Somebody's Oppinion

So, anyone who has not been here before, rest assured, I'm only really opinionated (on my blog) once in a great while, rants are not too common, so please feel free to read more than just this post. :)

Now, on with it:

I was having a conversation with some of my teammates over Slurpee's last night after practice (GO LINE!) and a topic came up that I have often thought about but never really discussed.
When I got home, the exact same topic was on the news!! Very strange!

The topic, you ask. Here goes.. stick with me.

Back in "the day", lets say our grandparents timish, a women's job was to take care of the home; make sure the house was clean, the kids were fed, laundry, shopping.. you get the pic. A man's job was to go to work, mow the lawn, and kill spiders.

Men had the stress of bringing home all the bacon, women had the stress of keeping a nice house and making sure the kids didn't piss off the hubby. Sounds fair to me.

Now, fast forward.
The "Bacon Stress" has now been split between both husband and wife. BUT, the stress of keeping a nice house and caring for the kids has remained mostly on the wife.

Yes, some husbands help out around the house, but when you have someone coming over, is their definition of a "clean" house the same as yours?
Do they feel the stress to make everything just so? Do they feel like they are not doing their "job" or that they are "less than" if there is nothing to drink but water and milk? or if there are spots on the mirror in the bathroom? or dog hair on the sofa? or if your kid put away a dirty glass and now a guest is drinking out of it??!! Not in my house. That is a stress solely my own.
Now, I'm not saying that my wonderful husband makes me feel stress about the house being clean, that is something that is deep down inside of me.. I'm the woman, that's part of my job.. right?

In our struggle for equality in the work place, we have started burring ourselves in stress!
What did those damn bra burners do to us!! hahahahaha I'm half kidding, but think about it.
How much do you do around the house? How much does your significant other do?
Is it equal? We've earned our financial independance, but our families are still domestically dependant on us.
Is what we've gained worth what we've gained?

Now I'm on a mission to find out how other women feel about this!

I was talking to a female co-worker (and fellow knitter) about this topic on the way in from the parking garage this morning (after dropping the kid off at school) and she added another fine point. Another major stress in our lives as women, is looking good.
Now, I know that men still feel pressure to look good, but think about this.

Men that gain some weight after getting married are called "happy" and "well taken care of". Their wives are told what a great job they must be doing.
However, when a woman puts on a little weight, we are "letting our selves go" and its seen as a problem, no one tells the hubby what a "great job" they must be doing takin' care of the little lady!

Good point!

So here's what I would like to know.. how do you feel about this topic?? Post on your blog, or comment on mine :D

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8 things about me.

So, my cc buddy did "8 things about Mary" thing, now I'm going to do it to.
Bare with me, I think most of you know these things :)

1. I have 3 step-kids that have lived with me and my husband full time since I met him. (they were living with him when I met him) My 20 year old daughter is in the Army, my 17 year old daughter is in a play this year, and my 16 year old son is a starter on the Varsity football team.

2. I work for the Circus! I'm the lead controls tech for Cirque du Soleil's "O" show at the Bellagio.

3. I'm in a motorcycle club called the S.L.O.B's! (nobody is my knickname) I tore my '76 Shovelhead apart in Feb. I mean all the way apart! It has been re-powder coated, re-painted and the motor has been rebuilt. I have also gone from a 4 speed to 5 speed transmission. My wonderful hubby has been putting it back together for me since I've been really busy this fall.(see #5) In case I haven't mentioned, it is this || close to being done!

4. I love to crochet and knit! I am a member of a crochet club here in Vegas. The Las Vegas Hookers. I miss you ladies! 3 more weeks of #5 and I'll be back!! I can't wait to show ya'll the knitting I have been doing! I know its a cc, but we knit to, so just back off! :) Oh hey.. my number finally came up on Ravelry!! Sweet!

5. I am a starting Offensive Guard for the Las Vegas Showgirlz. We are a part of the Women's Professional Football League (WPFL).

6. I have a few tattoos and piercings. My hubby and I are going to go on our honeymoon for our 5 year anniversary, we have been talking about going to LA Ink and getting tattoos at Kat Van De's shop!!

