Monday, December 19, 2011

Monday Mumbles

It's Monday. The final Monday and final week before Christmas starts for those of us celebrating the overzealous and obligatory giving day. Say what you want about "what it really means", I bet you bought some presents too! And that's okay...it's a joyous occasion to spoil our family and friends once a year.

1. There is some sort of annual blogger christmahanukwanzaakah going on over at THIS place. I ask that you scroll through (if you don't want to hear them all) for two individuals in particular. The first is for Jessica from Bern This and the other is Carrie from A Sassy Redhead. One is a new read for me, the other an old. I find them both fabulously funny.

2. What do you hunt? DEER.....FISH. Fantastic.

3. Seriously. The Chevy Santa commercials are a crack-up. YouTube 'em.

4. I love my friends. I love good conversations with them. I love loosening up as I get older and realizing that sharing parts of me that I keep hidden in deep, dark places won't kill me or push them away. I am also learning to respect the relationships as they change and evolve, even if I wasn't expecting it.

5. What I really love is keeping good secrets. About friends. And about babies. That may or may not have been baking for the past 15 weeks. Yea!

6. Evie can't stay away from the grown-up bookshelf in the living room. Never mind the fact she has her own, overstuffed kids bookshelf (2, actually) in her room. She takes my books off my shelf. I cringe with every page turn and potential page tear. I love my daughter. I do. But I really love my books. 

7. So I decided to feed her need by reading her my books, and try to deter her habit. So I read to her from my quote book. About the word Community. It didn't work so I started reading to her from Salman Rushdie's Midnight's Children. She sat perfectly still. I guess I lose.

8. I had my first taste of Shutterfly this past weekend. Oh my.....oh my my my....can we say addiction?

9. I must continue their birthday scrapbooks though, with printed out photos and handmade loving pages. I must. Must. Yes, I'm still three birthdays behind. Be quiet.

10. Giggle box. Love. 
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4 comments:

Carrie said...

Oh, I'm in love.

That giggle is perfection. If I could have it as a ring-tone, I totally would.

And let me be a little creepy.

You are precious. That you even metioned me in the same sentence with Jessica is enough for me to take next week off. So, I will. Thank you.

And thank you for sharing your fabulous family with me. I love seeing the pics and NOW the videos! I could hug and hug.

And not only do I think you're so fab...so is that man of yours. Just for the fact that he likes my boobs he's never seen.

That sometimes gets me right on through the day.

I'm thrilled I found you, sweet girl. Simply thrilled.

Teresha@Marlie and Me said...

oh my rapidly beating heart! you have a fearless girl too who likes to lea[ off things. good job on the pillow placement.

Intense Guy said...

Evie's going to have a very broad and well rounded education - growning up with 3 boys and a mom that reads "Salman Rushdie's Midnight's Children" to her.

:) Heavy stuff man...

Michelle said...

my computer at work is too slow to try and watch that video here...but I will definitely be coming back later. And I need to check out your links. Fun!

Have a great day!