Holiday Toy Packaging A Christmas ConspiracY!

Its a conspiracy i saY! Why in this amazingly confusing world do companies believe they need to package toys and pretty much lock them inside the packaging with Zip-ties, Wires, Chains and cables.  I swear some of my daughters toys she got for Christmas had an extra pound of straps holding the toy to the piece of cardboard in the package.

Why do they do this? i mean i get it, i understand the companies want the product to not move round and they want it to look perfect in the package. They also dont want the item to get damaged but Come on noW they are going way overboard.  I know this isn't new to this year but i have seen such an over abundance of tie downs in Kids toys this year that ha got me all riled up.  Here is an interesting article with some opinions on the topic. http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/142918 .  Now please before you go an say DUh Kortney they need the straps, I know they need the straps but i just don't think they need so many. Reduce the strapping by like 50% and make it so parents are not spending 20 minutes opening each Xmas present for their child.  Maybe make it o i don't need to go searching through a tool bag to find bolt cutters and tin snips? I guess parents could always go through and open all the gifts beforehand and save time but what kid does not enjoy Unwrapping a gift and handing it to mommy/daddy and asking them to "open please"    Good times! Merry Christmas everyone and Happy Holidays!!! Here is another interesting Webpage about Toy  packaging


Oh and Happy New Year from your Mostest Favorite Guy with a girls name!(kortney)

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First Follow up with Doc 12-19-2012

Good morning folks! How in the Holly BerrY ARE  u!?  I had my first follow up appointment with Dr fallon yesterday.Dr fallon was happy with everything and gave me the all clear to start putting weight slowly on my left hip and leg.  It actually feels really good to bear weight on my left leg. The leg goes a little numb but Is getting better every time i get up. I still have to use crutches for a week and a half more but they are more or less just there to take a little bit f weight off the leg. Around December 10th Melissa had told me my truck had a flat tire so yesterday we bought a tire inflater at CAPS. Well guess what, it was a a 250 PSI Inflator and do you think it inflated my flat tire?   huh? Do you?

Nope, It didnt inflate the tire at all. I had it on for about 20 minutes and there was no change in the tire at all.  Now i know for future reference that those tiny tire inflators are not meant to pump up a huge truck tire from totally flat. I guess i gotta remove the tire and bring it to tire warehouse. So if anyone has a portable air compressor or a really good Inflator i can borrow i would much appreciate it!   With christmas just on the horizon ( 6 days away!) its nice that i can move around a bit more and do more around the house. Today we plan on wrapping gifts finally and getting stuff ready for kaylee. I was also cleared to drive the truck again but that wont be happening until i fix the flat tire.  So Happy  Holidays and Merry Christmas to all our friends, Family and everyone we know out there! May 2013 bring lots of great opportunities and health for your families!

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Hip Hop! Hip Hop Anonymous! 7 Days Post Surgery Update!

yes sir/mam! It is 7 days after my hip surgery and im starting to understand all the forum posts and blogs i spent hour upon hour reading before my surgerY.  The area that was repaired in my hip has such a small supply of blood that healing in that area takes forever. And by forever i mean probably a year to feel like i never had surgery. I can honestly say that i feel different now though and its good pain that i feel daily as opposed to before surgery dealing with testicle pain and limping daily.   I'm glad i had it done but i feel like such a burden having melissa wait on me like a waitress all day. I have been getting up and moving around but im not so eager to do so after last night :}.  You should see my end table next to my chair it looks like a trash can vomited all over the place. Melissa is never impressed when she comes to collect my trash :).

I was returning to my chair and had stopped to lean backwards and sit down when i lost my balance started falling forward and put weight on my left leg to save me from falling. WEll that didn't work because my left leg was not happy and i cris-crossed my crutches and fell in the corner by my chair in the living room.  It felt like something tore and  now i'm back to how i felt around day 2 or 3.  Lesson learned..... Get some damn skills and learn how to use crutches.   I want to say i'm just so happy with the people who have helped out  during this mess and you know who you are! I sometimes catch myself smiling when thinking about all the new friends we have and family that we are lucky enough to have live close by. A couple people have asked me what my favorite tv shows are so here goes! I am a regular tv viewer of anything on discovery but my favorite shows are American chopper/orange county choppers, gold rush, Jungle gold, moonshiners and myth busters. The only other shows i'm a regular watcher of are The walking dead, Revolution  and I've  just started watching american horror story season 1 online. If you like to watch freaky mind blowing stuff check out American horror story! It reminds me alot of that old show on HBO Tales from the crypt.   So to sum up my next few days i plan to sit in the recliner and watch TV and play catch with kaylee with her favorite purple ball and take a couple naps. I DO NOT plan on falling anymore because falling after a HIP surgery is pretty much not a good idea and just sets the healing process back.  LONG LIVE YENTROK ETTENREF !!!!! How cool is it that my name backwards actually sounds kinda neat? lol lUv iT!  

Here is a few Pictures of the healing processor after surgery!

5 days Post Op

7 Days Post Op