Bus Routes

September 03, 2010

Whoa, who knew looking up your children’s bus route for school could throw you into a tailspin. Minutes ago I was trying to find out what time the bus would pick my children up and drop them off each day, and now I’m sitting here misty, nostalgic and wracked with guilt.

It suddenly occurred to me that both my children will be gone all day now from the house. That’s it. We’re not going back. For months I’ve eagerly anticipated the arrival of that day. Daydreaming about hours uninteruppted to work, clean the house, run errands, go to the gym....and now? Now I have a big lump in my throat and tears in my eyes.

Oh dear god, did I do enough? Did I spend enough time with my children? I feel sick over all the times I told them to go find something to do while I worked. Why did I start my business before my youngest was at school full time? Did I rob her of two years with her mother that my oldest had? Will her memories of me being distracted, saying “Just a minute” be what she remembers when she’s older. Motherhood is ridiculously stressful somedays.

Where did eight years just go? And that’s the thing with time...you think you have so much of it.....until you don’t.

Bus routes suck.

This is How I Roll

August 12, 2010

Oh dear god, just writing that title makes me laugh. If you know me, you'd know how completely absurd that sounds coming from my mouth. Anyhoo, PartyMummy started this little meme and then Sharon picked up the ball and ran with it and then threw it in my direction.

Here are the rules: 

a) Cut and paste the quiz onto your blog.

b) Delete my answers

c) Answer the questions

d) Tweet a few of the bloggers you’d love to get to know better and invite them to play along.

e) In the comment section below, leave a link to your blog where you've answered the quiz quesions.

So, here we go. I'm nothing if not a ball roller.

1. Did you attend Blogher10?


Yes and I LOVED it! My text to my business partner Sunday morning sums it up: Bought ridiculously expensive shoes, spent $300 at American Girl, had to buy bag for all the effin’ swag and I woke up in my party clothes this morning. Time to come home :)

2. Are you attending BlissdomCanada this fall?

I can neither confirm nor deny my attendance at this event. Disclosure may compromise my mission. When I figure out what my mission is, I’ll let you know.

3. When are you at your blogging best – a.m. or p.m.?

I don’t have a blogging “best”. I have a few minutes stolen here and there to write. I also talk into the microphone on my iPhone a lot. I have my phone password protected now in case anybody ever picked it up and heard me rant. 


4. How many blogs do you have? (Include the links)

Ummm, this is it. Suddenly I feel very inadequate. 


5. What technical skill would you like to learn to improve your blog?

I’d like to know how to photoshop. Then I’d post some wicked pictures of my six pack abs. Speaking of which, anybody know how to do this? I got a promise I have to keep. Stupid, stupid, stupid. 


6. Do you prefer the sound of silence or does action abound while you blog? 

I prefer silence but I never get it. Like right now for example, my five year old just walked in my office and farted. It’s a laugh a minute around here. 


7. Do you include the names of your family in your blog?

I’m too lazy to go back and look. Maybe? 


8. Do you post pictures or videos of your children?

Sometimes, but really only I find them amusing. Sorry. 


9. What’s the grossest thing you’ve spilled on your keyboard?

My children touch my keyboard everyday,  the little disease spreaders. ‘Nuff said.

10. Ever posted something you wrote while intoxicated?

No, never. That would be stupid. I have however tweeted while intoxicated. Not only is that stupid, but your drunkenness gets retweeted.

11. Do you go back and edit old posts just because you can?

I can do that? 


12. Have you ever suspected somebody took something you wrote and pawned it off as their own?

Hahahaha. Oooooh, that’ s funny. Why on earth would anybody ever do that?

13. Does your spouse read your blog? What do they say about it?

Only when I say, “Read my blog or suffer the consequences”. He only ever has good things to say. Weird. 


14. What’s something cool/positive/unexpected for you, that has resulted directly from blogging?

Oh, well I love how we all motivate each other to run and stay fit. It’s just so darn inspiring and it makes me happy, happy, happy. And I love how I am signed up to run 13km at Disney in a little under two months and it’s been that long since I ran. Yeah, I really dig that. NOT. But I do love all the incredible people I’ve been privileged enough to meet this last year (and there’ s no sarcasm font in that statement).

15. Link to a post (or two) which demonstrate your writing style:

Dropping The Ball

Team Yummy Mummy 15KM Run

A Small Rant

16. Name a blog(s) that makes you exclaim, "Damn! I wish I'd written that!"

The Bloggess (does anybody not love her, except for the Princess of Germany of course)

Kelli Daisy: Scene and Heard (because she's only a little opinionated)

Sharon Devellis: Inside Scoop (this is a late addition to the meme, I love Sharon's blog and often think, "Damn, I should steal that idea and write about it" but I don't because I know she'd kick my ass and put spelling errors in all my posts. I didn't include her at first because I figured the people in my meme should respond and that would mean Sharon would have to write another meme and frankly, how long can a meme go on. So, Sharon, please don't respond to this meme with another meme, but know that I adore youyou)

Yeah, that’s all I got. It took me about 4 hours off and on to complete this meme. See Mummy Juggle indeed.  It's late now and I don’t have any children walking in the room farting so that means I should take advantage of the silence and SLEEP.