Barbie's Body Proportions

I find it odd that some people are obsessed with Barbie's body proportions.
When I was a girl I loved my Barbies, and I knew they were dolls. I didn't
expect to look like her when I grew up.

Barbie is a beautiful doll and a positive role model. Barbie is smart, pretty, and
caring. She's been an astronaut, doctor, baby sitter, teacher, and a hair stylist, etc.
She can be anything she wants to be and that's a positive message. I don't care if
Barbie's body proportions aren't realistic. She's a doll. There are hundreds of un-
realistic looking toys on the market.

If a boy wants to play with a Spider-Man toy does that mean he wants to be a
spider? If so, any girl playing with Barbie must want to grow up and be plastic.

When You Move Out...

When I got married and moved out, I had no idea that a couple of my financial
decisions were so wrong.

The good thing was my husband and I had saved $8,000 for a house, but I wish
we would have moved into an apartment and put that $8,000 in the bank. We
would've been a lot better off.  When something needed to be fixed we could've
paid for it with no problem.

We started our marriage with two broke-down cars. Every other week one of our
cars were in the shop. We paid for our cars to be repaired by credit card.

Speaking of credit cards...I wish I would have never gotten one. A credit card is
like a trap for someone without sufficient funds. In the beginning I thought I could
pay for all of my purchases easily, but it didn't happen that way. I charged $2,000
of our wedding expenses. I charged our broke-down cars to the card. Before I
knew it I couldn't pay it down, so I transferred the balance to another card, then
another card, then another card. At one time I had seven credit cards! Right before
I closed my accounts I had been charging groceries and gas every week. I finally
decided to stop using credit cards.

When you move out try to have thousands of dollars saved, then you won't feel
the need to use credit cards for survival.

Pinterest Stress

I just read an article about 'Pinterest stress' and I thought it was a joke. The article
describes the stress that some moms have after they've been on Pinterest. If Pinterest
stresses these mothers out their problem is a lot bigger than Pinterest. So what if
you tried to make something and it didn't turn out perfectly. That doesn't mean you're
a bad mom. These women must have low self-esteem and that's what they need to
work on.

Pinterest is supposed to give you ideas and teach you something that you might not
have known. I've never been depressed after being on Pinterest. Pinterest isn't about
perfection it's about opening up your mind. On Pinterest I've read about different
cultures, looked at beautiful art, and read many positive quotes. If Pinterest makes
you feel depressed get off of the website or get some help.

Capitalization and Spelling

It used to be that capitalization and spelling
were important. I remember the first time I
saw a billboard that had an intentional mis-
spelling and I was shocked. It's not unusual
now to see days spelled as dayz or cheese
spelled as cheez.

Kentucky Fried Chicken is now KFC. Dairy
Queen is now DQ and Burger King is BK. Is
Wendy's going to be just plain W in the future?

I also don't understand why some stores, restaurants, and magazines choose to
begin their names with lowercase letters. A proper name is something to take
pride in. When adults purposely deceive young people by writing incorrectly,
they can't expect young people to care about the world and run it properly in
the future.

Dreams

Many people believe that dreams
mean nothing, but I disagree. I think
that a dream will always tell you
something. It may tell you about your
future, your past or even your fears
My father says he solves problems
in his dreams. In my dreams I usually
have problems.




My reoccurring dreams are the ones that stick with me the most when I wake up.
I'm always dreaming that I need to use the restroom, and there is something wrong.
In the restroom I feel like I'm being watched, there is not enough toilet paper, the
toilet won't flush, or the place is really dirty. Then there's the dream when I'm at
school and I'm late for class, I forgot my locker combination, or it's time to go
home and I can't find my sister. The worst reoccurring dream that I used to have
involved my oldest son. My dream always involved something bad happening. I
saw him fall off a cliff, a balcony, and even drown. The dreams about him lasted
until the day he died of pneumonia.

I heard for years that if you die in a dream you are dead. That's not true. I dreamed
that I got killed in a car wreck and I'm still here.

After my granny died I dreamed that she said she wanted some fried oysters. I
asked my mother if Granny liked fried oysters and she said yes. My granny told me
something I didn't know in a dream.

Although most of my dreams are negative, occasionally I hear a piece of music in
a dream and I'll write down the notes if I can remember them long enough.

I look at dreams as an extension of my life. The life I live when I close my eyes.