7. I really enjoy remodeling. Someday I will make more time to get my house done.

8. I plan on retiring in the next 10 years and opening a yarn shop/ coffee house. Or a biker bar, the vote is still out :D

I would like to learn things about all of you that read this too! If you have a blog, do this.. if not just put 8 things in the comments of this post!!

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yeah...

So, I decided this morning that I would not post my pics from the trip this weekend until finally caught up on reading the last 2 weeks worth of posts from the list of blogs to the right! Yeah..!! Everyone has been up to as much as me :D HI MARY!
This is going to be kinda scatered, I have only a few min. before I leave work!! :D

So, my bike is about an hour away from the first ride! I'm hoping to get the brakes bled before football practice tonight! Then tomorrow afternoon, it'll be, adjust the clutch and go for a quick ride before football!!


Here are pics from the last run my bike will miss!!!


Check out that helmet!! I love it!! :D


This is where she belongs!!


This is Jessi's bike! :)


This is Taz on Jessi's bike...


This is how it will be very soon!
She rode all the way to the top of Mt. Charleston and back down in the WIND people!! She is well on her way to riding on the front all the time!!


Here we are headed out of Boulder City!


I don't mind bein' on the back too much ;)

Here's my hubby playin' on the train.. all the guys got into the action eventually :D


Next stop.. bar on the reservation.. Hualipi!
My hubby tied up Jess and hung her on the wall!!

Atleast she was safe inside away from the bees!!!

regular ones


Scary black/blue/purple ones


and the scariest of all!!


No, I did not get that close to them.. I just have a great camara.. thanks HUBBY :D

So, did I mention that this was a camping trip?? I know, camping in the desert? Yes, midwest friends, we do camp in the desert.. luckily, this was in the high desert.. that means some green.. and rain!!!

LOTS OF RAIN!!
It was sooo cold and rainy all day Saturday!
But that just meant lots of cuddlin' by fires..


The run is put on by the AZ River Riders, that means.. we got to see Foto and his wife Teri!


Right on cue, the clouds, rain, and wind all cleared up as the sun went down, and it was a great bomb fire!!

This is Mike, AJ, and my hubby!

I'm not sure who these guys are, but I stole their souls!


Sunday was beautiful!!

Sometimes, biker chicks look like cholos. (sp?)


This is the lengthes some of us ol'ladies go to, to get the best pics...!!!

That's Charlene standing on the back of her hubby's bike to get a pic of the club in front of her!!
She's a PRO!!

I gotta go!

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ahh September.. the month of vacations!!

So, thanks to Labor Day, my brother's visit, and this weekend's FRIENDSHIP RUN!, I don't work a full week all month!! Sweet!

My little boy was starting varsity line-backer tonight!! He kicks soo much butt! Seriously people, he is 6'2" 190 with a 6-pack, and he is just turning 16 next week!! Come ON!!

His team does this cool Polynesian thing before the game,

Then they do this other cool Polynesian thing after half time,

Then...
It's all over but the cryin'!



FOR THE OTHER TEAM!!!!

Varsity games rock! 4-1 baby!!!!

The sunsets have even been pretty impressive so far!

tonight


last week, (the dark stuff is smoke from fires in CA)


and, I know this is not a sunset, but a moon, but I'm throwing it in here anyways!

HAHA he just came in to see what I'm doing, and this

is what he looks like after a game :)

Did I mention that my bike is done?? I KNOW!!!

It is not broken in yet, so I'm not taking it on the run this weekend, but there are only a couple things we need to finish up before I start riding it on MONDAY!! Here is a teaser pic for ya!

I'll get ya more when I take it out in the sun on Monday!!

Oh, I'm almost done knitting some fetching gloves!! They are in Caron Simply Soft Autumn Red on size 8 dpns cause I knit almost as tight as I crochet!! hahaha


I never posted the pics of my NIECE!!!

Are you ready??

She is too cute..

are you sure your ready..

K, but I warned ya!



I KNOW!!!!!



Droolin over some Harleys with Aunt Steph!


Playin' with the jelly at "THE" Coffee Cup!

Here's some DAM pics!!! hahaha



That dam joke never gets old hahaha!

She had fun at Jake's game Friday night!



But they drew on her at my game..

poor baby!!
Growling at Uncle Jethro.


