"There's our Daughter"

John sent me this today.
Moments later he said, "There's our daughter."

And I was really thrilled to read that because it's really cute to hear him say things like that... but then I was just kinda sad.

As of late, we've clearly been leaning more towards kidding than not, but circumstances continue to preclude us from doing so. Although we're still not ready, or 100% certain, adopting or having a child requires time and money... and right now, we don't have much of either. We're both working our asses off and paying down our debt, (as I've said repeatedly, so I apologize). Nevertheless, everyday I am bombarded with horrific stories and stats about the forthcoming double-dip recession or housing bust... or some other imminent financial disaster that's gonna take us from bad to worse... or something like the contents of a PR plan a colleague of mine just put together for a new client, which included the following:

2) GENERATION X: DOUBLE WHAMMY-ED

Covering the 46 million American born between 1965 to 1982, their employment history has been characterized by two financial tsunamis. Hit by the Dotcom Bust of 1999, a scant 10 years later, just as they were feeling confident and planning for the future – wham! – the Great Recession knocks ‘em down again.


And right now, I'm ticked off with myself for even writing this. I sound like a totally depressed, glass half-empty, negative Nellie... and I don't want to be. So, I'm gonna go ahead and shut up now... watch this adorable commercial with this adorable little girl and her adorable teddy bear collection, (I had a massive one), and hope that things start to look a lot brighter sooner rather than later.

And why, for the love of God... can't we make commercials this cool in the US, (where they don't abuse CGI and don't tart the little girl up as my husband duly noted???)