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Message from James: President of The National Association of Desperate Husbands. (another blog here on blogger.com)

Even though our two month old daughter refuses to sleep without my wife holding her, and my two year son won't even attempt to sleep without his pacifier, my wife still refuses to take my advice about how to fix these problems.

After begging and pleading with my wife (because I adore and love her dearly) to stop spoiling our children and ignoring my feelings, I've decided enough is enough.

So I went on strike — and moved to the roof of our home.

This is my last-ditch effort!Now, I have absolutely no intentions on making my wife out to be some bad parent.

My wife is a great mom, I just feel she's going about a few things the wrong way.

I don't want our marriage to suffer.

I'm on strike from all things marriage related when I'm on the roof, in the backyard or living in the garage.

I'm asking people from all over the world to
Sign my petition and then pass this site around to all your friends.

My goal is to also send a message to wives everywhere that:"Husbands have feeling too".

Feel free to leave your comments and read all the relationship related articles on this site.I'll be sure to keep you updated on my journey!

James

posted by Hubby on Strike at 12:10 PM on Mar 23 2006

Pathetic. Please feel free to sign his petition and tell him what you think. Mine is the last comment with the DSM IV definition of narcissism included.

I'm just so sad right now. I don't know why, exactly. It's a combination of things I guess.

I feel a tugging on my heart thinking about Easton, thinking what I would do with a preemie baby. I am praying for them constantly hoping God will show them the way to be good parents.

I also feel a change coming in my life. Whether that is going back to school or back to work, or having another baby, or whatever...there's a change coming within the next year. They say INFJ's are the 'pyschics' and I do have these moments of premonition from time to time. Some are true, some have not happened yet or maybe ever. But I know a change is coming.

Day 3 of my healthy eating plan. It is going well so far, with a few bumps in the road such as yesterday, when pill slept for so many hours that I couldn't get up to have another shake, so I only had 1 and dinner all day. I guess it's not a bad thing not to eat as much as I need every once in a while. My goal is to get 40 pounds off by the end of summer. If I can do that I will feel much better, and healthier. My overall goal is to lose 130 pounds, although 100 would put me at a weight that would be just fine for the rest of my life.

I have more to say, but pill is ready to go home. Later!

A Butterfly Lights Beside Us

A butterfly lights beside us like a sunbeam
And for a brief moment its glory and beauty belong to our world
But then it flies on again, and although we wish it could have stayed,
We are so thankful to have seen it at all.Anonymous

Happy Birthday our little angel butterfly Grace Ann.

Here's a story that will just make you sick:

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Dead child's mom sought discipline tips
Lynn Paddock ordered books by a minister and his wife that recommended using pipe to spank kids

Mandy Locke, Staff Writer
A few years ago, Lynn Paddock sought Christian advice on how to discipline her growing brood of adopted children.

Paddock -- a Johnston County mother accused of murdering Sean, her 4-year-old adopted son, and beating two other adopted children -- surfed the Internet, said her attorney, Michael Reece. She found literature by an evangelical minister and his wife who recommended using plumbing supply lines to spank misbehaving children.

Paddock ordered Michael and Debi Pearl's books and started spanking her adopted children as suggested. After Sean, the youngest of Paddock's six adopted children, died last month, his older sister and brother told investigators about Paddock's spankings.

Sean's 9-year-old brother was beaten so badly he limped, a prosecutor said. Bruises marred Sean's backside, too, doctors found.

Sean died after being wrapped so tightly in blankets he suffocated. That, too, was a form of punishment, Johnston County Sheriff Steve Bizzell said.

The Pearls' advice from their Web site: A swift whack with the plastic tubing would sting but not bruise. Give 10 licks at a time, more if the child resists. Be careful about using it in front of others -- even at church; nosy neighbors might call social workers. Save hands for nurturing, not disciplining. Heed the warning, taken from Proverbs in the Old Testament, that sparing the rod will spoil the child.

You can read the entire story here:

http://www.newsobserver.com/102/story/418676.html

Yes, my friends, it is important to advocate for children. To let them have a voice. To search inside of yourself to determine if your goal is to CONTROL your child or TEACH him how to think for himself. We have so far to go. I will never condone spanking in any form.

Well, I thought I would be able to get Gracie's quilt in the morning mail, but lil pill did not cooperate and was up half the night plastered to me. So I just have the backing to sew on and the corners of the binding, and that should go relatively fast. I'm pretty happy with how it turned out, especially with the materials I was using (flannel wipes for the quilt face), there are a few lumps and bumps in it and it definitely is not perfect. Nor is it meant to be!

Here is an explanation of the quilt from my perspective:
The quilt face is made of 24 soft flannel wipes, hand dyed lavendar. Lavendar was Gracie's favorite color so of course the color was where I started. The wipes were handmade by a mom on mothering.com, and I thought the cotton flannel was perfect, since it is so soft you would want to use it on your first baby (Gracie was Ging's first). They are uneven in size because life is full of ups and downs and nothing is quite the way you expect it to be...nothing is perfect!

There are 6 hearts embroidered on each 4 patch, signifying each of the Shamrocks that have faithfully posted before, during, and after Gracie came into the world; Phyllis, Rachel, Brooke, Sara, Robyn, and Denise. The hearts are each cut around the outside with a sort of fringe effect, meaning that our hearts will never be the same since this happened. Each heart is different, as each of the Shamrocks are different.

The embroidery on the quilt is of 2 butterflies and a baby butterfly on their flight around the quilt. This signifies Ging and Steve, whose flight is still continuing, and baby Gracie, whose flight was brief but never forgotten.

I "signed" the quilt by embroidering a 3 leaf shamrock and the year.

The binding and backing of the quilt is white with multicolored butterflies. Gracie loved butterflies, and she will forever be our little butterfly.

Hopefully I will be able to finish the quilt before practice tonight. I will post a picture when I'm through.

That's it for now!