Mommy Blogs Annoy Me
I really just need to stop reading mom blogs. And I don't mean the funny ones. I like those. The ones where they laugh about something funny their kids did or make fun of themselves as a mom. I mean the ones that are like, "We need to stop judging each other as moms" or "Dear mom with the iphone at the park" or "You thought you were doing your car seat right but NOPE!" or "*Sappy title that will make you cry big hormonal tears*" I don't know why I always do, but I ALWAYS do.
WHY DO I READ THESE?
Also, WHY DO I READ THE COMMENTS?
because it seems like no matter how well written it was and nice it was there are always comments about how it was terrible and how these moms are better than those moms, and your kids are going to suffer b/c you suck!
I just need to stop it. That's why I stopped reading parenting magazines and "What to Expect When You Never Do Anything But Spend Time With Your Baby the First Year." Because in all reality I'm not the involved mom, and it makes me feel bad that I'm not. Some moms are, and that's fine. I do things with my kids, but I like to be alone, as well, and they get that. And they love me. And I love them. Also, Evan has taken notice of my lack of crafting abilities and told Lauren she needs to choose something easy for her birthday cake b/c Mommy can't do complicated things. haha But he likes that I try.
*side note: Lauren's 6th birthday is SUNDAY! I'll post pics of the cake my sister-in-law and I made later. And by that, I mean that she did most of it b/c... well, I suck at caking*
I do like reading writing blogs, though. Writer blogs are different than mommy blogs b/c everybody is so encouraging to each other. And even though I'm not writing at the moment, they make me feel okay about myself b/c sometimes they're like that, too. It's nice. Why can't mommy communities be like writing communities? Maybe there are some mean ones out there, but I haven't found them yet.
I've made some good mommy friends here in laredo. We all have different parenting styles but no one cares. Whenever we finally move from here, I will miss them. And making new friends as a mom is hard. Exhausting. All the play dating and crap. Blah.
Making friends was easier in school.
This is totally unrelated, but I sold a bracelet on ebay, and immediately after this person won the auction, they cancelled it! Who does that? I'm annoyed. Now I'm having to go through the process of offering second chance offers, and they're asking questions about the bracelet and uggghhh. I don't know! I found it in my jewelry box, okay? I don't have a jewelry scale sitting around my house! The person who cancelled is getting negative feedback from me, that's for sure.
I should probably go make dinner.
But first, here's a cute picture of Lauren when I took treats up to the school for her birthday today.
I brought rice krispie treats instead of cupcakes b/c one of the little boys has allergies, and Lauren told me as she was passing them out, "I don't like rice krispie treats." Dang it! I guess I failed there... but at least I didn't cause a kid to have a deadly allergic reaction. And she ate it. Poor girl.
SIX ON SUNDAY! :D
WHY DO I READ THESE?
Also, WHY DO I READ THE COMMENTS?
because it seems like no matter how well written it was and nice it was there are always comments about how it was terrible and how these moms are better than those moms, and your kids are going to suffer b/c you suck!
I just need to stop it. That's why I stopped reading parenting magazines and "What to Expect When You Never Do Anything But Spend Time With Your Baby the First Year." Because in all reality I'm not the involved mom, and it makes me feel bad that I'm not. Some moms are, and that's fine. I do things with my kids, but I like to be alone, as well, and they get that. And they love me. And I love them. Also, Evan has taken notice of my lack of crafting abilities and told Lauren she needs to choose something easy for her birthday cake b/c Mommy can't do complicated things. haha But he likes that I try.
*side note: Lauren's 6th birthday is SUNDAY! I'll post pics of the cake my sister-in-law and I made later. And by that, I mean that she did most of it b/c... well, I suck at caking*
I do like reading writing blogs, though. Writer blogs are different than mommy blogs b/c everybody is so encouraging to each other. And even though I'm not writing at the moment, they make me feel okay about myself b/c sometimes they're like that, too. It's nice. Why can't mommy communities be like writing communities? Maybe there are some mean ones out there, but I haven't found them yet.
I've made some good mommy friends here in laredo. We all have different parenting styles but no one cares. Whenever we finally move from here, I will miss them. And making new friends as a mom is hard. Exhausting. All the play dating and crap. Blah.
Making friends was easier in school.
This is totally unrelated, but I sold a bracelet on ebay, and immediately after this person won the auction, they cancelled it! Who does that? I'm annoyed. Now I'm having to go through the process of offering second chance offers, and they're asking questions about the bracelet and uggghhh. I don't know! I found it in my jewelry box, okay? I don't have a jewelry scale sitting around my house! The person who cancelled is getting negative feedback from me, that's for sure.
I should probably go make dinner.
But first, here's a cute picture of Lauren when I took treats up to the school for her birthday today.
I brought rice krispie treats instead of cupcakes b/c one of the little boys has allergies, and Lauren told me as she was passing them out, "I don't like rice krispie treats." Dang it! I guess I failed there... but at least I didn't cause a kid to have a deadly allergic reaction. And she ate it. Poor girl.
SIX ON SUNDAY! :D