Not Everyone's Mama

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Welcome to my double birthday bonanza celebrating both of my sons’ birthdays on Feb 23!

A month ago Jordan and I each got a Slanket. Jordan got the kids’ Slanket while I got the regular size.

We both got burgandy, so we match when we are lounging around.

Let me start this review by saying, I received another brand of a product similar to this and Slanket wipes the floor with the competition – by far.  I could not believe the difference.  Slanket is thicker, bigger, and doesn’t cause static electricity in my hair.  That last is hugely important.  I hate static.

The girls are each wanting their own kids’ Slanket now because, as you’ll see in his review, Jordan doesn’t share very well when it comes to his.

I’ll tell you with mine, I love it.  A couple of days ago I turned the heat down because it hasn’t been below freezing, at night it was still getting a little chilly for me.  But, with the kids snug as bugs in a rug in their bed, warm and cozy under their blankets, I didn’t want to turn the heat up if I didn’t have to.  Yo yo heating drives me crazy.  If I turn it up at night then I’m sweating in the morning, then either crack the sliding glass door or just sweat until the temperature adjusts to the thermostat change.  With the Slanket, I haven’t been turning the heat up at night.  I just sit here in my computer chair after the kids are in bed, covered up, sitting, as my kids call it, criss cross apple sauce, warm and happy and blogging away.

And I’ll now hand it over to Jordan for what he thinks about his kids’ Slanket.  Well, I will actually type what he says.

It’s so soft, fuzzy.  It’s well, awesome because, well, it’s all mine! Nobody can touch it by me.  And it has sleeves, and I can get as curled up as I want and not have to reach out.  I can read!  You don’t have to take your arms out.  Oh yeah, did I mention that it’s all mine.  I recommend it to everybody who hates to have to get all curled up and have part of their body sticking out of the blanket.  If you buy that, you won’t have to get out of it.  Your hands are already out.  Phone’s ringing, reach out and grab it.  If your reading a book, only your hands and head will be back, and that is why I recommend the Slanket.

I’m thinking Jordan is looking for a job at Slanket.  He really does truly love it that much.  He carries it around the house with him.  (That might be more so his sisters don’t get it if he puts it down.)

So, Slanket gets a huge

for all the reasons listed above.  Which, if you read Jordan’s review, are multiple.  I’ll just say that we love it!

Today I have a kids’ Slanket to giveaway to one of my readers! (Come back tomorrow to win a regular sized Slanket.)

Note for size: The kids’ Slanket is 44″W x 66″L.

Jordan will be 11 next week and he fits in his great still (as you can see).  He’ll probably move up to the adult size sometime, but this is good for now.

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Thank you to Slanket for providing us with an adult Slanket and a kids’ Slanket.  We love them!

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Let’s talk about you and me, let’s talk about all the good times….

Sorry, just went through my head, had to keep going.

Alyce was rubbing my back yesterday cuz she was “putting mommy to sleep” and she started talking about the tattoo on my back.  I realized that in the over 4 years that I’ve had my blog, I’ve never shown pictures of all of my tattoos.  Thought I’d share those today.

That’s my favorite one.  I wish I hadn’t had it put on my lower back so I could actually see it.   I got that one right before Jordan’s dad and I separated, I thought it was an accurate reflection of my life at the time with the tear.  Those are mirrors on the ends of her hat.  I liked that so much better than straight bells.

This one was a cover and I think I need to get it recolored.  You can see part of the music notes coming through the bottom dolphin.  This one is on the inside of my right ankle.  Why is it a cover?

Well, you see, when I was 18 and drunk…..stories never end well when they start that way do they?  My best friend Danielle, my roommate Terri, and I had imbibed in a few too many drinks.  Terri’s boyfriend was a tattoo artist.  Somehow that qualified her in my mind to take a needle and ink to my skin.  Danielle had this rose that she drew all the time that I loved and it probably would have turned out better if we hadn’t used a thick permanent black marker to draw the original design.  Terri couldn’t see what she was doing through the marker very easily and it turned out, well to put it mildly, craptastic.

