I blew my New Years resolution out of the water. In my defense, I do this for free, I do it for pleasure, and I do it in my free time. There wasn't a lot of free time over the last couple of weeks where I had something to write about.
"Really?" you might say. Yep. Unless you wanted to hear me whine about barf, fevers, and the flu, I promise, you didn't miss much!
I have been so damn tired from all the sick kids in my house, it takes me 5 minutes just to figure out where the hell I am most of the time.
I figured you got enough coverage of the "Manti Te'o Scandal" to hold you over until I had something brilliant to say.
My brilliance for today. Does anyone really give a flying fuck about whether or not Beyoncé lip-synced (synced? sank? sunk? whatever) the National Anthem? Does it matter? Will millions of puppies and kittens die if she didn't sing the song live? Uh. NO!
Do I have a problem with sex-offenders being able to go incognito on social media websites? ABSOFUCKINGLUTELY!
That's like putting a skilled deer hunter in the middle of a deer refuge with a loaded gun.
Neither scenario is going to end well.
Common sense government? We don't have that here. Now I'm well aware there are different types of sex offenders. There's the 19 year old kid that stuck his wanker into a 16 year old girl and her daddy got pissed and called the cops. I also know that they rate each sex offender differently. Regardless, There's NO WAY IN HELL sex offenders should be allowed to have accounts on social media. Not even if they were required (HAHA) to have a "sex offender" tag on their accounts.
I cannot POSSIBLY understand how the hell that is unconstitutional; not letting sex offenders have social media accounts. Quite frankly, I don't think they should be allowed to use the internet, but the regulation of that is near impossible, since the government has a hard enough time getting them to keep up with their current address registry.
You can microchip a dog or a cat, but you can't microchip a criminal? Seriously? Oh right, because they earned a FREE college degree (that any other upstanding citizen has to pay through the nose for) they're changed people.
BULL SHIT!
Well, I guess I did have something to say (maybe it's not brilliant, but it is what it is).
~Kim
Thursday, January 24, 2013
Monday, January 14, 2013
Dear Gun Carrying Friends...
I appreciate that you value the right to bear arms...I really do..
But holy shit, does it have to be "no more gun laws" all the time? I'm all for keeping guns if you feel safe. I really am.
I grew up around guns. My dad was a cop and a hunter. I got my first BB gun at 8, and got gun safety education, learned how to use them, and learned to stay away from them unless I had adult supervision.
I saw first hand what a gun could do. It scared the hell out of me, but I respected it.
I also understand, gun laws don't take illegal guns off the street.
That being said...I don't think if you have a mental illness, you should be allowed to own a gun. I also don't believe if you have someone living with you that has a mental illness, you should be allowed to own a gun. (Yeah I hear you screaming about keeping guns locked up but seriously?)
It is definitely people killing people. Guns only kill something if someone pulls the trigger (or in some cases some idiot leaves the safety off in their purse and some random object trips the trigger).
Shot happens. Load responsibly.
~Kim
But holy shit, does it have to be "no more gun laws" all the time? I'm all for keeping guns if you feel safe. I really am.
I grew up around guns. My dad was a cop and a hunter. I got my first BB gun at 8, and got gun safety education, learned how to use them, and learned to stay away from them unless I had adult supervision.
I saw first hand what a gun could do. It scared the hell out of me, but I respected it.
I also understand, gun laws don't take illegal guns off the street.
That being said...I don't think if you have a mental illness, you should be allowed to own a gun. I also don't believe if you have someone living with you that has a mental illness, you should be allowed to own a gun. (Yeah I hear you screaming about keeping guns locked up but seriously?)
It is definitely people killing people. Guns only kill something if someone pulls the trigger (or in some cases some idiot leaves the safety off in their purse and some random object trips the trigger).
Shot happens. Load responsibly.
~Kim
Saturday, January 12, 2013
Children are gifts...
or are they a cosmic practical joke?
I love my kids. I can prove I love my kids because they are still walking around this planet.
There are days where I shake my head in wonderment as I try to decipher where they came from.
They day they are born, you learn a love like you could never imagine before that moment in time. They then start walking and talking and you wonder why nobody warned you what was coming.
You have to remind yourself kids are kids. They're going to do weird things, they're going to eat weird things, they're going to say weird things, and then they're going to do things like you do. That's when you scratch your head going "do I REALLY do shit like that?" Then you realize, you do.
Suddenly,you realize all those times your mother said "I hope you have a child just like you" has come true and in some cases, many times over.
What you don't realize is that your spouse had the same conversation with his/her mother. So not only do you get children exactly like you, you get them exactly like him/her too.
