"Where Freedom Lives"

Ed and I spent last weekend in Washington, DC. We had a great time! We saw the memorials, toured the Capitol, and visited quite a few museums. We really loved the American Indian Museum and the Holocaust Memorial Museum. We also enjoyed the dinosaurs at the Natural History Museum. We had a chance to see the new World War II Memorial, which was beautiful, and of course we stood in front of the White House and waited for George to come out to greet us. He never came, but we did catch a glimpse of his lawn boy, and did you know that there is a man with a gun that stands on the roof? I got a picture of him too. We were in town at the same time as the Queen's visit, but we never ran into her on the subway. We had a great weekend, and here are some pictures!

moms hard at work

Salary.com just released a report that calculates an appropriate salary for a stay-at-home mom, if she were to be compensated for her work. The grand total: $138,095. That is $2655 per week! A working mother's salary is calculated to be an extra $85,939 above and beyond her salary earned outside the home.

This calculation is based on the types of jobs a stay-at-home mom does, and the 52 "overtime" hours she works each week, averaging a total of a 92-hour work week inside the home. A working mom averages 9 overtime hours per week, totaling 49 "mom hours" on top of her full-time paying job.

Wow, thanks Mom! HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY!