Daily dose of coffee and pchlotto

Every morning I get up and grab that almighty cup o' java that will help perk me up.  One tsp of sugar, peppermint mocha creamer and a tad of milk get me rockin.  I plop down and check the weather and my email. Lame, oh sure, suck it.  It's my morning, don't judge me. :p

I do all my email junk and open up my PCH folder.  Yep Publisher's Clearing House.  It's still out there and though the prizes are small in today's market, they're more than I've got.  I pass the time on their lotto which has a LOT of glitches.  LOT. OF. GLITCHES.  After I tell it to Quick Pick and submit I have to immediately jump over to another tab in my browser.  If I do not they have some weird error messages that pop up 18-20 times.  Yeah, really, that many.  I click the big red X, then their stupid ad comes on and reloads the page.  sigh.  So now I bypass that with changing tabs.  I'm not sure how it helps.  Logically it shouldn't.  It does.

When it's ad time, I refresh.  It says "Do you want to leave this page or stay?" um yeah leave.  It just allows you to skip the ad which is usually 30 seconds of wasted time.  After about the 8 or so lotto chances they give you it moves you on to bonus stuffs.  The fun part.  You get slots.  Their music also glitches and there's no way to shut it off.  Ever.  If there is a pop up box telling you that you got a bonus or extra "diamonds" telling you that you have a shot at more sweepstakes stuff NEVER click the OK button.  You have no idea how long it took me to figure this out.  Only click the X button.  The OK button kills whatever javascript it is on that page that says clickable.  You can no longer spin if you click ok and have no choice but to refresh.  After each there is, you guessed it, an ad.  Refresh.  Not because you hate ads but because the music will play over the next lotto music until you're ready to puke in your wonderful java and NO ONE wants that. 

The last one is their spin the wheel.  Again only click X in the pop up or you can't spin.  Each diamond is a spin and could net you money or entries.  After that you "scratch" off extra diamonds for the next day and move on to games.  Play 3 (no issues *gasp* I know) with bonus stuff in between and NO ads.  Then you go to their regular Games page and play whatever (if you log in) and playing gets you tokens to put on things like $500 Walmart card or $50 at Best Buy.  It takes up less than 30 minutes a morning and it's kinda fun if you know the quirks.  Meh.  I think I'll have another cup o java and play games now. :D

What gives you purpose?

Many moons ago I watched a young fellow named Philip DeFranco do a silly youtube show.  I thought he was pretty funny and subscribed to his page.  I would occasionally get emails from youtube but never once did I read them.  I'm not a huge youtube person really.  I went there to re-learn crochet and I do watch funny stuff on there from time to time.  ( Honestly if you've not yet seen Lo Pan Style, you've not lived.  If  you don't know who that is, it's from John Carpenter's Big Trouble in Little China 1986. )  So when these subscription emails came in they were immediately deleted.  For years.

Months ago I was bored and cleaning out my email when one came in.  Lil PhillyD is still making videos.  I watched a couple of them.  He's still kinda funny, he's political but really rather unbiased and he's moved on up to more of a studio (well in one room anyway) than where ever like he use to be.  I'm not always so keen on his sexy girl thing but to each his own.  He's doing well and that's groovy.  Anyway, the subscription email came out today and it had a video from PhillyD from 3 days ago.  What gives you purpose?  It was good.  No flashy intro, no chicks, no news, just his opinion.  Not just of things around him but of himself.  Everyone soul searches but with someone so public and so out there it's nice to see that he can just be himself and say "I have issues too".

It's really deep.  Thinking about things like that around the holidays is nothing new.  What gives me purpose?  I'm a wife and a mom but it's not all that defines me.  It's a huge part of my life and I choose to be a great wife and mom.  I don't just do it because I have to or it's expected of me.

I did that silly "tell everyone what you're thankful for" on fb last month and it really made me realize that with the busy life schedule, I often forget the little things that make it worth it.  I crochet because I enjoy it, not just profit. I'm a giver, I'm a believer, I'm me.  I don't want to be anyone else.  Life isn't perfect but if we didn't stop and ask "why am I here, who am I really, what do I enjoy" then we'd never know the answers.  You don't just say "oh now that's the answer to a question I never asked".

