Desperate Housewife

I'm worried I'm a housewife.

What is it about the word 'housewife' that sends negative tingles down the hairs on my back? Hairy back - that's pretty worrisome too.

I heard someone define it as a "middle-aged woman who sits at home using Facebook to track old boyfriends while letting the TV babysit the kids". Charm itself.

It is such a dowdy word that conjures such dreary images. There are desperate housewives married to mad men but there's not a lot to make you feel good about the decision to stay home (to raise the children mind you, not marry the house). I'm not very good at cooking or cleaning either so it's very hard to live up to the homely stereotype. It does make me feel invisible at times too, I'm not even sure what my job title should be!

Thank goodness I'm following in the hush puppie clad feet of my Mother.

I think my Mum is a magnificent person and really, I can't think of anything better than to live a life that mildly resembles hers (unless I can do it with Samantha Stevens skills).

Perhaps it's a job that needs a different name.

It's Beyond My Control

Worry of the day, or perhaps of the lifetime: was it selfish to have children?

Who would have thought amongst all the emotions that go with having children; joy, love, anxiety, depression even, I should feel guilt for selfishly having children for me! Who am I to inflict this world on them?

As daughter dear coped with difficult situations today at kindy, I thought, what have I let you in for?! I can't protect you any more from life, teasing and episodes of 'Full House'. You'll have to discover for yourself that the Olsen twins are just not right and sometimes you need to keep quiet.

Kissing Lauren Graham

Today's niggly worry is the TV show, 'The Event'. So much time and effort wasted on such an expensive, willy nilly, silly show. And that's just the two hours I've spent watching it, to think of the cost to make it is more than worrying.

Without the five minutes earlier/ 45 years later/ playing with time gimmick there would be no suspense at all, just a lot of running and whining. It's sillier than Joseph Fiennes in 'Flashforward'!

Is it strange that, more than the plot, I'm concerned two of lead actors (who are 20 years apart in age) are more famous for kissing Lauren Graham in previous roles ('Gilmore Girls' and 'Parenthood')? Do they talk about it between takes?