TheCyborgMom

Monday, July 14, 2014

iPads + Potty Training = iPotty

So I casually go over to Amazon today, just to...you know...window shop...and this is a lightening deal...

From the product description:

"Parents can give children a comfortable and fun place to learn to use the potty with the child-friendly iPotty from CTA Digital. This potty training seat features a special stand to securely hold the iPad and safely entertain kids while they play with apps... So, take a step ahead in potty training, delight children and make the learning experience easy and fun with CTA Digital's iPotty for iPad."

Wow. Has our world really come to this?

The customer questions were pretty entertaining...

And the reviewers don't disappoint:

"By Mark Twain on January 13, 2014
I was really struggling to find a way to rot my child's brain more comprehensively. DVD player at the dinner table, Movies in the car, iPad on our flight, but I never could figure out how to fill the bathroom time with mindless distraction. Thanks iPotty. Now I don't have to talk to my kids at all!”

"By Kristen Lowery TOP 1000 REVIEWER on December 3, 2013
I really thought it worked great until I handed little Pavlov the iPad to keep him quiet in church. Yikes!"

But it was this reviewer that pretty much summed up how I felt...

“By dead tired on December 17, 2013
Upon realizing that this product was not a joke, I was disheartened by the state of our society. Yet, the reviews of this product have restored my faith in humanity. Bless you good reviewers.”

I gave my son a book about potty training when he was potty training. And my daughter responded very well to the glittery stickers and ice cream as bribery. How far we have come...or how far we have fallen...into a hole of darkness...a hole filled with iPads...where the only light is from a touchscreen.

For the full product description and reviews, click here: CTA Digital 2-in-1 iPotty with Activity Seat for iPad

Friday, July 11, 2014

Celebrate The Small Things -- July 11

It's Friday and I'm Celebrating The Small Things! Celebrate The Small Things is a weekly celebration where some bloggers have decided to post about something worth celebrating...no matter how big or small it is.

So remember how last week I thought I had some fraudulent charges to my checking account? Yeah, turns out that I was in the wrong. When I sat down to reconcile my checkbook at the end of June, I saw two charges that were charged from Paypal. So I went to my Paypal account and checked there, and no charges were to be found...which is why I originally thought that I had been hacked. Well, anyone who has a Paypal account can clearly see that they have been upgrading their website over the past few weeks, and I guess there were some glitches...like not showing charges that had been made! When I look at my account this week, the charges are there.

Sooo...long story short (too late!)...I'm celebrating that I wasn't hacked! I've just lost my mind and not remembered stuff. And Paypal needs to get their shit together with this website upgrade! Oy....

I'd also like to celebrate my children this week...for being open minded little people. I brought my daughter in for acupuncture to help heal her sprained shoulder (for pictures and video click here). My son let me take him in a few months ago for a treatment as well. I'm glad that they are open minded about alternative forms of medicine. Hey, let's attribute it to great parenting ;) :)

What are you celebrating?

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Wednesday, July 9, 2014

Acupuncture For Sports Injuries

I mentioned last week that my daughter sprained her shoulder playing softball...well, I took her with me today for an acupuncture treatment. She's had acupuncture several times before and is an old pro already :)

Here she is waiting for her treatment. This is pre-needles...

(Totally unrelated...I love the color of my acupuncturist's office!)

First, she had her shoulder massaged a bit to loosen up the muscle. You can even watch a video on your tablet while you have your treatment!

After the massage, the needles go in...here's a shot of the needles in her back and shoulder...

She even let me take a bit of video...she's such a champ!

For my other posts on acupuncture see here:

Bloodletting much?

Acupuncture: How Does This Voodoo Actually Work?

Chinese Herbs

Bee Therapy?

Update-Facet Joint Injections Day 3

Have any questions? Comment down below or email me at: thecyborgmom@gmail.com

Friday, July 4, 2014

Celebrate The Small Things -- July 4

It's Friday and I'm Celebrating The Small Things! Celebrate The Small Things is a weekly celebration where some bloggers have decided to post about something worth celebrating...no matter how big or small it is.

This week I'm celebrating that even though I found two fraudulent charges on my checking account, they only totaled around $200. This is the first time that this has happened to me and I realize how lucky I am that it wasn't thousands of dollars that were charged in error. I know how scary identity fraud and credit card fraud is and that others have had it way worse than me. Let's hope this never happens again!

I will have to close my checking account because the charges were made by stealing my account number, but this has given my husband and I a kick in the pants to do what we've been talking about for the past year or so...open an account at a local bank. Goodbye big corporate government fed bank! Hello to supporting local businesses!

I even got a free pen and lollipop when I opened my new account :) Let's celebrate those too!

Happy 4th of July!

What are you celebrating?

Wednesday, July 2, 2014

Busyness Is Progress

The past few weeks have been super crazy. My kids finished school...then my brother and his family came to visit the following day and stayed for the week...then camp started for my kiddos. You'd think that having both kids in camp last week and my daughter continuing on to this week would allow me to have some time to myself. Not so much. I couldn't even tell you what I've been so busy with, but I feel like I've been running around like a nutter...even though I don't think I have! I'm officially losing it. Maybe I was just so exhausted from having company for a week that my mind went on hiatus?

This week I've been playing catch up. The house has been tidied...yay! Although, it still looks pretty much the same as it did before...just a little less cluttered. I did my bills on Monday and began making doctor's appointments for me and the kids...both kids need physicals over the summer. We also need to hit the orthodontist (we haven't seen her in two months...ooops!), the eye doctor, and I still need to schedule a consult for my daughter to get her wisdom teeth out...apparently she has two sets!

Speaking of my girl...I was able to spend an hour at my daughter's softball game this past weekend...that's the good news. The bad news...I was just in time to see her dive for a ball, come down on her arm the wrong way, and sprain her shoulder! This kid is such a clutz :) So I also spent some time in urgent care Sunday morning and the orthopedist for a follow up yesterday. Poor kid is in a sling and is aching pretty badly. No tournament play this coming weekend, and we'll have to go for another follow up next week if it's still hurting her. Any prayers and good vibes sent her way would be much appreciated!

Basically, now that I think about it, I've been busy doing life stuff. Which is good since I haven't been able to do very much life stuff for the past year! This is progress!

Now, if I could just keep everyone in the family healthy for just a little while.... :)

Did anyone else feel like the month of June flew by? What's keeping you busy this summer?