Matchy-Matchy

We got out of the house today, finally. I say finally because it's been raining here for three days straight which makes it tough with a three-year-old and, not to mention, the dogs which have to be taken out on a leash to do their business. (No fence = daily bummer) Even tougher when the three-year-old insists on "helping" and holding the leash which inevitably gets "accidentally" dropped in a pile of muddy water which scares the Chihuahua and makes him bolt-off like he's been walking in the desert for days and finally spots a Taco Bell in the horizon. That's how I spell F-U-N! Chasing a tiny chihuahua who's wearing a small but very cute, yellow rain coat in my sweat pants and no bra- (yes I did, however, have on a shirt) in the rain and all the while ducking as if this would somehow make the neighbors not recognize me. Very embarrassing but in hind-sight funny situation - stressing the HIND sight here.

I guess this makes me one of those annoying girls who dresses their dogs in clothes and has to dress my daughters in matching outfits every now and then too. (and I guess this also makes me one of those annoying girls who doesn't wear a bra in public. Nice.) Yeah, you should have seen this spectacle - talk about Girls Gone Wild. I was wild alright- Steaming hot, also! But not with sex-appeal. Let's just say I felt a touch of frustration. Well, I got over it but it did make me second guess that time in South Padre on Spring Break when I turned down the chance to enter a wet tee-shirt contest. Not that I would actually ever enter one but because I know I will never EVER have that offer again in my lifetime it makes me second guess myself. Trust me, I won't go into the gory details but NEVER again will anyone think that I'm a candidate for that.

The rain is suppose to continue through this Friday. So I guess this means I need to head off to Pet-Smart to get a large but very cute yellow rain coat. We have a German Shepherd, Atticus. Gotta keep the pattern. Gotta keep the pattern.

ha. ha. Kidding. Kidding.

From Possible Lead Poisoning to Frankenfood: It's always all about the money

I find myself being quite irritated about this Mattel Recall. These big corporations are regulated to report hazards within 24 hours of finding a problem. Yeah, I'm sure they jump at the chance to take the moral high ground and would do it anyway even without this regulation in place. Right? WRONG. ( I have serious doubts they do it even with the regulation in place) Last week or so I looked over the list of toys and luckily we didn't have any. Then, today I looked at the new list and we have SEVERAL of these toys and have since Chloe's birth in 2004. I just don't trust this whole 'if you bought it before May 2007 it's okay' or whatever they're saying. This is very upsetting. I'm so sick of these big corporations fucking-up so badly and taking their sweet fucking time to recall or whatever it may be to try and save a buck.

Normal view: babies/children + defective toys = Possible DEATH

Corporation's view: babies/children + defective toys = MONEY LOSS

NO telling what they're putting in our food. *chemicals chemicals everywhere* These big corporations have conjured-up ideas to genetically alter crops that don't produce seeds so you have to continually buy that food from them. Thus, giving them the power to patent and ultimately control the market. I am by no means an expert on this subject but I know enough to realize that they're stealing from mother nature and creating a new market to corner. For example, making corn bigger and sweeter with build-in pesticides but that doesn't produce seed. Cha-ching! Imagine when that takes off? They are systemically going to wipe-out mother nature and the local farmers all together with their Frankenfood. *Chemicals chemicals everywhere*

I'm just irritated. Did I mention that it irritates me? The solution? I'm not sure if there is one. Buying your produce from local farmers is a start. And I plan to continually check for toy recalls now. Or stop buying toys from large corporations altogether- not sure the latter would happen -When Chloe sees the latest Dora collection, etc... We're such products of our environment. *chemicals chemicals everywhere*

DC Trip!

Capitol Building

Chloe on the driving tour

Jefferson Memorial

Room Service!

Me and the girls

Daddy and the girls

Just a few pictures from our little trip. We were there Wed through Sat - A lot of room service and movies! We watched 'Night at the Museum'- very cute. We met some friends from law school for dinner. (Wonderful food everywhere!) Chloe's fave thing was the hotel pool, of course. It was nice to get away for awhile. We'll probably go back when the girls are a little older so we can do more tourist-y stuff. I already miss the room service.

Happy 7th Wedding Anniversary to me and hubby! Kiss Kiss.