I guess I've been more in touch with my mean side lately (yeah, I'm gonna work on it) and I've got a few questions:

Have you noticed the huge growth of interest in "organic" fruits and vegetables. I'm all for eating healthfully and all, but I have to wonder: did everyone misread "organic" as "orgasmic" and then were too embarrassed to admit they didn't care how their apples were grown?

Have you noticed that lesbian women on TV are drop dead gorgeous? And the gays on the news protesting the passage of Prop 8 in California ... um... aren't?

Have you noticed the abundance of articles on green living written for six-year olds? I mean, everyone else pretty much knows from common sense that it's better to run a full dishwasher load and to turn out lights when you're not in the room and to turn down the cold water instead of turning the hot water up when you're trying to get the right temp in the shower.

Have you noticed that food safety experts tell us to immediately refrigerate leftovers but energy saving experts tell us to wait until leftovers have cooled off to put them in the fridge? What's a leftover lover to do? Waste energy and enlarge our carbon footprint or risk food poisoning?

Wow. I feel much better and kinder now that I've gotten that off my chest.

Have you noticed

I know I don't post often enough. I know not all my posts are about marriage and relationships.

But I know some other things as well:

I know I can't do it all.

I know what I'm good at and what I'm not.

This is the first day of November. November 1-15 is crowded on my calendar. That makes me feel stress. But I also know that I get more done when I'm already busy. I take care of things right away so they're not hanging over my head, just waiting to be forgotten. I like working with a deadline.

So, in the next 24 hours, I have to hem a pair of jeans, write 3000 words on a project, make 1 phone call I've been putting off, dry the sheets and make the bed, walk, go to church, go to the local library fundraising dinner, set the clocks back, feed the dogs, feed myself, sleep, and write an email.

I'll get most of it done.

The rest will wait.