My big sister...

never ceases to surprise me. First of all a big WAY TO GO on her recent belly dance performance. I would have loved to have been there. I know she is not one to get up in front of others and "perform" so kudos to her. Im so proud and (secretly) envoius that she has stuck with belly dance since her girls were born. What a great way to exercise AND express yourself.

So i expect the politico stuff from her and the occassional link to bad music and silly fugly websites but todays link just made me shreik with laughter.

http://www.metalsludge.tv/home/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=40&Itemid=54

Now i hate to tell her but i had seen this site a LONG time ago. (did you catch the pun??) She forgets that i was once quite the heavy metal grrrl.



OH- belated congrats to Julie and Ben on their expecting a baby. Yaay! I guess the German air was good for you both.


And a big old school hello to my friend Julia. Dating waaaaaay back to the 6th grade....and we just hooked back up after almost 20 years. It is so cool catching up and i hope we continue the back and forth. Its brought back so many memories. I remember her mom used to let us write inside her closet on the walls. We thought that was cool. I also remember for a time her house was located within walking distance of a neighborhood pool. Another cool thing. I also remember how cool it was to have girlfriends as sarcastic, cynical, and intelligent as i thought i was. Julia as i recall was the first person i ever knew that had a cabbage patch doll. And hers came directly from the "hospital"...a true original.

Why do we remember the weirdest little things??

Goodbye hardearned money

Naps, Taxes, Nosh, & Bunnies.....

The wolverine is down for a nap. So now its time to dig back into our tax return that i STILL havent finished. There are papers and files and schedules everywhere. Im sure the next 36 hours are going to be a blast....and im even more sure that dollar amount at the end of the 36th hour is going to be a real bummer. So instead of going into a rant about how much money our government wastes and how i hate to write them a check quarterly or yearly i will instead sent a belated passover wish to all you passover types and a happy hippity hop for all you bunny types.


This has been a long week.

WANTED

IF the weather holds is anyone interested in gettting out today? I get off work at noon. the wolverine and I cannot spend another afternoon at home. We are busting out. Just let us know and i will holler when im home.

Despite all my rage i am still just a rat in a cage....

The wolverine is into turning things over. Its his current "thing". Today he turned over the rocking chair in the bedroom. HE pushed it around for awhile and then realized he could climb up on it. He laughed, he squealed, he enjoyed this new discovery under mommys watchful eye UNTIL he slipped and his leg got caught in the slats that make up the back to the chair. At first i thought he was laughing..and maybe he was...but once he realized he was stuck he went into panic mode. He thrashed about like a trapped animal and would scream at frustration when he couldnt get his leg free. I was trying to help, but mainly had to focus on keeping him from wrenching his leg around making it worse or breaking it. It finally slipped out and he howled and cried and found comfort in mommys bosom for awhile. I had never seen him like that before. He WAS the wolverine...leg trapped...instinct set to flight. IM glad i was there to calm him down....but i think we have reached a new level of CRAZY in our house. Im not totally confident in my ability to calmly navigate these next several months as we sail towards two.




Dont ya hate earworms......those songs you hear and then CANT get them outta your ear. The Bon Jovi/Sugarland duet "Who says ya cant go home...." has been circling in my mind like a vulture ever since this morning....Thanks honey!



Lunch with a friend is a wonderful respite from motherhood. Just two gals, no kids, no diaperbags, no husbands......chatting, eating. Of course the crying baby three tables away kept interfering ....its like once your a mom you have the mom equivalent of the "Spidey sense" (Spiderman/ comic book reference for you non-geeks). A baby cries and my head starts to tingle (or in the early months your breasts let down milk) and then i wonder how i can help the baby find contentment again. Kudos to the daddy who brought his baby girl to "guys lunch". Just 3 guys, their beers, and baby girl. The hubby will be glad to know he isnt the only "modern dad" in Lexington.


GOSSIP PAGES ARE FULL OF Gwyneth and her "alleged" Guiness beer. First of all who really cares. And second if you do care and youve been pregnant before you know a beer aint gonna kill or harm the baby. Its not like shes guzzling back a 40 or doing tequila slams.....its a BEER for goodness sake. Let it go.

