Thursday, May 21, 2009

ON COMMON GROUND

Dearly Beloved Bloggers,

Welcome to day 4 here on Five Moms and a Blog. I've been picking my brain trying to think of something remotely interesting to write about. The pressure was eating a way at me so much that all I could think about was the other Moms giving me the BIG, BLACK, POINTY boot right off the bat. I mean really, how am I gonna top those word verifications? Then, all the sudden it hit me right smack in the face. No, you silly willies, it wasn't the boot; it was the answer staring right back at me. Granted, it's no where as good as Tarah's funny words but it will have to do for now. My question to you is..........

WHAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE ALL LOVE AND CAN RELATE TO?

Blogging, of course. So.......

WHAT IS A BLOG?

Well, I'm not gonna state the obvious, but what I am gonna say is that this whole blogging thing has turned out to be more than what I expected. Like many of you, I started blogging so that I could write about my life as a stay-at-home mom. And, that's mostly what Pieces of Me is all about. But, as my posts grew, so did my followers. With no pens in hand, my Penless Pen Pals have become a virtual support group of some sort, always here to hear me out. God Bless Y'all!!

One day while sharing Pieces of Me with some real-life friends, one made a comment, "Only Miti has the time to do this." Well, let me tell ya, it's not like I wake-up, put a plate in front of my little guy and BAM I'm done for the day. There's always a bath to be given, a mouth to be fed (literally), potty training to be trained, and manners to be taught. OH....And don't forget about the tons of housework that mysteriously accumulates. You'd think there was a kindergarten class living with us.

So, what it all boils down to is NO, I don't have the time to blog, but I make the time for it.

WHY?

Simply because I spend most of my day with a three year old who, at times, doesn't seem to get me and I need to have some sort of contact with those who do (that would be y'all).

Y'ALL GET ME, RIGHT?

Helloooooo....................................................

Y'ALL STILL WITH ME?
O.K. Good! Shew...I was beginning to think I was talking to myself again.
Anywho....just as these 4 Moms have welcomed me with open arms, so has the WWB (wonderful world of blogland). After it's all said and done, blogging is the best and cheapest form of therapy out there. And I NEED therapy!!

WOULDN'T Y'ALL AGREE?

So, thanks y'all for hearing me out. I hope you've enjoyed my little rant cause you'll be hearing a lot more of me. I'll be here every single Thursday. You can't get rid of me that easily.


OR CAN YOU? : |





Wednesday, May 20, 2009

Word Verification Wednesdays...1st Installment




















I am Tarah. I am crazy. It is Wednesday.

Without further ado, I am introducing a little number on the mom blog for Wednesdays titled ♦♦WORD VERIFICATION WEDNESDAYS♦♦











What is this you ask?
Well, it is where I (Tarah) make fun of word verifications that pop up on your (various followers, picked at random) blogs! Always truthful..this is what pops up. I can't condone it,
I just MOCK it!


Is it fun you ask?
Obviously. I mean, I am creative, silly, sarcastic and a blogger...
that makes this a marriage made in word verification heaven!


So, lets get started:

Runbalfurun (Run-Balfur-Run)
Yes, in case you were wondering Forrest Gump really does have a brother. Of course, with the name Balfur no real movie deals are in his future but of course...he does run like this brother!


Hateurcore (hate-your-core)
Honestly, I am curious how Word Verification knows that I workout 5 days per week and I still hate my core...sometimes it amazes me the things he knows. No thanks to those numerous amounts of sit ups, YES I still hate my core! (Wonder when Tummy Tuck will pop up ;)


Indomock (in do mock)
Again, always stating the obvious..Yes, I am indomock. Word Verification Wednesdays would not exist without a little indomock! Hopefully you are indomock also!


Kinja (kin-ja)
This is your brother,sister,aunt or uncle (heck any kin) who THINKS he or she MIGHT be a NINJA. It is absurd, but please don't tell them they are NOT a Ninja or Kinja!
Trust me I have learned from experience,
they might not be Ninja's but they can still punch pretty hard.


Yesafe (ye-safe)
Need I say more?
Beearthur (Bea Arthur)
Of the one and ONLY Golden Girls. Yep, not quite sure how this popped into word verifications head but it did...and all I have to say is "THANK YOU FOR BEING A FRIEND".

Last but not at all least...DBAWITY this is where I say
Don't Believe A Word I Tell You.
This is ALL word verification Baby!!! If you ever have a word verification that you would like to submit, please click on my profile and email me.
I will be happy to mock it, just as any other word. Until Next Week....

