Shards

I stayed home with Amelia for my Massachusetts Law given right 90 day maternity leave. I went back to work in December and CS stayed home with her until January. Then, she went to the babysitter’s house full-time from 8 - 6 everyday.

I worked from December until June, doing the “working mom” thing and having CS away since May hasn’t made that any easier. Now, I’ll have the summer off and I’ll do the “stay at home mom” thing until October. Then, I’ll be in Tel Aviv and I’ll be doing the “working from home with a babysitter mom” thing. Concerning the battle of stay at home moms/working moms are better argument, I declare myself a bonefide know-it-all. Do as I say! Think as I think!

Working moms have to do it all. Maybe they need the money. Maybe they like their careers. Either way, they toil away all day, then give baths, wipe butts, pay bills and cook dinner.

Stay at home moms have to do it all. They listen to the whining day in and day out. They make bottles, play peek-a-boo, give stroller rides and complete all of the previously mentioned working mom stuff.

Working moms are better! They bring home the bacon and fry it up in the pan. They love their children just as much as stay at home moms and add financial security…blah..blah..blah…

Bullshit. You work because you want to or because you have to, but you’re not a better person because you get a paycheck.

Stay at home moms are better! They have a stronger bond with their children, do all of the housework that no one ever pays them for. They love their children more than working moms because they add more emotional security…blah…blah…blah…

Bullshit. You stay at home to raise your children because you want to or because you can, but you’re not a better person because you’re there to cut the crusts off of the peanut butter and jelly sandwich.

See? No one is a better person. Can we stop fighting about this?

Besides, everyone knows that telecommuting moms are the best kind of mom you can be. (HA!)

You’ve all made some very valid points, so I have given in to peer pressure.

Now I need some friends. I’m getting a complex already.

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A very cool site - how2heroes - brought to my attention by Marc at another cool site - bostonrestaurants.com.

I’ve always been put off making preserved lemons because I’ve never seen them and was never certain if I should leave the fruit on, how much, etc. Now I know and I’ll be making some this weekend!

I’m pretty web savvy. I’ve been running this site for almost 10 years and blogging 5 of those years. I started with a Yahoo site by using their ‘builder’ program, then I got fed up with that and learned html, then css, then php.

I use Wordpress now because it’s nice and easy, but I could just go back and write this all in notepad and it would look the same. I’m up on my new gadgets (just got 2 flips for me and CS and it is SO COOL! (via Mightygirl), new technology and new markup.

All this being said, I think I am the only person in the world not on Facebook because I just don’t understand the point of it. Should I join Facebook? Are you on Facebook? What do you use it for?

I know some people use it as a way of finding old friends, etc. but I don’t understand why you’d want to find people that weren’t worth keeping in touch with to begin with. What say you? Jump on the wagon and find out what the buzz is about or avoid?

I have never worn a shirt with words on it in public, with the explicit exception of pub crawl uniforms. I always think everyone is staring at me and thinking “Look at that walking billboard doofus“.

In fact, I often think most people I interact with or simply walk by me are sizing me up based on my appearance. I’m probably correct.

Go on. Tell us one little oddity about yourself in comments or on your own site.

*Title Inspired by T Jr.