LET IT SNOW, LET IT SNOW, LET IT SNOW

Sleigh bells ring are you listening. It's snowing buckets here in the middle of the U.S. Of course I'm in panic mode as I need to gather all my chicks in one basket. Bettylou safely made it to work. I started calling her about 6:15 this morning, and again at 6:30, 7:15, 7:30. She finally called me at 7:45. She was almost to work. I told her today was going to be a mess and she should go home. And do you know what she said to me? She said.."Who's going to answer the phones if I'm not there?" She's as responsible as I am. I tried to leave the house at 5:45 this morning. I went out to warm the car and when I came back in, the phone rang. The boss said to stay home and call the others. YIPPPEEE!!!! A snow day. Mr. Wonderful went to work. Again another responsible person. I called the LLS. She was at work. I told about the weather conditions. She said living in CA was looking better and better. She comes home on Sunday. The weather man has promised a better day by then. I haven't called the baby as she is I'm sure still asleep. She won't go anywhere anyway. She doesn't get home till Saturday.

The snow is beautiful to look at and I will be going out in it soon. I have to sweep off the top of the hot tub. (a huge priority) I do not like to drive in it. I think tomorrow will be a snow day too. We should have 20 inches by noon tomorrow. Tomorrow was suppose to be our Christmas party at work. Maybe we'll do it on Friday. This just means our vacation has started early. I don't have to back to work till Jan 2nd.

HAPPY HOLIDAYS TO MY 3 FANS. I LOVE YOU ALL. MOM

THE MOTHER WHISPERER

Ok, so I'm really enjoying the new 52 inch TV we got. I started watching the dog whisperer. I tape every episode and fast forward through all the boring stuff. Cesar basically uses the same techniques to train all the misbehaved dogs of the world. Those that do not conform are sent to doggy boot camp. They get sniffed by 35 other dogs and are too scared to do anything wrong.

I raise my girls all wrong. I should have only given them affection when their ears were back and they were in a calm and submissive state. I should have taken them for 45 minute runs to tire them out. But instead, I took them to the library and the zoo. How foolish I must have been to think they would do what I wanted them to do when they grew up. I should have made them wait by the door until I went through the door first. I was definitely not the leader of the pack.

I fed the girls 3 times a day. That's another big mistake. Only once a day should have been enough. It would have saved me a bundle on food. But instead, we ate out and had good conversations. Lots of times we ate at home at 5 o' clock every night. We would talk about our day and fight. But at the end of the day or on Christmas Eve, my puppies would all sleep together in the same room waiting for morning.

Now that my girls (puppies) are grown, we don't get together as often as this pack leader would like but when we do, Bettylou still likes for me to play with her hair and put it behind her ears. The LLD is always in the mood for a good cuddle and pat. She even squeals with contentment. The little one is the hardest to get close to. I know she loves me even though it's hard to pet her. She bites and runs away but I always chase her. I'll never stop chasing her. You never stop loving your children (puppies) for as long as you live because as we know...No matter what kind of crap life deals to you, when you come home your puppies are always very excited to see you. Even if you push them away they will always come back to you for more attention. Isn't that what everyone really wants??? Recognition and attention, good food, a warm bed and lots of petting!

A VERY SMART GIRL

I have 3 very smart girls. One of them proved to be very mature and smarter than the other two this week.. She started dating a (what we thought) was a nice man about 3 months ago. She brought him around about 4 times to parade in front of the rents. We are always on a need to know basis and of course we never need to know anything about the private lives of our children. You kind of have to enlist the help of the others children to get all the good dirt. Anyway, Bettylou professed her love to this man and he started running. Being the coward and immature guy that men can sometimes be, he pushed Bettylou away. All Bettyylou is looking for is someone to love her with the same intensity that she loves. She is looking for a soulmate. I know there is someone out there. Anyway, Bettylou knows what she wants in life and it was not this man. She gave him the boot. YOU GO GIRL!! Don't take shit from anyone...grab life by the balls and run...Someone better will sweep you off your feet. In the meantime, we will get more blogging from Bettylou as she will write more now that she is free and single. So listen up all you guys looking for the perfect all American, well educated, mature, living on her own, beautiful, coy, funny, fun, funnier, funniest girl. She's here, you just have to look this way.

