Effective Parenting- Bring Ass Whoopins BACK!!!

Reading the title I can already hear people saying, "Oh my gosh, call the police... she is promoting child abuse!" And NO I AM NOT!!! I am very against child abuse completely. But what I am for is the old fashioned ass whoopins, like the ones we used to get when we were little.

I was at the doctors office today and sat there and watched a mom completely ignore her child for 20 minutes as she climbed all over the furniture. See picture below.

Completely ridiculous!!! The office clerk asked the mom twice to stop her from climbing on the furniture. The mom yelled at the child... in one ear and out the other. I couldn't help but think that the child needs a good old fashioned ass whoopin. I know that's what I would've gotten when I was her age. And none of this going into the bathroom... my mom hauled off and whooped me right then and there. And it wasn't several beats with a lot of verbal abuse. It was one solid WHACK with a look that dared me to keep it up.... and I didn't. I would've sat down.... holding back tears... not from pain but from complete embarassment.

And it wasn't till I was a mom that made me understand that if a child is bold enough to act up in public then a parent was bold enough to check them in public. Fortunately, I have been blessed with children that are on their P's and Q's (whatever that means) in public. My oldest wouldn't dare act out or disrespect people... and to this day she has never gotten an ass whoopin. My youngest is exactly like me... however, a good stern look will put her in her place. And considering who their father is and who I am... they should be the little girl on the table. But they are very good kids and like I've said, we've been blessed.

I'm so tired of going to a restaurant or a store and the child is clearly being disruptive and out of control and you hear the parent say, "Now Timmy, look at Mommy's face. I don't have a happy face on. No, no Timmy... that is not nice." And they're going on for minutes.... hours..... trying to reason with their children... If they popped that booty, they would be able to enjoy their shopping trip or dinner out. But instead, they think that other people find it cute that they are turned around in their seat making asses of themselves. I literally heard one kid say, "Oh shut up Mom." And she did!!! I almost fainted!! Both the child and the parent needed an ass whoopin in that scenerio.

My father (God rest his soul) was the pimp of ass whoopins. We all got 1 ass whoopin from him each. And that was enough. It didn't hurt at all but it was the disappointment he had in us that made us not act up. My poor little cousin got it the worse from him. He was visiting at our house one day and kept jumping on the furniture. My dad told him over and over again to stop jumping on the furniture. He didn't listen... he jumped from the couch to the coffee table to the chair. In our family my dad was like the Godfather, people came to him to have their children disciplined. Well my dad caught my cousin jumping again and gave him a whoopin in front of us. But he did it in syllables.... with each syllable was a swat... it went something like this, "Did-nt-I-tell-you-not-to-jump-on-the-furn-it-ure?" Wow!!!! In this day and age, my dad would've gotten 20 to life. LMAO!!! But that's how it was done back in the day....

So Parents, I ask you.... do you want an unruly child? Do you want your child to be out of control and obnoxious? NO! No I say... so Parents join with me and raise your right hand and repeat after me, "No more! No more!" and with your raised right hand, swing it down till it meets their butt.

Class dismissed!

It's 2010

We are finally into 2010.... and just 10 years ago the shelves at the stores were bare.... no water, no batteries, no canned foods... all because people were afraid of the new millenium. What will happen? was the question everyone had on their minds. I have to admit that I was one of the ones who thought the world was going to end too. I didn't buy all the survival necessities but I stopped having sex (on 12/30, just to be sure), no drinking or swearing and I was at church bringing in the new year. What better place than to surround yourself around godly people?? Yessiree!!! I was a little freaked out too... and when we came to the realization that we weren't going to die, I called up my boyfriend, grabbed some tequila and we celebrated (if you know what I mean). LOL!!!

Well 10 years later... we brought in the new year pretty much the same. Stayed home, had a little cocktail, watched the New York celebration and then went to bed. How will it be in another 10 years?? I'll probably be asleep at 8 pm. It's so funny how things change over the years.

But I'm very excited for this year.... feeling very positive. I did actually make a few resolutions... not big ones but small attainable ones. Let's claim 2010 as a GREAT YEAR!!!! I'm interested to see what New Year's resolutions you all made.... let me know.

WELCOME 2010!!!!!

WELCOME 2010!!!!!

WELCOME 2010!!!!!

2009- A bittersweet year

I'm always looking forward to happy endings and new beginnings.... Goodbye 2009.... Hello 2010!!!

I have been truly blessed this year. My girls are happy and healthy! Work is work but I'm happy to say that I'm employed. I really have no major complaints about 2009.

However, there have been some great losses in the entertainment industry. I grew up listening to Michael Jackson. Followed his career from the Jackson 5 till current. An icon will surely be missed around the world. RIP Michael Jackson. You're memory will live on forever. Along with Michael were other entertainers who went home to be with the Lord. My prayers go out to their families and friends.

Our local community experienced a serious fatality this year that I pray has opened the eyes to our youth about drinking and drugs. My prayer for 2010 is that they've learned from this and make better choices.

Well you all know me so it wouldn't be a good blog if I wasn't making someone giggle or smile.... so I was sent this poem from someone and I had to chuckle a little at the reflection of 2009. Enjoy....

