I'm happy (?) to report that my site (as well as Jess', Suzie's, Carly's and others) has been blocked here at my office from viewing. Not only has it been blocked, but it has been blocked AS PORN.

So, not only is my site taking a turn at being classified as PORN (like I gave Sarah such a hard time about when it happened to her site) but I am INTRIGUED that all of the above is blocked as PORN and yet Dooce and Kaycee have escaped the radar of the Porn-Meter. I'm not saying that those sites SHOULD BE classified as PORN. Not in the least. However, those two sites (THAT I LOVE AND WHO I AM NOT PICKING ON) mention topics (or pictures of cleavage...whatever) that, you would think, be tracked on the Porn-Meter before my nice posts about my sister...or my kids...and about snowflakes and kittens and butterflies like you find on my post.

It is truly a conspiracy.

What is also a conspiracy is my Mother in-law. Okay, so maybe she’s not an actual CONSPIRACY as she is conspiring against me. Both are equally horrifying on the most stressful week I’ve had in a LONG time.

What I haven’t shared with you, Internet, is this: Tomorrow Abby will be baptized (in the Catholic church) and yes, she just turned three years old. Say what you will about how old she is…or about the baptism in general, but it is important to my husband, and so here we go. What I’m also going to tell you, Internet, is that it is even MORE important to my MIL who is all about tradition and all about telling me how everything that is wrong with my child is because she’s not baptized.

But let’s not travel down that road today.

What I don’t have to tell you, Internet, is that this is not my tradition or even my idea. I am happy to make this all happen because it is so important to Hubby (not because it’s important to MIL) but it really isn’t my deal and I don’t know a whole lot about it. I know the basics…but that’s pretty much it. I’ve been MORE than accomidating and have worked my tail off to make things happen. Oh, and have I not told you about how we’re celebrating the baptism and the third birthday at the same time? You’re right, Internet…I’m totally askin’ for it.


You know, someday I will go into how my MIL critized the bookmarks I made for the baptism favors that I thought were fairly wonderful. Or someday I’ll go into how the translation I did of the “verbage” on the bookmarks just did not cut it and the scripture I included wasn’t translated correctly, even though Hubby says they’re totally fine and cool. Someday I’ll go into the fact that MIL looked at these bookmarks BEFORE I printed them out and had nothing to say about them until AFTER they were all printed, cut out, punches, and ribbons tied on them.

But I won’t do that today.

I won’t do that today because now that I’ve had one of the most stressful weeks, I’ve had an even more stressful day here at work and now I have to go home and finish all of this prep work and (I’m sure) be criticized for everything I’m not doing or that I’m not doing up to code.

What I will tell you is that I COULD NOT have made it through this week without Abby’s Godmother, Mary, and her Fairy Godmother, Sarah Marinara. Could that child get any luckier? Not with the most BEAUTIFUL baptism dress I have ever seen…for a three year old and with the Dora Jumpy House that will be set up first thing tomorrow morning. Those last two items tip the scales all the way over.

Have a wonderful weekend, Internet. Be thinking of me tomorrow as I muster my way through the day and use every ounce of restraint not to toss my dearest MIL into the fresh concrete in our backyard and hold her down so that she’ll STICK.