What's On Your Mind?

I'm "on" Faceb**k but I rarely check in. The main reason is that reconnecting with old friends and family and reading updates makes me realize that I don't lead a very "normal" life. Sometimes I feel quite envious. Also, I don't get the whole Twitt&r thing. The minutiae of my life doesn't even interest me all that much. I can't imagine why anybody else would read it.

Of course, this blog was created primarily as a survival tool, aptly named since it's here that we unload the stress of the daily snarks of life with older kids who come with loads of "history". Often, negative? Well, yes because this is where we dump the negativity around us with some snark of our own which we attempt to withhold from the actual real life encounter.

For example: Squeaker talked back tonight in a totally rude, disrespectful tone. I told her, "You may not speak to me like that." She replied, "Why not?....the Bible says we're all created equal." Actually, dear, that's the Declaration of Independence. BUT SEE? I didn't actually say that last part out loud. I sucked it back and saved it for here.

Okay, if that is my greatest accomplishment today it's not much to brag (or "tweet") about, I realize.

And all that rambling was just to say...I learned on FB that an old friend of ours just started a great family website called Twigable which focuses on things that are positive and praiseworthy. It's geared for "normal" folks so if you are one or used to be or hope to be, for goodness sakes click away from this cesspool of negativity check out her site here.