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Wednesday, June 15, 2005

The Interview

Last week, Carrie posted questions where someone had interviewed her and then posted the official interview game rules:
1. If you want to participate, leave a comment below saying "interview me."
2. I will respond by asking you five questions --each person's will be different.
3. You will update your journal/blog with the answers to the questions.
4. You will include this explanation and an offer to interview others in the same post.
5. When others comment asking to be interviewed, you will ask them five questions.
So, I of course said "Why not" and begged to be interviewed. She e-mailed me the questions and here they are along with my best attempt at answering them.
1. You've gone through a lot of changes in your blog template lately. Why so many changes? How long can we expect this one to stay? I really wanted to find a design that I felt was "me". It took me awhile to find one because I'm slightly technologically challenged, but I think this one is perfect. Expect it to stay around for a while!!
2. List five ways you have changed for the good since LittleMan has been born. List five things about yourself that have changed for the worse. Finally, list five things about yourself that you are happy have stayed the same.
For the better:
(1) More patient (I think)
(2) Worry less about what I look like when I leave the house
(3) I laugh more
(4) Trips to the zoo!!!
(5) Made some great internet friends!!
For the worse:
(1) Less time overall for stuff that needs to be done
(2) Don't cook as much anymore
(3) House is usually a wreck
(4) Not as much "me" time
(5) Not as much sleep
Happy that have stayed the same:
(1) I still find time to read magazines and books
(2) I still enjoy a good drink every now and then (and my kid loves limes!!)
(3) I still love fish sticks and mac and cheese and now I have someone to share with
(4) I still get to use my morning commute to unwind
(5) I still get to catch a nap on Sunday afternoons every now and then
3. You've mentioned in previous entries about sometimes wishing to be a stay-at-home mom. What is stopping you? If you said 'money', and money were no object... would you still want to do it? What if you were told that you could become a stay-at-home mom, still make the salary you are making today but not have to go to work, but you could only do so if you agree to never have another child... adopted or by natural birth. Would you take the option? Money is the main thing keeping me from staying home. Another thing is that in my field, if you are out for very long, you quickly become obsolete, so if something were to happen to my husband, I would probably have to support myself and my child(ren) from working at Wal Mart or as someone's secretary and barely make ends meet. If money were not an option, hell yeah I'd be at home right now, still happily in my pajamas!! I'm not sure if I'd take the option or not. Maybe so. I'm not sure if I want another child right now or ever, and if that meant I could spend more time with LittleMan. I don't know...that's a decision I would have to think a lot about.
4. What's your proudest moment in motherhood so far? In regards to motherhood... what is your biggest fear? My proudest moment so far was a few weeks ago when I got home from work and sat on the floor to sort through the mail (I love sitting on the floor). Anyway, he ran over to me, and gave me a big hug and a kiss. It was so sweet and came out of nowhere. I don't even know where he learned that! My biggest fear is something happening to him. A broken bone, an accident, a sickness, I don't know why, but I worry about that a lot.
5. Name three things you did growing up that you hope LittleMan will never do. Name three things you hope he WILL do.
Will never do:
(1) Stay out past curfew and not call to let me know where he is
(2) Be lazy and never do his homework.
(3) Let a girlfriend (my case-boyfriend, just to clarify) be the reason he makes a decision
Will do:
(1) Show cows in 4-H. It's a lot of fun and a big confidence builder.
(2) Be close to my family. I was always close to my extended family growing up and it was always nice to have that many people who cared about you.
(3) Be a leader-I was always class president, officers in clubs, etc. and I hope he will be outgoing and get involved instead of being the person who sits back and watches everyone else work
So, if you want to be interviewed by me and then interview some of your blog readers, let me know in the comments section!!!

Soliders in Iraq

Last week I also happened upon a blog (don't remember whose) that talked about a group of soldiers in Iraq who seriously needed some love and letters from back home. I e-mailed the person in charge and signed up to be a buddy to one of those people. If you are interested, shoot me an e-mail and let me know and I can hook you up with some info. They are seriously needing a little extra love right now!!

My child, the parrot

Last night I went to my mom's and took LittleMan because my brother, Scuba Steve, and his roommate, Robs, were going to be there eating a home-cooked meal. My brother took it upon himself to use my child as a parrot. He taught him to say 'Steve', 'Robs', and something else I don't remember and then absent-mindedly said "dammit" for some reason which my child promptly repeated. Since he had been getting hugs, smiles, and clapping upon repeating things, he seemed confused as to why that wasn't the case in this instance. And Scuba Steve got my best evil eye. But what could I say, I let it slip sometimes, just usually not with enough emphasis that Garrison notices.

Organization

Last week I ordered a calendar/planning system from More Organized Mom. The editor of one of the many parenting mags I get in the mail highly recommended it, so I checked it out but didn't buy, I just signed up for their weekly tip to help you get more organized. So, I got an e-mail that the thing I wanted was on sale and I bought it. It came in yesterday and I love it. It's pretty functional, well organized, and cute! If you need something like that, check it out!!

Funny sighting of the day

I stopped at the little redneck convenience store to get my Dr. Pepper on the way to work this morning and spotted a woman getting out of a pickup truck that had an airbrushed license plate on the front which read "Woman Coon Hunter" Good lord! Don't advertise!

Three Things

On Michele's site, which I love, she has a daily three things for people to list in their comments, so I think I'm going to try that. So, today, tell me three things that you couldn't live without (these should be tangible things, not people, or ideas).
Mine are:
(1) Dr. Pepper
(2) Flip Flops
(3) chinese Food

Blog of the Day

Today, stop by Xtessa's site and say Hello!!
Melissa

Melissa @ 10:58 AM | comment

~IntrO~

Melissa
Melissa-Mom to LittleMan (4/04); wife to LuckyHusband; full-time toxicologist; full-time housekeeper; full-time domestic laundromat manager (washes all the clothes); full-time domestic finance manager (pays all the bills and yells at husband for spending too much money on fishing stuff); and Keeper of the Cheerios. Lives in a tiny town; spends tons of time with family; reads; enjoys crafts. Can change a diaper, fill a sippy cup, and put on a toddler's shoes in 15.4 seconds flat, all while calculating the impact of petroleum hydrocarbons to a nearby surface water body (watch for me in the Toddler Olympics on CBS this fall). Addicted to Dr. Pepper; Kit Kats; and pasta. To spot me in a crowd: I'm the one with frizzy messed-up hair, smeared graham crackers on my shirt; huge purse with a diaper peeking out, toddler on her hip, and camera in hand at all times.

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~Stars of my ShoW~

LittleMan

LuckyHusband

Hooker (pictured with LittleMan)

Hooker

Scuba Steve (pictured with LittleMan and myself)

Scuba Steve

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