Double whammy. When you come to this realization is when you find your addiction in life. For some it's booze, for some it's books, or painting, or running away from home, or the computer...the list goes on and on.
Don't shake your head like you don't have one. You do, you just haven't realized it yet.
It's ok. It's how you get through the multiple stages of their lives and come out on the other side still alive.
Keep finding ingenious ways to keep your sanity!
~Kim
I love my kids. I can prove I love my kids because they are still walking around this planet.
There are days where I shake my head in wonderment as I try to decipher where they came from.
They day they are born, you learn a love like you could never imagine before that moment in time. They then start walking and talking and you wonder why nobody warned you what was coming.
You have to remind yourself kids are kids. They're going to do weird things, they're going to eat weird things, they're going to say weird things, and then they're going to do things like you do. That's when you scratch your head going "do I REALLY do shit like that?" Then you realize, you do.
Suddenly,you realize all those times your mother said "I hope you have a child just like you" has come true and in some cases, many times over.
What you don't realize is that your spouse had the same conversation with his/her mother. So not only do you get children exactly like you, you get them exactly like him/her too.
Double whammy. When you come to this realization is when you find your addiction in life. For some it's booze, for some it's books, or painting, or running away from home, or the computer...the list goes on and on.
Don't shake your head like you don't have one. You do, you just haven't realized it yet.
It's ok. It's how you get through the multiple stages of their lives and come out on the other side still alive.
Keep finding ingenious ways to keep your sanity!
~Kim
Friday, January 11, 2013
Ignorance is..
not bliss...
I can't STAND morons who get on their soap box and bitch and complain about something and do absolutely nothing to change it.
They usually try to sound intelligent by using big words (usually incorrectly) and talk in circles, trying to cast the light somewhere else other than right on their ignorance.
How is it possible to complain about something, but not act to change it (Unlike me complaining about people's ignorance and being unable to change it other than having fun making them look more ignorant in public)?
You CANNOT say "You're doing it wrong," with out showing someone how to do it correctly (unless of course you don't know how to do it correctly and think that bitching about it will disguise this fact).
Put up or shut up is my theory on the subject. Don't think the louder you talk in circles the more people will back you. It's usually quite the opposite. They'll start talking louder about you behind your back.
If you don't like something and can't change it, please shut the fuck up and move on. I mean seriously, what do you hope to accomplish?
Don't try and impress me with your knowledge of what's wrong, impress me with your knowledge of how to do something better!
Oh, and make sure you know who you're talking to when you put something out there in public. You're likely to piss a lot of people off by thoughtless comments and rude insinuations.
Again, put up or shut up!
~Kim
I can't STAND morons who get on their soap box and bitch and complain about something and do absolutely nothing to change it.
They usually try to sound intelligent by using big words (usually incorrectly) and talk in circles, trying to cast the light somewhere else other than right on their ignorance.
How is it possible to complain about something, but not act to change it (Unlike me complaining about people's ignorance and being unable to change it other than having fun making them look more ignorant in public)?
You CANNOT say "You're doing it wrong," with out showing someone how to do it correctly (unless of course you don't know how to do it correctly and think that bitching about it will disguise this fact).
Put up or shut up is my theory on the subject. Don't think the louder you talk in circles the more people will back you. It's usually quite the opposite. They'll start talking louder about you behind your back.
If you don't like something and can't change it, please shut the fuck up and move on. I mean seriously, what do you hope to accomplish?
Don't try and impress me with your knowledge of what's wrong, impress me with your knowledge of how to do something better!
Oh, and make sure you know who you're talking to when you put something out there in public. You're likely to piss a lot of people off by thoughtless comments and rude insinuations.
Again, put up or shut up!
~Kim
Thursday, January 10, 2013
I think I can...
I think I can...Damn, I hope I can!
I'm starting to see a little more traffic to my blog (thank you!). I'm getting really excited. I love to write and have been told I have a unique outlook on life.
I really hope this translates here. I hope one visit turns into "Let's see what the crazy bat has to say today" or "I am SO glad I'm not the only one who thinks that way!"
Hopefully, you'll find something that resonates with you, or makes you think of a friend. If not, then just read for the craziness.
I am, however, getting nervous (yeah the loud mouth does that sometimes). I hope I can live up to my own expectations (and yours because if I don't live up to yours I'm writing just for me and that's boring).
If you don't want to follow the blog directly, I link all of my posts on Mordant Matriarch on Facebook as well as Google+.
Welcome to the Matriarch's world.
~Kim
I'm starting to see a little more traffic to my blog (thank you!). I'm getting really excited. I love to write and have been told I have a unique outlook on life.
I really hope this translates here. I hope one visit turns into "Let's see what the crazy bat has to say today" or "I am SO glad I'm not the only one who thinks that way!"
