So many times on this blog we talk about healthcare nightmares and this is not to discount them but many times the horrendous experiences overshadow the everyday good ones that happen and are not noticed because they weren't complained about.  This is one such story.

Take the leap of faith...

Today, my 21 y/o son recieved a birthday card from his grandma.  Enclosed was a check.  His birthday was back in August and he had already recieved a card and check.  But, my mom thought she forgot so sent him another.

More below.

Hidden comments here are like wandering into my 5th grade son's classroom.. Honestly, all I have seen there is petty grievences punctuated with snotty oneups.

Such drama.  Such gossip.  Such nastiness.  Except, most of the posters there claim to be adults!

Wow. just Wow.  Unsubscribe me!

More below, for adults only..

And F-you, said my son to his friend tonight during a disagreement.

Both boys are 10 and today was the last day of school so they were feeling their oats to say the least but upon hearing this exchange I was really taken aback.  He has been grounded with the appropriate talk but SHEESH!!!

Ten years old, just barely.  Where did they learn this?  My husband and I are so careful to NOT swear.  We try so hard to set a good example and our efforts seem to have all gone poof.

What is going on these days with kids and where do they hear this language if it isn't offered up at home?  And, why are they so mean and so defensive?

I have a theory below.

As a departure from the political and all, are any of you into weather?  

Tonight here in upstate NY we are getting thunderstorms which btw I love.  I love the thunder and lightening.  Is anyone else here into weather?

Up here in the northeast we are out of tornado alley way but we still get tornadoes on occasion.  The last one I remenber was my son's first birthday, we planned a party to start at 4 pm on May 31, 1998.  I couldn't have been a worse time, the heavens opened up and tornadoes (rare here) touched down.  

On the other side, some questions.

So many of us are moms here so I think it is appropriate to honor US!

Now, I don't know the origins of Mothers Day but I do know that moms should be honored, afterall, it is us moms who rock the cradle that rules the world.

Rock on down!

As a white suburban mom with white surburban kids working in a white suburban school I am getting really sick and tired of bash the white surburban lifestyle thingy as it pertains to bullying, ostracizing and Cho.

I invite you to read below.

It was 50 degrees today and foggy.  On Jan 1.  In Upstate NY.

It has been mild, in the 40s for all of December.  What's not to like, my husband says.  No snow to shovel.  Low heating bills.  We're sitting pretty!!!

I talked to my mom the other day who lives in Boston and she says we're gonna pay.  Big time.  Below!

BwahhHaahaa..

(insert creepy organ strains...)

Sigh.  I will try to re-create it, sans link.

I am a stay at home mom.  A housewife, if you will.  My dh (dear husband) and I decided it would be best for our family for me to be a stay at home mom. As a working mom all my life it was quite a culture shock!

Hop on down to the other side!

This is very provocative and imo, truer that I, as an American, would like to admit.  OTOH, I think it is dangerously arrogant to think that the Chinese economy, which is so closely tied to America's wouldn't suffer if America's did as well. If the big fat monkey falls off the cliff, so too do the other monkeys attached to it's fragrant tail.

View it for yourself and offer your own opinion.  Something I found interesting is that most of those involved in the making of this lovely little film have western surnames.