The entertainment award season is upon us. Question: Why don't more comedies get nominated for the big awards? Answer: Because the people voting for the awards are stricken with Adultitis. …
Adultitis
Adios Adultitis
Well, it all starts today – The Escape Plan. If you haven't seen the 'official' trailer, watch it here. As I said to Jason yesterday, "Well, enjoy it. Today is our last day of privacy for the next 40 days." On our last day of this project, February 11, Jason will turn 30 years old. We are hoping to be Adultitis free by then. 40 Days. 2 People. 1 Crusade. A crusade to annihilate Adultitis. …
Goodbye Adultitis
40 Days. 2 People. 1 Crusade. A crusade to annihilate Adultitis.The Escape Plan. …
Adultitis Survivor
If you've ever seen the Christmas classic, "The Grinch Who Stole Christmas," then you have witnessed first hand how someone who is suffering from a very extreme case of Adultitis can change the way they think and act to be cured from the deadly disease. With the start of the new year Jason and I will be giving you some specific steps on how to make the changes to finally rid yourselves of Adultitis. Look for our new project, The Escape Plan. Mr. Grinch would have been a good case study for our project. …
Must Have…Sleep
I've said this before, but if I had to guess, moms are probably the biggest group of Adultitis-havin' human beings on the planet. (Most planets, I'd wager.) It's hard not to see why -- they're usually the ones with the most things on their to-do list. And working moms have a propensity for Adultitis that is too dangerous for me to even speak of. The Guardian featured a story last summer about how modern mothers suffer more stress and get less sleep than their own mothers and grandmothers. It cited a poll that found that "the average new mother gets 3.5 hours of uninterrupted sleep a night …
Paper or Plastic?
I officially hate grocery shopping. I went this morning and I found myself moving rapidly from a calmly curable Stage 1 Adultitis (due to early morning grumpiness) to a severe case of Full-blown Adultitis. I think I would rather be sitting in a dentist chair. I know that's a bold statement, but I have pretty 'good' teeth. So, instead of dreading it every time our stomachs are growling, I am choosing to change my strategy a bit. How can I avoid the dark grumpy rain clouds that form over my head each time I am grabbing that cart? I looked online for some ideas only to be very disappointed. …
Birthday Blues
I ran across this blog today entitled "Tomorrow is Another Day" by a woman in Japan who goes by "Middle-Angel." She commented about her birthday, 'Yesterday I turned 54. Just unbelievable. I'm not wise enough for my age. I'm not deep enough for my age. I'm not generous enough for my age. In conclusion therefore, I should go much further to make myself accomplished.' I think Middle-Angel's thoughts are pretty common. Especially when we move closer to landmark birthdays (the ones with the 0's in the ones place), we start freaking out about our lives and what we've done with the time we've been …
The Big Brown Picture
About a month ago right before Halloween, Jason posted a blog about how “Adults Are Ruining Everything.” The conversation started with The Madison School District ‘not encouraging’ classrooms to have costume parties for Halloween. Yesterday I ran across a blog along the same lines posted on Blogging Baby, which is a online magazine about pregnancy, baby care and parenting. If any of those four words connect with your life, you will want to check out this blog. It is really well done. Actually, none of those words currently connect to my life, and I am really enjoying it. Sarah Gilbert wrote …
Stretch Yourself
A good number of us these days spend the majority of our nine-to-five hours in front of a computer screen, myself included. Most of us are contained in a cube, in one form or another. I challenge you to join me in the journey of making that cube a place you love to be. I have tried to create a work environment for myself that reflects ‘me’ while encouraging productivity and playfulness. So, while there are kid pictures of me and Jason on my bulletin board, I also have inspiring quotes, and pictures of people who remind me why I am doing what I am doing everyday. One picture is of my hero, …
Laughing More
My sister-in-law Katie does this thing every once in a while where she will demonstrate a bunch of different types of laughs. Unless you are the Grinch with a serious case of Adultitis, it is hard not to laugh along with her. Laughter is contagious, which is why this new trend of 'laughter yoga' is catching on. Have you heard of it? Elina Valkonen shares in a recent article in SixDegrees Magazine that the 2,500 laughter yoga classes worldwide are really helping to improve peoples' health, relationships, and overall mood. …