Equity does not exist in households where women make more!

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Mom with kids on vacation "Female breadwinners face a much higher risk for burnout, infidelity, and divorce."  When She Makes More ,  Farnoosh Torabi Prince is one of my favorite artists. And, I think that it is genius that the beginning of his famous song, "Let's go crazy" mimics a marriage ceremony. It makes you wonder whether he was suggesting that marriage itself was a path to insanity. If you have forgotten the beginning, here you go, "Dearly beloved, We are gathered here today, To get through this thing called "life" Electric word, life, It means forever and that's a mighty long time, But I'm here to tell you  There's something else..." He writes the afterworld in the blank. However, a recent study suggests that "marriage" could be inserted in its place, especially marriage for high earning women. 
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Time Flies When you Have a Toddler!

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Like most working people I have always thought that weekends go by too fast.  Before, I had so many planned social engagements and telephone calls, but so little time.

I’m not sure what happened to all of those social engagements.  I think that I have fallen off of a lot of invite lists because I have declined too many times.  Apparently the rest of the world was still living and partying while I was pregnant, giving birth and learning to be a mom.  My blog follower Anthony Stemke (http://gritsandgroceries.blogspot.com)  says that I am a very good mom.  That’s one of the things I enjoy about blogging.  You make contacts with people who validate you.  Seeing how I haven’t had another performance appraisal for my mom job, I am going with Andrew’s assessment!

Back to the time thing.  Now, I no longer just lament how fast weekends fly.  I am also increasingly amazed at how fast entire weeks and months just zoom by in a blink of an eye.  I think it’s the breastfeeding, pumping, diaper changing, baby baths, cleaning sweet potatoes off of the floor after they have been flung by a toddler who has reached her limit.  There are also my daily appearances at work, board meetings, and my need to bathe and feed myself.  As my mom says, motherhood is more than a notion!

Anyway, in case the end of January has snuck up on you too, I thought I’d point out that there are less than 48 hours left in the first month of 2012.  Where did the time go?! 

If you are behind on your goals/resolutions/plans like I am.  You better hurry up! Then again, let’s make a pact and resolve not to beat ourselves up about coming in late on a few of our goals.  We may have been delayed because of something wonderful like watching our child walk for the first time, playing blocks or reading stories.  Time flies so you have to be sure to catch those special moments.

Here’s to February! 

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K. Elizabeth @ YUMMommy said…
It is hard to believe that this month is pretty much gone. If this is any indication of how fast this year is going to fly by then I'm trying to keep a camera handy to capture every moment.
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Diane - It's All Good Until You Burn Dinner said…
Bathe and feed yourself? Maybe some day. I think I finally took the first shower I'd had in 12 years when my son started middle school.

Okay...it's not that bad but YES. Raising children is such a busy time and it does indeed go so fast. Unbelievably fast...

Enjoy every minute.
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