A Day In the Life
Yesterday was a typical day for me... typical meaning random.
That's how most of our nights are. There isn't ever anything planned. It's not always KNOWN that we chill out at home on week nights.
With all my family living in a 2 mile radius, and more specifically my sister living 4 houses down, it's always a draw where we'll end up.
Last night Jonathan informed me that he was taking a pastor who was in town from Belgium out to dinner. Not speaking French all that well, I was able to easily get out of having to go with him.
So... what does an extremely tired pregnant, full time working mother of a toddler do? Calls her sister with 4 kids under the age of 6. No one can be more tired than her right? True, but still even though she's always crazy busy with 4 kids ages 5, 4, 2 and 5 months, when I'm super tired, she always helps out with Lyric because she's super mom!
So she told me they were going up to the Church because the youth group (which my BIL is one of the pastors of) is having a summer party complete with dinner and a bounce house. At first i was like...nooo... I'm tired! But then she gave me the whole, "Lyric will have so much fun..." line and I figured I better do it. And Lyric did have so much fun. My niece Kadyn and her always have a great time playing together, and so they kept eachother company.
Here are some pics:
Aunt CoCo and Lyric on the slide
Kadyn and Lyric playing
We didn't stay too long because it was freaking HOT, which caused me to get a headache. We did stay long enough to snag some food for the kids and catch a bit of Princess Bride which they had playing in the Atrium.
Then I went and got Courtney and I some Pei Wei's and we went to her house and watched So You Think You Can Dance.
Good times had by all!
I was just thinking about how random my life is. It's not scripted in anyway. Jon and I rarely get into routines. But it's nice. It's fun. It's different. I like that.
Which brings me to blogging. My sister is about to start up on her own blog. I'm sure that is going to be really interesting as her life is FULL of crazy stories.
Are you BLOG deprived and interested to know what other Mom-Type blogs I read on a daily basis? Come on, you know you are a sucker for reading about other people's lives! Don't try to deny it! Well here is what is in my RSS Feed in alphabetical order.
Adventures in Baby Wearing- I really enjoy her posts. She is a SAH mom of 3 boys and is pregnant with her 4th which is a little girl! She posts a lot and it always seems to be upbeat and genuine. It's a great read.
Chicken and Cheese- I just recently started reading this blog. She is also pregnant with her 2nd child... though she is just about ready to pop.
Culture Feast- This one isn't a Mommy Blog. But it's a blog with many different authors and just talks about life and culture as it relates to the DFW area and other random things like book reviews, movie reviews, political analysis and more.
Dooce- I mean, can you seriously have an RSS feed and not include Dooce in it? She's basically one of the most popular bloggers in the world and always has something wildly inappropriate and over the line. She talks a lot about her daughter and her life as an ex-morman. Really funny stuff, if you don't get offended easily. She also has a new picture of the day, a new dog picture of the day and a new style section of the day. Dooce is one of my faves. I was watching an interview with her and do you know she makes like $40,000 a MONTH off of her blog. Wow.
From Dates to Diapers- This is a mommy of SIX kids AND she homeschools! Wow. Mostly this blog is a product review, but she does giveaways ALL the time. I have yet to win, but I'm going to keep on pluggin away!
Her Bad Mother- Ok, this one is a bit crude at times, but still always makes me laugh. She just had another baby about a month or so ago and a rough time at it. And boy does she let you know! It's a great blog though!
I Should be Folding Laundry- Once again, this is a great blog. It's a mother of 2 who recently just lost her identical twin boys when she was around 20 weeks pregnant. She is openly grieving and I find her blogs so raw and honest and I really enjoy them. She also is just a great blogger.
It's Not Me, It's You- Which is my friend Liz's blog. Though she doesn't update NEARLY often enough... but when she does, they are always fantastic blogs!
Jessica and Her Boys- another friend of mine's personal blog. She has two boys and is pregnant with her 3rd boy.
Motherhood Uncensored- once again a little R rated, but I love this blog. It NEVER ceases to amuse me. She is OH so honest and OH so blunt about it seems everyone in her life. I wish I could be that blunt on my blog, I think I play politics too much... Great blog!
Musings of a Housewife- Ok, I just subscribed to this one today, but in reading it over, I think it's going to be a good one!
Savvy Auntie- This AMAZING website is going to get it's own post very soon. I just need to get it all together. But if you have EVER thought of starting your own business, you need to eat up all the wisdom from Melanie. She is absolutely awesome and gifted.
Alexis Neely- This woman is a lawyer focused on the family and helping families have the right kind of planning in bad situations. She's pretty stinkin' cool from how her blogs and Twitters portray her. She doesn't update super often, but I always enjoy it when she does.
Twilight Series Theories- this site will give you ALL the goods on the Twilight Series by Stephenie Meyer. This site updates A LOT, so be prepared to have a full RSS feed every morning.
Penelope Trunk- Her blog subjects don't always apply to me. She writes a lot about business and what not. But they are always great reads.
Of course this doesn't cover all the MySpace blogs I keep up with, plus a few others I peruse via Twitter links. But those are the ones I read daily in my RSS feed. I encourage you to click on a few of the links and check them out for yourself!
That's how most of our nights are. There isn't ever anything planned. It's not always KNOWN that we chill out at home on week nights.
With all my family living in a 2 mile radius, and more specifically my sister living 4 houses down, it's always a draw where we'll end up.
Last night Jonathan informed me that he was taking a pastor who was in town from Belgium out to dinner. Not speaking French all that well, I was able to easily get out of having to go with him.
