Ode To My Snowman Pajama Pants

I was casually shopping at Old Navy several years ago,

When I came across pajama pants covered in snow.

Well, snowmen to be exact, wearing scarves of yellow and red,

And I decided they would be the perfect pants to wear to bed!

They stuck around for many years, even got me through my divorce.

They lived in Urbandale and Ankeny and Cedar Falls of course.

They were big and baggy, and comfortable as hell.

I wore them all winter long and in the summer sometimes as well.

This winter their primary job was as long underwear,

When jeans alone wouldn't do because it was so cold out there.

They started wearing a little thin, especially in the ass,

And I knew their time would be coming soon to pass.

They spent their last day on a farm, trudging through thigh high snow.

I knew it was too much for them, it was their time to go.

They went out with a BANG! splitting across the ass and at the seams.

Thank you pajama pants! Eternal rest, and sweet dreams!

RIP Snowman Pajama Pants

11-2005 to 2-2010

You will be dearly missed.

Michelin Man vs. Stay Puft Marshmallow Man

Have you ever wondered who would win a battle between the Michelin Man and the Stay Puft Marshmallow Man if they were the same size? I only ask because as I flip through an old Reader's Digest given to me by my parents (they have different ways of recycling than most of us) I see an advertisement for Michelin, and all I can see when I look at the puffy white (what the hell is this guy made of anyway?) dude, is the very large, very unhappy giant marshmallow that came after the Ghostbusters in the 1984 movie of the same name.


I posted this exact question as my status on Facebook, and got various answers, that sided with both characters, my favorite being, "Michelin is like rubber, Stay Puff is like glue, whater Stay Puff says bounces off Michelin and sticks to you!" (Thank you Eric Benson).




Let's analyze just a moment. Michelin looks very happy. Stay Puft was angry, though you really can't tell from this picture. Believe me when I say he was really pissed before they zapped him. Stay Puft is a sailor though... military training. Michelin has the "big guns." Ok. I really can't tell. I can only picture them now in sumo wrestling garb with black ponytails and goatees.


Seriously. What the hell is the Michelin Man made of? Literal "softness" for your ride on the road?

This looks a little like my diary, circa 1986

I googled myself today and found a comment I had left on a friend's blog. That led to looking through several of my other friends' blogs, and then onto my own. It seems no one is writing. I couldn't find anything in 2010. And it got me thinking... This looks a hell of a lot like my diary when I was a kid. I would write that I promised to write more and months later was the next entry, promising the same thing. Do we all make these promises? Life just gets in the way?

I feel it's healthy to get it all out, and if we can do that with a little humor and a lot of sarcasm, then it might as well be on a blog for all to see and to enjoy. People love to read about other people. So I am really going to try to be a little more consistent with entries. It might be my only way of "meditating" since I can never seem to turn my brain off to actually meditate.

So... Dear Readers. It has been months since my last entry. I am still jobless. I want to start my own business staging homes but am hitting a wall of reluctance with realtors. So I am considering getting my real estate license. I will do more research before jumping on the bandwagon, but it could come in very handy if Eric wants to own rental properties.

My boys are still in Des Moines, and I have discovered that I truly love being the "fun parent." It's not me constantly on Jake to get his homework done. I'll have more face to face time with them than their dad, and don't have the stress of getting them home from school, getting homework done, getting dinner made and getting them to bed on time. I get to hang out and watch movies and eat pizza in the living room and play Nerf and play games and take trips. And once it's nice out again we'll get to do a lot outside as well. It's not so bad.

I'm still making jewelry, though not as much, and my goal this next week is to get it all posted on Etsy.com. It's a very cool site for handmade objects. Hopefully it will help get the word out, and I can make a little money on the side while I am trying to get the staging business off the ground.

Well... that is about all for now. I promise (fingers crossed behind my back) that I will post more frequently.