Booby Trap...

I called home to see how the kiddos are doing...
And Trinity asked me...
T: Mom, what's a booby trap?
Me: a trap that you use to surprise people (as I'm googling for the exact definition)
T: Why is it called a booby trap? is it filled with boobies?
Me: ___________ *speechless

I love my kids, they say the craziest things that makes my day a little brighter...

Growing Child and His Personality...

My first born is going to be 7 this year...and he's starting to show his personality.  He's very mature on some aspects but at the same time also very reserved and sensitive.

I just had a 1.5 hour talk/discussion with him this morning that involved: talking, cajoling, whining, crying, screaming, stomping and I don't remember what else.  He's been going to Summer Splash Camp for the past month at the local YMCA.  When all of the sudden yesterday he begs me not to send him to the swim lesson part of the camp anymore.  He's been doing fine according to the counselor, but they've been teaching him to jump into the deep end and he's getting very uncomfortable with it.  I'm trying to understand, but at the same time I want him to learn how to swim properly.  I am questioning my self at this time if maybe it's a tad too soon...or too late...

I don't want to force him to do something if he doesn't want to for fear of turning him off of it, but yet, I'm a 'tiger' mom who wants her son to achieve the best...a lot of things going on in my head right now...Now I know why people always said parenting is one of the hardest job out there...but so worth it...(I hope:))

Work and Family... Should They Be Mixed?

Sometimes I wonder if 'professionalism' or should I say 'maturity' comes with age...A co-worker of mine recently got let go because of a mistake that happened that is not tolerable at all in our company.  We even had to sign a document a few months ago acknowledging that if something like this happen, it's ground for termination.  What creates a bigger issue than necessary in this whole situation is that the older sister of the 'let go' co-worker also works in the same company, and as the big sister I'm sure her 'big sister' mode kicked in, and she wants to protect her sister.
But the older sister is a manager in our company, where as the younger sis isn't, but she works in a different department.  Older sis decided to get involved, and ran after the younger sis to see what happened right after she just left the HR office.  This didn't sit well with our HR Department.  Anyway...then older sis decided to give HR and the Department Head where her sister use to work the cold shoulder treatment...because she can't believe that they let her sister go.  Big sis has been with the company for 5 years and lil sis for 1 year.

What I can't understand is, why do people think that it's okay to do this...To alienate your co-workers because of a consequence of her younger sister mistake. Does she not realized that it's not a professional thing to do something like this.  Maybe I shouldn't judge, and I try not to...but I just don't get it.  I understand you want to protect your love ones, but maybe in my idealistic mind, this can't be mixed with works.  When you're at work, one is supposed to keep things professional.  Whether you're working with a friend or family, it shouldn't be mixed.  Because sometimes the lines can be blurred, and you can't separate the two that's when mess are created.  I wonder if age has anything to do with it, or maybe common sense...I don't know...

I'm also speaking from my own experience, I almost lost a 10 year old friendship because I worked with my close friend for about 1 year.  It's a good thing that I had to move with my husband when his job transferred him to another city, because I think if my friend and I had to work any longer together, that would've jeopardize our friendship.

Any who... that's just what's been on my mind recently...I know it's not exciting or anything...but I did warn you guys that this blog is about random thoughts...

What do you think?

Say No to People's Magazine - Krazy Glue Edition...

Note to self: When your husband spilled krazy glue on your magazine and didn't clean it up... DO NOT pick it up and start reading it...because when your hand is stuck to the cover of your magazine n you are forced to peel off the page along with your layer of epidermis off your palm...He's not gonna help you or sympathize with you...instead he's just gonna sit there n laugh at you...

That's exactly what I did...it was pretty hilarious...maybe I didn't think so at first, I was so confused why the magazine was stuck to my palm.  At first I thought it was the kids that spilled something sweet or sticky, but when it wouldn't separate from my hand, I looked at it closer, that's when I caught a whiff of the fumes...It dawned on me what it was then. When I did manage to pull off the cover, there is part of the letter S (in yellow) imprinted on my palm, so I spent the next 15 minutes picking at it and pulling off my dead skin cells...Thank you Hubby!!

First Post on this Soapbox...

Why did I start another blog? Because I want to be able to say what I want to say when I want to say, even if it's not kids related...(I do have a blog that I dedicated to things that my kids say or do...but I haven't been updating that lately due to personal reasons)

Sometimes I have random thoughts that I wish I could just say out loud, or even on Facebook...but due to the nature of my work, I am required to be a 'people person' in a customer service friendly world...
In other word, I shouldn't be a bitch or at least not publicly where it might come back and bite me in the ass... I think it's a bunch of bull crap...but since I do still need the paychecks, I will follow the company policy.

In saying that, it doesn't mean that I'm just gonna use this blog to bitch.  I will use it to share funny, exciting experiences, even the boring ones too... oh and anything shiny that I want to share with the world.

Basically, this will be my soapbox.  I will share this with my closest friends that will understand me and wouldn't think I'm crazy (or I hope not) when they read what I have to say... oh, and maybe to strangers that don't know me at all...so that way if they are going to judge me or what I wrote, I don't know them and I couldn't really care less about what they have to say...

So there...hope you enjoy reading this blog as much as I will enjoy writing it...