I Lost It Yesterday
From Kurt…
I Lost It Yesterday -
It happened around 4:37 in the afternoon. I went out to snowblow the driveway…I was already kranky about having to remove snow again. It was cold…it was windy…it was miserable.
The snowblower turned on right away…glee filled my soul. Then I began snowblowing…and no matter, where I adjusted the chute, the wind would blow the snow right back into my face…EVERY SINGLE TIME! It was ridiculous…it was mind-numbing…it was frustrating…and after the third pass down the driveway….covered in snow from head to toe…I lost it. I just let out a good 15 second yell through the neighborhood…and began just stomping around. I won’t lie…there might have been some jumping up and down as well…in other words…it was full-blown temper tantrum.
I’m sick of this snow. On my way back in to the house, I went into the snow with my boots, and just began stomping on it…like I was trying to punish it. That’s not normal behavior, I know…but I don’t care…the snow must feel my wrath.
New Doritos -
HyVee was out of my favorite Spicy&Sweet Chili Doritos before the Super Bowl…so Jennifer picked me up their latest flavor “Late Night Cheeseburger”. I took a bite of the chip, and immediately said “This tastes just like a Burger King cheeseburger”. Jennifer tried on, and was shocked at my dead-on analysis. Try them…you will think the same. They’re good…but they’re not Spicy&Sweet Chili.
The Cover of the New Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue -
She’s no Marisa Miller…but Brooklyn Decker gives it a heck of an effort! (You might know Brooklyn Decker as Mrs. Andy Roddick).
Dear John -
Jennifer and her friend Emily went and saw this on Sunday afternoon…she liked it…but, I think Channing Tatum influenced her decision heavily. She hadn’t read the book, so she couldn’t compare it. I’ll have to have her give me a better review.
Showing the House -
Even though we don’t have it on the market officially…we already had someone look at our house yesterday. We got a lot of positive feedback…but more importantly, I think our 3 cats behaved! Whoo hoo!
Pregnancy Brain -
Jennifer sent me an article yesterday about “pregnancy brain” - Here was the gist of the article -
Pregnancy and motherhood don’t cause women to have memory lapses and other cognitive problems, even though the concept of ”pregnancy brain” and ”momnesia” are widely accepted, according to a new Australian study.
I disagree with this study…Jennifer has had a few little memory lapses lately…which have been very funny. Example…our Super Bowl pizza that Jennifer put in the oven…well, she forgot to remove the cardboard…d’oh. Jennifer blamed “pregnancy brain”…and I agree with her…this Australian study is wrong.
Lost Tonight -
All I ask for tonight is that we finally get a name for the Man in Black…I hate seeing MIB written in every article….just give the dude a name. Oh…what would Lost have looked like if it were made in the 60s? Behold…
Tom the Bowler -
Blog commenter Sue’s husband, Tom, is a fantastic bowler. If you know Tom Hess, you shake his hand, and you say “I hear you’re a great bowler”. He is quite good. He bowled at 732 against us last night…and from what I remember him telling us last night, over the weekend while at State, he posted 2, maybe 3, 300 games…and he said it like it was no big deal. Well done Tom.
Do you know who’s not a good bowler? My friend Eric. Thanks for the 127 last night…oh, and thanks for picking up that crazy split, costing me nearly $4 in quarters. Our scores from last night are going towards “Bowl For the Cure”…but there’s no thanks from Eric and his paltry, sucky bowling.
I bowled my second straight 600 series. If I could just pick up the 7 pin, I would have had 3 games in the 215s. (ended up with 201, 201, and 205).
Oh, I nearly forgot, so we had a bet that Eric would be within 100 pins of Tom’s series score…we could have give Eric 225 extra pins, it wouldn’t have mattered. Tom beat Eric by 120 pins Game 3 alone. If you know Eric…I encourage you to walk up to him…shake his hand…and say “You are an awful, awful bowler”.
AWESOME is as AWESOME does!
February 9th, 2010 at 9:37 am
I am glad to hear you lost it. It was well deserved! This has been the worst winter I can remember. I will have to admit, picturing you all bundled up coated in a layer of white throwing a temper tantrum… priceless.
Doritos. We bought a bag of the Late Night Cheeseburger last week at the store and I agree with your analysis. We are also big fans of the Pizza Ranch combo and the Tacos at Midnight. Pringles is trying to copy these flavors, last week we also bought Seven-Layer dip, Mozzarella Stick, and Bloomin’ Onion, not the best but OK for a pringle. Stick to the Doritos.
