If I Were Motivated

• I'd get my water. I'm very thirsty.
• I'd blog about such and such and nothing much, like...
  • How I have no time. There's a baby who likes to be held. There's a toddler who needs company in the potty and a nightly bath, more often that not full-service since she likes to play in the dirt at school. There's a husband. There's work. There's a house. Stolen moments are usually spent sleeping, although I have managed to watch a couple movies recently (not counting Cinderella). White Chicks? OMG, I couldn't stop laughing at Terry Crews.
  • Phrases Bug's been using a lot recently that crack us up, like "Say 'damn it'!", "You must be outcho mind!", "Mommy was not patient with me.", "Oh my God!" (and when called on it, "Oh my cheese!" or "Oh my apple!"), and many others that I can't remember right now.
  • Problems with society witness lately, like the little boy who pretended to throw something at the van as we passed one morning, or the man who felt so hostile that I merged in front of him (with lots of warning) that he rolled down his window to flip me off.
  • How the fucking BX lost the swingset that we bought for Bug, thinking ordering a new one was a consolation (after it arrives 6-8 weeks from now), and no one else in Alaska has any decent or affordable ones now because it's so late in the season.
  • The baking I've done lately, like the cupcakes fashioned into a bluebonnet for Mary, the brownies that have made me a Brownie Goddess in my own mind, and Martha's Mile-High Apple Pie (yes, crust, too). Yum! Pictures were taken for this even. Except for the brownies. They went too fast.
  • Bwopping? Last Tuesday I was 148. Tomorrow? We'll see. I've discovered turtle Magic Shell in its 210-calories-per-serving glory, and how it tastes yummy even on mint chocolate chip ice cream. Working out? I can't muster the motivation. Where'd it go? I did remove my magic pink jelly bracelet while Mary was here. Maybe that's it.
  • Fun outings we've had. More pictures there.
  • Forts built, trampolining, baby smiles.
  • Jem starting solids a little early... Here's the start of that post since I have it right here:

  We gave in on Tuesday. Even though the recommendations say to wait till you're four months, we gave in. How could we not? The way you gaze upon us while we sit at the table, smiling, drooling, sucking on your bottom lip and trying to eat your hand.

  • Mary's visit. How she said to Bug, "You're still number one!" to which Bug responded, "No! I'm two!"
  • Daphne's beautiful knitted gifts, the kitty cat and the bib. Bug snatched the kitty for herself.
  • The ghetto dinner party, another unfinished post. I'll post that later.
  • The cruelty of the cannoli-eating contest on "The Sopranos," although I did just find what promises to be a great Italian restaurant in town that said they'd make sure they had cannoli for me if I gave them a couple days' notice.
  • How well Bug's been doing with potty training. We're still working on the night thing, but days are really good. I've only had to pull out the steam cleaner once to clean up an accident on our rug.
  • How difficult it is to celebrate poopy in the potty and keep the disgust of smelling and seeing the poopy off my face.
  • How I've lost my sense of humor, interest in myself. This will probably be a post at some point. It's definitely something to be examined.
• I'd get the dishes finished.
• I'd work on my things to do list. Don't get me started on that.

Did you play?

Comments

[Don Cady]

Lost your sense of humor!? You are extremely humorous, come on, you were celebrating poop. Lost interest in yourself!? You are totally interesting. That's why we read you. You're just in a slump. Do you know how baseball players break out of a hitting slump? They start by getting one hit. If you want to break out your slump, do the dishes first and then take it from there. You're doin' fine, kid!

[william]

Oh mY cheese. I will have to start using that.

I have not lost interest in you.

[jana]

and I'll start using oh my apple. I love it. My daughter has a favorite saying of "Cheese pepper soda" and I do not know why. They say it all the time though.

I do like to use "Sugar ice tea!" once in awhile.

I agree with Don. You're hee-larious.

[Daphne]

You know, I think we're in matching slumps. There's a lot going on, doing a lot, things are okay... but it feels very slumpy. I got a little more sleep last night (after feeling sick, napping on the couch and yelling at the cat, I felt so good about myself, but she did put a hole in my shirt) and feel slightly more optimistic today, even rode my bike to work for the first time in weeks and weeks, but can we break out of these slumps? Yes, but the key ingredient is time.

sigh.

I like your all-encompassing catch-up post and I really hope "ghetto dinner party" is high on the list of next posts.

[kalki]

Okay, I did not play because I have not read a single blog for over a week and thus did not know about it. But can I just say that, having not read a single blog for a week, this was the PERFECT post to catch me up and I really wish everyone would have such a catching-up post that I could read right now.

I miss you, lovey!

[Hänni]

You're not funny anymore? You must be outcha mind!

Bug is sooo cute!

And I'm such a tard for not writing my own motif. Truth be told, I thought you were sending it via e-mail, so i didn't notice my assignment until just now.

Let's do this again next week. I'll play, I promise.

[Annejelynn]

Ahhhh, if I were motivated.... hmmmmmm....

ZZzzzzzzzzzz

[Susie]

They all said it, already. I'm still VERY interested in you (wink, wink), and you're still very funny. If I'd known you were doing motif Monday, I might even have played. Nah, I'm not motivated enough, but when I can get back to blogging, if you're doing it, I will. XOXOX