*So… yesterday a certian Mama of Glitter stopped by my house. Yes- I got to hang with Glittersmama for a few hours at my house!! Jealous?!? I had the honor of meeting GM in Oregon this past summer. I really like her. She’s very mellow and has a good sense of humor. I liked having the 1-on-1 time with her. I also got to meet the famous Glitter. Livie couldn’t stop talking about “playing with her friend.” While they were playing Liv kept calling Glitter “friend.” “Friend, come here.” “Friend, wanna play with my kitchen?” I corrected her several times, but by the time GM and Glitter left, Glitter was answering to “Friend.” It was pretty cute! Thanks GM for making time for me in your awesome road trip! What a fun adventure!! (Pictures will be here soon. GM took some…)
* 4 out of 5 of the Jones Quints are home now. Welcome home Jack, Ryan, Brooklyn and Lila!!
* Livie went with Sei to my dad’s office the other day and has been talking about playing with the rubber stamps since then. She brought home a paper stamped with my dad’s signature, “TAXPAYERS COPY”, etc… and she thinks it’s the coolest thing. I’ll have to get her some stamps.
*There’s still some questions I need to answer from my post a few posts back…
Glittersmama asked:
What do you eat for breakfast? What are good Atkins-worthy snacks?
Well… when I wasn’t totally cheating like I have been for 2 weeks I would eat some bacon or eggs for breakfast. But right now I’ve been stuck on Rice Krispies and I really need to get back on to Atkins. For some reason when I cheat I cheat BAD. BAD. So… I need to reign myself back in. Favorite snacks on Atkins: Bacon. It’s like candy when you can’t have candy. I also like devilled eggs and you can eat jello too.
Nancy asked:
How often do you floss?
I’m really bad about flossing. Maybe once a month? But everytime I go to the dentist they say “Wow! Your teeth look great. We can always tell the flossers from those that don’t.” Yessssssssss…. On the otherhand, Sei is a maniac flosser. I gave him a bag of floss at Christmas.
Do you ever go to bed without washing off your makeup?
NEVER. It grosses me out. Even if I fall asleep on accident if I wake up I will get up in the middle of the nite, wash my face and brush my teeth. I MUST!!!
Lauren asked:
Do you like meat loaf?
Well… generally I’d say “no” because anything named “Meat Loaf” has to be gross. But I do like MY meatloaf.
Or did you mean the singer???
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I’ll answer some more later. I’m taking it sloooow. 
Could I ask for prayers from y’all? There’s some major crap going on here. No details- sorry. But I will say it has to do with a stack of papers (filled with a load of lies) we were served from Canada a few days ago. Seiuli’s an awesome father- no matter what kind of crap some people want to make up. Y’all all know that, as does ANYONE who knows Seiuli. It makes me sick that people would tell lies just to get more money??? And by taking all that money a family is left wondering if they are going to have to sell their home, uproot their family yet again, etc… No Tad Award is big enough.
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It’s Tad Award time. For the newbies let me explain what this award is. Almost 2 years ago I introduced these awards. A Tad Award is NOT an award you want to win. The Tad Award is basically reserved for people who suck. I hand them out occasionally. You can click on the pic of Tad to read about other Tad Award winners. Here’s today’s:
So…. Sei was at work. It was his lunch break which is suppose to be his time- although it usually gets cut short by some kind of call. Anyway… the computer in his cop car was dying and needed to be charged. It charges only when the car is on. So, he went in to Whataburger to eat, but left the car running and locked and parked where he could see it. He was in Whataburger for about 20 minutes. He ordered, ate and left. When he went back to the station the lieutenant pulled Sei aside and let him know he had received a complaint. What?? A woman had taken the time out of her day to call the police station to file a complaint. She said she was glad that all their city tax money was going towards paying for a police officer to leave his car running during a 20 minute lunch. Are you freakin’ kidding me?
1st of all – Why do people think that because they pay taxes that they own the police? Or the cops owe them something?
2nd of all- who DOES that??? Seriously??? If she was bothered or concerned could she not have just said, “Excuse me officer. Did you know your car was on?” and then he could have explained that he was charging his computer. Instead she went to his superiors and complained against my husband because he left his car running.
Gee- what a freakin’ crime biotch.
Are you kidding me?
Tad award for you. And I hope you get pulled over soon.
