This is a figment of your imagination. I said to myself, “No blogging, to twitter, no emails, no facebook.” So this is me NOT blogging and what I learned while I’m NOT doing it.
- There is a floor in our laundry room. Not just any floor, a clean one! I found the time to organize our massive pile of laundry and what I found underneath was amazing! One surface in this house that didn’t have chocolate fingerprints or marker doodles.
- My husband and I can have meaningful conversations that don’t end in a verbal massacre. Somehow we got onto the topic of religion (a very sore subject for me). Atheist vs. Ex-Jehova Witness….dun dun dunnn! Okay, I take that back, I’m not really an atheist, I just don’t know what the heck to believe when it comes to God, heaven, hell, afterlife, creation…I just live by what feels right (love, honesty, valuing life, etc) and hope that in the end I’ll have some questions answered. But we actually spent 2 HOURS talking about this topic and while our views are still completely different, it was a peaceful and productive conversation.
- No blogging = more sex. ’nuff said.
- My baby still doesn’t like me. I thought spending more one on one time with her would help draw out her personality but it didn’t happen. Either she has no personality or she really doesn’t like me. There’s something really strange about her 7 year old brother being able to calm her down and make her happier than mommy can. Very, very strange.
- There are a crapload of new movies I haven’t seen. We hit up the video store for the first time in MONTHS and there were all these new movies I had never even heard of. It’s quite possible I live under a bloggy boulder. We ended up renting Knowing with Nicholas Cage. By the time the movie was over I quickly remembered why I stopped renting them in the first place…the ending is ALWAYS disappointing. Especially when it involves aliens. Sigh.
- Baseball should be banned. After sitting through 2 hours of the homerun derby I was ready to claw my own eyes out from BOREDOM. It kills me to see how completely mixed up the values of this country are. Men that smack a ball with a stick for entertainment are making millions of dollars to play a GAME while real people are out losing their lives and protecting ours for mere peanuts (ie Policeman, Firemen, Military).
- Puppies pee A LOT. One day I counted 12 times that I took Shelbi (our labrador puppy) out to pee. If she wasn’t a puppy I’d consider giving her a pregnancy test because even I didn’t pee that many times a day while pregnant.
- Going to the grocery store alone is kind of fun. There’s no kids grabbing stuff off the shelves or crying. I’m not rushing through the store like a madwoman to get in and out before the kids do some so destructive that could result in being banned. Oh, and they have these really cool “half carts” for people that don’t have to shove a toddler, a carseat and $200 worth of groceries into one cart. And some older couple completely cut me off in line, normally I would have spit fire at them but I just let it slide. The longer I spent in the grocery store line meant more time alone for me.
- Quitting blogging is NOT possible. It sounded like a nice to solution to the chaos of my life but in reality, it’s like crack (or so I hear). Once you start, you’re hooked. Without my blog, I turn into a crazed cleaning, cooking, Wii playing, boredom busting madwoman.
Since this isn’t a real blog post then I’m not really commenting. Your laundry room has a floor? I’m freaking shocked???? I wonder what’s under all the crap in mine? Maybe it’s some kinda secret cave I can crawl into
LOL No Comment Here…nope nothing to read
wow laundry rooms have a floor I had no clue wonder if I have on too.(had that been an actually post this blogger would of put up a picture so we could see)
I am a Baseball fan u kind of need to look at that in a different way ready…check out those tight pants they are wearing the way they hug those butt cheeks, the way it curves around those tight muscular butt checks..and those shirts are form fitting to show off nice pecks..now thinking of all that close your eyes and attack dh…SEE baseball = more sex too
Thanks for making me feel normal.
OK TRY ME NOW>>>
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pssst CAT have you been to Brookfield Zoo yet w/the kids to see the Dinosaur exhibit….check out this video
http://nightowlmama.blogspot.com/2009/07/ww-dinosaurs-live-at-brookfield-zoo.html
YOUR SON will luv it!!
This is me…not saying hi and glad you are enjoying your break.
I am so glad that things seem to be coming around for you! I wish you continued success in life. I hope you keep “NOT” blogging. lol
You have an award over at my blog if you want it.
I’m proud of you doing what’s right in your life..
Cat,
We MUST talk soon! I read your list of “Not blogging” and it brought memories back from my “Blog Vacation”. My eyes teared up because the things you FINALLY got to do, are the the sames things “I” got to do!
No Bloging DOES = sex………………………………. Damn GOOD sex! Heck, I’d quit a thousand times over just for that sole reason.
My toddler ACTUALLY likes me. Yup. He didn’t for a while, but it’s all changed since I put my priorities in order. My older kids behavior has improved! I know who my REAL friends are.. and YES, I got to finally watch a movie. lol
*sigh*
It all gets better from here. Your family knows you really love them and you’re willing to give up the blog life for them. But they love YOU so much they don’t want you to… they just want a few tweeks.
Welcome back Cat!
Okay, I’m off to blog about this particular subject, because thoughts are swirling and I could write more and more on this sole comment!
I absolutely adore Sara LOL
And as I mentioned in your other post I am so glad you are back and staying, it’s soemthign we love and it is truly hard to give up something you love, taking a break is doable but to completely give it up is hard.
