Shutting This Beast Down

See, here's the thing:  I have too much media in my life.  Last night I was watching the TV, browsing on my lap top and talking on my phone.  Too much, too much, too much.  I am making cuts.  My family suffers from all of our media intake.  I don't know exactly what this is going to look like for our family, but one thing I am doing is hitting pause on the blog.  It's not like I am that dedicated to it anyway so it was an obvious cut for me.  I enjoy it, but there are other things I enjoy more...like browsing food blogs and reading book reviews.  Some things have to go and this blog is at the top of my list.  Along with my Twitter profile that I am also quite inactive on as it stands.  I am about to have 3 babies under the age of 3 and my family has to come first.  Doing crafts and reading books together have to take precedence over blogging.  

I can't bring myself to delete it because I have posts on here from 2006!  I enjoy a good trip down memory lane every now and then.  Plus, once my life begins to have some order and routine I may pick blogging back up.  Only time will tell!!

And, I have to mention that I know I bombed the Advent thing, but I have been computer-less for almost 2 weeks!! Long story, but truly, I did not have a computer to post daily updates.  All I had was my smart phone and all I do on that is look at Facebook.    

So, I bid you an adieu for now.  Thank you for those who have read my blog and hope to back one day...

Blog Death is on the horizon

Yes, 'tis true.   This blog is almost dead.  I go back and forth with just deleting it permantly.  I almost decide to delete it, but then I wonder "what about those times I really enjoy writing posts"  or "what about when I go back to Germany & my peeps want updates"?  So, I am going to try to revive it.  I think. 

Recently, I have been in Baby Land.  Know what I mean?  Here is an example:

Now you get it.  Oh, and without a husband! (Temporarily...well, 3 more months)

However, both of the babies in Baby Land are doing exceedingly well (not sure how long that will last).   One is learning to sleep through the night and one is potty training, but both are making progress!

SO, I think what I am going to do is have some weekly features.  I may be totally kidding myself since I've tried this before, but I'm kind of excited about it.

Here's what I got:

Monday-  Food Love. I love to cook. Probably didn't know that, huh? Well, you wouldn't since I'm not the best cook ever or a "natural" cook. I mean, I grew up on Stove Top and canned vegetables. That aside, I love to try new recipes and I get so so excited when I find one that I like! And, since I'm not so very excellent at cooking, I can guarantee the recipes I post will be easy. I get ideas from all over so I will have to look into copyright stuff I guess before I post them.

Wednesday-  Kid Love. Me and my daughter do lots of fun activites both indoors and out. Some flop and some are awesome. So I'll post one thing we did that we loved and one thing we did that crashed and burned.   

Friday- Book Love. Probably a book review of a book I read in the past week & if I haven't read a book in the past week (Um, what??? I know, but it does occasionally happen), then maybe I'll just gab about a book I love or review an older book or something else bookish.

Those are my goals.  I think if I get back in the habit of posting more reguarly, more posts will undoubtedly crop up.  But, for now, that is what I am going to try to do.  Enjoy!



Long Overdue

And I would like to say that from now on I will be blogging regularly, but I can't say that with any surety.  I think I might blog more since I am finally settled after a crazy crazy crazy 4 weeks.  But no promises, ok?!  Like everything else in my life I am either at the top of my game...or the bottom.  It's a pretty frustrating way to live!

We had a horrible trip from Germany to the States.  I thought it couldn't get worse compared to last time and I can't decide if it was worse or a tie!  I will be writing about it soon trying to record every gory detail.  Trip aside and husband gone aside, I really like America.  Air conditioning, Target, family, my own car...pretty amazing stuff! 

The kids are both fine.  (It is weird to say that!).  Well, Baby Girl is definitely fine, Baby Boy (in my belly) hasn't been checked on since June 17th, but I think he's fine too.  I have an appointment next week to check on him. 

Speaking of Baby Boy, he is quite calm in utero compared to Baby Girl.  I rarely feel him kick (I'm at 20 weeks).  With my daughter, she kicked me hard all the time.  Maybe he'll step it up, but I like the thought of a calm baby/child since Baby Girl never stops moving!! I'll take a snuggler please :)

Speaking of my wiggle worm, I hear her waking up so I gotta run. 

Here's to the USA and more blogging!

Blog Bling

My blog is blingless. I think I am going to work on that. Maybe. I'm not a HTML genius, so it might be too hard to bling up my blog, but we'll see.

