LENT...

So, Lent - I grew up in a Christian (non-denominational) church and although i've been out of the church loop a bit for the past couple of years now, I just couldn't seem to remember doing "lent".
Scott and I were in church on Sunday and they were talking about lent and reading lists that those had written as to what they would be giving up for lent. In a very serious voice, Scott leans over to me (keep in mind, this is in the middle of the service - no music, just silence and one pastors voice) he says -" I think we should give up alcohol and tv for lent" For those of you who know us well, you know that Scott doesn't drink alcohol and he doesn't watch much tv - so let's just guess who he's talking about - ME!!!

I'm sorry, but don't you think that you're supposed to come up with you own lent-giving-up-things - i'm pretty sure that your spouse isn't supposed to tell you what to give up. So, here's what happened after that - I want you to know that i'm pretty sure I won - not that we were supposed to be in a race, but still...

Scott: I think we should give up alcohol and tv for lent
Christy: Excuse me, you don't drink alchol and you don't watch tv
Christy hands Scott a mint 'cuz - wow!!!
Scott: I'm gonna give up these mints
Christy: Fine, then i'm giving up sex
Scott: Then i'll give up conversations
Christy: I thought you already did

see - I won:) or :( i'm not sure...

Is making new friends like dating???

So, maybe this seems like a funny thing to say, but seriously, it's totally like dating! For example...you meet another Mom at your kids school and think, you know, she's quite lovely, I would totally like to be her friend. So, what next - you ask her to coffee or a playdate, or something - see, it's kinda like saying "hey, do you wanna go out with me sometime"???? With this even comes the typical "dating anxiety". You're so nervous to ask, then when you finally do ask, you stumble over your words, sounding like a total dork! Well, maybe you don't do that, but I totally do that! Then I think about it - i've even had dreams about it. Yep, i'm a little obsessive, compulsive about this whole friend thing, but what can I say, i'm a social girl! I often crave adult conversation - maybe that's because i'm a sahm to 4 kiddos and somethimes, I just need somebody to say some other variety of things back to me except I need or I want, etc,etc, etc. Don't get me wrong - my kids say amazing thing - they are geniuses you know:) Things that make me amazingly grateful that I get to be with them everyday. For example - we're driving home from school the other day and I asked Carson what the letter of the day was at pre-school. It was G. So Taylor sais, well Carson, you could have shared yourself today because you're g-g-great! Carsons response - ya, and i'm h-h-handsome and i'm c-c-cute! See, what did I tell you - genius!!!

Mommy of the year award

So, I often have days where I am sure that I would have won the Mommy of the Year Award - if there were such a thing! This is such a sarcastic Award, it's not even Funny. So, here's the story...
Connor Mikal - my youngest is battling this huge issue with diaper rashes! Every morning, we re-visit diaper rash hell! So, for a while, I leave him diaper-less. Just in case you were wondering, this is doctor-recommended - i'm just doing what she sais:)
I looked over at Connor this morning to see him eating something - he's often doing that - he's in that stage where he eats everything! I looked and said what is that baby - a little brown ball of... oh my gosh, it's poop - a little brown ball of poop!!!! OOOOHHHHHHHH!!! So, I started yelling to my 4yr old - "Get Mommy a wipe" - "Connors eating poop!" So, as Carson is running to get a wipe, he sais " Mommy - there's pee over here too" - yep, a huge puddle of pee by the couch! I'm sure Connor peed and then crawled right through it - they say pee is sanitary - i'm just not so sure about that!!! So, then - as a final blow to anything that would say that i'm a good mother, I decide to put a diaper on my poop eating son and realize - "by george", theres no diapers!!!

You've got to be kidding me!!! I swear I checked our diaper supply just yesterday! So, currently, my son is wearing my 4yr olds pullups - until I cam make it to Target!

my first blog ever

Well, who would have thought that I would ever "blog"??? I am not a writer by nature - to be quite honest, I got kicked out of english class back in high school. It was for talking too much - if you knew me, you would not find this hard to believe! I have yet to decide if this is a fault of mine or a positive quality - the whole talking too much thing - I often hate this about myself - it's one of those "is it good, or is it bad things?" It might be pathetic to say that i'm in a bit of a self-discovery mode - in my 30's - it's not a good sign!!!