12 Reasons to Hate Football Makes the Seattle Times

Cool beans, guys! We’re not even a month old and we received a mention from the Seattle Times regarding my piece 12 Things to Hate About Football.

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Help! I’m Being Invaded!!!

 

I’m being invaded. My home is being taken over by little toys. I’m not talking about useful little toys like Legos or Tonka trucks, I’m talking about little birthday party goody bag and Happy Meal toys that do nothing but gather dust and get in the way.

Some of these toy are pretty cool, our cats love the Lightning McQueen car, we pull the car back and it rockets across the room while the kittens give chase. For the life of me though, I can’t understand why we have the paper yoyo that only works the first time we use it or the pink heart whistle - not too many five year old boys are interested in those. I especially don’t get the round sphere that shoots cardboard discs when you press a button. And don’t get me started on those pointy little tops that dig into your foot when you step on them in the dark. Who thinks of this stuff?

Here’s the thing…most of these aren’t in use. Most of these have never and will never be used. Yet I’m not allowed to get rid of them. Instead they’re stored in boxes and bins on the shelves of my sons room. Even though  the The Boy insists he uses them, the truth is he never will. Every now and then I take them out and remind him of their existence. He gives them an indifferent look and goes back to building or playing on the Wii. He once caught me trying to throw some away, and we’re still recovering from the trauma. I think this will have to be one of those top-secret projects only handled during school hours.

Last year when we hosted our son’s birthday party, I found myself shopping for goody bag items.  "It’s payback time!" I told myself with glee. The problem is half the kids couldn’t make it and we were stuck with their goody bags. Now we have useless toys in triplicate.

How long before goody bags become something useful? Why don’t fast food restaurants give out school supplies or books? It’s getting so I really dread getting another party bag because I know it’s just going to be more items waiting to gather up dust and take up precious shelf space.  Parents please, I beg of you…before filling up your Dollar Store basket with goody bag items, ask yourself, "is this something the kids can really use?" If not, please reconsider. I just don’t have room anymore.

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What I’m Most Thankful For…

This year, I am OH so thankful I don’t have a kid that wants to see Hannah Montana in concert!

Have you seen this stuff? It’s insane!

Tickets for the CLEVELAND are currently at $455 (yes, that’s a FOUR and TWO Fives) on eBay for TWO tickets, 24 bidders and two friggin days to go.

Tags: Hannah Montana, Miley Cyrus, Billy Ray Cyrus, Destiny Hope Cyrus, Hannah Montana tickets, holidays

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