An open letter to Scripps & Cablevision:

Can't we all just get along?

The "deal" that you two just can't seem to reach is sad. And I'm out HGTV, and Food Network... literally 2 days before the super-duper-presidential-all-star-Iron-Chef-America-showdown. How could you?

Honestly, I don't want to pay any more each month for my Cablevision digital cable, and I don't feel like I should have to. Scripps, are they seriously low-ballin' ya that badly or are you just getting greedy? Has inflation changed things so much that the last agreement you had just wasn't sufficient anymore?

I don't know the whole situation. I don't know who I'm supposed to be mad at, all I do know, is I DIDN'T get to see the one and only, fabulously delicious Mr. Bobby Flay in kitchen stadium Sunday night. And I. Am. Pissed.

Sincerely,

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Hopefully the last bitchfest of 2009

I don't expect everyone to be like me. Not in the least. But there are some things that just seem to me should be automatic. Like taking care of your children. I've been biting my tongue for years now and each encounter with this person makes it harder and harder to keep my mouth shut. Tonight is the final straw, and I'm not even directly involved. Thankfully I wasn't even there when things were being said, and plans were being made, because Lord knows, there would have been a brawl. When your priority is to go out and get drunk, singing kareoke, albeit with family, instead of staying home with your child who had surgery just over 24 hours ago. There's something not right there. It not only makes me angry, it makes me sad. That's a sad thing, when at 2 years old your kid is the one drinking sprite out of a baby bottle. Its a sad thing that your other child is so desperate for attention. Its a sad thing when you'd rather go out versus stay home with your child who literally had surgery for a hernia just over 24 hours ago. At this point, I don't give a f*ck what the doctors orders are, they could have said he could jump off of a bridge today and be fine. I just would NOT leave my child at this point, I don't care how stressed I am or how much I deserve/need a break to let loose a bit. Its a sad, sad situation that angers me deeply.

And then, the only other thing I'm going to bitch about...

*edited...

I'm going to head off to a tropical island, leave everyone behind, drown my sorrows in the crystal blue oceans with a fruity drink with an umbrella in my hand.

Wishful thinking. Lets hope this is the last bitchfest of 2009.

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Where are all the smiles around here?

My posts for the month of November should have been especially happy... with the holidays approaching, the gift guide and all the fun giveaways, of course Thanksgiving and being thankful for so much, but its only 10 days into the month and I'm not feeling so happy.

First off, I had to read garbage which made cancer to be a butt of a joke. Come on people, get real. Cancer is serious, it affects too many people and saying that its some sort of joke, or even making a joke out of it can be hurtful to the people who are living with it each day of their lives.

Then I hear about two of the nicest people that I've met in the blogging world being harassed via email... for no reason.. because some people must be on some sort of "I'm queen of the blogosphere" type of power trip... Get over yourself and seriously, if you don't have anything nice to say, don't say anything at all. Its simply ridiculous how childish that so many of the women who blog are. How does one persons site directly affect you to the point where you need to be so damn nasty?

Now, this last tidbit, I'm going to write about later when I'm able to collect each and every one of my thoughts. The events of today are too much for me to deal with in this post and I must write up the post that I need to write for it later this evening, once I can unwind, settle, gather thoughts and whatnot.

But seriously, can we make the rest of November a happy month somehow??

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Blogging Pet Peeves

I suppose I'm going to go on a mini-rant here because I have a few things about blogging that just drives me nuts. Not so much the act of blogging in itself, but things that I see other bloggers doing.

1. Acting holier-than-thou.
Essentially, were' all here doing the same thing, what makes YOU better than ME? Because you get better reviews? More subscribers? Different content? Instead of being against each other, why are we not a community? Why can't we all get along for the sake of having the same time filler/hobby/"job?" Because you have been doing it longer makes you a better person than me? Because you're recognized by this one or that one makes you a better person than me? Are you kidding me? Get off your high horse, cause guess what- your shit DOES stink.

2. Spelling errors.
I could care less about the spelling errors that I receive in my inbox, or in my IM or on forums or whatever, but when you're pimping out a company with your review, you might want to make sure that you're spelling the company name or the product correctly. And by the way, its sponsOrs, not sponsErs.

3. You think everyone owes you something.
No one is owed anything without a written contract. Taking someones word for something can only go so far. Having a relationship with PR reps is a wonderful thing, and those same PR reps don't OWE you a DAMN THING. Instead of thinking that the PR reps and companies owe you big time, why not realize that its not just about you? Why not realize that PR DOES NOT NEED to work with YOU. Its a wonderful thing that they choose to work with bloggers, but by no means are we owed that, lets not take a chance in effing that up.

4. Greed, greed, and more GREED.
A new coffeemaker or a pair of shoes to review is nice, but by no means should anyone EXPECT to have a car or a trip handed to them. What happened to the days where we worked hard to get what we wanted, what happened to earning things? Didn't get invited on a most expense paid trip? Get over it, it just wasn't your time... want to go on a family vacation? If you're not invited on one by a company then save your pennies and take your family on one...

I know that there's more that bothers me, but this is all I'm getting into for now... Geez... I hope I don't sound like too much of a bitch.... (or do I even care if I sound like a bitch at all?)

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Oh Misery....

13 months ago, my daughter was happy go lucky... 13 months ago, she didn't have a little brother and didn't have to fight for attention. Go ahead and call me a bad mom, but I'm having a hell of a difficult time managing this household, keeping everyone happy and pulling myself into 10 different directions.

I'm at my breaking point with this girl though. For the past month, its been hell. But only to me... out in public or at other peoples homes, she's angelic, well behaved, good mannered, just the perfect child. The second that we're home, its nothing but sass, nasty attitude and screaming. She's the exact opposite of what I know her to be, and I'm going to lose my mind.

Someone please tell me that with kindergarten starting tomorrow that things will change, I need to somehow renew my faith in my daughter, I need some sort of light at the end of the attitude tunnel...

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