I haven't been blogging much as I have had a busy last few weeks. Summer seems like it's come and gone and I just have odd feelings over summer. It's been boring the weeks the kids and I have been home, yet I hate to see summer go so fast. We have a kindergartener in our midst and he starts August 20th! I am not ready to let go of my oldest Stinker Pinker. I kind of want him to stay with me, yet I know I need to let him go. He was just a baby like yesterday. Even though I know the years of raising him to get to this point have seemed long at times. I am super happy he's only starting kindergarten and not college!
I was kind of moping around today. We just got back home Monday, from being gone for a week. We dropped the boys off at my parents and Rich and I flew out to Las Vegas to the Scentsy convention. It was an amazing four days. Loved every minute. Missed the kids. So we were happy to see them on Saturday.
At the convention my head was spinning with all the new announcements and additions Scentsy is making to their product lines and new brands. I was suppose to feel energized after attending convention but I felt myself today feeling overwhelmed.
It hit me tonight after chatting with Rich, that I am sad. Sad over kindergarten, Ian turning 6 and having to enroll him in soccer. I should be so excited about all these new things for him. He is excited! But for me I'm just trying to process how this sweet little baby boy is turning into such a young man almost. Yes he's still a boy. But his heart and spirit are developing at such a mature level. Even though his actions and mannerisms are age appropriate, he has thoughts and visions that to me are very much beyond his 6 years. His relationship with God is so sweet. He knows Jesus and he is such a little preacher at times. Trying to hone this "gift" for lack of a better word, so he continues to be sensitive to differences among people is something I have been working on with him. But I'm so proud of who he has become.
But back to my sadness. I guess it's really not sad that I have to let him go because he's ready. It's probably me being selfish. I don't like to share my Ian. But I'm super proud of him and can't wait for him to learn and grow. We didn't start him in kindergarten last Fall because the cut off date was August 1st and he is an August 8th birthday. We decided he was on the brink and to give him another year. We are happy we did.
My ability as a mom to raise him and continue to be there for him will hopefully reflect positively on who he grows in to become. And so far, I like what I see. And we will all make it past this hurdle we are facing this month.
Tuesday, July 31, 2012
Monday, July 9, 2012
The Bacheloerette: Overnight but not really Dates!
So I have been not blogging about the Bachelorette for a few reasons. But I will give you my take on things as where we have them now. Tonight was her overnight dates with her final three, Sean, Jef and Arie. They are on the beautiful island of Curacao. My problem right now is that I love all three guys are Emily at this point. Even Jef. Jef has surprised me over the last few weeks. He is sweet and intelligent and oddly getting more attractive to me.
1st date with Sean. Sean and Emily go to a private island and Emily is concerned Sean hasn't really said his true feelings. Sean wants to tell her he loves her but he knows it's hard to tell a girl that. Which is concerning to Emily. And on the beach Sean didn't give Emily a lot of indication if he is in love with her. But they did go snorkeling. Can Sean though really be in love this soon? It could take a long time for some guys.
So at dinner Emily asks him again. And he doesn't want her to have any fears. So Sean wrote Ricki a letter and read it to Emily. It was weird because they aren't married or engaged. But Sean professes his dedication to them in the letter. It was sweet I guess.
FINALLY after Emily looked at him longingly all day, Sean tells her he can't stop thinking about her and that he has fallen in love with her. But I felt like he as really nervous and strange tonight. But they went to the Fantasy suite and hot tubbed it. But she ended up not spending the night with him, because she wanted to set an example for her daughter. But that was okay with Sean...he's going to marry her.
2nd date with Jef. They went on a boat. Jef is 100% he wants to be with Emily, but he knows there are two other guys. He is the only guy saying "if." Jef is pretty much the only intelligent guy here. I mean he is above average intelligent. He is thinking through the whole situation with Ricki and feels very balanced with her. I like the way their relationship has developed. My only fear for Jef is that Emily's aspirations for being a celebrity and money could ruin it. But let's not get ahead of ourselves.