Come back.. I miss you!! :(


Well, we leave early tomorrow morning for the Caverns, and I still have to get some knitting together to take with. I'll take lots of biker pics, and post them for ya when I get back.

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sniff..

So, I miss my little niece already :( She has to be the best baby ever!! It was soo good seeing my brother and his wife! I hope they had a good time!
She got to see my son play football, and got to see me get injured!

Let's see, good football news, my son earned his starting defense possition!!! He will be starting linebacker and starting special teams this week! I am sooo proud of him, he has earned it!!

Kinda bad football news, I sprained my ankle in the first quarter of our game against Dallas this weekend. Its feeling much better today! I'm glad we don't have a game this week, I should be good to go for our game on the 29th!

Motorcycle news! My brother spent alot of time in the garage with my hubby this weekend, and we hit a couple snags, but on Sunday we got it to start :D There is a lot of adjusting and buttoning up to do, but it is VERY close! It will probably be running by the weekend, but I won't have it broken in on time to take it to the Friendship Run Friday morning. :( That's alright though.. I'll be riding it when we get back! :D And I'll get to knit in the truck this weekend! hahaha

I have lots of pics to post soon.

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Friday... kinda

So, tomorrow my brother, his wife and his baby are coming to Vegas!! I have not met my little niece yet, so I am VERY excited!

I have not posted in a week, let me see....

My bike is getting VERY close to done. My hubby is the MAN!! hahaha The only things I can think of off the top of my head are; wiring the starter and ignition stuff, finishing the brake lines, adjusting the clutch, installing the battery, bleeding the brakes, putting on the fenders, gas tank, and seat, and starting it!!

My knee high socks have gone on the maybe someday pile. I have a couple baby blankies, and a couple small kid blankies to do. I also have some tofutsie yarn I want to knit. I have a biker camping trip coming up the 21-23, I need to make sure I have something small and durable to take with for that, maybe my Harry Potter scarf.

Hmm, sorry for the rambling, I have not gotten alot of sleep this week! I'm going to go get some coffee! :)

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NEW YARN!

So, I had to work late last night :( By the time I got out of work it was too late to go to football practice.
So, I went to CC last night! It was sooo fun! I've really missed you ladies!
There was some antique show and tell last night that was just amazing!
ANGIE FINISHED HER FIRST EVER PAIR OF SOCKS!
They are beautiful and they fit!!
SHE BROUGHT ME YARN!! Now I have real wool yarn! I got the blue and copper for my Harry Potter scarf, and she found this very soft "red hat" yarn! She also got me some stitch markers with my birthstone!! Angie, you rock!

Oh, I actually have some pics and video of my game from the 1st. I will post them soon, but just so ya'll know...
WE WON!
41-6
There is no game this week, but we have another home game on the 15th of September!

I'll try to right more very soon.

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Go SPV HS!

So, FRIDAY NIGHT LIGHTS!!
I don't remember football games being this much fun! It must have been the wool band uniforms! hahaha

I have pics! (I'm a good evil step-mother.)

There was a great low, almost full harvest moon over the strip.


Both teams had the same 7-4 record last year, and two local news teams were out filming for their feature game of the night! They were not disappointed. It was a great game!

It was tied at 1:59ish left in the game. SPV drove it down the field. There were 9 sec. left on the clock and they were on the
1 yard line!
The coach had to choose.. field goal for the win.. or go for the touch down... he chose to go for it!
They ran right up the middle.. there was a huge struggle, both sides pushing the pile..
IT'S IN!!!
The screaming, stomping crowd was ruining my pics! I didn't care WE WON!!!

Wait, they put time back on the clock??


4 secs, but that was all the other team needed for another chance.. now they had time for a kick-off.
My son was on special teams.. he was jumping, jumping, jumping.. pumped, ready to go get the guy with the ball... stop him, don't let him run it back..!

And he did!!! That's right, my little boy ran all the way down the field and stopped the guy that caught the ball!! And I have video.. that looks like a giant blur :(
But here he is afterwards!


and the final score!


Hey, about half an hour after we got home, my oldest sent us a pic of her new tattoo! She extended a tattoo that she already had up the whole right side of her body!! It looks very cool! and painful :)

Well, I have about 1.5 hours before I have to leave for my game... I'm going to go watch some college football while I knit socks and do laundry :)

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