Monday, December 03, 2007
Moms Have Imperfections
News Flash! Just in case you have been in the dark all this time, thinking that motherhood creates bodies like Elle MacPherson and Kate Moss, consider yourself enlightened. Motherhood makes sags and stretches. It creates nooks and crannies. It pulls and pushes and squishes and sometimes, if not most of the time, it isn’t pretty. But darnit, it is awesome.
Cindy Crawford reveals her stretch marks - and shows she’s human after all
Last updated at 10:22am on 3rd December 2007
Cindy Crawford is more famous for the trademark mole on her face than stretch marks - but it seems that even supermodels suffer from the unsightly signs of motherhood.
The 41-year-old’s body has been splashed all over magazines and has been the envy of every woman.
But her striking stretch marks were seen for the first time when she played in the sea on a Hawaiian holiday this week.
The 41-year-old’s stomach was showing the effects of having two children as she enjoyed the surf on a paddle board alongside her husband Rande Gerber.
The couple have two children, Presley, eight, and Kaya, six. Crawford gave birth to both her children through natural home birth.
She has previously been ranked number 5 on Playboy’s list of the 100 Sexiest Stars of the 20th century.
Thursday, November 29, 2007
Some of My Favorite Blogs and Sites
Just to kill some space and share some of the things that I go to daily:
Woot! is one of my favorite places on the web. Discount crap one day at a time. If there is a Woot-off, you can find me staying close to my coputer all day waiting for the Bag Of Crap. Fun, huh?
PopSugar is a way for me to get gossip without feeling too dirty.
Parentdish is a great resource for parents with some gossip, hacks and fun facts as well.
Its a blog called ”Awesome” and that is all you need to know!
Sometimes, the normal people of the world give me so much pleasure!
Wednesday, November 28, 2007
My Little Craigslist Addiction
Most of the people who know me already know that I do not drink or do drugs and although I have a high affection for dough nuts, I am not addicted to much of anything. But when it comes to getting a deal, I am the first person to get a little high knowing how much I can potentially save.
I have had to talk myself down a few times (as well as talk Phil down) from the familiar “Looked how much I could save!!” on things that we do not need. But for some reason, when it comes to Craigslist, I have to stop myself numerous times a day.
The truth is, 99% of the stuff on Craigslist is crap. I am utterly amazed that people own the things they do, much less are trying to sell them. Just this morning, I have found 3 the ugliest fabrics I have ever seen:
That last one, it has a huge tear on the top. Why would someone be looking for a torn piece of furniture? Especially not one with any sort of design cred or real potential. It baffles me, but I cannot stop looking.
I have bought and sold a lot of things on Craigslist. We have even resorted to saying we are “leasing” items instead of buying because when we are done with them, there is a better than not chance that they will end up being sold online.
Tuesday, November 27, 2007
Anti-Princess Reading List
I found this on a great site for working moms. Although I am not a ‘working mom’ as this site might define it, I can appreciate the list of books they have created. This page says the following:
Snow White, Cinderella and Beauty and the Beast all have their place in children’s hearts we suppose. But if you want your kids to grow up believing that girls should dream of more than just kissing the prince, check out these books.
Each of them features strong, smart, spunky girl protagonists that want to eat bugs, get first place in the science fair and grow up to be a teacher, a doctor, a firefighter or even a diva.
Phil and I often discuss how much we hate the rash of princess themed items that have exploded out of the bosom of Disney in the past few year. Although I am not opposed to the stories themselves, I believe that girls that are 4 and under don’t really get it. The dress up side is fine. But Cinderella and Snow White have very negative characters that would scare me if I was 4. The Little Mermaid seems more young kid friendly, as does Beauty and the Beast and Aladdin. But for the most part, the crap that comes along with the movies is what really bothers me.
Every item imaginable has been covered in princess themes now. I read an article yesterday pointing out how there is a new Princess Kitchen Set and the author questioned what being a princess means to a 4 year old is obviously not what it means to us. What princess wants to cook and clean? Isn’t that the point?
My last bitch about the princess thing are the t-shirts and other items with it printed on the front and (god forbid) butt. To some, “princess” is an endearing comment, a sweet compliment. But for both Phil and I, “princess” seems snotty, diva-esque, entitled and bratty. You won’t find any clothing on my child declaring her any sort of Princess or Diva. We do, however, have a sweet collection of floofy dress up clothes for just this purpose.
I am not throwing away my tiara anytime soon, you can bet that.
