A Mother's Balancing Act

One Expensive Palin Stylist...

Cowabunga, Dude! Getting coiffed maverick style is dang pricey! Have you heard about this?

Sarah Palin's stylist drew a higher wage from John McCain's campaign than his Foreign Policy advisor up to this point in the month of October (this actually from a Fox News report). That's rather disturbing, don't you think? And did you hear the total figure? Are you ready for this? $22,800. On that little do of hers. And her cheeks. And lips. And nails. Um, yeah...and that's so far for the month. The Foreign Policy advisor, you asked? Yeah...$12,500.

Right. Something wrong with that picture, I'm thinking.

And that's not all. McCain may be no match for Obama in the media spending department, but his campaign has Obama's beaten hands down on good looks and style. Apparently, Governor Palin has needed a lot of gussyin' up for all of her folksy appearances. The Republican campaign reported that it had spent about $150,000 on wardrobe and cosmetics in September since Palin joined the ticket. I guess all those American as apple pie looks come at a cost after all...

Balanced Babe (Molly Wendland)

Introducing...A New Author on Mother's Balancing Act

Drumroll, please...

Allow me to introduce the newest addition to my Mother's Balancing Act team, Coffee Queen!

She's balancing a career in sales while raising two teens as a happily divorced (did I mention available?) mom who has been a dear friend of mine for many years. When not working or attending one of her many kids' activities, you might find her drinking one of the skads of cups of coffee she consumes on a daily basis (usually decaf...go figure), working on her latest quilting project, playing with one of her crazy miniature dachsunds, volunteering for SAFEHOME, helping fight Juvenile Diabetes (which her daughter was diagnosed with last year), hanging out with her adorable mother (yes, she's a member of the "sandwich generation"), or at the gym (did I mention she's one hot mama?).

Coffee Queen goes a mile a minute and manages to pull it all off with grace and style. However, having said that, her feet are firmly planted in the White Trash Mom movement (thank God, or I might not be able to call her my BFF!), and her very first post will carry a "weird" tag, so you know she'll fit right in here. I'm guessing future posts will fit into such categories as:

• Coffee (that great elixir of life...)
• Tales from the Dweeb Side
• Parenting/Teens
• Working Moms
• Single Moms/Motherhood
• Divorced and Dating???
• Muffia
• Pets, namely the aforementioned crazy min dachsunds

OK, so...the next post on this site will be from...you guessed it. Our very own...Coffee Queen!

Cheers!

Balanced Babe (Molly Wendland)

Scranton? It Sucks! You Betcha'! We're Mavericks!

Did you guys happen to catch the opening skit on SNL last weekend? I was so hoping that they would do a parody of last week's vice presidential debate, and boy oh boy, did they deliver! Only Big Strong Man and I were out at a fundraiser for our daughters' school, so we missed it. Thanks to my ever trusty big brother, however, this link served as a worthy replacement for the original moment.

Dig it. And even if you saw the original, you know where I'm coming from when I say, it's worth rewatching.

http://blogs.suntimes.com/sweet/2008/10/tina_fey_as_sarah_palin_nails.html

For those of you in Palen's court:

Jason Sudeikis skewered Biden for his repeated references to Scranton, not to mention his undying love of John McCain.

And for those of you in Biden's camp:

Tina Fey did an outstanding job, winking and mavericking her way through the role, complete sentences that led to nowhere.

Watch the video. You'll see. Too funny. Life is meant for laughing. Enjoy the clip.

Balanced Babe