Letters From Mommy

Thursday, July 2, 2015

25 Things About Mom

Several years back, this was a thing. I posted 25 Random Things About Jason on this blog way back then, but I just came across the one I wrote about myself. It is from February 2009, so some things have changed...most notably, there was no Matthew yet!

1) Okay, I give in. I've been tagged by this too many times to continue putting it off...

2) I am a master procrastinator.

3) I love making lists and crossing things off. Often, if I accomplish something that wasn't on my list, I'll write it down and then cross it off just to get the satisfaction.

4) I almost always finish my Christmas shopping in November.

5) I almost always send out Christmas packages in January. (see #2)

6) I have two sons, Michael Patrick and Jason Henry. Michael was stillborn in 2006 and I miss him every day. Jason was born screaming his healthy lungs out in 2007. That scream was the best sound in the whole entire universe.

7) I hate it when strangers ask me how many children I have. I usually lie and feel guilty about it later.

8) I also hate it when people refer to stillbirth as "miscarriage."

9) I am not a fantastic housekeeper, but I insist on freakish order in certain places (paperwork, DVDs, books, pantry, closets)

10) I don't mind diapers, but I HATE HATE HATE cleaning sippy cups.

11) I am a fast and frequent reader.

12) When I got engaged at 20 everyone thought I was crazy.

13) I wasn't ;)

14) I once got a D- in college (Materials Science). Which is actually pretty impressive, when you consider I showed up to 3 classes (first day, midterm, final) and didn't turn in an end-of-term project.

15) I tried the "attend 3 classes" routine in Statistics and got an A-.

16) I know the names of all the "Thomas" trains.

17) I call my Mom & Daddy every day.

18) I did not watch television on a regular basis until I married my husband.

19) I have not slept more than three consecutive hours since Jason was born.

20) I used to dance and miss it terribly.

21) I hate my husband's cat.

22) I never thought of myself as very "Mommy-ish." But it turns out I am!

23) I get my hair cut about once/year.

24) I have lived in 22 different houses/apartments.

25) If I could spend the day with any two people, I would choose Jon & Jason. I guess that makes me a lucky girl!

Tuesday, June 30, 2015

Sleep Tight

Seems my hobby is taking photos of sleeping brothers. You start on opposite sides of a king sized bed, and within a few minutes you look like this:

Thursday, March 5, 2015

It's Funny Because It's True

"You get a little moody sometimes but I think that's because you like to read. People that like to read are always a little fucked up."
-- Pat Conroy, The Prince of Tides

Embrace the crazy, boys!