TFT: An Eye for an Eye

Just to start this isn't supposed to be a debate on Capital Punishment, just a thoughts on some situations. And because I am on the fence of that issue, esp how it is used in this country. That being said, on the news this morning, these two parents were sentenced to 3 and 5 yrs for leaving their 14 mo old either strapped to a stroller or in his playpen in the house, while they went out drinking(the story). The child was unresponsive and had life threatening diaper rash. I almost think it would be fitting to strap them to a chair for what would be an equivalent of the time, not be fed, feel what a life threatening diaper rash feels like along with letting their body temp fall to 84 degrees. I feel horrible when PB has a small little rash. But they obviously didn't really care about themselves either, since it sounds like the house was NASTY. Stories like this just piss me off because there are loving people in the world who can't have kids and then people like this breed like cockroaches. My favorite line is from the father who doesn't do diapers thats the wife's job. These are the instances when I think, you know there is something to that whole eye for an eye saying.

Hungry Now.

So it was quite the afternoon. Peanut Butter decided to be naughty while she was watching a dvd on the computer. So I made her get down. A tantrum ensued fort the next 40 minutes due to the fact I wasn't giving in on the nuk wither. She must have cried and thrown herself around so much she got hungry. So she started eating her grapes while trying to keep the tamtrum going. Here is the results.

Freezing

This is insane; it was so nice the last couple days, even this morning. Around noon they started closing the area schools. So we figured the storm was coming in a little faster than projected. So I quick fill up with gas after work , I wonder if they thought there would be a run on gas since one of the stations rose their price 7 cents. Then I grabbed PB from daycare and ran to the grocery store. I get out of the grocery store around 3 and it's freezing rain, which turns to snow in the 5 min drive home. It is now so windy. When I leave for work in the morning they are expecting it to be 30 below with the wind chill, oh and those winds are supposed to be around 50mph. YIKES. I sometimes wonder if living in southern Wisconsin has turned me into a Sally from living in northern Wisconsin. I used to wait for the bus when it was below zero and didn't think twice about it. You knew it was cold because the inside of you nose froze up. Though years of shoveling the snow has not been forgotten, when it snow 3 inches, I don't say, "oh my god we sure did get a lot of snow. I still consider that a dusting compared to lake affect snow. But I am now like my mother in the sense she is always cold, and the girl who wore shorts to school in the winter is always cold now. I have to sleep with an electric blanket. I don't know what happened.

A Warm Spell

It was actually pretty nice out this afternoon. Peanut Butter and I even went for a walk to the library. She enjoyed the walk part, but not so much the library. She wanted out of the stroller. It felt good to be outside walking. I actually burned some calories today. My friend and I walked up and down an incline at work today for 20 min. on our breaks, while we compared mommy notes.

The boy is sick with a sore throat. I think he might have gotten it from the girl. I have a feeling she had a sore throat last week.


I'm a little upset. I put in an order with drugstore.com on the 23rd and it's still processing. WTH. I really need my laundry detergent. It says 1-2 days processing 2-7 ship. But it hasn't even shipped yet. I will be so p.o.ed if I have to go buy some and it comes in the mail that day. I do have quite a bit of dreft left. But I don't think that really cleans anything.

Get Mortified

I found this site, get mortified, yesterday, well yahoo found it for me on my front page. Hilarious! Watching people read their old diaries. It's funny what was such life and death back then. I was going to post a video with me reading a page from one of my old ones, but I need to find a better way to do it, so it doesn't take 10 hrs to upload. So I'll leave you peeps with an excerpt to tease you.
March 9th 1991(my junior yr.)
Went over to M's watched TV, went to Copps and then out with Di and these geeks from Ashland. Dude spare me. I saw M and Amy & I was kinda pissed. I don't know why. Then he calls and asks why I didn't come over, coz Amy was there. I don't know I guess she really hates when I'm w/ him. Oh well b*tch. I guess he told her that I'm an awesome friend & he likes talking to me. I can't remember what she said & I guess Bill(s.t.) told Jody to tell me not to get mixed up w/ M. I don't know dude.

8 Hours

It's just 8 hours right. I say that everyday when I walk into work, "Its just 8 hours, you can do 8 hours." Why am I killing myself going to work? It's like the commercial says, you have to be there 40 hours a week you should enjoy it. I wish I could do something else, but I'm stuck. I don't have a college degree and the credits I do have don't count for much these days. I don't have any skills anymore, other than being a babysitter for adult males who for the most part act like children. Taking an entry level job some where to climb back up the ladder is just not financially worth it. I'll admit it's the pay and benefits that keep me right where I'm at. I really need to look in to finishing my degree. I need to find a place where I can do the majority of it online. I only need about 40 credits. Today has just been a long 8 hours.

On a more positive note, Miss Peanut Butter is obsessed with the computer. I now have to play a DVD most of the afternoon so she isn't clicking away or pounding on the keys. She still pounds the keys, but they don't get her anywhere usually. She does find the start button now and then. But she's sit and watch, move the mouse and type. I bought this Blue's Clues DVD set on Tues. and each one plays forever. There must be 6 hours on it. She was so cute yesterday sitting at the desk with the keyboard tray pulled out and leaning on it as her tiny legs are hanging over the edge of the chair watching Blue. I so wish I would've caught a photo of it, but the camera is on the desk and I'm sure she would've moved if I went to get it.

The boy heads out on a date tonight, it's with a group, but gosh they seem too young. He tried to play it off with his dad telling him he was going with his "friends" but J started asking what friends and the girls came into play. Of course he needs money for the movie too, I told J why are you giving him money. He hasn’t done anything. His reply " I can't tell him he can't go." No I guess you can't. J said he's going to tell him he has do do some work, but of course he'll be gone this afternoon, so I'll have to tell him. In the immortal words of clueless "Whatever". It's a bit funny seeing the IM each other they have so-an-so loves so-an-so as their names with lots of hearts and such. Oh to be in Jr. High again.

I did happen to catch her today! It was p.j. day at daycare, apparently she went with bed head too. Unless that her after nap hairdo.

Thoughts for Thursday: Autism in Girls goes Undiagnosed

I found it interesting that I got an email from Kristy about five for fighting donating $0.40 to Autism Speaks for watching this video. And tonite on the ABC Nightly News they had a segment about girls being under detected for autism, that the numbers are probably higher, but because we "socialize" girls more than boys. Which means we teach them to be good and nice and sharing and the like, which gives some girls with autism enough social skills to go undiagnosed. I have been interested in the disease and have read and listened to some information. I read Ali E's blog, her son has autism. But most of this info is about boys. I thought the socializing aspect was interesting. Do we really treat boys and girls that different at that young of age? I have a girl and I do say that is nice and that is naughty. You're a pretty girl. Oh are you going to share with me? Let's sit together and play. But I would think I would do and say most of those things with boy too. But my daughter does do things I don't know where she gets them from. Putting on necklaces, she's never seen me do that. Carrying a purse. Putting a boa on? there is no cabaret here. They taught her to blow kisses at daycare, but I don't think they'd be doing that for the boys. She also wants to brush her hair and teeth, and I still have a hard time getting the boy to do that.
I was wondering if anyone had thoughts on this socializing differences? Do we raise/treat infant and toddler boys and girls that differently? Are some boys and girls born with some traits?