Where to go?

I started thinking after reading this post from Dumb Mom over at Parenting by Dummies ... wait ... read mine first ... then go visit her!!!!

I started thinking about where this blog is going.

Do I know where this blog is going?  Do I have a plan for this little place of internet?

not really

I mean, sure, making money from here would be freakin' awesome, but I don't even know where to start with that.  I'm kinda everywhere ... kinda random.  I don't really have a niche, and the five people who read me will tell you that.

yes, I know I have more than 5 readers ... maybe 10


Do I wanna be a power mommy blogger?

When I think of blogging part of me still thinks of the activists and the crazies ... my dad looks at me with that 'uh huh' look when I talk to him about it.

Plus ... I read some freakin' amazing blogs, and I think -- I can never be as awesome as they are or as witty as they are or as funny as they are.

why do I compare so much

I found this picture which totally sums up where I am...

Do I go up ... or down?  Of course I don't want to go down, but I know me, and I know that I'm bad about starting things strongly and then letting them go.  I tried cross-stitching, and I don't think I've ever finished a project.

So ... where do I go now?

Yes, I know my kids are the cutest, but I want visitors to comment on more than that.  I want them to say, great post ... you moved me ha or you had me laughing the whole time double ha.  But how do I do this?

Do I start hosting giveaways?  and like force people to follow me to win whatever?

Do y'all even like giveaways?

Do I start hosting a MEme?  yeah right ... like I'm creative enough to out something fun and unique  


I see other peeps who have been long for a shorter amount of time than me with like 500 followers.  How the poop did they get there?

yes ... I know ... the spent time on it.  They follow a ton of people.  They actively look for products to review and give away.  They make time for their blog.

I pass time at work.

but still ... I'm a bit jealous.

My photography skills have increased though ... fo sho!

now if I could just figure out where that road is leading ... sigh ...

On another note (I know I'm writing alot of nothing today)

This is my 194th post ... which means I could reach my 200th post by this weekend!  People like congratulate you on stuff like this.  and they do give-aways and swaps and host fun things.

I'd do a give-away ... anyone want a moody 2-year old?

I'd give-away the book I just finished reading ... except Leah ripped the dust jacket off and colored on it

I'd offer to re-design someone's blog ... but really I don't need a giveaway to do that.  I'd be honored if someone even asked me.

I'd tell you to send me questions and do a post with your answers ... do you have any questions?

Maybe I'll host some like theme - ed blog hop thingie.  I wonder what the theme should be ...

I don't know how big or little this blog will be, but I really need to stop freaking out when I lose followers was it something I said or don't get comments on a post.  

This is what I'm going to do:

and figure out how to be a better blogger ... or something like that ... I'm open for suggestions!

Goodnight Dolls

Went to bed last night to find that it was already occupied...

Leah loves putting her dolls to bed and I almost always find one in her bed with the covers pulled up.  I love the imagination on this child!

The common house spider

I had a great lab meeting and my presentation went really well...expect I think I overloaded my brain.  Now I remember why immunology was the hardest science class for me in college.  So before I start going through my meeting notes, I thought I'd pop by here and share with yall the story of my incounter with the comon house spider last night.

**its kinda long, but I think worth the laugh read**

I'm getting ready to go to bed last night.  We sleep with a sheet, blanket and then duvet on our bed.  I noticed the blanket wasn't on our bed.  hmmm...must have fallen off last night during ... well...this is a family friendly blog, lol!  So, I reach down onto the floor to pull the blue blanket back up onto the bed.  I'm straightening it out and that's when I notice it.  A freaking huge spider!!!!!  I HATE spiders!!!!  So, what do I do?  SCREAM at the top of my lungs!!!!!  ANDREW GET IN HERE!!!!  **side note, we live in a kinda small apartment and the wall our bed backs up to has the couch on the other side.  really all I had to do was say his name really loud, but somehow screaming seemed such a better idea**

The spider is wrapped up the blankets in the far corner of the bed.  I'm sitting making myself as small as I can on the opposite corner.  Andrew comes in: "yes?"
Me: "THERE'S A SPIDER IN THE BLANKETS.  KILL IT, KILL IT NOW!"
Andrew:  "Oh, where exactly?"
Me: "in that blanket!!!  Kill it!"
Andrew...going to get a shoe: "Yeah the neighbor was talking about how he was seeing alot of big spiders in his house.  He thinks they are the common house spider or something."
Me (thinking): I don't give a hoot, just kill the dang spider!  (well, if I'm honest my brain cusses...)

Andrew gets the shoe and moves the blanket of course in my direction.  He can't find the spider.  So now I'm standing up on the bed and screaming "OH MY GOODNESS KILL THE SPIDER".  He finally finds it and kills it.  I look at him terrified "Why did you flip the blanket towards me????"  He answers: "I don't know.  But at least I didn't use your shoe."

