Shlomik's Shearing

Fairwell to Frum Skeptic

Mazal Tov to Frum Skeptic on getting engaged! But not all is well in bloggerland. While FS enjoys her new found happiness, what will become of us? It is an expert opinion that there's a 95% chance that within the next several months Frum Skeptic will undergo an unholy transformation. The One Ring which now encircles her finger is even now using its unholy energies in an attempt to transform Frum Skeptic into Frummie Believer. Listen not to FS's claims that her man is super modern, appearances are deceiving. He is not what he claims he is. He is, in fact, an undercover agent of the Elders of Zion.

The transformation will not happen all at once. It will be gradual, to avoid suspicion. Below are the projected 10 steps that FS will go through before becoming FB.

1. Turn on privacy settings for her FB account.
2. Start writing only happy, fluffy posts.
3. Limit to who can view her FB pictures.
   
4. Delete her pictures on FB.
5. Change her blogger theme and font to be more curly, pink and with more lace.
   
6. Delete "not nice" posts on her blog.
7. Remove all guys from her friends list on FB.
8. Start using frummie language on her blog.
9. Close her FB account.
10. And finally, change her blog name to Frummie Believer.

While there's still hope, it's very slim. Beware, children, lest the same befall you.
P.S. if, when you see her and ask her to see The Ring and she responds with "No! It's mine! My preciousssss", it's already too late.

Happy Blogoversary to me

After reading Mike's post about him finally getting 10K hits, I decided to see if I hit the mark yet.  Turns out I did.  Actually, this happened on January 24th, the day after NY became 1 month old.

My first blog was on livejournal.  Not sure if I even made to 5 posts before I lost interest.  Livejournal's ugly, free version sucks and I only knew one other person there who wasn't a very frequent poster or reader.

My first post on Insanity Now was on May 10th, 2007, though my google analytics statistics are only from January 2nd.  I probably hit the 10K mark before.

There are two main people who I have to thank for helping me get here.  Sally Hazel of My take on motherhood is the reason I started this blog.  I don't remember if she told me about the blog while I was trying to annoy her into joining Facebook or if I saw it on her FB profile after she joined, I think it was the former.  Reading her blog inspired me to go back to what I started before and hopefully not give up as I did last time.

There was one problem, she didn't have a lot of readers and neither did I.  Google wasn't sending me many visitors and I didn't quite know how to get some myself.  Then, one fine day, through the magic of FB, Frum Skeptic found my blog.  We had a lot of friends in common and my profile is completely open, with a link to my blog.  Once we exchanged links, things took off.  Instead of getting one or two visitors per day, it became ten, then twenty, culminating with my current stats of 35 average on days when there are no new posts and a nice 60 average when there are.

A big thank you to Sally and FS for helping me get here and thanks to everyone else for reading and linking.

And now it's time to put this blog to rest.

So long and thanks for all the fish.

Kidding. ;-)

Sales Alert - Pomegranate

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Ground Chuck Family Pack - $3.99/lb!!!
Chicken Drumsticks - $2.99/lb

$15 minimum purchase:
KC 9" Plastic Plates - $3.99/100ct
Haolam String Cheese - $3.19/6oz

Something new:
More Stash teas. I bought Honey, Ginseng & White fusion.
$2.49 for 18 bag box.
Cheaper than Stash's online price unless you buy a 240ct box.

Sleep walking

Several times, Shlomik climbed into my bed while I was sleeping and went to sleep.  Last night was slightly different.

We're trying to get Shlomik to stop wearing diapers and to use the potty.  Last night, he again climbed into my bed while I was sleeping.  When I woke up in the morning, I saw that he was in my bed but didn't notice anything different.  NY went to sleep late and I was still sleepy so I went back to sleep for another hour.  Shlomik informed me he wanted to watch cartoons and climbed out of bed ahead of me, that's when I noticed that he wasn't wearing a diaper. What the?!  As I followed him to his room, I came upon his potty, situated in the middle of the doorway and definitely not empty.

Last night, Shlomik climbed out of his crib.  Took of his diaper and threw it in the garbage.  Then he dragged out his potty into the doorway and peed in it.  The night's escapades were concluded with his climbing into my bed, sans diaper.

Meme - Finish The Sentences

Saw babysitter jewishside post this and decided to have some "fun" with it. :-D

Instructions: Finish The Following 8 Sentences.

1. I wish I could…
2. My biggest fear is…
3. I hate to…
4. I love…
5. Today I will…
6. Yesterday I…
7. My hair is…
8. I will never…

My "answers" :-D

Instructions: Finish The Following 8 Sentences.

1. I wish I could deport all stupid people.
   
2. My biggest fear is that stupid people will rule America and/or Israel. OMG!!! It came true! On both counts!
   
3. I hate to read something that contains grammar/spelling mistakes.
   
4. I love sleeping and eating.
   
5. Today I will maybe go to Staples.
   
6. Yesterday I bought an otoscope on Amazon.
   
7. My hair is supposedly dirty blond.
   
8. I will never understand why natural selection doesn't work for stupid people.
   

Shlomik and Nochum