Archive for January 7th, 2009

7 Jan

Overheard

Posted by Rebecca in Ava.

Me: Ava, we need to think about your birthday party. Wouldn’t it be fun to have a ladybug birthday party?

Ava: I want a princess party!

Me: Or, a butterfly party–that would be great!

Ava: No, a princess party.

Me: What do you mean, a princess party?

Ava: You know, the princesses–Sleeping Beauty and Cinderella and Dora when she was a princess! Yeah, and we could have Boots, too!

Me: A Sleeping Beauty part would be fun, and kind of ironic.

Ava: No, all of the princesses, Mom.

Me: Well, how about a butterfly party?

Ava: Yeah, the princesses could all be holding butterflies!

Me: Well, that’s not exactly what I had in mind. Oh, I know, a puzzle party! You love puzzles.

Ava: Sure, the princesses could be holding butterflies and playing puzzles!

Me: Oh, Ava.

Ava: Oh, honey.

7 Jan

Be it resolved

Posted by Rebecca in Rebecca.

Like most of you, I have a few resolutions this new year. I always have resolutions, and oddly enough, they’re usually the same ones. Perhaps my first resolution should be FINISH WHAT YOU START, but whatever. Also, be less snarky.

Anyway:

  1. Under promise, over deliver. I seem to have a problem with over commitment, which leaves me tired and crabby, especially when it comes to the people to whom I should be the nicest. And, speaking of…
  2. Be nicer to Bryan. Spend more time playing with the kids. Be a better wife and mom. (So much for that whole “under promise, over deliver” business.)
  3. Keep a more organized home. And car. And office. Sure, they look neat on the surface, but you’d better duck for cover when you open a cabinet or closet. To this end, I have a three-page list of all the nooks and crannies around the house that need to be organized. And, just because I spend an hour or more a day in my car, it doesn’t need to look like I actually live there.
  4. Lose 25 pounds. I lost 30 last year, so this seems somewhat manageable. To make this work, I need a follow-up resolution: Do not get pregnant. Still thinking about that one.
  5. Stop sharing so much personal information with the world at large.
  6. Read more books. And not the kind with pictures (sorry, Ava). Read four–just four, for crying out loud–actual, real books that have at least some literary merit. Try to convince Bryan to read them, too, so we have something to discuss besides the Forbes cover story and the current state of Olivia’s ears.
  7. Spend less time online. Or at least cut back on celebrity gossip. As Katie said, TMZ is not the news. She makes a good point.
  8. Make more time for real hobbies, like quilting and cooking.

The irony here is that to really achieve my first resolution (and my fifth, seventh and eighth, too), I shouldn’t have posted any of these.

What a rocky start!

And, as I noted over on the THOH, together these resolutions can be summed up in one: Be someone else. Maybe next year I’ll resolve to be at peace with who I am.