Archive for May, 2009

So I enjoy watching the Rachel Ray show and she likes to play a little game with some of the celebrity guests called “going too far”. Where they give a topic and they ask two audience members(one arguing for and one against) to put forth their opinions and then the celebrity guest tells their opinion. Sometimes it can get pretty heated and other times it’s funny and wacky!

Today she had Chandra Wilson who plays Dr. Miranda Bailey on Grey’s Anatomy. They played “going too far?” and the topic was a book titled Beside Every Successful Man by Megan Basham. The best way to describe the madness is to put the reviews from the book jacket on here … From Publishers Weekly
Especially for women who want to “embrace a slower-paced, more graceful, family-oriented life” (feminists and career gals need not apply), Basham has created a guide for helping one’s man achieve success (and, thus, get one’s own in the process). Basham is straightforward and practical (if occasionally overbearing), complete with infomercial-quality promises like “Using your PR savvy to increase household cash flow.” Her logical, step by step plan for helping a mate succeed involves locating and supporting his strengths, communicating and motivating, and using your own skills in a “stand by your man” capacity that doesn’t preclude stepping up front every once in a while. Basham frequently cites celebrity examples-MSNBC host Chris Matthews, country singer Alan Jackson, the Obamas–to drive home points, but her conservative inclinations will be a turn-off for some. Those looking for solid advice on how to motivate, understand, communicate with and help a mate succeed will find this time well spent, with techniques generally transferable to children, bosses or friends.
Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

I’m at a loss for words! As were Rachel and Chandra might I add! It’s good that they put a disclaimer in there that feminists and career gals need not apply. Another sub-group is women with self-esteem. Even when I was a stay at home mom my husband’s career was his business! Yeah when he did well I was happy for him, and if he wanted my help typing up a resume I would, but I would not make contacts for him or make my success as a woman be dependant on my husband’s success in his career! In my experience, that would have been impossible(and in my ex’s case extremely unwise).

Who is this stupid bitch anyway that she felt compelled to write a book all about defining yourself by what you can do for your husband?!? She is woman who is alone and can’t have a lasting relationship so she writes a book about all things she isn’t doing thinking if other do what she hasn’t done, then maybe it will be like returning them to the days of June Cleaver. But the women cant go back to those days…I don’t even think June Cleaver was a June Cleaver type. Maybe when then camera was rolling but in real life that would never have worked! It isn’t a realistic way to tell a woman to live her life and expect happiness.

This is the great thing about freedom of speech…she can write down her archaic crappy ideas down and get someone to print them and then people like me can criticize them all to hell. I love America!

So I have had a stomach bug for the better part of two weeks. I have been nauseous, vomiting and having pain in my abdomen. I have been so tired I get exhausted walking from room to room(maybe I’m exaggerating a little bit!).I can’t seem to shake whatever this sickness is and its bout to drive me nuts…not that I wasn’t a bit nutty to begin with!

I get sick to my stomach when I smell any type of food! And god forbid if I eat it! But I have to eat chocolate…consequences be damned!

My Grandma sent me a Mother’s day card and it was very nice…all except for the fact that she sent it to me with my ex husband’s last name! WTF?!? I gave that up when I gave him up. That was the only thing I wanted in our divorce(besides my daughter…but he didn’t want to raise her anyway)…was my maiden name back! She has sent me many cards since the split all to my maiden name. So, why now send one to me at my old married name? Is it a passive aggressive move to get me to call her? Is it a oops? Maybe a typo or pen-o?

Tommy tried to buy a pay per view movie, he sat on our cable remote and it went to the on demand menu and it offered us the option to press one button and it would purchase the movie. His cute fluffy butt had already changed the channel and chosen the movie…I wonder if they would have given us our money back if we said our cat had bought the movie? Ya know kinda like “My dog ate my homework.”. Think it would work? I didn’t even want the movie he was trying to buy! He has bad taste.

Chris says he is gonna make his mom do the impossible…Make his parents and mine meet! We kinda did our whole dating thing backwards, so our parents have yet to meet. I mean my mom and his have said hello one time when Chris’s mom was in the van w/me when I stopped by my parent’s house to get something. But there has been no official meeting of the families.

