Did you know that this week a crazy lady named CAT called me a "homely stay-at-home nobody"? And I was all like "Excuse me, but I work FREELANCE!"* And then Heidi and Debi and Elizabeth and Caryn jumped in and rushed to my defense (thank you very much)!
If you'd like to check out the brouhaha for yourself, you'll find it under my Dear Angelina Jolie post. (Editor's Note: Humorless + Diehard Fan = Lethal Combination). I hope the Katie Holmes fan community has a better sense of humor, because her post is up next week.
What else happened this week besides THE CAT LADY telling me to "get a life"?
• I went from diapering the baby to being carted off on a gurney (all in alphabetical order)
• Mazzy chose her father, a banana, and a ball over my undying devotion
• I got sucked into an evil video vortex where everybody gets hit in the balls
• We learned how to get our babies to STOP SCREAMING!!!!
• Chelsea Bedano had the birthday party of a lifetime and the Arcade Fire song to prove it
• Our kids colored their way to COOLNESS
• (I don't want to alarm you BUT…) Mazzy just took someone hostage
• AND— you all entered The Greatest Giveaway of All Time! (What? You haven't yet? Why not? Do you not want a professional editor to take all the random videos you take of your kids and make them into one totally awesome home movie to cherish for the rest of your life???)
I also want to mention that I got some recognition this week. My Mashed Potato Post appeared in Bad Mother Daily (posts selected by bigtime blogger Her Bad Mother) and also in The Animiles (a newspaper dedicated to cats and ferrets) (I'm not kidding). So you tell me— should I be more concerned about being called out as a "bad mother" or a "cat"?
Seeing as CAT was also the name of the crazy lady who called me "ugly" and "disgusting" this week (seriously?), I'm going with BAD MOTHER.
Have a great weekend!
Mommy Shorts
ps: Vote for me on Babble, will ya? I'm currently #65 and I really want TOP 50!
* Nothing wrong with being a stay-at-home mom (hardest job there is); it's just if you're going to call someone out, at least get your facts straight.
Love the cat photo, the baby with babyfood all over her chin, and Connor is adorable!
I just stopped by from SITS to say Hi; hope you will find time to do the same!
LOVE that photo, but where is the brouhaha? I looked at the Angelina Jolie post (a favorite), but there was nothing nearly so juicy in the comments…
Oops, sorry, didn’t scroll down enough. Now I see it. The good news is, damn, you have a lot of readers! And they leave a lot of comments! Any publicity is good publicity, right?
LOL I am loving how she says “I have personally met Angelina” like they are lifelong friends. I’m sure that they are like this *crosses fingers* but she needs to realize your post was all in good humour and wasn’t a personal attack against the 6 fans Angelina has left.
The other day I had a woman (anonymously) comment on my blog post about how I feel women who refuse medical care during pregnancy, labour, and delivery are crazy. She was pretty irate with me. You can read it here if you’re interested: http://fortheeasilyamused.blogspot.com/2011/01/refusal-of-proper-medical-care.html)
Anyways my point is, I thought the whole purpose of blogging was to share thoughts and opinions. It’s your blog, she doesn’t like your thoughts or opinions she doesn’t need to read it. For a woman who is saying that you have no life, I find it pretty funny that she has that much time in her day to pick a part a blog post intended for humour and turn it into such a huge controversy.
And Heidi, you’re my new favourite person.
I look forward to the upcoming post on Katie Holmes.
Yes- I take this as a good sign. I am now big enough to have an official HATER.
But not big enough to ignore them:)
I tried to click on the link but it didn’t work.
Yeah, I don’t know why anyone would bother to leave such a hateful comment. I think she was just dying to tell someone that she had met Miss Jolie in person. I’m sure somewhere out there in dreamworld, Angelina is personally thanking Cat for rushing to her defense.
OMG, how did I MISS the crazy Cat set loose on your comments section? She becomes more and more hysterical as the comment progresses. Your short and sweet reply was perfect. And all of the other replies were right on! Cheers to your first of many comment smack downs…It’s a true sign of success in the blogosphere!!!
I
was so proud of that short and sweet reply and then I had to go and
throw away my ability to be a bigger person with my weekly recap. Ah
well. Live and learn:)
Ha! What a full week! I’ve got to catch up on all this action…now.
Poem-esque reply courtesy of responding by email. Last time I try that fancy trick.
I’d say all things considered we wiped the floor with little Cat and her excessively hostile commentary. And just look at the crowd rushing to your defense? Pretty good week methinks, friend. Thanks for the shout out. You are as always too kind to me. I too was featured on a daily for, of all things, music. Unless someone knows that I secretly sing my posts in my head, I haven’t a clue how my story about my gassy dog ended up there. Congratulations for both acknowledgements, however.
PS: I think as long as Mazzy’s first word wasn’t CAT, you are good to go. 🙂
I too missed the Cat catfight the first time around, and man am I mad that I did. Most awesome blog smackdown ever!
I will stand up for you anytime, my friend! 🙂 Especially against crazy beatches! Congrats on The Bad Mother selection. That is all kinds of awesome!