Conversations At Our House v. 21

Tuesday, February 27, 2007 | 0 Comments

Sy: I was so tired today! I just wanted to curl up and take a nap at my desk.

SSB: JD and I were just talking about how tired we've been lately too. You should take some vitamins. I think we are all trying to fight off some bug.

Sy: That's kind of what I was thinking. I feel as tired as when JD was real little. That boy was relentless! You couldn't sleep because he wouldn't go to sleep, and even when he was quiet you couldn't sleep because you would be too afraid he was tearing the house down or sneaking out of the house. The only way we could have felt safe to sleep is if we could lock him in a cage. And people go to jail for that.

SSB: Yeah.

Sy: We should be able to put kids in cages. What's a crib but a topless cage? And a playpen is really a cage too. So why can't we put kids in cages? We should make a kiddie cage and market it. We could all Evenflo it up. All padded and brightly colored.

SSB: Yeah. We could call it "The Little Big House".

[both burst out laughing]

15 comments:

Shannon said...

Oh, well done!!! "The Little Big House"- I can just see the packaging now.

Laurie said...

Hahahaha! That's funny!

Sylvana said...

Shannon, the deluxe model could come with kid couture prison uniforms.

Laurie, heheh... yeah.:)

sideshow bob said...

The deluxe model could also come with a tin sippy cup to rattle across the bars!

And a harmonica!

And an electric "time-out chair"...one that would give a sensation similar to sitting on a joy buzzer! (Or does that really start to cross the line?)

Sylvana said...

SSB, I was thinking tin-can sippie cup too.

Derek Knight said...

I've long been a proponent of the "Kages for Kids" movement. Like you said, Evenflo® that shit up, make it nice and colorful and comfy...Exceedingly secure, but comfortable.

I'm on YOUR side.

Kari said...

Naw, just throw them into a large dog pet cage with maybe a sweater for padding and a bell to ring for bathroom breaks. They'll be fine!!

Oh, and when I'm tired, I take vitamins too, caffiene vitamins. :) They make me shake.

OldRoses said...

And for those really "crazy" days, you could sell padded ones with wee little strait jackets.

Sylvana said...

Derek, we just need something to get past the stigma of incarceration.

Kari, caffeine only works to a certain point for me. If I have too much caffeine, it can actually knock me out. One time I had WAY TOO MUCH and I slept for two days!!

Old Roses, Yah, straight jackets!

Elizabeth said...

With a tiny little baby in my lap I have to say... it doesn't sound so unattractive. I think she'd like it, minus the time-out chair.

Sylvana said...

Elizabeth, maybe the time has come for kiddie cages.

Kari said...

Sleeping for two days?!?!

Maybe caffiene doesn't like you. Did you do something to the Caffeine Gods to make them angry?

They usually just make me have to go to the washroom if I've had to much. Then my pee smells like coffee. Which is wierd...

Sylvana said...

Kari, it is only if I have too much, like a couple pots of coffee could do it. The time that I slept for two days I had about a gallon of Mountain Dew and a bunch of NoDoz.
Zzzzzzzzzzzzzz.....

I always thought that my pee smelled like puffed wheat cereal after drinking coffee. Hmmmm....

Heather said...

I love the idea - some kids really need that kind of "time out."

Sylvana said...

Heather last night we were watching Super Nanny and they showed one of the kids in a dog carrier. We turned to each other and said, "SEE!! It's catching on!"

Bowling Bonanza

Sunday, February 25, 2007 | 0 Comments

Tonight it was just SSB and me on our bowling team - our partners are in Texas, missing all this beautiful snow we've been getting no less!
We were a little nervous about bowling by ourselves since more than a few of the teams get kind of serious about their game.

Oh hell, what I really mean is that they are bitchy!

I think the bartender knew I needed some extra support tonight. Every time we bowl I get a pitcher of Cherry Coke (they make it from scratch, yummy!). Tonight, for the first time, he threw a bunch of long stem cherries in the bottom of the pitcher. AWE! How Sweet!

But our opposing team tonight was pretty nice, which took a lot of stress off us. Which was good since my first game was awful!! I bowled a 94. I hate getting under 100, especially during league games. But by the middle of the second game I figured out what I was doing wrong and my last game was my BEST.GAME.EVER!! 156!! Yah, Sucka!!

Thanks Bartender Guy!

6 comments:

Shannon said...

If 94 is a bad game, then I'm really in trouble! :D Congrats on the high score- was the secret the extra cherries?

Sylvana said...

Shannon, for the longest time, if I got over 90 I was bowling a really good game. When my back got injured 7 years ago, I had to learn how to do a lot of things in my life differently - bowling was one of them. Surprisingly, the way I have to bowl to save my back also greatly improved my game!
Although I still would never have dreamed of getting a 156; I do think it was the cherries. Ask for them when you go bowling.

sands of time said...

