Bet You Weren’t Expecting a List

Ok, so the lists are totally getting out of control, wouldn’t you say?  I mean, I can only go so long farting out bullet-ed sentence fragments on this stupid blog before I lose the five readers I do have… kidding!  Ok, so I realize that there are probably a few more than that… maybe seven.  No actually, in all seriousness, I was really incredibly surprised by the number of the people that came out of the woodwork, in comments and emails, on the last post.  I can’t even tell you how much I appreciated it.  As silly as it sounds, just knowing that there’s someone else out there that’s gone through or is going through some of what I am, makes me feel a little more normal.  You know?  And it sort of helps me to just take a breath.  If that makes any sense.  Anyway, enough of that serious business.  It’s time for a list!

1. First and foremost, my people, I know I’ve gone over this about 58 times… back and forth, is he going to crawl on all fours, is he going to skip it… seriously, like you are sitting on the edge of your chair.  Waiting to find out whether or not my kid is crawling on all fours or not.  Well, HE IS!!!  Woo Hoo!  Go Jacker-doodle-doo!  Man, this kid is hi-larious!  He’s like bambi, all wobbly and stuff. 
2. I put a new section in the sidebar… for those of you who haven’t noticed just yet, called “What I’m Eating”.  I got the idea from Sarah.  She’s been doing this a while.  For whatever reason I find it entertaining to hear what other people eat.  And really, it wasn’t until I read what Whoorl thought about my blessed Cheerio’s that I had to have a try.  You know, with all of this product flashing you’d think that I would be smart enough to try to get paid in the process.  Hmm.
3. So, with the addition of “What I’m Eating” you may have noticed that I removed “Stuff I Have No Business Wanting”.  I’ve been thinking a lot lately about stuff and have decided to start making some changes in my life.  E and I have started taking this class and it has only made me think about the situation that much more.  It all pretty much boils down to this…  I don’t like that there is always something that I WANT or must have.  In actuality, I have quite a bit.  Yeah, sure it’s ok to need some things.  But really, it just doesn’t seem right to be lusting over so much stuff.  Maybe it’s just my Catholic roots… feeling the guilt during the first Lenton season I haven’t officially recognized.  I don’t know.  And no, I’m not reading The Secret.  Although, my mother-in-law is and highly recommends it.  I guess what it is is that I feel like I’d like to get away from the whole “keeping up with the Jones’” mentality… although, at this point I don’t feel like I’m trying to keep up with anyone.  I just want to stop wanting things that really aren’t necessary and to start focusing on all the great things I do have.  Make sense?
4. So another one of the changes I have decided to make is to read more.  I read quite a bit as it is… so this should be a bit challenging.  I just read up on some interesting possibilities here.  And think I’m going to start with this while I wait for this to come out in paperback.  But really, both of them are just for fun… so I suppose I should read something I can learn from.  Any suggestions?  And they don’t have to be something to learn from…
5. Last but not least… Congratulations to my good friend Jessica!  Alyxandra Mary was born on March 20… and she is beautiful.  Congratulations Jessica and Mike!  I’m so glad that baby Alyx is doing well.

Let’s see, not much else to report here.  We had an amazing day today.  Jack and I had a playdate, at which we went on a really long walk through an awesome part of town that we are planning on moving to eventually.  The weather is amazing and we’re looking forward to a beautiful weekend as well.  Hope the weather is great for you all too!