1st Snow!!

Super Tuesday

I just got back from voting in the Massachusetts primary. I would just like to say that the voting process is a complete joke.

1. No one asked me for ID
2. I am registered Undecided. In Mass, that means you can vote in either primary, but not both. The primary ballots are color-coded - blue for Republican and red for Democrat. Where's the privacy in that?
3. I know this probably has nothing to do with anything, but the whole station was run by old ladies. They take your address and then name and check you off in a book. They announce your affiliation out loud and ask you what ballot you want - Dem or Rep. You vote at a high table with curtains on the left, right, and front, but no curtain behind you. You hand in your ballot to more old ladies who ask you again out loud your affiliation. Finally, the ballot goes into a machine.

Seriously, have we learned nothing? How hard would it be to write a quick software program to collect voter data the same way across all states? Each state would fill in their own candidates. It could be a student project at a University. Build 1 database to store all the states data which would be output the same way. Put 4 or 5 backup systems in place to pacify naysayers and propagate. Done.

Even though the Pats didn't win :( ...

I'm still posting the kids in their gear...Rory watched the 1st half with us and part of Tom Petty (I knew he was lip-synching). He liked all the different colored guitars and even yelled out "Touchdown" a few times...Too bad they weren't scoring. RIP 18-0...maybe next year although it seems like it was a once in a lifetime type of roll the Patriots were on. Joe will probably kill me for even writing that.

Lots of Snow & Caught up on Greys

We got a nice dump of snow yesterday in New England. If I skiied more I'd be pretty excited right now. But, I haven't skiied since before I was pregnant with Shelagh (4-5 years). Rather, we have a broken snow blower and a huge driveway and Joe was at the Celtics last night. He did a bang-up job in the morning before work, but there was a good 6+ more inches when I got home. I plopped the kids down in front of a movie (Cars, of course) and shoveled the whole thing. It was a little irritating having to shovel, but then again it was exercise (I think I read it burns 400 calories/hour), it wasn't that cold out, it was nice and quiet, and I don't know how to use the snow blower anyway even if it did work.

By the time I got in, it was 7 and I hadn't figured out dinner for the kids. I tried these mini-frozen pizzas, but since they weren't triangle shaped, Rory wouldn't go for it. He had a pumpkin muffin instead (vegetable, yeah!) and that was it. I haven't been doing a good job of planning their meals lately and they've been eating crap. Rorys pickiness doesn't help matters.

** GREYS SPOILER **
Since Joe was out, I just had some pasta with a nice roasted red pepper sauce and watched the last new episode of Greys Anatomy from last week. Cried through it since it was about a baby and that gets me right away. I'm so glad McDreamy dumped Meredith...it's about time. I like the new chick, Rose, too. The actress that plays Georges mom was in Devils Advocate. She was Al Pacinos assistant, I think, and she had this super freaky devil melty face thing going on that I can't get out of my mind when seeing her in anything else. I know most people hated that movie, but I actually really liked it. Joe makes fun of me for liking it, but whatever. Keanu aside, it was great Charlize Theron and Al was pretty good too.

I also watched the last new episode of Private Practice...it's really not a good show. I don't know why I'm still watching it, but the fact that it's been in my DVR since before Xmas should tell me something.

Crazy New England Snow Drivers

Shouldn't it be expected that if you live in New England you can drive in the snow? Well you'd think so. Not the case. I watched a woman slow down at the bottom of a hill today. What a goober. You just knew she was getting stuck, so I backed up a good 1/4 mile. No way my mom-van was making it up that hill at 5 mph. She should have gunned it right up. I sat there for 5 minutes down the street watching her inch forwards and backwards with cars on both side stopped and waiting for her to manuever while Rory listened to me yelling at her. He was just excited to see all the snowplows. That kid is truck crazy.

Hello

I've been wanting to do this for awhile. Honestly, coming up with a decent name has been keeping me from starting which is pretty silly. I'm not so crazy about this one, but I'm also Type A and wanted to start this as a 2008 project. Thanks to Bob for helping me create a starter name at least.

Now a little about me...I'm 35. I'm from NJ, went to college in Vermont, then moved to Boston and have been here ever since for the most part. I love New England! My husband is from this area. We both have a lot of friends and history here so we're probably here to stay. Plus my kids already have a Mass accent (which my mom is always trying to undo) and we all love the Red Sox and Patriots.

I work part-time 3 days per week. Sometimes I think I want to be a stay at home mom (when work is boring) and other times I think working more would be good (when the kids are sick or stir crazy in the house on a cold day). Ultimately, I feel like I'm getting the best of both worlds.