Toni has yet to meet my sister Pandora…that should be interesting! Today at brunch Pandora threw this fit and it was really childish. I was playing around with her and she got her panties in a bunch and made the comment “At least I can stay married!”. I said,”It’s easy to stay married when you aren’t ever around your husband.” She went postal! She grabbed her things, and practically sent her chair flying into the table behind us when she jumped up and screamed “I’m not eating! I’m going to the car!” Then my mom grabbed her by the arm(really hard) and told her not to ruin this for her. I can’t believe how she acted! Then when she(graciously…not!) agreed to stay, she balanced her checkbook put her head on the table, and made loud calls on her cell phone! I guess she was trying to look like A). she had friends B). she was important and C). she had other things she could be doing…but in reality all she did was make my Mom’s lunch harder. My mom had already paid for her meal too. So of course my Dad was pissed too.

The best part was it was all at Pandora! She made the divorce comment, but all I did was state the obvious. She isn’t ever in the same house w/Rosebud. He is a saint for putting up w/her shit! If anyone treated me the way she treats him…I would kill them! She talks about and to him like he couldn’t function without her! He managed just fine for 12-13 years after high school. If she doesn’t start treating him w/some respect she will know what it feels like to be divorced. I wouldn’t wish that on anybody, but she needs to be knocked down a few notches if she doesn’t quit being so damn high and mighty!

Tomorrow is Mother’s Day and to all the mother’s out there,…

Happy Mother’s Day!

Chris and Ami got me two of the most beautiful flower arrangements delivered I have ever seen! I got one at work yesterday from Ami(everyone read the card and though it was super cute!). And I was greeted this morning to another delivery at home this time from Chris. So I feel very spoiled!

My own mother has bamboozled me into a family brunch…with the entire family! It didn’t start out that way, but it has slowly grown over time and now it resembles more of a circus. We are now going to a restaurant I hate, all because one member of my family choose it. I guess the rest of us don’t matter. But it’s only one meal(that’s what mom said)! I’m tired of all the drama that has gone w/this brunch…I’ll be happy when it’s done and I can relax. After all isn’t that what tomorrow is supposed to be about? A reward for all the hard work I do for my family all through the year. One day of doing whatever I want…and nothing I don’t want!

Well, I called my mother on the phone(cause in all the conversations about this train wreck of a brunch we have never discussed when to be at the puke palace)to find out when we were all meeting. She tells me 11:30am and says how excited everyone is. I tell her something that has been bothering me(I make the mistake of opening up) and she starts to say something about it(and my sister calls me while I’m telling her this, but I ignore her.)but abruptly stops and hurriedly says deal with it and hangs up on me. I know what happened, my sister couldn’t get me, so she called Mommy! Probably to bitch cause I wouldn’t answer her call…but I was on the phone and I’m not gonna hang up on someone just cause sissy is bored and lonely!!!

So, I called mother back and told her i don’t like being hung up on…she told me some lame story bout how she was getting three calls at once(me, sissy, and other annoying relative…whatev) and she though call was done. She wonders why I don’t open up more. Plus she has caller ID on all of her phones so she knew who she was hanging up on me to talk to! It isn’t sibling rivalry, sissy has always been the squeaky wheel(even at 33 years old she still needs ALOT of grease!) and mother will always take her feelings into consideration 1st.

My birthday is coming up soon…I’m not going to let my mother plan anything! My day…My rules!

So the roof at Texas stadium’s practice field collapsed and many people were hurt. That really is awful! If they didn’t work for Jerry Jones…no, even I won’t go there! One of the defensive coaches(i think) is now paralyzed from the waist down. And Two others are hurt purty bad. Some of their rookies were in the building when it went down(they rode it bare back) along with some reporters(no loss there) from WFAA(the local NBC affiliate?)and I’ve read that it went down in a sudden thunderstorm. It filled with water and the reporters were in a catwalk at the top and when it collapsed they rode the structure down on top of everyone else.

But Jerry Jones’s real concern was…”Which squad was on that field the expensive one or the throw away ones? The rookies and some reporters?!? WHEW!!! I mean…How awful!*stammering*” Jerry Jones is a blood sucking pig and I hate him! But I digress…

…this is where the karma kicks in, NBC delayed the news on whether or not Chuck was being cancelled and look what happened to their people! DON’T FUCK WITH OUR MUST SEE TV!!! RENEW CHUCK OR ELSE!