New AAP Safety Guidlines – Bubble Wrap Your Kids Till Age 26
Is this really what we’ve come to? Just about! Today the AAP came out with their new and improved car seat guidelines. Now, they are telling us that we have to keep our kids in a REAR facing car seat until they are 2 years old. And your child must be in a car seat or booster seat until they are 100 lbs or 12 years old. And no one under the age of 13 should be in the front seat. Ummm.. yeah, that’s all going to go over REALLY well with Junior High school kids!
Copyright secured by Digiprove © 2011 Christine PlaistedConfessions of a Blog Whore.
I love blogging… really I love writing. I always have. I wanted to be a journalist for a short time, until I realized that it was almost as difficult to get published as it was to get into the movies. That’s when I decided that I’d just write for fun. When I realized that I could publish my own works on my own website, it was fantastic! But few, if anyone, ever saw my websites. That is until I learned to blog and how to get my blog seen online.
Copyright secured by Digiprove © 2011 Christine PlaistedExtreme Parenting – Confessions of a Liger Mom Pussy Cat
Yes, I said “Liger” not tiger! A Liger is half lion and half tiger. I’ve been reading about all the controversy over Amy Chua’s book and essay on WSJ “Why Chinese Mothers are Superior“. Her book is “Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother. Amy Chua“. She uses the symbol of the Tiger as someone who is authoritative and powerful. Well if you know anything about Lions you’ll know that they are mostly lazy, but the females do all the hard work. So I figured, I’m sorta a combination of the two… with a little pussy cat thrown in!
Copyright secured by Digiprove © 2011 Christine PlaistedTragedy Should Not Be Used As A Political Weapon!
Saturday morning while surfing around on Facebook, I saw a breaking news report that a congresswoman from AZ had been shot in the head. The events played out on my Facebook and Twitter that a young man had come to the congress woman’s “Congress on your Corner” event and had begun shooting. As the events played out, 6 were murdered and 13 more where injured. Among those killed were a Federal Court Judge and a 9 year old girl. Amazingly, the Congresswoman survived the attack, and the gunman was captured.
Dear Spammers – 5 Things NOT To Do in Comments!
Dear Mr. Spammer Commenter,
I know you’re working hard to get you link on as many websites as possible for SEO stuff and page ranking, but you’re going about it all wrong. There are so many things that if you just did them just a little differently, I’d be more likely to approve your comment. But as it is now, I just delete them all. Which is a waste of your time and a waste of mine. So here are a few simple things that you can do that will make me MORE likely (although its certainly no gaurantee) to approve your comment. If you’re interested that is.
Racism, Sexism or just plain Moronism!
I am so sick and tired of “The Race Card” and the “Sex Card” being played all over the place in our society today. From the NAACP “hearing things” from a Hallmark Graduation Card to NARAL becoming enraged by an OH court ruling against a woman about her maternity leave, all that’s being said and done is not about Equality, it’s all about trying to be treated MORE special than anyone else. And it’s not only ridiculous, but irritating and time consuming! Not to mention tax payer dollar consuming!! And I’m just SICK AND TIRED OF IT!!!!
You Can’t Make A Second First Impression
This is a saying that my mom taught me as I was growing up. “You cant’ make a second first impression”. It means that no matter what you do, the first thing people see about you will be what they think of you most strongly. If they see you as a nice, neat, clean cut person, then that’s how you will be treated by them. If they see you as a punk, they’ll treat you like one… and they will for a very long time.
One Minute Writer – Parenting Differences: Now VS Then
From One-Minute Writer:
Write about a way in which parenting has changed since you were a kid (either based on what you observe, or on what the experts recommend.)
I really like this site because it gives an interesting prompt and then only 1 minute to write about it. However, sometimes this “prompts” me to write more. This particular writing prompt today did just that. I know immediately that what I wanted to say, wouldn’t get completed in only a minute. So, if I’m going to rant, I’m going to rant on my own blog. LOL!
I’m NOT Turning 40 Next Year!!!
At least that’s what I thought. LOL! Steve and I were having a cigarette in the garage and talking about Jr. High School memories. I don’t remember exactly how we got onto THAT conversation. But then Steve said this truly horrible thing:










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