Things I’m Thinking About Today – 2/22

1. A photo I took is famous! Well, sort of. I took a picture of Kaitlyn “helping” Nathan and our neighbor’s grandson walk to school on their first day in 2007.  In Spring 2008, the photo was published in a Toronto magazing called “Spacing”. And now, New Hampshire Public Radio has used the photo to illustrate a blog post about how activity-friendly urban planning (i.e. more sidewalks in neighborhoods) could help fight childhood obesity. How cool is that? Thanks, NHPR!

2.  Could Sarah Palin BE a bigger hypocrite?  I have tried so hard, over the last five years, to keep politics off this blog,  but dang it, this woman is pissing me off.  First there was the whole “well, Rush Limbaugh was using political satire  when he said the word ‘retard’ on the radio, so he gets a free pass” debacle, and now, documents released as part of Levi and Bristol’s custody battle over their son Tripp shows that “Granny Palin” gives family members a free pass on socialized medicine, too.

A document used to ask for a reduction in the amount of child support Johnston was going to have to pay explains that Johnston should not be charged for monthly health care, because Tripp Palin Johnston is covered under Indian Health Services, the Federal Health Program for American Indians and Alaska Natives. THE FEDERAL HEALTH PROGRAM. So, it’s okay for her grandson, but not for everyone else. “Nationalizing our health care system is a point of no return for government interference in the lives of its citizens”, she wrote on her Facebook page. Which is it, Ms. Palin?

3.  Surprise! It’s a Blizzard. My boys are home from school today because we had a blizzard overnight. Yesterday afternoon, it was warm enough for them to take the dog on a walk, down the sidewalks that had NO SNOW on them anymore thanks to three days of temps in the mid -to-high 30s. Then we went to bed last night and when I woke up at 6:15 AM, I found the boys still in their pajamas because school was closed. I’m sorry, school is WHAT? So I look outside. Yep. Blizzard. Ground covered, with snow coming straight down in a hard shower. Yippee. 

4.  How I know I’m not a hoarder  – I know this is totally wrong, but what I like about watching the show “Hoarders” is that it makes me feel better about being a messy person. Because I might have a problem with piling, but at least there aren’t dead cats  buried under mounds of trash in what used to be my dining room.  On Saturday, I gave Chris and the boys a cheery pep talk about how if they would just give me two hours of their time, we could get our living room really clean, then everyone could spend the rest of the day doing whatever they wanted.  That two hours of cleaning turned into more like FIVE.

But the reason I know I’m not a hoarder is because I had absolutely no problem filling two large boxes for Goodwill plus a large trash bag.  It didn’t pain me at all to get rid of stuff I haven’t used since we moved in here 4.5 years ago. I even let Kaitlyn decide that she no longer wanted THE DOLLHOUSE, the one I found at a garage sale for a dollar four years ago, the Fisher Price Family Dollhouse with the yellow roof and the blue walls, just like the one I had as a child. I wanted Kaitlyn to love it, to play with it every day, but it never caught her attention. She brought it to me and said “this can go to Goodwill, Mama”, and I died a little inside but then let it go. I LET IT GO.  So, not a hoarder.

5. Posting a weekly giveaway linky – I definitely want to have a post each week where bloggers hosting giveaways can leave their links.  I was thinking maybe every Tuesday, since I already do Wordless Wednesday (when I can remember).   Here’s a couple of giveaways I entered over the weekend:

• Deb from Just a Mom’s Take on Things is giving away a Melissa & Doug play kitchen, the giveaway ends 3/10
• Kailani from An Island Life is giving away a Douglas Cuddle Toy , the giveaway ends 3/01
• Getting Kinda Crunchy is giving away one of the new Rainbow Brite dolls, the giveaway ends 2/28

Look for the linky tomorrow to leave me your giveaway URLS!

And that’s what I’m thinking about today. Comments are welcome!

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