How do they make cherry coke from scratch.I love Cherry coke and its sounds yummy.

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Sylvana said...

Sands, they mix fountain Coke and cherry syrup. It gives a much stronger, fresher cherry flavor than the premixed Cherry Coke. And when you throw in real cherries - it's Da BOMB!

ag said...

I'm giggling at you calling the snack bar guy "bartender."

Sylvana said...

AG, he IS a bartender! Everything's a bar in Wisconsin. Our K-marts sell liquor.

Conversations At Our House v.20

Thursday, February 15, 2007 | 0 Comments

Sy and SSB are laying on the couch together still recovering from a nasty flu


SSB: [taking Sy's hand and looking at her wistfully] I wish that our Valentine's Day could've been more.......

Sy: Aw! [leans forward and kisses him on the forehead]

SSB: But, we will have tomorrow - sort of.

Sy: We'll both be feeling better by then. We'll still have our anniversary; even though it'll be chopped up over a few days.*

SSB: It'll be like.. uh..... an "event".....dragged out.

Sy: "An event dragged out." Oh! You are SO romantic! [mockingly trying to pull him closer]

SSB: Shut up! [mockingly pushing her away]


*Our anniversary is February 15. Since we both had the flu this week, missing school and work, we have to make it up on the 15th and 16th. We are going to do a little something tomorrow night and something Friday afternoon and night.

14 comments:

evilsciencechick said...

"a little somthing"

haha! more like "a little sumthin' sumthin'" ;)

happy anniversary!

Sylvana said...

ESC, here's to that dream; DAMN THE FLU!!!

Lyvvie said...

Wishing you a wonderful, snot free anniversary! Hope you can manage at least a naked cuddle - with hot feverish bodies it'll be cozy.

Get well soon both of you!!

(I've been thinking about you lately as I'm reading a romance novel where the Vicountess lives in Sylvana Hall)

Shannon said...

Happy Anniversary, hope you both feel better. At least you had someone to stay home sick with!

Sylvana said...

Lyvvie, I always find myself thinking about and talking about other bloggers and often wonder if any do the same about me; so
AW!!! THAT'S SO SWEET!!

Shannon, that is true. Misery loves company.

Laurie said...

That's sweet!

OldRoses said...

Happy Anniversary! You're a lucky lady.

Sylvana said...

Laurie, sickening, huh?

OldRoses, thanks! I know!

Shamus O'Drunkahan said...

You crazy kids...
Celebrate yourselves silly.

Sylvana said...

Shamus, we will!

Snow Angel said...

How sweet!

Sylvana said...

Snow Angel, I know! We're adorable.

ag said...

Happy anniversary! Our is coming up and usually I remind him. This time I'm not. I want to see if he remembers! If not, I learned very young from watching The Flintstones that Fred always forgot and Wilma cried, and that's just how cavemen are, ya know? Good thing I didn't marry one!

Sylvana said...

AG, guys pack the media with that crap so that we don't expect as much from them, then they don't have to do as much.

Today I Love

Wednesday, February 14, 2007 | 0 Comments

2 comments:

Sylvana said...

BTW - that's not an N.

Shannon said...

I didn't think of it until you pointed it out!

New Toy

Friday, February 09, 2007 | 0 Comments

Blue came up to me all excited the other day and said, "Sy, you and SSB have got to come over to our house so Joe (her husband)* and I can show you our new toy!" As I waited for her to explain, she suddenly looked embarrassed, "I have got to quit saying it like that! It's not that kind of toy!"

She was talking about a computer program that they had just installed that works like Tivo. Awesome. She said that she knew that SSB and I would appreciate the geekiness of it.
She's so right. HUGE GEEK!

Now I'd like to show you my new toy, courtesy of a button I found on Laurie's blog:


ONLINE KARAOKE!!!! Holy crap! I'm so there!



*(her husband, the AP guy at work, and our bowling partner. I'm calling him Joe because he reminds me a little of the husband on Medium)

11 comments:

The Doc said...

Oh my gourd. I have no time to in-depth into this right now before I go to work, but this is definitely going to be well-explored this weekend. Online Kara-O-Ke: the future is NOW.

Shannon said...

The doc beat me to it- This is so exciting! Wooo HOOO!

Laurie said...

I'm so glad I'm not going to be the only person singing to my computer screen this weekend. :)

Josh said...

male heterosexual with dignity = i dont participate in karaoke :)

Sylvana said...

The Doc, I'm so psyched!

Shannon, we should have gone karaoke when we were in Milwaukee!! I guess we sort of did if you count the big screen 80s special.

Laurie, I've been waiting for something like this for A WHILE!! TANKS!!

