I'm it.

I got tagged by The NON-Superwoman (a wise and wonderful bloggy friend) to complete the NonBlog Meme about three things I enjoy more than blogging. Hmmm...

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Damien at Riley Central says, “Today I hereby unblog my mind with this post. One reason MANY of us writers get writer’s block is because we don’t nurture the things that give us joy. We spend too much time on the computer trying to write when we haven’t done anything worthy of writing about! To illustrate what makes me tick, and what gives me pure joy I am choosing 3 things I enjoy more than blogging and writing about them! Pick three things that enrapture, consume, fascinate, or otherwise enliven you more than blogging. Then write a few lines about each to explain what the nonblog activity does for you, why and how.”

3 things I enjoy more than blogging:

1. Spending the weekends with Ian and Liam. I love being lazy with them, silly with them and running around town with them. Riding in the old truck has become a new favorite too on week nights. Being together as a family is so fun and rewarding!

2. Chatting with close friends. One on one time with my girlfriends is very rejuvenating. Eating ice cream together or talking on the phone, it's something that makes me feel special and loved.

3. I have found a new love of reading since I joined a book club last spring. I even read other books between my book club assignments. I didn't used to read that much because I felt guilty reading fictional novels when I could be reading my scriptures or something else educational. I guess since having a baby, I have much to feel guilty about these days... so reading a good novel to "get out of house" isn't making me feel so bad about myself anymore. It's actually lifted me up (except when the book assignment is a boring one and I am forced to finish so I can write a review).

Now I'm tagging the following gals to share their non-blogging loves:

Terri

Jamie

Lil' Miss Homemaker

Warm Fuzzies

Saturday evening, Ian was watching the BYU game on TV. It started to snow big time on the screen! Ian immediately suggested we should take a drive up to Sundance to show Liam the snow. I was in! We needed to get out of the house.

So we did.

Liam fell asleep on the way.

Once we parked the car, Liam awoke excited to see the white stuff.

The plan was to show Liam the snow and maybe buy a treat at the general store.

We found out that you can order take out at the Foundry Grill.

Yeah, I got my apple smoked pork. And, yeah, we paid a pretty penny for it.

After taking a few photos, we headed home.

Liam fell asleep.

We got home excited to dig into the double order of rotisserie pork.

Nope, we had to share with the small beggar boy.

And you know what? That didn't take away from the decadence and enjoyment of that food! It was heaven!!!! I am still thinking about it and how I want to go back and spend any amount of money to taste it again. Of course that is what I think every time I go to the Foundry Grill (I never stray from that same menu item).

My point of this post? That I love my husband for taking us for a nice drive and playing with his son in the snow. And earlier that same day he went to great lengths to help me throw a successful birthday party for Liam. The pork was just icing on the cake that day. I'll never forget it.

See Sundance photos HERE.

I got an award...

Kayelyn bestowed upon me "Wonder Woman" award. How did you know I owned a Wonder Woman swimsuit [as a tike]?

Just kidding... yeah I had that swim suit, but the award was passed on because someone thinks I'm pretty special... and "wonder"ful... and I appreciate it. Thank you, Kayelyn.

The past couple weeks I have been thinking about all the moms around the globe and ALL. THEY. DO. You all amaze me. You do! I have one child, folks. One! Why is my life so hard on me sometimes? I feel like I have SUCH the load some days where a combination of things come at me all at once and I FREAK out! Meltdowns. It ain't pretty. Why? It can't be THAT bad! I mean really...

Why can't I deflect my anxiety-filled moments with my purple eye bags like Wonder Woman can deflect bullets with her gold arm bands? Where is my invisible plane to take me away from the mommy-meltdown-worthy moments?

So, yeah, there are moments like that, but then again there are MANY more moments where I feel like a wonder of a woman.

Like when I make it through the night with interrupted sleep, smile at my baby when he wakes me up, take a.m. calls/assignments from my boss while my child hands me crayons and pulls the cat's tail, and in 20 minutes: I pack lunches, pack the diaper bag, entertain/diaper/dress baby, shower, get pretty, iron pants, remembering to pack car with laptop, purse, diaper bag, baby [his shoes in tact] and that main dish for the potluck at work AND sometimes prepping/putting the crock pot on low for a hearty meal 5 hours later.

Mornings like that make me feel like an amazing mommy, wife and employee.

Then I come home from work after picking up the kiddo, make dinner, do dishes, laundry, entertain/bathe/diaper/pajama baby, pick up the house, then veg on the couch with the hubby or the laptop and feel fulfilled in my calling as woman.

I guess we have to suffer now and then with just the right combination of goodness that overwhelms us instead of making us feel that "fulfilled" feeling like it normally would. What can I say, I am flawed and mysterious even to myself. That is what makes we women beautiful and complex creatures. How can you not love a wonder woman? {Hubby probably asks himself the same thing daily... LOL}



I'd like to honor some other women who I think are "wonder"ful, complex, but certainly not flawed. These are good friends who have rescued me many times physically and mentally... and if they were my next door neighbors, I would never feel like my head was going to pop off!

A few of my heros:

Terri
Katie
Tori
Jessica
Anissa

Still laughing a month later

Okay, there aren't many commercials on the planet that can make a person laugh every single time they watch it. THIS commercial is my all time fave for the past month or so. I wish it was on youtube for me to broadcast on my blog, but you'll just have to go over and watch it in a new window.

Laugh your head off!

Hope you are all having a great weekend. Ours has been wonderful and my spirits have been lifted today and this past week.

Drew Barrymore... she IS funny!

I remember way back when Drew hosted SNL - this was an awesome skit she did and I just found on YouTube.com.

Enjoy! Smile! Get out of the blahs!

I am still here.

Hey, you don't miss me do you? I have been wandering around the blogosphere and it seems a lot of us are having the blogging blahs.

I've had a rough couple of weeks emotionally. Work, home and motherhood just haven't been meshing well. I think of all that I deal with daily and have felt sorry for myself. I think of all the other mothers out there feeling similar things and wishing they could just run away for an hour, a day, a week. I think of how much worse it could be, how blessed I really am, but then something else sucky will happen and I sink back to feeling sorry for myself again.

What a crock!

So I hope you are all having blogging blahs for good reasons. I am just a negative one lately.

Just know my head hasn't popped off. When and IF it does... well, I'm sure you'll hear about it on your local news.