Happy St. Patrick's Day

If you're Irish, you are certain to celebrate today. If you're not, pretending to be, or at least acting as if you like the Irish, is a great excuse to join in the festivities.  So put on some green, if you haven't already, eat some Irish food, drink some Guinness, have fun ... but if you see the leprechauns, it's time to go home!

 

May there always be work for your hands to do,
May your purse always hold a coin or two.
May the sun always shine warm on your windowpane,
May a rainbow be certain to follow each rain.
May the hand of a friend always be near you,
And may God fill your heart with gladness to cheer you.

Romeo, O Romeo...

OK, so being single gets a little old some times.  Another weekend is here, and I have absolutely no plans, no invites and nothing on the calendar other than relaxing and hoping for nice weather.  So maybe it's time to be a little more bold in my approaches:

I put this on my car, in hopes of some takers....

Posted this on a couple of Facebook walls,










and spiced up the wardrobe.  Hoping this weekend brings a bit of excitements :-)

Girl Power!

Happy International Women's Day!!

On this day, let's forget about morons like Rush Limbaugh and his likes who label women "sluts" if they wish to ensure birth control is available to every woman (then proceed to ask them to videotape themselves having sex for his own viewing pleasure...really?!?). 

On this day, let's laugh at Madhouse's label which stated "Give laundry to your woman, it's her job", and any other such attempts at "putting women back in their place".  Why sweat the small stuff?

But on this day, let's not forget that 70% of the world's poorest are women.  Let's not forget that they produce more than 50% of all food, do more than two thirds of the world's unpaid work, but only receive 10% of all income, and own less than 1% of all property.  That in several countries, women still lack the right to own property, or get a proper education. Source: www.womenfightpoverty.org

Celebrating International Women's Day is no more acknowledging that every other day is for men, than celebrating Mothers' Day is acknowledging that every other day is for fathers.  Celebrating International Women's Day allows us to put much needed focus on issues women are facing all over the world. Or as a friend said (much better than I could come up with myself!); 

Focusing on women's issues, is focusing on human issues, and is all about showing manners globally.

So embrace your feminism, your strength and uniqueness.  Alone you are great, together we are awesome!

Teen Is Well Paid for Cleaning His Room

Last week, I was laughing at this Facebook post where a mother posted a note stating she had hid $100,- in the room, and for the kids to clean the room to find it. Brilliant, I thought!  I will definitely try that one at my house.  However, for Ryan Kitchin of Scotland, the reward proved to be much greater.

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When the 19-year old finally listened to his mother and cleaned his room, he found not only dirty socks, but several lottery tickets. Luckily he did not throw the tickets out, but brought them to work to check the numbers. And what do you know? Young Kitchin had picked the right combination for the February 8 drawing, rendering him the winner of £52,981, or $83,781...  I really wish that would happen when I clean the house!!

So what is he planning on doing with the money?  According to msnbc.com,   Kitchin is paying off his car, and....aaawww, taking his mom on a much needed vacation!  Mr. Nice Guy for sure!!  I am making sure my son hears this story, so he knows what to do, should this ever happen to him too :-)

Leap Year

Wishing all leaplings a very Happy Birthday!  May your day be filled with joy!

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To all women who will use "their right" this special day to propose to their men, may there be a beautiful engagement ring on your finger at the end of the day, rather than a glove!

For the rest of you, enjoy your Wednesday!  Weekend is right around the corner!

Skank Police

Another sign I am getting older!!  Ms. Goody Two Shoes here couldn't stop herself this weekend, and turned in to the skank police....But these "girls" deserved it.  

We were enjoying our girls' night out at what we thought was a decent club, with a more mature crowd, when two younger women decided to jump up a ledge and dance. Which is fine....I have to admit I have danced on top of bars back in the days, so who am I to judge?  

However, after having one flash her crotch at us in her much too short dress, not only showing everything under the dress, but also the layers of cellulite on the thighs; and the other thrusting her hips in this guy's face - and him responding by pretending to lick her, we were so grossed out I had to say something.  

And say something I did!  I told the dress girl to please pull her dress down and cover her crotch and cellulite, and I looked at the other one and like an old, prude aunt asked "How old are you?  Will you please behave yourself? You are an embarrassment to women!"  They kind of looked at me in disbelief - I guess they were expecting compliments. Sorry, I was fresh out of those!  Then I told the gross guy to please save mankind from ever having to see that kind of behavior in public again, turned on my heal and went back to dancing with my friends. They looked around a little worried, wondering if there were anyone else that didn't meet my standard of approval. There probably was, but they escaped my new found need to express my opinion of their skankiness that night...

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Forty-something is a great age! Five years ago, I would never have gone up to a stranger to express my disapproval of their behavior.  Not in a million years.  I still have filters.  I don't just walk up to strangers to tell them what is on my mind, but when I see behavior like this, I guess the mother in me comes out.  If my daughter ever behaved like that at a club or a party, I would smack her silly - I don't care if she was 25 or older. If you want to behave like that, do it in a strip club where it is expected and you get paid, not at a club where you end up just being the skank dancing on the table (then again, if a daughter of mine ever decided to work in a strip club, there would be a very lengthy discussion where she would be on the losing end from the beginning!).

I'm not planning on speaking my mind freely to anyone and everyone, but this time it actually felt good to say something and not just wrinkle my nose in disapproval.  Those two needed to hear it, I thought, and at  this point, I really don't care if it truly is my place to say something or not. If I have something to say, it will come out :-)

9-year Old Dies After Punishment

One of the most senseless stories I've read this week! 

According to Yahoo News, little Savannah Hardin was forced by her stepmother and grandmother to run - for THREE HOURS - after lying about taking a candy bar.  Severely dehydrated, she had a seizure, and later died as a result of the punishment.

I am all for physical activity, and I am all for children learning consequences of their actions, but it should all be proportionate to their age, ability and severity of their actions.  To force a 9 year old to run for three hours?  With no water?  How on earth did they think that would end well?

The 27-year old stepmother and 46-year old grandmother face murder charges and are being held on $500,000 bond. Reading stories like this, I wish people could be charged with stupidity as well!!

You can read more about this story here.