Anxious? Who, me?

Almost Monday - time to write a Listicle!  Ally from Two Normal Moms suggested we come up with a list of ten things we'd like to see happen before we die.  This is a great topic, and I will answer that question one of these days, but having just attended a funeral on Saturday, I don't think I am quite up for this one right now - it's all just a little too raw.  So, instead I will go with Ally's alternative topic, ten things that give you anxiety.

1.  Tossing and turning and staring at the clock when I should be sleeping.

2.  Sticky messes.

3.  The persistent, hungry cry of a newborn.

4.  Drycleaning chemicals.

5.  Lilah's eating habits and table manners.

6. Cooking. Especially on a timeline.

7.  Inadvertently offending someone.

8.  Writer's block.

9.  Social situations in which I know absolutely no one and am forced to make awkward small talk.

10.  Imagining Lilah as a teenager.

For more Monday Listicles fun, go vist the Listmaster!

This is the Time of Year...

This is the time of year...

When I want to scream at the traffic lights, "C'mon, change.  Change.  CHANGE!!!"

When the sappiest, cheesiest, most obvious things make me cry.

When I am constantly running behind and apologizing to myself and others for just not being able to do it all.

When I want to create holiday traditions for my little family that will last through the years; traditions that my kid(s) will look back on with fond memories when they start their own families.

When being at the mall makes me feel like this:

"Oh no, we're going to the mall?  Again???!!!"

When I feel so incredibly lucky to be able to say (with total honesty) that I genuinely like my in-laws!

When our bank account bleeds money.  Like a severed artery.  With no hope of rescue till January.

When I remind myself to take stock and count my many blessings.  The past 18 months have been one wild, amazing, bumpy, and beautiful ride.

MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!