Children, take note, just because someone has access to tattoo supplies does not mean that they should be inking you up.

This one is on the outside of my left ankle, between the ankle and the heel.  It’s supposed to be the Chinese symbol for duck. Why duck?  Because Pato = duck in Spanish.  I got this after we had been dating a year.  Good thing we stayed together huh?  I knew better than to put his actual name on my body but thought if we break up, I can tell people it says something else, like ducks suck or something like that.  Although then people might be wondering what was up with my animosity towards ducks.

I say it says supposed to be duck because though the tattoo artist got it out of a Chinese dictionary, someone who reads Chinese told me it’s missing an accent mark.  I don’t read Chinese, so if you do and you know what that says, I would love to know.  I should get the accent put on it shouldn’t I?

Those are my handy dandy tattoos.  And I want another one.  I’m thinking since Pato just got a huge tattoo recently that it’s my turn.  Of course, he only has 1 to my 3, but his 1 is bigger than my 3 put together.  His looks like the Mexican flag coming through 3 rips.  You know, like Pato’s all bleeding the Mexican flag through rips in his skin.  He’s so patriotic.

I want to check on the licensing for Suzanne Woolcott and her Gorjuss girls.  I’d love to use one of her little ones with wings and then have the kids’ names circling around her.  I haven’t gotten the kids’ names before because I was waiting until we were done having kids, now we’re done, now I want a new tattoo.

Like this one -

Which can be bought here by the way.  I kinda really want that print.  Actually, I kinda really want almost everything in the Gorjuss shop.

Oh the memories – Jordan‘s tail.  My little Joey. The good old NKOTB days -

Click on the video to watch it at YouTube full size.  Having issues with my coding and it being to big for the front page.

I want to go dance in a bowling alley.

On that note, I’ve got some giveaways and reviews to get up, the baby is asleep in my arms and my arm has gone numb.  So, I shall bid you good day and may it be wonderful!

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I know this is going to come as a huge shock, but I am a huge fan of Ricky Martin.  (Can you hear that sarcasm?  If you’ve been to my blog more than say 5 times you know I love Ricky.)

I was on You Tube and came across one of my absolute favorite songs by him.  I hadn’t seen the video and it’s beautiful.  Thought I’d share it.

Click on the video to watch it at YouTube full size.  Having issues with my coding and it being to big for the front page.

Lyrics:

Tal vez sera que esa historia ya tiene final
no se porque hoy te siento tan distante de mí
que a pesar que lo intento de nuevo
tal vez llegue tarde, ya no hay nada que hacer
y no puedo creer que el tiempo que hemos tenido tal vez se nos gastó
tal vez fui yo que no te dio una noche entera
tal vez nunca te he dado lo que tú esperabas
y no estaba cuando me necesitabas
tal vez no te escuche,Tal vez me descuide
tal vez se me olvido que yo te amaba.
Tal vez…….. ay,ay,ay,ay
tal vez será que por ahora ya no hay nada que hablar
tal vez esta vez necesitamos tiempo para pensar
Y yo por mi parte propongo intentarlo de nuevo,volver a empezar
que por más que lo pienso no encuentro una sola razón para seguir sin tí
Tal vez fui yo que no te dio una noche entera
Tal vez nunca te he dado lo que tú esperabas
y no estaba cuando me necesitabas
Tal vez no te escuche,Tal vez me descuide
tal vez se me olvido que yo te amaba.
Tal vez me sorprendio la vida por la espalda
y tira y tira y se rompió la cuerda
Tal vez nunca entendí lo que eras para mí
Tal vez yo nunca supe a quien amaba
Y yo por mi parte propongo intentarlo de nuevo,volver a empezar
que por más que lo pienso no encuentro una sola razón para seguir sin tí
Tal vez fui yo que no te dio una noche entera
Tal vez nunca te he dado lo que tú esperabas
y no estaba cuando me necesitabas
Tal vez no te escuche,Tal vez me descuide
tal vez se me olvido que yo te amaba

Translation:

Note – I didn’t translate this, it was an option in my tool bar.  It’s rough.

