Enough already!!

There are two reasons for that title. One of them is this endless Winter! It snowed here all day Friday, a little bit yesterday, and today, we have a "lovely" mix of snow, heavy wet snow and freezing rain. The bright side is that tomorrow is the beginning of March, which means Spring is that much closer! Can't wait! I have been daydreaming too much about getting away to a warm climate that my bank account can't back up!

The second "enough already" is the discussion of Oscar gowns!!! I love to see the gowns as much as anyone, but this morning, the Today show spent the better part of 4 hours discussing who was best and worst dressed with various experts! They deconstruct each outfit, criticize the accessories and opine on the hairstyles and who should have done what to earn the approval of these so called "experts". Now, I watch the Oscars to see who wins the awards and to hear their acceptance speeches. Pretty gowns and glamour are fun to see as well, because it isn't really part of my life. I don't care who the designers are, because I can't wear or even afford these clothes anyway, and I am okay with that. What I am not so okay with is the media waiting to pounce on these people and tear them down for what they choose to put on their bodies. Helena Bonham Carter is an example of someone who is usually on the worst dressed list. Shouldn't she be praised for being a wonderful actress who has her own style, whether we like it or not? Never mind the fact that we shouldn't use 4 hours of a news program to discuss gowns. 10 or 20 minutes is good, then let's move on to more important matters.

In a televised interview with Charlie Sheen this morning, Sheen claimed that, at $2 MILLION DOLLARS PER EPISODE, he is "underpaid"!!! He feels that he should be paid $3 million per episode if CBS wants him to return to "Two and a Half Men". To that, I must say: WTF???!!?? Okay, you can make the argument that he is the star of the show, and therefore, he is the reason that CBS/Warner Bros are making boatloads of cash on the show. Still, WTF???? There are millions of people worldwide who work hard and aren't paid nearly what they are worth. There are people working in sweatshops for very little money, but Charlie Sheen feels HE is a "rock star from Mars" and the HE deserves $3 per episode? He made so many crazy statements in these tv interviews, but that one really burned my cookies in a big way.

Sorry for the tone of today's post. I am afflicted with severe cabin fever today, so I am a bit irritable! :)

Until next time....

Bling Bling

Here I sit, among a pile of beads & jewelry-making tools and yet, I have opted to blog my latest random thoughts instead! Ugh. I haven't made any jewelry in I-can't-remember-how-long, but I have been trying to get inspired to do it again to see if it is something I might want to turn into a career. For years, I have simply made necklaces, bracelets and earrings (aka "jewelry", duh) for family gifts, but the compliments I have received on the pieces I've made have made me wonder. BUT, as always, I am the one standing in my own way. "Am I good enough?" "The stuff I make isn't as pretty as what others have made" and so on. Why do I do this to myself? This is the same attitude that has prevented me from pursuing my dreams over the years. I haven't told many people that my dream, when I was younger, was to be a comedienne, specifically, a cast member of "Saturday Night Live" or a similar sketch show. I remember as a kid, probably beginning in 6th grade, I would listen to stand up comedy and the Dr Demento show on the radio in my bed, when I was supposed to be sleeping. Sometimes I would record some of the stand up bits on my cassette tape recorder (by me holding the recorder up against the radio, of course! That is how we all used too make our mix tapes, isn't it?) and memorize them. Or, I would memorize SNL bits and mimic the characters at school on Mondays (anyone who was my friend at RHAM Jr and Senior High might remember my Velvet Jones impression or my Gumby, dammit! :) ) 

Back to the jewelry-making, because that was my original topic, wasn't it? I think I am just going to make a few pieces and see how it goes. Trust my gut and not listen to the voice in my head! Just "woman up" and believe in myself for a change! Yeah, that's it! The first step is to back away from the computer, nice and slow, and tackle these beads! Wish me luck!!

February Vacation & a sick little boy

As the title says, it is Winter break from school this week, and poor little Devin has been fighting a nasty cold since Saturday. I say "little" Devin, even though he is almost my height at this point! Today he seems to be feeling a bit better, though he still has a stuffy nose and a bit of a cough. Plus, he is beyond excited, because this weekend, when we receive our tax return, Tom and I have decided to finally buy him the Playstation 3 he has been begging for for a year! He really wanted it for Christmas, but we could not afford it then. Even though he was disappointed when he opened all of his gifts and there was no PS3 among them, he did not whine or complain. He just shrugged his shoulders and said "maybe next year". That made me feel even worse that we couldn't get the PS3 for him, but I was also very pleased with the way he acted and took it all in stride. I love that little guy so much!!

In other news, over the weekend, I discovered that M.A.C. cosmetics has a line of Wonder Woman makeup and accessories!!! There was no reason for me to know that, really, because I only wear makeup on rare occasions. However, I do collect WW "stuff" so I was quite interested to hear of this line. UNTIL...I saw the prices! A makeup bag with a set of brushes for $50??? The makeup bag with no brushes $30??? I say, WTF??? There is even a tote bag.....$50! Good thing I am not a fanatical collector of WW items, otherwise I would probably be plunking down money I can't afford for these items. Guess I shouldn't have given up that lucrative modeling career, because we know that rich, famous people get high-end merchandise for free all the time! LOL to the first part of that sentence and UGH to the second part. That is my rant of the day. I don't really need that stuff, just annoyed with how much companies charge for it.

Bye for now!

She's baa-aack!

A very good friend (that I miss alot!!) recently called me out (not by name, she's too nice for that) for being a lazy blogger. Okay, I am paraphrasing there, but you get the point! :) Fact is, she is right. I noticed that my last post was around December 13, and I am tsk tsk-ing myself as we "speak".

My only excuse is Seasonal Affective Disorder (aka: SAD, how appropriate!!). After the holidays, like many people, I go into a bit of a funk and have no energy whatsoever. All I want to do is sleep and eat (and eat, and eat....), and I really have to kick myself in the ass on a daily basis to paint on the smile and do the things I need to do. I have a son that needs me, volunteer work at school, meals to plan, laundry piling up, errands to run, a litterbox to scoop, cats to feed, house to keep, and so on and so on. I'm not complaining about all those daily tasks, just frustrated that I lack the energy to do them. I see so many "super moms" when I am at Devin's school. You know, those women who seem to have it all together and just live to "run" the school. I am happy to be involved in Devin's education as long as he needs me, but otherwise, I can't really relate to those women. They make me feel inferior because I don't spend every waking moment at school and I don't have perfect hair, perfect wardrobe or the perfect body to display said wardrobe on. I'm just me, and I have to believe that is good enough. Also, are those women really as they portray themselves in public, or are they imperfect like me?

And to my good friend that called me out, let me say that I am soooo tempted to copy and paste your last two blog entries, because I saw myself in every word....except the Mimi staying over part! It makes me sad that we were out of each other's lives for so many years, because we feel so many things the same way. But that is old news and we must move forward! You rock, Girlfriend!!

In other news, the Oscars are coming up in a few days, and for once I have actually seen 6 out of the 10 nominees for best picture! Usually I am lucky if I have seen one or two. I haven't seen "The Fighter" yet, and would like to. I have heard "The King's Speech" is great, but haven't seen that either. Would love to see Natalie Portman win for "Black Swan", but also think that Jennifer Lawrence was outstanding in "Winter's Bone". That's just my opinion, and it is my blog, so there ya go.

Until next time....