Remember when I told you we’re firmly in that “Why” stage? Well, it’s truly and firmly engraved. Changing her diaper while she was sleeping, I rolled her over and she ejected a spontaneous “why?!” in her sleep.
I whispered, “Because it stinks.”
Pretty sure she didn’t hear me though.
Two hours. Two hours that I could’ve spent running, then having a massage. Two hours I could’ve been curled up with my favorite book. Two hours I could’ve gone shopping, or had lunch with some girlfirends and laughed.
Nope. Instead, it was two hours spent trudging through fabric stores. Two hours spent rubbing fabric after fabric on my cheek to test it’s softness and silkiness. Two hours spent cursing at the weather, and got hungrier in search of the elusive fabric. Two hours.
Those two hours I could’ve watched a movie, drank wine, and had my feet rubbed. No, instead I spent two hours going from store to store to find the perfect fabric to patch up that 23 year old piece of scrap blankie because some short blond girl looked at me with sad, puppy dog eyes and said, “Mommy, oh no! My blankie has a hole.”
What I wouldn’t do for her.
You’ll hear about the joys of Motherhood. The glory, the cupcakes. The effin’ cupcakes. You’ll imagine yourself as a June Cleaver sort. *Because we’re engrained with female stereotypes – but this post isn’t about that…this time* Perfectly coiffed and glowing all the time.
But the reality is far from it. There are no cupcakes. Geez, I would kill for some cupcakes right now. What is there? What is the reality?
The reality is that you’ll have urine on your hands from your girl’s bathroom accidents, and then realize that it’s in your hair because you brushed it from your face before you washed. Oh, and it’s on your face now too.
The reality is that you’ll be on all fours reaching around your dogs nether regions to cut out the urine matted tangles so that he is clean and groomed. I’m not sure the Cleavers ever had a dog, but I’m pretty sure that if they did June never did that. Bet she never had her nose far too close to her dogs penis in an attempted to cut out that awkward tangle yet still not actually cut the dog’s skin. Nope, pretty sure June never did that.
At least I wore pearl earrings while doing it.
P.s. For What Rules next week we’re mixing polka dots…with any other pattern you want.
. Never mind that I step on them several times a day and either hurt my foot, or trip and hit some other part of my body. Never mind that they get everywhere and are impossible to all corral into the same box. No, that’s not why I hate them.
I hate them because Baby Girl loves them. She loves them so much that she wants, “Mommy, you come build with me?” all day and every day. I have built something at least twenty times a day for the last two weeks. And that’s about the limit of my sanity.
I hate building blocks. Hate them!
*pause*
*sigh*
“Yes, I’m coming to build with you honey.”
*linking up with Style Sessions and Trend Spin*
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At work. The nice thing about being a photographer and actor is that you can go to work dressed like this. On a day where I had two shoots, I wanted to be warm and comfy. This outfit took care of both those requirements. Yup, definitely a much appreciated perk.
True Story:
We’re firmly in the “Why?” toddler stage. I’m not quite sure if she’s actually curious, or if she’s just trying to see how many ‘Why’s we can stand before sighing and saying, “Because.”
I highly suspect it’s an evil toddler prank that they discuss on internet forums when parents are sleeping. Maybe we’re guinea pigs in some psychological experiment.
Yes, that is where my brain goes.
*linking up with WIWW*
Mixing leopard print and plaid is a rule that should be broken, but wisely. I think the key is to keep everything else rather neutral and to stay in similar tones. I mixed this shirt because both the shirt and the scarf share a deep, rich warmth.
True, I didn’t stick to all neutrals in the palette, adding tapestry shoes, and sparkles; so maybe I broke several other rules too? I still think it works as everything tends to stay in that ‘deep warm’ category.
And if not, then the only people who saw this were the construction workers who have become my regular outfit taking audience.
p.s. Yes, that is my girl in the background wearing a jacket over her pajamas. Hey, it was that kind of day.
Next week, since it’s the holiday season, we’re breaking out the sequins for day by breaking the “Sequins are only for the evening” rule.
Sometimes I’m just not feelin’ it. So I throw on a pair of jeans and a plaid shirt. And on those days I go back to the 90’s and elementary school and that boy in grade eight who was so cool with his careless and artfully tossed on plaid shirt, and I was the seventh grader just wishing for him to look at me.
It’s not a painful memory because potential crushes in the innocence of youth have so much hope and optimism in them. It’s actually quite comforting to remember the silly ways I tried to get him to notice me. And I laugh.
*This post will be aimed at bloggers specifically. Apologies*
Ignorance is not a legal excuse. The giveaways we blogger run are legally called sweepstakes. That’s the category they fall under, and daily I see tweets from bloggers promoting their giveaways and when I visit their site it’s yet another illegal giveaway that could have them facing fines or other legal penalties. Please I beg you, please become more educated. If you participate in a group giveaway by donating a prize etc. but didn’t organize it, you are still liable.
I’ll tell you the dead giveaway *pardon the pun* that it is illegal: mandatory entries. Legally a sweepstakes can not have purchase necessary entries, and under the law, the requirement of liking/following/leaving a comment etc. *basically use of your time* constitutes a ‘purchase necessary’ or consideration entry, and that places you in the illegal lottery catergory. Therefore, if you see mandatory entries, chances are other laws are also being broken.
For instance, in Canada in addition to the no mandatory entries law, you must include a skill testing mathematical question as one of the entries. That’s why you’ll see on my giveaways the option to enter by answering 5+5= *or something similar* It has to be skill testing and it has to be included as part of the no purchase necessary entry options.
Weird, I know, but I’m not here to question the law right now, I’m here to plead with you to please educate yourself because a blog and giveaway is not worth getting fined or facing fraud charges. Please, please, educate yourself as to the laws and the the risks you face.
It took me a few months of research and education to become confident enough to start offering sweepstakes on my site again. Being educated makes me know that I’m not going to faces charges because of my blog.
Please read your federal laws.
*Update: Upon further investigation, I’ve learned that anyone who enters these giveaways runs the risk of facing illegal gambling charges!*
