For all you stressed out sisters who've ever wondered what life would be like if you had a little extra time on your hands -- this one's for you..

You know you've been there: the tightening in the chest, the knot in the stomach, the pressing just a little too hard on the gas pedal to get where you should have been 10 minutes ago. Time -- it's the bane of our existence. There's either never enough of it or it always seems to go by too slowly or too fast for our liking. What we wouldn't do for that extra hour in the day so we could actually get to the gym, get enough sleep or simply get our acts together. What we wouldn't do to sometimes have it slow down just enough to savor those first wobbly baby steps, the first day of school or even just those squeals of delight as your child watches the "Wizard of Oz" for the first time.

Here's a look at what life would be like if Father Time were a mother...

* Little baby gummy smiles would last for months and months and teething would take place in one not-too-painful 24-hour period.

* Children would only come down with funky stomach viruses or spike scary fevers before 9 p.m. when you can actually get the pediatrician on the phone.

* Schools would finally get a grip and stop scheduling class plays and important events in the middle of the day when working parents can't be there.

* Time would stop and stand still for a while to let you savor that last sweet hug and kiss before your little one decides he's too grown up to kiss his mommy in public anymore.

* There would be a built-in buffer for each day ... just enough extra time added on to make sure you get to enjoy each ballet class and ball game instead of stressing out on the sidelines about how you'll never get home to make dinner in time.

* Saturday mornings would come complete with an extra two hours in bed so you can either get some sleep or have sex -- or have sex and then fall back to sleep.

 * The saying would still be true -- women and wine get better with age. But Mother Time would make sure anything full-bodied would be confined to our wine glasses .... not spread out across our hips and butts.