GMA all the Way!

Okay, I have been working on a scientific study. It started during the election. I'm not trying to bring up politics because we know who our President-Elect is and I support our President. However, when I was watching the Today Show for the last couple of months during the election, I noticed a complete biased when reporting on the two candidates. It was pretty obvious. Then Al, Ann, Matt and Merideth, WHATEVER! They try to make you feel like an outsider in their high school clique. With their inside jokes, slapping and childish flirtation, they act like a bunch of frat boys. Then the stories, it's either the disappearance of Caylee or the Cyber Bully Mom or the recession, or the bad housing market, or the unemployment rate or gas prices and then they throw in a concert to balance out the negativity. I mean I know there is death out there and a recession, but you don't have to remind me every morning about how the world sucks as I'm trying to raise a little human.

I couldn't take them, especially after I saw Matt Lauer in Sara Palin's kitchen. He had done nothing but rip on her, her family, and show Tina Fey's impersonation every five seconds. What, does he feel guilty or do they need her to keep their ratings going? Hello, SNL! Your over.

So one day, I switched the channel. It was scary. I was disrupting my morning routine that I have had for as long as I have been getting up in the morning. I turned to ABC and found Good Morning America. I walked into a new morning world of positivity and happiness. It was a breath of fresh air. Almost every story had a positive spin to it. No Caylee, no cyber bullies, no murders, no drama, just heartfelt stories.

The week I started watching, each reporter was in "The Hot Seat". You learned about their lives, background. It was nice to get to know who was reporting the news. Instead of them reporting from a remote location like, "Where in the World is Matt and who really gives a crap?" They also started a World Wide job fair and are actually making a difference helping people get jobs instead of reporting on how there are NO jobs. "Matt, what are you really doing to make a difference in this world? Calling for hair and make-up."

So my experiment was, one day I tried GMA and the next I tried Today. After GMA, I found my morning to be more positive and productive. After Today, I was sad and annoyed and if you make it to Hoda and Kathy, your morning will suck even more.

So try it. Take a chance. Through these tough times, it's nice to see there is still some goodness out there.

Black Friday

I am boycotting Black Friday this year. I know I should be contributing to the economy, but I honestly don't have much to contribute. Besides after working 8 year's of Black Fridays, the mall is the last place I want to be. I think I'm having my own Black Friday anyway. I was up at 5:45am and I have been fighting with my child's frustration to nap. She is working on so many milestones at once, I think her 95% range head might explode.

Really, the only reason to go out and deal with the 4am lunatics is to purchase a laptop, Wii, Guitar Hero and an ipod or anything with an i in the front. I want all of these things of course, but do I really need all of these things. In my other life, yes.

How to treat Motherhood.

So I went to the doctor to get a checkup last week and as I walked into the waiting room I muttered out loud " Wow, it's empty in here." As I turned the corner, I see one patient sitting in the room. He looked up at me and I nervously smiled and said "Hello". I signed my name in and went straight to a chair wondering, if he had heard me. I sat down and thought did I actually say that out loud. While debating whether I said it out loud or whether he heard me, my name was called into the office. Thank god!

Now later that day, I was at Publix and found myself talking and singing to my daughter as we cruised down the aisles. I spouted off my list to Jameson saying, "we need milk and butter. Where is the butter?" A customer looking at yogurt looked at me like I was crazy. Did she think I was talking to her? I wasn't. I was talking to Jameson or was I just talking it out or was I losing my mind or was I trying not to lose it?

I started paying more attention to saying my thoughts out loud. I realized I talk out loud all the time with or without my daughter around. I guess I'm trying to focus on what I am doing without being distracted, but could it be a sign of something else. So I Googled www.WEBMD.com with this symptom and "Motherhood" kept coming up. After reading the signs and symptoms, I self diagnosed myself. When I first caught symptoms of Motherhood, I had happiness, nausea, hunger pains and sleepless nights. Then after 9 months I really showed signs of being lethargic, cranky yet still happy all at the same time. Then the Momnesia kicked in. I couldn't remember where I put the car keys, my wallet or what I had for breakfast. Now I'm talking to myself. That's the next symptom. It then listed pure joy, starting family traditions, adding to your family, along with denying your husband and Facebook addiction (that is apparently a new one). These symptoms will never go away, but they can be treated with a spa day, a glass of wine, or the husband getting up with the kids. Once I read the treatment, I felt much better.

So I have decided to treat myself, this Sunday at the spa using my gift certificate that is due to expire. At least for 55 minutes, I will be in remission.