10 Things
1. I have 3 white hairs that I routinely do away with. It started with 1 when I was 25 and my boss (who was much taller than me) pointed out the first one.
2. I am not a kid person. I've decided that it's okay and doesn't make me a bad mom because I most definitely am a Camden and Rory person.
3. I spent the first year as a SAHM really missing my job. I spent the second year as a SAHM realizing that I'll never go back to work again because that would mean getting dressed plus full hair and make-up.
4. I can type 110 words per minute with only 1-2 mistakes. Yes, I know that for a fact because I spent the summers between my college years at temp agencies taking tests.
5. I really, really wanted to be a court reporter. Not the journalist kind, but the one who sits in the courtroom typing up the transcripts. I bet I would have been good at it (see #4 in the list). Maybe I can go back to school for it in the future.
6. I took piano lessons for 13 years and it used to be my one obsession. Then I had kids and started scrapping.
7. And now I take pictures that are never quite good enough. My new obsession. Good thing I have seriously cute kids to practice on even if I'll never be able to take pictures quite like her.
8. If I kept double stuff oreos in the house, I would not be able to stop myself from dunking them in milk for breakfast every morning. Which is why I do not keep them around. No self control.
9. I read Crazy Love this past fall, followed along with Compassion trips over the last 2 years (most recently this blogger who went to Kenya) and struggle almost daily with wanting to give more, do more, and trying to find a balance between my own selfish wants and doing the right thing.
10. Every morning I fix myself 1/2 cup of coffee in my teeny tiny pottery mug I bought at an arts fair years ago. Then I only drink about 1/2 of that and call myself a coffee drinker. Oh, and it must be good coffee. No Folgers or grocery store brand in this household.
And one funny story about Camden. After an especially frantic 30-minute supper prep (both Brian and I), we asked the kids to wash up and come sit down for supper. When Camden came in, I asked if he minded to run downstairs and grab me a Diet Mt. Dew while I fixed everyone else's drinks. He started to go, then turned and said, "do you know it feels like I do all the work around here?"
Shabby Princess: Sweetie Pie
Comments
I can relate a lot to #2 - other people's kids really annoy me, which makes me want to homeschool really badly. Among other reasons...
#8 is totally me. Except swap the Oreos for anything and everything that includes sugar. The problem is, I bring those things into my home and then eat them until I'm ill. It's like I'm 6 years old. NO self control. So I feel your pain.