Plus a few more.....
Thursday, April 30, 2009
Monday, April 27, 2009
Somethin' to blog about....
Ode to the Girl I Was
Haven't blogged for awhile. Just haven't been feeling it. Wondering what to blog about....so here's a topic for you:
Facebook.
What a strange, strange world. I resisting joining Facebook for a looooong time. And I'm still a wee bit embarassed that I finally caved and joined (though, truth be told, I had an ulterior motive: setting up a page for my business). But, that being said.....it's been kind of fun.
I've caught up with old friends from high school and college that I haven't seen or talked to in YEARS.....and that I wouldn't have had any contact with otherwise. It's been fun to see where their lives have gone...and of course, the morbid curiosity bit fulfilled on some people that I'm not sure qualify as friends, but that I'm wondering about anyway. It's definitely made me think about myself in a different way. The people I'm catching up with knew a girl that sometimes I hardly even remember. It makes me miss who I was before my child. Sometimes I still find traces of her, if I examine myself and my life long enough. But mostly....I feel like I don't have much to tell them when they ask me what I'm up to now. They knew a girl who was ambitious, introspective, quirky, assertive, academically dedicated, feisty, adventurous, slightly zaney, exuberant, loyal, and unabashedly marching to the beat of her own drum. (Well, maybe that's the girl people in college knew....high school acquaintances may not have fully known that girl.) I find myself wanting to give these old friends a long list of all the things I did, all the goals I accomplished, etc., before I had my son. I am fully aware that being Dallin's mommy is the most important role I will ever fulfill. And I always wanted to be a mother, I did. But.....
I really liked that girl I was in college. It's not that I don't like who I am now.......I just think I like The Girl I Was better.
Wednesday, April 22, 2009
Ho hum. Another week of American Idol.
Tuesday, April 21, 2009
Sunday, April 19, 2009
Vengeance is mine!
Okay, so in my quest for honesty and unabashed self-disclosure, let me tell you a little something about myself. I have this strong impulsively vengeful streak in me. Yes, it's true (stop laughing, all you old friends and roommates). I'm not exactly sure what makes me this way....but somehow I subconsciously find it rewarding enough that I keep doing it. Even though I might be ashamed after. Like that time in high school when a guy wrote an insensitive-at-best note to my friend, basically breaking up with her...after another friend and I escorted her to her car to go home early, I went in search of the guy to give him a piece of my mind. I only found his friend, not him, but I later heard his friend told him I looked "mad enough to castrate him." Not my words, just a reminder there (Remember that, Michelle?) Or that time when I warned TJ Bennett that if he pretended to slice open his hand with his pocket knife one more time, I would huck my textbook at him.....foolish boy didn't believe me. It didn't really hurt when my textbook slammed into him....he was just being a baby. Then there's the persistent rejected suitor who sent my roommate flowers.....I won't say that shredding them in the parking lot then stomping on and driving over them was my idea, because I'm not sure, but it IS fairly likely (Shells, remember that?). Oh, ANOTHER would-be suitor of my other roommate....he tried to kiss her after she repeatedly kept dodging his advances of all kinds. He happened to also be a friend of ours, so I called him up and bawled him out. Brutally honest, but at the end, he said, "Thanks Heather, you're a good friend." See, so I'm actually a SAINT for being impulsively vengeful! :P Anyway, the list could go on.
I was reminded of this tendency of mine last week while I was driving. It probably won't shock you that I have some road rage tendencies. I'm really trying not to yell Moron (my word of choice) at people while I'm in the car....I don't really want my son hearing it. I'd like to preserve the illusion that his mother is kind and gentle for as long as possible. Anyway, so last week I was sitting in the right turn lane at a red light. It was those 3 seconds where no one has a green light, and I wasn't sure who would be moving next. I was cautious, I had my toddler son in the back seat for crying out loud! Some moron...I mean NICE HUMAN BEING honked behind me. When I moved a couple seconds later, I was muttering (okay, loudly saying the word "MORON") and glanced back over my shoulder at the next light to see who had honked at me....I didn't think he saw me shake my head and give a nasty look, but apparently he did. The light turned green, he ZOOMED up to cut me off before the lanes merged, and rolled down his window to give me the FINGER.
As if that wasn't enough, out of the back seat window extended the skinny little limb (and FINGER) of his maybe 8 year old son.
(And I'm worried about saying "Moron" in front of Dallin?!)
But mostly I think, in terms of Generalized Reciprocity, I got my come uppance.
P.S. wrote that late last night, and left out an important detail: in addition to muttering "Moron" I also said "If I wasn't trying to be a better person, I'd flip you off!" So there you have it.
Saturday, April 18, 2009
Book sale, baby!
Thursday, April 16, 2009
I have alot to say today......
Tuesday, April 14, 2009
And the lucky winner is....
I won something! I never win anything! A few days ago, I picked up a digital scrapbooking freebie (it's my latest hobby) off the blog of a very talented designer. I left a comment to say thanks, and because of that, she entered my name into a drawing. And she drew my name! :) I won her newest digital scrapbooking kit.... it's SO cute, I am so excited to use it! Check out her blog, it's very fun....
elisespiecesdesigns.blogspot.com
Saturday, April 11, 2009
Just a thought....
"If motherhood's luxuries don't include napping when your monkey naps, than I don't know what else to look for in the future."
Thank you, cjane. You put it so well.
P.S......from another blog, I read:
This sums it up completely!
Thursday, April 9, 2009
Hmmmm....not so sure how I feel about this....
(Sorry, I'd show you the full face of a "wet ponytail day", but then you'd be scarred for life....or at least the rest of the day....)
Wednesday, April 8, 2009
Sounding off on American Idol
So, sorry, I know many of my readers are huge Danny fans, but I tell ya, he is losing his charm for me. I was bored to tears during his song, AND I didn't think he sang it well. It's funny, because going into this, I really thought he'd be a big favorite of mine. Nope. I thought his performance was worthy of a cruise ship.
I actually really liked Anoop's performance, despite the fact that I'm not into that song at all. I think he did well.
Allison was good, not great. That's a terrific song, but........yeah.
Lil is slipping! She has such potential, but I don't think she's going to be with us much longer. In fact, she is my prediction for who's packing their bags.
Dear Kris, I LOVE the song he picked, but I don't think it was the platform for it. I think he sang it well, but there's only so much you can do with a song like that on a stage like that.
And Scott, ah Scott. Could he have picked a cheesier song? It made me laugh when he said the electric guitar was the punk side of him coming out......yeah, to The Search is Over?!!! (I thought of you though, Ams.) I think he sang it okay, but I was not a fan of the choice.
Matt.......I liked it alot! He hasn't ever been one of my favorites, but I think he improved drastically from last week. Chose the right song....this week, he's looking better than Kris.
And last but definitely not least, Adam. Guys, come on, he's amazing. His talent blows everyone else out of the water. However, that being said........while he definitely has the chops to win this thing, I don't know that he will. Because most people seem to think he's....well, to quote Landon, "creepy." Sigh. Your loss, folks.
I think the bottom three will be Lil, Scott, and.......maybe Allison. I think Lil is going home.
Sunday, April 5, 2009
Give-away this week
XOXOXO
Friday, April 3, 2009
Friday.....still my favorite day
P.S. For those of you interested, I updated my parents' blog with pictures of the interior of their gorgeous house....