3 Blogging Goals - November Blogathon

Happy Tuesday All! We are in week 2 of our November Blogathon and this week is all about blogging....

#novemberblogathon

Since I'm a blogging novice I am going to keep my 3 blogging goals small and attainable:


*** I'd like to blog regularly - I know this seems really trivial but I think blogging regularly is the first step to attaining all of the goals.

*** I'd like to grow a loyal following - The reason I started blogging was to chronicle my life, marriage, and my son but being a loyal blog follower I've grown to enjoy reading about these women's lives and learn about their families. Reading and even adding my own comments has shown me what an amazing gift it can be to have loyal followers who believe in you and your story.

***I'd like to get out of this clothing rut - Being a first time, stay-at-home, mom was an interesting title that I've had for a little over a year now. I've started part-time job at financial firm and I'm trying to find a happy medium between sweats and flip-flops and pencil skirts and heels. I'd like the accountability of posting my outfits and stepping outside of my comfort zone will help to grow my closet and comfort in my new mom body. 


Lucky for you I don't have any pitiful clothing photos as of yet but they're on their way in posts to come and thank you for being a reader. I'm so grateful that you have graced my blog with your presence. 

And because he's so gosh darn cute... Dean....

Until tomorrow!!

 

30 Facts About Yours Truly - November Blogathon

It's finally here! Welcome November and welcome Blogathon...

I've been thinking about this post all day. Mostly because I have no idea which 30 facts I'm going to share. Then I started listing ridiculous things: I'm right handed - yawn... I have brown hair - obvious. So bear with me. Hopefully this list will be more fruitful and exciting than the aforementioned snoozeville facts.

HERE WE GO...

1. I was born with cleft lip and palate
2. I used to be obsessed with Buffy the Vampire Slayer between 5th grade - Sophomore in high school. Super embarrassing! 
3. I have a hippie dream of owning a summer camp. I love the camaraderie between the campers and the counselors. Camp was always a magical place for me. 
4. On that note, I used to go to craniofacial camp. It was a camp where all the campers had craniofacial deformities. Such a great feeling to be "normal" and around people that were just like me for a few days. 
5. I have a fear of Gary Sinise. It's not logical but it's a real deep down fear.... Blegh
6. I have the strange talent of being able to tell what mixes most dogs are. I have yet to discover where this talent comes in handy in my life. Although, it has impressed my husband from time to time.
7. I miss reading! Having a one year old does not leave me much time to sit and crack open a book. At least, a book that's author isn't Dr. Seuss. 
8. I have a guilty pleasure of reality TV. Bravo is my secret drug... 
9. My husband and I celebrate the day we met as our "friend-iversary".
10. I always wanted to move to NYC. I got as close as Syracuse.... Brrrrr...
11. I have my bachelor's degree in Psychology
12. I changed my major 3 times: Public Relations, Aesthetics Specialist, and Business ... I'm still not sure I made the right choice.
13. I love being a mother more than I ever thought I would. I thought I would miss going into an office, wearing heels, and sending emails... Turns out I don't but benefits talk.
14. Thank God for Pinterest because my family would be so sick of the only 2 meals I could make - spaghetti and breaded chicken cutlet.
15. I love a parade. Especially if there's a marching band in it. 
16. I want to be a snow bird when I grow up... Mountains in the summer and beach in the winter... Sign me up, please!!!
17. I want to be a tough girl when I'm out on the farm but the quick movement of a bug, animal, piece of grass and I will jump out of my skin because I'm obviously being attacked.
18. I think I only want one child. Not sure if this is a fact considering I'm not sure how I feel about it yet but I'm putting it out there. 
19. I make fake trips on Expedia so I can have a number in my head of how much I need to save for - if I ever got the chance to travel to Europe. Then something in the house breaks and my Europe money turns into A/C money. 
20. I used to be a really good singer. I performed in school, church, and summer camp.
21. I have to wear special earplugs on an airplane because I can't regulate the air pressure changes
22. I really enjoy cleaning my ears with a q-tip. 
23. I'm a cryer. It's my reaction to anything in life. Happy - cry. Sad - cry. Scared - cry. Excited - cry. Nervous - nausea and probably cry. 
24. I can play the spoons. Thank you Dollywood and our family vacation circa 1996.
25. I really want to find a church that I feel at home in. I grew up in church and I haven't found one that I've been comfortable in since I left Syracuse 2 years ago. 
26. I'm a matching freak. I think it hinders my fashion daring-ness
27. When I was a bartender, I could blow fire. 
28. I used to be a bartender... Is this one cheating?? 
29. I'm my parents' only child but I have 4 siblings from my dad's other marriages. 
30. I was born in Brooklyn, New York, moved to Florida when I was 3 years old, and I still consider myself a New Yorker. 

There you have it! I did it... Phew! My husband even popped his head into the room to offer some facts. None of which I used - thanks anyway, babe. 

Until tomorrow my friends... #NovemberBlogathon

Welcome to Limbo...

    Recently, I've been feeling as if I'm in a strange place. A type of limbo, if you will, where I've got my toe in so many pools but I have yet to jump into just one. I'm part of this late-twenties-married-stay-at-home-mom-working-part-time-who-am-I-now? type of limbo. How can it possibly be that I was more self-confident at 19 than I am at 28?? I've known myself 10 years longer! Part of me wants to turn the music up! While the other part of me wants to turn the music down because the baby is sleeping. A limbo where my unmarried friends still invite me to bars on a random Tuesday night. (Yes, Taco Tuesdays, I still remember you and no I can't go). 

      I lost several "friends" - I use the word loosely- when I got pregnant and decided to get married (in that order). Then I joined a Mommy and Me group once Dean was born and I made a new set of mommy friends. Now that I've started working and I can't attend as many mommy meet ups as I used to, I feel as though I'm starting to pull away from those new friends. I admit, I don't try as hard to be a good friend. I don't reach out daily. I don't keep tabs of the goings-on in my friends' lives. I  use Facebook as a crutch... I worry that I can't give them as much attention that a good friend deserves. Also, I'm tired and usually up to my eyeballs in toys and chasing around a toddler.

     So, like many other Limbo drifters, I'm turning to a blog to help me re-find myself. To help me realize that I can have my toe in as many pools as I please and it doesn't make me any less of a person because I can't commit to just one thing. To help me get out of this rut... Let's start with a haircut....(rhyme not intend but appreciated)

I hope you'll join me on this journey out of Limbo. I'd love to hear your thoughts and experiences about being a new parent, new spouse, new coworker, new friend....