by Sarah | Nov 8, 2010 | All About Me
Day 12 – Something you never get compliments on
My nice perky bewbs? Yeah. I’ve had 3 kids, breast fed 2 of them. Short of surgery that’s not gonna happen and I’m not worried about it.
No. I can answer this easily and honestly.
My organization and mad cleaning skillz. I’ve never ever been a neatnik. I’m so bad I’ve turned poor Archie from Anal retentive to living with constant clutter.
I would defend myself and say that we have 1100 square feet (that’s even a little high) for 5 people. But to be completely honest I have NEVER been good at cleaning or organizing.
Once in a while I go on binges. I clean, I organize and everything is lovely. Then life and old habits resurface and it’s back to clutter central.
I live a cluttered life. I never get compliments on how clean and well organized I am. Ever.
*And I’m hearing a huge “Ain’t that the truth” from the next room about now.
**Like my blurry web cam picture? Took that a while ago…just got around to using it 😉
by Sarah | Nov 4, 2010 | All About Me
Day 11 – Something people seem to compliment you the most on.
Okay, this was initially tough because I don’t hear compliments often (whether it’s by habit or design is a different post). I sat there thinking “What in heck am I ever complimented on?” Besides my husband’s compliments I was drawing a blank.
Then it hit. I remembered what I always seem to hear…often.
“You’re so creative.”
There are definitely worst things to be. I like being able to make clothes, knit items, make jewelry. Whatever my creative bent is intent on learning. Which is often a lot. Which is often the downfall of my creative bent. Being creative costs money *lol*
In all seriousness…it’s what I get complimented on a lot. People point out things I’ve made, or am capable of.
It started when I was young, watching my mom always sewing. She used to make us matching outfits for Christmas every year. Then I watched her doing cross-stitch and picked it up myself. I found it to be almost soothing, monotonous. I wanted to be like Mom.
Of course, she did the costume adjustments for my dance studio, and then was the costume designer for my brother’s high school and its musicals. Eventually a few years ago she got into quilting.
I branched out beyond what she did. In fact, at first I wasn’t very good at sewing. I wasn’t good at patience when it came time to cut out a pattern and sew the pieces together neatly. Truth be told I still struggle with this a little. But now I draft my own patterns, so I’m more willing to take my time. I also went a little further than my mom. I learned to crochet. I tried to learn to knit in high school without much success…now you will frequently catch me with knitting needles in my hands.
Then I’ve done a few things to decorate our home and now I have my photography.
I like being creative. A good thing to be complimented on, I think.
by Sarah | Nov 2, 2010 | All About Me, Photography
I ripped a contact early in the week last week. I HATE me in glasses, so getting pics for this weeks Flip Side has been painful…in more ways than one:
Youch
*You would THINK I remembered how I got this bruise. Nope. Took this pic last week, the bruise is still going strong.
Pre-run spectacled
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by Sarah | Nov 1, 2010 | All About Erik, All About Me, Holidays
It is very rare an occasion that the husband and I can get Christmas presents for each other. In fact, the last time was 3 years ago and we had maybe a $50 budget. We focus on the kids, and making the day about them.
This year, thanks to some planning ahead (like starting to buy in June and actually putting money away for this reason)…we can actually buy each other Christmas presents. Our budget is a little more roomy…room for one larger ticket item, and a few small things.
In making my Christmas list I have two bigger ticket items on it. Just about everything on my list revolves around my camera…and since we can’t afford a new camera or lens, I have two things that I really want and I can’t get them both…unless I win this giveaway.
See, I’ve been eying the idea of a nice camera bag for a while. When I saw this Rose bag in the color Clementine from Jo Totes, I fell hard. Archie thinks I’m strange for wanting this orange color, but I’ve been falling in love with orange slowly over the past couple of years. And this bag is beautiful in orange.
Then there’s an extension tube for my camera. I really would like it for a number of reasons…and though I’ve been coveting it for less time, it’s still something I really want.
So, when I saw the giveaway at Lotus’ review site I had to enter…because if I win, the conundrum is solved. Otherwise one of these items has to wait longer, until I can afford it out of pocket.
Choosing between two big wants is very much not easy…and winning this giveaway would ease that so much 😉 Cross fingers.
P.S. Archie, so you know…the other things I want for Christmas are here:
Wireless Remote, Tripod, EAS Sports Active, Cook or Be Cooked, Lens Hood, a gift card to Knit Picks, Truly Victorian, or Barnes & Noble, of course, a new robe and slippers are always good 😉
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*Yup, I hardly ever blog about giveaways…despite the extra entries it can get you…but this giveaway was too good to pass up….plus the post also served a dual purpose, by giving the hubby my Christmas list in one place. So forgive me for my indulgent post…we go back to semi-regularly scheduled posting tomorrow 😉
**Oh, and please don’t go to Lotus’ for this giveaway…no matter how AWESOME it is…The few people that enter, the more likely I am to win…I know…you’re already on your way over. I’m so screwed *G*
by Sarah | Oct 30, 2010 | 100 Words, All About Me, Writing
This was what she’d wanted. There were no regrets. There never had been.
The choice was gone, the grip of menopause growing ever tighter. She dealt with the hot flashes, the swinging moods as well.
She focused on the joy of it. The relief of not dealing with pain and ick.
Then it hit. Unbidden. Unwelcome.
Tiny movements. Kicks. Little grasping fingers. Giggles. Smiles.
She’d had them. 3 times.
But they would never be hers to feel again. Not through any means but memory.
It was what she’d wanted.
So why did it hit her so hard now? Years later?
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I do the 100 word challenge regularly over at my writing blog. For some reason this week I was inspired twice over. This came out so I posted it over here.
In just a few weeks it will be the 4 year anniversary of my emergency hysterectomy. I never regretted my choice once it was made, even lying in the women’s center recovering, listening to the sound of newborn babies crying. Not once in the past four years. Until recently when I had a moment. A moment where regret hit me hard…before going away again.
Thus this post.
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by Sarah | Oct 28, 2010 | All About Me
Day 10 – Someone you need to let go, or wish you didn’t know.
Honestly, I can’t think of anyone like that currently in my life. I’ve had people like that in my life in the past, quite a few. I think I’ve let go of most of them. They just aren’t a part of who I am anymore.
I’m good at holding a grudge, but with the exception of a few people, I’ve tried to let go of most of those things.
While I’m good (or is it bad?) about holding a grudge…I’m pretty good at blocking out people I don’t want in my life. Heck, sometimes I even do it unintentionally, but that’s a whole other post.
Long story short…There isn’t anyone that fits this number in my life at the moment. The people in the past I might have felt that way about I wish I’d never know…but I’ve talked about them before. This question is in the present tense.
And for now…I’m good.
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And how’s that for a post that says really nothing? *G*
Day 12 – Something you never get compliments on
