Reli Belly's Growth Report

It's amazing to see how quickly babies learn. In the last few weeks Reli started to crawl, she dances (bounces and bops) to hip hop music, she experiments with different octaves while talking to mommy, she clicks her tongue, and she loves to explore every inch of the living room. She is like a lil' tornado..I'm always busy cleaning up the aftermath. She is also an amazing traveler. We went to visit my mom in Connecticut because she was in the hospital for a few weeks and many people told me that they would fly with my baby any day and raved how cute and delightful she was. I'm a very proud mama!

Scam or No Scam that is the Question?

Today my mom and I were leaving a thrift store. In the corner of the parking lot in a pile of leaves I noticed a small pile of cash. I quickly picked up the bills and thought to myself "it's my lucky day". I started to count the money, facing all the bills in the same direction and realizing that it was way more than I suspected. I decided to put the pile of cash in my pocket and wait til I got to the car before I started to flaunt my new found loot for anyone to see. I felt an ounce of guilt. Although I found $111, I felt sad for the person who lost the money. I called my husband to tell him the news. He said that I should go back inside and ask if anyone had lost money but that I should not disclose how much I had found. I fed the baby and went back inside about fifteen minutes after I found the money. I asked the woman at the desk if anyone had claimed that they had lost some money. She said "no". Home free! I did my good deed and now I have lots of cash! "Not so fast" I thought to myself, I was compelled to ask more people if they had lost cash. One second later, ring-ring, lo and behold it's the woman who lost the money. I talked to her and she said that she lost about $50 but wasn't sure exactly how much she had lost. Then she said for me to leave the money there and she would get it later. I thought to myself, "Really? How do you not know if you lost $111 and why wouldn't she drop what she was doing to get her cash back right away? I reluctantly left all of the money. She wasn't as thankful as I thought she would be. The rest of the day I kept obsessing about different scenarios of how I was scammed and that someone probably saw me pick up the cash but didn't know the exact amount, waited til I went back inside, and called and claimed the money to be theirs. I just have to hope that wasn't the case and that I was just dealing with a woman who wasn't as grateful as I would have liked her to be. I mean I could have pocketed $60.00 and she wouldn't have even known. It's sad when you live in a world where you think everyone is scamming someone.

What is this World Coming to?

I was shopping with my baby and there was a sweet old man who came up to me and instantly struck up a conversation with me. He told me all about his grandkids and great-grandkids. We went our seperate ways and I continued to browse through the aisles. A little while later he approached me again. He said "I know your baby is too young, but is it okay if I give you candy?" He handed me a butterscotch and a Werthers candy. He later showed me that he had his coat pockets filled to the brim with butterscotch candy on one side and Werthers on the other side. I LOVE butterscotch, but with all the crazies running around these days I took the candy and quickly put it into my coat pocket. How sad is that? He was a sweet old grandpa who is probably so lonely that he strikes up conversations with random people and comes prepared with candy in his pockets for the kids he may encounter on his visit to the store, yet I am too scared to eat the candy, thinking it may be poisoned. I decided I will eventually eat the candy, but I have to make sure my husband is around. Still too paranoid.

Real Housewives

I hate to admit it, but being home all day I have been suckered into watching TV. Unfortunately we only get three channels here in Mississippi, so we don't have many options. The only show on at noon, that is somewhat interesting to me, is Real Housewives. I have recently become a full-time housewife and let me tell you it's a lot more work then going out with friends, drinking martinis, and hanging out in a hot tub. Come to my house and I will show you the life of a REAL housewife. I should have my own show, but the reality of it is who wants to watch someone scrape off dirty dishes, scrub out poop stains, and fold mounds of laundry? My hat goes off to all the REAL housewives out there! Kudos to you!

I'm Back

It's been over a year since I posted a blog. I no longer work full-time because I stay at home with my beautiful baby girl, so I decided to get back into writing blogs. Stay posted!

Fried Squirrel and other Southern delights

After talking to some students in the school I work in I have been told that people here like to hunt their own squirrel and then they fry them up into tasty treats. I asked one kid what it tasted like...he thought it had it's own distinct taste but one girl said it tasted like deer meat! In another class a kid was passsing around a zip lock back of grilled rabbit. I've seen kids share food...like a bag of chips or some cookies...but rabbit...this was a first. I am definitely a city girl living in the country...but it's fun finding these things out!

Matchmaker, Matchmaker, Make Me A Match!

Joel was talking to his friend from college yesterday. His poor friend dated this girl for a few years...bought an engagement ring and the day before Valentine's Day she broke up with him for another guy and is now engaged to the other guy. He is so depressed and brokenhearted. My natural response is to go into yenta-mode and fix him up with someone.

It got me thinking. I have so many super cool friends who are single and Joel has nice (somewhat dorky) friends who are also single, but younger. I tried to rack my brain and decide who might be compatible, but it seemed like quite a hard task. I remember when I was single it was hard to meet guys my age and although it took some convincing at first I was more open to people setting me up...hence how I met and fell in love with Joel.

My good friend from high school is my age and is single. Last summer she finally decided that she should try E Harmony. She filled out the lengthy personality (compatibility) form and was in complete shock when in essence she was denied. We both couldn't believe that she was denied from E Harmony! (She is such an awesome girl and obviously a dumb computer test can't figure that out).

This makes me want to start my own Yenta Website. Where I get a group of people who has friends, family, co-workers etc, who are single...and I put them all on this website where they can meet and have at it. I wouldn't even be doing the matchmaking per se...I would just provide the opportunity for people to meet.
Hey..ya never know...it could be a success. I definitely wouldn't have thought that I would have met someone in Connecticut (through our parents setting us up), have a long distant relationship, and then move to Mississippi of all places, but it's the best thing that ever happened to me.
Plus it would be really cool to be an actual yenta!