Next Monday I will be 40.
I was oblivious at 20. 30 flew by as a newlywed and a new mom. And here I am staring at 40.
For the most part I'm ok with it. My health is good (as far as I know, knock on wood,) I have a great husband and great kids. We are quite comfortable in our life. I just have one question.
WHERE THE HELL DID THE LAST 2 DECADES OF MY LIFE GO?
Mentally I still feel like I'm in my mid-20's, but my body is starting to act otherwise. Some days I wake up and ask, "Who are these big kids? And what have you done with my babies?"
I can't possibly have a child that will be in college in the fall. No way.
Headless Dad is throwing me a bash for my birthday. So, on Saturday about 70 of our closest family, friends and their kids will be here to get drunk celebrate with us.
In the spirit of the day I would love y'all's advice for turning 40. The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly- Lay it on me. Even from you lurkers, I want it all. I figure, if I'm having a party for myself I might as well go all the way and get it from all sides.
Monday, June 30, 2008
T- Minus 7 Days
Friday, June 27, 2008
And the winner is...
I stole her graphic because it's so stinkin' cute!! Yes, Beachy Mimi won. Ya'll have to help me keep her to her word on who she would pass this to when she was done. See for yourselves:
"I could read this book, then pass it to Queen B, who could pass it to The Roost."
Then The Roost said that she would pass it to her daughter who just had a baby.
That's a lot of passin', ladies. I hope you all enjoy it!
Thursday, June 26, 2008
Class of 2008
To catch you folks up on what we've been up to, and treat you to the missing pictures, I give you the Class of 2008-anticipating their walk into the stadium:
It was a beautiful afternoon- actually way cooler than we thought that it would be. (June evenings can actually be brutal here.) There was a great breeze, clear skies (save the smog you see grazing the horizon,) and perfect temperatures. Below is the processional of the 750 or so graduates:
Since we are headless you'll have to imagine the pride, honor, happiness, and relief in all of our faces. Why change things now?
In all seriousness, we are so happy for Headless Girl. She is a tremendous young woman, strong in her faith and convictions, and more than ready for all that college- and life! have to offer. Her father and I are so lucky that God chose us to be her parents. I learn from her almost every day.You should all be so lucky as to have a daughter like her.
Congrats, my Headless Girl. I know that God has great plans for your future!
Wednesday, June 25, 2008
Needed: Editor
Did you see this story?
License plates in North Carolina have been printed and distributed with "WTF-###"
Hahahahahahahahahaha!
Now that will cure your funky mood any day!
Wednesday? Let's Just Move On To Thursday
I did 52 push ups today. Faye asked if they were boy or girl versions. In the interest of full disclosure 27 were full push ups and 25 were 'girl' push ups. I haven't been working out much so I wanted to start the program and keep up with out killing my self. Each day I'm doing more full ones. However, when I did the test in the beginning they were all full push ups. I also walked/ran 2-3 miles today.
So.
Last night I sat down to write a post that I had planned on writing for a few days. On Sunday when I downloaded my pictures for that post I had downloaded a bunch of others so all I would have to do is write.
Ha.
Headless Girl updated her MySpace and then deleted (what she thought was) all of her extra pictures. Surprise! My pics had ended up in her pic files so, no pics. No post. Or 3 like I had planned.
And what I really want to write about, I can't. All I can say about my foul mood tonight is that I hate having disagreements with Headless Dad. We rarely disagree on anything. This one, however, we are going to have to agree to disagree. I hate that because I feel separated from him-apart. And, if you're visiting from Playgroups Are No Place For Children and my comment from yesterday, then you'll really be scratching your head. Needless to say this has thrown me into a tail-spin. Although, I knew that we would disagree. He pressed me on what was bothering me, I told him that I/we really didn't want to talk about it. Ta-da! I was at least right about that.
Hey, VBS is going good for the boys. Thanks for asking. They are periodically trying to kill each other- still!- but they also know what is in store if they don't keep it toned down.
I'm trying to blog here, people, and screaming children don't really contribute to that now do they?
So, on to Thursday, and the dreaded To Do List. Maybe getting something accomplished will help this funk. I'll keep you posted. I'm not holding my breath.
Monday, June 23, 2008
My First Giveaway!
Hey guys and gals! I've decided to host a giveaway today. A bunch of people do this on the old blogs, and I thought, "Heck, Headless, give it a try!" (Although I'm not so sure if you guys would be interested. For your wives maybe?)
I'm Glad I'm a Mom is a collection of essays from your favorite Christian Moms- those that are authors, speakers, and bloggers! It is a perfect book for the beach or pool- each essay is only a couple of pages long. (And before I mail it to you I am going to go through and make a note of some of my favorites so I can get more of their stuff!) I laughed and cried all the way through this book- I loved it!
I won this book from one of the included writers, Christie Todd, when I commented on her site. So, in the spirit of Carmen's month of pass-ons and give aways I am passing it on to you, and hopefully you'll pass it on too!
All you have to do is leave me a comment about why you want this book, where you would read it, or to whom/how you would pass it along. I'll close comments and choose a winner on Friday night or Saturday morning, then contact you for mailing information, (so be sure to leave an email address!). Comments for this giveaway are now closed.