I think about blogging all the time, I just never make it down to the basement for anything except laundry. But I've been wondering...
...why is it that my baby wakes up 15 minutes after I go to bed every night, whether he's been asleep three minutes or three hours?
...am I a bad mom if I don't really feel bad for my two-year-old when he hurts himself doing something he's been told ten thousand times NOT to do?
...will I ever have time to clean my bathrooms? Or, perhaps better stated, will I ever WANT to clean my bathrooms enough to use my precious free time to do it?
...am I totally lame because most of my posts don't include pictures?
These are the questions.
I've also been thinking...
...about Christmas and what mine was like four years ago when Matt surprised me by driving to Denver on Christmas day to propose. And then the thrill I got for the next few months every time I looked at my ring and remembered I was going to spend forever with my favorite person in the world. And that maybe I should have considered then how difficult it would be to clean spit-up out of that ring now. I might have stuck with a simple band.
...that setting some goals would be a good idea. I'm setting a goal to set some goals.
...how lucky my family has been to not get sick at all recently. Then I woke up with a sore throat this morning.
...about a friend I had growing up who was born with only one arm. Since I'm almost always holding a baby in one arm, I'm realizing how tough it is to do just about everything with only one arm. Tying shoes? Wrapping presents? Making a PB & J? Tough.
...that I am afraid that you, Dear Reader, won't know how grateful I am for my life right now, because it sounds like I'm complaining a lot. The truth is that I am blessed beyond belief and spend a good deal of time looking around in wonder that my life is turning out better than I ever could have hoped -- and certainly better than I deserve.
7 comments:
i LOVE your mulling posts. they make me feel so un-alone.
bathrooms not done? check.
setting a goal to set goals? check.
check. check. check.
now wait, what did i accomplish?
ha ha.
you are great brittney, i mean that quite seriously. :)
I know you love your life. You've got to have somewhere to write your thoughts (or gripes), so why not on your blog, right?
Loved this post...and I can totally relate with your first three questions, as well as feeling incredibly blessed with the life I have.
You could have been reading my mind with your questions (except I worry that I post too many pictures). I don't know any one-armed people, but I think about their challenges all the time, too.
Oh, and I always read your blog, too, I'm just a lame commenter :)
You are not alone in thinking any of the things you are worried about - but in the end are you and your family happy? If so you are now the richest person in the world!!
Michelle (Leavitt)
P.S. Hydrogen Peroxide works wonders on getting things out of nooks and crannies - such as rings.
I really enjoyed this post Brittany. I'm with you on the bathroom thing. Cleaning bathrooms is ALWAYS the last thing I want to do with my bathrooms. They have to get pretty stinkin' dirty before I'll do anything about them.
Yah, life sucks sometimes...but I guess it's good we've got both arms right? (knock on wood)(no pun intended)
Are you talking about the Lang girl? Their Mom died too didn't she? (Hmmm, any more depressing thoughts, Christian? I guess I should stop there.)...on a lighter note, my word verification is "Awsider". Makes me think, "Awwwwwh, sider" (as in warm apple sider, by the fire (children sleeping quietly, soft Christmas music playing))
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