May 30, 2008 | Housekeeping

My traffic has been down lately. WAY down. Like half of normal.

I was starting to think I was boring all of you.

Nope. My rss feed is all messed up again.

Can you all do me a favor?

If you are reading this and came from your reader please let me know which feed reader you use (and if possible the feed address) and if you subscribe to my feed and came here even though my feed isn’t working please let me know which reader you use.

Thanks,

Goon Squad Sarah

ps - I you happen to be some sort of feed prodigy please let me know. I would greatly appreciate any advice you can offer on my dilemma.компютри

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pps (pss?, whatever) Try this one:   http://feeds.feedburner.com/SarahAndTheGoonSquad

May 29, 2008 | Randomness

You know Percy from Thomas the Tank Engine? Have you ever noticed how much “Percy” sounds like “Pussy” when it comes out of the mouth of a four year old? A lot.

Maybe some day Ian will understand why I laughed so hard when he demanded a shirt pith Percy on it.

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My favorite quote of the week was from Claudia “IAN! Stop making that smell!”

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This makes me laugh.

Damn. it came out all pixely. (Shut up. It might be a word.) Oh well, you get the point.

May 28, 2008 | Other Bloggers

Sam at Temporarily me is six days overdue.

Poor Sam.

Karen is throwing her a virtual baby shower. She wanted us to tell Sam some stories about our won overdue babies but since mine were almost six weeks early I am going to have to tell a different story about being really REALLY pregnant.

Even though I only made it into my 34th week of pregnancy I was really quite large. I always figured since I was born with these hips I would have no problem carrying more than one baby at a time.

In fact, I think joking about it so much may have been the cause of me having multiples. Seriously. We don’t have twins in our family.

As it turned out I did have trouble. Even on my 5′ 9″ frame I was bursting with babies. By my 27th week I could no longer fit into any of the XL maternity clothes. By my 28th week my body decided that it had had enough torture and the babies were ready to come out.

My doctors didn’t agree.

At 28 (I thought I was 29 weeks pregnant at the time, but apparently I suck at math) they put me on hospital bed rest.

I kept getting bigger. My Mom went to TJ Max and bought me mens XXXL gym shorts. They fit just fine.

Here is where I need to tell you a little side story. My Dad and I are both serial dieters. We both gain a bunch of weight and then loose it. Then we repeat the cycle. Right before I got pregnant my father went on this hardcore hospital diet. At the time my weight was on the way up and he used to joke that we were going to “pass”. He meant that I was going to weigh more than he did.

My Dad is 6′ 2″.

Guess what? We passed.

The week before my children were born I weighed in at 222 lbs. My Dad weighed 217.

The next week I had two little babies. Claudia only weighed 4 lbs 13 oz. but Ian weighed 6 lbs. 8 oz. Not bad for a premature twin.

I like to joke around that if I was only carrying one child and Ian had gone to full term he would have been 13 pounds. Sure I’m joking but you may notice that I’m not having anymore kids.

Anyway - Godspeed Sam and good luck. We love you.

* I don’t mean to imply that Sam is smelly.

May 27, 2008 | Memes

Ah yes. The six random things meme. Again. But Karen tagged me and you don’t screw around with Karen so here goes.

Six random and weird things about me.

1) Back in the days of cds I used to play something I called “The Game” which involved listening to every one of my cds in alphabetical order.

I had well over 1000 cds.

I did this about once a year.

It took months.

2) I am obsessed with Keens.

3) There are over 200 books on my “to read” list.

4) I wanted to name my child Gruden after the Bucs won the Super Bowl but Gabe said that was crazy.

5) I hate “American Idol” and I won’t watch “Survivor” but I have no problem watching the reality shows about hair salons on Bravo.

6) I take surveys for money. A lot. Seriously. I’ve been doing this one for years. I’ve made hundreds of dollars this way.

That is all.

Sports

Yesterday we went to a Washington Nationals game.

It was a beautiful day and we had free tickets and fantastic seats. The new stadium is beautiful and clean. What more could we ask for?

How about Luke Duke singing the National Anthem?

That’s right. You heard me. Tom Wopat sang the National Anthem at the Nats game yesterday. And he sang it well.

Sadly, I forgot my camera so all you get is this blurry picture from my iPhone.

Still. Luke Duke. Sweet.

(I was more of a Bo Duke fan myself, but I’ve heard John Schneider’s album and as far as singing goes I’ll stick with Luke.)

May 25, 2008 | Proof of My Immaturity, Recipes

Yesterday I was standing in the checkout lane at the grocery store. I was browsing the magazines on display.

I did a double take. Heidi Klum wants me to do what?

Heidi Klum wants me to have sex in an igloo.

I think Heidi Klum is beautiful and great and I love “Project Runway”. However:

1) Personally I don’t see how it is any of her business.

2) How would I even find an igloo?

3) Now I will never be able to shake the image of Heidi Klum and Seal doing it in an igloo.

4) What the hell? How is that a magazine article? Note to self: Marie Claire is most likely a stupid magazine.

And I apologize for the blurry picture. I took it with my phone. As usual, I feel certain that the person behind me in the line thinks I am a lunatic.

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* The punchline from my favorite joke. Also hilarious because the mighty Heidi Klum is married to Seal.

May 24, 2008 | Parenting

Me: Do you want to go to Lowe’s with Daddy?

Claudia: What is Lowe’s?

Gabe: It is like Home Depot - but Blue.

May 23, 2008 | I Just Logged On My Internet

You know what I was thinking the other day? I just don’t write for enough blogs.

I’m kidding.

Still, I am adding two more sites to my list.

The ladies at MamaPop have asked me to join them. How can I say no to a group of such talented smart-asses? I think I’ll fit write in. (With the smart assed part at least.)

In addition, Devra and I have started a fitness/work-out/weightloss blog. We’ve decided to call it Loser Moms. Get it? We’re losing weight? Well, hopefully we’ll be losing weight.

So yeah. That is what I am up to. How about you?

May 22, 2008 | I'm an Idiot, Mama We're All Crazee Now, Music, Uncategorized, iCult

Can somebody please explain to me how iTunes can skip?

Is there a tiny needle somewhere in my computer? In the iPod?

May 21, 2008 | Housekeeping

This is only a test.

If this were a real emergency this would be followed by instructions. Or possibly screaming.

This has been a test of the ohmygoddidIscrewupmyfeedagain? broadcasting system.

Thank you.