So TwitterMoms and Parents connect have done this great contest called Momfinitions. Basically you post the unique words that come into existence when you become a parent.
Here are mine:

Coffee Shuffle (caw-FEE SHUF-el) v. The time in the morning when you have given the kids their breakfast and you are trying to drink your coffee but one of the kids need something. So you jump up, give them whatever it is and go back to your coffee to immediately jump up again to take care of something else (this gets worse the more children there are) and this repeats until your coffee is cold. This also happens at meal times, or anytime when you are trying to get something done.
Also see: Meal Hopping

"So I had to nuke my coffee again this morning because I was doing the Coffee Shuffle"


Remote-a-fier (RE-mote A FI-er) n. The random remote control that doesn't go to anything that your baby can't get enough of and will ignore all other toys available. Warning, if the remote actually works, they find this even more entertaining as the change the channel or play with the volume much to the chagrin of all older children in the house.

"Oh the baby is crying again, hand him the remote-a-fier"

Diaper Bomb (DI-per BOMB) n. The inevitable result of dressing your small child up for pictures, a family engagement etc. and you are over half way to your destination. The baby has an explosive bowel movement which leaks up the back, down the legs and all over the seat and you when you take them out of the car.

"Oh man! The baby just dropped a diaper bomb. Please tell me we brought an extra change of clothes!"


Unidentified Foreign Substance n. Otherwise known as U.F.S. The inexplicable substance that appears on children's clothing 2 minutes after you get them dressed.

"I just put that on you! What is that U.F.S. on your shirt?!?"

Aw-vangelical (AW-van-GEL-ical) adj. The way your child looks while sleeping just before they wake up and start running amok.

"Isn't he darling? He looks aw-vangelical!"

Ok those are my Momfinitions. Check out the contest at ParentsConnect.com or head over to twittermoms and I hope you enjoy them as much as I had fun writing them. Wish me luck in the contest and leave a comment on what you think about them, or if you have your own feel free to share!

Summer Deals and Steals! Get 'em While They Are HOT

Oh my goodness! There are some great deals happening this month!

First off (and this is SO cool!) you can sign up as a preferred client for FREE! Basically you make a $150 retail value order (thats before discount) and get the sign up fee waived. This means you not only get 20% off for a year, a free gift of your choice worth up to $100, the opportunty to shop at 50% off, and samples sent to you! How cool is that?

The second deal is one that is just in time for summer. It is the Before Sun gift set. You get the Damage Control lotion with SPF of 30, the After Sun Lotion, and (one of my favorite products) the Hair Protectant plus a free pair of way cool looking sunglasses for $82 dollars. This is a $94 dollar value. So it is a good deal.

The final steal I have going this month is from me personally. Shop at 50% off. You can get $200 of product for $100. This is a fantastic deal and you can get it THIS MONTH! Space is limited for this one though so get in quick.

To get any of these deals you have to order before July 31st. So get a hold of me ASAP.

Call me, e-mail me, myspace me, facebook me just get a hold of me by the end of the month.

Contact info:

Cell: 209-728-7654

kendraburlison@yahoo.com

Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/home.php#/kendra.burlison?ref=profile

Myspace: http://www.myspace.com/arbonneizedmommy

Don't bring your kids to meetings

So I have a meeting with a new business builder this morning, and I have no baby sitter. So I think, well I'll just bring my kids. No big deal right? Wrong! Oh my goodness. My 4 year old was ALL OVER THE PLACE. I couldn't string two sentances together! I wanted to scream. My poor downline was I'm sure going crazy as my daughter just kept getting into everything. So lesson learned. If I don't have a baby sitter, I reschedule my appointment. Period. I just can't bring my children with me which sucks, but that isn't Arbonne's fault that my child is a little hellion. So now she is in her room with no TV or computer privaliges for the rest of the day. I'll let her out of her room at lunch time which is in a couple of minutes. I love my kids, but they definately don't mix with business.

Really???

Oh My God. Can these people be serious? I swear the people running the Republican party are a bunch of children throwing a tantrum because they lost a game. My 4 year old handles things better than these people.
First there is Newt Gengrich talking shit on Obama and Democrats. He referenced Obama last night saying "Let me be clear. I am NOT a citizen of the world." I guess he forgot that Regan said that he was a citizen of the world at one point. And Really??? Not a citizen of the world? Please. We all live on the planet Earth. That kinda makes us citizens of the world. Duh. How stupid can you be. And like xenophobia is really going to help the United States. These people need to get their heads out of their asses.

Next we have the grand idea of boycotting GM because they accepted government money on the grounds that they are not going to support Socialism. Again. REALLY??? So we are going to do our best to make make GM fail so that we can't get our money back, and in addition put thousands of Americans out of work. How is that helpful? It's just plain stupid.

On top of that, conservatives are also against the release of Bush Era torture documents. So owning up to the U.S.' grave mistakes and taking responsibility for our actions is wrong how? There are times when we absolutely must examine what has happened in our past to make sure it never happens again. It can only help us in the long run. The argument that it could be used by our enemies for propaganda is stupid. So could every news article on the subject, or any news article period.