Spider dead = the end, right?

So, I'm getting up to grab a new sheet for the bed, because you can't use the one with spider guts and shoe ick on it.  And of course, Andrew is mocking me.  Now I have to insert here that I am one of the most gulible people you will ever meet.  Maybe its because of my naiive trust in people?  Or maybe I'm just gullible.  I was one of those kids that if you said "There's gulible written on the ceiling" I had to look.  Just had to!  I mean, what if it really was and I missed it?

So, Andrew is mocking me nonstop...oh, there's a spider on the dresser, oh there's a spider on Marty's cage, oh there's a spider on the table, and then oh, there's a spider on the ceiling.  Of course I've checked each place...just in case and of course there was no spider.  I look at the ceiling (getting tired of his mocking)..there is no spider on the ceiling.

And then he talks to me in that super-serious you have to belive me voice, and I'm hooked.  "I know, it just fell into your hair."
Me: "oh hahaha, ok there is no spider in my hair"
Andrew: "No really, don't move I'm going to come get it out."
Me (starting to panic): "you're kidding right?  There's not a spider in my hair..."
Andrew: "Don't move."
So of course I put my hands on my head...
Andrew: "Oh my christy it just went into your hair"
I'm on the verge of screaming again and almost in tears when he comes over and messes up my hair and says "I'm just kidding baby...(me = sigh) but be careful because the spider had babies"

Me: "What!  No, you're not fooling me again, there were no babies..."
Andrew (while shutting the door, kinda in that sing-song voice): "Ok, sure, whatever you say, I didn't see any babies."

Now, I'm in a dark room, sitting on the bed completely freaked out about spiders and starting to get concerned that there are baby spiders crawling around our room.  The panic factor creeps in, but I don't want to get off the bed.  What if they are on the floor?

"ANDREW, get in here, are you kidding, are there babies, OH MY GOSH, come back, I can't go to sleep, YOU HAVE TO TELL ME THE TRUTH!!!!!!"

He comes back in and calms me down.  Of course he's joking again (not very funny jokes...) and I go to sleep and dream about spiders.  Oh yeah, called the pest guy and he's coming on Friday, lol!

Just Another Monday

Sometimes I just don't want to think on a Monday, lol.  And since all my pictures are at home, I figured I'd play along with a topic, and what is easier than answering questions!  I saw this play along questionaire from Amy at Keeping Up with the Schultz family.  Go visit and read her answers too!
I thought it looked like fun especially since I'm not really a socialista so I would have to think about the answers, lol.  Read my answers and then play along too!

 

1. Who is your style icon?

Jennifer Anniston!  I love her style...ok so I live a bit in the '90's, lol.  If I had her body (sigh...one day?) I would totally rock her style

 

**I would totally wear this outfit if I could pull it off, lol!  or if I had paparrazzi following me, haha

2. What is your favorite socialite lit book?

When it comes to reading I'm all about the thriller fictions and suspense novels like John Grisham, Lee Child, and James Patterson (to name a few).  but I love the movie Confessions of a Shopalohic

3. Favorite party theme?

  I love parties, especially when there is laughing and fun times for all!  My favortie parties are ones that include games!

Have you ever played Bunco?  Greatest game ever!!!!  When I grew up, my mom was in a Bunco group, and she hosted it at our house maybe twice a year.  Those were my favorite nights!  We went out to eat with my dad, and came home to a house full of women laughing, cackling, screaming, ringing bells and having a great time!  I can not wait until we have a house and I can join in a Bunco group!

I also really want to have a Fancy Nancy Tea Party for Leah (or Audrey's) birthday one year!  Complete with tiaras and boas :-)

4. Go to Halloween costume?

Redneck!  Grab some pants with holes in them, a tattered shirt that doesn't fit well, a trucker cap, put some freckles on your face, grab a beer and you're good to go!

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See...I told you I wasn't a good socailite, lol!

5. Extravagance you cannot live without?

Starbucks coffee ... mmmmm ... anyone giving away a starbucks card with low entries?  lol!

 

Oh...cinnamon dolce heaven!

6. Living person you admire?

  I can think of quite a few, so I must chose one :-).  I admire my best friend Ruth.  She has been through alot and things have turned out differently than she thought, but she always kept on going.  And she has always, always been there beside me absolute no judgement or awkardness.  and I can call her at 1am and if her cell has service in her apartment she'll anwer, lol.  I love you Ruthie!

7. Greatest fear?

   Not death for myself (I don't fear that because I know I'm going to heaven) but that one of my children or family will die.  I know in my head they are in heaven, but I don't know how I would be able to overcome it. 

 

8. Trait you deplore in yourself?

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I get so frustrated so easily and that usually leads to me snapping at Andrew and that leads to an argument and so on and I think you get the point...

