Ideas

Since becoming a mom I've thought of several business ideas/changes that I'm sure you've all thought of before:

• Starbucks delivery services (lets be honest, we've all thought of this, babies or no babies, for years!).
• One word... Peapod.
• Single Parent Parking.  Cars with a ratio of one parent to one or more baby or child should have parking spaces next to the handicap spots.  You know, like when you go to a rather large church and you're always running late [working on that detail :) ], which means you have to park miles away.  You have your infant in their car seat, a diaper bag, a purse, and a guitar stand, because your husband called and he forgot his and needs it but he's already there and on stage [because your late, again] so he can't come out and help you carry everything in.  Oh, yeah... you forgot to check the weather and mistakenly thought you needed your winter coat in DECEMBER, but it turns out it's like 50 degrees so you're sweating like a pig by the time you check your daughter into the nursery.  Yep, single parent parking would be lovely... because I just can't get my act together when I'm alone.
• Restaurants for families ONLY!  I've only come up with this one because I can't stand the cold sweat I break out in when Kiersten gets a little upset at dinner and EVERYONE gives us the nastiest looks.  Sometimes you get looks from diners already eating just because you're coming into their section with a baby.  Since I refuse to stay home just because I've given birth, I'd like to create a must-have-someone-12-or-younger-with-you-to-dine-here restaurant.  That way we're all on a level playing field. 
• Facebook for parents only.  Because we all know "friends" without babies could care less about all the pictures of your precious little one that you're spamming their feed with.  
• Back to the parking.  Parking spots for cars and SUV's with infant seats that aren't vans.  Just make them three feet wider than the rest of the spots so we can open our doors.  Amen.
• Drive-thrus.  Everywhere.

I'm feeling really sassy over here.   The truth is we're very blessed to have the money to go out to eat, to have working cars that need parking spots and can drive to Starbucks, to have the ability to go to church and worship our God, to have computers, phones & the internet to get onto Facebook and to have grocery stores nearby with a wide variety of items instead of having to go out and hunt our own food.  I'm just feeling sassy.  :)