What really bothers me is that we don't have the time to do that professional job that I really like to do and that were capable of doing.

I have really long hair, so I don't cut it all that often. Sometimes, when I'm working, I just have the stylist on set trim it for me. I don't dye my hair. When I was a teenager, I dyed my hair five colors at one time. It was all different shades of red going from more orange to more purple. I thought I looked so cool.

Now is not the time to be backing up.

I wanted people to have a good time on Sunday, but I also wanted them to find out a little bit more about us.

We are far better prepared to deal effectively with a public-health threat than we were in 2001, a time when America's public-health infrastructure was crumbling due to decades of neglect.

A successful babysitting experience definitely includes having the sitter arrive 30 minutes before you need to go to allow time for instruction, maybe training and transition. I too often assume a sitter remembers my children's routine, location of necessary items and even names.