Airsoft guns + 10 year old boys + cake= The Man Bash Birthday

We survived the airsoft war ManBash that was Buddy boy's 10 year birthday bash.  This is the kid who was never allowed to have even a play gun.  I was that mom who insisted that guns would make him a mass murderer and our house didn't have even one play gun until he was a cowboy for Halloween one year and I caved.  Mr. Man took full rein on that one and bought a CAP gun. (I about came unglued!)   I think he worried that I might never have another lapse in judgement again so he tried to get his money's worth out of me...little did he know that in 2008/2009 I would have a complete mental break that included a gun safety class, a Red Ryder for Christmas and now air soft guns that can cause a welt and even blood if you hit exposed skin from a few feet.   I think this is what happens when you try to smother pure instinct.  My son had his fair share of guns...made of bananas, sticks, toilet paper rolls, fingers, you name it and he was able to turn it into a gun complete with sound effects.  Sure, my friends laugh and I am sure have had conversation about how I have lost my mind.  But the party was a huge hit, the boys came home minus any injuries and even the dads are talking about when it will be their turn to have a shoot out in the mountains.  Here's a video and some pics to capture the day. 

 

  

It really was the perfect day, tomorrow's post: From gun slinging war men to Baseball League Champs!

Cool things I've Learned from Twitter

5 Ways to Increase Your Blog Traffic
spmarneLearning how to consolidate some of this twitterbooking at http://tinyurl.com/bz8up63 minutes ago from web

1. If you ask for help it will come.

I posted this question:

ok this is going to sound REALLY dumb, but here goes- I bought a domain name and hosting thru godaddy...now what do I do? :)6:03 PM Mar 12th from web

and got this reponse like 4 minutes later:
GoDaddyGuy@Kellypaull, The first step is to go through the hosting setup - http://tr.im/hjm0. Do you have a plan for building the site?6:07 PM Mar 12th from web in reply to Kellypaull

then I got this:

GoDaddyGuy@Kellypaull, Let me give you a call. What's the domain name?6:29 PM Mar 12th from Tweetie in reply to Kellypaull

He called me, we chatted on the phone for 30 minutes, he walked me through everything and Shazam, things were on a roll!

I asked this:

I'm a fashion victim...what shoes would YOU put with this dress? mind you I'm a giraffe on skates in high heels http://tinyurl.com/cvka8y8:55 AM Mar 10th from web

and got this:

ShoeMall@Kellypaull: www.NinaShoes.com has a lot of sparkly dress shoes - lots have higher heels though. www.ChineseLaundry.com has fun shoes too.

RT @guykawasaki Gmail allows you to "Undo Send" if you act in 5 seconds http://tinyurl.com/dkxyow How about Undo Tweet!

kind of like google docs, but live...pretty cool for collaborative projects http://etherpad.com
@GoDaddyGuy thanks for telling me about destroy twitter, have been using it all day and loving it!
@Girlfriendology I love your site!! very cool, I know I will lose myself there!

The law of reciprocity. This means someone helps you so you have the desire to do something for someone else:
case in point:
I must be crazy...anyone?? My computer screen is upside down? This is nuts!

so I did a google search and sent her this:
@Hostess_Tori this might help http://tinyurl.com/dhf9hj

some other helpful soul sent her this: (much easier than my reply!)

@Hostess_Tori CTRL, ALT and UP (arrow) keys should fix it.

then being the polite tweeter she is, I got this:

Hostess_Tori@Kellypaull thanks!! Fixed now- work resume, lol. Upright.7 minutes ago from web in reply to Kellypaull


What have YOU learned from Twitter?

Dear other bloggers, you ROCK, you make me feel inferior, but I star you in my reader anyway!

I may have been on a hiatus from the blog, but that doesn't mean I haven't been all over the web reading, starring and enjoying other people's blogs and awesomeness! I'm shocked at the spectrum of material that I not only read, but star. Enjoy!

I'm a newly converted coupon whore. My Frugal Adventures is an AWESOME blog. Charlene puts an incredible amount of time into her tips and I appreciate all that I am learning from her. My first trip to the grocery store using ONLY her printable coupons saved me 48% of my bill!

These cinnamon rolls make me drool and the picture on Joy's site are sure to make you hungry and at least 5 lbs heavier just by looking at them. Such a great place for all things delish.

This was something I had every intention of doing, Simple Mom makes me feel inadequate, but she's got such a great way of making me feel like I REALLY could do this if I just gave it even a smidge of effort...

I love a blog that makes me feel better about my junk drawer though and total props for Happy Hour Sue who videos her webkin explosion as well as her junk drawer. Oh, and Sue, my kitchen looks like that too! Check out Simple Mom, you'll feel inadequate too.

Target clearance schedule...this seemed important and highly top secret information to me which is why I starred it in my reader...now I don't need it because I have Charlene and her incredible Target tips... oh and I found out it isn't really that top secret.

It isn't Fall anymore, but I wanted this "look"... ask anyone who knows me...I didn't have this look at all this Fall. Maybe next Fall?

So, just a little link love for some of the NUMEROUS bloggers who kept my reader full and me in the know during my funk.

Much love to Headless Mom over at The Adventures of the Headless Family and Steph at Serenity Now! Serenity Now! for encouraging me to come back and checking in with me while I was gone. Love you guys!!

I smell a lie...what do you think??

Check out this video, then post in the comments your opinion:




My gut is just telling me that this girl did not "fall asleep" at the tattoo parlor while someone poked needles in her face to make 56 stars. Here's where the lie comes in. She either knowingly got the tattoos and she's lying about falling asleep OR she was on drugs and was able to sleep through the whole thing but doesn't want to get in trouble for being dosed up. Either way, I am showing this to my kids as proof of what happens when you lie to your parents.

What do YOU think?

When the Emergency Alert System Goes Off--Run Outside With Your Camera!

Don't do this at home!

Here's the joy that weather brings after the storm, simply beautiful!

Where I come back to the blog with something not so funny

I have taken a much needed, although not wanted, break from my blog. I felt I couldn't be here sharing the funny happenings of my daily life when I felt like I needed to talk about what was REALLY going on. Friends told me to blog around it, others didn't understand why it mattered if you were reading, I just couldn't bring myself to do it. The clouds are beginning to part and I'm taking back what is mine. I have gotten past the fact that you might be reading here, you might get a glimpse into my life, it's ups and its downs. I'm back today because this not so funny video needs to be shared AND I'm ready to be myself again, with or without you in my life. This video shows me that there are much bigger worries and problems in this world than what I have going on. Even if I don't have any readers anymore, I don't care. I'm back to doing what makes me happy...sharing things I find funny, interesting, important.




It feels good to be back.

Where Does the Day Go? A Tool to SHOW You!

Wow! I'm glad I work from home when I compare pies I spend the bulk of my time with my kids or sleeping. The average CNN poll taker spends the majority of their time working or sleeping. (there was no option for time spent taking polls on CNN.com)

I didn't have an option for blogging, Facebook, Twitter or screwing around on the internet, so I just called it "work" and included that in there as well.




Want to see what YOUR pie chart might look like?