Technorati is supposed to be one of the best blog sites. They have thousands of blogs and bloggers talking about everything under the sun and more. The quality of most of the blogs is high and the people are interesting and, in most cases, friendly. And I’d like to get my blog noticed on their site more.

BUT THEY WON’T UPDATE MY BLOG!! I waited over 30 days (35, I think) the first month after I signed on with them, before I emailed them to ask to update me. About 3 days later they did. I figured they were bogged down with new blogs and it was just taking awhile, and I’d stay updated. But, nope! Twelve days later and I’ve not been updated again. Almost every day I go on and hit the “ping” button. And my blog says I’ve been successfully pinged. Again, nope!

The really frustrating thing is that Paul’s being updated, and he’s way more infrequent than I am at writing. I think it’s a new blog conspiracy….I’m new, so I get put aside. How am I supposed to get noticed and move ahead if they push me back??

You’d think a site like theirs, with all the raves people give it, would be able to stay up-to-date. I’m signed up on a couple other places of slightly less notoriety and have no problems being updated at all.

What the heck, Technorati?!?!

A new acquaintance of ours recently told us he has a friend who’s favorite saying is “I am “they.” Brilliant!…I thought.

“They” are telling us how to raise our kids. “They” are tearing down the rain forests. “They” are causing pollution. “They” are causing our children to grow up faster, with clothes, music, peer pressure. “They” need to clean up the language on tv. “They” need to write to their congressman for change.

WE are “they.” YOU are “they.” Each one of us has the power to make a change; to do something positive in our lives and for those around us. We are responsible for our lives, to not blame something on someone else. If I don’t like the clothes the department store is trying to sell my daughter, I have the power to choose another store and not buy what is there. If I don’t like the shows on tv directed at my son, I have the power to turn it off. “They” don’t make the rules for my kids…I do.

You and I make up “society.” If “society” dictates music for our kids, you and I dictate music for our kids. If we don’t like it, we don’t have to conform, we can drive society!

Some of the most profitable movies that have come out of Hollywood have been family-rated movies..think Shrek, E.T., and Lion King. “They” made these movies profitable.

So, next time you want to blame something on “society” or “they”, remember….I am “they.

So everyone knows I have chronic headaches with a few migraines sprinkled in there for fun. Sometimes it feels like no one really gets what an impact these have on my day-to-day life. Every day, my choice is to feel miserable and in pain, or take a few Excedrine Migr. and feel miserable and drugged. The pain pills help with the pain, but don’t take the headache away…it’s like my brain’s foggy and woozy. If I take less than a few throughout the day, it does nothing…I still have a headache and have all the drugs in my system, which, over the years, has added up I’m sure.

(I remember being in high school and a normal dosage of Advil was 7 to help a headache. I’ve tried a variety of OTC pain killers over the years and Exc. Migr. is the only one that’s helped for an extended time period…but there’s still some days where 3 is average.)

Anyway, I digress…

I found a great site for migraines out there in blogland for the others in my fam who have this problem. So check it out, too, if you’re interested. It’s absolutely amazing how many people suffer from headaches and migraines!! And I don’t mean those who get one a couple times a year or with PMS. I mean, really, really get them. You’d think there would be a cure by now. There’s things (pills, shots, chiropractors, even botox) that help but no real fix. And different things work for different people, so I know (from experience) that’s frustrating.  Btw, seeing a chiropractor did nothing for mine. So the search continues.

I was goofin’ off last night and ran into this post and couldn’t have agreed more! I’m one of the few “lucky” (or good-hee hee) ones that hasn’t ever been a car accident while driving. I was in a car *once* when the driver was hit, if that counts. I think I’m so paranoid when the kids are in the car! Even with my good track record, we got a car with all-around air bags and excellent safety ratings (’08 Highlander).

One of my pet peeves is seeing kids under the recommended age in the front seat. I always want to yell rude comments to the driver, which I know I shouldn’t do…but it’s tempting. A couple years ago I saw a woman at a yard sale with a new baby. And I do mean new…no more than a month old. She got into a pickup with 2 other adults….ok, math time. Three adults, one baby, pickup truck. NO CARSEAT! One of the people I was with reported her/the pickup. My heart just broke for that poor baby.

Pierce loves watching “Go, Diego, Go!” on tv. One thing Diego says is “Seat belts, so we can be safe!” We recite that 90% of the time we get into the car. He never argues…it’s just the way it is. When Gab was little, she’d always (still does!) yell at my dad, “Papa, carseat!” Meaning, of course, put your seatbelt on!

There’s too many people who are careless or oblivious on the roads. It makes me do double duty to keep my kids safe in the car. So, buckle up your kids and follow the seatbelt recommendations!!

Three optically challenged rodents,

Three optically challenged rodents,

They preambled over to the agriculturist’s spouse

Who removed their appendages with a carving utensil,

Have you ever witness such as scene in all your existence

As three optically challenged rodents,

Three optically challenged rodents.

Don’t you love how politically correct we’ve come to be? I found this PC version of “Three Blind Mice” when I was in high school and it’s stuck with me ever since.

I find it interesting how a nation like ours can claim to be so PC and “equal” to everyone but still have so many injustices. One small example (that I’m not going to get deep in to) is how a baby that’s born addicted to drugs or with FAS (fetal alcohol syndrome) can be returned to his “mother.”

It just seems like people are more easily offended within the past few years. I think it started out right, geared towards people who were racist or bigots, to be less offensive. And I agree with that aspect.  I think, though, that groups like the ACLU have taken it farther than necessary to the point that many people don’t want to say anything related to race or the sexes. Women who stay at home taking care of the home and kids used to be “housewives”…now we’re “stay-at-home moms” or Domestic CEO’s. We all want to be respected, sure, but we need to lighten up and not take ourselves so seriously.

Ok, I’ll go first…I’m a short, white, nearly-blind, right-winged, SUV-driving soccer-mom and housewife who shops with a grocery list, carnivore who doesn’t always buy organic.

Who’s next?

I just find it very wrong that Paul and I can go on the same diet, eat the same foods for the same amount of time, I exercise (he doesn’t) and he loses 15 lbs and I lose 2!! Grrrr…

One of the great perks of being pregnant (for me, anyway) is not having headaches for 6 months in the second and (mostly) third trimesters.  Then the pregnancy ends and the headaches come back. Why? No one knows. It’s the great mystery in my life. Headaches/migraines started when I was 16.

“Have you seen a doctor?” Of course. A couple times. They found no reason for my problem.

“Didn’t they give you any medication?” Yes; the most-prescribed one for headaches/migraines. An anti-seizure med that was great in helping me lose weight, but also made my hands tingle and go numb. It worked for about a week then it quit. So the doctor upped my dosage. Then it worked very well for a couple weeks. Then it quit. That happened a few times until I finally quit the drug altogether. I didn’t see the point in staying on a drug if it didn’t work.

So now I’m not pregnant anymore and the headaches are back. Every day. It’s really more annoying than anything…being in constant pain and soreness in my head gets old. Paul and my mom keep pushing me to “go see a specialist; find someone who knows what they’re doing”.  I know I really should but it just sounds so lame…”Yeah, I have a headache.” I don’t want to be a drug guinea pig.

The whole situation is quite ridiculous!  Just a vent