Bump......whats a lady to do to get read, get a comment, or even a friendly welcome. Hi Everyone! Hope you are all having a good day! Blessings! Maria

There are just some mornings when you are better off staying in bed. For me it usually involves battling the kiddos to get off to school. My 15 year old has an excuse once a week to miss school. And I must say that it is a testament to my own willfulness that she hasn't missed school yet. Today it was a headache, but she did make it to the bus, albiet barely.

My son, 10 yrs, has Downs Syndrome. He is a lover of TV and lazy mornings. I have battles of will with him at least two times a week. Today was the first day. I was really afraid that he was gonna end up here today. Apparently he just didn't feel up to leaving his chair. If anyone would ever be listening to me convince my son to get on the bus, I would have a job as a negotiator in a heart beat. Often i am worn out from these negotiations, because my son can be difficult to convince of anything!

So now here I am drinking coffee, CNN on the tube and finally for a few hours childless. Now would be a good time to tell you my hubster darling is twacked. We have 4 kids, 3 of which still reside with us. Our 15 year old is a tough nut to crack, and having a hard time being a teen. The middle child is 12 and is in middle school. She is a pretty easy kid, although she is struggling with Math this year and requires alot of help. The youngest, as I mentioned before has downs syndrome, and although a charmer, my son is a great deal of work. I can tell you that he is like having a 4 yr old all the time.

So getting back to the twacked part, I was horrified last evening when my hubbie announced he wanted another baby. Count me out I said, plain and simple. I have no ga ga feelings regarding babies, and certainly do not even want a grandchild at this point. I do not get warm and fuzzy when I see a baby, I am so way over that crap. Screaming toddlers make me cringe and if I ever wipe another snotty nose it will be too soon. Sounds harsh eh?

I love my own kids, but damn I have worked hard at this raising kids crap and I certainly don't want another. Hubbie looked a little crestfallen, and somehow I think that I struck some sort of male ego nerve. I don't care, you will never convince me that I need another child. Go hug a tree I told him or wait until our oldest has a grandbaby. He tends, in his twackdom, to forget the most salient point. After our fourth child I was tubally cut tied and burned. Child bearing, was rubbed out for me. Although I was a bit sore I did a jig and hugged the Docter.

I was not a glowing pregnant woman. All four were miserable, uncomfortable pregnancies and all four brought forth very large hatchlings. I spent a great deal of time being pregnant, and have no intentions of going back. Hubster still, is not convinced.

Football day was disturbing as the Pats lost to the chargers. Good thing The Red Sox are moving on towards success. My Dad laughed at me on the phone, i suspect he thinks I.m a lttle overboard on the fantasy football thing. I lost there too. Tough day all around.

By early evening I was feeling peevish. I had cooked and cleaned all day and hubbie arrives home early from work. I was glad as he has a terrible cold and had already put in 24 hours of OT this week. I started feeling underappreciated when he sat down to read a book despite there being many things he could have been doing.

This morning I realize that was childish of me, he has worked some huge amounts of overtime for weeks now, and I need to cut the guy some slack. I am just glad I didn't get on his case and start a fight I just kept my mouth shut. Still, I do hate not being appreciated for what I do and I really hate that long after everyone else is done with their work I am still working on into the night. That is the life of a stay at home Mom.

My first post...........arrrgh. First impressions are never easy to make. At least, Dear Reader, you cannot see my bedhead,or straggly pj's that are all kerflunky from sleep. Yes, I have been up a while, but a girl has to have computer priorities. Well truthfully we would need to rewind to the first morning cuppa caffiene. That is THE number one wake up priority. Coffee being made while my puter boots up, there ya go.

Then once logged on I head to my fantasy football site. Yuppers, my very first stop on the internet highway. By now, your either hooked or shutting me down. Keep reading and trust me I have alot to say. You just aren't gonna get a sense of me until you have been reading awhile.

Anyway, football, yeah baby!, ya gotta love it. I am a N.E.Pats fan all the way. Originally from New England, I am now a Mainer in Exile. We currently reside as a 6 person family in Pennsylvania. It has been a journey. But I digress from my original intention of introducing myself.

Second stop after football is an online Maine Newspaper. Yes, you guessed it, I am a news geek. I love CNN. I lived in maine until I was 39, so I knew the ins and outs of politics and life in Maine, I miss it and need a dose of the familiar every day.

Usually after my second stop I head to Pogo to play a few games. Today is Sunday so I will be on my fantasy site watching my team rack up them points. I am a little competitive, especially since there is only one other woman in my league. Men, including my hubbie, hate to talk football with me. I tend to be a little aggressive, and I don't hold back. I am not bragging, simply reflecting that men hate agressive women. I insulted a poor man recently in a pub in Baltimore who was wearing Vikings colors. I told him he looked stupid. Ooops, one too many Black and Tans I'd say. "Don't hold back" my hubbie whispered in my ear. You must understand that usually I am a laid back, very non-agressive person. People tend to walk all over me. Football brings out the worst in me although some would say the best.

Enough of me for now, let's talk headlines. This may get touchy but here goes..............

Cindy Sheehan trotting around in DC is really chaffing my arse. I am sick of it. I feel betrayed by her and I wonder often if her son isn't looking down from Heaven feeling betrayed as well. I want to extend my heartfelt compassion and sympathy to this poor woman. But enough already. It seems to me that her cause is going nowhere and now she appears downright foolish after Katrina and Rita.

Thousands have died, been displaced and are suffering horridly. Our Government dropped the ball yet again, why should we as a nation expect bushy to suddenly pull from Iraq because one woman can't control her grief? We are a Nation stricken with grief and outrage. It seemed outlandish and insensitive for Mrs. Shehan to march in Washington DC during the early days of Hurricane Katrina. It struck me as disrespectful. Did she really expect to further her cause by meeting with McCain? He is the eternal, ineffectual Yes Man. Bushy has surrounded himself with a barrier of Yes Men.

Reality Check! Bushy will never fall to his lame duck knees and give up. It is at this point a matter of principle. Bushy will continue to cut off his nose to spite his face. men and women will continue to die for a cause that few Americans believe in. But those men and women of the military signed up for this, and they deserve our respect and admiration as a nation, no matter what we think of our erstwhile leader.