There I said it. I admit that I am obsessed with blogs. I constantly am on the lookout for interesting blogs and I can spend hours (and by hours I really do mean hours...I mean come on...I have the time to spare) reading about other people's lives. I am always am in awe of bloggers who have over 100 followers much less thousands. How do they do that? (okay, I may easily awed, but still you have to admit that is impressive). I actually feel a sense of disappointment when my good friend's haven't updated their blogs recently (Chelsea and Brittany, I am calling you out here!). My dream is to have my own website much like these faves of mine: Our Old Southern House (love, love, love this blog), Kelly's Korner (she has over 9000 followers and always has links to other good blogs), The Pioneer Woman (she has the best recipes!), and Lucie's List (a great guide for moms). I love writing and I am narcissitic enough to think that I have an interesting life that people actually want to read about and to love knowing that people enjoy my writing. Or at least I hope they enjoy my writing and think I am interesting. If you don't think either of those things please don't tell me. I probably will discount what you are saying and choose not to believe you anyways. :)
Another thing I would love to do, besides becoming a blogging goddess, is to write an advice column. I've learned over the past several months of bedrest (okay, I'm lying--I've always know this) that I love giving advice. I can also spend hours a day on Babycenter commenting on people's posts and questions and giving advice to people on everything from relationships (a lot of women seem to have a lot of relationship problems during pregnancy--makes me sad--despite all the changes of 2010 Paul and I have continued to have an amazing relationship--God has blessed us with each other for sure) to child rearing to pregnancy questions (mostly related to cerclage and things my high risk obs have told me). Plus I think my background in social work/mental health makes me qualified to write an advice column. I feel like I give good, sound advice.
So, I have no idea how to create my own website, but if anyone out there would like to help me or create one for me I'd be eternally grateful and I'd give you all the credit on your brilliant piece of design (also if you could tell me how to turn off these stupid hot keys on my laptop I'd be grateful to. I hate everytime I hit T and something else I get taken to a new internet explorer window or bing search or what not). And if anyone knows of any newspapers or websites hiring advice columnists then please let me know.
We are sitting at home, listening to the wind, everything covered in snow, watching a show on how Spiderman really could be plausible on History. I have a cold and don't feel like doing much. I've been on a big murder/thriller book spree lately (J.T. Ellison has the best series involving a character Taylor Jackson--I've read 4 of this series over the weekend) which may explain why I dreamt last night that I took down an armed suspect holding a woman hostage last night. Of course covering myself head to toe in Vicks Vapor Rub because of my cold could have had something to do with it, too. FYI covering the bottom of your feet in Vicks and putting socks on really does help. God love Paul for allowing me to sleep in our bed with the odor of menthol wafting about our room. I def will be taking a bath tonight and utilizing the Vicks.
Hard to believe in less than 7 weeks our baby girl will be here. That's only 52 days and to say I'm excited to meet her would be an understatement. Excited and terrified all at once. Well, maybe not terrified. A good scared for sure. Going into the unknown is always a little daunting as I'm sure all new parents will attest to.
How far in advance did y'all have your bags packed for the hospital, car seat installed, and crib bedding on? We got our car seat and stroller set up last night, the nursery is almost done (although I haven't put the sheet on yet, but the mattress is aired out not that it really needed to be as of course no one should be surprised that my crazy ass got an organic foam mattress), we have a baby shower on the 8th, and then will purchase whatever else we need to get after that. Did anyone else use a Graco pack and play with newborn napper? How did your baby like/do in the newborn napper part?
Hope everyone is staying warm and safe in this snowy weather!
I probably had my bags packed and the car seat installed about 4 weeks out. I kept hoping that they had my due date wrong :-).
ReplyDeleteGavin did not enjoy the newborn napper but he also didn't sleep well in the pack n play itself. He is kind of picky though so I wouldn't use him as an example :-)