I wake up in the morning and turn off the alarm.  I stumble to the kids room and wake them up.  I stumble to the coffee pot for some tasty caffeine and as I sit here sipping I remember that I'm really thankful to be able to wake up.  I'm thankful we can afford a rental home and heat.  We can afford coffee and computers.  I'm incredibly fortunate to have a husband I love to the depth of my being and he loves me.  We have two really great and healthy kids.  Life is good.

I love to crochet, chat with family online, I love to give things to others and help others.  A friend once told me that I must have wonderful karma.  I don't know.  Karma is kinda doing selfless acts for others so you may receive greater gifts.  If I'm doing these things because I get fulfillment doing them, does it not make it a selfish act? sigh.

The Batman Theory

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I have this wild theory that Batman can solve any problem.  Sometimes he needs just the right gadget but sometimes it's just a matter of looking cool and doing a high kick to knock the problem on it's rear.

That being said, I freaking hate modern bras.  Ok, I get you.  "How does batman tie into bras?" How does it NOT?  A woman's most used gadget is her bra.

Every morning it's on, every night it's off.  Unless you are one of those that let the girls fly solo.  In that case, yes, we've seen you in those People of... pages. 

Our nearest Victoria's Secret is 45 miles away but that 45 miles takes over an hour to get to.  $45 in gas to get a $45 bra.  Then you walk in and casually ask the size 2 associate if you can get a sexy bra that doesn't scream "mom bra" only to get the "pft, whateva" look.  Then the drive home you feel unfulfilled in wasting hours of your day, guilty for spending nearly $100 on a bra you know you won't wear every day because it's cute but either pokes holes into your ribcage or you can only wear occasionally when you WANT a wardrobe malfunction. 

Inevitably we end up in Walmart, Kmart or Target and spend an hour looking for one that doesn't push your boobs up to your throat area, moderately supportive, an underwire that won't turn porcupine in a week's time,  attractive enough to wear every day and cute enough to want to show off at night. (wink)  Nope.  Most of them scream "Teenager's will wear me" or "I'm a beige bra for your grandma, fatty, not a miracle worker".

It's that or JC Pennys/Sears where you feel like you're spending too much to, again, not get something you want.  You could turn to the internet but you don't know if you buy it that it would fit.  Do you really want to return a bra after one use?  ugh.  I know there has to be a better solution out there.  I've sure not found it.  Winter is obviously not the time to look for one.  I guess I fall in the pretty Moderate range.  Once you have kids, yeah they're bigger but they don't just snap back into place like elastic.

I'm in the in between range on clothing of all kinds.  I can't really shop in the plus sizes because everything slides off of me but I can't shop in the regular women's department either.  An example, sure.  I need jeans.  Seriously, I buy kids clothes and stuff for the hubbster but for me...I have maybe two pairs of pants.  Yeah.  I go try some on.  Size 8, I fall on my face an have to nearly cut the jeans off me.  Size 10 is ok but far too tight in the thighs, comfy on the rear but the waist hangs.  Size 12 fits great but I need a belt to wrap around me a couple of times.  I think I need to figure out how to design a Moderately Moderate Collection for folks like me that want to look nice for a fairly affordable price, have undergarments that match and don't look like the cartoon drawing of the big mama looking for her missing kitty and a gadget bra that lifts, tucks, comforts and brings on the sexeh that you're looking for.  Batman would have just the gadget.  Oh yes, he would.  If not, Alfred would.  I'm pretty sure under that tuxedo and quiet British demeanor he's a wildcat like Dr. Frank-N-Furter.

If you have ideas or thoughts...comment dearies :)

In the Beginning

In this blog I hope to, sort of, showcase who we are and who we are not.  We have grand ideas.  We are artisans in our own right.  We are just like you.  Now it's time to embrace it, laugh at it, cry about it and share it.