Blogs and Birthdays

Blogs are interesting things! A couple of days ago I was checking my normal blogs. I have several. I was perched in my spot on the couch...laptop on my lap. Casey was in his spot in his brown chair (the one typically makes him fall asleep within minutes!) laptop in hand checking his blogs. What struck me was the content of our blogs...you know the blogs we check can really tell a lot about a person! My blogs: some photo blogs (It's a great way to learn from other photographers), there is one called www.bakerella.blogspot.com , she makes cupcakes (Actually, she normally makes cupcake pops! They are really clever. You should take a look.) the rest are all by friends...about their families, their kids, their lives. It's a great way to stay in touch. Casey's blogs...all political, mostly cynical! Mine make me feel good. His make him mad or laugh at the state or cynicism of others. What does that say about us as people? What are your favorite blogs? Share them with me!

A friend recently sent me her blog. It happened to be around her birthday and on it she made a list of something about herself for every year of her life. I’m turning 38 today. I thought I would do the same. Here goes:

1. I love Hoops and Yoyo
2. I REALLY want a new Canon Digital SLR
3. I have one good friendship that I’ve held on to since junior high
4. My favorite candy is Hot Tamales
5. I’m not the mom I thought I would be; better in some ways, worse in others
6. I’ve always wanted to be a stay-at-home mom. While I still want to be at home, I really want to be a full-time photographer!
7. I’m on Skype!
8. I love Facebook!
9. I have a major sweet tooth
10. I really want to loose about 25 pounds and have for year…number 9 makes that hard
11. In an effort to achieve number 10, I’ve discovered I love walking for exercising
12. I was held up at gunpoint!
13. I yell more than I thought I would as a mom…I’m working on that
14. I can’t sleep late anymore
15. I used to LOVE the cold…I’m kind of swinging toward warm weather
16. Fall is my favorite season
17. I collect Santas
18. I LOVE Christmas time
19. I love marching bands
20. I cry watching parades with my kids
21. I understand my brother’s love of Disney World…I would go all the time if I could
22. I hate laundry and cleaning
23. I LOVE flowers. My grandmother had a florist and the smell of fresh flowers takes me back there.
24. I don’t get the Napoleon Dynamite humor
25. I want a boat
26. I love to cook and entertain
27. I like magazines and catalogs
28. I like gardening
29. I love it when my kids go to bed!
30. I desperately want to go to Savannah, GA
31. I also really want to go to Italy
32. I love the Food Network: Iron Chef, Good Eats, Rachel, Paula, Bobby, Challenge, Ace of Cakes…
33. I still watch Days of Lives…and have since the 8th grade
34. I have NO musical abilities
35. I love being back at OBU
36. I love for someone (mainly Casey) to play with my hair. I would pay just to have my hair blown dry at the beauty shop!
37. I can be lazy
38. I get bored easily…with my hair, food, etc

I'm going to bed now and will wake up a year older.