☻Disclaimer☻
No blogs have been harmed in the making of this post. Some blogs may have been offended, however it was their own word verification that did it to them. The words selected have been protected and will never be allowed to tell which blog they originated from.

Tuesday, May 19, 2009

PEDICURES AND PERKY TOES


Hello! I'm Nan and I blog at Mom's The Word and I'm excited to meet you all. I will be blogging on Tuesdays, and I'm just going to jump right in here with this blogging thing and you'll get to know me as we go.

In the past I have posted about things of earth-shattering importance, such as the battle of the leg hair or waxing my upper lip. But I have never tackled the final frontier.......a pedicure.

I used to think people who got pedicures were a little, well, prissy........until I had one. Oh. My. Word. The song "A Whole New World" comes to mind but I won't sing it because then you will run away screaming, and I want you to stay so we can get to know one another better.

You know, there comes a point when your leg hair gets so long that you either need to mow 'em or grow 'em, shave 'em or braid 'em. I decided to shave them before my pedicure as I didn't want the gal to be blinded by a stray leg hair while she was clipping my toenails and actually cut off a toe or severe an artery or something.

So the day came. MY FIRST PEDICURE (cue music). I put on my shoes and socks and headed out the door, then realized that perhaps I should wear flip flops so as not to ruin the pedi. I drove to the mall and met my friends there. After all, you can't get a pedicure alone can you? Can you?

We all sat in the chairs and I removed my flip flops and tried to hide my ugly toes by putting my feet in the lovely, blue swirling water. As I put my feet in the water it occured to me that I needn't have bothered shaving. The water was so hot it would have boiled the hair right off my legs (and some of the skin too) and saved me alot of trouble.

Once I got used to the steaming caldron I began to enjoy myself. That is until "she" came. I call her The Torturer.

She sat on my chest so I couldn't breathe, grabbed my leg and bent and twisted it as hard as she could, laughingly manically at my sobbing......the pain was overwhelming......I couldn't breathe.....I.......oh, sorry, I guess I got a little carried away. Never mind.

The massage was nice. When she started using the smoother-thingy (I am really up on all this stuff, aren't you thrilled?) on the bottoms of my feet, it was all I could do not to squirm away. What can I say, I am very ticklish. I darned near kicked her teeth out trying to get away, poor thing. I hope she has insurance.

Then, Miss Torturer decended on my poor little toes with her torturous, sharp, whirrring table-saw. She called it a nail file but I know what I saw. Whatever.......

As the sharp, dangerous blade nail file came close I flinched smiled, after all how bad could it be? As I watched the lady saw my toes off, one toe at a time, I begged for mercy, sobbing "stop, please, stop!" But she showed no mercy. It was really a piece of cake, no problem at all and I will never go again I would definitely do it again!

The funniest thing was, the rest of the day I could hardly keep my eyes off of my perky toes! I heartily recommend a pedicure if you haven't tried one! Then you can have perky toes too! Just give me a call and I'll run away screaming in fear be happy to go with you!



Monday, May 18, 2009

Let's Get This Party Started!

Well, this is quite the new ADVENTURE for lil' ol' me!

In case you don't know me already, HOWDY!

I'm Erica from over at Scottsville. If you don't like me over there, you probably aren't gonna like me too much over here either. Still me, same personality, same quirky style, new location! Ha! Anyway, it's good to meet you. =0) To meet me "in person" you can see my VLOG (video blog) right here.

First of all, let me do a little explainin' about how I got sucked into involved in this joint-blog-thingy...

I met my bloggy-friends MiMi and Tarah ages ago here in cyberspace. I feel like we know each other rather well! A couple of weeks ago, I harassed MiMi in order to win a contest, and in the process, I made some new friends. After showing my... uh... true colors over on MiMi's blog (and winning the contest, by the way),a couple of these gals approached me with the idea of co-authoring a new Mommy Blog. A few million e-mails and lots of random discussions later, and Voila!!! Here we are: "Five Moms & A Blog!"

I will be the "Monday Mama." In other words, Mondays shall be my day to post all things ME!

Honestly? You can expect to never quite know just what to expect from me. Hopefully all of you moms (and dads too!) out there can relate to some of what goes on over here. We hope you'll get addicted enjoy this blog and will want to follow along in our adventure. We are excited to hear your comments, and we welcome your suggestions. [Doesn't mean we'll listen, but we will at least read them all!]

So until next Monday...

Saturday, May 16, 2009

The Secret is OUT!!!


Wednesday, May 6, 2009

Welcome!

This site is currently under construction, but we hope to be up and running soon.

Please check back later, and thanks for stopping by!

~The 5 Moms

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