sunday??

today around 10 i suddenly remembered my dream from last night. mitch & i were happily knocked up and planned to have a daughter that we had already named sunday. anyone who knows me will understand why this dream is possibly significant.

i have never felt that desire that most women have to be a mother. the thought of those yucky nine months with no alcohol to calm my nerves, the actual process of popping the kid out, then the crying, the diapers, the nights of no sleep,... none of that sounds like a good time to me. i am constantly told that the good outweighs the bad but i am still not convinced.

some days i don't take very good care of myself and i can't even imagine the ways i may find to screw up a child. responsibility is certainly not one of my favorite things and my dear husband has to puke in the kitchen sink when he sees one of the cats cough up a fur ball. not to mention that we both have a serious lack of patience. so many little ones i see out in public appear to need a healthy ass-whooping... this may have a lot to do with my opinions.

i know that i am going against many of my fellow bloggers with this one but i can honestly say that i have seen very few newborns that i actually would consider cute. about the time they hit 2 or 3 the cuteness seems to appear, but then they also get much harder to control.

i do have a few theories on raising children but don't know that i will ever be ready to put them to the test. so i ask you... are these the faces of people that need to nurture a child?

christmas cards.

at work i am sometimes referred to as the grinch. just because i don't want to listen to christmas music for 2 months, i feel that one tree per home is plenty, and you will certainly not see any blow up things in my yard... does that mean that i don't enjoy christmas? of course not. we do have a tree (prelit with minimal decorations), stockings for all the furry children (that i have yet to put names on), christmas vacation is always watched, we give decent presents that are well wrapped with care, and christmas cards are definitely important. i have always loved getting mail... the kind that doesn't include bills... so therefore i must send the cards in order to receive them. and i am a big fan of the photo cards. this year i decided to get in on the craze with a card of our own.

maybe there is something more useful i could spend that stamp money on and maybe it's not so great for the environment... but to me it would not be christmas without the joy of getting a tiny reconnection with someone you don't see as often as you would like.

merry CHRISTmas to all!

flowers at work.

as i stated in the first one, i recently turned 31. not so bad... yet. thanks to the social networking sites, i probably had more people than ever tell me happy birthday. my husband gave me a lovely picture frame/desk organizer... a great combination of 2 things that i love. but the sweetest thing that day was when daddy walked into my office with a beautiful and quite tasty red velvet cake. there are not many daddy's that do such things for their little girls. then there were the flowers from both my parents that arrived just a short time later. i know that momma scheduled those deliveries and i feel that she sets a wonderful example for all mothers out there.

we are all, of course, special. sometimes though it takes another person's thoughtfulness for us to remember that fact. a birthday, valentine's, an anniversary, or just on the fly... all of these are perfect excuses to take a loved one by surprise. and it doesn't have to be flowers, some ladies claim to not even like getting them (but i feel that they secretly do). sure it may be a waste of money but how much do we already waste on ugly, uninspiring, and sometimes self-harming things. it is not even necessary to spend money to give someone that "special" feeling... but please do not confuse homemade with love and do-it-yourself crap. you all know what i am talking about.

the first one.

let me begin by saying that i do not bother with capital letters and take liberties with my punctuation, but my spelling will hopefully always be correct. if you find that it isn't, please make me aware.

i am a southern girl from a small town but don't take that to mean i am a redneck... although i am sure there is a tiny bit in there somewhere. my husband's wardrobe does not include camoflage, i am not obsessed with nascar, nor will you find a presetting for country music on my stereo, but we have plenty of friends and family that love all those things and we love them for our differences. how boring would the world be if everyone chose to live their life the same way? we do however drive trucks, drink beer (not at the same time) and raise some hell on friday nights. i pride myself in being able to mingle at the local bars then dine with the well-to-do the next day and i throughly enjoy both.

i have much more sympathy for animals than i do most people and because of this we now have a grand total of 3 dogs & 4 cats. ridiculous... yes i know, but i blame it on the losers that don't believe in spaying and neutering their pets, then drop the unwanted kittens or puppies out on my road. i imagine there are many blogs to come on the subject of animals.

i am known for my bluntness in some circles, so i truly hope that none of my friends take offense to anything that i may say in this blog or in the future. we don't have to agree on everything to love one another. that is a statement that the whole human race should think about a bit more often.

yesterday i turned 31 and next week it will be the year 2010 so i just felt the need do to a little something new in my life. not sure what will become of this... probably nothing, but maybe... just maybe, i will be one of the lucky few that makes a couple bucks for sharing my opinions.