Don't know the author, but too cute not to pass on.

Happy New Year Everyone!!!

Bigger is better!!!

I haven't blogged in a few months partially because I have been so busy and partially because my friends and I are in the process of making a blog website. It's going to be bigger and better... and have everything you need or would like to read regarding marriage, parenting, being a woman, etc.... so be on the look out for that... we are hoping to launch it soon!!

Vita Rain or Vita Pain??

I know I haven't posted in a while... and we'll get to that later... but I have to send a post out to everyone about Vita Rain from Kirkland (Costco). It's SUPPOSED to be like VitaminWater or Sobe Life Water.... and it's NOT!!!!

I got the Kiwi Strawberry bottled water... the label says it's going to boost essential electrolytes, it has B vitamins (which I really need) and it will maintain my body's fluid balance... well shit, sign me up!!! I cracked it open and took a big swig and almost choked!! It tastes exactly like Swish. And for those of you that don't know what Swish is... it's that nasty flouride the dentist gives us to "swish" around in our mouth and spit out... and that's exactly what I did...

Thank you Costco for providing us with a lower cost flavored water for us to drink but I don't mind paying a little more so that you can actually add FLAVOR to your "flavored" water!!! Just a suggestion.... my tastebuds are really mad at me right now!!!! To make it up to them, I bought a pineapple cupcake in the breakroom. Thanks for nothing Kirkland!!!

Taking Internet Games Too Far

How many of you are members of Facebook? Well I used to be... I loved to log in, chat with my friends, update my status (let the homies know what's been going on with me), and play a few games.

I first started playing FarmTown. LOVED IT!!! I give that game an A+.
FarmTown is a little agricultural haven where you actually have to grow, harvest and keep up your own farm. Like real to life farms, if you let it go without upkeep, it will die. You have animals that you take care of. When you harvest your crops, you can make money to buy things like ponds and houses. My friend, Kendal, has the best farm ever on that site. I love it!

Well I was then introduced to Sorority Life. At first, I didn't catch on to the concept of the game... plus I was a little embarrassed that I'm in my late 30's and playing a game called Sorority Life. Seemed so juvenile. Well I kept getting messages that someone sent me a "relaxed cardigan" or a "hybrid prius"... so I decided to log in one day and I found it very interesting. You have an avatar that represents you. So my avatar was named Deeeee Lish (D'Lish for short). Well D'Lish started out as a dog walker with very little money.... but I found out that if you "attack" people, you not only make them lose points but you take their money. And with their money you can buy clothes or cars or shoes and make yourself stronger to fight off people who attack you. Sounds fun, huh? So I recruited my girlfriends which made my Sorority House stronger and we were unbeatable from levels 10-25. Then one day we found out that not only can you "attack" other players you can also "slap" them. Now slapping isn't the same as attacking... when you attack, you have the possibility of getting something in return... when you slap, you just make that player mad.... literally! I would get messages from other players asking me "why in the hell did I just slap them" or "what did they do to me"? LMAO! You did nothing, it's just a game! So when I would see that they would get "real life" mad at me "pretend" slapping them, I would slap them 10 more times. This would set off an internet rage! They would rally up their cyber friends and gang up on you.

I happened to go on vacation recently and was not able to log on to the computer... mainly because I was on "vacation" and enjoying "real life". Well my friend text me and told me that a group of girls were attacking her on this game... so when I got home, I logged on to see. It was a war! Somehow they assumed I was slapping them so they were attacking me. Not only was I being attacked, I was being slapped and my name was written in the "burn book". Please note, the burn book is a place where you set a bounty for a certain player and other players take them down.... I believe it actually cost real $ to put someone in the burn book. There were 4 bounty's on me, none less than $103,000 each. Which probably cost the player $5 in real life money. But to put that money out for a game to destroy someone you don't even know is crazy! So the bounty's were set and players were going for it then they would send me messages like, "ohhh you're terminally depressed. I'll wait in line." or "You will burn all weekend for slapping me." Then they would message each other and say "Ok we got her. Maybe she'll learn from this." or "She'll be in here until she learns to play nice." ARE YOU KIDDING ME? They are playing this game as if it were real. So I would message them and say "You're taking this too seriously, It's just a game." So I decided that antagonizing these players wasn't fun anymore. I wasn't afraid of them, I just thought that it could have been a 12 year old that I'm sitting here fighting with. And that's not cool.

Well my friend text me again this morning and said that she logged on to her computer and that the game was getting scarier. The threats were worse and the way these people talked, it seemed that they lived for this game. I logged on and saw that I had been attacked a few times when my computer was shut down... I don't let it get to me because it's just a game. I logged into FarmTown to play a little bit and once I did a warning screen came up and said that my computer was being hacked for passwords and security information. I immediately shut my whole facebook profile down. These players took the game way too far! Hacking into someone's computer because they cyber slapped you?? Are you fucking kidding me? And I had to use the f word because that's how idiotic this is... I will be reporting this to Facebook and Playdom... in the meantime, be careful on these computer games!

New Moon- I CAN'T WAIT!!!!

So far the trailer is just how I pictured it to be when reading the book. Mark your calendars! This is going to be a blockbuster in the theaters!