I'm'a lock u down...
Today is a very sad day in the kapgar household. One from which we may never fully recover.
We lost a friend. A good friend. One that has been with us for several years now and has helped pick us up when we were feeling low. Entertained us. Made us laugh, cry, scream, and think.
R.I.P. DVD player, stereo, Nintendo Wii, and about half of our DVD collection. I put a child-safety lock on the front of our entertainment center in preparation for when we have a kid and also so that we're good when certain nieces visit.
The problem arises in that now that our entertainment center is "childproofed," the likelihood is that I'll never be able to open it again. I had enough trouble getting the stupid thing on there. Trying to re-open it? I don't think it's happening.
*Sniffle*
Maybe once our kiddo is old enough, I can have him/her teach me how to break into it.
If I ever have to hear that godforsaken Nissan commercial that uses "Summer Lovin'" from Grease again, so help me...
I really wish advertisers would stop using ALL popular music in their commercials. All it takes is one misstep like this and I'm turned off enough that I won't even consider a product.
Yes, that's all it takes with me is a negative mental association such as this and I'm done.
Use some creativity and write and produce your own damn music. Stop taking existing music from real artists. Dear sweet God, please.
Posted with Blogsy
Those things are also adult proof. I'm convinced of it! You can still play with your toys. The little munchkin won't be able to do much till he/she starts crawling/walking.
This is one thing I don't miss about cable TV - the ads. I don't see them much anymore except when I watch shows on Hulu and most of them are political ads (one for Obama and one for Romney). I just mute those. But agreed, replaying an ad over and over and over and over again is NOT going to necessarily make me want the product.
Posted by: Marie | Tuesday, 21 August 2012 at 06:57 AM
The problem is that the nieces are crawling and getting into things, so we do need them. And I lose my DVD player and Wii forever and ever and ever. *sadface*
Posted by: kapgar | Tuesday, 21 August 2012 at 09:13 AM
Being a bit proactive for the arrival of Chewie? ;-) The childproofing at our home for my daughter happened in stages, as she leaned how to crawl, walk and climb. Most of the items we had were already at certain levels of height that she wouldn't be able to reach until she was at least 4 (VCR, receiver, NES, CD player).
Now for those food and dish cabinets, those child proof plastic locks are more adult proof than they are child proof. Kids little hands are smaller than an average adult finger.
Posted by: Marty Mankins | Tuesday, 21 August 2012 at 03:00 PM
The reason for now is the nieces not Chewie.
Posted by: kapgar | Tuesday, 21 August 2012 at 06:08 PM
Doh! I missed the "nieces" part at the very end of that above.
Posted by: Marty Mankins | Tuesday, 21 August 2012 at 06:11 PM
No worries.
Posted by: kapgar | Tuesday, 21 August 2012 at 09:42 PM
...and so it begins!!
Posted by: Suzanne Apgar | Tuesday, 21 August 2012 at 10:23 PM
Yup.
Posted by: kapgar | Wednesday, 22 August 2012 at 07:05 AM
I knew it had been a while since I've done my blog rounds but I had no idea it had been so long that it gave you time to make a baby! Many, many congrats. This news made me insanely happy today. :)
Posted by: Cap | Wednesday, 22 August 2012 at 11:39 AM
Thank you so much, Cap!
Posted by: kapgar | Wednesday, 22 August 2012 at 01:57 PM
Wow, you're on the ball. We didn't childproof until Gavin started walking. And now that it's a year later, we still use rubberbands on some cabinets to keep him out. Please don't call DCFS on us.
Posted by: Nilsa @ SoMi Speaks | Friday, 24 August 2012 at 08:20 AM
I won't tells out the rubber bands if you don't. Shhh.
Posted by: kapgar | Friday, 24 August 2012 at 10:42 AM