Emily appears her age with Jef. She deserves that in a way, she always looks so old and stuffy...but with Jef she tries to be younger or at least act like a 26 year old.
So they have dinner. And let's be honest, watching Sean at dinner was like watching a deer in headlights...Jef had questions and was intelligent and thoughtful. It's nice to see. Loved Jef's question about "you're hot and amazing, why has it not worked out with anyone???" Basically they talked about how perfect the other person is. But then Jef asked the sweetest question, "am I a good fit for Ricki?" I thought that was a good and genuine question.
Then there was the fantasy suite card. Jef didn't want to disrespect Emily and put her in a bad situation as she is a mom. They decided to go and spend some time together but not spend the night. Emily was funny, that Jef turned him down because she was going to say the same thing. So they "bridaled their passions." Sounds like something my friend MacBeth would have said.
3rd Date with Arie. Arie is super nuts for Emily. And I have loved Arie from the beginning. But they seriously make out way too much. He is super intense. On their date they were on a catamaran and swam with dolphins. Emily admits all they do is kiss. But since I know what it's like to be in a relationship when all you do is kiss and not stop long enough to actually learn their name...totally kidding! I think the problem with Arie and Emily is that they don't really know each other.
So at dinner, Emily asks him "I don't know what you do on like a Tuesday morning." It was interesting watching them learn about each other and talking while they aren't making out. Arie doesn't ask a lot about Ricki. But he finally asks some questions and shares his ideas on warming up to Ricki and being a father figure. So it was a good thing.
So the fantasy suite card is there but not. She decides not to give him the card...because she doesn't trust herself. Good decision. Arie is a make out king...but he appears to be good at it. Whoa. He is hot.
THE DECISION
Emily is struggling because she had three perfect dates. I agree. She made some good decisions on her final three. Emily gets to see three videos from the guys to remind her how hot Sean and Arie are and how intelligent Jef is. Ultimately, she struggles with it, but let's Sean go.
Here is how her thought process went (in my mind): If I get ride of Jef, I'll look stupid and if I get rid of Arie I will miss kissing him. But if I get rid of Sean...well...he took the longest to tell me he loved me. So....I guess Sean has to go.
Goodness. I would hate to be in her shoes. She seriously had some good looking guys. But none of them compare to my husband so I guess I end up the lucky one tonight.
NEXT WEEK : MEN TELL ALL! WOO-HOO!
1st date with Sean. Sean and Emily go to a private island and Emily is concerned Sean hasn't really said his true feelings. Sean wants to tell her he loves her but he knows it's hard to tell a girl that. Which is concerning to Emily. And on the beach Sean didn't give Emily a lot of indication if he is in love with her. But they did go snorkeling. Can Sean though really be in love this soon? It could take a long time for some guys.
So at dinner Emily asks him again. And he doesn't want her to have any fears. So Sean wrote Ricki a letter and read it to Emily. It was weird because they aren't married or engaged. But Sean professes his dedication to them in the letter. It was sweet I guess.
FINALLY after Emily looked at him longingly all day, Sean tells her he can't stop thinking about her and that he has fallen in love with her. But I felt like he as really nervous and strange tonight. But they went to the Fantasy suite and hot tubbed it. But she ended up not spending the night with him, because she wanted to set an example for her daughter. But that was okay with Sean...he's going to marry her.
2nd date with Jef. They went on a boat. Jef is 100% he wants to be with Emily, but he knows there are two other guys. He is the only guy saying "if." Jef is pretty much the only intelligent guy here. I mean he is above average intelligent. He is thinking through the whole situation with Ricki and feels very balanced with her. I like the way their relationship has developed. My only fear for Jef is that Emily's aspirations for being a celebrity and money could ruin it. But let's not get ahead of ourselves.
Emily appears her age with Jef. She deserves that in a way, she always looks so old and stuffy...but with Jef she tries to be younger or at least act like a 26 year old.
