Baby Dolls, Prune Juice and Veggie Hot Dogs

I love being a Grandmother! I can entertain my grandkids while torturing my kids at the same time. I bought a new toy today to add to the playroom that I have set up for the grandkids. I got a cute, cuddly, pink clothed baby doll that coos and giggles and sucks a pacifier. It came with a pink and brown polka dot stroller. I intentionally got it for the boys. At Christmas I got a baby for Addy and the boys played with it probably more than she did. It was a good purchase because Nicholas and Jax played with it today, and they loved it! Jax would take it and cuddle it and say "come here, your fine." Nicholas was more interested in the purse that I gave him to use as a diaper bag. Bryan came to pick up Nicholas and saw the doll and immediately started poking it and shaking it to make it talk. "Daddy, don't shake the baby." Even Nicholas knows how not to treat a baby. Bryan and Brad will thank me one day when their boys grow up to be loving nurturing fathers.

Lunch time was fun as well. I thought I would try out the soy based hot dogs on the boys see if they could tell the difference. Put a little ketchup on em and you couldn't tell the difference. "I'm thirsty Nanu." "How about some juice?" (1/2 apple juice and 1/2 prune juice.) "Nanu, what is that?" "Oh, it's apple berry juice." "Ooooh." My only regret with the prune juice is that Sarah is out of town this weekend and so she won't see the fruits of my labor. Sorry Bryan, Brad and Amanda. No, you know what? I'm not sorry! I have your children's colon health to look after. When the boys have their first colonoscopy and it comes back clean, the doctor is going to say: "It must be from the prune juice that their grandmother gave them as children." Again, everyone will be thanking me.

Reality

Ok, I think I'm back. If you've never had a bout of clinical depression you probably have no idea how I have felt over the last month or so. If you have, you know exactly how terrible it can be. That is my reality! Enough said!

Now on to TV reality.
I have to comment on the final episode of the bachelor and the "After The Final Rose Show". First of all, I predicted that he was going to pick Melissa by the second show. Not because I had psychic insight into his love connection, but because they showed previews of the proposal and I recognized her hand. I was happy, because they seemed like a good fit. I think Melissa is adorable. I kind of knew something was up because of an article I read in Entertainment weekly. It made mention of a love triangle. However, I was not prepared for what happened on the "After" show. Melissa got dumped on National Television! How crazy was that????? I loved it though when she called him a "bastard". You go Melissa! I think Jason is getting a bad rap . Granted, he should never have proposed and been so dramatic professing his love, but he was probably caught up in the moment. The heart wants what the heart wants! I blame that bitch Deanna. If she hadn't come and confused him with her visit he probably would have picked Molly. I'm still not sure what her reason for seeing him was????? She's screwed him over twice now!

Real or staged? I don't care, it's entertainment. I have to watch something while I crochet.

Birthday Party For Connor, Addison and Harrison

Happy Birthday Karl

Happy Birthday Karl! Eat some cake and kiss your girls for me. Lots of Love and Kisses.

Happy Birthday Lorrie

Oops! I'm a baaaaad Step Mother. I didn't wish Lorrie a Happy Birthday yesterday. I'm sorry Lorrie, I haven't been in a normal frame of mind lately so I haven't been blogging. It doesn't mean that I don't love you, cause I do! I hope you had a wonderful birthday! Are you hung over, or did you have to work? Happy Happy Birthday!!!!! Love and Kisses.

I Can Relate

I had a chimpanzee as a companion once. His name was Brian Burton. He mauled my friends too, but in a different way. Actually he was more like an ass than a monkey. Nobody has shot him yet.

Patti's Phone Infomercial

One of my phones died the other day so I thought I'd try a new battery. It didn't work, so I had to get a new phone. I did a little research and found that the newest phone technology was DECT 6.0. I don't know the technical info except that the 6.0 is supposed to get rid of interference on your line by not competing with other electronic appliances. Since I can't walk into my kitchen or dining room with a cordless phone without having to compete with screeches and scratches I thought that I would try out the 6.0. I bought a Radio Shack (Presidian)6.0 since they were kind enough to give me credit for the battery that didn't work in my phone. Low and behold no static anywhere in the house!!!! I can even walk outside with it. It's the little things in life that give me such pleasure. It's great when a product claim matches up to the service. So, if you are in the market for a new phone and static is a problem, check out the 6.0. By the way if any phone manufacturer wants to pay me for my promotion of their product I would be happy to accept any and all gratuities.

Be careful what you say, you could scar a kid for life.

"Don't put all of your eggs in one basket." If I did that, I'd have to carry 6 baskets to the barn everyday to gather eggs. That would be silly! That cliche came to me today while gathering eggs. Taken literally that is just not a practical idea. Figuratively it makes sense; to most adults. Imagine if you were 5 or under and someone said that to you. Maybe that's what I was doing this morning, thinking like a 5 year old. What are some other sayings that would probably confuse a child? "Don't count your chickens before they are hatched." Why not, I can count the eggs. "A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush." That one even confuses me???? "You'd lose your head if it wasn't fastened on!" That one is just down right scary. One cliche that we say to kids often; "Don't let the bed bugs bite." They might never sleep again. "It's raining cats and dogs." They might think they are getting a new pet. I was looking on a website of common cliches and found one that I personally have never used; "you can't polish a turd." Actually that is not true. I saw an episode on Myth Busters where they actually did form turds in to a ball and polished it to a shine. So all of you turds out there, there is hope!