My Car's gone Ghetto.

Did you know that the word "Ghetto" originated from the 1600's 

when Jews were forced to move and live on an island near Venice, Italy named Ghetto?

I try to stay current with the hip slang my 13-year-old son uses, 

so not only can I communicate with him, 

but also I can attempt to be a somewhat cool mom. 

Or a dorky mom trying to be cool...

You get the idea.

Anyway, my new-to-me car that I bought two years ago...is now ghetto.

It didn't start out that way.

But somehow, in the last two years that I've had it, 

it's gotten a little banged up and the paint job doesn't look so good.

OK, I'll come clean, 

one bad decision to make a left turn across three lanes of on-coming traffic 

and another car hit me. 

There. 

I said it. 

I'm ashamed, yes.

The peeling hood...

I'm not sure why that's happening, but someone told me it was from hail damage. 

Because the peeling started in perfect circles. 

Now it's graduated into full-blown acne.

The car runs great, holds 8 seatbelted passengers and it wonderful...

but yes, it looks a little ghetto these days.

It could be much worse.

What about you?

You have anything ghetto in your posession?

Do you try to be cool for your kids?

Sit or Squat

We've all been out and had to go to the bathroom urgently.
It's a fact of life, and it happens.


The worst feeling is needing to go...and not being able to find a toilet.

I've rushed into fast food restaurants...Starbucks...gas stations...

Once, when I was around 13 or so, my family took a trip to Italy.
And we took a tour of Pompeii.

Please tell me you have heard of Pompeii?

It's a ruined and partially-buried Italian town, from a volcanic eruption
of Mount Vesuvius in 79 A.D.



It's an amazing place to visit.
The history there is incredible.

But, mid-tour, my mom, my sister, and I all needed to pee.

Badly.

In the middle of an ancient-volcanically preserved historic town.

I'm ashamed to admit it...but we did it.

We found a spot to...squat.

Does anyone know the Italian statute of limitations on a crime like that?

Could I be arrested next time I end up in Italy?

Can my own blog be used against me in a court of law?!!




Anyway, I recently found out, from the same above-mentioned sister,
that there is an iPhone/iPod app that is called...

Sit 0r Squat.

And it's a free app to help you find a toilet while you are...anywhere.

What a brilliant idea!!!


Do you have any good app ideas to create your own? Do you own any good apps you want to share?



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