sunday morning list

I had the laziest Saturday known to man. LAZY. I finally got around to washing my hair just to be semi-presentable for going to see Bond. James Bond at the theatre. Today, there is some serious making up to do.

So, for now, I'm procrastinating:

1. The state of overparenting (via kotte). Call it what you want: spoiling, helicopter parenting, etc... As a working mother, I absolutely cherish the time that I do have with my boys, and I enjoy spending time with them. I enjoy watching them grow and explore and think. Part of this review places some of the blame of overparenting on the shift to working mothers. That guilt led to spoiling which led to reigning in which led to fixing everything which led to buying a house outside of your child's college town.

While I do think it's time to rethink our emphasis on structured enrichment and the perfect toy and the perfect preschool and encourage exploration and imagination and discovery. I'm just having a problem with linking parenting failure to working moms.

2. iPhone applications. People there is an app for EVERYTHING. I can get a database of cocktails, download a drum kit, get filters for my iPhone camera, find places to eat, places to visit, FARs, meal planning help, tip calculators, trail guides, fake callers, and music guessers. Things that I never even knew I needed. But now I have it all at my fingertips. Who knew?

3. Food blogs. I love love love food blogs. Like smitten kitchen and posie gets cozy and chocolate and zucchini and the pioneer woman and 101 cookbooks and orangette. I love to cook, and I really love to cook together. I keep thinking that someday I will convince my family to be a little more open with what they eat.

and finally.

4. What would it take to get creative entrepreneurial type people of any age to move to rural Oklahoma? What would be a deal breaker? What would people be willing to give up? Where could we find people who are willing to take a chance?