I want to see Dear John, but just to see Channing. Yeah, I’m a BIG fan.
Cooking the cardboard, I have done this several times. I swear Jake thinks I sabotage cooking just so I do not have to do it. I just do not have the attention span for cooking, even a frozen pizza. It is very sweet of you to support her and her pregnancy brain though, see another great example for that husband class you are developing…
Bowling sounds like a blast. I was decent, usually around like a 170 but I only played a couple times a year. I have been scared to cowl since I had my shoulder surgery, the Dr said it is OK, and I lift weights 2-3x a week but still throwing a 10lb ball freaks me out.
Stay warm! No more tantrums or you may receive a restraining order form Mother Nature, on 2nd thought that may be nice.
February 9th, 2010 at 10:18 am
two short comments for today. I’m completely addicted to the honey mustard pringles. I had to go cold turkey because I was eating them ALL day long at work.
Secondly, I suck at bowling. My son, who is almost 5, smoked me past couple times, with the BUMPERS UP! He get’s very frustrated when he leaves pins standing. Very competitive with himself he is.
The temper tantrum, just made me smile. if i were your neighbor i might have called the men with the white coats on you. LOL!
February 9th, 2010 at 10:30 am
Okay, the snow is ridiculous. Winter has long overstayed its welcome. What am I still doing here in Iowa? Seriously. I’m ready to fly the coop and never return.
Now onto the topic of pregnancy, motherhood & memory. Pregnancy itself and motherhood itself does NOT cause memory lapses. However, sleep deprivation due to motherhood DOES cause memory lapses. I also suspect pregnant women have sleep disturbances, even if they don’t realize it. Hormonal & chemical changes in the body often cause an interruption in the deep sleep stages. So, again, the sleep disturbances related to pregnancy is what can cause memory lapses. I myself am not a mother & have never been pregnant, but I’ve had sleep problems due to a health condition (although this is like the chicken & the egg question — which came first the sleep problems or the health condition?). So, I do know a lot about sleep and the sleep-deprived brain!
Okay, now let’s get started on a petition to ban winter from the state (at least until next December).
February 9th, 2010 at 10:31 am
I am a huge fan of cheese and Mayo, i love to eat it with a spooooooon.
brooklyn - daymn, yes she has the looks but the girl is a stage 5 stalker, had a issue (belive it or not) with her about 8 months back where she was creeping up on me everywhere, dahls, manhatten deli, the library when im pulling off roberys on some of my boys broads left and right and knocking back 22oz Rolling Rocks and poundoing nachos.
One good use of the cold - just stick the 30 pack of Stros on the back porch - keeps the firdge space open!
February 9th, 2010 at 11:20 am
Poor Eric!
I am a respectable, cheerful, single mom, but I must admit my neighbors have possibly heard/seen me throwing the shovel & dropping a few f-bombs in the driveway this winter!
I can also attest that pregnancy brain absolutely is a legitimate affliction! I was not sleep deprived. I had post-its everywhere during pregnancy because as soon as a “to-do” popped into my head I had to write it down or it would be forgotten minutes later. I put the remote control for the TV in the fridge at one point.
February 9th, 2010 at 12:08 pm
hello everyone…Jennifer here! Pregnancy brain is for REAL! I wish everyone could experience it like I have…especially Kurt.
It’s the oddest things that you forget about. I am so paranoid that I am leaving my curling iron on every morning that I have to drive back to our house all the time.
Nathan~your comments make me laugh every day! You are correct…I do have an excellent husband and he should be teaching classes on how to treat your spouse! I totally lucked out meeting such a wonderful man and the soon to be father of the year.
BTW…thank you Kurt for telling eveyone about my cardboard pizza! You are going to have to give me a foot rub for that one tonight!
February 12th, 2010 at 7:42 pm
Just an FYI - you don’t always know when your deep sleep is interrupted. It doesn’t mean you actually wake up — it means you simply aren’t getting into the proper sleep stages and/or staying in the different stages for a beneficial amount of time. I certainly didn’t think I had sleep problems — I was sleeping through the night. Yet when we treated my sleep problems (that I didn’t know I had) I started feeling better & my brain was much more alert & focused. I seriously think it has to do with the hormonal changes. Hormones play a HUGE role in sleep and getting the body into the proper stages of sleep. Okay, done. Just wanted people to realize it is possible to be sleep deprived or deprived of RESTORATIVE sleep without knowing it and while sleeping through the night.