Happy International Women's Day!

In honour of International Women's Day here is 10 great things about being a women and having a day to celebrate:

1. Women are beautiful....let's face it, our bodies are awesome! Even if we don't have the perfect body they are still awesome. In fact, they are so much prettier than male bodies (and I'm 100% heterosexual) that for some reason if watching tv I am way more comfortable seeing a woman's body on the screen than a man's. I bet that's true for most people.

2. On the topic of how great our bodies are......we can make babies. Sure we need the man for a little while, but perhaps because I am trying to start my own family, lately I have been totally impressed with all that a woman's body does to make a new little life. I hope I join the league of mommies soon!

3. We have bigger emotional brains than men. Trust me on this one, I did a Master's of Science studying brian physiology. Sure men have better depth perception, but really, emotional brain kicks depth perception's ass.

4. Today is a day to celebrate women, so I love this day. In fact, in Russia (and I know this because my hubby is Russian) men bring flowers to the women in their lives (wife, mom, grandma, daughter etc.). So if you are not getting flowers today make sure you let your man know that he better stop on the way home!

5. This year is the 100th International Women's Day! We've been celebrating for a century! We were awesome way before 1911, but I'm glad we decided to formally recognize it! We've come along way in the last 100 years, particularly in the western world. Here's to supporting our sisters in places that have yet to receive the equality they deserve.

6. The theme for this year's celebration "Equal access to education, training and science and technology: Pathway to decent work for women", let's hope with the upcoming generation of women girls never feel like they have to play stupid to get a boys attention. Any boy who likes you because he thinks he is smarter than you is an idiot, and you deserve someone better....not to mention hotter, because idiots start looking ugly REAL fast!

7. Ok this one may be controversial but I love chivalry. I love that a door gets held open for me, or I get to wait inside while my husband scrapes ice from the car windows. Yes, I am just as capable of doing those things, but sometimes, since I am being 100% honest on this blog, I love getting treated like a princess!

8. Along the same lines of being treated like a princess, I love that being a girl means that I can be as girly as I want, spending 2 hours getting ready for a big event, or going to a spa, or getting a pedicure, or watching cheesy romantic comedies, but being a woman also means that I can get dirty, play sports and drink beer. We get to do both, and it is fun!

9. Check out this link: http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/story/2011/03/07/f-international-womens-day.html it is all about trendsetting women in the world today. They are awesome!

10. Ok I feel like since this is the last one I should have a big finale, but really I just love being a woman. There is some kind of quiet power in being a woman, it's not loud or in your face, but we are the glue that binds our families together, we are the ones who remember birthdays, who wipe children's tears, who nurse sick family members. We are awesome. If anyone has not read the book "The Red Tent"  by Anita Diamant, I highly recommend it, it is a fictional story based on some minor characters in the bible, but not a religious read at all. It definitely makes you recognize your strength in your womanhood!

So here is to all the women of the world today! If there is a woman that you kind of hate, in honour of today, I recommend that you think of a woman in your life that you kind of hate, be nice to her today and give her a second chance. She may be bitchy or catty or all those other hateful words that we use to describe each other but even if just for one day cut her a break. You never know what hardships she has faced to make her who she is today, and us women face enough trouble out there in the big bad world, the least we can do is have each others backs for at least one day a year!