Random Thoughts of 25-35 Year Olds

Stole this from someones Facebook

-I wish Google Maps had an "Avoid Ghetto" routing option

.-More often than not, when someone is telling me a story all I can think about is that I can't wait for them to finish so that I can tell my own story that's not only better, but also more directly involves me.

-Nothing sucks more than that moment during an argument when you realize you're wrong.

-I don't understand the purpose of the line, "I don't need to drink to have fun." Great, no one does. But why start a fire with flint and sticks when they've invented the lighter?

-Have you ever been walking down the street and realized that you're going in the complete opposite direction of where you are supposed to be going? But instead of just turning a 180 and walking back in the direction from which you came, you have to first do something like check your watch or phone or make a grand arm gesture and mutter to yourself to ensure that no one in the surrounding area thinks you're crazy by randomly switching directions on the sidewalk.

-I totally take back all those times I didn't want to nap when I was younger.

-Is it just me, or are 80% of the people in the "people you may know" feature on Facebook people that I do know, but I deliberately choose not to be friends with?

-Do you remember when you were a kid, playing Nintendo and it wouldn't work? You take the cartridge out, blow in it and that would magically fix the problem. Every kid in America did that, but how did we all know how to fix the problem? There was no internet or message boards or FAQ's. We just figured it out. Today's kids are soft

-There is a great need for sarcasm font.

-Sometimes, I'll watch a movie that I watched when I was younger and suddenly realize I had no idea what the f was going on when I first saw it.

-I think everyone has a movie that they love so much, it actually becomes stressful to watch it with other people. I'll end up wasting 90 minutes shiftily glancing around to confirm that everyone's laughing at the right parts, then making sure I laugh just a little bit harder (and a millisecond earlier) to prove that I'm still the only one who really, really gets it.

-How the hell are you supposed to fold a fitted sheet?

-I would rather try to carry 10 plastic grocery bags in each hand than take 2 trips to bring my groceries in.

- I think part of a best friend's job should be to immediately clear your computer history if you die.

-The only time I look forward to a red light is when I’m trying to finish a text.

- A recent study has shown that playing beer pong contributes to the spread of mono and the flu. Yeah, if you suck at it.

- LOL has gone from meaning, "laugh out loud" to "I have nothing else to say".

- I have a hard time deciphering the fine line between boredom and hunger.

- Answering the same letter three times or more in a row on a Scantron test is absolutely petrifying.

- Whenever someone says "I'm not book smart, but I'm street smart", all I hear is "I'm not real smart, but I'm imaginary smart".

- How many times is it appropriate to say "What?" before you just nod and smile because you still didn't hear what they said?

- I love the sense of camaraderie when an entire line of cars teams up to prevent a *** from cutting in at the front. Stay strong, brothers!

- Every time I have to spell a word over the phone using 'as in' examples, I will undoubtedly draw a blank and sound like a complete idiot. Today I had to spell my boss's last name to an attorney and said "Yes that's G as in...(10 second lapse)..ummm...Goonies"

-What would happen if I hired two private investigators to follow each other?

- While driving yesterday I saw a banana peel in the road and instinctively swerved to avoid it...thanks Mario Kart.

- MapQuest really needs to start their directions on #5. Pretty sure I know how to get out of my neighborhood.

- Obituaries would be a lot more interesting if they told you how the person died.

- I find it hard to believe there are actually people who get in the shower first and THEN turn on the water.

-Shirts get dirty. Underwear gets dirty. Pants? Pants never get dirty, and you can wear them forever.

-I can't remember the last time I wasn't at least kind of tired.

- Bad decisions make good stories

-Whenever I'm Facebook stalking someone and I find out that their profile is public I feel like a kid on Christmas morning who just got the Red Ryder BB gun that I always wanted. 546 pictures? Don't mind if I do!

- Is it just me or do high school girls get sluttier & sluttier every year?

-If Carmen San Diego and Waldo ever got together, their offspring would probably just be completely invisible.

-Why is it that during an ice-breaker, when the whole room has to go around and say their name and where they are from, I get so incredibly nervous? Like I know my name, I know where I'm from, this shouldn't be a problem....

-You never know when it will strike, but there comes a moment at work when you've made up your mind that you just aren't doing anything productive for the rest of the day.

-Can we all just agree to ignore whatever comes after DVDs? I don't want to have to restart my collection.

-There's no worse feeling than that millisecond you're sure you are going to die after leaning your chair back a little too far.

-I'm always slightly terrified when I exit out of Word and it asks me if I want to save any changes to my ten page research paper that I swear I did not make any changes to.

- "Do not machine wash or tumble dry" means I will never wash this ever.

