little girls.

((You know how sometimes you get to a site/story/photo and you have no idea how it happened or who you should give credit to? Well, HERE is the first source. HERE is the quaint summary and HERE is how I stumbled upon it.))

BEFORE YOU READ ANYMORE... take a second to think of what the first thing you would really say to these girls would be....

A question? A compliment?

    

 

So today I have found a new soapbox. Will I stand up for it when confronted? ...only time will tell. Since I once was a little girl myself, I can actually remember people telling me how cute I was, how pretty my dress and hair was, etc... Is that what should have happened? Who was that compliment really for? Me? Because I think I should have been hearing you are pretty, cute, beautiful  smart, funny and have your own thoughts. I think it is our first instinct to compliment a little girl's outfit or hair because THAT'S what you talk to little girls about. It's comfortable. We thing we are making them feel good. But they aren't always little girls... they grow  up to be big sad, depressed, low self-esteem girls. And what are the things they have learned to talk about? Their looks, their clothes, their hair... It's something to really think about. I know I will.
 

Add this to your fact book. "15 to 18 percent of girls under 12 now wear mascara, eyeliner and lipstick regularly; eating disorders are up and self-esteem is down; and 25 percent of young American women would rather win America's Next Top Model than the Nobel Peace Prize."


Do you see where this is going? Should a change [should] be made. Perhaps this is where it all stems from.

More on this topic...

For the long version, go HERE.
For the short(er) version, go HERE.

happy thoughts.

So, I must apologize for being rather negative lately. It's a bad habit I've often struggled with...and let's be real, times are tough for this newlywed nowadays. BUT, things are looking up. It was suggested that for a day I post ten happy thoughts. And I did. (last Wednesday)


10.     My Husband is making me breakfast.
09.     There are unconquered levels of Angry Birds Rio. (seriously, this might be sad it makes me happy)
08.     Bacon. 
07.     Bob Ross. "It's important to me that this works for you and you know what you doing."
06.     Fudgsicles. 
05.     Hoarders. At least I'm not that bad.
04.     Husband has dinner in the oven.
03.     Owl always love you.
02.     Big Brother
01.     Remember  L  O  S  T   ?

on the bathroom cabinet...creepy.

  

  

december?!?!

How did it happen - again!
Time is flying by all too quickly!

lifeasiknowit.

-Got a call today about the wedding... it was kind of a punch in the face (but a good kind) that I really needed to get into perspective...and I really need to get the ball rolling. I. Me. Not other people. I am so much better at delegating than doing. Apparenly when planning a wedding it's about doing...so I am working on that.

-This is to-do list weekend. And things shall get done. Lists shall me made. Help will officially be enlisted. I can do this. I can talk to people. [I can ask for help.]

-Planning a wedding is hard.
-Planning an out-of-state wedding is harder.
-Planning a wedding without your girls/support/encouragers nearby is the hardest.

-Got time off [barely] for the PUMP shower in Portland next weekend. I miss that place. More than a lot of things. It will be a crazy weekend, go by all to fast, and not accomplish enough... we are bringing back a Sean so that's fun.

-We have nowhere to live. I have stuff everywhere it shouldn't have to be. I want my own home. Or at least my own storage unit.

-I'm so homesick I'm pretty much comatose.



(side note: STILL cannot add photos. This is driving me nuts and causing me to blog less...)