Tired of doing laundry?  Move to Spain!  Read about my take on some exciting new technology, from an article which ran in the Mississauga News this month.  "I would like to move to Spain. For the food, the culture, the climate? No, not really. It's the fact that this country has recently introduced a new washing machine that has got me quite excited. No, I'm not as pathetic as you think. It isn't anything to do with the advanced ability of getting clothes clean, or the size of the load, or the other tiny details that appliance manufacturers think that intelligent women like me worry about.  This wonder of modern science includes the one feature I have been looking for since the day I first loaded my husband's pungent T-shirts into the washer, but the desire for this feature was unbeknownst even to me."  Find out what this feature is by checking out the article at http://www.kathybuckworth.com/Move_to_Spain_-_Mississauga_news.htm

 

 

 Things I didn't want to know - and you don't either, but now I'm sharing them with you.  Babbling Bananas spilled the beans when they ran my article this month.  "Those of us over the age of 16 know there are many terrible things about growing old. Back fat and unwanted chin hairs pop immediately to mind. Conversely, one of the great benefits of growing old is supposed to be that we become wise and more knowledgeable. Frankly, however, there are many things I didn't want to know that I have unfortunately learned in my forty-ish years. Stop reading if you are afraid to know them, too. " Be afraid, be very afraid..but read the rest at http://www.kathybuckworth.com/babbling_bananas_things_didn_t_want_to_know.htm

 

Supermomz is a fantastic website selling everything today's SuperMom might need - and they're running an excerpt from my first book "The Secret Life of SuperMom", on the top 10 signs that you are a real SuperMom.  "Still unsure as to whether you fit the title of Supermom? To be clear, we're not talking about the mythical, organized, successful, "bring home the bacon and cook it up in the pan" woman, but the real Supermom. The one who is always late for school plays, always the first to leave the office under the prying eyes of co-workers, and always the last Mom home on her block. The life of the Supermom is a role that can only be accomplished with a healthy dose of reality, humor, and a good glass of red wine. No one could possibly be as busy, harassed, and time-crunched as a Supermom." Read about the signs at http://www.supermomz.com/store/information.php?info_id=6

 

ClubMom has officially launched it's "ClubMom Experts", a group of exciting women that I am thrilled to be linked with.  They've loaded up lots of my articles; some old, some new, but all hopefully funny and touching to all Moms.  And, if you like what you read, you can rate the articles on-line (be kind!)  Check out:

 

      Depressed?  Join the club.  "People with children more prone to depression." So screamed the radio news announcer as I drove my son to his one millionth hockey game in my stylish mini-van as I attempted to break up a fight between my two preschoolers in the row behind me, while frantically looking for directions to the one arena in my city I hadn't been to.  Depressed? Sure there were times when I felt dismayed and disappointed (these normally occurred when there was a full length mirror in the room), but mostly I felt my children gave me some sort of vindication or validation for being in a bad mood and thus appearing to innocent bystanders (and sometimes victims) to be somewhat in a depressed state."  Get more depressed at http://www.clubmom.com/display/240454?fromPage=219949

 

 

      The most difficult part of a sex change:  Not as obvious as you might think.  "Recently in Australia, a young girl won the right to change her sex from female to male, even before she had entered puberty.  She will be taking birth control pills to suppress her menstrual cycle and keep her body from developing. This will begin her physical transformation as she prepares for life-altering surgery somewhere down the road. When this story was reported, there were outspoken opinions voiced on both sides of the argument, mostly as to whether this girl was old enough to have been making such momentous decision.  At 13, it can easily be argued that she has not lived "as a woman", and will be entering the world of manhood without having experienced some of the great, and some of the frightening aspects of living as a woman...particularly as it comes to living life as a man."  Curious?  Read it at http://www.clubmom.com/display/240459?fromPage=219949

 

 

      Men far less capable of withstanding discomfort.  Duh.  "Really. Shocking. So a recent headline screamed, or rather whined. Apparently women are 'trained' from a very young age to withstand pain in order to look good — waxing, tight bras, high heels and plucking — and okay not to mention that darn childbirth thing — allow us to endure pain that no man would ever contemplate. In fact, men feel another man's pain when they watch "101 Greatest Groin Hits" on America's Funniest Video. The guy on the couch in the living room next to you is thousand miles from the kid with the wooden bat and blindfold, yet he winces just like he was the recipient of the whack heard round the swollen testicle. (If you're a man and you're reading this you're probably grimacing. Ugh.)"   For more pain... http://www.clubmom.com/display/240448?fromPage=219949