'A Good Grief'

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Happy Birthday Olivia!!

My baby is three today. I can hardly believe it. As I sit here, next to her watching Peter Pan, I just can't believe my eyes. Such a big girl now. Before I know it she won't need me that much any more. That time is quickly escaping from me.

I took the day off of work and we set out this morning with some birthday fun in mind. Off to Build a Bear we went to create a furry friend. Then, it was off to Chuck E Cheese to partake in games and pizza. To top things off, a stop at Coldstone Creamery. Some of us napped on the way home.

We will be dining on chicken nuggets and tater tots tonight - what a feast! A cake from Coldstone Creamery will cap off the evening.

My girls are so big now. I feel the itch for another baby. Crazy as it sounds, I just can't shake that little voice from my head that whispers 'just one more'.

It's not where your hands are, it's where your head is....

So, I DVR Oprah every day. Some days I watch, some days I don't. Today, I watched. And I'm glad I did.

Today's show had to do with distracted driving. More specifically, texting or talking on your cell phone while driving. We ALL do it. No one ever thinks anything of it. Except for the guests on the show today. Lives cut short, because of someone else's conversation or text. A little girl riding her bike home. Two father's driving to work.

It's hard to say what was most disturbing to watch. The relatives filled with grief. The young man who killed two people and has to carry that for the rest of his life. The footage of a crash involving a semi and a school bus filled with children. All of it avoidable. If people would just pay attention to what they are doing.

One woman said it all. "It's not where your hands are, it's where your head is". Hands free driving isn't always the answer - your attention is still pulled away from the only place it should be focused, the road.

Is that phone call worth someone else's life? Is that text going to truly change your life? It very well could, but not in a way that you could ever imagine. I don't know how I could live myself if I ever hurt someone because I thought that sending a text while I was driving was more important than their lives.

It's as simple as this. DON'T DO IT.

Go here. Sign it. Stick to it. 

Craziness

I can't believe that it's been a couple of weeks since I last posted. It has been busy around here and I have lost track of time. With everyone running the course of a cold, lovingly passed along the family chain, things were ugly for a little while. Then, one day, we were like 'oh, it's January. Olivia will turn three soon. Guess we should figure out what to do for that'. Then we got invited to a baby shower on the same weekend we were going to celebrate joint birthdays with Olivia and her cousin Caroline - who happens to be two days older. Then we had to re-configure the weekend.

Ok, so it doesn't sound like a lot. But, when everyone is sick and nothing gets done - like laundry, dishes, etc. - there is a mass backlog of chores and fun stuff to do around here. I think we finally crawled out from underneath it all and have emerged somewhat healthy and happy to have it behind us.

Movie Review

 The girls have been cooped up most of the week. Cabin fever had set in. There was no way we were going to just sit around with them on New Year's Day.

So, there was a decision to be made. Chuck E Cheese or a movie. Movie (thankfully) won out. It helped that we didn't leave it up to the girls. Didn't even tell them what we were doing until we were eating lunch. They thought we had just wandered over to the mall to go to the bookstore and eat.

Thank you Disney for providing the movie. The Princess and the Frog was a big hit. It was Olivia's first venture to the movie theater. She was glued to the screen the whole time. The volume bothered her a little, but unless you're deaf, it should bother you.

The movie was great. A throw back to some of my favorite Disney flicks. I really enjoyed it. And from a kid vantage, it rocked.

Successful celebration of the new year complete. We rang it in with some pizza and a Red Wings game (on tv unfortunately). A great game. A much needed win.

I was all set to head off to bed before the new year visited us, but Olivia woke up a little cranky and sick. So, the new year greeted us with an episode of Blue's Clue's. Can't beat that.

To a great new year.