MY LLD

Please forgive the time between blogs. Mr. Wonderful is always around and I do not feel my writing creative juices flowing when he breathes in my space. And I'll say it again, I will only blog when he's not home. This way I will not feel like I need to sensor my blog.

When we left off so long ago, I said that I would tell you about how to raise a happy and healthy lesbian and non lesbian (hetero). First you need to know that it's should be no surprise to any parent that there is a "les b non" growing in your house. All the signs come early. If you have a child that tells you that he or she is 21 and gay and you are surprised...well than you are STUPID!!!! He or she has been gay HER whole life. Did you not see the signs? They come early. Here are a few.

1) Unusually early interest in sex. This includes magazines, movies and boys. Yes, I said boys because my only experience has been raising a lesbian. They fight the feeling from an early age. But you find pictures of girls hidden away. Porn in her drawers, etc. We are talking under the age of 10. The porn was stolen from Mr. Wonderful.

2) Very comfortable around men and boys because they are no threat.

3) Not too many girls you claim as friends because they are a threat. Heaven forbid that they find out that you are gay. Even though, you only want their friendship, things could be taken the wrong way. It's better to not get close to anyone.

4) As they get older their friends are blatantly gay teenagers. They are fun to be around. Afterall, who doesn't like to have fun with your best friend that's a boy that shares all your same interests. In my case, my LLD (luscious lesbian daughter) liked music, singing and theater. All her gay boyfriends liked the same things. They also liked going to the movies, waiting in line for 3 hours to get donuts and staying up all night and crying on each others shoulders because they need to tell their parents they are gay but can't.

5) When the time is right, your child will tell you he or she is gay and you' re to say. " I know, I've always known and nothing between us has changed." The hardest part for them is still to come. Because now the relatives have to be informed and they might not be so accepting. In my case, my LLD has done all of the above. It was hard and I'm sure things don't seem the same with some of the family and friends, but rest assured nothing has changed between my LLD and ME..

SHE IS STILL THE MOST CONFIDENT PERSON I KNOW. SHE CAN TALK TO ANYONE ABOUT ANYTHING. SHE IS THAT SMART. SHE IS MORE LIKE ME THAN SHE'LL EVER WANT TO ADMIT. SHE IS BEAUTIFUL AND SHE GROWS IN HER ABILITY TO AMAZE ME EVERYDAY THAT SHE IS NOT WITH ME. BUT THEN AGAIN SHE IS WITH ME EVERYDAY, AS I THINK ABOUT HER EVERYDAY. SHE MAKES DECISIONS AND IS NOT AFRAID TO CHANGE THEM. SHE MADE THE DECISION TO COME HOME AND GO TO SCHOOL. THIS DECISION I THOUGHT WAS NOT THE BEST. AFTER A FEW DAYS BECAUSE MY LLD CAN THINK AND MAKE WISER DECISIONS, SHE DECIDED TO STAY PUT AND KEEP THE JOB SHE LOVES AND CONTINUE HER LIFE IN SUNSHINE. THIS WAS TRULY THE BETTER WAY TO GO.

One last note, the private life of your heteros and non heteros is exactly that. It is their private life, don't be snoopy because you would never ask your straight child about the intimates details of their private life, therefore the same courtesy should be given to your gay children. If they want to tell you, they will.

About raising straight children, it's exactly the same and raising a lesbian. I love all my children the same. I don't have to blog anymore about raising a straight child. I would offer no other advise and I wouldn't change a thing.

THIS ONE'S FOR YOU PEANUT.