Let me hear your body talk....

For anyone who is interested....Friday night...mission accomplished.

Now on to the next thing....

I just got back from the gym....first time to weight train in almost 2 years. Im sure i will burn tomorrow. The hubby and I did the trade off...the first parent goes to workout while the second parent watches the wolverine then switch. Of course i got the better end of the deal because when i got home he was NAPPING! Yes napping..the most glorious word for a tired mom.


We are making smoothies for lunch...i am excited. A blend of banana, strawberry, blueberry,and papaya. Add a dollop or two of plain nonfat yogurt and ice and YUM!!!!

Interesting article on feedinf toddlers and infants.
http://www.mathematica-mpr.com/nutrition/infantfeeding.asp

You lost more then that in my backseat baby....

****if you know the song reference i pity you.



Friday night.
Tim bought condoms.

Im Just A Bill On Capital Hill.....

Well folks...we did it!!! At 11:30 this morning Governor Ernie Fletcher signed our breastfeeding bill into law. It will take 45 days to go into action but its done! Thanks to all who helped get this legislation passed. Kentucky is a better place for it. Finally our Republican governor has done something i can support and get behind. Its about time.


Shannon Rinaldo who has been keeping me updated throughout the process says there will be some kind of celebration when it goes into effect and will let me know. So stay tuned for details.

Now go forth into the public and nurse!!!

Hit me baby one more time...

this is just wrong... http://music.msn.com/music/article.aspx?news=219709>1=7702

First of all its an awful sculpture aesthetically.
Secondly, she gave birth via a c-section...so that makes it a head scratcher.
Third, to use this as a part of a pro-life exhibit???!!!! Im rather certain that most of you feel as i do...The Federlines make a much stronger argument for the other side, yes???


What do you think?

4:30 a.m.

may sound like an early hour to get up. But when your a mommy sometimes ya gotta do what ya gotta do to get some "ME" time. Turns out it was a great idea. I read my email uninterrupted, read the paper, went to the gym and worked out, came home and showered and hopped back into bed just in time to nurse the wolverine. Then we got up and had breakfast.I cleaned the kitchen while he "helped". Then it was client calls while he played. I finished the laundry. We read and played in every closet in the house...which is his current fascination...closets. Then he went down for an early nap and i ate lunch. He woke up and i laid down with him and fell asleep and awoke just in time for playgroup. Whew!!

Of course at playgroup he was a little craggy.....but hey its 7:45 pm and he is asleep so we finished the day on a good note.

NEXT UP: Farewell to Julie and Daniel....and have a safe trip to Germany. You both will be missed. Please keep in touch. Its always sad to see friends move.


If you havent checked out todays fugs...do so.....http://gofugyourself.typepad.com/

This is hilarious......http://feministing.com/GoodHousewife
Keep in mind that the article is for real....albeit in 1955. If you notice any similarities to your own home life....pick up your purse right now, take out your car keys, walk calmly out the door, get in your car and drive far far away.

Et Tu' Mississippi???!!!

First came Hurricane Katrina and her wake and now this....geesh...Me and the hubby moved out of Mississippi just in the nick of time.

Following in the recent footsteps of TX, GA, & possibly TN...MS has passed a law banning sex toys...
“A person commits the offense of distributing unlawful sexual devices when he knowingly sells, advertises, publishes or exhibits to any person any three-dimensional device designed or marketed as useful primarily for the stimulation of human genital organs or offers to do so or possesses such devices with the intent to do so.”

Listen people...youve got alot worse problems to worry about right now then people gettin' their groove on with some plasic and batteries. There are still people living on the coast with HURRICANE SEASON upon them in TENTS and TRAILERS for goodness sake!!!! PRIORITIES PLEASE!!!!!

on a personal note- Me and my girlfriends bought many a wonderful vibrator and sex toy in MS...we braved the sex shops to fulfill our shopping needs in person instead of the cowardly people who buy online. I would hate to see all those people put out of business AND the community left with nowhere to shop on a late Friday night when they are feeling frisky.



