Kids - What are they good for?

Well, my friend (the only one who reads my blog) is pregnant. She is going through hell and bitching about the early stages of pregnancy and all that implies. I completely understand even though I didn't have to deal with all of the shit that she is. However, I wanted to highlight the subject of "Kids - What are they good for?"

1. They give you someone to cuddle with even when they are crying.
2. They give you someone to cuddle with even when YOU are crying.
3. They love without question.
4. They will come up to you and say you are pretty when you just wake up in the morning.
5. They will crawl in bed with you in the middle of the night and wrap their arms around you for no reason. (and then they kick you in the head as they move around in their sleep)
6. You can take them to their first day of school and ask how it went when the day is over...and they tell you over and over and over with a big smile on their face.
7. They will share their bed with you when your house is completely torn apart from putting in wood floors.
8. They will promise that they will only ask for 2 more scoops of ice cream and 'that is all'.
9. They make your grandparents happy.
10. They will reason with you to get what they want until you finally give in IF they 'pay for it with a hug and a kiss'.

There are so many more but this just highlighted my week so far.

No matter what you are going through now, it is worth it...it just might take a LONG while to realize it.

Saturday Night

Well, it's been a while since my First Blog Ever. The biggest reason is I couldn't remember my user name or password. I guess i tried to be too creative and blew it. Oh well, I have it now.

Today was rather uneventful. I made 3 kinds of homemade ice cream which are now in the process of thickening. I hope so at least, a couple of them were no closer to solidifying than when i began but we'll see. We're also keeping close watch on Hurricane Dean but for what reason I do not know. We are from Kansas and we grew up watching storms, mostly tornadoes, so maybe that has continued, who knows...or better yet, who cares?

I won an award at work this week. It's a pretty big one for employees and I'm not sure I deserved it but someone thinks I did. I guess that is good enough. I'm pretty hard on myself so I'll chalk it up to overall pessimism.

There is nothing on TV. We went from watching a movie called The Marine that was just awful, to watching Just Like Heaven. Ugh. Seen it once, don't need to see it again. Oh well.

Well, this is blog #2. They are not getting any better. I will try one more at some point and if it isn't worth reading then I'll pass the blogging hat on to someone else. If I had ever made a list of "Things To Do" in life, then maybe I could cross this one off.

Cheers

First Blog Ever

Hmm. Not sure how this is going to work. My life is fairly normal. Not too much happens that is worth writing about except for my kids. Kids are always worth writing about. I have two and they are adorable in my eyes. I would think my husband would agree as well.

Today my daughter decided to have a donut for breakfast but I passed since I have started my diet (again). Of course she only ate 2 bites on the way to school and decided to leave the rest in the car...the diet starts again tomorrow.

I'm watching "So You Think You Can Dance" (replay of course since I have 2 kids that require a lot of convincing to go to bed). What is 'frumping' and how do you explain it to a 6 year old? Keep in mind, I can't dance so my explanation is just an attempt to appease her.

My friend told me how to do this 'blogging' thing. She is awesome. She is also pregnant but isn't telling anyone yet. I'm going to try and help her with 'what really to expect when expecting' but if you have kids, then you already know, no one knows. Don't tell her that yet. We'll let it be a surprise.

Well, this first blog ever is pretty much a bust but we'll see how they morph in later posts. (Now I have to figure out how to post).

-AB