Boneless chicken at KFC!?!

I'm sorry. Did I somehow fall asleep and end up in some alternate universe where KFC no longer sells Kentucky Fried Chicken? It is bad enough that their "original recipe" is now "overly soggy recipe" and they got rid of "extra crispy recipe" in most of their restaurants but now I think they are going over the line. Are you ready for it? KFC is now going to start selling boneless chicken!!!! 

I know..the couch now seems a little lower (hopefully you didn't miss it when you went to sit down after that revelation), the room may seem a little unstable, and your vision may be a little fuzzy around the edges. OK, maybe I'm exaggerating but still. Boneless chicken? Are you out of your freaking mind?! 

I have already went on strike from KFC because of the supposed "original recipe" not being what I remember it being. But this, I have no reason to lift my ban. I understand that they are trying to appeal to a larger audience. Maybe they are losing money. I don't know. But I think instead of carrying more different kinds of chicken, they really need to go back and re-focus on the chicken they already carry. Oh yeah...and lower the freaking prices!!! Holy crap...I feel like I am giving my arm when I have to pay for the food after I order it!!!

I'm sorry KFC but you are so far down the list of my favorite fast food restaurants now that I bet you can smell the soil. Not that you have been anywhere near the middle for a very long time but still. Now you aren't even worth mentioning anymore.

What's wrong with cursive writing?

Ok. Maybe I am old school but I don't see why people are "outraged" that schools are starting to require kids to learn cursive writing. Why? We had to learn it. It seems that the only people that are "outraged" are the people that were never good at it in school themselves. 

I'm not going to sit here and tell you that I was the expert at cursive writing. My penmanship is sloppy at best, but I still know how to do it. My friend told me that her husband had a customer come into his store (18 years old) that did not know how to sign their name for a credit card purchase. You gave first of all an 18 year old a credit card? But more importantly; how did you get the credit card without signing for it?

This is my point...how are you going to sign contracts? Loan agreements? Or other important paperwork if you don't learn cursive writing? It's not hard to do. I know there are so many more things to teach kids in school, but I don't see any reason why a kid knows how to type but not how to sign his name. I think it is ridiculous and the people who are "outraged" need to come up off their high horse.

Why is it you are so "outraged" anyway? Don't you have anything better to do? Isn't there bigger fish out there to b**** about? Really? I know there are other activist issues out there going on that really hold much more importance. But, hey, I guess if you feel it necessary to focus on this, how about you learn cursive writing?

Who wants to play freeze tag?

So yesterday I ran around playing freeze tag and a revised version of Marco polo.  It was fun. I wasn't the only adult (there were three of us) but we were definitely outnumbered by the children (there were 5 of them). I realized as we played that not only did we forget how to play (the kids had to school us) but we forgot HOW to play. I haven't had that kind of fun in a long time. Yes, I am very, very sore today but I feel like a little piece of me that has been missing has been found. We get so caught up in every day life and day-to-day chores that we forget to stop and have fun.
Kids today are so wrapped up in video games that when you ask them to play outside they look at you like you just told them the beloved dog died. But not yesterday. My kids forgot all about the video games when the adults said "who wants to play freeze tag?"
As I watched them run around chasing each other (and having to run from them myself), I found a peace inside of me. These were the things we lived for when we were young. The interaction with the neighborhood children and cousins; family. I didn't realize how much I missed this. I thought I already was happy and content. Not completely.
I wish we could have played longer but it started to rain. I did have to be a parent then and say "Hey, time to go inside. It's raining". The kids were sulking (and maybe the adults too) but I learned a very important lesson. Don't stop being a kid because you have them.
Now today I'm feeling the affects of being out of shape.  But it's worth it. To see the smiles on their faces as they chased each other and feeling the smile on my own as I ran screaming from them is priceless. Not that they don't smile on a day to day basis but not like that.
Happy Easter! !!!!

What do you mean I can't discipline my children?

I know that there is a difference between discipline and child abuse. But it seems society draws a very fine line. Society says "don't spank them. Put them in time out. It is better for them." What!?!?!? It seems to me like society has lost it's every-loving mind! 

Now, before you freak out on me, let me explain. When I was a kid, there was no thing as time-out. When you did something wrong, you went and picked your own switch from the tree (and it better be a good one cuz if not my parents went and picked one....and you didn't want that), you bent over the end of the couch and got your ass whooped. Nowadays, you even mention that in public and people look at you like you've grown an extra head. Seems people think that if you whoop your kids it might hurt them as an adult. Hmmmmm....I got whooped and I graduated high school, waited till I was grown to have children, went to college and got my bachelors and am working on my masters. I have also been a contributing member of society for the last 16 years. Does it sound like whooping messed me up?

I was in Wal-mart the other day and was waiting in line to get my prescription. I told my boys to sit down and wait. They decided to start acting like Wal-mart became a jungle gym in seconds. I told them "I'm not going to say it again. Sit down, stop acting like this is a park, or I'm going to put my hand on your butt." They stopped. You know why? Because I don't give idol threats. There was this woman in line that said to me "It's about time someone wasn't scared to punish their kids in public." Scared? There are only two things I am scared of...spiders and God. I certainly am not scared to punish my children when they get out of line. 

Do I always whoop them? No. For small infractions they get to buy their time back from me by putting their nose on the wall. But for broken rules they get whooped. For not listening they get to go to bed. I'm not going to drag my kid kicking and screaming out of a store because they are out of line. Hell no! I'm gonna put my hand on their butt. I'm not saying I pull their pants down in front of everyone. No. But, they will get a whooping whether they like it or not. I always say that kids act the same way in public as they do at home. I'm not saying my kids are perfect but when we are out they don't act like little fools. They will grow up to be contributing adults because of respect. And that kind of teaching starts with us, the parents.

Stop being afraid parents across the world. They are our children and if we don't teach them what they need to know to enter society as adults then who is going to? Prison?

I can't have my plates?

So today I went to the DMV to get plates for my vehicle. I go in, I take my number, and I find a seat to wait for my turn. The DMVs are getting alot better at customer service so the wait times are not that long anymore. I go to the teller when they call my number. I tell the teller that I need to get plates for a vehicle I just bought. The teller pleasantly says "I can help you with that. Can I see your license?" I handed my license to her and she says "Is this the correct address on your license?" I told her I had just moved and so I wanted the plates to be in the county that I lived in now and not the county on my license. 

This is where it gets interesting. It has been a long time since I got plates for a vehicle. I have had the same plate since I bought my first car 11 years ago. Apparently, now they could care less if you just moved. They now require that you have two pieces of mail with the new address on it in order to change the address to reflect the correct county. Oh...wait...wait a minute....It must be two BILLS!!!!!!! Are you fucking kidding me? Let me lay this out...I just moved into an all utilities paid apartment so no bill there. I have my cell phone bill but I had to call and change the address and have them send me a bill. Other than that, I don't have any other bills. Oh yeah, by the way, my paper plate expires in like 2 days.

Yes, I should have went sooner but how was I supposed to know you had to have all this shit if I haven't had a new plate in 11 years? I feel there should have been something sent to me telling me of these changes. When I bought my first plate all I had to do was show them my drivers license. I know we are trying to make sure that people who aren't supposed to be driving aren't but who is paying for this? I am!!!!! I am an American, legal driver. Why do I have to prove myself? 

So, my plates are going to expire before I have a chance to get two bills in the mail and the DMV won't do anything about it. I still have to drive this vehicle and whenI get pulled over I'm probably going to get a ticket and maybe my vehicle towed. All because of people in our country not driving legally. Fuck all of you!!!!!!!! I am so tired of this shit!!!!!