3 things that are on my mind tonight...

1. i love my husband. he is a very predictable man. he is the type of guys who when he has something on his mind, he won't rest until it is resolved. for example, last year when i wanted to put candles in our windows for the holidays, and i was on the bed rest, i put craig on the job. he went out to about 5 different stores, and came home with an assortment of candle options. i liked the ones from Bed Bath & Beyond the best. they only had 2 in the store he went to. that did not stop him, oh no it didn't... my lovely husband went to every BB&B he could to find 8 more.

today when i opened the dishwasher it smelled. i have been having issues with this dishwater for quite awhile. so i emailed craig a picture of a new dishwasher that said "happy veteran's day". within a minute the phone rang, and it was craig. he was leaving work early and guess what? we bought a new dishwasher today. i figured it would be soon, but not so fast. oh, i can't wait until our new gets here!!!

2. H1N1 - am i the only one that is not freaking out? my neighbor (who is a wimpy guy), told craig that he has been up at night crying over the fear of his daughter dying. really dude??? even if you are, do you want to share it??? i felt better today when i got an email from the kids pediatrician.

Don't Let the Media Steal Your Emotions!
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Ask yourself this question: do you personally know someone who has died from H1N1? Chances are it is very unlikely (as opposed to 50 years ago when almost all of our parents knew people who had polio or bacterial meningitis).

Currently, a large amount of the anxiety around H1N1 is the direct result of a sensationalist media. The news instills fear by bringing dramatic stories into your living room (or onto your laptop), but in doing so, it significantly distorts reality. Every tragic story is played out on every media outlet. The chance of a healthy child dying from H1N1 is estimated to be somewhere between 1 in 13,000 and 1 in 26,000 children who contract H1N1. Your child's risk of dying in a car accident is much greater (~ 1 in 6,500).

The current issue of JAMA (the Journal of the American Medical Association) states that approximately two-thirds of all people dying from H1N1 were "high-risk" individuals with significant underlying disease. Perhaps more importantly, the death rate was lowest in patients under 18 years old!

Let's all step back and take a deep breath - DON'T LET THE PRESS CONTROL YOUR EMOTIONS!

3. what the hell is the 3rd thing that was on my mind??? oh yes, holiday dresses for hadley. there are so many options!!! and since she will be 1 next month (when did that happen?) she will wear it for her 1 year portraits. there was one i loved from gymboree, but i haven't really checked out all the stores. i may need to get my arse to the mall and look at them in person and not just online.

have a happy weekend!!!