NEXT UP:

Jenna Elfman has apparently gone the way of the bobble headed, emaciated actresses. I flipped by her soon to be cancelled sitcom and thought for a second they had replaced her with a skeleton in a wig. LADIES OF HOLLYWOOD PLEASE STOP GETTING THINNER!!! You women were already too thin to begin with, what is with the race to be the closest to a living stick figure....its gross. The reason i only watched Schindlers List once was because (although it was a wonderful film)i found the imagery of starving people too disturbing. WHO KNEW that the trend of Hollywood starlets and fashinistas this year was to borrow body images from the Holocaust.
Its ghastly.

And if another actress comes out with her confession of an eating disorder i am just going to scream!!!! These are not revelations people...weve known all along you all have a problem. Get help and move on. Stop trying to make us feel sorry for you for playing Hollywoods game.

****This rant was brought to you by a woman on her 8th day of eating no sugar.


Happy Birthday Amelia. Seems just like yesterday that you were born. Now six years later my niece is getting grown up so fast. I love you a ridiculous amount....the world became a better place when you arrived.


Good night room. Goodnight moon. Goodnight wolverine, not a moment too soon.

V for Vacation ...as in..i need one...

So Sunday afternoon i highstepped it to the movie theater with Maria. We were babyfree. I got there 30 minutes too early so i kicked back in the car and rocked out to some tunes. What a nice change of pace. We saw V For Vendetta. I liked it...it was full of interesting things to think about. Alot of questions about the politics of fear, government of the people, terrorism vs. freedom fighters...and probably at its heart fascism VS anarchy (at least from the source material which was a graphic novel put out in the 90s with the same title). I wont write anything more..no spoilers...the hubby hasnt seen it yet so im banned from discussing it. But i would give it a B. Mainly it was just great to get out on my own for a few hours with a friend. Sometimes i think i forget im more then just a mother. Im a whole person with a myriad of interests, thoughts, and feelings. Im sure the wolverine will be bettter off in the long run if i remember that and nurture myself on occassion.


So day 6 of the NO SUGAR plan. Im impressed we have lasted this long. The first four days were BLECH. I had headaches, and cravings, i was cranky, and in a foggy haze. It was alot like coming off a drug addiction come to think of it. Who knew sugar had such power. The main obstacle i think in the remaining 8 days is growing bored with the allowed food and the pure unadulterated laziness that causes me to reach for the phone at dinnertime and call up Donatos. I thinkwe can ride it out...but then the fun really begins. We have to take what we have learned and apply it....keep a watch on the calories...make good choices...stay away from the evil SUGAR...and actually use our YMCA membership instead of just paying them $66 a month for a plastic membership card to hold my keys on.


I finally saw The Importance of Being Earnest...the hubbys play...he did a fine job directing it. Its the first show ive seen in forever that i actually laughed aloud in. Boy that felt good. More plays need to inspire belly laughs. The audience was really responsive and seemed to love it. Yaaay Hubby director. All those longs days and nights with the wolverine were worth it. Though i must admit i am looking forward to a break from theatre....its very hard to juggle your theatrical schedule with our parenting schedule.


Melinda had an idea of getting together with other women and doing potluck and creating something...quilting, knitting, etc. I like the idea. IM not sure what to do but it could be fun. I love playgroup but lets be honest...those of us with toddlers dont really get the benefit of the chit chat anymore. Im too busy either chasing the wolverine around and keeping him out of stuff or trying to get him to nap since now playgroup and his nap have collided. I still appreciate the company...its just more stressful then it once was. So i guess im always on the lookout for some down time...and some fun.

Yaay to Laura who went off for a couple of days witha friend to Gatlinburg. Thats WITHOUT the baby....who stayed home with daddy. I applaud you....a brave mommy who realized her need and made it happen. Oh i might even be a little envious. I dont see anytime in the near future where i will be overnighting without the wolverine. Part of it is me...im just not ready yet...and part is him...he relys very heavily on me at nightime. Im sure that will fade over the coming months (right?!) but for now i will have to be satisifed with living out that fantasy vicariously through other mommys. Hope you had a blast!

