Fly-By

Sorry for the silence. The stomach flu got me for a few days. Crossing my fingers that nobody else gets it.

Not much else to report. Hope everyone has a wonderful Easter!

Quandaries

Life's pretty good right now. Everybody's healthy and relatively happy (constant midget fighting notwithstanding). Spring Break is here, which is making some of us more excited than others. And summer's coming!!

Still, I have issues...

1. I've been assigned to bring a vegetable to my mother's for Easter. She's making shrimp creole as the main dish. Yes, I know we live in DC. Yes, I know this is extraordinarily odd. But there it is. I cannot think of a vegetable that goes with shrimp creole (somebody else already has a salad assignment). Maybe a corn pudding? Anyone? If I don't come up with something, we're doing roasted asparagus and being done with it.
2. This sugar thing. It's killing me. I eat well all day until about 3 p.m. and then I crave sugar. Chocolate and cookies and pre-packaged chemically things, oh my! How do I get over this?? (And don't say fruit. Fruit doesn't cut it.)
3. What do I get DH for his birthday in a few weeks?

OK, so that's it. Nothing earth-shattering. Nothing major. But questions nonetheless. Feel free to provide answers, my dear friends.

Just Plain Wrong

For weeks, I've heard that Weight Watchers was coming out with a line of soft-baked cookies. When I saw them at Giant this morning, I gleefully snapped a box up and raced home to open it up. Cooooooooookies!

HEY!

"Small" doesn't begin to cover it. These are the most pathetic little cookies I've ever seen. Wrapping them individually is an insult.

They taste OK, but you know what? I did some checking.

Each WW cookie is about 3/4 the size of a Chips Ahoy cookie, and they have 10 more calories each than the Chips Ahoy!!!

BOO HISS!!

I done been duped.

Weekend Recap

• Friday night and Saturday were the Cub Scout Pinewood Derby races. Such fun! The kids all did a fantastic job, and I was so impressed with the way they all cheered for each other, encouraged one another, and supported even their racing rivals, no matter how old they were, what den they belonged to, or whom they'd just lost to. Scouts rocks.
• Yesterday, DS marched in the national St. Patrick's Day parade down Constitution Avenue. The boys did a great job despite freezing cold and brutal wind. (Photos are on my other blog--email me for an invite if I know who you are are you want one--kimthe writer at yahoo dot com).
• Went to a really fun party Saturday night. Stayed stone-cold sober all night b/c I thought I had to drive our babysitter home. Then found out she'd driven herself. *sigh*. Ah well.
• Our former dream house had its price dropped to our range. Then we found out some things about the condo complex across the street that killed the deal for us. I'm a little heartbroken over it--I loved that house--but glad to know the info ahead of time and very very glad we didn't just jump. The hunt continues.
• Spring Break starts Wednesday at lunchtime. AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!!!

Note To Self: Win Powerball Before Summer

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Tame the Snake, Boys

Another politician, another sex scandal. It's becoming routine.



You know what struck me this time, though? This.



















From the Gary Hart hoo-ha to the Clinton debacle, I don't think I've ever seen a political spouse look so drained and so overwhelmed at the obligatory "I'm wrong and I'm sorry" press conference.

That's not a bad thing. All these women (It's been women to date) who've stood behind their men at the podium and held hands and smiled have put out the wrong message, I think. That it's OK for their spouses to dip their toes into other women's pools. That they're strong and they can handle this. That it meant nothing, really.

I don't think that's a good lesson, especially as the mom of a little girl who, I hope, will grow up with a strong sense of self-worth and self-respect. We do deserve better. Fidelity is important and it is valued and it is demanded--or it should be. Marriage is still valued and still deserves every ounce of respect that we as a society used to put into our vows. And monogamy is a very, very good thing.

My heart broke a bit for this latest political canoodling victim. Maybe she's a witch. Maybe she's had her own "alternative engagements." I have no idea. Until yesterday, I'd never heard of her. But as a wife, she deserves better. As a mother, she owes it to her children to teach them to demand better in their own lives and relationships. And as someone in the spotlight, I have to say, I was relieved to finally see one of these spouses looking like yes, this does bother her. It is wrong. It's a horrible injustice to her and her family, and it's just plain wrong.

I hope she continues showing her emotions and letting us see the toll this takes on their family. I think it's a lesson that's been sorely lacking in recent years, and one we could all use a reminder on.


(ps--for the love of god, gentlemen, keep it in your pants!)

For The Record

I strongly support these folks. ("these folks" is a link...click away). DST is outdated and pointless and makes me tired and screws up my kids' bedtimes and makes them tired which really irritates me. If you agree, go visit.

Hmpf.