-I hate being the one with the remote in a room full of people watching TV. There's so much pressure. 'I love this show, but will they judge me if I keep it on? I bet everyone is wishing we weren't watching this. It's only a matter of time before they all get up and leave the room. Will we still be friends after this?'

-I hate when I just miss a call by the last ring (Hello? Hello?Dammit!), but when I immediately call back, it rings nine times and goes to voicemail. What'd you do after I didn't answer? Drop the phone and run away?

- I hate leaving my house confident and looking good and then not seeing anyone of importance the entire day. What a waste.

-When I meet a new girl, I'm terrified of mentioning something she hasn't already told me but that I have learned from some light internet stalking.

-I like all of the music in my iTunes, except when it's on shuffle, then I like about one in every fifteen songs in my iTunes

.-Why is a school zone 20 mph? That seems like the optimal cruising speed for pedophiles...

- As a driver I hate pedestrians, and as a pedestrian I hate drivers, but no matter what the mode of transportation, I always hate cyclists.

-Sometimes I'll look down at my watch 3 consecutive times and still not know what time it is.

-It should probably be called Unplanned Parenthood.

-I keep some people's phone numbers in my phone just so I know not to answer when they call.

-Even if I knew your social security number, I wouldn't know what do to with it.

-Even under ideal conditions people have trouble locating their car keys in a pocket, hitting the G-spot, and Pinning the Tail on the Donkey - but I’d bet my ass everyone can find and push the Snooze button from 3 feet away, in about 1.7 seconds, eyes closed, first time every time...

-My 4-year old son asked me in the car the other day "Dad what would happen if you ran over a ninja?" How the hell do I respond to that?

-It really pisses me off when I want to read a story on CNN.com and the link takes me to a video instead of text.

-I wonder if cops ever get pissed off at the fact that everyone they drive behind obeys the speed limit.

-I think the freezer deserves a light as well.

-I disagree with Kay Jewelers. I would bet on any given Friday or Saturday night more kisses begin with Miller Lites than Kay.

-The other night I ordered takeout, and when I looked in the bag, saw they had included four sets of plastic silverware. In other words, someone at the restaurant packed my order, took a second to think about it, and then estimated that there must be at least four people eating to require such a large amount of food. Too bad I was eating by myself. There's nothing like being made to feel like a fat bastard before dinner.

So Long Video Games

Man why can't I remember to update this thing. Ok this past month has been another busy one for us, but then again, when isn't it?

For those of you who don’t know Mat personally let me fill you in a little. For as long as I’ve known him (7 years) he has played video games. I didn’t know the extent of it until after we got married. He would play whenever he could. Once Rory was born he cut back a lot. Well lately it had gotten bad and I mean BAD! It really started to take away from his family. I didn’t want him to choose between the games or us but defiantly had to put my foot down. I don’t think he even knew how bad it had gotten until confronted him about it. I told him I didn’t mind him playing when Rory is napping or in bed but that he doesn’t need to be playing when Rory is awake. Mat told me to hide the power cord for it until he learned how to play his guitar that he just had to have 2 years. I agreed. The next thing I knew he is talking about selling all of it.

I was shocked! I mean, I always thought I’d be married to Mat and his games. So he went to GameStop and they were only going to give us like $200. Are you kidding me?! We have put over a grand into this addiction of his over the years. So I hit up Craigslist. I came across an ad from some kid that was willing to trade all his paintball gear for an Xbox with all the bells and whistles. Mat has always wanted to get into paintballing but buying all the equipment for it is very pricing. Plus Mat has a habit of buying things and then never using them, again the guitar and all his camping gear. So Mat called the kid and they made the trade. I think the trade was harder on me than it was for him. But I am very happy to have my hubby back.

So now that the video games are gone, expect my Wii, Mat has gotten serious about his guitar. He called a guy who teaches out of his home and has had about 3 lessons now. I cannot believe how quick he is picking it up. I love listening to him practice. Rory loves the guitar as you can see in the last post. I am so proud of him for finally deciding to learn to play and sticking to it.

Good Bye video gaming husband. Hello my paintballing, guitar playing husband!!!

Wordless Wednesday

Its Painted!

My wall is done....it is FINALLY painted!!!! So Friday night after we put Rory in bed we moved the furniture and started painting. YAY! I was so excited. After we got done with the first coat Mat said it would be to dark if we added a second. As we were starring at the freshly painted wall we noticed we missed some spots. So Mat decided to touch them. Bad idea. The next morning when we woke up we decided it did need a second coat. So after Rory went down for his nap we did the second coat. I'm so glad we did, it looks so much better.

I completely forgot to take a before picture but you can see the color of the before wall here.
Here is an after shot. The camera doesn't do it justice. The beige color has a purple under hue and so does the brown.

