He can't be that bad......

I saw a story on the news in which President Obama was saying that he's going to be cheering for the Steelers tomorrow during the Super Bowl.

OK, people, that clinches it for me.

Any fan of the Steelers is Ok in my book. :)

Equal pay measure.....

Today, President Obama signed into law a piece of legislation that would allow workers---not just women---to sue if they are not receiving equal pay for their job as others in the same position within their company. Here's the link if you want to read the story:

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28910789

While I like that this probably means women will not be shortchanged as much now that they have the right to demand equal pay, I do wish that we didn't have to sue to get it. My dream is to someday see women making the same amount of money as their male counterparts, without the threat of a lawsuit to get it. But for now, I guess this will have to suffice.

If this is fat.....

....then I must be obese.

I turned on the noon news today to catch the latest weather, and there was a story about how "fat" Jessica Simpson has gotten. Ugh.

For starters, with the economy in the crapper, people losing their jobs left and right and other serious issues facing this country, since when is the size of any woman considered top news? Seriously?

I am appalled at my fellow members of the media for even making an issue of this. First of all, I hate the microscope that is placed on women, especially women in the film and music industry. If you're not a size negative 2, then you're fat. Puh-lease people. If Jessica Simpson is fat, then I must be obese. Better call Weight Watchers right now!

We wonder why the young women of this country are obsessed with appearance, oftentimes engaging in dangerous eating patterns in the name of being "thin." Well, look no further. This kind of garbage is the number one reason for it. Marilyn Monroe---who is still considered one of the great beauties of all time----was actually a size 12. I didn't hear anyone in those days calling her "fat." And rightly so. God made women to have curves. We need to embrace ourselves, whether we're naturally a size 2 or a size 16. Beauty, my friends, isn't skin deep. And it certainly isn't based on our weight.

I say go Jessica. You are a good role model for what a healthy woman is supposed to look like!

If it's not worth praying about.....

Our pastor started a new sermon series about emotions that get in the way of our relationship with God this week. The first sermon was about worry. And boy, was that a topic I know a lot about. Seems like worry has been my middle name these days. Not much is going according to plan these days---well, according to MY plan anyway. Our pastor joked that if you have a stomach ulcer from worrying, then you aren't placing your worries in the right hands---God's. I listened with a heavy heart on Sunday to what our pastor was preaching and realized every word of it applied to me---including the part about ulcers.

Two days later, I was taking my son to preschool, and saw yet another reminder that worry is futile. The sign on the church marquis where his preschool is located had its own message about worry. It said: "If it's not worth praying about, then it's not worth worrying about."

Twice in the same week I've been hit with the same message. And it's a smart lesson to heed. So I'm going to do my best to place my fears and worries in the hands of God. I'm not sure I'll be 100% successful, but I'm going to do my best----or develop an ulcer trying. :)

I should have known......

....when my day started off with Connor peeing on me, that it was all going to be downhill from there.

We've been potty training again pretty hard, and have had minimal accidents in the last 2 weeks. Connor always goes first thing in the morning, so I set about putting him on the potty as usual. Only this time, he didn't quite make it. As soon as the pull up came off, he peed. All over me, all over the floor, all over the bathroom. I laughed it off and went about my day.

But you know, not much has gone right since then. Seems like everything I set out to do, I get "peed" on and never get it done. I think it's Isaak's turn to take Connor to the potty tomorrow morning. Maybe then I'll have a better day! :)

SNOW FUN!

I was just beginning to wonder if Connor would ever get to use his snow pants and snow boots I bought him two months ago.......and lo and behold, he DID! And he LOVED IT! He rolled down the hill, threw snow balls and even helped build Steve, the Snowman. It was good stuff. I say bring on the snow! We love it!

Weird sympathy....

OK, I know, two posts in the same day.

But I just opened the mail, and found a card from Twinbrook Animal Clinic. If you've been following my cat drama, you know that's where we took Zorro, and "Other Kitty," when we were trying to help them. And as you all know, we had to put the other kitty down.

Twinbrook sent us a sympathy card for Other Kitty. Everyone there signed it, and some of them thanked us for trying to do what was best for two feral cats that we didn't have to help. It was kind of nice. But at the same time, weird. We didn't really know Other Kitty, or really have a chance to bond with him the way we've bonded with Zorro, but it was still hard to make the decision to euthanize him. So it's nice to know that other people recognize that was hard for us to do. Twinbrook is so great. I don't think I can say that enough.