Consider It A Mother’s Day Gift
Okay, this blog is actually about all of the things I do that are not directly related to my momminess but I got tagged by a mom blogger that I admire so I’m going to run with it - I mean, Mother’s Day is right around the corner and that’s MY day so humor me…
I’ve never participated in one of these tag things before but it looks like I should mention that the blogger who tagged me is the painfully funny Mom Zombie who lives in Detroit. She caught this thing from The Mama Mary Show blog, and it looks like the blogger who started it all is Her Bad Mother - who I’ve heard of before, and I don’t know anything, so she must be quite famous.
Get to the Point!
Okay so the point of the whole thing is to have the tagging travel around the world, with moms writing about what they like (and dislike) about motherhood. So I’m in Canada and I’m supposed to write my list and then tag some other moms in my own country and around the world.
Being a Mom Rocks Because…
1. Although I’ve only been a mom for two years, I know it’s the most important thing I will ever do and I’m very proud of my role as mom. For the first time in my life I really feel like I’m putting my 100% into something (you can tell by the general topics of this blog that I tend to spread myself thin over many different activities).
2. I have the cutest, smartest, cutest, most well-behaved daughter in the world. I know all moms are probably supposed to think this about their daughters but in my case it’s true. I’ve never said that to anyone but my husband because I don’t want to offend other parents.
3. She teaches me so much and I love learning. It started when I was pregnant and I suddenly started to take everything much more seriously - I started to question things I had taken for granted before. I also learned to respect my body on her behalf in a way that I had never bothered to when it was just me.
4. I like other people and the world in general more now that I see it from her perspective.
5. She sparks my creativity and imagination.
Being a Mom Sucks Because…
1. She weighed 11 pounds 2 ounces when she was born. That’s all I have to say on that topic.
2. I feel very vulnerable and fearful that she might be hurt physically or emotionally. I know that this is bound to happen but I dread the first scab or stitch or slight.
3. Sometimes the endless routine of diapers, meals and putting jackets and shoes on and then taking them off wears me down.
4. Most of my friends don’t have kids and I feel left out of things because I don’t get out socially that much anymore (band practice once or twice a week takes up my evening outings).
5. Two years later I still haven’t recovered physically and I guess I never will - my hip joints feel like they are dislocating, my feet are half a size bigger, my body shaped has been moved around a bit (and not in a good way).
Tag, You’re It!
Quite a few of you reading this right now subscribe to my blog. Just in case any of you are also moms (or dads - I think dads should be invited to the party, too!) please consider yourself tagged. Also, please leave me a comment and introduce yourself (if you want to).
I will formally tag one of my favorite maniacal moms in the whole world, Wife Mom Maniac. She’s in Canada and she’s busy with 3 kids so may not be able to continue this tagging thing - so no pressure.
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Why a Cell Phone is Better Than a Man
This list was inspired by a survey conducted by Dial-a-Phone, a cell phone retailer in the UK, that reported that “24 percent of women, but zero percent of men, would rather give up sex than their mobile phone for a month” (itwire.com). This list is quoted in ‘Top Ten Things Better Than Sex‘ on my favorite Top Ten site toptenz.net.
Why a Cell Phone is Better Than a Man
In true should-be-napping style my posts have been all over the place these days, quite like myself. This list fell out of my brain while I was working on another project yesterday and I wasn’t sure what to do with it so I’m putting it here in my blog about everything I do on the side… Like most creative writing - truth is compromised to improve the story… I obviously don’t really prefer my cell phone to my husband. I was surprised that a list like this didn’t already exist on one of those ever circulating emails (with cute animal pictures attached of course).
Posted in letting my mind wander, top ten lists, writing. Tagged with cell phone, creative writing, cute animal pictures, dial a phone, mobile phone, pride and prejudice, sarcastic comments, top ten lists, toptenz.
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