AMomTwoBoys

I have so many things rattling around in my brain right now that I can’t put together a cohesive thought. What’s new with that you ask? Well, first I say “bite me” and second I say “my brain is on overload, as opposed to being on underload, which is usually the case.” Again…bite me.

In an effort to share with you the itty bitty random-itty things rattling around up there, I present you with a bullet post. You. Are. Welcome.

• Dylan broke my sunglasses today. Little bastard.
• I’ve spent a good part of my day writing emails to companies (should that be “company’s”? I can’t figure it out) asking for them to give me free stuff to give away on AllMediocre. No one has responded yet. Bastards. As if they have something better to do than to write me back ASAP that they’d LOVE to give me free stuff. What-ever.
• Dear aforementioned comapnies (company’s): I’m just kidding. I totally love you. Take all the time you need. But be quick about it, please. I have no patience.
• Speaking of free stuff: I REALLY want a new camera. Sony-listen up. You gave 14 lovely “mommy bloggers” a trip to San Diego and THREE free cameras. What’s one more camera for little ole me? Email me at meghan(at)amomtwoboys(dot)com for my shipping address. KThanks.
• Nikon-Sony neglected to include me! Don’t you want to be the Knight in Shining Armor to come to my camera rescue? Again…email me at the address above for my shipping address. KThanks.
• Canon- see above & above that. KThanks.
• I lowered Zach’s crib mattress today. It’s something I’ve been meaning to do for a while, but kept putting off. I finally did it and, I kid you not, as I was finishing up he did this:



Good timing on my part, no?

*shot with my 4 year old Kodak Point & Shoot. GOOOO KODAK!

• I was trying to clean today and the aforementioned baby was driving me nuts. My solution? First, I stuck him in his exersaucer OUTSIDE with his brother. Don’t get all uppity with me, he was in the shade and was 3 feet from the open door. After that stopped working? Wooden Spoon. Perfect choice. Kept him occupied and happy. The photographic evidence, once again shot with my 4 year old KODAK point & shoot (GOOOOO Kodak!):

  

• I really wish Zach would smile more. His crappy attitude and constant frown are really starting to get me down. You see what I mean?

• That photo was ALSO shot with my 4 year old Kodak Point & Shoot. GOOOOO KODAK!
• Is that getting old yet? Because until I get a new camera, I’m going to do that with EVERY picture I put up.
• I suggest you start a petition to distribute and send to some other camera makers (see above). It’s up to them to get me to stop that annoying little camera plug. It’s in your hands now, dear readers.
• Grandma Nancy is (hopefully) coming into town this weekend! And she’s bringing Grandpa Dick! So yay! Dylan is hopeful that Buddy is coming as well. So is Tahoe.
• In anticipation of their visit, I bought good wine. A whopping $13.00 bottle, which pretty much doubles what I would normally spend. A classy, high-roller I am!
• Sadly, I spent $8.00 on a GLASS of the same wine last time we were out to dinner. NOT a good deal on my part.
• I’m working on putting together a post I’m calling “The This Post” which is going to BLOW your minds.
• (0) (0) VAGINA

I’m an ass. After all the technological challenges (also because I’m an ass) of getting AllMediocre up and running, I was looking forward to a few weeks free of internet annoyances. It lasted .23 hours.

I’ve now got the whale videos from my last post up and running. When I uploaded them to YouTube I chose to keep them private, which in my brain meant that they would be private only on YouTube but that I could use the code for my blog. DUH. So, YouTube did as it was asked and wouldn’t let y’all se them! SEE? I Punk’d you AND myself at the same time! I’m awesome.

Anyhoo, the lovely Vimeo also wouldn’t upload them (probably due to poor cinematography) at all, so I just copied them from my personal video sharing site on DropShots.

It also worked out for me because I accidentally uploaded the wrong video, so you guys would have been all “WTF, Meg?” But, you’re probably like that right now anyway.

Happy Memorial Day!

Alternate Titles I considered:

Wanna Get Sea Sick Go Whale Watching?

In Which Meghan Nearly Pees Herself From Excitement

In Which Meghan DOES Pee Herself From Excitement

In Which You Hear Meghan Say OH MY GOD 1,000 Times

Dylan: Terrified of Creatures Who Breathe

Dylan: Likes Dolphins & Sea Lions, Hates Whales

Whale Rider

Zach Gets Left Behind While Family Goes on Mighty Ocean Adventure

Meghan’s Life Long Dream Finally Fulfilled

How To Ruin Every Boating Trip For The Rest Of Your Life…

What’s the deal? You ask…Before I show you, I have to warn you. I took this video with my crappy camera while I was on the OCEAN. It’s not steady. AT ALL. Plus, I’m so god-damned cold, excited and a little freaked out that I’m shaking like a leaf. Consider yourself warned. Oh-and turn your volume up so you can hear them (and me and Dylan and DJ).

