Blog Ettiquette 101

There's an unspoken golden rule of blogging, facebook, email and it goes like this ...
IF YOU WOULDN'T SAY IN PERSON, DON'T BLOG IT, FACE BOOK IT OR EMAIL IT.

It's really not a hard rule to follow.  Why do people think a keyboard gives them the right to judge another human being?  I certainly don't agree with every blog I read but much like polite conversation, I just read past those discrepancies in my own belief system whether it be child rearing or religion.

What gives any of us the right to judge another? 

So here's the background on my little rant today:
Last week as I sat in my MBA class making small talk, the subject of people sending emails they would never say in person came up.  I mentioned I read several blogs and I think it's ridiculous when a blogger is personally attacked in the comments.  A much younger classmate of mine said do you read XXX?  And I said yes, sometimes.   She preceded to tell me what an idiot the blogger is and she has "railed" her before in the comments.  I asked her what gives her the right.  Youngster said "If the blogger is going to put her life on the Internet then I can".  No, no you can't!!!! I strongly disagree with this and it's haunted me for a week now. 

Granted very few people read my little blog and I'm hardly controversial but still this has me riled.  I can't stop thinking about it.  Now I'm trying to practice what I am preaching here ...

Do unto others as you would have them do unto you. 

One day, you might have a blog, facebook and/or children .. do you want to be constantly "railed" about the choices you make for you and yours?  I think not.  

Angels on earth

A baby asked God, 'They tell me you are sending me to earth tomorrow, but how am I going to live there being so small and helpless?'

God said, 'Your angel will be waiting for you and will take care of you.'

The children further inquired, ‘but tell me, here in heaven I don't have to do anything but sing and smile to be happy.'

God said, 'Your angel will sing for you and will also smile for you. And you will feel your angel's love and be very happy.'

Again the child asked, 'And how am I going to be able to understand when people talk to me if I don't know the language?'

God said, 'Your angel will tell you the most beautiful and sweet words you will ever hear, and with much patience and care, your angel will teach you how to speak.'

'And what am I going to do when I want to talk to you?'

God said, 'Your angel will place your hands together and will teach you how to pray.

''Who will protect me?'

God said, 'Your angel will defend you even if it means risking its life.

''But I will always be sad because I will not see you anymore.'

God said, 'Your angel will always talk to you about Me and will teach you the way to come back to Me, even though I will always be next to you.'

At that moment there was much peace in Heaven, but voices from Earth could be heard and the child hurriedly asked, 'God, if I am to leave now, please tell me my angel's name.'

God said, 'You will simply call her, 'Mom.'

Back to work tomorrow

I intend to go back to the office tomorrow. I am feeling much better today after not doing so hot yesterday. Tomorrow will be a long day with Brandon still out of town, I will have to get Parker to school by 8 am. Sounds easy, right? Not for me, I don't have to be in the office until 9:30 most days so it turns our mornings upside to leave an entire hour earlier. The good news is I will be in the office really early because Parker's school is next door to Grant's daycare. I will be all done dropping kids off by 8:15, Grant and I usually leave around then. My plan is to get to bed earlier tonight than normal for me so I can beat the kids up in the morning. Wish me luck, I am not exactly a morning person.

Of course, I have to say something about the Memphis Tigers! What a great game last night, I am looking forward to being National Champions and proving all the naysayers WRONG!

I wish everyone a great week!

What a week!

We have had a fun filled week of Doctor's in our house. First I had to take Parker to walk in Monday morning feeling pretty awful myself. She was not sick but had a personal problem we needed to see about. She is good as new after 3 hours there, we spent most of it in the waiting room. I took her on to school and headed to work myself. I had the bright idea to stop and get soup and a Coke to take with me to work. I think I managed to eat 4-5 spoons of soup and nurse the coke for hours. Usually I can down a coke just like water. I was freezing too, which is very unlike me. I told my Mother I don't ever remember being that sick. After a fretful night of up and down, I called my Asthma/Allergy Doctor for a work in appointment. They got me in at 9 am. I was called back within 5 minutes and they did every test you can imagine. After a couple of peak flow tests, a breathing treatment, CBC to check my white count, a chest x-ray confirmed, I have pneumonia.

Today, Grant got sent home from daycare with a fever. We are pretty sure he has an ear infection because I most likely have bacterial pneumonia and not viral. We are headed back to walk-in tomorrow at the pediatrician's office. Please send good thoughts, the wait will not be as bad as Monday.

Tonight we had a catastrophe -- we couldn't find Bunny. You might be wondering who is Bunny? Bunny is Parker's lovey, she has had since she was 3 months old. We have infant pictures of her holding Bunny, always slept with her. I spent 45 minutes looking every where for her, I turned this house upside down looking. Our bedroom looks like someone ran-sacked it. Brandon had class tonight so I sent him a frantic text message for assistance and immediate call. As you can imagine, Parker was hysterical but she trying so hard to be a big girl. We have many impostor bunnies but only one real one. Parker took one of the others but with her sad blue eyes said "that is not my Bunny" I told her I know and I would do everything I could to find the real bunny. I looked everywhere, I started thinking maybe she got thrown away. It was not until I literally threw everything in the floor that I found her. I was never so happy to find a stuffed animal in my life! By then Parker had cried herself to sleep, I woke her up so she would know Bunny had been found. She said "Thank you Mommy" her eyes still wet with tears. I have tear filled eyes just typing about this. It was an awful, terrible thing to her. It tells us she is not ready to give up Bunny. Thankfully, Grant is not attached to anything. Bunny is thread bear and we pray every time she goes for a swim in the washing machine, she comes out okay. I put her in a lingerie bag inside a pillow case on the delicate cycle and air dry her. Oh and why this happening poor little Grant was screaming in his bed because he just wanted his Mommy to hold him because he is sick too. When Brandon called, I had already located Bunny.

And before you all ask why we don't have a back up Bunny. My mom bought Bunny in Florida at the Carter's outlet, we have searched eBay many times and come up empty. The company who manufactured her is no longer in business. This is the reason for our collection of impostor bunnies, many similar but none the same.

Please forgive any spelling and/or grammatical errors. I am on many meds and now recovering from this catastrophic event that happened in the middle of this post. Now I am off to try and repair some of the madness in our bedroom. I will update on Grant tomorrow.

Finally a few snow pictures...

Snow angel-her very first

The biggest snow ball ever!

Hey, this is not so bad after all.

I liked it until I feel down!

Enjoy the pictures of the kids, it might be 4 more years before we get good snow again. We had plenty to build a snowman but we did not because Brandon left for the Memphis game and by the time he got home, most of it was melted. Parker played outside several times Saturday morning. Her snow suit was Christmas gift 2 years ago and was a size 2T-can you believe it still fit her? Okay so it was too short but it kept her warm and dry. Her boots did not, her socks were soaking wet. Next time we are getting her rain boots to play in instead of cute ugg knock-offs!

So you want pictures?

Okay, I actually have pictures but I keep getting an error message when I try to post them here. We got snow on Friday, the best snow we have had in years! At our house we got around 4" but there were drifts much deeper. Parker loved every minute of it and Grant liked it until he fell, then he was done! I really wanted to show you guys pictures of my kids in the snow. It's so frustrating. I will get tech-support (Brandon) to help me tonight with the pictures. Happy Monday!