The World According to Angela

In case anyone was wondering, yes, I did join the health club.  Only myself and Haley at this point.  I can add and remove the kids from the membership as I need to - right now I will mostly be going when the trio are in school, so I only have to worry about her for the time being.  Down the road, I'll add the others when I know they will go enough to justify the $5/each (every penny counts these days!).  Aaron can use my guest passes (2 a month) for now.  If he will get more involved, then he can join as well.  So, I'm excited about that, and hope that soon I'll be feeling human the majority of the time once more.

Also, if anyone is interested, I added a couple of new pictures in the Picture Album.  I added our family picture to the 2006 section, and the 2007 section is officially up (hint: if you can't see it, just hit "refresh" on your browser).  This means I am going into my 6th year of maintaining my web site.

Now, that all said, I often get random thoughts in my head, so I've decided that every now and then, I'll share them with you.  Feel free to add any of your own in the comments.  Really people, you CAN comment, it's ok.  ;-)

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Today's random topic: female jeans. 

Let's start with my newest aggravation first: what in the heck is the deal with "skinny jeans" coming back in style?  Back in grade school, I used to have to sew by hand my Zayre-bought jeans into tapered legs...they were called TAPERED LEGS when I actually HAD skinny legs.  And, the smaller on the bottom, the better.  And god-forbid if you did something too strenuous for the thread (like bend!) and it snapped...it was an emergency necessitating an immediate trip to the girls' room for repair, usually with a safety pin until you got home.  Finally they started making them smaller at the bottom...but then they started going back to bell bottoms (sorry, "flared" bottoms), which is something I swore to my mom I would *never* wear.  Come on, I could barely tolerate the dreaded straight legs, how could I go on to those huge things?  Well, sure enough over time, I began to like them - still not the enormous goofy looking things - but "flared" nonetheless.  Now I can't believe the "skinny" jeans.  At a time when everyone on TV and in the movies are TOO flippin' skinny anyway, someone decides to call tapered jeans, skinny jeans, and they come back in style.  Well hey, I noticed that many of the ridiculous colors we 80's children used to wear are coming back as well.  Heck, I should have kept all that stuff instead of discarding it wondering "what was I thinking?"  Nah, maybe not.

My other issue with female jeans are the sizes.  What kind of moron came up with the system?  Why can't it be more like men's sizing...you know, waist and inseam.  You have your different cuts (relaxed, slim, flat front, whatever) and there you go.  No, we have to have odd sizes for Juniors and even sizes for Misses.  Yes, I did my retail stint at JCPenney's and I know what it is supposed to mean: Juniors have a different cut meant more for the younger crowd.  However, I still cannot pick up my 'usual' size (and by that I mean the same size that fills my current wardrobe) and know it will fit with confidence.  I had great luck with a particular brand but even now they are coming up with too many different "cuts" and they seem to have cut me out.  I will walk in a dressing room with 15 pairs of pants in my usual size and even a size up just in case.  I am lucky if twice a year I can actually find a pair that fits great.  Nowadays they are so low waisted that anyone who has even thought about having a baby can just forget about it.  Now I know after a triplet pregnancy and another baby, the ole bod will never be the same, but come on...all I want is some coverings for my lower half!!!!  I want to be able to bend over to pick up my daughter and not look like the stereotypical plumber.  I don't have a tatoo, so therefore there is no reason that part of my body should be shown to the public.  I just wish that there was a better system for those of us who wear clothes because they are functional, without making me have to switch to elastic polyester pants.  I am starting to understand why those NEVER go out of style.  But seriously, 'those people who make a living out of screwing around with the pants that fit me, are comfortable and actually look flattering as well,' I'm begging you, please come up with a better system for the sizing of these things already!!!

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Aren't you glad I *only* type 70 words per minute?  ;-)

To end this reflective, informative and enlightening post, I'll put up a picture to warm your heart.  This is why it's great to share a bedroom with your brother - to have impromtu slumber parties on the floor any random night, which is exactly what this is: