six things

...about my decision to start blogging again

1. I stopped blogging because, honestly, life got so crazy I didn't feel like I had time to sit down and write!
2. I even stopped reading blogs altogether.
3. I feel very torn about blogging, to tell the truth.
4. I want to maintain a sense of privacy for my children - not just for their physical safety, but because of a moral obligation I have as their mother.
5. That said, I do want to record some of our journey to becoming a family of five and some sweet little anecdotes so that I always remember the details.
6. Ultimately, I decided I need to blog because I miss writing.

6 things I love about my husband

(in no particular order)

1. he is so gorgeous
2. he is so passionate
3. he is so silly
4. he is so tall
5. he is a good father
6. he takes such good care of me

Happy birthday, honey!

6 things I do not believe in

1. ghosts
2. alien abductions
3. angels
4. customer service
5. the doomsday calender
6. politicians

6 reasons I have not been blogging

this Monday's list of six:

1. We have been busy enjoying our guests: first Olivia and then my mom.
2. School has been kicking my ass.
3. I have a cold and Jonathan has the H1N1 flu.
4. I am addicted to facebook.
5. I am intimidated by all of the wonderfully talented bloggers out there.
6. I am just plain lazy.

I will try to do better.

Happy Mother's Day!

In honor of my mom being here, here is her list of six hot hot hotties:

1. Gale Harold

2. Ricky Martin

3. Chico from Divine Design

4. Jordan Knight

5. Barry Gibb

6. Adrian Grenier

sex, I mean, six!

The list of six this week is six hot hot hotties. In honor of my swooning over Lee Pace last week. Who is not on this list because that would be redundant. So without further ado

Six Hot Hot Hotties!

1. Javier Bardem/Jeffrey Dean Morgan



I list them together because they could be twins. And I heart them both.

2. Desmond from Lost
He looks a bit like Barry Gibb. My mother would approve.

3. Robert Downey, Jr.
What can I say? He's got them bad eyes, like a gypsy.

4. Flight of the Conchords
I think they are both supercute. Although, I think I secretly prefer Jemaine. Maybe because he's taller and I am biased. But also maybe because of his big juicy lips and his big goofy head. Who cares?

I am noticing that all of these guys are a little dark and scruffy. Hmmm...

5. Jake Gyllenhaal
There. He is squeaky clean-cut.

6. Kal Penn
He's also all political now (Associate Director in the White House Office of Public Liaison) so I like him even more.

6 Barbie dolls

Here is the list of six for this week. It is a list of Barbie dolls I remember having as a kid.

1. Day-to-Night Barbie

Her outfit was a little pink suit and pumps for work that flipped inside out to reveal an even trashier little outfit underneath to go dancing in.

2. Western Barbie

She had bright blue eye shadow and when you pressed on her back she winked. I think this was when "Dallas" was a big hit on tv. I also had two Barbie horses, Dallas and Midnight. (Those were their names; I did not name them that.) And I had the Barbie Ranch and a little horse trailer so Western Barbie could drive Dallas and Midnight around.

3. Kissing Barbie

This little number came with a tube of "lipstick" ink. So she left a little lip-print on anything she "kissed." I remember my brother, George, also gave me a Kissing Barbie wallet for my birthday one year.

4. Sweet Roses PJ

This one was my favorite. Because she had dark hair and she smelled like roses and had an uber-girly pink ruffly ballgown.

5. Skipper
I think I just had a basic Skipper doll. But I remember my Skipper had a little cheerleading uniform that I used to somehow cram my Sweet Roses PJ into even though it was way too small because I thought it looked really hot on her. Or so I thought.

6 utterly unnecessary things

I used to make up little lists of six things (because when I tell myself to name five things, there is always one more that pops into my mind to torment me) a while ago and I have decided to start up again. Maybe I'll use them on days I cannot think of anything else to blog about. I did a list once of six necessary things, so how about

6 utterly unnecessary things:
1. litter (find a freakin' trash can, people!)
2. country music
3. mosquitos and/or poison ivy
4. shoes that cost more than $100
5. diarrhea
6. Keanu Reeves

Chipotle

This has been a rough week at the Young house. Jonathan has the flu. Bad. If you are keeping score, you may have realized that on any given day, at least one member of this family has been sick since Thanksgiving. Sucks to be us alright.

Jonathan is really, really sick though. He has had a high fever since Sunday. He finally broke down and said he will go to the doctor tomorrow. I don't think Jonny believes in doctors, but that is fodder for a different post.

At least he has a job he can do at home. He has been typing every day, so at least he can stay indoors and not wear a suit.

Today I was seriously losing my shit, though. It's been a long week. With Jonny being so ill I have been caring for the kids and Mabel. And I waver between bursts of manic energy where I run around doing laundry and cleaning the bathrooms because I am so sure I will be sick next and I don't want the house to be a complete mess if/when I cannot drag my ass out of bed. In between these moments of busyness, I try to rest so I don't get sick next. So I am alternately trying to prepare for my impending flu and trying to prevent it.

So this morning, after another night (not) sleeping on the couch downstairs so I can take Mabel out in the night without disturbing Jonathan I was a complete bitch. (I strongly dislike that word but in this case, it is an apt description of me this morning.)

I had a headache and all the coffee in the world would not have put a spring in my step. Mabel had gotten up for good at 5 and I was very tired and crabby. I kept grinding my teeth and snapping at the kids and then apologizing to them for snapping at them...

So Jonny told me to get out of Dodge. And I did, feeling so guilty that I was leaving a sick man in charge of a toddler, a preschooler and a puppy. But I had the best day ever. I walked around downtown all by myself and then I went to Pier1 and Borders and Target. I had lunch at Chipotle where I realized several things:


1. I love Chipotle (I already knew this, but I think I had forgotten it)
2. I am a pig
3. I sat at the counter in the window, thinking if I couldn't see any of the other customers, they couldn't see me polish off an entire Chipotle veggie burrito in one sitting
4. I have the best husband ever
5. Chipotle plays some kickass music
6. I miss Leila

That last one may seem a little random, but Leila makes the best lime/cilantro rice. It really is just as good as Chipotle. Sigh. Stupid war in Iraq. Borrowing my sister-in-law without my permission and taking away my source of free advice and lime/cilantro rice.

6 things I hate

1. mosquitos
2. talking on the phone
3. bad drivers
4. weak coffee
5. shopping in Wal-mart
6. people who don't bother to Rsvp

6 essential things

1. coffee
2. Coffeemate
3. my glasses
4. Burt's Bees lip balm
5. Zoloft
6. undereye concealer