you've been warned

I think that once we become pregnant something goes off in our heads that makes us feel like we can never ever have a life outside of our kids. Once you give birth, I think that same button that gets pushed also tells you that you can no longer say certain things out loud because you will be perceived, by everyone who hears you, to be a bad mama....

I'm glad to say that I realized, it's not true.

There are times when I long for my old life. It's one of those things where you want your cake and eat it too. I want to have my kiddos around but I also want to be able to be a little reckless with beer sometimes and have guilt-free time with my husband. I want to be able to do things on whims and maybe eat hot dogs and cake for dinner. Doesn't happen though. Partly because can you imagine a near 40 year old woman going to Gilman St. and listening to punk rock bands or dying her hair some crazy colour or even better, what if I still had all my original piercings in? Oh yeh, that would be awesome!

I realize that we have responsibilities now and that we are role models to our children but I also realize that I had a damn fun life BC (BC=Before Children).

just another monday...

The kiddos didn't have school today. It was a teachers work day. I don't know what that means exactly, all I know is that my kids still woke up early, still fought first thing in the morning but they went to their grandma's house earlier to give me a chance to kinda clean the house.

I managed to clean the kitchen and the freezer. Oh and I vacuumed the family room. Not enough I suppose but it was something. I also went to the grocery store and bought some essentials and now I'm getting ready for dinner.

This could possibly be the boringest blog entry I have ever written...

Lent

I love the season of Lent. It's a somber reminder that you are loved and with that kind of love there is always a sacrifice....

I read something on someone's twitter account that was a friendly message from God. It said, "Um, I didn't ask you to give up coffee. I asked you to give up your life." I thought, how appropriate.

Being a Christian is a dangerous thing. We need to remind ourselves of that quite often. I mean, our leader was humiliated, considered a common criminal, tortured and executed. All that because he was preaching something so simple: unconditional love.