Awesome Alisa emailed this article to me and I wanted to share it with all of you. Sorry about the size. It's worth the eye strain.....kidding . There is full size text down below.
IT IS YOUR LUCKY DAY. I FOUND IT ONLINE. NOW eNJOY.

TELL ME ABOUT IT ®
By Carolyn HaxWednesday, May 23, 2007; C10
Carolyn:
Best friend has child. Her: exhausted, busy, no time for self, no time for me, etc. Me (no kids): Wow. Sorry. What'd you do today? Her: Park, play group . . .
Okay. I've done Internet searches, I've talked to parents. I don't get it. What do stay-at-home moms do all day? Please no lists of library, grocery store, dry cleaners . . . I do all those things, too, and I don't do them EVERY DAY. I guess what I'm asking is: What is a typical day and why don't moms have time for a call or e-mail? I work and am away from home nine hours a day (plus a few late work events) and I manage to get it all done. I'm feeling like the kid is an excuse to relax and enjoy -- not a bad thing at all -- but if so, why won't my friend tell me the truth? Is this a peeing contest ("My life is so much harder than yours")? What's the deal? I've got friends with and without kids and all us child-free folks get the same story and have the same questions.
Tacoma, Wash.

Relax and enjoy.... You're funny.
Or you're lying about having friends with kids.
Or you're taking them at their word that they actually have kids, because you haven't personally been in the same room with them.
Internet searches?
I keep wavering between giving you a straight answer and giving my forehead some keyboard. To claim you want to understand, while in the same breath implying that the only logical conclusions are that your mom-friends are either lying or competing with you, is disingenuous indeed.
So, since it's validation you seem to want, the real answer is what you get. In list form. When you have young kids, your typical day is: constant attention, from getting them out of bed, fed, clean, dressed; to keeping them out of harm's way; to answering their coos, cries, questions; to having two arms and carrying one kid, one set of car keys, and supplies for even the quickest trips, including the latest-to-be-declared-essential piece of molded plastic gear; to keeping them from unshelving books at the library; to enforcing rest times; to staying one step ahead of them lest they get too hungry, tired or bored, any one of which produces the kind of checkout-line screaming that gets the checkout line shaking its head.
It's needing 45 minutes to do what takes others 15.
It's constant vigilance, constant touch, constant use of your voice, constant relegation of your needs to the second tier.
It's constant scrutiny and second-guessing from family and friends, well-meaning and otherwise. It's resisting constant temptation to seek short-term relief at everyone's long-term expense.
It's doing all this while concurrently teaching virtually everything -- language, manners, safety, resourcefulness, discipline, curiosity, creativity. Empathy. Everything.
It's also a choice, yes. And a joy. But if you spent all day, every day, with this brand of joy, and then, when you got your first 10 minutes to yourself, wanted to be alone with your thoughts instead of calling a good friend, a good friend wouldn't judge you, complain about you to mutual friends, or marvel how much more productively she uses her time. Either make a sincere effort to understand or keep your snit to yourself.

I am laughing still. I need to read this lady's article more often.

Soap Box

Wed, 03/18/2009 - 17:09
"President Obama announced this week that he is considering a plan to make our veterans pay for treatment of injuries they received while serving this country. For the first time, President Obama’s plan to charge veterans through their private insurance for service-related treatments will expose wounded veterans to co-pays and deductibles for care of their war wounds. A policy like this would amount to a betrayal of our troops....."
Read More by clicking on the link.
http://militaryfamiliesunited.org/?q=media/tell-president-obama-not-charge-our-veterans

TALK ABOUT ADDING INSULT TO INJURY.... Pun fully intended.

As most of you know, Michael was injured in Afghanistan. Thankfully, while traumatic, it was not very severe. I can't imagine having to pay for the care recieved. Help us stop this before it starts. thanks.

Review

Rachel Getting Married......it is about an Addict (Ann Hathaway), coming home for her Sister's (Rachel) Wedding. For most of the dialogue you feel as though you are walking past a conversation, or really in a room where twenty converstaions are going on. It is really interesting. The most interesting thing I think is that the main charachter in this movie, is music. WE sit with the cast and just listen to lots of music, or just dance to lots of music.

My three favorite moments were when the soon-to-be-brother-in-law's mom says her toast. I won't type the words cause you have to hear her say it or it is cheesy. Then when Sidney (the groom) says his vows with help from Neil Young's Unknown Legend (you can hear it on my music at the bottom of this page. It's the 2nd to last song). And last but not least is the end when Rachel is watching her sister leave. Interesting show, if you like artsy films at all -watch it.

in Review

BLINDNESS: This movie has interested me for a long time, but things happen and so I just got around to watching it. It is not for the faint-hearted. Michael said it was the worst movie he's ever seen. (he traumatizes easily) (love you babe and I am totally kidding) It is about an epidemic of blindess, Julianne Moore doesn't go blind, but goes with her hubby Mark Ruffalo to the facility they are being quarantined at. (Just so you know it never answers how or why) It's all about the breakup of the world under blindness. And the UGLY side of some people. I thought it was interesting and at times shocking...my main beef? Lots of people just start going around naked. I don't buy it. Just because noone could see me I would not live nude. There's still touch, and rain, and food, and...stupid I thought. Anyway interesting.

TAKEN: Liam Neeson is awesome as an angry father and ex-secret agent guy trying to rescue his kidnapped daughter. It is suspenseful but by no means a terror flick. WE both liked it alot though. Some wierd side stories going on, but I ignored em.

So in conclusion, Taken is a fun one and Blindness is not for the weak. Make your own choices people.