This is the deal:

If you look closely at this next one, you can see a Sea Lion playing with the “little” whale that’s jumping. It was crazy! The sea lion would swim along with them and then jump out of the water and then the whale would jump out of the water…they were totally feeding off each other. I’ve never seen anything like it and I probably won’t ever again. But you can bet your ass I’ll try!

Holy SHIT!!! We were searching for dolphins and saw these beasts. THREE separate sets of them. And an ORCA and tons of Sea Lions and we even found the dolphins we’d been searching for. They played with our boat’s wake. It was awesome.

I can’t even put into words how awesome it was. I could hardly contain myself. I was like a kid in a candy store. We have Grey Whales up and down the coast a few times a year and it’s always fun to see them, but I’ve never ventured far enough into the channel (we were about 6 miles off the coast) to see Humpback’s or Blue Whales. It was…awe inspiring. It was humbling. It kicked ASS. We were the only boat in the area (there was another boat, a big whale watching rig, about 3 miles away just hanging out, presumably watching more whales, but we were all alone with our whales. And we were close to them. It was a little freaky. Dylan hated the sound they made when they came up for air, so he cried and covered his ears. He was much happier when we moved on and found dolphins…”they’re little and quiet” is why he said he liked them.

I’m rambling. I can’t come up with a coherent thought or sentence about it still. I’m pissed at DJ that my camera sucks ass. I got shitty pictures. But it was awesome.

And just to clarify, I didn’t pee my pants, but I WAS that excited. My lifelong dream, to hear DJ tell it, was to have kiddos and stay at home with them. And that’s true. But before I even wanted kids…I had a thing for Humpback’s. I even had a poster in my room when I was little. And as for ruining boating? No boating experience will EVER live up to this one. I don’t think it could possibly work out this well more than once. Because OH MY GOD, as I said to my sister when I called her from the boat “THERE ARE THREE MOTHER FUCKING HUMPBACK WHALES 100 FEET AWAY FROM ME RIGHT NOW!” and then it happened again. And again.

My day kicked ass…How was your day?

Sheesh. I’m naive. I thought when I wrote this post the other day that the most controversial thing would be the light switch. I was wrong.

If you check out the comments of that post, you’ll see how my dear, lovely, Christian Conservative (should there be a comma there, or not? I can’t decide) friend Angie responded. She thinks, in no uncertain terms, that I’m going to Hell. And in her point of view, Hell is a VERY BAD, VERY HOT, VERY LONELY place.

It’s true. I even motivated her to write a post detailing that…this post. A well written, very passionate post on her beliefs. You can guess that I don’t feel the same. This is my comment, that I left on her site, to what she wrote:

“I love you, but as you already know, I ABSOLUTELY disagree with you on everything you wrote.

Having said that, I don’t think you’re a hater because you disagree with homosexuality. I think it’s discriminatory to not allow homosexuals to marry or want them to have the full rights and privileges of other human beings. Simply because of their sexual orientation.

I don’t believe in God, but I do believe in people. And that all people, regardless of race, creed, sexual orientation, socio-economic status, or any other “differentiating” factor, are equal and should be treated as such. And that all people should be treated with respect and kindness and good will. And honor.

And Vagina isn’t a bad word. :0)

I believe that the bible was written by people who were trying to lead, to make change and to give people something to believe in. I believe that people believe whole-heartedly in the bible because they need something to believe in. To help them make sense of the world. To give them something to work towards. I also believe that this is why people believe in science and evolution and the power of nature simply being the power of nature. The creation of the Earth being an awesome example of the that power. The good of people simply being the good in people. The good and bad choices people make simply being that…the good and bad choices WE make. I believe in giving MYSELF credit for my mistakes and my achievements.

I believe that when I die, because I lived a good life and was a good person, that I’ll be rewarded for that. I’m not sure how, but I believe in it. I don’t believe in the pearly gates of Heaven or God being there to check “yes” or “no” on my entrance ticket. It makes me sad (for you) to think that you believe that even though your friends are good people that we’ll spend our eternity in Hell, just because we don’t believe in your God.

I think I might just cut and paste this and put it into a post of my own! (Oh look, I did just that!)

Having said that, I’m here today and I’ll be here tomorrow. Because regardless of your views on religion or some social issues, I still adore you and will always care what you have to say, even if I don’t agree with it.”

And then I added this in another comment, because I forgot it in my first novel comment.

“And also…ALSO? If any liberal stops reading you because of this post, then they need to pull the stick out of their ass. K? Thanks. Mwah.”

And also? I can’t get behind a God who would supposedly love all people equally, but then because some don’t believe in him or believe in what the Bible says, would damn them to a fiery hell for eternity. I just don’t get how that works. But I guess that’s just me.

To my new “home!” 

I’ve been working on this for ages, but couldn’t ever make up my mind, and then with the creation of AllMediocre, I bit the bullet and made the switch! 

I’ve got a bit more tweaking to do, but I’ll be over here from now on, so be sure to update your subscriptions! 

Because there’s nothing quite as sweet as a baby’s laughter. And because the boys are FINALLY enjoying each other’s company. I’m sure it won’t last long, so I want to enjoy it while it does! I hope you do too!

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