Debi Gutierrez - The Mad Mom In The Minivan

I recently had to defend my view on hiring household help. If you read a prior blog entry, you may know that I do my own housework, not by myself, my family helps too. In a nutshell, my thoughts are, if we dirty it, we clean it! We are the ones who eat off the plates, dirty the laundry and, last I looked, it was our hair in the shower floor! Why is it someone else’s job to come in and clean that? I have heard people say, “Don’t worry about it, the maid will clean it”. Why is it her job to pick up the glass I drank out of? I can take it to the sink and wash it!
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I love watching Jon and Kate plus 8 on TLC! That mom loses her mind on every episode! In fact, I am writing this during commercials and sipping a glass of well deserved merlot! Kate tries to micromanage every move these 8 children make. She is successful too! Now, everyone who blogs or comments on Kate says the same thing; Kate has to micromanage to keep order in the house. But does she have to treat her husband like crap on every episode?
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My husband made 4 of these Emergency Kits last Christmas and gave them to each of our immediate families. You can personalize them to match your needs and even do one with just food and water! Having these little luxuries in an easy to carry duffel bag would mean so much to us if we had mere moments to evacuate our home.

Keep this in an easy to find place. We keep our in the closet next to the front door. Also, you may want to add to it throughout the year. It would be a good idea to open it up and inspect it once or twice a year. Give yourself a visual reference as to what’s in there so if the time comes to use it, you’ll remember more easily what you have.

Putting all this stuff together may seem like a daunting task. If you take it little by little, you’ll see that it’s not that hard and it won’t be such a hit on your bank account. Before you know it, you’ll have an emergency kit and a sense of security knowing you’re covered if an emergency hits.

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It wasn’t the big one, but it certainly was a frightening one! Yesterday’s earthquake rocked Southern California! I was visiting my mom at her home in Diamond Bar, one city away from Chino Hills, when it hit. My mom, daughter and I huddled under the doorway as the ground shook and pictures came flying off the walls. Once the quake stopped, we went outside on the front lawn. Neighbors were checking on each other as car alarms blared in the distance. Within moments we heard police and fire sirens. It was very scary. We couldn’t get anywhere on the phone. Land lines and cell phones were unable to get signals and connect us to family members. My niece was home alone in Chino Hills and her family was spread out in nearby cities.
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I turned 48 years old on July 14th. My husband kept me up until midnight because he likes to be the first to wish me a happy birthday! So I started the birthday celebration with a kiss and then 7 hours of sleep, glorious sleep! When I woke up, I had to pack for the beach. My friend Donna, her 23 year old daughter, Bria and my 10 year old daughter were going to the beach for my birthday! We ate on the pier and Bria surprised me with a handmade fruit bouquet! ( I can’t celebrate with birthday cake because I am a type 2 Diabetic). Then we walked down to the beach. We put out blankets and towels and beach chairs. Our daughters went to check out the water. So far, so good. I have felt like an old 47 year old and 48 was now here! Why don’t I just celebrate by falling down and breaking a hip and getting some rest on a hospital gurney! Any how, I planted my butt into a beach chair and watched the girls.
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Oh, sure, I had my doubts about my husband’s parenting. Of course, I thought I was a better parent. After all, I was the one with the extra clothing packed and ready in the car, I was the one with detangler and a hairbrush in my purse, I pre-packed single serving snacks in baggies and kept them in a drawer specifically for kid approved snacks! When we went to a restaurant I took crayons, pencils, mini notepads, wipes, Cheerios, my purse looked like the inside of the 99 cent store!
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I have not had a chance to blog, because I have been busy with something very important.

I have been finding the old me and welcoming her back! Now, I did not do this all by myself; I owe this to my old-new friend, Donna. Donna and I were close friends when we were both raising our daughters. We met when the girls were in Daisy Girl Scouts; 17 years ago. We both had sons a few years later.
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And take that damn cow with you!!! Yes, I know I sound a tad harsh, but c’mon people, As a mom to 3 kids and a kindergarten teacher for five years, I have been reading this children’s classic aloud to one child after another, night after night, week after week, month after…OH YOU GET THE PICTURE! Read the rest of this entry »

Can you believe it? Gas is over $4.60 a gallon and financial experts predict we can go up t0 $12.00 a gallon in five years and see this period in history as the good old days! The other day I filled up my tank and it was $65.00! I remember when I could buy 2 round trip tickets on Southwest airlines for less than that only two years ago! This is getting out of hand. The price of gasoline is on the lips of everyone and a hot topic for discussion and rant. A few months ago, people would pump gas and turn to someone else who was also pumping gas and find a comrade in the complaining about the cost to fill the tank. Now, no one says a word at the pump. They just stand there in stunned silence as they see the better part of their paycheck pumped into a tank of gas that may last them a week if they are lucky.
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Why does Christmas still take us all by surprise? It has been on the same day for a million years and still we all panic on the 20th of December like it’s a brand new concept! What? Get an evergreen tree and pull it into the house? Put lights up on the house? Buy a gift for every relative, even the ones we never see? Send a card to people we never hear from? What’s that? I need special paper to wrap the gifts?
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George Carlin died last night of a heart attack. This will be a great loss in the comedy community. He was a pioneer in comedy as one of his most famous bits, the seven dirty words, went all the way to the Supreme Court. His courage to explore, attack and question any and all topics of comedy encouraged stand up comedians like myself to do the same.
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My daughter and I went on a bike ride the other day. We were very excited. We were planning to go on the bike trail which runs beside a lake. Now, as some of you know, I got my bike as a Mother’s Day gift and have only been riding it for a month. My daughter was being very helpful. She pulled the bike out from the garage to the sidewalk. I have a basket on my bike, so my daughter filled it up with the necessities; water, binoculars, snacks, notebook, pencils, this week’s happy meal toy from Kung Fu Panda…there was hardly any room for my cell phone.
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People hate me! And guess what? There are people who hate you too! This was such a hard concept for me to wrap my head around. People hate me for no good reason. It’s not just because I am in the public eye. It happens to all of us.
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 Debi Gutierrez On Gas Prices [2:07m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (29)

As gasoline prices soar, Debi gives a tip or two about how to lighten your load and save some gas.

Yes, you read it right! I clean my own house. It seems as if I am the only one who does. I used to pay for someone to come in twice a month to clean. My husband could never understand why I would have someone come in because the night before the maid would come I would scramble around cleaning BEFORE she came.
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Ok, I will admit it, Cops is one of my favorite shows! I love watching cops! Now, it seems like there are two types of cops. One type of cop loves to run after the perp, tackle him to the ground, push his face into the grass and yell out his Miranda rights into the ear that is not full of dirt and blood!
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Against my better judgment I read some of the comments posted on some blogs about my recent performance on Style’s Clean House. These posts are never good! I even know for a fact they are generated by weird fan clubs who are freakishly faithful to the shows, which is just weird, but still, the words hurt.
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I am an actress, a talk show host and a stand up comedian. I love what I do. It is my oxygen. I feel alive when I am on stage and connecting with the audience; ranting and raving about children, marriage, sex and current events. I love interviewing people; each question and answer provide insight into an interesting topic. As an actress I can be anybody! The choices are limitless! I have been called in for a two headed snake, a talking daisy, a bombshell secretary, a high school principal, and of course many calls for a wife and mommy, a role I am well suited for.
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Yes! I said it! NIPPLE RINGS!!!! Why? What are the reasons for nipple rings? A place to hang my car keys? God knows, I keep losing those keys and that would be a sure fire way to keep track of them!
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