A Fabulously Flawed Life

Boy do I have a silly treat for you today. {{snicker}} A fabulous friend of mine {and someone who I greatly admire) guilt-tweated me into posting a Mom Casting video submission for the new blogger reality show that's in the works.  {{bwaahaa!}} I'm only doing this for YOU my dear Ciaran. Only for you! and Yes "guilt-tweeted" is a word. {Watch Laurie's Mom Casting Video submission on YouTube} In all honesty, there's no way that I'll be chosen so I'm not worried about it. The blogosphere is filled to the brim with successful mormon-mommy-bloggers to be the resident LDS reality show contestant.  Most of whom are way more talented than little ol' me. Why did I finally cave and do the video?  Well... a while ago, I realized that I was sabotaging myself and not accepting offers because I was scared that I wouldn't be able to pull it off, or that I would be so nervious I'd be a sweaty mess. So I decided to stop that behavior immediate...

More often than I'd like to admit, I get into these moods to throw things away.  It stems from the attitude of "the more you have ~ the more you have to take care of".  {{giggle}} It usually happens when I'm feeling overwhelmed or majorly stressed out.  It just feels good to get rid of all the things we are no longer using in my home.  This time I tackled one of the attics:  The Toy Attic. Now that my baby is no longer a baby {and refuses to play with anything that's not Batman} I felt like the time had come to donate all the toys we don't plan on keeping for the grandkids. {{um yes, I'm praying for grandkids already!}}   That means that almost everything got donated to Goodwill.  We had to stuff both of our cars to the ceiling in order to make it in one trip.   It was a milestone in our lives for sure; getting rid of 12 years of birthdays, christmases, and behavior chart rewards.  Anyone who knows me, knows that I adore toys and...