Multitasking

taken from Time magazine:

[N]ew research on working fathers indicates that they're the ones experiencing the most pressure. In a July report called, tellingly, The New Male Mystique, the Families and Work Institute surveyed 1,298 men and concluded that long hours and increasing job demands are conflicting with more exacting parenting norms. The institute had launched the survey to follow up on its 2008 finding that 60% of fathers said they were having a hard time managing the responsibilities of work and family, compared with only 47% of mothers in dual-earner couples.
"Men are feeling enormous pressure to be breadwinners and involved fathers," says Ellen Galinsky, the institute's director. "Women expect more of men, and men expect more of themselves."

Read more: http://healthland.time.com/2011/12/01/working-moms-multi-task-more-than-dads-and-like-it-less/#ixzz1fbBFSQru

I recently had a discussion with my husband and some of my male cousins who are also fathers. They all seemed to talk about the fact that they feel they do more than their fathers did (in regards to helping out at home and with the kids).
My father in law and uncles were hard workers and provided well for their families, but in this day and age, is that considered enough?
My husband and I entered our marriage with the idea that we were a team and would tackle the ups and downs of life together, including parenting. Yes, somethings are still old fashioned in my home, I do all the cooking, for example, but I am lucky to have a husband who helps with bathtimes, reading stories, and getting the kiddos dressed. From what I heard from my husband and cousins last week in our discussion, their dads never did anything like that.

As a mom myself, I appreciate my husband (and other dads out there) trying to help us out.

Change of heart

I had a blog about the Kardashian bozos that I decided to erase. As much as I wanted different types of women on my blog, I made a decision not to poison mine with vapid, shallow women.

Besides, I alreay have a blog entree about Michelle Bachman. She pretty much fills the quota for embarrassing women.

Ann Richards

A longtime activist in Texas Democratic politics, Ann Richards became Texas’ second woman governor in 1990.

In 1991 my family was invited to the state capital in Austin to celebrate the Texas troops arriving home from Operation Desert Storm. My father had served on a board with Gov. Ann Richards, so in return, we were put on the VIP list. We were given badges to wear, and my sister and I got to ride in the parade with other "Army kids". The parade ended at the capital, where afterwards there was a lunch on the grounds. My family and I lucked out. We got to sit inside the VIP tent, where we had lunch next to Dallas Cowboy coach Tom Landry. My dad introduced my sister and I to politicians like Phil Gramm and Bob Bullock. Last but not least, my dad took my sister and I over to meet Gov. Richards. I was 11, my sister was 9. She was so nice, she hugged us both, told us to always be proud Texans and told us we could do what we wanted to in life if we put our minds to it.

Maria Montessori

 When I was young my parents enrolled my sister and I in Montessori school. We still thank my mom to this very day. I enjoyed school so much that I cried on breaks (what a dork, I know). Dr. Montessori gave the world a scientific method, practical and tested, for bringing forth the very best in young human beings. She taught adults how to respect individual differences, and to emphasize social interaction and the education of the whole personality rather than the teaching of a specific body of knowledge. I spent the ages of 5-11 in Montessori, eventually transferring to a normal junior high. I still keep in touch with my teacher, "Miss Janet" to this day. 

Finally!!

I've been on the hunt, waaayy before my lady blog, to find a website for a normal gal like me that covers different topics with out the stupid airhead fluff most pages offer...Well, guess what? I finally think I have found it. ((drumroll)) http://hellogiggles.com/

With a variety of topics covered, authors of different ages and a well organized site, it's so great I have now made it a personal goal to publish something on this site.

A Gaga Thanksgiving

The ABC network aired "A Very Gaga Thanksgiving" special where Lady Gaga gives fans a look into her private life, as well as a performance for an audience of friends and family. Gaga and guests like Tony Bennet sang holiday classics and the eccentric singer even made a turkey with celebrity chef Art Smith. The pop star also sat down with Katie Couric to discuss her life.

Kudos to ABC for taking a risk and thinking outside the box, but the special was still beat by "A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving". 


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Surgeon General

Antonia Coello Novello served as surgeon general under President George H. W. Bush from 1990 to 1993. She focused on publicizing the dangers of smoking and teenage drinking, expanding AIDS educati on, and improving health care for women, minorities, and children.

Novello was born in Puerto Rico with a chronic colon condition that caused her severe pain until it was corrected surgically when she was 18 years old. The experience inspired her to pursue a career in medicine. In 1965 she earned a BS and an MD from the University of Puerto Rico in 1970. Novello and her husband, Joseph Novello, an Army flight surgeon, moved to Ann Arbor, Michigan. She interned, did her residency, and completed a fellowship at the University of Michigan Medical Center, specializing in pediatric nephrology.

The couple then headed to Washington DC, where Novello fellowed at Georgetown University Hospital. She took a position with the National Institutes of Health in 1978, eventually becoming deputy director of the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development. She received a master's degree in public health from Johns Hopkins University in 1982.

In 1993, she left her post as surgeon general and went to work for the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF).