bless your heart

Today is my Grandmommy’s birthday.  I have a doctor’s appointment this afternoon then CSP & I are headed down to meet up with the fam for dinner to celebrate Gmommy’s bday.  Going out to eat again reminded me of something Jacob said while we were at dinner in Florida last Friday.  It was a Chinese buffet and when he was full he sat back and said “I’m done.  Can I get a box?”  You think that 5 year old has been out to eat a time or two?!?

I read about this group on Dooce and joined.  It looks interesting and I would love it if some of you joined too.  It’s a flickr group where you video yourself reading a list of words each week.  That way we can see if you say crayon or crown, carmel or caramel.  I love hearing different accents.  I plan on posting my videos here each time and I hope you’ll play too!

I am so mad I could just scream over something I read on Mary Mia’s blog. Teleflora, a flower delivery service: www.Teleflora.com, is running a contest- America’s Favorite Mom.
On the page that lists the semi-finalists for the contest they have broken down the moms into different categories: military mom, single mom, etc. But do you know what they called the category for stepmom’s, grandparents raising their grandchildren, and adoptive mom’s? The NON-MOM Mom’s. NON MOM!!! One of my dear friends is mom to her biological child and her husband’s child from his first marriage and you NEVER hear her call her daughter her step daughter. That is her daughter through and through. The love is the same. And I dare anyone to call anyone who adopts a NON MOM. Again, the love, the work, the time, the everything is the same.

Apparently other people saw this too and complained and Teleflora then changed the name of the category to “Adopting Mom”. But why is it still a separate category? Why aren’t these moms in the same category as moms who gave birth? UGH.

I will never give them a cent of my money. Here is how the page was originally:
Click here to see it in a larger size: http://bp1.blogger.com/_9bBFat5h_7I/SCX1tBRezdI/AAAAAAAAAys/Mi74aSFkg2k/s1600-h/NonMomsCategory3.jpg
And here is the changed page:
http://www.americasfavoritemom.com/mothers-day-2008/static/semiFinalists

I’m going to hang out on my soap box long enough to send this to everyone in my email address book. Non Mom, puhlease!

SO much to tell you. The trip to FLA, Mother’s Day, etc. But first please know that my cell phone died Thursday night/Friday morning. When I was putting it in my purse Friday morning before we left I noticed it didn’t charge even though it was plugged in all Thurs night. Then it wouldn’t charge in the car. Then the little socket thingy fell out. So now I can’t charge it no matter what I do. I’m so bummed. I love my Blackberry and had planned on using it until iPhones came down in price to a human level. So I have to get a new phone this week. If you’ve called me at all since Thursday night I don’t know it unless you called the house. RIP B. Berry.

Made it home safely and just in time for Mother’s Day. While this is a bittersweet day for me it will be nice to spend it with my family. To all you mommies out there….

I just found out today I’m going to Florida tomorrow. For an overnight trip.  My sister has to drive down there and doesn’t want to go alone so… what can you do?  I had a bunch of plans I had to cancel for Friday and Saturday, but we’ll be back in time for Mother’s Day.

Zoe wants to be with me all the time. So when I’m using the computer we’ve come up with this solution. Since her favorite place to be is resting on my chest, and since that’s impossible to do while I’m sitting straight up, she gets all nestled in between my boobs and I pull my shirt up then tuck the sides under my arms making a little kangaroo pouch for her. She loves it and falls asleep there. I can’t believe I’m that close to putting my pug in a baby sling!

I got the sweetest email from one of my Bunco girls after Bunco last week: “I am working on being a little more like you. You always seem to just have this self confidence about you. Its really nice. I am working on being less shy and more social.”  How sweet is that??  Oh my goodness I have just been floating since then.  And yeah, I’m pretty self confident, but I also know my faults and shortcomings.  Plus I have this anxiety I deal with every day.  Add that to this adoption that is taking waaaay longer than we planned (no news, still on the wait list), and I can get pretty down.  Sometimes I have to fake it til I make it, you know?  So it was certainly a nice boost to get this email.  I made sure to send her back a nice email too.

Just found out that my Aunt Lynn, who has been battling leukemia for almost 2 years, is cancer free!  Woohoo!  And she’s starting to gain weight again and is back up to 99 pounds!  Praise the Lord & Hallelujah!  She’s just the sweetest woman ever and this sickness has been really hard on her and my Uncle Steve.  But they powered through and I am just thrilled!

Or does American Idol’s Jason Castro look an awful lot like House’s Dr. Cuddy- Lisa Edelstein? Nose, eyes, lips!