Josh, welcome to my blog! I know plenty of male heterosexuals that karaoke. You may have something with the dignity thing, but I think worrying too much about your dignity isn't much fun ;)
BTW - I tried to comment on your blog and that stupid word verification thing wouldn't let me.

Elizabeth said...

To quote Homer Simpson a la your husband: WOOHOO! My husband is going to be so excited about this.

Sylvana said...

Elizabeth, I've even begun thinking of planning a party at my house around this!

Derek Knight said...

And look at me, stuck in the dark ages, changing out CD+Gs.

Sylvana said...

Derek,???

Derek Knight said...

Syl: That confuses you? See, back in the days before this "online karaoke" stuff you speak of, us KJs had CD+G discs with "songs" on 'em. Folks would request songs and...

you get the idea.

Sylvana said...

Derek, oh, I never knew the techy part of karaoke. The karaoke that I have done, at bars and my brother's party, was all preloaded on a computer. I feel so new-school.

Sister Doin It for Herself

Tuesday, February 06, 2007 | 0 Comments

I was at work the other day and I felt a little too much jiggle in my wiggle, so I have started a new exercise routine. I bought a Gazelle a while back and it has made a great clothes drying rack; but, weird, it also makes a great exercise machine. Who knew?

Since I have an injury to be wary of, I am starting off slow and working my way up. I am starting by working 100 calories (~1 mile) a day for a couple of weeks. I want to be up to 500 calories (~5 miles) a day by my birthday.

Oddly enough, the day I started, I caught Oprah on late night. She was doing a show on aged beauties. There was a 70 year old that was more fit and active than me! The main theme was that the women stayed young by taking care of themselves mentally as well physically. I want to look and feel as good as they did when I'm their age (hell, even at my age!), so there is some extra motivation for me. And just like them, I'm doing it for me.

5 comments:

Derek Knight said...

do some crossword puzzles! Staves off the alzheimer's, I'm told.

And this is a prime time of the year to be exercising. All the cool kids are doin' it.

Lightning Bug's Butt said...

I'd sex an old chick if she were still hot and fit and whatnot.

Sylvana said...

Derek, I've been doing sudoku, does that count?

LBB, uh, I'll keep that in mind.

OldRoses said...

People tell me I look ten years younger than my true age. I chalk it up to exercise and staying out of the sun. So you go girl!

Sylvana said...

OldRoses, most people think I am ten years younger than I actually am, but every once in awhile I'll meet a person who mistakes me for being in my early 20s. Such nice, nice people.

It's Frickin Nipply!

Saturday, February 03, 2007 | 0 Comments

We have an arctic front moving through our area. Today it was around -10° F (-20° with windchill) and it is supposed to be even colder tomorrow. I let my dog out for a couple of minutes today and when I called him back in he stood out in the middle of the yard and gave me a desperate look. I called him again and he started to hobble toward the house. About 5 feet from the door he stopped, looked down at his feet, rolled onto his butt, stuck all his feet into the air and whimpered for me to come get him. Awe! What a big baby. But the hell if I was going out there to get him! I just called to him in my doggie-funtime voice (the one that you use with dogs to get them all excited) to get him to come in.
We tried putting booties on his feet, but they will not stay on his feet. We may have to break out the training pads or diapers for a few days.

We are spending the weekend holed up with hot cocoa, a pile of movies, and of course, THE SUPER BOWL! And a historic one at that.

Plus, the news that Brett Favre will be serving The Packers another season is enough to keep everyone in Wisconsin warm for quite a while!

6 comments:

sideshow bob said...

I'm calling this one the Lovie-Dungy Super Bowl...which sounds a little dirty.

Shamus O'Drunkahan said...

Doggie booties? In our neighborhood, all the dogs make fun of those unless you get the Nike ones. Those are cool.

Wendy A said...

Gosh, Superbowl???? I don't even know who is playing. What a bad American I have become.

We just finished the "superbowl" of the cricket world. That was kinda fun for a change. Missed the half time show.

Hope it warms up for you. I have heard your winters have been brutal.

Steven Novak said...

Wow...that's cold...

It's 75 here.

NOt that I'm rubbing it in your face or anything. :)

Steve~

OldRoses said...

Superbowl? Is that why the grocery store was empty?

Sylvana said...

SSB, what about Dungy-Lovie?

Shamus, we almost got him the Nike ones, too. But he already gets laughed at, so we saved ourselves the money.

Wendy, I learned about cricket from a Bollywood movie "Lagaan". I recommend it!

Steven, at least we have snow this time. I hate it when it gets cold and there is no snow. What's the point?

OldRoses, it was -20F here and Sam's Club was PACKED Saturday. Definitely Super Bowl weekend!

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