Hey GoodYear -> Hit the Road!

So the word on the street...literally: GoodYear Sucks.

:)

http://whatsnextonline.com/mt/mt-tb.cgi/3901

This is an article by B.L. Ochman about a GoodYear case where a woman was THE lowest paid manager for years...until someone slipped her a note & let her know she was getting screwed.

She sued & lost (statute of limitations issue) BUT she is going to win due to technology!

Final words:

If you are a woman...don't buy GoodYear!

This should fall into the same category along w/Exxon (which I STILL do not buy my gas from).

Speak up with YOUR purchasing power.

Happy Trails

-jen

Your Momma's so Tired...

So Clara slept through the night (with a midnight feeding), I think. I didn't see any extra pink bottles & I don't remember feeding her...so YES! SHE SLEPT THROUGH THE NIGHT!
Your Momma's so tired...
1. she blacks out in the middle of the night
2. she thinks the babies are talking to her e in the middle of the night about their love of granny smith apples.
3. people bring her coffee at work for no reason at all
4. she has no problem heating up yesterday's coffee & slamming it like she was 21 again.
5. she left yesterday's grounds in the filter & just added more water - & didn't complain
But...I wouldn't trade it for the world...unless that would mean BOTH babies sleep through the night at the same time. -jen

Has to be a Monday

Almost locked keys in car...
Late for appointment (nothing new)...
Didn't get Breakfast...
Got Lost...
good news...only one poopy diaper..
Welcome to Monday
-jen

My Working Mother Blog

So I am pretty excited abou this...
I am one of many working moms blogging at www.workingmother.com
Go to their MOM BLOG spot & look for...what else...Caffeinated Mothering.
THAT IS ME!
Next step...the cover.
:)
cheers.

How to Save the Earth

Growing up I was always taught to:

Turn off the lights when you left a room

Don't just stand in the shower & let the water run...what are you doing in there anyway?

Use ice to get your drinking water cold...again, don't let the water run.

If you walk into a room in the middle of the day, do you really need to turn your light on?

Close the door so the heat/ac won't get out.

I was taught these things to save money. In Bend, you were charged by the gallon for water, so that was a big one to try to conserve on. And of course sticking your head in the frige 4 times in 2 minutes didn't change the outcome of what was in there...so that was hopefully a bill that could be saved on as well.
Here's the kicker. I teach, preach & practice these things as well in my adult (yikes, "adult") life too.
But I do it to save the earth.
Everything that I listed I do to decrease my footprint. We recycle everything we can (we even have recyclable dryer sheets now) so that my guilt is lessened every day that I step up & into the bohemith of a vehicle that I drive. Yes, I drive an expedition that sucks $75 in gas about every 8 days. My gut hurts every time I step on the gas. I try to coast when possible & I rarely gun it. Every time I step up into it...I just think of a little piece of iceburg melting away into the vast ocean, never to be seen as a solid mass again. Sigh.
But there is help along the way...and it is not in the form of a stretch Prius (ok, but how cool would that be for anti-mini van moms?). There is a NEW electric car out there called Tesla. Nightline had a piece on it last night. There is SO much to talk about here, but all I can say is that my gut feels good. I just have this feeling that in the next 5 years there is going to be major change with the car industry. I don't know the structure or the truth...but someone out there (Bush) is getting paid really well to keep us dependant (Cheny) on oil.
But we can change the world. We (you & I) now have the power to be heard (internet) and let them know we know there are options out there, there have been for a long time...but it is now our turn to take over, sieze power & save the earth.

Coffee is a GREAT thing!

I LOVE Bill Cosby.

So everytime I hear something good about something that has been bad, but is now good...I do the happy tummy dance and sing the words of Mr. Cosby...."Dad is Great, he gave us Chocolate Cake!!!"

In this instance it is "Life is Great, it gave us a 20 oz-skinny-iced-mocha-with 2 straws" dance.

Yea, I know, it doesn't rhyme...but this article still makes me happy...and justifies my addiction.

ENJOY EVERY SIP MY FRIEND, EVERY LAST SIP!!!

Is that a G-G-G GRAY hair?

Does Caffeine give you gray hair? Does lack of sleep give you gray hair? Does the incisive whining words "I'm Tired" of a 3 1/2 year old that doesn't want to entertain her 4 month old brother...while I change the 4 month old sister & try to get out the door so I am not more than a half hour late for work give you gray hair? Take a wild guess as to which one added 3 strands this morning.

My first gray hair is a direct result of 2 weeks of hard core studding for my comprehensive exams in grad school...of course I did not find it until 2 years later...but with my scientific gauging of hair length divided by time, my analysis is dead on.

Since then I have reluctantly, but continuously plucked at least 2 a week. The ones that scare me the most are the long ones that are half & half. At what point did a little piece of me...die? (my scientific hair gauging technique only works when you can remember timed events - that doesn't happen any more-hence the need for excessive amounts of caffeine).

So I am a lively, energetic, fun loving, 30 something with a FANTASTIC life and great genes: so why am I considering subjecting myself to a never ending die job that will at one point expose the truth of...gasp...ROOTS!!???

Yea, that's not going to happen. People ask me all the time how I manage 2 infants, a 3 1/2 year old, work 40+ hours/week & manage to smile & get through the day with enthusiasm.

SIMPLE: I love my life & wouldn't trade it for the world!

Gray hair is here to stay, so I am going to accept it (aka: blame it on the caffeine) kiss the toddler 10 times as much tonight & know that my life is just beginning...can't wait for the sequel!

{{I would love to do this when I get home!}}

We really try to get things done in our house by midnight Sunday night:

dishes, laundry, stuff picked up, put away etc...it starts the week off w/that much less stress.

But our laundry piled up to the very end of the weekend the past 3 weeks (seriously, we were doing laundry until midnight Sunday night)....and it makes me cringe.

In Ella's first few months when I was at work she went to the house of a family friend. They had 3 young daughters & HUGE piles of laundry that made me gasp....just like my piles did the past 3 weekends.

We did get it done though last night...with this comment from my husband at 1:30am...

"WOW, you are on it! Not only are the jeans that I wore today clean & folded, but they now reside back in my closet! You are just like the maid I always wanted."

Another kudo to the bean...the coffee bean.