Picked A Color

I'm soooo excited i got the color for the living room. For those who don't remember i found the color i wanted a while back but while i was on vacation Mat decided he didnt like the color. He said it was too dark and that completely bummed me out. So we have been going back and forth about color choices. It amazes me how talking about our color choices reflex's our personalities. Mat likes the bright and cheery colors while i like the warm and cozy ones. We are only doing an accent wall and the main wall is sooo hard to flow with. Its a tanish color with a little purple hue to it. I love the color so much nicer than off white or anything like that. Its just hard to find a color to go with it. Since Mat vetoed my choice we found another color, a greenish brown color. It was really pretty so we bought a little trial size of it. Good thing we did because it did not go well with main wall. Back to square one. Cristina came over yesterday to go to Home Depot with me to look for another color and there it was.....the perfect color. It looks just like my first choice just a few shades lighter. We took the swatch home and i showed it to Mat and he liked it. YIPPEE!!! So Friday night after Rory goes to bed Mat and I are going to paint the wall. I'm soooo excited. I'll have pictures up as soon as we are done.

My First Wordless Wednesday

I know its supposed to be wordless but look i made my first signature. yay go me!

Im Back!!!

Oh man its been way too long since I've updated. Let's see where i left off......oh yea i went on an extended vacation.

Vacation was a blast and went by way too fast. I will NEVER travel with a child alone again.....EVER! Luckily on one of the flights i sat next to some boy scouts and they helped me out but all the other flights did any one help? Nope. Even going through security was hell. I had to take the sippy cups out of the bag for them to test, get Rory out of his stroller, break down the stroller, put the stroller on the belt all while making sure little man doesn't run off. And the worst part of it, the workers are just standing there starring at you. Thanks for your help!

I was so relieved to finally land into Wichita. We were a little early which is even better. My heart started to pound as i thought about finally seeing my mom. I'm such a mommas girl and miss her so much. I get to the end and i cant find her but out of no where there's Kendra!!! I just started crying. I didn't know she was going to surprise me like that. We change Rory and when we got done there was my momma.

The next week and a half is a blur. There was so much to get done for Kendra's wedding. Everyday we had something to do or somewhere to go. The day of her wedding finally came and thankfully it stopped raining just in time for pictures and ceremony. My speech was brilliant. And Kendra looked gorgeous as always.

While Kendra was on her honeymoon mom, Rory and I went to go visit my grandma in Manhattan. I just wanted to hold on to her the whole time. I kills me to be away from her in her condition. It was so terrible having to saying goodbye but had to. The next day Mats parents and little sister were in town for a wedding so we went and spent some time with them in the pool. I didn't realized how much he has grown until Kim and I were talking about it. Katie's wedding was beautiful and Rory had a blast on the dance floor with all the other kids. Unfortunately i had to peel him of the floor to go pick up my mom from work.

The last week I was there was very eventful. Mom and I, along with Kendra, took Rory to the water park and boy did we have a blast. Rory is such a little fish. And boy is he a flirt. He kept blowing kisses to the lifeguards. It was so cute, my little ladies man. The next day Kendra, mom and I took Rory to the zoo and got mauled by goats in the petting zoo. I was really surprised that Rory went near them. Last time we took him to the petting zoo he freaked out. The zoo was a lot more fun now that he is older and knows his animals. After the zoo Kendra and I made our appointments for our tattoos. Yes I got a tattoo.

Kendra and I have been talking about getting a tattoo together for awhile now, but never have. So now it seemed like the perfect time. We both got the Celtic symbol for friendship with an emphasis on sister love. She got hers on her right foot and I got mine on my left. Kendra and I have been friends for 6 years now and i cant imagine us not being in each others lives.

The day came for us to leave and boy was it a sad sad day. Mom and I said a quick goodbye so that neither of us would cry. I was so excited to go home but didn't want to leave everyone. I didn't even get to see half the people that i wanted to either. The flight wasn't bad, I'm just glad i sat to nice people to played with Rory. He got in around 1030pm and since Mat was at work a friend had to pick us up. Now i know i have high hopes but i cant help it. I had this vision of me walking through my front door to see a nice clean house, my walls painted and maybe even flowers on the dinning room table. HAHA yeah right. The house was trashed and it smelled funky. I put Rory to sleep and just cried. I was back to the world of reality. Back to cooking and cleaning. boo!

I was as giddy as a school girl the next morning waiting for Mat to get home. It felt like it had been forever since I'd seen him. After a few dozen kisses Mat said he was going to take us somewhere. We ended up at Middleton Place which is a plantation not too far and its the worlds oldest landscaped gardens or something like that. I was really pretty except the part where we got lost using a map.

Since being home Ive really had to get back into the swing of things. I clean the carpets, caught up on the laundry and unpacked a few more boxes. I'm sure i left out sooo much but that's the most of it. I will have pictures up all this next week.

XOXO

Nicole and Rory