and in perfect working order? Wouldn’t you think that since AT&T bought out Cingular and combined their resources that any consumer would be lucky to even be considered for their services. Wrong!!! AT&T stinks like a big steaming pile of freshly dropped doggie doo!!! As I type this blog I am on hold AGAIN (for a total so far of 47 minutes and counting) waiting to tell the story a FOURTH time to a FOURTH incompetent employee of how they screwed up and added two additional lines of service to my account when I only ordered one. Let me recap for you:

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…we’ll be fine because Kayley has Shingles! LOLOLOL I crack myself up! OK, so maybe it’s not THAT funny, especially considering it’s true. Sheesh! If it’s not one thing, it’s another around here, ESPECIALLY with Kayley. Luckily only .000001% of her ailments are every really anything at all to be concerned about. She’s constantly complaining about one oddity or another on her body. 

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Well, here I go! My first official non-MySpace blog! Wow, it feels really good to be blogging in the land of adults. I only hope I can find the time to post something every day. I really enjoy writing and I think this might be good for my raging hormones! After all, nothing cures a bad case of Postpartum Stress Syndrome like blogging…right? Yea, well I’ll get back to you on that one.