Marathon Dinner Prep and Blog Backlash

Well, I just got done preparing dinner :-p I'm making this new slow-cooker recipe that I found the other day and, I thought I was doing so good last night: Dave had to go to work early this morning, so last night I made his lunch, set out his clothes... and I even got a 30-minute session on Wii Fit in. I also made sure I started the beans soaking for this recipe before going to bed, thinking that was all the preparation I needed to do the night before....

Well, I hope it still turns out OK, because I think I was supposed to cut up the pork and mix it with the spice rub last night, but I didn't get down that far in the recipe :-p So, I still did everything according to the recipe... it just didn't get a chance to sit overnight. I think it's still going to be pretty awesome :-p But geez that was a lot more prep work than I thought it was going to be (especially since I decided to make a double batch :-p)! I've turned it on high for right now, just to get it going (I'll turn it down to low in a bit)... I just don't want it to take until 10 tonight before dinner's ready :-p

ANYWAY, I actually thought my post yesterday was about as innocuous as they come, but I've had a bit of a backlash to it :-p Well, backlash might actually be too strong of a word, since it was just one person that had something negative to say about it. But still... they seem to have thought that I was putting the challenges of raising/being identical twins on the same level as raising/being a child with disabilities. That was certainly not my intention and I even tried to make that clear in my original post by mentioning how, on my trip to Kennedy Krieger, I realized how easily things could have turned out differently for us. That luckily, Anna and Josie survived their bout with TTTS and are thriving now.

The only point I was trying to make in the post is that, the irony of being identical twins is that, being identical (and all the challenges that do go along with that), will actually make it easier for them to accept the differences in people. If anybody else was offended by my post, please allow me to apologize! It certainly was not my intention....

Anyway, I think the girls are getting restless here :-p I think I'm going to take them out for a little walk or something... hope everyone has a great day today!