What a bunch of ass-kissers! I can't believe that many of you would actually want to meet me. I'm not that great... I'm short, I'm mouthy and terribly boring. (And no, I have no idea what being short has to do with why you don't want to meet me, but I just didn't want you to imagine me all tall and leggy and then meet me and be like, Bitch! You're not at all what I thought!)
Wow. Me and tangents, huh?
Anyway... the winner of the signed copy of Jen Lancaster's Pretty in Plaid:
which is:
Congratulations to Lori! (And good answer, BTW. Ha!) And thanks to everyone for 'fessing up on who you want to stalk and accost. I'm sure your restraining orders are in the mail. Heh.
A little known fact: My husband has a nickname for me. Long before he was dubbed (and appropriately so) "Candy Ass," he was parading around our house calling me "Peg." As in, Peggy Bundy.
Now you people are smart. You've read my blog. You know that I lack a certain amount of domesticity, have furiously red hair and an affinity for all things leopard print. YOU DO THE MATH. All I need is a little wiggle in my walk and a cigarette hanging out of my mouth and Peggy Bundy and I could be one in the same.
I also love how many people gave mad props to Roseanne. I could watch Roseanne reruns forever and not get sick of the Connor family. But what's so funny to me is remembering that when Roseanne was first airing on TV, people were totally hating on it... They thought it was rude and irreverent and gasp! how could a mother be so... so... REAL?? Seems to me, Roseanne was the beginning of the shift in the way moms were and are portrayed in TV shows. Because now? Ha! You'd be hard-pressed to find a mom who is a (and please, note the quotation marks, people) "perfect" mother on TV. These days, we like 'em flawed, dramatic and plain 'ol NUTS. (We'll psycho-analyze what this says about us another time.)
Frankly, I'm just glad the pressure is off. Because I can't live up to a mom like Carol Brady (and don't know that I'd want to, really) while simultaneously burning down the house. It's just not in the script.
But I digress. We've got a winner to name...
Which is... Apryl's Antics who will be receiving the cool reusable insulated Starbucks cup and $20 Starbucks gift card for her entry:
Thanks to everyone for participating! Ya'll come back now.
The last few days have felt a lot like summer around here with temperatures well into the 90s. Which is fitting since Starbucks has started releasing their Summer drinks and retail items. I instantly fell in love with these new plastic insulated cups that look just like the clear plastic cups the cold drinks come in, only these aren't disposable - they're reusable. And not just reusable, but each time you bring yours back into Starbucks, you get 10 cents off your drink.
And I bought one for myself. And then another, thinking I'd give one away on this here blog. Along with a $20 gift card to help fill it up a time or two.
So in honor of all the mutha's out there, in the comments section, tell me who your favorite sitcom mom is/was ever.
Enter as many times as you want, with each comment = to one entry. Giveaway runs through Sunday, May 10 ending at 9:00 PM Pacific Time. Winner will be chosen at random.
This? May look like a large group of amazing people who came out to March for Maddie. And it is. But they are just a small sample of who is walking in her honor. There are more than 30 more teams across the U.S. are also marching for Miss Madeline Alice Spohr as well.
I'm guest posting today over at Twenty Four At Heart. It should serve as a prime example as to why no one should ever trust me with their blog user name and password. [insert evil laugh here]
People never fail to amaze me. But this time, I mean it in a good way.
This past week has been such a fog of tragedy and sadness, but it's also been refreshing and amazing. I've seen some really astounding people come out of the woodwork, bend over backward for a family whose loss is unimaginable. I've watched total strangers gladly give up meals out and morning lattes in order to donate to charity. I met bloggers and friends who flew in from all over the country and Canada to pay tribute to a little girl whose story compelled them to be there. And I've received emails from random people wanting to know what they could do, willing to do anything.
While I don't consider Maddie's services to be blog material, I will say that Mike and Heather did a beautiful job; their strength and courage to speak was inspiring and uplifting. Heather had us all laughing, something only she could do in a moment as heavy as that. I could never imagine myself as graceful in the wake of such sorrow.
For those of you who have been so generous as to donate to March of Dimes or otherwise in Maddie's name, thank you. I encourage people to continue the spirit of generosity and kindness that has given even a cynic like me a certain amount of reverence.
