What??????????

Today as I was pulling out of McDonald's sipping on my sweet tea sugar bomb I happened to notice a Jeep Grand Cherokee pulling out of the bank across the street. What caught my eye, and caused me to do a double take, was one of those bright red Rudolph noses attached to the Jeep's grill. You know how people like to stick that stuff on their car with a pair of antlers around CHRISTMAS TIME. For the love of all that is holy lady - it's August! Take that faded out, tacky looking Rudolph nose off of your car. Thank you.

Also, the husband made me watch this lame John Cougar video from the 1980s (?) that they were talking about on Free Beer and Hot Wings this morning. They were right........ it's pretty bad.

Boundaries Please!

So why is it that total strangers (and their grimy kids) think that it's okay to touch my baby? Why is it that having breached baby touching etiquette in the first place they have to push the envelope even further and touch my baby on the face and his hands??? This makes me wonky and uncomfortable. I have SUCH a hard time saying, "Please don't touch my baby," to adults because I feel like they should know better for the love of pete. Now, when they let their germy kids paw my kid, then I have less of a problem, but it's still hard for me to speak up - it feels so rude. But hey, who's invading personal bubbles in the first place?

Being that I have kids and teach kids, I should understand that children don't always understand boundaries as well as adults and their personal space is much smaller than many adults. Still - I don't like it.

What would you say to a child or an adult (that you don't know) when they touch your baby on their face and hands??????? Oh and I've even had strangers put his pacifier in his mouth!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! So what would you say to that?????

Guess I need one of these signs.