Hello Again!

Hello! I promised I would be back soon with more to share . . . although my back is feeling much better, it still hurts after throwing it out a week and a half ago! Anyway, I've made it back.

So, I wanted to explain the "small-town" part of the title of my blog; the more I think about it, the more issues I'm encountering as I try to decide how to explain where I live.

Long story short, when Amy and I were looking for a house, it was all about where we could afford to buy while still staying close to family and friends. Enter: Chambersburg. Beyond that, we did not do much research. So basically what I've learned since I've been here is that Chambersburg appears to be super-fanatical-religious with no tolerance for anything other than Christianity, many Chambersburg residents have been born and raised here and are now raising their families here, and most residents of this little town just have not encountered "alternative" families. I guess one could encounter these things anywhere, I just can't help but feel that there are other places much more tolerant, progressive, etc.

Granted, I do like living here when it comes to our house and the like-minded people I have met her so far, I just get tired of the dirty looks from my next-door neighbors and conversations such as the following (which occured while being shown our family pictures at Sears just a week ago):

Sears Employee: "He is sooo cute! Does he look like Mommy or Daddy?" This, of course, occurs after two women and a baby have had their pictures taken in traditional family poses.

Me: "He looks likes his two mommies!"

Sears Employee: (looks confused)

Sears Employee (later while we are paying for pictures): "So are you thinking about having anymore [kids]?"

Me: "Soon! We'd like to have one more."

Sears Employee: "Better tell Daddy to get busy!"

Me (pissed off): He doesn't have a daddy; Momma needs to get busy!"

Sears Employee: (very confused)

Ya gotta love ignorance. :-{