Hey Chuck, where are your new articles?

After long summers like these (no, we don’t get pregnant every summer) I look forward to Christmas at the end of the year. All the lights, decorations, Christmas movies every day for 25 days straight and Christmas music on certain radio stations 24/7 truly make my winter holidays great, even if I’m broke before or during The holidays.

I have looked at my blog everyday for the past 2 weeks and realize I have done so little on it and I find this a bit frustrating. I started this blog with the intentions of posting articles as often as possible, at least 2 per week, but sometimes life just does not cooperate with how you want things done so you have no choice but to go with natures flow.

There are a few things that have kept me busy these past few week, some not so important, others very important. My wife is nearly 9 months pregnant so not only is her mood constantly changing on an hourly basis but she is also at that point where she is constantly tired and in pain which I understand. Poor woman is always laying down in pain as the baby seems to love to position himself in places that give her pain. he’s not even born yet and already being a pain.

Then there’s the new school year which is about to start and I have yet to get any of my kids uniforms or supplies; this weekend will be murder for me. I’m not even sure if I have enough to buy 5 days worth of uniforms for 2 kids, their supplies and their shoes. You know kids these days, Payless stores are off limits when it comes to school shoes.

On top of all of this the apartment is a mess. I had (and still have a bit) a roach infestation in the kitchen which forced me to remove everything from every cabinet, do an extermination job of my own and then clean every shelf and every dish before putting them back. I still haven’t finished this project which I started a week ago. Oh, but lets not forget that now I have to do all the laundry, dishes, vacuuming, picking up the messes my kids do, fighting with them to pick up their stuff, making sure they take showers and go to bed early, cleaning the bathrooms, cooking most of the time and moving or carrying anything that weighs more than a gallon of milk. While I’m sure some of you out there (probably all of you) reading this think I should be doing this anyways, I am only human and my wife doesn’t do all these things by herself when not pregnant. But, it’s my duty and although I may have to endure this for at least another month as she recuperates from the surgery after the babies birth, hopefully things will get a whole lot better when she’s feeling better and when my mom finally moves in with us for a few months to help us out a bit.

I wish I could say this is the end of my list but there are still things that follow such as due to our work schedules and the locations when the kids are staying during summer vacation we don’t make it home till after 6:00 PM and then we have to start cooking. By the time I am done I’m exhausted, frustrated with my long day of work and my kids constant fighting and nagging. At this point I need some me time so I get on the computer, not to blog, but to play my online games and drown myself in the sound of machine guns shooting, helicopters flying above, grenades exploding and the voices of my online buddies yelling “I need help” , “die you bastard”. or “that is BS”. Talk about the best way to relieve your daily frustrations. Best therapy I get every night or so.

But, I promise once the baby is born, my mom is here, my wife is feeling better and my house manages to stay clean for more than 2 days, I will be dedicating more time (mostly while the baby sleeps) to create and post more articles for you to either enjoy, comments and debate or ignore, criticize and move on; either way I get noticed.
Who would have thought blogging would be so much work for a guy who is called a chatterbox.

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Welcome to Common Sense Corner

The Common Sense behind this corner

As part of a new plan for my blog to create specific section on my blog for specific topics (since I can’t seem to pick a single niche to stick with) hopefully to be posted consistently on specific dates, I’m glad to welcome you to “Common Sense Corner”. What is “Common Sense Corner”? I sometimes feel like I would like to point out to people some of the stupid things they do in their daily lives due to lack of Common Sense that always seem to disrupt everyone else's lives but they don’t seem to have a care in the world about it. These are things you obviously don’t do because it’s Common Sense not to. Most the time to avoid causing problems most of us tend to dismiss or try to get over these situations. But sometimes I just wish I could tell them off. That’s what Common Sense Corner will be for.

If there is one thing I have learned is that common sense really isn’t common at all. If anything the words are confusing to me. I’ll never understand why the average person just won’t do what is obviously the right thing and instead ignore common sense and do stupid things, things that could cause irritation on some people and eventually bring about chaos in some situations. Fair warning, odds are some people may get offended by my frustrations with peoples lack of common sense, but then odds these same people might relate to this annoyance. Too bad, maybe you’ll learn something and make common sense more common in your life.

Supermarket Isle Blockers

I swear I can’t figure out if they are just stupid or they do it on purpose, but there is nothing I despise more than the people who go to the supermarket and hog the entire isle while shopping. God forbid they considered that the isle was made wide enough to fit 2 shopping carts side by side, 3 if you are at Walmart, yet for some strange reason some people like parking their karts in an angle blocking the lane in both directions. Even funnier and stupider (is that a real word?) is when they are completely oblivious to the people who want to get passed them. As if what ever they are looking for in that isle is of such importance that they can not spare a moment to realize their stupidity and be considerate of the rest of the people shopping there.

While just today I had this happen. I went to the supermarket looking to buy an oven roasted chicken for dinner as it was late, we were tired and we just didn’t feeling waiting an hour or so for the chicken to cook. And there he was, a guy who decided to park his cart smack in the middle of an isle that could fit 3 carts side by side while he searched for the perfect package of freshly cook fried chicken. And here I was driving thru an obstacle course trying to get passed him so I too could grab today’s dinner. It was so simple, I got passed him and parked my cart to the side, out of the way. I went, looked at the chickens available and grabbed one. He was still deciding, not sure why, not like each pack was somehow different in any way. Go figure what people waste time on.

But just when you think this is bad, throw in the moron who parks his cart on the other side of the first idiot on the opposite side of the isle creating a double block which requires twice the “excuse me” request in order to get passed them.

Here’s my common sense people. If you have to go to the supermarket, be courteous and considerate. keep in mind you are not the only one shopping and most likely not the only one in a rush. Keep your carts to the side of the isle, try to know exactly what you want rather than spending 20 minutes making up your mind and more than anything, don’t park the cart smack in front of the shelf you are looking at because not only is your cart blocking one side of the isle, now you are blocking the other side. Play it smart, park the cart the same side as the item you are looking at and stand behind or in front of the cart as oppose to next to it, that way you leave space behind or next to you for other shoppers to pass by. Common sense people, common sense.

I’ll be (hopefully) posting Common Sense Corner articles every Thursday or every other Thursday so keep your eyes open and your feeds ready.

The Common Sense Corner, it’s obviously necessary.