Not that I've lost my dry, sarcastic touch. My world's been shaken, and uncomfortably so, yes. But I will undoubtedly regain my bad attitude in no time at all, after all, Heather would expect nothing less of us.
UPDATE: Services for Madeline will be held on Tuesday, April 14 at 2:30 PM at Old North Church, Forest Lawn, in Hollywood Hills. Please wear purple in honor of Madeline.
I have never seen such generosity amongst (in many cases) total strangers before. In the last couple of days, the willingness of people to give, to donate, to help, to pass on information has been endless and breathtaking. And it's all been for Maddie and of course Heather and Mike, her parents.
Heather, Mike and Maddie had been fundraising and planning on walking in the April 25 March for Babies walk in Los Angeles at Exposition Park for March of Dimes. As a show of support and as a way of honoring Maddie's memory, those of us in the Southern California area are now planning to walk as part of the fast growing March for Maddie Team.
If you will be in the Los Angeles area on Saturday, April 25th and would like to join us, please email me for details. We would love to have as many locals walking in her honor. I am helping organize our L.A. group and will gladly include you on the emails about when and where we will be meeting that morning. Click the "email me" link below the March of Dimes widget in the left column.
If you're not in L.A., there are March of Dimes Maddie Teams everywhere across the U.S. now and you can find one close to you by checking this list. If there isn't a team for Maddie in your area and you would like to start one, you can find instructions on how to set-up your own March for Maddie team here.
No matter where you choose to walk (or if you can't walk, and just want to support the Spohr family) you can purchase March for Maddie t-shirts here. All proceeds will go to the Spohr family.
You will notice that the t-shirts are purple. The Spohr's would like everyone to wear purple in Maddie's memory for the March of Dimes walks as well as at her services. No matter where you are, please wear purple on Tuesday. Any photos you have of groups of you guys wearing purple as a tribute to Maddie or photos you have of her, please upload them here to this Flickr account.
For those who have asked how to change the background on their blog or Twitter profile to purple in honor of Maddie, instructions are here.
In addition, you can click on the March of Dimes widget in the left column to help my fundraising efforts if you'd like. All donations go directly to March of Dimes in Maddie's name. You can also donate directly on her page here.
For those of you who have donated (either to March of Dimes or burial costs) already, thank you. The fundraising efforts have exceeded everyone's expectations and will hopefully save the lives of many babies.
If you're looking for where to send items, Meghan of A Mom Two Boys (who is the organizer behind almost everything you see happening for Maddie) has set up a P.O. Box which can also accepts packages because it's at a UPS Store.
Updated: If you're in the L.A. area and would like to help by bringing food to the Spohr family, Stefanie of Baby on Bored has been kind enough to organize this. You can email her at babyonbored(at)gmail(dot)com to help.
The most amazing mosaic tribute to Maddie has been posted here and I recommend taking a look because it will make you gasp. Click on the photo to zoom in on the thousands of Maddie photographs.
Maddie's story is in the Ventura County Star here and I've done a small piece on her at 805moms here.
I write this, heartbroken, tears streaming down my face for a little girl I only just met a couple of weeks ago. A little girl I've only held once; a tiny little miracle I barely knew but whose story I had read several times. Madeline Spohr passed away today.
I just can't believe it. I can't fathom the heartbreak Heather and Mike must be going through. Please leave them a comment and if you can, donate to March of Dimes in Maddie's name - a charity they have been very passionate about.
Update: The Spohr's website is having some difficulty maintaining all the traffic. This is nothing but a testament to the power of the internet and to the number of lives little Maddie has touched. Please continue to check back. As of now, Maddie's March of Dimes page is still up, so please go visit and donate if you can.
Holy crap, I never intended for my The Economy Can Kiss My Ass contest to be such a downer, but let's be real: it's pretty fucking bad out there. And I feel ya.
Hopefully, if nothing else, it gave you a place to vent. And oh yeah, someone walked away with a Starbucks Gold Card. The winner (courtesy of Random.org) is...
#83 which was Shari who is blaming the economy for her "fat thighs."
(I didn't know we could do that... AWESOME.)
Thanks to everyone for participating. Except the economy, of course.
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