So they have dinner. And let's be honest, watching Sean at dinner was like watching a deer in headlights...Jef had questions and was intelligent and thoughtful. It's nice to see. Loved Jef's question about "you're hot and amazing, why has it not worked out with anyone???" Basically they talked about how perfect the other person is. But then Jef asked the sweetest question, "am I a good fit for Ricki?" I thought that was a good and genuine question.
Then there was the fantasy suite card. Jef didn't want to disrespect Emily and put her in a bad situation as she is a mom. They decided to go and spend some time together but not spend the night. Emily was funny, that Jef turned him down because she was going to say the same thing. So they "bridaled their passions." Sounds like something my friend MacBeth would have said.
3rd Date with Arie. Arie is super nuts for Emily. And I have loved Arie from the beginning. But they seriously make out way too much. He is super intense. On their date they were on a catamaran and swam with dolphins. Emily admits all they do is kiss. But since I know what it's like to be in a relationship when all you do is kiss and not stop long enough to actually learn their name...totally kidding! I think the problem with Arie and Emily is that they don't really know each other.
So at dinner, Emily asks him "I don't know what you do on like a Tuesday morning." It was interesting watching them learn about each other and talking while they aren't making out. Arie doesn't ask a lot about Ricki. But he finally asks some questions and shares his ideas on warming up to Ricki and being a father figure. So it was a good thing.
So the fantasy suite card is there but not. She decides not to give him the card...because she doesn't trust herself. Good decision. Arie is a make out king...but he appears to be good at it. Whoa. He is hot.
THE DECISION
Emily is struggling because she had three perfect dates. I agree. She made some good decisions on her final three. Emily gets to see three videos from the guys to remind her how hot Sean and Arie are and how intelligent Jef is. Ultimately, she struggles with it, but let's Sean go.
Here is how her thought process went (in my mind): If I get ride of Jef, I'll look stupid and if I get rid of Arie I will miss kissing him. But if I get rid of Sean...well...he took the longest to tell me he loved me. So....I guess Sean has to go.
Goodness. I would hate to be in her shoes. She seriously had some good looking guys. But none of them compare to my husband so I guess I end up the lucky one tonight.
NEXT WEEK : MEN TELL ALL! WOO-HOO!
Sunday, July 8, 2012
My New Facebook Theory
I have a theory. Beware. I hate facebook with a passion sometimes. It makes people just feel bad about themselves. One of my friends wrote a blog article that was sooooo good, about how as a new mom Facebook has been a great thing and a terrible thing all at once. On the one hand she feels connected to the outside world when she's home all day...but on the other hand she sees all her friends "checking in" when they are out with each other. And this leads to the "why wasn't I invited?" She got so many comments on this post with people feeling the same way!
I am sure that everyone feels this way at some point. Well...almost everyone. Here's my theory. I believe I can tell what type of person someone is by the number of friends they have on Facebook. My husband does not agree with my theory. He is wrong. He doesn't agree because he doesn't like where HE falls on my theory.
I obviously can't post this post on Facebook as I may get people mad at me. Not that I care. I could afford to lose a few friends on there. ha ha ha! That really made me laugh. (deviously)
So here is how people rank:
1-45 Friends: You are not really on Facebook that much. You probably got interested in it but have a life and decided it's not really worth your time.
46-110 Friends: You have been racking your brain trying to figure out why people are not friending you. You are finding yourself desperately out of place by the lack of attention your posts get. You may be getting paranoid about Facebook and soon be giving it up.
111-280 Friends: You are a good solid friend on Facebook. You have a good combo of work friends, family, childhood friends and a few aquintances you let pass through the system. You find you can manage your friends nicely and even figure out when someone unfriends you and post about it to make yourself feel better. Overall you are a very liked person and have a good balance between facebook and real life.
281-499 Friends: You are desperate. You have added everyone you've thought of. You post lots and sometimes count the number of friends who leave you birthday greetings and compare it to the number of friends you have. You notice when your friend number drops and can't figure out who deleted you. You start re-reading your posts and wonder why no one likes them. You have also probably posted over 800 photos on facebook. Your whole life revolves about your facebook time and when to download things to Facebook. You are trying to meet more people to up your friend count.