I am right there with you on the baseball thing! I don’t mind going to the games as long as there is a little alchohol involved though.
BTW I don’t even have a blog and I spend too much time on all of your guys blog so I am sure it is a lot of work…take breaks when you need it. The readers should understand.
Way to go girl…. doing what is right by you!!!! How wonderful, but I’m not commenting here either, just a friend lending an ear to a girl in need.
AND, an ex-JW wondering what religion is all about anyway, trying to live by what feels right and doing good to people and by people and for her family. “Can we talk, here?”
ALWAYS here for ya!!
This is me not commenting.
Girl you will miss blogging your blog was one of the first I fell in love with I understand how great that laundry room floor was to see or the great sex you all are having but I will miss you if you go away
Yeah for the treasures of not blogging! Glad your around AND have a life away from here!
Cat, I love ya! I’m glad you won’t be quitting the blog world. We would miss you too damn much and I really love that this is you not blogging. Tee hee!
i try hard every day to not feel so obligated to my “friends” online in the bloggy world…but then i remember that i don’t have any worthwhile irl friends and my internet bumps are always there to pick me up when i am down.
i don’t know how i lived 33 years of my life without them…
andy:)
p.s. my laundry room has a carpet underneath the clothes mountain. unbelievable. it was like a room makeover the day i finished the last load in months!
I’m so glad that you are finding your middle ground for family and blogging.
I’m so glad you’re “not” blogging. Hopefully you can find the right balance of family time and blogging time for you.
Really loved this post! I also agree baseball should be banned. This is my least favorite time of the year..I mean are all of these games really necessary?
Glad to have your insight once again!
Baseball + all sports should definitely be banned LOL glad you’re enjoying your not blogging and blogging
I enjoyed reading your non-blog. Keep the balance in your life.
So happy you found some time for family, other activities (even boring-ass baseball, yuck!), and YOU! Also glad you are finding the balance that doesn’t necessarily mean giving up blogging all together. I continue to learn from you…
Ok, I need to address these things one by one!
First, don’t remind me there’s such a thing as a laundry room floor–you’re a total buzzkill!
Second, it sounds like your an agnostic (like me!) where you’d believe if given proof which makes for interesting conversation with my Jewish/Atheist hubs.
I need to try out 3.
The Little Lady will come around just wait for the gender schema/sex role developmental stage to kick in.
Nick Cage? Seriously? Unless it’s pre-1995 it’s a big mistake!
I’m addicted to blogging too, and posting long winded comments on other people’s blogs, and with that, I say, Good Day!
Those are all very good realizations to come to! And I can totally relate with you on the religious front-I’m not atheist by a long shot, but I consider myself and experimenting agnostic =]
I’m glad you found what works for you- I did a post today on finding balance and what I think happened with all the burnout. Obviously I am out to win me some friends and influence people… NOT! LOLOL
Seriously, I hope that by setting your priorities you will find what is good about blogging and keep that part of it.
Cat, you are too damn cute. Can I say damn here?
I know being a stay home mom, this has become my hobby. When I’m not, I find myself bored after endless hours of playing with the kiddos. They are fun, but we all need a bit of alone time too. And, blogging is something I’ve seen many moms do to keep them sane. Hope your doing well!
I am so glad you’re back
It’s good to have you back! Whew – you scared us there for a bit!
I think we all need little breaks, and it sounds like yours was small, but take them as you need them…
Thanks for the laughs!
okay you are making the rest of us look bad. stop cleaning now! My husband absolutely does not need to know there is a clean floor under the laundry!
Got it? Good!
Glad to see your list today.. it was pretty funny.
I just started coming here not too long ago and when you “quit” blogging I was disappointed for you.
I too blog, and I spend ALOT of time on the pc, but I also know that I have to find some type of balance. It’s imperative for all of us to do the same. Normal people work 40 hour weeks – Bloggers can put in more and we are not getting paid for it.
I saw the outpouring of support for you and the onslaught that occurred after and it’s great to see people sticking together. Too bad there’s all the drama. We should all be working together. Passing reviews on to friends if we’re too busy, etc. The outpouring for you made me feel good.
As for getting your laundry taken care of – WOOT! As for the baby – some are just odd. (Please don’t take that the wrong way, I Mean no disrespect) more time spent with the baby, maybe that will change. You’re still a great mom!
My final word – this community is where it’s at. Deep down we all love each other and I Hope that we work together and not against each other.
Glad to have you back.
Hang on… do you mean to tell me that if I move that ungodly pile of dirty laundry I might find that I actually have a Laundry Room? Really and for true? Might have to try that sometime.
I kept trying to comment yesterday but it wasn’t letting me! boo!
I just wanted to say I can my husband and I have a very similar religious situation. I’m not necessarily atheist, I just do not know what to believe in, and he is an ex-Jehovah as well.
At any rate, I’m glad to see you back
Knowing was terrible! And supposedly they were angels not aliens-I didn’t get that either
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haha..too cute! shhh, you don’t see me lol
I think blogging is like crack seriously(well, not that I’ve tried crack or would want to lol)