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Because you never know what other drivers are distracted doing (like complaining about stupid things!!) while they drive, make sure you have the recommended auto insurance coverage.
The time has come for another Tad Award. If you’re new here, the Tad Award is an award I made up for obnoxious, rude, irritating, just plain WRONG individuals or incidences that occur in my life. You are welcome to hand the award out to others on your blog as long as you will please link back to mine. I like to get my props. 
Anyway… this “winner” isn’t one person in particular, just in general and the post may be all over the place so I apologize. Lately in the last couple of months there have been several people who have been so fake nice to my face and then I learn from others or from a letter from a lawyer or whatever that they are full of crap. Now, I’m not a fan of rudeness so sometimes being somewhat fake in necessary. You may not particularly jive well with a particular person or may think their new haircut is butt, however there is no reason to walk up to them and tell them “Your hair looks like a brown football helmet.” (What movie is that from?) But there also is absolutely NO reason to be totally sweet to my face yet flat out lie to someone else about something I did or said- especially when it’s over something totally stupid or so not important in my life. That’s just not right. It’s kinda like leaving rude anonymous comments. Who does that help? Have you thought about how it makes the blog writer feel to read such ugly stuff? Stop just thinking about yourself. Think about the other people involved and how you may affect their life by your words and actions. The saying “Sticks and stones may break my bones but words can never hurt me” is a load. Words DO hurt. Actions hurt too. And it hurts more when your actions towards the person aren’t the same as the words and actions you are saying/doing when you aren’t with the person.
So, to those of you who say one thing and do the total opposite please take this award, display it on your mantle or whatever full of crap people do and stay away from me.
Thanks.
Not only that- he made fun of Sarah Palin’s daughter and her fiance. The kid is 18, Bristol Palin is 17. To me they are off limits. Leave them alone. They are in a situation millions of teens find themselves in. How many Baby Mamas are full backers of Obama? Even Obama said it was off limits because he knows he’d offend a chunk of his supporters if he said anything. Russell Brand probably embarrassed the Obama camp. I am positive they aren’t going to be using any clips from the VMAs on the campaign trail. It was just sad.
But he didn’t stop there. He made fun of the Jonas Brothers for vowing to stay virgins until they are married. WHY is that funny? WHY is it considered unheard of for a 15 year old or a 20 year old to be a virgin and WANT to stay that way!?? Thank you Jordin Sparks for defending them. You’re right- not everyone wants to be a slut. But the dumb host couldn’t let it go. “A little sex now and then never hurt anyone.” Tell that to someone dying with AIDS. Or someone becoming a mom at the age of 14. When kids/people are strong enough to defend their beliefs they are teased on national television by an admitted sex addict. Nice.
MTV really dropped the ball – yet again- on this one. I’ll be blocking their channel for good. There is NOTHING on that channel that can bring the spirit into our home. And the fact that people cheered for this loser when he teased the Jonas Brothers, etc…, makes me sick. Literally sick to my stomach. What would be awesome is to have someone host that said, “You know kids- you should follow their example! Being a virgin IS cool.” But no, now the kids just have, yet another, bad example and reason to feel embarrassed for living the right way.
Russell Brand- you suck.
GO Jonas Brothers!! GOOD VALUES rock!!! Thanks for setting a good example for my kids and helping make being the “good kid” COOL!
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**Edited to add: Just a little more info about Russell Brand found thru several different sources online: Brand’s first presenting role came as a VJ on music channel MTV presenting Dance Floor Chart and MTV Select. However he was fired after coming to work dressed as Osama bin Laden the day after 9/11. Very classy don’tcha think?
First things first: On Tuesday I posted about the weighted balls with handles I worked out with. I called them Cattle Bells. I knew they were something like that but couldn’t remember for sure. They are actually called Kettle Bells, not cattle. Here’s a picture:
Oh- and I ran about 3 miles yesterday. I meant to only do 2 but ended up running back and forth between parks looking for my kids and parents. YAY!
Sei and I went to the movies on Saturday. We saw “Cloverfield.” It was ok. We only paid $2 so it wouldn’t have mattered either way I guess. But OMGosh- there was some of *the* most OBNOXIOUS people ev-ah in that movie. TEENAGERS! Why they paid to see a movie is beyond me. They didn’t shut up the entire time. And about 20 of them took up the 2 back rows and were talking VERY loudly in Spanish. Not real Spanish- it was more like Tex-Mex which drives me crazy because it sounds like they just couldn’t make up their minds which language to speak. “Hey ese, quieres to sit aqui?” Wha? They were so rowdy a cop came in and stood behind them for about 20 minutes.
