January 2009

OUCH! Been way too long since I've blogged. Been busy as friends have gotten me into FaceBook. And also my kids are into the Webkinz thing. Now that's a racket. It's like Ty Beanies meets Neopets Online. Scary, actually. The kids get purchase the beanie toy, in this case...I'll use the dog my little one got. She enters into the site and "registers" the UNUSED "code" into the system and it lets her "adopt" the "pet". (Wow lots of quotes here lol) She then gets three presents, items she can use on the site. One is usually a piece of furniture, another is an accessory and the third is a "food" item. The kids have to play with these as well to keep them happy. They also receive a "room" to decorate. Webkinz starts them out with so much in "Kinz Cash" that they can use to "buy" things to decorate the room. It's pretty cute. It just gets intense at times when the kids fight about who gets to go do their webkinz. (only one pc causes fights between the two lol)
I really don't mind them playing in the site. I know it's safe as long as they aren't "chatting" to their friends. The "pay" portion of the site they are required to verify that they're old enough. So it's basically harmless fun. It can just get expensive. They're usually about $13 a pop. So that adds up, especially when you have two kids who are BOTH collecting them. You can't buy one a webkinz without buying the other one UNLESS of course, it's a birthday! That was the only way I got away with it this year. So the younger one has one more Webkinz than the other. lol
*Other than that, I'm starting school tomorrow. Exciting classes: "Dimensions in Freedom" and "Intro to Nutrition". Required classes for any degree so I'm getting those out of the way. I should have a few credits I can apply towards my "technical" requirements as I've taken a few computer software classes in the past. Excel, Access and Word come in handy for quite a bit of college requirements. Should be interesting to see how fast I can get my degree.
Well, calling this section a day as I have a lot to do today. Have a good day everyone!