Hopefully, you'll find something that resonates with you, or makes you think of a friend. If not, then just read for the craziness.
I am, however, getting nervous (yeah the loud mouth does that sometimes). I hope I can live up to my own expectations (and yours because if I don't live up to yours I'm writing just for me and that's boring).
If you don't want to follow the blog directly, I link all of my posts on Mordant Matriarch on Facebook as well as Google+.
Welcome to the Matriarch's world.
~Kim
Sleep deprivation...
sleep deprivaaaaaa-aa-aa-aation...is making me craaaaaaanky.
Yes yes it is.
I am a lot of things. A morning person is NOT one of them. I'm stuck in perpetual night owl mode.
You know the 10 year old that wants to stay up all night, only to find out in the morning that it wasn't a good plan? That would be me.
My kids have made being a morning person a necessity. UGH! It's not fair!
I've tried to take a nap after I get everyone off to school, but that just doesn't work. It's like trying to make a 5 year old go to bed at 8 o'clock during daylight savings time. It ain't gonna happen!
So I live in a state of perpetual exhaustion. I am SO tired all the time.
I know I'm not the only one going through this, but it doesn't matter because, quite frankly, I'm the only one I care about going through this.
And it's not even fun staying up late anymore. I'm not going to bars and partying until the wee hours. Nope, I'm sitting on the couch or in front of the computer watching TV or playing around on Facebook (the only fun thing I do is mess around with my blog and it is SO fun).
I mean if I was out showing my boobs for beads, I might be ok with being a night person. No one wants to see my boobs anymore...they might throw me a towel and say "cover that up!"
Gravity is not my friend and neither is the Sandman.
Curse you cruel world!
~Kim
Yes yes it is.
I am a lot of things. A morning person is NOT one of them. I'm stuck in perpetual night owl mode.
You know the 10 year old that wants to stay up all night, only to find out in the morning that it wasn't a good plan? That would be me.
My kids have made being a morning person a necessity. UGH! It's not fair!
I've tried to take a nap after I get everyone off to school, but that just doesn't work. It's like trying to make a 5 year old go to bed at 8 o'clock during daylight savings time. It ain't gonna happen!
So I live in a state of perpetual exhaustion. I am SO tired all the time.
I know I'm not the only one going through this, but it doesn't matter because, quite frankly, I'm the only one I care about going through this.
And it's not even fun staying up late anymore. I'm not going to bars and partying until the wee hours. Nope, I'm sitting on the couch or in front of the computer watching TV or playing around on Facebook (the only fun thing I do is mess around with my blog and it is SO fun).
I mean if I was out showing my boobs for beads, I might be ok with being a night person. No one wants to see my boobs anymore...they might throw me a towel and say "cover that up!"
Gravity is not my friend and neither is the Sandman.
Curse you cruel world!
~Kim
Wednesday, January 9, 2013
Hook me up...
with the coupon sites!
Following is a list of coupon sites. Most of the time you can print out 2 coupons per device (ie I have 4 computers there for if I choose I can print out 8 of each coupon). Also included in the list below, I have included some of my favorite blogs and websites that show deals, scenarios, and coupons almost as soon as they pop up.
Coupon Sites:
Coupons.com - great every day coupons
SmartSource Coupons - more great everyday coupons
RedPlum Coupons - more great everyday coupons
CouponNetwork (aka Catalina) - coupons and deals
Money Saving Blogs/Websites:
Freebies 4 Mom - Great site to find free samples and daily sweepstakes (sweeps)
Coupon Divas - Find store/sale/coupon match ups
Money Saving Madness - Great site for deals, coupon alerts, and other money saving tips
Common Sense With Money - Another great site for deals, coupon alerts, and other money saving tips
Happy Saving!
~ Kim
Following is a list of coupon sites. Most of the time you can print out 2 coupons per device (ie I have 4 computers there for if I choose I can print out 8 of each coupon). Also included in the list below, I have included some of my favorite blogs and websites that show deals, scenarios, and coupons almost as soon as they pop up.
Coupon Sites:
Coupons.com - great every day coupons
SmartSource Coupons - more great everyday coupons
RedPlum Coupons - more great everyday coupons
CouponNetwork (aka Catalina) - coupons and deals
Money Saving Blogs/Websites:
Freebies 4 Mom - Great site to find free samples and daily sweepstakes (sweeps)
Coupon Divas - Find store/sale/coupon match ups
Money Saving Madness - Great site for deals, coupon alerts, and other money saving tips
Common Sense With Money - Another great site for deals, coupon alerts, and other money saving tips
Happy Saving!
~ Kim
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