Last nite was the Jonas Brothers concert. Isabel and I had a blast and I will do a review with Izzy tomorrow. We got there early and waited in line to get a tshirt that cost more than the tickets!! Then I bought a $5 diet Pepsi. It must have something special in it to jack the price up that much, huh?? Anyway, we found our seats which were actually pretty good. We were centerstage 4 sections back. We thought we’d be able to see perfectly!
Anyway… sitting in front of us was a mom and her daughter who I am guessing was about 10 years old. This lady irritated the crap out of me!! She stood up almost the entire time- even when her daughter was sitting. Now I’m not dumb, I’ve been to concerts before and I know standing is normal. But when it’s a concert clearly for the teens and little girls there, the mom’s really shouldn’t be the one blocking a little girl’s line of vision. I wanted to stand up, but rarely did out of respect for the tween behind me. I wanted her to be able to enjoy the concert! That’s what moms do, right? Anyway, this lady- who was taller than me and, well, wider than me and Isabel, not only stood the whole time, she moved over and over again. I’d have Isabel stand directly in front of me so she could see and eventually the lady would be standing right in front of Isabel. I’d shift Izzy to the left, the lady would shift to the left. It was ridiculous. It was more annoying when her daughter was sitting and she was still standing. And the thing is- she still could have seen while sitting because there was a little girl in front of her- not a woman. It bugged. I think it bugged me more than Isabel, so that’s good.
And next to us was some pouty teenager. I don’t know what her deal was. But she left like 5 or 6 different times- which wasn’t a huge deal, just kinda annoying. I don’t know, maybe she had diarrhea… But when she left right at the very end of “S.O.S”- the encore song- it was rude! I mean, everyone is standing, clapping, jumping, yelling, relishing the final moments of the concert, and we had to stop, back up, let her thru… Kinda ruined the moment. But what-evah. Tad awards to y’all!
If I was 12 years old again I’d totally have Jonas Brothers posters up in my room. And maybe Menudo too… They opened for them and were so dang cute.
That is all.
I give them a Tad Award. Tad was the name of the fish on Finding Nemo that says “I’m obnoxious.” That’s where the name came from. You can read about other Tad Award recipients by clicking here. 
The last winner is the dumb lady driving on the highway that needed to HANG UP AND DRIVE. I admit occasionally I have talked on the phone while driving but never when trying to merge and never if it was impeding my driving. This woman was swerving and driving like 15 mph too slow. I mean, it was dangerous. At 1st I thought it was a really old lady, then I realized she was just on her phone. That pisses me off so much. She’s endangering everyone around her just because she doesn’t want to hang up. Yep- Tad award all the way.
So, there you have it. The Tad Award winners all found in a 2 hour span yesterday. All I want is when you’re driving: 1) be polite and 2) hang up your freakin’ phone! Is that too much to ask???
I received a comment the other day on my 100 Things About Me post. (I deleted it because no one would see it there. I thought it’d be funner to make it more public!) I’m guessing this person has never read my blog before and only read my 100 Things Posts and Tori Tidbits. And since reading those 3 posts makes Riot Grrl (who I’m not sure is actually a female or just without ballz) an expert she felt she could leave me this comment:
**Riot Grrl has left a new comment on your post “The other half”:
Re: #95. I can understand quite a bit of Spanish, but I don’t really want to learn to speak it. Don’t get me started on my reasoning behind that.
AND the Canada; gay uncles commentsa
You’re probably a scary woman underneath this Carol Brady facade. I have this gut feeling that you’re really somewhat racist and homophobic deep down inside but only discuss your stereotypes and misconceptions about other cultures with your close friends and family, who probably think the same way you do. **
Well… after discussing this comment with my Samoan husband and Mexican brother-in-law I thought it’d be fun to address it. (And since you came back like every 10 minutes for the next 2 hours I’m pretty sure you were hoping I’d respond…) We all know how I feel about anonymous comments, but I guess Riot Grrl missed that post… Now it will be easy for her to find because it is filed under the “Tad Award Winner” label also.
