by Sarah | Mar 5, 2013 | Crap, Random
It should be noted that my husband is nine years older than me.
He’s pushing toward 50, while I’m still creeping toward 40.
He’s always had the baby face (unseen in this photo since he has a beard) – always looked at least my age, if not younger than me. It’s been a joking point of contention.
But the fact that the mail comes…
With frequent offers for ME to join AARP, “Your membership card is enclosed!”…
And Erik has never received one.
Not one.
Well, it’s just not funny.
Just makes me feel pretty…old.
by Sarah | Feb 26, 2013 | All About Molly, Tuesday Twenty
I started with 20 for me last week…I thought Tuesdays would turn into a good day of the week to continue them. Considering I’ve spent the past few days (& will continue for another few days) to obsess over Kennedy and her tests…I’d take a moment and a day to focus on Molly.
So without further ado…20 things about Molly.
- She is obsessed with her unicorn, Sparkle. The unicorn is placed under my ‘protection’ every day when she leaves for school.
- While she is undeniably brilliant, and we’ve known for years, she does not test well.
- When she was 11 months old she had a unique talent. You could lay out 10 puzzles in front of her, hand her one piece and she’d place it in under 15 seconds.
- Instead of loud freakouts – her meltdowns are silent and internal.
- She dreams of being a model.
- She hates red meat.
- And pork.
- And chicken.
- In case you couldn’t tell, she’s a super-picky eater, practically vegetarian.
- She likes to believe she’s capable of great manipulation – unfortunately for her, it’s not true.
- She likes to be in control of every situation.
- Which also means she hates things like being held upside down in play.
- And also that she is very bossy.
- For four years we wondered if we would ever know her. From the time we lost her (a week of intense GERD pain made her retreat into herself), until the age of four/five, we wondered if we would ever get to know her.
- Once her personality came out, it came out in spades.
- As long as you don’t ask her direct questions, she is sweet and talkative.
- If left to her own devices she could read for hours on end.
- Her favorite books are the “Bad Kitty” books.
- Her favorite movie is Madagascar 3 (sooooo many times we’ve watched it).
- She’s a Momma’s girl….which is a switch from when she was a baby…I imagine it’ll switch again before long.
More Twenty lists next Tuesday.
by Sarah | Feb 21, 2013 | All About Me, All of Us, Crap, Random, Story of Me
Five years ago (5? Really? Wow….) I did a post called 100+ things about me.
I thought about completely reviving it and doing a full 100+ things about me again as quite a few of those are now old news or untrue (or have changed drastically).
But 100+ things felt like a lot to my addled brain, so I trimmed it down to 20 (for now – see after the list for my ideas).
So, without further ado…20(ish) things about me…that you may or may not know.
- I grew up in Buffalo, NY.
- A piece of my heart still calls Buffalo home…but then I realize I’ve spent more years away from NY than I did in it.
- I call myself the “Reluctant Hoosier” – because I’m slowly, and begrudgingly, realizing that to me now, Indiana is becoming home. I still hate the name ‘Hoosier’…but I am loving the state more every day.
- I am deathly allergic to cats (had one put me in the hospital 11 years ago)
- And pot (yup – going to concerts like Metallica is FUN for me).
- Growing up I ate orange juice on rice krispies or oatmeal in place of milk because of my allergies. (ick – it scarred me for life)
- I have a tattoo – on my back – between my shoulders – it’s a butterfly with my kids initials woven in.
- I am craving – craving another tattoo (or 3 or 4).
- My tattoo embarrasses the teen (the punk. It’s not like I go around flashing it to his friends).
- I have moments where I just want to walk away from it all. I don’t, but I have a flash of thought once in a while.
- I’ve been married for 10.5 years – and it’s been a bumpy ride, but we’re still going strong.
- If I could I’d have a pet snake – the husband would shit a brick, though.
- I love coloring my hair. It has nothing to do with the grays – I just like variety. In fact, it’s time again, what should I do next?
- I’m attempting to create a victorian era gown from the skin out. Underthings are done. Corset is half-done. I have the materials ready to go for petticoats and bustle. 🙂
- While I was obsessed with the Little House books growing up (seriously, read them over and over and over)…I hated the TV series because it was ‘too different’ from the books.
- The first 2 fingers on both hands and my big toes all turn inward (on toes it’s called a bunion). It’s an odd quirk I’ve had my whole life – although very soon I think my feets will need corrective surgery as they have begun to hurt.
- My ‘odd human trick’ that I used to be able to do was bark like a poodle. I cannot attest as to whether I currently can still perform this trick.
- I am a lifetime occasional smoker. I can almost always quit easily and I rarely go for more than a few months, but it happens. Now that he’s 15, my teen is highly vocal about his disgust in this sometimes-habit.
- I had an emergency hysterectomy 6 years ago. Best decision ever. I prefer hot flashes to the other mess. With 3 kids (proving my high fertility despite multiple attempts to NOT get pregnant) and frequent inactive cysts and having already lost 1 ovary in 99…I was beyond ready.
- I wrote a book. It’s been [amazon_link id=”B00BEMN5SC” target=”_blank” container=”” container_class=”” ]published[/amazon_link]. I wrote another, it’s coming out in April. Many more on the burner. I love being an author – between it and blogging, I have the best jobs in the world.
There’s 20 for now.
I figure I’ll do one for each member of the family over the next few weeks. I might even turn it into a weekly deal for some regularity around here that can apply to whatever happens to be going on.
by Sarah | Feb 9, 2013 | All About Family, All About Home, All of Us, Random
We’ve been discussing the dog idea again. Finding one that needs rescued, that needs a good home, that has an established personality that we can mesh into our family.
Not a puppy.
Not a big dog (but likely not a small one either).
Right now it’s still an idea. We have things that need done before we can think about the cost of caring for a dog.
While we continue to deliberate and weigh our decision.
We get a visitor.
My parents dog, sweet thing that she is.
We’re often her sitter.
And she always melts into the family seamlessly.
It’s a joy having her.
And we are going to soak up every moment of the next two weeks.
Maybe our decision will be made.
by Sarah | Feb 8, 2013 | All About Denver, Random, The Teenager
We’ve known for years the kid was smart.
If we forget, he reminds us (teenagers, right?).
He has the lofty goal of being a doctor at Riley Hospital (Preferably a pulmonologist, but he’s not limiting himself).
It’s a goal he can reach bringing home an A+ in biology.
But then when you breakdown the grades and look at where he’s acing & where he’s slacking…
I realize the kid is just like me.
He doesn’t do homework.
He skates by with test grades & labs.
Just like I used to.
He keeps that up and the A+ could drop fast.
I know from experience.
Not that he wants to hear it.
Teenagers.
~sigh~
by Sarah | Feb 7, 2013 | Crap, Random
To think – I used to dream of the days I’d have little girls.
I forgot that they meant this sort of thing.
The gifts of an unusual sort.
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“Here Mommy. For you.”
A half-naked, psuedo-Barbie with pink hair.
I feel so very loved.
It should be noted that my husband is nine years older than me.
