Random Thoughts and Tidbits: Part 9

Generally my bullet points aren't quite this wordy.  The one-liners are better and easier to read.  But sometimes you just need more than one sentence.

• Recently, I've been experiencing a lot of spam comments.  Blogger filters them straight to my junk box, but they still come into my e-mail as comments.  Which means I open them and start to read them.  There are some seriously filthy, dirty people out there.  And it's super annoying that I'm wasting my time even having to open them.  So I changed my settings to not allow anonymous comments.  A regular reader let me know today that she can no longer comment on my blog using the name/url.  I'll check my settings again to see what I can do, but if anyone else is having issues leaving a comment, please let me know by e-mailing me directly (my address is under the 'contact me' tab up top) or hitting me up on my Facebook page.
•  So, The Girl is sittin' on the counter the other day while I'm getting chicken out to defrost for dinner.  She asks what kind of meat it is.  I reply, chicken.  She says, noooo, what kind of MEAT is it?  Uh, CHICKEN.  Nooooo, what kind of ANIMAL did it come from.  Me, snort laughing, CHICKEN.  Mooooom, what kind of ANIMAL did the CHICKEN come from?!?!  Emma, chicken comes from chickens.  I swear it was like a Who's on first conversation that continued on for WAY too long.
• Speaking of food, I made mashed potatoes the other night. I had a couple small parsnips in the fridge and I just so happen to LOVE them, so I threw them in with the potatoes.  I swear, we sat down to dinner and the first thing The Kid says when he takes his first bite is, aaaahhhhhh, Mooooom, why did you have to put PARSNIPS in here.  You knoooow, I don't like them!  Okay, seriously, what kid has that kind of taste detection after eating parsnips MAYBE twice in his life!?
• The Girl is obsessed with our local Top 40 station right now.  The newest Bruno Mars song gets cranked every time it comes on.  I'm waiting for the "what's sex" question.  Why do they have to put that on the radio?  I hate that it's a great song, 'cause I wanna crank it too.  :)  Also, the new Brittney song.  Um yeah, it only took them a couple times to realize what she was saying.  Now, it also is ranked in the top five.  Ugh.
• The Girl lost her first tooth.  Awwwww.
• Did I mention I started a kitchen fund?  I've wanted to redo the kitchen for over ten years, so I figure now's as good a time as any to actually start SAVING for it.  It's just a container where I throw any spare change I find.  The morning after the tooth fairy had come (see previous bullet point) The Girl told me she wanted to put the money in the kitchen fund.  Did I mention, awwwwwww?
• In my house, I control the remote.  There was never a conversation about it.  It's just the way it's always been.  If I sit down and he has it, he silently hands it over.  Does that say something about me?
• Have you seen the commercial for the marinated pork tenderloin that you cook in the bag?  That.  You.  Cook.  In.  The.  Bag.  The plastic bag.  Am I the only one that is completely appalled and disgusted by this?
• Any other American Idol junkies in the house?
• Baby said, cheese, today.  Yep, she's mine.
• I've got a birthday boy in the house tomorrow.  The Mom has miles to go before she sleeps.