However, one easy way to bling up a blog is to post some pictures which I seriously do not do enough of these days. So, here's some baby bling for you all!

Improvement!

Well...my "new & improved" blog is looking much better, no?  It takes time to make cool changes, but it's not that hard.  You just have to find people smarter than yourself who will tell you what to do step by step :)

I have found lots of good info on the website The Cutest Blog on the Block and also Kevin and Amanda.

Check out their websites!

I think for my next blog I am going to do a "Top 10 Things I Will Miss in Huntington"  so let me know if you got anything you think is worthy of that list :)

Wowed

OK, so firstly, I am feeling better. So no one else cry about my last blog! Although there are rarely comments on here, I know people read this thing because multiple peeps told me how bad they felt after my last blog!

Secondly, I was out exploring other blogs & man, there are some really cool apps you can put on your blog that I don't know how to do! I was looking for army wife blogs so I can feel that my life is what at least some people call "normal" & I found lots of awesome blogs! All of them kick my blogs butt though. I thought I did OK on computers. Wrong. I suck. It is really good for me to read other army wives blogs since I am in army wife that hasn't entered the army world yet, but has pretty much left the civilian world. So, I am surrounded by people that I LOVE but whose lives are going in really different directions than mine is & sometimes that's hard. It is so refreshing to read about people whose husbands leave them for a week here or a month here & who have no control of where they are going to live. Stuff like that. Army stuff.

Thirdly, I am determined to improve my blog. But I know nothing! I don't know how to make a button or even cross out a word that I just wrote to insert another one (only if you read a lot of blogs will you know what I am talking about!) Somehow I will learn. I think you can look up just about anything on google. At least that's what my friend Stacey tells me :)

Fourthly, it is 1:30pm & I am still in my PJ's & have not eaten anything since my bowl of cereal for breakfast. I am so enthralled with all these awesome blogs I can't tear myself away. Facebook, Smashebook, give me blogs anyday!

you know school is really bad when...

when you go to your old blog that you haven't written on for a year & start writing.

i am trying to compose an annotated bibliography for one class and a topic proposal for another & i have about one hour till i have to leave the library.
so why am i blogging?
confident? not so much...
foolish? getting closer...
apathetic? home run.

i'm tired, this is hard, and i dont like thinking.

i have been considering about picking this blog back up anyway. i know very few people read it, but it's kinda fun to write about life.
not that i have much to update anyone one.
i'm married now & that's cool. my cat is on a diet (i hate to say good-bye to that perfect round belly of his, but health is more important than vanity so i hear). yeah, that's about it.

happy november

shame on me

really! it is has been so long since i have written anything.
actually, i have been in complete anti-productive mode as of late. i really do nothing even worth mentioning. but what the hey-i'll mention it anyway.
i gets lots of sleep. too much really so i stay tired all the time.
i have watched 2 seasons of felicity, but am now fasting from the tv for 4 days-we'll see how that one works out ;-)
i started a puzzle & that has brought more reward than i anticipated.
i am reading 2 books: "Ethan Frome" by Edith Wharton & "When Godly People do Ungodly Things" by Beth Moore. both are very good.
my father just finished a book called "Freakonomics" by Steven D. Levitt. yes, it is about economics, but highly entertaining & i would recommend it to most anyone.
i got glasses (i know! can you even imagine?)
i am working on my resume (gag) & looking for a place to live.
well, that is seriously all i have to say.
this is no lie, this is my life.

why i am asking myself

well, the thing is that i don't really get into these things, but now that i have one i must confess that i am a bit excited. i have high hopes for these ramblings. my friend emily was my inspiration.
today is saturday & i am sitting around with my roommates bored. we are watching american idol tapes (thanks lynn!). a day with no obligations just feels weird. but it's good...we are bonding in our boredness together. boredness is not really worthy of complaints anyway because i could actually do something if i wanted to...
i did mail my sister's birthday package today so it hasn't been a totally unproductive day...she is turning 30! my little (albeit older) sister is 30-crazyness. i wish i could be with her, but i told her that we could party together when i turn 30 in 5 years :-)
the sun is so pretty today-it 's like an old friend just showed up & knocked on my door to my great delight. & due to the free hours this afternoon brought, i was able to lay on my comfy couch & read Emma for several hours. so, life is good. it's better than good-it's beautiful!