Let me 1st address the Spanish issue Ms. Grrl: I understand quite a bit of Spanish and my husband is fluent in Spanish because he served an LDS mission in Venezuela and – oh no- he’s also Polynesian. (So according to your “gut” I probably hate him too, huh? Oh the horror!!) My ex-husband was fluent in Tex-Mex, meaning he could speak Spanish slang. I tried to learn to speak Spanish and his family laughed at me when I would try. They also talked to me/about me like I was stupid even though they couldn’t speak English after being the 3rd generation born in the USA. That turned me off big time and I no longer desire to learn it. I don’t have a problem with hispanic people or Spanish speakers in general. HELLO- my 3 oldest kids are 1/2 hispanic and I love them just as much as my 1/4 Samoan kids. 
I just don’t have the desire to learn Spanish anymore because of my experiences in the past. And for the record: When my hubby speaks in Spanish now I think it is HAWT! And he doesn’t laugh at me when I try to speak Spanish. I also heart Enrique Iglesias singing in English or Spanish.
Canada: 1st, my loyal reader & friend Yvonne lives there. Hi Yvonne! I’m sure this part just bothered you because you’re commenting from Canada. I admit I make Canadian jokes- much like Canadians make American jokes- but it’s all in fun. I’ve been there several times & my husband’s ex-wife lives there as do my step-daughters. They tease me about my southern accent and I tease them for their Canadian accents. And if you had read more on my blog before you jumped to your ignorant assumptions (And everyone knows what ASS-U-ming can do…) you would have known that. So, just chill, eh. Be proud to live in the country leading the world in being just north of the United States. You go Grrl.
Gay uncles: I just found it interesting that my ex and my husband both have gay uncles. I don’t know anyone else who’s ex and husband each have a gay uncle. How does that make me homophobic? My brother-in-law is gay also and I love him. Any arguments or whatever I’ve ever had with him have had nothing to do with his sexuality.
So, Riot Grrl, any other dumb assumptions or accusations you and your gut would like to make? You didn’t link to a blog so I could find out more about you so I only have your ignorant comment to go by which is really sad. It’s totally won you a Tad Award and I know right where you can stick put it. Congrats. Also, ANYONE who has read my blog for the past year and half knows that I am SOOOOO not Carol Brady. The whole “Brady” thing has to do with our family- his, mine and ours- and the fact that I’m full of silly Brady trivia. What, your “gut” didn’t tell you that? Don’t mess with Texas Chica (Like my Spanish?) because you know we’re all rednecks carrying shotguns…
I’ve been thinking about weird things I do and I was wondering if they really are “weird” or if anyone else does things like this too…
~ When I’m vacuuming and something is too stuck down in the carpet so the vacuum won’t pick it up, I’ll pick it up and move it back in front of the vacuum so it can suck it up.
~ If I get one hand wet, I have to get the other one wet. Like today I got some jelly on my right hand, but when I washed it off I had to get my left hand wet too.
~ I’ll go downstairs to get, oh let’s say some paper towels out of the laundry room, but while I’m there I’ll start doing laundry, reorganize the shelves, vacuum, and then an hour later I’m thinking “Why did I come down here?”
~ When I am filling my car with gas (in the gas tank for all those people making fart jokes at my expense) I have to stop on a number that ends with .00 or .50. Sei will often stop on a random number just to annoy me.
~ When I buy a new jug of laundry detergent, even if I still have some left in my other jug, I have to use some of the new one- especially if it’s a new brand or scent. This goes for shampoo, lotion, hair spray, new brand of baby diapers for Livie, etc…
~ If I know the quotes to a movie I can’t help but quote them while I’m watching it. It drives Sei crazy.
~ I think I told y’all this before, but I swallow my gum. I chew it for 10 minutes tops and I have to swallow it.
~ When I’m going to the airport to catch a flight I will check probably 37 times to make sure I have my tickets. Even if I KNOW I have them, I still have to check over and over again.
~ I have the strong need to defend Texas. Like today, Sei and I were talking to a guy and he said something like, “Well, I grew up in Texas and we aren’t real great with numbers…” Oh no you DIHN’T! I said, “Hey! I’m from Texas!” I think that caught him off guard. He was all like, “Oh, well… I just use that joke up here in Utah because people usually look down on Texans like we’re stupid.” Gee, I wonder why dumba$$. I was bugged. Bad. Tad award to you POSER TEXAN. No REAL Texan would talk trash about Texas.
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