500+ Friends: You are a Facebook Slut. You let anyone and everyone on your Facebook page and don't really ever check in to Facebook, you just add people. When you do post your "fans" think you are amazing. You don't even know half of your friends. You are probably a very popular person, but beware of the "friending" issue you have. You may need to talk with a real life friend to help you figure out how the heck you got to the point that you now "know" 500+ friends. If all 500 of your friends have an average of 200 friends and you don't have your security settings right your personal information and photos of your beach vacay in your bathing suit may have just gone out to 100,000 people! The problem with these types of people is the fact that 100,000 people just saw them in a swim suit will probably make them very happy because they like to be liked and seen. So my message to the 500+ people...figure out what a real friend is and stop the "friending" around!
There I said my peace.
I am sure that everyone feels this way at some point. Well...almost everyone. Here's my theory. I believe I can tell what type of person someone is by the number of friends they have on Facebook. My husband does not agree with my theory. He is wrong. He doesn't agree because he doesn't like where HE falls on my theory.
I obviously can't post this post on Facebook as I may get people mad at me. Not that I care. I could afford to lose a few friends on there. ha ha ha! That really made me laugh. (deviously)
So here is how people rank:
1-45 Friends: You are not really on Facebook that much. You probably got interested in it but have a life and decided it's not really worth your time.
46-110 Friends: You have been racking your brain trying to figure out why people are not friending you. You are finding yourself desperately out of place by the lack of attention your posts get. You may be getting paranoid about Facebook and soon be giving it up.
111-280 Friends: You are a good solid friend on Facebook. You have a good combo of work friends, family, childhood friends and a few aquintances you let pass through the system. You find you can manage your friends nicely and even figure out when someone unfriends you and post about it to make yourself feel better. Overall you are a very liked person and have a good balance between facebook and real life.
281-499 Friends: You are desperate. You have added everyone you've thought of. You post lots and sometimes count the number of friends who leave you birthday greetings and compare it to the number of friends you have. You notice when your friend number drops and can't figure out who deleted you. You start re-reading your posts and wonder why no one likes them. You have also probably posted over 800 photos on facebook. Your whole life revolves about your facebook time and when to download things to Facebook. You are trying to meet more people to up your friend count.
500+ Friends: You are a Facebook Slut. You let anyone and everyone on your Facebook page and don't really ever check in to Facebook, you just add people. When you do post your "fans" think you are amazing. You don't even know half of your friends. You are probably a very popular person, but beware of the "friending" issue you have. You may need to talk with a real life friend to help you figure out how the heck you got to the point that you now "know" 500+ friends. If all 500 of your friends have an average of 200 friends and you don't have your security settings right your personal information and photos of your beach vacay in your bathing suit may have just gone out to 100,000 people! The problem with these types of people is the fact that 100,000 people just saw them in a swim suit will probably make them very happy because they like to be liked and seen. So my message to the 500+ people...figure out what a real friend is and stop the "friending" around!
There I said my peace.
Wednesday, July 4, 2012
Neglect of a Blog
If my blog were my child I would have been turned into CPS by now. I have been so very neglectful. Lots of reasons...none you will care about. But tonight for some reason it feels good to sit and blog for a few minutes.
If you are actually still reading this...do you ever sit and just take in a moment you are having. Right now I am having a simple and very fulfilling moment. It is 12:57am. It was so hot all day that now as I sit and type and have a fan blowing on me and I look around a dark room I see something that makes me so happy. I am visiting my parents right now and I am sleeping across from my boys who are in bunk beds. It's such a perfect summer moment right now, the sound of the fan and the cool breeze after a hot day...and my boys. Ahhhh...my sweet boys lying peacefully in bed after a fun-filled day. Tonight when it got dark they went out to do Sparklers with their cousin and my mom gave them each a glow necklace. They brought them to bed tonight and I can see two little glow necklaces in the dark right now. It makes me happy.
