Are you ready to PAAARTAY?

Posted on Friday~March 20, 2009

Isn't this crazy? We can even party hop on-line now.
Which means I don't even have to do my hair.
I can just sit around looking like this:


Except I don't really look like this because I have brown hair now.
But my face? Totally the same.
I don't make this face at real life parties, but I make it a lot at home.
So there you have it. This is what I'm doing right now. Most likely.
I'm a party animal.
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Welcome to the Extraordinary Ordinary. If you're new here thanks to 5 Minutes for Mom, please don't be scared. I don't always make that face.

Rather, I spend hours on end smiling and playing peacefully with my two boys, Miles and Asher. They're ages 3 and 1, and we play cars constantly and I never tire of it. (That wasn't the truth. I love to play with my boys in short doses, but the truth is that my attention span is a bit short for Hot Wheel play for hours on end. So if my regular readers were here with us, they would be shaking their heads and giving a little chuckle at my sarcasm.)

Yes, I can be a bit sarcastic, but I really am totally in love with my family. We've had a rough year, finding out that Asher has hydrocephalus and going through a surgery to have a brain shunt put in place. He's doing really well now, thank you for asking. Both of my boys totally rock.

I'll keep this short (I'll try) because I know you've got lots of party hopping to do and I don't want to keep you too long. Here's the run-down on me: I'm 33, married to Ryan, you know the mom part, I'm a Christian but I'm not all that conservative, I love Peeps (both kinds-marshmallow sugary Peeps and also People), I used to be a social worker and worked with the mentally ill, I struggle with depression myself and humor and my faith pull me through that, I'm totally scattered most of the time and make a fool of myself often. Blogging reminded me that I love to write and I love the connections I've made here on the world-wide interweb.

You can read posts that don't stink as much as this one by going to the top of the page and clicking Greatest Hits. There are stories there where I've humiliated myself and they might make you laugh. The posts where I wax philosophical and theological and poetical on everything from mothering to faith and life are there too.

Whew. That's it. Oh...except, you should probably know I say "rocks" and "rocks the party" far too often. But I guess that's appropriate for today, since this is a blog party.

Thank you for making a stop here.
Let me know you did so I can check out your party too.

And if you're up for a more serious side of me (yes, I do have one),

check out one of my latest posts about my past, the messes I've made, and grace.

I'll peek in on you once I know you've been here.

Like this:

Creeeepy!

Peace out.