Perhaps that story will already have final
today not because you feel so distant from me
that although I try again
maybe late, there’s nothing to do
I can not believe that the time we had maybe we spent
maybe it was me who did not give you a full night
may never have given you what you expected
and not there when you needed me
you may not listen, I may neglect
maybe I forgot that I loved you.
Maybe …….. ay, ay, ay, ay
may be that by now there is nothing to talk
maybe this time we need time to think
And I for one intend to try again, starting over
more than that I think can not find a single reason to go on without you
Maybe it was me who did not give you a full night
Maybe I’ve never been what you expected
and not there when you needed me
You might not hear, I may neglect
maybe I forgot that I loved you.
Maybe life surprised me from behind
and pull and pull and the rope broke
Maybe I never understood what they were to me
Maybe I never knew he loved
And I for one intend to try again, starting over
more than that I think can not find a single reason to go on without you
Maybe it was me who did not give you a full night
Maybe I’ve never been what you expected
and not there when you needed me
You might not hear, I may neglect
maybe I forgot that I loved you

More or less – It’s a song about someone saying Maybe I didn’t give you enough time, enough love, maybe I wasn’t there for you.  It has always just spoke to my heart since I first got this CD a few years ago.

It’s on his Almas del Silencio CD which I just found on Amazon for $8.98.  That’s crazy.  I bought it at a Mexican store here in Des Moines when it came out for like double that.  But they price their CDs high.  I didn’t shop online back then, now I know better.

Here’s my 2nd favorite song on that album -

His face cracks me up when he sings un foto con Bush.  (president)

Lyrics:

Tengo millas de vuelo para ir a Plutón

Tengo un club de fans en la luna

Una casa gigante que veo desde un avión

Y en los ojos de algunos fortuna

Un ejército de alcahuetes, una foto con Bush

Una suite en el Waldorf, y más autos que amigos

Tengo ganas de no tener ganas

Tengo un par de mascotas que no saben quien soy

Y entre tanto que tengo no encuentro

Razón suficiente pa’olvidarme de ti

Coro:

Y de tu mano pequeña diciéndome adiós

Esa tarde de lluvia en San Juan

De los besos que llevo conmigo

Que son sólo tuyos y nunca te di

Por andar ocupado en el cielo

Me olvidé que en el suelo se vive mejor

Mi boricua, mi india, mi amor

Mi asignatura pendiente

Mi boricua, mi india, mi amor

Mi asignatura pendiente

Tengo tres oficinas y un piso en New York

Y el Rey Midas trabaja conmigo

Tengo varias razones para tener razón

De que no hay peor razón que el olvido

Tengo intacto al niño que fui

Tengo ganas de anclar

Y otras tantas de huir a un sitio perdido

Tengo ganas de no tener ganas

De comprarme un boleto de regreso al ayer

Y entre tanto que tengo no encuentro

Razón suficiente pa’olvidarme de ti

Repite Coro

Translation:

(again, this is rough, but quicker than me doing it.)

I have miles of flight to go to Pluto I have a club of fans in the moon A giant house that I see from an airplane And in the eyes of some fortune An army of procurers, a photo with Bush a suite in the Waldorf, and more cars than friendly I have desire of not having desire I have a pair of mascots that do not know who I am and in the meantime that I have nonencounter Sufficient reason pa’ to forget to me you Choir: And of your small hand saying goodbye to me That behind schedule of rain in San Juan Of the kisses that I take with me That they are only yours and never I gave you To walk occupied in the sky I forgot that in the ground it is lived better My boricua, my Indian, my love My pending subject My boricua, my Indian, my love My pending subject I have three offices and a floor in New York And King Midas works with me I am right several to be right Of which there is no worse reason than the forgetfulness I have intact the boy that I was I have desire to anchor And other so many to flee to a lost site I have desire of not having desire to buy a ticket to me of return to yesterday And in the meantime that I have nonencounter Sufficient reason pa’ to forget to me you

Those are my 2 favorite Ricky Martin songs.  It’s hard to choose.  He has so many CDs out, but I think Almas del Silencio is my most favorite.

If you’re looking for a great charity to help children, check out the Ricky Martin Foundation.

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