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Mishmash dialect, give your dog a bone

Jennifer — Mon, 28 Mar 2011 19:19:17 +0000

A few weeks ago, before I forgot that I had a blog, I saw Busy Mom do a vlog about accents. She got the idea from Liz, who got the idea from NYCPatty.

I know most people don’t actually watch videos posted (or maybe it’s just me), but I hope you’ll stay. I’ve missed you all and have been feeling like I need to say hi and check in to see what you all are up to.

So anyway, I find accents fascinating. Maybe it’s because I’m a Speech-Language Pathologist by trade or maybe it’s because I’ve lived in the Midwest and in the South and have kind of a mishmash dialect.

In the video, I’ll be saying the words listed below.

Aunt, Route, Wash, Oil, Theater, Iron, Salmon, Caramel, Fire, Water, Sure, Data, Ruin, Crayon, Toilet, New Orleans, Pecan, Both, Again, Probably, Spitting image, Alabama, Lawyer, Coupon, Mayonnaise, Syrup, Pajamas, Caught

* What is it called when you throw toilet paper on a house?

* What is the bug that when you touch it, it curls into a ball?

* What is the bubbly carbonated drink called?

* What do you call gym shoes?

* What do you say to address a group of people?

* What do you call the kind of spider that has an oval-shaped body and extremely long legs?

* What do you call your grandparents?

* What do you call the wheeled contraption in which you carry groceries at the supermarket?

* What do you call it when rain falls while the sun is shining?

* What is the thing you change the TV channel with?

I’d love if you’d play along, if you do, let me know in the comments section!

P.S. In the video, I realized that I failed to mention that I also lived in Oklahoma and Kansas. It would be unfair if those fine states missed their chance at instant stardom here on Playgroups are No Place for Children.

You might mistake me for one of those gushing mommybloggers who talks about her kids all the time. Video included!

Jennifer — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 15:12:43 +0000

I didn’t get a chance to get on the computer yesterday. CRAZY TALK, I KNOW! So today you are lucky, lucky, lucky. Two posts in one! Such a value!

My favorite photo of the week was a complete accident. It’s also one that I look at and sometimes think, “I ADORE this picture SO MUCH,” while other times I look at it and think, “I miss Photshop so much, it is physically painful to look at the mess I made of this photo.”

Ella has only recently started to get attached to a doll/stuffed animal/lovie. Up until a few weeks ago, she had no favorites, but now she can’t do anything without Fuzzy Bunny. This is a picture of snack time with Fuzzy Bunny. (Please pray that we can keep Fuzzy Bunny from getting lost because THE WORLD WILL END if she somehow gets misplaced. Amen.)

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Post #2

Have you all seen Team UmiZoomi? Well we in the Playgroupie household are BIG FANS. It’s probably because we’ve got mighty math powers.

Ella sings and dances along to the song at the end at the end of the show. For your viewing pleasure, please enjoy this 27 second video. If you don’t think it’s cute, then I suspect that you have you likely “have a dead fish for a heart. Good luck with that.” (Direct quote from Lotus, I am Lotus/Sarcastic Mom.)

**If you’re reading from Facebook or from a feed reader, you may have to click through to see the video.**

We all love Umi Zoomi from Playgroupie on Vimeo.

Apparently my singing is…not good

Jennifer — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 14:42:33 +0000

I can’t believe that the very first video I’ll be posting is one of me singing. Most of you probably didn’t even know that I could sing. You are in for a treat! Ella is particularly impressed with my abilities.

Ella loves to hear her mommy sing. from Playgroupie on Vimeo.

Getting the Cussing Out of My System

Jennifer — Tue, 04 Sep 2007 13:02:00 +0000

Shit, y’all. I need to get out all of my g*damned curse words right here and now. I’m supposed to be blogsitting for Megan at Velveteen Mind and she said I used “foul-language” (lovingly, of course) and I’ve got to f*cking prove to her that I can write a whole f*cking post without any g*damned curse words.

I don’t f*cking know what I was thinking, agreeing to blogsit for Megan, a real writer. But, I’m going to use the time to get something off my chest. Stuff I don’t feel comfortable talking about here, on my own blog. It’s a risk, sure as shit, but it will be a great opportunity to reveal a little secret of mine.

Wanker, shit, f*ck, bitch, f*ckity f*ck f*ck, horse shit, mutha f*cka. Wish me luck. NOT cussing is extremely difficult.

Go visit my non-cussing self now.

For those of you too lazy to go to Megan’s, please enjoy this video of Alton Brown. He really IS TOO SEXY.