 

9. Which talent would you most like to have?

a rock singer!  I kind sing pretty well in a choir, but I wish I could sing like an awesome rock singer!  Then Andrew and I could start a band...he could play bass, I'll sing and play keyboard and we would be the next big thing!  and then you could all say you know someone famous, lol.  oh...the day :-)

 

10. Greatest achievement?

I delveried two baby's (with drugs) and am raising a family with my wonderful husband.  It may not have turned out as a little girl daydreams about, but it is my family and I am proud of them!

Ok, so I'm tagging everyone who wants to play!  It was fun :-)  Leave me a comment and let me know so I can come read your answers too.  Happy Monday!

Worst Names

 

Today Confessions of a Working Mom and the (Un)Experienced Mom host their weekly Top 3 Thursday.  The theme today is your Top 3 Favorite Names.  I thought about it when I read it earlier, but decieded I didn't really have anything interesting to add to this one.  But I have been influenced.  And I'm invoking creative liberty and twisting their theme a bit (don't hate me...its funny)

Top 3 Names I Would NOT Name My Child (that are real names)

3. Bryant : Shudder.  **When it is used as Bear Bryant**  Honestly this just seems like a dog's name to me, but waaaaay to many kids are stuck with this name after the late great Coach Bear Bryant gag Even my sweet nephew has been saddled with this name, but at least its his middle name (and it's b/c of his dad...my sister-in-law's ex)

2. Tyde:  Seriously?  Its the name of detergent people, just changing a letter doesn't make it any better, and it does not show support for your team.

1. Crimson: Oh no.  This poor child is doomed.  And my co-worker told me she knew a little girl named Crimson.  How far will people take their love of a football team?

This post was inspired by this story.  The absolute worst name:  Crimson Tide Redd.  Have I mentioned I grew up in Alabama?  Go read this short little story...it will make you laugh, and you will understand a bit more of some of the people I grew up with!

Disclaimer:  No, I would not name my child War, Eagle, Aubie, Go, Tigers, Shug, Dye, Jordan ... ok I would name a child Jordan, but it would not be pronounced Jurdan


p.s. Perhaps you have to be a true bleed orange and blue Auburn fan to find this funny, but let me tell you...it has made my day.  And I know it will at least make Allyson smile!

Here, There, Everywhere

I'm going all Rambling Man on this Random Tuesday!



I tried cooking Sunday.  I picked a slow cooker recipe...easy right?  Just put all the ingredients in the cooker, put the top on, turn it on low and wait.  Right?  It called for a bottle of Italian dressing among other things.  Yes, 16 oz...I thought twice about it, but did it anyway.  It was DISGUSTING!  We'll see how long it is before I try cooking again...

This is what I see when I walk to my apartment everyday...

The cover on the light broke and now it is just hanging there...wanna a closer look?

I wonder when they are going to fix it?  and then I wonder if they even know its broken?  Someone cleaned up the mess from the broken box...

I'm paranoid its going to fall on me so I walk around it everyday.

In true Yo Gabba Gabba fashion...Leah, show us your silly face

I love Easter!  ...the Christian aspect and the finding eggs part!  The best eggs where the ones that you opened up and they had a dollar in them!  Although, to this day I do not know how the eggs were hidden in our yard.  For Real!  We got ready and went to church in the morning.  I always did a look through the front yard...no visible eggs.  We would go to church...the whole family...I mean I say my Mom and Dad there.  Then we would go home and there were eggs in the yard!  What?  How did that happen...  Andrew mentioned that we went to Sunday school, so maybe they drove back home to hide them then ... or maybe the Easter bunny came and put them in our yard.  Yup, that has to be what happened...

Marty, show us your silly face...

I'm starting a new Meme!  Yay!  It's inspired by this post.  It's called the Diets Suck meme.  We are all going to get together and write up a post about anything that is irking you regarding dieting, weight loss, your skinny co-worker who eats like a pig, the other tiny co-worker who complains about not being able to lose those last five pounds, the donuts in the break room.  You know...that kind of stuff...  I made a button too.  I think I'm going to make it bigger...I'll work on it tomorrow...





Come back on Thursday and vent...

The doctor recommended more tummy time to work on Audrey's arm strength.  She is so cute while on her tummy, and who am I to waste a perfect photo opp?  I'm a veteran mommy right... so I know that my baby throws up alot...and easily.  Can you guess where this is going?





can you?






huh? huh? huh?







Figured it out yet?

Yeah...I should have known better...






I take alot of pictures...I'm thinking of starting a photography blog.  You know, like the hubby doesn't already complain about how much I blog.  But with a photo blog, I could put pictures like these on it and not have a super long post...like the one I am finishing...

But hey...it's all for RAndOm TueSdaY!  Check out the Un Mom for more random fun!