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So, according to the award "rules", I am supposed to write seven interesting things about myself. This is hard because I'm a pretty boring person (but I LOVE my life). Here's my attempt to be, uh, interesting...
1. If I wasn't a nurse, I'd either be the new Samantha Brown on the travel channel or the new Sarah Richardson or Candace Olson on HGTV. I'm obsessed with interior design and have an appreciation for all types of design.
2. I can't draw to save my life. I can barely color inside the lines in Ella's Barney coloring book. I am envious of those who can draw/paint/sculpt. I'm really creative, but I can't express it in this way at all.
3. I can be really outgoing and also really shy. It completely depends on who I am around. If I look up to you, I'll probably tend to seem more reserved in fear that I might saying something stupid!
4. I love old music and old movies. Ella seems to like old, classic jazz music too! She's got good taste.
5. I have a slight obsession with those big, warm pretzels you get at the mall. If I'm being really bad, I'll get cheese to go with it. If I'm being REALLY, REALLY bad, then I get a cherry icee too! This is my favorite treat to share with Ella.
6. I love all things Parisian.
7. In a perfect world, my little family and I would live in the Tuscan region of Italy. We'd ride our bikes everywhere, have a vineyard and olive trees, and eat fresh tomatoes every day. We'd vacation in Nice and travel to Paris often. Or maybe we would just live in a swanky apartment in Paris with a view of the Eiffel Tower. We'd sit at little cafes and drink coffee and eat crepes with bananas and chocolate. Ella would be fluent in french and say "oui, oui Mommy!"
Doesn't that sound glamorous?
But instead, we only have a view of a couple lonely dogwood trees. I only managed to grow 5 lemons on two lemon trees this past year. And the only cafe I'm lounging around at is my not-so-pretty breakfast table...drinking Maxwell House coffee with off brand vanilla creamer. There are no banana and chocolate crepes....only cheerios with brown mushy bananas. And Ella's favorite word is "no" not "oui" (french for yes).
It's good to have dreams. But, my reality is pretty darn good too.
Dear Ella,
May you dream big, but always think mushy bananas are good enough.
Mommy
8 comments:
I hate when people make those comments too! It is as if they want to be one up on you or something in motherhood.
I'm with you, EVERY single age has its joy, blessings AND challenges! It is all about living in the moment (which is sometimes hard to do, but those are the days I enjoy the very most).
I loved reading your Interesting 7! I am going to nominate you too, I have it all written out, but haven't posted it yet! Funny that my top 5-7 have already been awarded! Must mean we all have excellent taste! And I LOVE the reason for your blog! Have you visited Blurb.com? I slurped my blog into book format in 5 minutes! LOVE IT! What a keepsake for our kids!Ella is truly blessed!
You deserve it, girl! I LOVE your blog and appreciate your comments, prayers and support more than you know. :-)
You make me smile! With your lemon trees...give them a little time. We have two orange trees and they yielded next to nothing for the first several years (we didn't even know they were orange trees for their lack of fruit). Then last year we got over 50 oranges off them! I bet given a few more years, you'll be filling bowls and vases with fresh picked lemons! :)
Congrats on your award and your winning attitude!
Sarah~ I love those big pretzels with an icee, too. Ahhhh...
Loved reading about Paris. I imagined I was there!
Thank you for your sweet words and prayers.
Congrats! I am outgoing and shy at the same time too.
congrats! I thought I was the only one who could be completely shy and outgoing, ha!
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