TAN #183: TANic Panic ... an impending BACON shortage?! (Page 67)

yes, and a jerk at that!

waiting for the lightning to strike

God is all knowing.. so he knows he's a jerk.

^^^^^Exactly! That was just mean of him.

It's no picnic for us either

You should adopt. I think you'd make a good mom.  It's sad to me when good, smart people choose not to have kids.  My sister is in the same boat.  Somewhere, there's a baby that needs good, smart parents.  Just my $.02.

Nope. Not weird at all. Seen friends and family members go through such difficulties for something they want so much. I've felt guilty at times for having it "easy" and only wanting 2 kids. And, you're right. The man can only feel a fraction of it.

Wish I had some fantastic advice.

How about this: My wife has so much closer a connection to our kids and I am certain it's because she made them with her own body.  I love my kids, but I could never imagine how much more making a human in your body would connect you to that person.  I fully agree that we have it easy, but Moms get all the love first. 

That's why Mother's Day is a huge deal with flowers and brunch and mimosas while Father's Day means a discount on nose-hair-trimmers...

i think mother's day (and father's day, to be perfectly fair) are stupid holidays.  although both my dad and my husband could DEFINITELY use some nose hair trimmers...

(also, not looking for a justification to get pregnant.  i really don't want any part of that business.  if anything, you have pushed me more towards adopting because i want my husband to get all the love too.  if interactions with the puppies are any indication, he's certainly the lover and i'm the boss!)

I love how she left out that she actually and very seriously bit me during her contractions with our 2nd.  I just sat there and cringed as her teeth went deeper and deeper into my shoulder. 

On the age thing, I look at it as slightly disconcerting that my daughter will be 18 when I am 56! 

And the starbucks visit this morning was quite interesting.  I do miss the adrenaline kick you get from those situations.

my husband likes that...

Im 40 with a 21 month old so I will be 41 with a 2yr old,  she has a few years on us.  Our daughter will be 4 when Erin turns 40.

Whippersnappers!

As I always say, it's not the age it is the miles!

It's not the age, it's the maintenance.

Just found out the our cute 18 yr old temp receptionist has a 32 yr-old mom. 

Don't they write stories about that?

"Dear letters, I never thought I would have anything interesting enough to write about...."

Funny story.  I used to grow roses.  After I went back to school, the rose garden was not maintained very well.  Some plants died, some got scrawny, some came out from below the graft.  Anyway, the garden was not the pristine floral patch of color any longer.  One day I came home and Janicewhokeepsmehumble told me that she had sprayed all the surviving plants with Roundup. I was stunned.  I told my friends at work looking for sympathy.  One commented, "And let that be a lesson to you!"

TEEJAY!!!!

I downloaded a free art app for my Ipad called sumoart (I think)...

It really suits the "engineer" in me.  Sort of has a spiralgraph feature and other cool features.  I tend to like semetry, so it's good for me.  I must have played with it for an hour last night.