Today is random day - at least in my house. I feel like I've complained a lot about my busy life. Like I'm the only one in the universe with that problem. But starting yesterday, I've been able to catch my breath. Yesterday, after the kids went to school, I stayed in my pajamas, answered emails then went back to bed.
It was AWESOME. As in, it inspired awe. It also inspired a desire to do it every day. Like that'll happen.
So, while I may have been able to catch my breath, my brain is still circling itself, trying to find sane and rational things to think about. Again - like that'll happen.
So, there will be no logical, reasonable blogging today. Instead, you'll get a kind of jumbled, random, stream-of-consciousness series of thoughts or, as I like to call it, Drive-By Blogging. Ready?
1. I think I've gained 10 lbs in the last 2 weeks. I no longer hear a choir of angels when I see the Nutella jar in my pantry.
2. The number of Nerf bullets I find in my houseplants is directly related to the number of glasses of wine I drink. Right now the ratio is 1:1.
3. If your kid eats Red Vines and then hurls, the red throw-up stain will never come out of your carpet. Ever. Even after 7 years.
4. We don't have Red Vines in our house anymore.
5. Why, in the name of all that is good and right, would I put on 10 lbs.? Did I not, literally, work my tail off for a good 5 months, training for Portland to Coast and the Portland Half Marathon? Why do I do this to myself?
6. When I put on weight I feel bad. Then I eat more Nutella to make me feel better. Which works for about 10 minutes.
7. I'm not buying any more Nutella, no matter how much it begs and promises and whispers sweet nothings in my ear when I'm grocery shopping at Walmart.
8. I need therapy. Something with a little more credibility than wine.
9. The Canon D60 is a SWEET camera.
10. The Canon D60 costs $1200.
11. I'll never have a Canon D60.
12. Why do cats catch mice then eat everything but the stomachs and heads?
13. I have a mouse head collection in my backyard.
14. I wonder if I could sell mouse heads on eBay?
15. It's 7-1/2 weeks til Christmas.
16. I'm going to give Nutella as Christmas gifts.
Goodbye. It's been nice knowing you.
nutella called my name today at our grocery store, as the BIG jars--13 oz.--were on sale, 2 for $6!!! i, like you, cannot stop ingesting the stuff once i start, and i gave up sugar, so i sighed and walked away.
ReplyDeletegiving up sugar isn't really as hard as you think it will be. i still eat honey and allow myself sweet things that are naturally sweetened, like fruit and all-fruit jam. i do allow myself 1 day a week to eat it, but it's not got me by the nose like it used to.
just a thought...consider me your long-distance life coach who you can blow off if you want to because of how far away i live.
one more random thought--PW is giving away a cooking weekend at the lodge. have you signed up to win? i'll eat all the sugar she sets before me if i win.
'eat all the sugar set before you, if you win'...YAH! I get that.
ReplyDeleteKarenpie,
FUNNNNNNNNNNNNNNY post sister.
list items 1,2&3 are maxims to live by.
#4...we changed out carpets for hardwoods and still indulge in puke producers...it does get better with older aged chitlins.
items 9,10 &11, let's see, what's a fruity maxim about that~ 'put it out into the universe man, it will "respond" and come back to you'...(have you pasted this post to your hubby's forhead?)
#14...you surely can, string them into necklaces and sell it as hillbilly folk art?
Jammies and wine and free time to yourself...much deserved.
Enjoy those moments.
FUN fun post.
Anon dudey.
;)
What ever you do Karen dont try nutella on the half an oreo with out the filling. It is the NASTIEST thing you will ever eat. (that is a total fib by the way) It is a really good thing i didnt discover that combo till my last few days of pregnancy or i might have had a 10lb baby and gained 20 lbs more than i did!
ReplyDeleteI'm glad you had a morning in bed to recuperate. It's no fun feeling like life is rushing by and you can't get a handle on it.
ReplyDeleteI also have been trying not to covet better and more expensive cameras . . .
sometimes you feel like a Nut -- sometimes you don't
ReplyDeleteJenn: Thanks for the heads up! I'm sure I'll win! Hanging out w/ PW at the ranch. I wonder if she likes Nutella? *snort*
ReplyDeleteDudey: Hillbilly folk art cat head necklaces? THAT made me laugh out loud!
Shawna: Oreos and Nutella? You're killing me, here.
Jenna: My problem is I'm not even trying NOT to covet the camera. I'm full on slobbering, lusting, dreaming . . .
Jill: . . . and sometimes you feel like a ginormous, saggy, bulgy Nut. Oops, guess you don't need that picture in your head.
Hayyyyyyy DUDEY,
ReplyDeleteTell me you meant mouse head, not cat head...
WHAT is going on around your house?
(creepy scared face over here)
Freudian slip?
Cats still givin' you this business?
I AM SO looking foward to the card party!
I hope it's a nutella free event.
HAH!
YIKES I meant mouse head not cat head. Please believe me -my cats are all alive and well over here.
ReplyDeleteCat head necklaces. Yeesh.