imelda : Hello! My name is… Imelda Bettinger

Born in ‘74

I was reading Willowtoons.com and I found this site where you can find out how old you are in comparison to other people & how old you were when major events happened.

My birthday is 4/3/1974, so here’s what it says for me…

You are 35 years old and about:
57 years 5 months younger than Walter Cronkite, age 92
52 years 9 months younger than Nancy Reagan, age 88
49 years 10 months younger than George Herbert Bush, age 85
42 years 6 months younger than Barbara Walters, age 77
40 years 4 months younger than Larry King, age 75
34 years 2 months younger than Ted Koppel, age 69
30 years 9 months younger than Geraldo Rivera, age 66
27 years 9 months younger than George W. Bush, age 63
22 years 9 months younger than Jesse Ventura, age 58
18 years 5 months younger than Bill Gates, age 53
13 years 7 months younger than Cal Ripken Jr., age 49
7 years 9 months younger than Mike Tyson, age 43
3 years 8 months younger than Jennifer Lopez, age 39
1 year 9 months older than Tiger Woods, age 33
8 years 3 months older than Prince William, age 27

and that you were:
27 years old at the time of the 9-11 attack on America
25 years old on the first day of Y2K
23 years old when Princess Diana was killed in a car crash
21 years old at the time of Oklahoma City bombing
20 years old when O. J. Simpson was charged with murder
18 years old at the time of the 93 bombing of the World Trade Center
16 years old when Operation Desert Storm began
15 years old during the fall of the Berlin Wall
11 years old when the space shuttle Challenger exploded
9 years old when Apple introduced the Macintosh
9 years old during Sally Ride’s travel in space
6 years old when Pres. Reagan was shot by John Hinckley, Jr.
5 years old at the time the Iran hostage crisis began
2 years old on the U.S.’s bicentennial Fourth of July
not yet 1 year old when President Nixon left office

I found this interesting enough to share! :)

age, dates, imelda

09/08/2009 | All About Me | 1 Comment

I’m not a writer..

So I will stop trying to be one.

<3 imelda

imelda, writing

10/27/2008 | Close to Home | 1 Comment

Tracey made me cry in public

True Light Tracey

My friend Tracey wrote a post that I read at lunch alone today. IT MADE ME CRY IN PUBLIC!

It made me cry for many reasons.

Tracey is an amazing women and amazing mother
I am a HORRIBLE mother and wife that doesn’t do 1/2 of what she does
I hope Tracey’s kids and ex-husband appreciate all that she does

Gist of the post is re-posted here:

Dear Ex-Husband,

NOTICE:

You write a child support check twice a month and have the boys every other weekend (if it’s convenient for you.)

* I fill out all of the school forms.
* I make all the school lunches. (I don’t do this)
* I wake up every morning to get the kids ready for school. (I don’t do this)
* I help with homework. (I don’t do this)
* I nag, cajole, plead, beg, bribe our kids to clean their rooms, do their homework, turn off the lights, flush the toilet, clean up after themselves.
* I listen when they are sad, hurt, angry, frustrated, defeated, inconsolable. (I don’t do this)
* I budget.
* I cook almost every meal. (I DEFINITELY don’t do this)
* I clean. (I do some of this but hire out most)
* I do the laundry.
* I make doctors appointments.
* I make dentist appointments.
* I take care of them when they are sick.
* I make arrangements for them for their summer activities. (I don’t do this)
* I talk to them about God. (I don’t do this)
* I talk to them about sex. (I don’t do this)
* I teach them about money.
* I am teaching one of them to drive, having researched the best way to do that. (I don’t do this)
* I make sure they have deodorant.
* I make sure they wear deodorant. (I don’t do this)
* I tuck them in. (I don’t do this)
* I kiss them goodnight.
* I get “one more drink of water”.
* I help them find their first job.
* I counsel them on their love life. (I don’t do this)
* I sign them up and take them to baseball practice. (I don’t do this)
* I attend every school meeting. (I don’t do this)
* I meet with the school counselor regarding college. (I don’t do this)
* I take them on tours of Universities. (I don’t do this)
* I watch over them EVEN when there is no power.
* I make arrangements for their safety in an emergency.
* I pick them up and drop them off.
* I wait up for them when they get home late.
* And all the other things I left off of this list because I am now going to make dinner.
* All of these things I do even if I am tired, sick, sad, depressed or even if I just don’t want to.

I AM TAKING THE SUMMER OF 2009 OFF.
ABOVE IS YOUR LIST OF THINGS TO DO.

Looking at this list, I could do SO much more for my kids, for my husband, for our family, but I keep being told to take care of myself so that I CAN take care of them.

I feel like such a failure and can’t figure out how to make it all work better.

I wish I could be just a tiny bit more like Tracey; even just a tiny bit would be such an improvement over where I am now.

amazing women, divorce, imelda, single parent, tracey

10/09/2008 | Close to Home, Things Others Say | 2 Comments