Though, I must say my choices are NOT the ones usually picked to watch since I love guns, bullets and blood. Yes, the movies that make me happy and nobody else likes.  Everyone else prefers the mooshie…lovey…chick flick movies ( Holding back the chunks now….Ok, I’m better.) and the kid type movies from Disney etc. We also love to watch “old” movies and TV shows such as MacGyver or Swiss Family Robinson when that was on TV….not the movie…

We all grab our pillows and blankets and a cozy spot to watch TV…It is amazing to see and hear their reactions to some of the “older” movies…I must say they have loved them. I’m happy that we have had the chance to expose them to show and things of the past…One of the best times is when we all discuss the movies. The kids always have input or really get into the characters and start talking about what they think the characters are going to do next.

We get excited when the Netflix comes in the mail. The kids carefully rip open the DVDs to see what is inside. After family movie night they put the Netflix in the mail and patiently wait for the next movies to come…It has been a great family experience to pick out movies and TV series from the past…Great memories…I must say even the big kids who no longer live here get into our family movie nights when they can…

One step closer to being a deliriously happy as a family….creating family memories and traditions to pass on…

I have 5 babies that will be having birthdays this next month. I’m happy they are here to enjoy them but I think we should throw the age and birthday thing out the door. I have called my birthday my “Earthday” for years. I never have to think about my age until someone asks me and it always happens. How old are you? How old are your kids? You don’t look old enough to have that many kids and you surely are not old enough to be a grandma, another word that I don’t use. LOL I get asked this because I was blessed with looking young and acting even younger. Mostly because I refuse to grow up or grow; won’t use the other word.

I guess if society as a whole was not so stuck on the age thing and everything was not centered on having fewer wrinkles and being young I could handle it. I have had this age issue since I was 13. Yeap, when I turned 13 I decided to stop having the birthday thing and stopped telling people how old I was. Seriously at times I have forgotten. Of course until I have to flip out my drivers license or at my doctors office. Yes, here I’m sitting in the office and they announced my birthday to everyone and continued to do the same to everyone. I happened to be the youngest there and the most applaud or the one that has a big enough mouth to say something. Well, did they get a huge ear full from me. I even told them that I would refuse to go back if they kept this up. They have since stopped doing this. I thought it was just wrong. If I wanted everyone to know my freakin age I would plaster it to my shirt. NOT.

Even though I gotten many compliments it doesn’t matter because at some point people start saying you’re too old for this and that. They attach age to everything even if age has nothing to do with what is going on with you or the situation.
When I first started having kids I got harassed because I was a baby having a baby by most standards. Then I got told I was too old to have a baby and how did I expect to carry my child’s luggage to their dorm room, nothing like a slap in the face. I had years to go before I would even turn 4….well you know what I’m trying to say. On the other hand, many use age as an excuse not to do something. I can’t go back to school, change jobs, have kids, move, etc. because I’m too old. Everyone is an age critic.

Don’t get me wrong I’m thankful to be here because I’m not ready to be pushing up the daisies yet. But for us chronologically challenged people and for society as a whole I think the world would be a better place if we got rid of the age stigma. If people just looked at people for who they are and for the knowledge that they posses, instead of attaching an age to it. My personal step to becoming deliriously happy creating happy thoughts and free from age restrictions. ~~A&A Workingmoms~~ www.anessa.me

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