So... what does an extremely tired pregnant, full time working mother of a toddler do? Calls her sister with 4 kids under the age of 6. No one can be more tired than her right? True, but still even though she's always crazy busy with 4 kids ages 5, 4, 2 and 5 months, when I'm super tired, she always helps out with Lyric because she's super mom!
So she told me they were going up to the Church because the youth group (which my BIL is one of the pastors of) is having a summer party complete with dinner and a bounce house. At first i was like...nooo... I'm tired! But then she gave me the whole, "Lyric will have so much fun..." line and I figured I better do it. And Lyric did have so much fun. My niece Kadyn and her always have a great time playing together, and so they kept eachother company.
Here are some pics:
Aunt CoCo and Lyric on the slide
Kadyn and Lyric playing
We didn't stay too long because it was freaking HOT, which caused me to get a headache. We did stay long enough to snag some food for the kids and catch a bit of Princess Bride which they had playing in the Atrium.
Then I went and got Courtney and I some Pei Wei's and we went to her house and watched So You Think You Can Dance.
Good times had by all!
I was just thinking about how random my life is. It's not scripted in anyway. Jon and I rarely get into routines. But it's nice. It's fun. It's different. I like that.
Which brings me to blogging. My sister is about to start up on her own blog. I'm sure that is going to be really interesting as her life is FULL of crazy stories.
Are you BLOG deprived and interested to know what other Mom-Type blogs I read on a daily basis? Come on, you know you are a sucker for reading about other people's lives! Don't try to deny it! Well here is what is in my RSS Feed in alphabetical order.
Adventures in Baby Wearing- I really enjoy her posts. She is a SAH mom of 3 boys and is pregnant with her 4th which is a little girl! She posts a lot and it always seems to be upbeat and genuine. It's a great read.
Chicken and Cheese- I just recently started reading this blog. She is also pregnant with her 2nd child... though she is just about ready to pop.
Culture Feast- This one isn't a Mommy Blog. But it's a blog with many different authors and just talks about life and culture as it relates to the DFW area and other random things like book reviews, movie reviews, political analysis and more.
Dooce- I mean, can you seriously have an RSS feed and not include Dooce in it? She's basically one of the most popular bloggers in the world and always has something wildly inappropriate and over the line. She talks a lot about her daughter and her life as an ex-morman. Really funny stuff, if you don't get offended easily. She also has a new picture of the day, a new dog picture of the day and a new style section of the day. Dooce is one of my faves. I was watching an interview with her and do you know she makes like $40,000 a MONTH off of her blog. Wow.
From Dates to Diapers- This is a mommy of SIX kids AND she homeschools! Wow. Mostly this blog is a product review, but she does giveaways ALL the time. I have yet to win, but I'm going to keep on pluggin away!
Her Bad Mother- Ok, this one is a bit crude at times, but still always makes me laugh. She just had another baby about a month or so ago and a rough time at it. And boy does she let you know! It's a great blog though!
I Should be Folding Laundry- Once again, this is a great blog. It's a mother of 2 who recently just lost her identical twin boys when she was around 20 weeks pregnant. She is openly grieving and I find her blogs so raw and honest and I really enjoy them. She also is just a great blogger.
It's Not Me, It's You- Which is my friend Liz's blog. Though she doesn't update NEARLY often enough... but when she does, they are always fantastic blogs!
Jessica and Her Boys- another friend of mine's personal blog. She has two boys and is pregnant with her 3rd boy.
Motherhood Uncensored- once again a little R rated, but I love this blog. It NEVER ceases to amuse me. She is OH so honest and OH so blunt about it seems everyone in her life. I wish I could be that blunt on my blog, I think I play politics too much... Great blog!
Musings of a Housewife- Ok, I just subscribed to this one today, but in reading it over, I think it's going to be a good one!
Savvy Auntie- This AMAZING website is going to get it's own post very soon. I just need to get it all together. But if you have EVER thought of starting your own business, you need to eat up all the wisdom from Melanie. She is absolutely awesome and gifted.
Alexis Neely- This woman is a lawyer focused on the family and helping families have the right kind of planning in bad situations. She's pretty stinkin' cool from how her blogs and Twitters portray her. She doesn't update super often, but I always enjoy it when she does.
Twilight Series Theories- this site will give you ALL the goods on the Twilight Series by Stephenie Meyer. This site updates A LOT, so be prepared to have a full RSS feed every morning.
Penelope Trunk- Her blog subjects don't always apply to me. She writes a lot about business and what not. But they are always great reads.
Of course this doesn't cover all the MySpace blogs I keep up with, plus a few others I peruse via Twitter links. But those are the ones I read daily in my RSS feed. I encourage you to click on a few of the links and check them out for yourself!
posted by Des at
Thursday, July 10, 2008
6 Comments:
ok so i know i´m going to look like a total moron, but what is an rss feed?
OK, I'm not going to use correct lingo here, but here is what it is.
If you want to know if someone has updated their site, you can link to an RSS reader.
I use google reader. Basically, I put the website address of the blog into the reader, and then any time they write a new blog, it lets me know. I don't have to go to their blog every day looking, it just tells me.
i guess you have to be careful what you believe from tv... you said dooce makes $40,000 a month from her blog. her latest blog says she had to switch cars to a 2000 honda civic because of gas prices. i would find it hard to believe that someone that makes $480,000 a year only from typing a blog, would have trouble with $4-6 a gallon.
Well I heard it on Nightline
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vcTQ7TR4eQo&feature=related
Not that it's always true, but it does have some credibility
Thanks for the plug, Dee, I will strive to take another small chunk out of my horrid work days and blog more. yay for staying off task!!! :)
Um seriously I have no free time but now I feel that I MUST MUST MUST check each and every one of these blogs out. Except CultureFeast. I think I'm THE original audience for that one : )
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