Summer is not my favorite season, yet it brings back so many memories for me. Especially being at my parents. I spent summers at my grandparents farm out here. Even the smell in the air and the taste of the water reminds me of their farm. Love my summer memories and I'm so happy I'm able to make so many with the boys. I love being outside with them and watching them swim and play and go on tractor rides with grandpa.
We had a lovely 4th of July. I didn't think Rich was going to come because he had to work all week except the 4th, but at the last minute he decided to come see us today. It's a long drive to make but we were all happy to have him here with us. And as I lay in bed right now, he's the only thing missing from my perfect summer night. Even though he would most likely be lying next to me playing some sort of game on his phone :-) I take what I can get of him.
Are you wondering about my Bachelorette posts? Are you? Well if you are tell me and I may do a belated post on them. I have had so much going on I decided the last few weeks to veg out and watch them without the commentary.
Anyone else following along the crazy divorce proceeding of Katie Holmes and Tom Cruise? Yikes! It kind of makes me so nervous for HER. I think Tom Cruise is a hot mess. He is sooooo good looking. But my personal opinion is that he is a fruit-loop and I'm so happy that she is trying to get out of it. But that little girl. Sigh. I don't think she should be kept out of her dad's life. But I think a stable home is most important with a primary parent. It's going to be interesting to see what happens. Makes me super grateful for my husband. Our goal was to stay married past Brittney Spears and Kevin Federline as they got married one month before Rich and I did. Well it's safe to say we accomplished our goal! Wasn't even that much of a challenge!
Well the clock now read 1:08am. Must close this post and drift off to a lovely summertime sleep.
If you are actually still reading this...do you ever sit and just take in a moment you are having. Right now I am having a simple and very fulfilling moment. It is 12:57am. It was so hot all day that now as I sit and type and have a fan blowing on me and I look around a dark room I see something that makes me so happy. I am visiting my parents right now and I am sleeping across from my boys who are in bunk beds. It's such a perfect summer moment right now, the sound of the fan and the cool breeze after a hot day...and my boys. Ahhhh...my sweet boys lying peacefully in bed after a fun-filled day. Tonight when it got dark they went out to do Sparklers with their cousin and my mom gave them each a glow necklace. They brought them to bed tonight and I can see two little glow necklaces in the dark right now. It makes me happy.
Summer is not my favorite season, yet it brings back so many memories for me. Especially being at my parents. I spent summers at my grandparents farm out here. Even the smell in the air and the taste of the water reminds me of their farm. Love my summer memories and I'm so happy I'm able to make so many with the boys. I love being outside with them and watching them swim and play and go on tractor rides with grandpa.
We had a lovely 4th of July. I didn't think Rich was going to come because he had to work all week except the 4th, but at the last minute he decided to come see us today. It's a long drive to make but we were all happy to have him here with us. And as I lay in bed right now, he's the only thing missing from my perfect summer night. Even though he would most likely be lying next to me playing some sort of game on his phone :-) I take what I can get of him.
Are you wondering about my Bachelorette posts? Are you? Well if you are tell me and I may do a belated post on them. I have had so much going on I decided the last few weeks to veg out and watch them without the commentary.
Anyone else following along the crazy divorce proceeding of Katie Holmes and Tom Cruise? Yikes! It kind of makes me so nervous for HER. I think Tom Cruise is a hot mess. He is sooooo good looking. But my personal opinion is that he is a fruit-loop and I'm so happy that she is trying to get out of it. But that little girl. Sigh. I don't think she should be kept out of her dad's life. But I think a stable home is most important with a primary parent. It's going to be interesting to see what happens. Makes me super grateful for my husband. Our goal was to stay married past Brittney Spears and Kevin Federline as they got married one month before Rich and I did. Well it's safe to say we accomplished our goal! Wasn't even that much of a challenge!
Well the clock now read 1:08am. Must close this post and drift off to a lovely summertime sleep.
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