Friday, September 4, 2009

naptime

Ahh, naptime! Possibly the time of day that is looked forward to the most. But why? I begged and pleaded with the hubs in order to quit my job and stay home. This is what I wanted, right? Right. So why is naptime such a blessed time of day? It's not like I'm one of those Super Women wives who just gets all sorts of cooking and cleaning done during that time. It's normally spent catching up on old reruns on T.V., e-mails, facebook, and - if I'm lucky - my own nap!

As I reflect on our morning, I keep hearing Jace's sweet voice in my head saying, "Oh" when I showed him how to attach two of his toys together. Those that know Jace, know that he is a "man" of few words. Oh, he actually has a pretty broad vocabulary, he just chooses not to use it very often. When he does say something, it's usually pretty funny and grown up! So why do I wish for the quietness of naptime when my son is a fairly quiet child?

I wish I had the answer. I admit, I really don't like to hear mothers say that old saying we've all heard numerous times, "I just need some 'me' time". I HAD "me" time for 27 years and all I wanted was "family" time. I wish I could say that I've never said that myself, because I am guilty of the same thing. I thought before that it was maybe just because I worked full time and what energy I DID have left at the end of the day was spent on Jay and Jace. Now I stay home and I can say that I'm not NEARLY as worn out as before but I still look forward to some alone time. Are we really ever satisfied with what we have?

Tuesday, September 1, 2009

Happy Blogging

Ok, here goes...

So I've decided to start my own blog. Why not? It seems to me that everyone these days has one and if they don't, they certainly have one that they read and follow. Even my own mother tells me stories of "so and so's" blogs that she religiously reads! Why now? Well, it's September 1st. Though it's not technically the first day of fall, but summer (in my book) is offically over. I told myself all summer that once September started, then that's when I would start a blog. I'm in a new place in my life and I just feel like writing about it.

I'm just going to put this out there (just in case anyone actually decides to read this - I'm still pretty skeptical and apprehensive)...this may not be written in "research paper" format! What does that mean? I will write my thoughts, stories, etc., as I see fit! LOL I may use incorrect grammar, punctuation, fragment OR run-on sentences - not because I do not know how to correctly write, speak or spell (ok, I probably won't have too many spelling errors - that's what spell-check is for AND it's also a huge pet peeve for me) but because I like to write "conversationally", that's all!

Ok, now that we've got that out of they way, let's start blogging!