Mother's Day

So does anyone think it's weird that their are moms' that think that Mother's Day is about having your husband hide your kids from you?

I thought it was about celebrating the fact that you have a family and are a Mother. Don't misunderstand me I could see getting to sleep in a little or even having a nice breakfast that you don't have to cook or clean up. I guess I just get lost with the idea that you would not want to be with you family on a day that is only important because you have a family.

I did not get an expensive present or an over-priced card, but I did get to have a lovely breakfast with my husband and son and get to go see Star Trek.

Happy Mother's Day!!!!

Son Social Calendar

I was looking at my calendar for this week and realized that I have more appointments for social events for my son then I do for myself. I don't think that it's jealousy but how many things does a 4 yr old really need to do each week.

I don't remember having class socials with people that I went to school with. I think that I liked the people that I went to school with but I didn't see them out of the 8 to 3 class day. This must be the natural progression of things... fancy kid free dinners and nights out replaced by picnic lunches and knowing how to get to every playground in the area in my sleep.

Where does the day go??

How is it that I can work pt from home/stay at home mommy and still never find enough hours in the day to get everything done? What do people do if they work all day?

There is always stuff to put away, laundry to be washed and someone or something to feed. I can not seem to even sit at a doctors office without taking in my laptop to try and get a few things done. Maybe this is how 'Real Life' is, just a long to-do list that never gets finished. No one told me that adulthood means being tired until you are dead.

Now I guess the real question is how I convince my husband that this stay at home mommy is in desperate need of a maid... And possibly an assistant.

Failure....

If things are not going how you planned, does that make you a failure?

It will make you feel like a failure. You have this great idea of how things will be and that if you try hard enough then they will turn out the 'right' way. Some things can not be overcome, no matter how hard you try. You already feel like you are messing up by just not feeling how you think you should then if you try and force it, it only gets worse. And then it actually starts spilling over onto other people.

How do you explain to them that you want to feel how they want you to feel but you don't. To others they can not see that you are trying, they feel ignored. What happened to the balance? It use to be there... somewhere.

Goodbye Madden

I can finally enjoy football season without the noise of John Madden. Don't get me wrong he is talented broadcaster, but I can not stand the sound of his voice. It has never been about what was coming out just the tone and pitch.

I feel like I have been given a little gift from the 'Football Gods'. At least if the Cowboys are going to let me down I don't have to hear about it from Madden.

P.S. And they say that God doesn't answer sports prayers.

Lost Duck

There is a beautiful Mallard duck that is living at the community pool in my neighborhood. I have seen him walking across the street and always worry that someone is going to make a Ducky Piard out of him.

He seems happy to be at the pool. I guess I would be also if all I did was swim around and look for stuff to eat. ( I kinda do that now.. sans the swimming part. ) Maybe I should devise a plan to move him to some real water.

I will update of any Duck Rescue Mission should I figure one out.

The meaning of Fix it with Cupcakes

I have this theory...sugar fixes everything and balances out the bad. For example, chocolate covered raisins. Chocolate bad. Raisins good. It's like you are eating nothing at all. :) I am a firm believer that there is not much that a giant icing covered cupcake can not fix. I mean have you seen a sad person eating a cupcake?

Places like Sprinkles in Dallas or The Cupcakery in Frisco just make the world a better place.

All of this cupcake talk... Is 9:00am too early for a cupcake?