I had a really clever idea for a post today, but I spent all day yesterday cleaning Bud’s room and emptying his closet of all the clothes that I was going to take to the consignment shop from the last three years.
Ten bags and a disappointing end to football season later I was done. I have a friend that recently adopted twin girls. She agreed to go through all of the bags and pick out the things she could use. I’m pretty sure I just clothed those kids for the next three years.
I thought I would have a ton of room to store things in the closet, but then I realized I didn’t have a place to put my new Christmas tree (it has been hanging out in the foyer) so I put it in there and now all of the space is gone. Oh well. Big Girl wants to know when I’m going to do her room.
Today I’m home with the kids because we are all out for MLK day. I don’t have a lot to write about, but there are a couple of things going on around the web I think you need to read. First, Amelia, a little girl in Pennsylvania, is being denied a kidney transplant because she is “mentally retarded.” I know. Disgusting. Please go read her story and like her Facebook page and there is a petition you can sign.
The second thing you need to read up on is SOPA. I don’t know if you’ve heard about it, but basically it is an act that was started by the recording industry to aid anti-piracy. The problem is that it was written by people that don’t get the internet at all and could seriously impact your right to freedom of speech and privacy. Read more about it here and sign the petition here. Several companies and people around the net are calling for an internet black out day on Wednesday to demonstrate the impact the act could have. Don’t be surprised if I’m not around.
The last thing you need to do is go enter my giveaway for Ocean Spray fruit snacks that I posted this weekend.
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I was absolutely appalled and disgusted by the Amelia story!
It is just so sad. I thought doctors were supposed to take an oath or something.
The Amelia story is awful.
I have been cleaning and organizing at my house too. It is exhausting!
It is exhausting. I’m trying to tackle one thing a weekend.
That is a lot of stuff man!!
So sad about Amelia. And the SOPA thing is maddening.
Sorry about the loss of the game. I live in MD and was thinking about you while watching. I’m such a strange sports fan because I love for my teams to win but I don’t like that anyone has to lose.
Thanks for letting me know about Wednesday. I’ll research everything today.
WOW that all came from one closet/room lol. I’m afraid to even attempt that with my son’s room because I’m sure there is just as much stuff. It’s amazing what they hoard in their rooms.
I’m also saddened by the story about Amelia, what kind of world do we live in??
Yes. All of that was from one closet, but from about three years. I’m sure you can imagine what that closet looked like. Never mind. Don’t do that. You might have nightmares.
Congrats on cleaning out Bud’s room! I did this to both of my kids’ rooms before Christmas (to make room for what I knew was coming) and it feels SO GOOD! It took an entire day for each of their rooms- I do this once or twice a year, though, because of lack of storage space in our house.
As for the Amelia story- I saw that on the news last night (since we are the Philadelphia news market) and all of the internet feedback worked. CHOP issued a statement that they would never and have never denied a child care based on a mental or physical disability and basically implied that was the doctor’s opinion and not theirs. The transplant team called the family to set up a meeting. It looks like they are trying to get her the transplant now. I am so happy about that. The other option is just unthinkable. I cannot imagine being told my child is not worthy of a life-saving surgery because he/she is “mentally retarded”. Wow.
I’ve been telling myself to do this for over a year. I finally realized it would be a lot easier to just get up and do it as opposed to thinking about it all the time.