Then we have the "NO! DON'T BRING TERRORISTS TO US SOIL!!! THE WORLD WILL END!!! AMERICA WILL BLOW UP IF THEY SET FOOT HERE!!" Please. We have terrorists here on us soil in Super Max prisons already. Uni-bomber anyone? Timothy McVeigh anyone? The guy who shot the abortion doctor anyone? Please. This argument holds no water and there is a town in Montana that will be more than happy to take them because it would provide jobs to so many of the people there. I don't see a problem with this and Gitmo needs to be closed.
The Republican Party needs to get their heads out of their asses. News flash. One of these "Gitmo Terrorists" is in New York and the city is still there. And as far as I know so is the Eastern Seaboard.

I'm so sick of these people. They need to grow up and start actually contributing constructively to the country the profess to love so much instead of sitting around and bitching at anything and everything they possibly can.

So here I am waiting for Matt to get up so we can have a "talk". He is all pissed off at me, and I'm not sure why. He claims that it isn't the house. But why then do I have the feeling that when we sit down thats all I'm going to hear about?
Yes my house is messy. But yes I have a 4 year old and a 9 month old. What does he think is going to happen? I spend most of my day chasing after them. I don't get much cleaning in. I wish I was obsessive and just cleaned all the time so that my house was spotless. But I'm a slob and trying to break a lifetime of habits is hard. I do try. I worked last night from when the kids went to bed until I was so tired that I couldn't stay up any longer doing laundry and dishes and straightening up. I will keep trying, but it will never be spotless. I will forget. I will just stop for a while. But I try. I really do. But that doesn't seem to be enough. Also I think he is mad at me because I made him go to the dentist. He was all mad because I made him go. But he has to go because his teeth are horrible. If he hadn't gone, he could have an absessed tooth and if that got into his blood stream, well theres some hospital bills we can't afford and he could even die. But he doesn't care. Maybe I should just let him get sick and die.

Ok quick subject change:
My 9 month old just stood up all by himself for the first time! And he stood there for a couple of seconds!! Not holding on to anything! How cool is that?!

Anyway back to my rant on my husband. So Yesterday, I couldn't say anything without pissing him off. So finally I just stop talking to him because he can't get mad at me for something I said if I don't say anything to him. And just before he leaves, he wants to talk about why he is mad. But not right that second because he has to leave for work. Well why the hell did he bring it up then?? So I can sit and stew about it while he is gone? He is so frusterating. Well anyway. Now I get to sit here and wait until he feels he wants to get up (I've stopped waking him up because I really don't want to be around him right now and besides he is a big boy and if he feels he wants to be responsible, then great. I'm tired of babysitting him). Oh I guess I should let you know he works nights so he usually doesn't get up until about 1 in the afternoon. Anyway. Thats my rant. All over the place and bitter. I can't type coherently when I'm mad. Hopefully this will all blow over by this afternoon.

Boy I can be a ditz sometimes.

So I turned in my assignments for my 4th week of class and thought ok. I've done really well. I'm so excited about my poster. Well, I forget to convert it to CMYK (for those of you who don't know, thats the color mode needed for printing). GRRR. DUMB DUMB DUMB. So I get docked and end up with a B. Not really a bad grade, but I have this obsession with getting A's so I was kinda pissed. It was totally my own fault though for not converting it like I was supposed to. Well here is the finished product though.

In other news, I did two parties over the weekend for Arbonne. The first one was ok. But they were teenagers, so I didn't make any sales. But I wasn't expecting to. But I think I got a party out of it. The second one was SO much fun. The ladies I did the facial for were hilarious! I was laughing so hard the whole time. I think I have a couple clients out of it as well. I will be following up with them tomorrow. See how their faces feel, and also one of them wants a party, so I'll get that scheduled tomorrow as well.

Ok my husband is bugging me to do stuff around the house so I guess I'll go. Wish me luck on getting orders in the next few days.

New version of my poster

So my teacher gave me a few suggestions for my poster. Here is the new and improved version. I'm pretty happy with it. I hope this comes out with a good grade. I think the type is way more interesting now.

Artwork Up to Date

A little about me.

My name is Kendra. I'm a mother of two, and wife of 5 years. I live in a little tiny town in the Gold Country of California.

Hobbies? Well you don't get to have many hobbies when you are a mom, so I have other occupations. First off, I'm a graphic design student so that's probably what I'll post the most of here. All my little projects and artwork.

My next occupation is an Independent Consultant with Arbonne International. Now I'm not going to use this blog to sell stuff to you (but I would be more than happy to *evil grin*) but I will talk about Arbonne from time to time just because it is a part of my life. If you don't like it, or will be offended, then skip over those entries.

So I'm also trying to buy a house. Hopefully it will be the one I'm living in now. That would be awesome. I talked to my landlord today, and he is going see if we can work something out. Its really nice renting from a mortgage broker.

Well this is a short one but I'm sure I'll post longer ones in the future.
Talk to you soon,
Kendra