A humorous look at life! Life is serious; You don’t have to be!
When did you start blogging? How did you come up with your blogs name?
I’ve had some sort of blog since 2002. I started Then I Laughed right after my house burnt down in October 2012. I named it Then I Laughed because as I stood in my driveway watching my house burn I just laughed. I made a decision that day that regardless of the difficulties life threw my way I was choosing laughter and joy!
What is something about yourself that most of your readers don’t know?
Probably how sensitive I really am. I come across as sarcastic and funny and at times serious but I wonder if my readers really know I’m pretty soft.
How do you spend your time when you aren’t blogging?
Chasing 6 children, cleaning up pee from the bathroom floor, feeding children about 32 times a day, making out with my husband, and I spend a lot of time planting quarters in the backyard in hopes of growing a money tree!
What do you find most challenging about blogging?
Finding a balance between what to share with readers and what to keep private is a challenge. How much is too much to share? How will what I write impact my husband and children and my children’s parents.
What do you find most rewarding about blogging?
The relationships I’ve developed with my readers! I have met so many wonderful people, learned so much, laughed so much! I’m so thankful for that!
What post are you most proud of so far?
I’m most proud of my series on Fetal Alcohol Syndrome.
It isn’t my funniest post, it isn’t my popular post, and it doesn’t get many hits. But preventing Fetal Alcohol Syndrome is my passion. Finding a way to help my son and other children living with FAS flourish is what drives me every day!
Pick two of your favorite blogs to read that you would like me to invite to do Sit Around Saturday!
My Mom’s A Whack Job & Mama Laughlin
Ask me one question…any question at all and I have to answer it no matter what!
If you had to make out with an ex president who would it be?
What would I find in your refrigerator right now?
A ridiculously large amount of fruit, milk, almond milk, turkey, eggs, worms, Crystal light, salsa, cottage cheese, a partridge and a pear tree and every condiment jar in there has the lid off! Seriously, I have a kid that gets up in the night and takes the lids off everything!
If your blog was a dessert, what would it be and why?
Ice Cream! You just need more and more of it!
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If you had to eat only one food for the rest of your life what would it be? Why?
Grilled Cheese! It’s yummy and reminds me of my mama!
What do you think about when you are alone in your car?
Oh I think I’m free! 5 minutes alone in the car is like heaven. I usually blare the radio and listen to songs with naughty words that I wouldn’t let my kids hear if they were with me!
Name 3 things within a 2 foot radius of yourself right now.
Dinosaur hat, Sonic cup of lemon water, my cell phone.
What song best describes you? Why?
If you were a star wars/star trek (you pick) character who would you be and why?
I have never watched star wars or star trek so I’m not sure. I do have weird ears though so probably whatever character has funny ears.
Take a moment and write a short rant& ramble post for us. It can be any topic that you would like…just keep it legal please!
One of my biggest rants is people that freak out about first world problems. To me a first world problem would be complaining about the line at the grocery store! Seriously, do you know how many people in this world would love to walk into a store filled with food, select anything they want for them and their children, and then wait in line to pay for it? This is a luxury! First world problem my friend! How about those people that complain about not having a new car. They are sick of driving their dented up mommy mini van and whine about it. Hello! Women all over the world carry their babies on their backs to fetch dirty water! Let’s take a moment to process that! They walk miles, with children attached to them and haul water that isn’t even clean! And we complain about the condition of our cars, the price of Starbucks, and how hard it is to keep our houses clean! First world problems! Let’s all take just a moment to be thankful for what we have and put it all in perspective. Life could be worse!
2 tablespoons of sugar
1 cup of half & half
1/2 teaspoon of vanilla extract
1/2 cup of salt
Frozen water…better known as ICE
2 pint-sized Ziploc bag PER KID
- Mix the sugar, half & half and vanilla extract together in a bowl.
- Pour into a pint-sized Ziploc baggie. MAKE SURE IT IS SEALED TIGHTLY!! Trust me on this one…you DO NOT want to hand over that bag without checking the seal!
- Now take the gallon-sized Ziploc bag and fill it up halfway with ice and pour the salt over the ice.
- Put the sugar mixture filled bag into the ice filled bag and seal. Again…be sure that you seal it well! Duct tape may be appropriate here! Explosions happen and messes are made! Make no mistake…you will end up with “ice-cream” everywhere!
- Now for the “fun” part! Shake the bags for 5 to 10 minutes (after 5 minutes open the bag and check to see if the ice-cream is hard, if not keep shaking.)! HAHAHAHAHA every mom out there is laughing now! Yeah right how many kids are going to shake that bag for that long?!? Guess who ends up shaking the bag???
- IMPORTANT STEP: Once your kid gives up and asks you to shake the bag while they go do..well whatever…quickly take out the extra set of bags that you haven’t used, dump the ice into the big one, take the ice cream out of the freezer, fill the middle bag, holler for the kids to come back! Voila! Now you have Kid Friendly Ice-cream in a bag!
PS: If you kid really does make it the entire time, congratulations! Young kids tend to be AMAZED by this process…so if you can keep them shaking it is well worth it! Plus they are wearing off some of the energy they are about to gain from all that sugar!