IM obviously playing catch up here....im horrible at keeping up with this blog.

Here is a question for anyone who is reading this...(all 4 of you)....What music is in your CD player/ stereo/ car right now. Anything i should be listening to? The last few days we've played Johhny Cash greatest hits, Pearl Jam (1st album), a PASTE magazine CD that includes that crazy ortho-jew-rasta-rapper guy and Counting Crows greatest hits. Plus ive sung my fill of kiddie songs to the wolverine. I think he like it when me and the daddy duet Johhny and June. He sways along and claps.

"Early one mornin' while makin' the rounds.....

I took a shot of cocaine and I shot my woman down"...........man i love Johhny Cash.

Anyway, the hubby is putting the wolverine down for the night. (well until he wakes up in an hour wanting to nurse.)We rented RED EYE to watch and bought a bottle of wine. Its another hot night of the marital version of a date. We went out to eat with some friends and their children earlier...so for us, its been a BIG night. Whoooeeeee!!!! If you add in our trip to the grocery store this afternoon and the chocolate peanut butter cups we ate, plus our family nap, this has been a major Saturday at the Casa del Davis.

Alright the hubby and i were discussing movie ratings earlier. We are both appalled that extreme and senseless violence in movies only garners an R rating but anything sexual it seems gets the NC17. I mean personally i would rather see some artistic soft core anyday over torture and sicko violence for kicks. Wouldnt you? What is wrong with people??!!!

Alright....the wolverine is asleep...gotta run...let the hot night of married fun begin.


oh...side note...The importance of being Earnest got reviewed in todays paper...the hubby was lukewarm about it. Anyone up for a play? I really need to go see it. I havent yet.

Stand by your man.....

The hubby is directing a play at AGL and it opens this weekend. He puts in long hours all in the name of art. I guess the least i can do is schill his stuff on my blog. Here is a link to an interview the Lexington Herald Leader did http://www.heraldleaderphoto.com/multimedia/being/earnest.html

Its pretty cool....turn up your speakers.

I havent seen the entire production yet. I have gone to one rehearsal but ended up strolling the wolverine around most of the time trying to keep him quiet. You know how that goes. But i figure it must be watchable since he is the director and he has a great cast too.

Anyone interested in going holler at me....im thinking of going Friday night.

Oscar buzzzzzzzzzz.................................

Its your last chance to get your Oscar votes in. Now that ive actually seen a few movies of late i think some of the most deserved are going to get looked over. Take for instance Terence Howard.....His performance in Hustle and Flow was outstanding and is my vote for best male actor last year. I thought i would hate this film and it wound up being my favorite. Its the only picture(outside of Walk the Line which doesnt count because i had sentimental attachments to that one) that got me jazzed and left the hubby and I singing afterwards for days. Do you know the kind of looks i get in public ....its not everyday you see a mommy toting around a baby at the grocery store singing "ITs hard out here for a pimp...."

Anyway...once you have seen Terence in both Hustle and Flow playing the memphis pimp and then watch him playing a most uptight black movie executive in Crash...well the man has got some chops. He is my best actor of 2005.


Will anyone even watch the Oscars??? I agree with Laura..old habits die hard...so i will probably sit up and watch and when the wolverine wakes up inevitably 30 minutes into it i will grab him up and nurse him while i indulge.

Over the river and thru the woods....

Grandmother is coming to visit us today. Hopefully she will be here by lunch. the wolverine will be thrilled to see her. So will I. Yaaaaay!!!! Of course the trade off is the hubby is going on a business trip for a few days.

MARCH 2006 In like a lamb,out like a lion? Our 60ish temps today dont bode well for a nice end to the month weather wise. Blech...long winters stink.


So a friend of my sisters has written and published a book. Supposedly i will get a copy since i think awhile back i sent in some suggestions. Honestly i cant remember because it was during this last year when i havent slept long enough stretches to actually make memories. But im excited for her...and i cant wait to read the book.
The title is "What Haven't They Told Me: Practical Tips for Surviving and Thriving During Baby's First Year." Im sure some of you could probably fill a book yourselves after months of mommyhood.


