Let Us Rephrase

I can't tell you just how much I hate the phrase "natural vs. unnatural" birth.  Come on folks, an "unnatural" birth would mean a baby coming out of your butt!  Like this lovely SNL skit

http://www.fanpop.com/clubs/amy-poehler/videos/2478421/title/saturday-night-live-butt-pregnancy

Seriously though can we stop making each other feel bad for however their child came into the world?  Labor, delivery, and everything after is hard enough without being told they're doing it wrong (if you're abusing or neglecting your child, then ya, you're doing it wrong).  Anywhozzle, read this article.  Then read it again.  Share it with all your lady friends and then hold your head high.  Your body created a WHOLE ENTIRELY NEW PERSON and don't be ashamed of how it happened.  So let us rephrase and start using the terms "medically assisted" or "medically unassisted".  Or why even categorize at all?  Just say you had a baby, the end.

http://ireport.cnn.com/docs/DOC-1033811

Snakes, Why Did It Have To Be Snakes

When we were visiting my husband's parents during 4th of July I went down into their basement where we had set up camp to get ready for bed.  I was being a good girl and flossing my teeth when I felt the need to turn around.  It's a good thing I did because I came face to face with a ferocious beast!  It was by my standards a decently sized snake hanging out on the rug just watching me do my nightly routine.  I screamed bloody murder and ran up the stairs to have AJ get it while I rocked back and forth on the couch for awhile.  A few weeks later I came across this gem and it sums up how I feel.

The Joys and Pains of Getting Emotionally Invested in Fictional Characters

I LOOOVE to read, but sometimes it is a few months between books because I need a break from being so emotionally invested in the characters and their lives.  Especially if there is romance involved.  Oh mylanta!  If the two main characters are in love and can't be together for whatever reason, and I think they should be...UGH!  It's like my brain digs in it's claws to the book and won't let go.  For example... last September while perusing the newest editions to the library I found a book called The Innocent by Posie Graeme-Evans.  What started out at an amused curiosity turned into a feverish reading frenzy.  AJ was out of town for a week long field trip (Who has field trips in college?  People who study plants and dirt, that's who) so I was using every moment to plunge into the world of castles, courtiers, and court intrigue.  Then it got to the point where either everything starts on the path to ending well or just making me cry.  When I got to this point in The Innocent I realized there was not enough of the book left for it to end ok.  I tell you I just about put the book down right then, but my silly heart said, "Keep reading something wonderful could happen!"  It didn't.  I was so upset and hormonal from being pregnant that I cried.  I cried and cried, threw that book into the library return with much anger, then ate an entire box of Swiss Miss Rolls (no judge zone here).  For days after I would think about Anne and Edward and lament at their loss of each other.  Fast forward about two months to where I find out this book is part one of THREE books!  Hallelujah!  I made haste and ordered the other two books...and they still didn't end up together!  No no no no no no!  Not ok!
The same goes for movies or tv.  When we were watching the first season of "Once Upon A Time" I was so upset about Snow White and Prince Charming not knowing who they were and not being able to be together.  They had true love for crying out loud!  When they finally got their memories back my heart soared and all was well with the world again.
Please tell me I'm not the only one who does this.

Need to find another Nemo

It happened AGAIN!  My Nemo antenna ball has been snatched from atop it's perch and I am a little upset.  The first time this happened I was parked in the Boise LDS Institute parking lot and whoever stole it I hope Jesus got them for stealing on His turf.  This time it was stolen in a Seattle, WA public parking lot.  For all I know it was taken by a homeless person who is part of a gang who is part of a Disney black market.  Or got eaten by some guy high on bath salts.  Wherever you are Nemo, I hope your journey is a great one.