More changes
Hi all. It is official. We are moving. We have known for about 3 years that we would eventually move and here we are. We keep going back and forth on the decision to move to Seattle or Portland. But one rainy town or another, we will be packing up and heading out of Bend before Kindergarten starts in the fall! There will be so much I will miss about Bend and friends that will be hard to leave, but it won’t really be good bye, so that makes it easier. The best part is that my hubster won’t have to travel to Seattle and Portland every week! After 4 years of being a “single” gal almost every week, I will actually get to see my husband more than four days a week! What a concept!
In the mean time, I am going to say adios to the happybendgirl blog! It has been fun, but I have been too busy to write anything creative for you guys! BUT right around the move date (sometime this summer), I will be starting a new blog, maybe with a little different theme! If you want me to notify you when it is up and running, just shoot me an email. And if you are one of my friends who only reads this becuase I make you read my blog, don’t worry, I will harrass you with emails about the next one whether you want them or not. It’s been fun! See you in the fall!
Oh Crap. And I mean it.
How do you tell the very sweet, very old woman at the vet, who has begun letting your dog lick her face all over, that, that cute little dog just ate a whole pile of poop. It had, moments before, been hanging from his chin. Ahhhh!! She snuck up on me before I could say anything and started having him give her kisses, and was making a big deal of it. I figured that I would just pull him back and not say a WORD. She would be horrified and embarrassed, right?!
I was sending my VERY STRONGEST brain waves over to my daughter to remain calm and don’t say ANYTHING. She opened her mouth with shock and said, “OHHH! I wouldn’t do that!!!…..(n000000… don’t say it!) He bites!” Pheww!!! So I pulled Piper away and finished paying. But the sweet old lady continued to ooh and awe over Piper. And again, she started having him kiss her all over her mouth trying to prove to Cupcake that he doesn’t bite! At this point, I am getting totally freaked out–not by the poop kisses (can’t she smell it?!) but by the fact that if Cupcake lets our secret out at this point, I am going to look like a total tool. So just as my wide-eyed Cupcake is opening her her big smiling mouth to tell this lady who-knows-what, I yanked on Piper’s leash, pinched Cupcake and turned us all alround practically running out the door. Close call.
That, by the way, is a small glimpse into the spectacle of a vet visit we had today. We are always a spectacle when the 3 of us are together. Sort of like a storm blowing into a small peaceful village.
You know its true.
Ok, I’ll admit that I am watching Biggest Loser, and surprisingly I don’t have some sort of candy or ice cream product in my hand while furiously doing sit-ups. Anywhoosy, in a previous post I had sort of mentioned that the (former) pink team mom looked like a poodle. Now, I like this lady, and I am truly not trying to be mean. But a poodle just isn’t it. But I TOTALLY figured it out. Brace yourself. Now cover your ears. She looks like a troll doll. Exactly. If she just pulled that blond hair straight up you could just plop her right on top of your number two pencil. Ok, I’ll shut up now. But really. Frickin hysterical. Love, me.
Big Change Number 1.
I said I have some big changes coming up in my life, so here is the first…..
If you have read the About This Girl section on this blog, you will know that for years I have had no IDEA what to do with my life. I couldn’t really answer the question in college, when it came down to it, either. It makes it even an even harder decision for me, because we have an only child. I have heard stories of only children being totally lonely after school because their parents were working and come home, go to bed early and the kiddo is alone all the time. Well, I DON’T go to bed early, but don’t want my baby to be lonely. So that is the guilt I feel. And my other issue is that I went to college for about 4 years full time, including summers, and have no degree. Ahem. That stems from my indecisiveness at choosing a major. A little more guilt.
I wouldn’t say I am a guilt ridden person…at all. BUT this area of a career is sort of a hang up I have had. Until now. Now, I have found it. I figured it out, and I am so excited. It will be perfect for me, fun for me, and a perfect solution to my only child problem! :o) Check out the new business I am working on, Chelsea G Photography, at www.chelseagphoto.com. I am giving myself about six months until I start charging, but right now while I practice, all of my shoots are free. I have had a blast doing this by the way.
Are you a stay at home mom but plan to go back to work at some point? What will you be doing? If you have an only child and work, I would love you to post a comment on how you reconcile working with being there for your kiddo!
Oh Crap.
Some personal mothering facts that make me think…ooops.
1. The fact that Cupcake and I have a daily session or two of sitting accross from each other, both using our laptops.
2. The fact that Cupcake (ALMOST 5) is in love with all Tim Burton movies. Coraline and the Corpse Bride being her favorites.
3. The fact that I enjoy pretending the be the “OTHER Mother.” heheheeh
4. The fact that Cupcake draws skeletons, mummies, and ghouls with bloody stumps– and has convinced me to have monsters and ghouls drawing sessions with her. They ARE good drawings.
5. The fact that I have caught myself more than once having to tell Cupcake that the scary drawings will not fly in school.
6. The fact that today I bribed Cupcake with two dumb-dumb suckers to go play upstairs so I could sleep get an hour of extra sleep. I HAD stayed up super late. Ouch!
7. The fact that I usually end up throwing away the gazillions of drawings Cupcake makes at school in the outside trash so she won’t notice. I KNOW. But there are gazillions.
There you go. I said it. I have more. But that’s all you get today.
Dissapearing Acts
Hi guys, I know I have sort of been MIA this last week! I have been busy and well, the blog gets left behind. This spring may be touch and go, but I will try to post as often as I can. Lots of big life stuff is going on and, well, you know how that goes. I will fill you all in on some of those stuff-and-things (as we say in this house) over the next few months. So stay tuned. One big stuff-n-stuff (another one we have coined–we are cool aren’t we) is that I have been working on starting a business, whoohoo! Everything is coming together and is has been so fun. And if you know me or have read much of my blog, you may know that I have sort of had my head in the sand when it comes to a career direction. I will give you more deets in a week! Ok, beautiful readers. My husband has gone to bed without me, probably feeling a bit neglected this weekend! So I am off. More later.
Giveaway–Barnes and Noble Gift Card
Yay for Giveaways!
Hi all. Ok, this Mama needs a new book to read! For some reason I have been stuck on the second book in the Outlander series and just can’t get through it. It is time to find something new.
So here is the contest: Leave a comment with a book you have read recently that you enjoyed. That’s it! It doesn’t have to be a book that is award worthy, just one you liked! On Monday 02/22, I will randomly choose one of the comments as a winner and send them a $15 Barnes and Noble gift card to go and buy your own new book to read!
This contest is now closed.
CONGRATULATIONS TO SHEL AT
http://auntiethesis.blogspot.com!
Thanks everyone for your entries!