And just for fun.....here is a link to a site i like to peruse when i need a good laugh...http://gofugyourself.typepad.com/ Its nice to know even the rich and well put together have off days.

Frakkin' Friday.....

aaahhh...A perfect evening....Good pasta, good wine, good sleeping baby, good hubby who brought home cheese sticks and Frakkin' good Battlestar Galactica. A perfect combo to take the week out with. It may not sound like much to some of you, but i cant imagine spending the evening any other way.

Isnt it funny how parenthood lowers the bar for a good time?!!! Now if i can just get a good nights sleep......

Little Sister Oh The Time Has Come......

anyway....so my BIG sister is planning a little rendevous with her hubby Friday night. He doesnt know yet. She is sending the hotel room key to his office Friday and plans on waiting for him there all sexied up laying on the bed doing her best come hither look im sure. The kids are staying with friends so they are spending the night. Its hot sex and adults only for them all night. How cool.

So Hope...i salute you....for making it happen...emphasis on the make.

I hope everything goes as planned....and that you get your world rocked. Exit hard working, always tired, unkempt mother of two, ENTER super sexy, ride him all night, super coiffed horny goddess.

WE will be calling Mike a cocksman by Saturday.

Wonder Boobs Activate....

Alright ladies.....your help is needed again...

Dear Supporter,

Tomorrow (Wednesday, February 22) our bill is on Consent Orders in the Senate. Although by definition this means opposition is not expected, there is the possibility of amendment. In fact, it could be the case that particular groups may ask for amendments specifying exceptions or special instructions for their particular circumstances. Without the ability to explain such situations here, imagine an affected group asking that the bill be amended to: exempt their particular establishments or to outline alternative requirements for that situation only. By mandating special provisions for specific circumstances, this could create an unfunded mandate for those specific environments.

Please contact your Senator immediately with the following message: "Please pass SB 106: An Act Related to Breastfeeding without amendments meant to specify accommodations for specific environments." Feel free to express why this is a bad idea (see my comments above or share your own opinion). Find your Senator's email here: http://www.lrc.ky.gov/whoswho/email.htm.

Thank you for your continued support. It has taken all of us to get our bill this far and it will take all of us to get it through without amendments of this nature!

--
Shannon Bridgmon Rinaldo
http://www.breastfeedingkentucky.com

All I Want For Christmas is my two front teeth....

Well i broke a tooth tonight. First time that has happened. Its one of the bottom front teeth, but you cant really tell because its the back that broke off. Weird. I have no idea how it happened. I was talking to the wolverine and the next thing i know there are pieces of my tooth in my mouth. Weird. I guess its a good think i work with a dentist. Tomorrow should be alot of fun. Will someone come massage my hands and arms while i get my dental work done? Who massages the massage therapist???!!!!

I think my mom has this problem. Crumbling teeth. One day they are fine and the next a piece chips off. Great. Also evidently in the dental world there is a saying "You lose one tooth for every child you have." I dont like those stats. As if i dont have enough to grumble about. Now i have to worry about my teeth falling out. Weird.

The wolverine bit me today and i realized he hadnt done that in over a week. That made me happy. He is using so many words. And for some reason he already seems to have a funky southern accent. He has started saying "hi" but its more like "hiiii".

THANKS MELINDA for those great pictures of playgroup. We should start an album...oooh...or a dvd...combine it with the video some of us have taken. A fun momento.

MOVIE REVIEW OF THE WEEK:
We rented War of the Worlds this weekend. I give it a B for a popcorn flick. It pulled several moments from the original which was cool. They could have ditched the subplot with Tim Robbins...that was totally unneccessary. And poor Dakota spent the entire movie looking progressively more terrified and filthy. I bet that was no fun to film. Tom Cruise did his usual three faces of acting. It worked. I liked seeing him as just a normal person and not some superhero or ultra cool guy. That is the nice thing about this story...the hero does not defeat the bad guy....Sidenote: The boy playing Cruises son was a doll. If I were 12 his poster would be all over my room.