I’ll Never Make Fun of the Circus Again March 22, 2010

Never again will I ever, ever make jokes about the circus.  This is serious business and these people are TALENTED and skilled.   I would have died doing the things they did.  We decided to get our tickets at the very last minute, and the only seats left were on the floor…an arms-length away from the action.  I’m not complaining….the $45 extra dollars we paid were well worth getting these shots.  There were two PETA protesters outside the event facility with signs that said “Barnum & Bailey kills animals”.   Really?   The animals looked alive and well to me.  It was the people performing in the circus that I was worried about.  I hope they are getting paid very well to put on such a wonderful show.  It was great entertainment and I’m happy we were forced to splurge! hee hee!  Here is some more of what we saw:

I’m sure that the Ringling Brothers are definitely performing illegal acts….like shooting a guy out of a cannon and hoping he lands safely in a chair.  That’s got to be illegal, right?  I mean, I’m sure I’d get arrested if I did that to my husband.  Or would I????  Hmmmmm……

And did you know that the Ringling Brothers made this guy jump through a ring of fire?  I’m sure he caught on fire because I see some burning embers on his skin.  I didn’t do anything to this picture…he really is jumping through the fire.   And those really are flames on his skin.  Poor guy.  I wish I would have brought my first aid kit because he needed it.  I don’t even let my child watch this kind of torture on TV, but we paid extra just so he could get an up close and personal view of a man jumping through fire.  Did the fire department know about this?   Yet another moment when I feared for someone’s life.    I didn’t see anything about this guy’s life on the PETA signs.  They don’t care about him either.

We made it out alive and I didn’t feel bad for the animals.  I mean seriously, I don’t even get a pedicure like this elephant has.  If your nails look this good, you’re living the good life.  It really was a great  night and I recommend it…I’m sure it’s a great show from wherever you sit.  But because all the other seats were sold out, we got to see the wrinkles on the elephants’ feet up close and personal.  Hope you enjoy these pictures!

I Dislike Mormons March 10, 2010

I am so mad at the Mormons.  And I’m not even talking about the whole false prophet issue….I’m talking about simple common sense.  Why must the little Mormon guys ring my doorbell THREE times?    It’s a very loud doorbell and I know for a fact it is audible from where they were standing, so the whole house heard it the first time they rang and I can’t figure out why they felt the need to do it 2 more times after I didn’t answer the 1st time.   There were three of them, so maybe they took turns ringing…just to make it fair? You’d think that between the 3 of them that they could come up with enough brain cells to figure out after 1 door bell ring that I wasn’t going to answer.  But no, they WOKE UP MY BABY FROM HER NAP!!!   Maybe ringing the doorbell 3 times is code for “we’re Mormon”. No, they already have a special code for “we’re Mormon”…it’s the way they dress.  I just happened to have a picture of my son looking like he is in the Mormon training program…White shirt, black tie and back pack.  Before today I didn’t really have a bone to pick with the Mormons, but now that they woke up Sleeping Beauty from her nap I am furious with them!!

Warning: Don’t Stand on the Side of the Cart March 9, 2010

My son took this picture of me from the bottom of the grocery cart. Apparently he's not the only clumsy one in the family...I knocked these items off the shelf and wouldn't you know that my son had his own little camera handy!!

Did you know that the warnings they put on grocery carts actually serve a purpose?    It turns out you’re REALLY NOT supposed to stand on the side of the cart…or else it will fall over.  We apparently needed to test this concept this past weekend when my son jumped on the side of the cart….and it came crashing down on top of him.  He hit his head on the shelves and cried real tears.  I felt horrible for him, especially since I didn’t stop him from getting on the side of the cart in the first place.  He seemed fine after the incident, but I started getting a little worried about 2.5 hours later, when he went to sleep in the afternoon…and he slept, and slept and slept.  I woke him up several times to check on him and he was fine each time, so I just figured he was really worn out.  But then at 2 a.m. he was done sleeping.  He woke me up and wanted to eat dinner, which I happily made for him because I was just glad he was okay.  I started worrying again though when he began complaining about pain in his “brain”.  He said “my brain needs to go stay the night in the hospital”.  I took him to the doctor the next morning and he got a clean bill of health.  He was fine and the doctor said he could continue swim lessons.  Life has returned to normal and he will never again stand on the side of the cart.