To Love a Mockingbird

First off let me say that I know that I have been lazy with this blog.I am not quite sure why I feel I need to justify my absence every time I go more than a week without posting. When the blogs that I read do that I don’t like it and I am sure that you guys don’t like it either. From now on I will try to update more often (more so for myself because my God, Lucy is really being extra cute these days and I really need to remember these times) and I will make a vow right now that I will never apologize for my absence here because remember I find that annoying. So now, with that said, shall we move on, yes?

OK so here is what I have been doing.

Can’t you just taste the yummy goodness! This is the same bread that my Mom has been making for me and Lucy and we both love it. Well, Friday I accomplished making it by myself. I was so happy that I did it but that was only short lived because then I realized that now I won’t get free bread from my Momma anymore, wah!!!

So in between the bread rising and baking I decided I needed something more to do besides caring for an extra whiny child and washing clothes. So I whipped this up

Actually, I didn’t just whip it up (but that was fun to say!). It took me the afternoon but it was so worth it. I think I will go and make twenty of them now. Would anyone else like one? If you do just delurk in the comment section and I may just have to send one your way!

This is my favorite part

The covered button, go figure. Once, my dear mother-in-law smocked, yes you read that right S.M.O.C.K.E.D a dress for Lucy and do you know what I had the audacity to comment on? Go ahead, take a guess… The little pearl buttons she attached to the back. Pearl buttons, thats pretty good, like she didn’t just work weeks on this smocking, no no it’s the buttons that impressed me. ( Not really, I love the dress but I swear I pick the stupidist things to point out sometimes!)

So anyway I thought I’de give you another treat tonight for sticking around even when I don’t. So here it is

Try to stop laughing long enough to understand that this was the late 80s. Fashion was not so great. I guess you are probably wondering who these people are. Well, the little boy on the left is my baby brother. He was so cute (still is and also single!). And yes, that is me in the middle with the huge white glasses! Don’t you agree that they almost balance out my huge chiclet teeth? Also please note the biking suit that I was wearing. I had begged for this for my birthday, do any of you children of the 80s remember having one of these? And last but not least, the adorable little girl on the end is my cousin Meghan. In this picture we had went to California to visit her and my Aunt and Uncle. We have never lived close to each other but I always feel like we aren’t that far apart. I think that we understand each other and the few times that we have been able to spend together we enjoy each other and find out that we are more alike than we think. However, Meghan leads a much more exciting life than I do and she writes about it here. So if you have a minute go by and visit her. But if you do, be nice!  

I know, I know. I really don’t deserve to have a blog. Really though, I swear I’ve been thinking of you all, meaning to post! Things have just been a little busy around here.

So how have you all been? Really, well that’s great! Things have been pretty darn good over in my little part of the world and they just got a little better yesterday because I got something that I have been anxiously awaiting. I’ve been researching this particular thing, trying to make sense of it all. Wondering if now is the best time to add something else to our family, what with the soaring gas prices and higher food costs. Would we even have enough space in our home for this?  And once you  get something like this it is almost impossible to not want to get everything that goes with it, all the cute little accessories. There will be alot of work involved with this thing but as with anything that involves alot of work the outcome is always so worth it! So can you guess what it is?

I’ll give you a little hint…

Oh, I’m sorry did I lead you to believe that I was pregnant or something? Sorry we aren’t there yet. But I did get the 30 pound baby that I have been eyeing for a really loooong time! I’d love to say that my thoughtful husband surprised me with this lovely hunk of metal but I’d be lying if I did, and Internet, I would not lie to you. However, he did give me the green light to goaheadandgetitalreadybecauseIamreallytiredofhearingyoutalkaboutit! So, Happy Mother’s Day to me! I think that this one definitely takes the cakes ( or should it be bakesthe cake, ha ha, well that was kind of silly because it doesn’t actually bake it, the oven does that, but it will make baking a cake easier and I’ll just be stopping this nonsense right here because now you all know that I am certifiably crazy!)

So gals out there, does it really matter to you if you are surprised? Does the gift actually mean more if you had no idea you were getting it? I know that it used to matter to me and sometimes now I hate that it doesn’t because I really do love, love, looove a good surprise. I know that I would love my mixer just the same if Eric had surprised me with it but would I love it more? Nah, I don’t think so. So, tell me, is this because I am old (about to be another year older, wah!) or because I am married? Is this just what happens? Leave your answer in the comment section, partly because I want to know what you think and partly because I want to know that you still care about me!