Of course no one really calls me Kathryn. But Kate didn’t have enough syllables to sound like the old book title. Either way, that’s how I feel about my little space on the internet. When I have something on my mind, I come here to work it out. And the rest of the time, I just take it for granted that my outlet will be here waiting for me.
This week has been a true commentary on how easy it is to get caught up in life and not make time for this exercise in self awareness. As anyone who reads my blog knows, I delve deep. That’s me in a nutshell: deep. No – seriously – I am.
But I haven’t had time for deep thoughts this week. I’ve been too busy baking cookies for work and trying to get my holiday season act together. And what I have posted has been pretty limited. Let’s review: a drawing, an announcement that this week’s drawing will have to be postponed due to technical difficulties and a diatribe on my new favorite saying, “surprising happiness“. Oh right – and cute guys lip synching. Like anyone who saw that hasn’t been watching their YouTube videos over and over this week… Chris and I can’t get enough (although his favorite is the robot girls…and he says he doesn’t like club music…)
Very little substance. Very little effort. Very little excuse. So THAT’S my Friday Confession for this week. I am L-A-Z-Y. Instead of feverishly writing my heart out in between putting batches of cookies in the oven, I’ve been watching Netflix DVDs of Beauty and the Beast (more on that later) and The L Word. I just can’t seem to muster up any interest in picking a topic and writing about it. Case in point: this post. What exactly am I writing about anyway? If I was someone else reading it, I’d be thinking: “blah, blah, blah…link to something I wrote recently…blah blah blah…link to something I wrote somewhat recently…blah, blah, blah…link to something I wrote months ago…blah et cetera, et cetera, et cetera (name that musical – Anymommy!)
Oh right – and I’ve just had several glasses of wine for dinner (not WITH dinner – INSTEAD of dinner). So I’m currently under the impression that I can write about nothing and be incredibly amusing at the same time. I blame Seinfeld. And cheap Kenwood Merlot.
Ironically enough – I’ve had had some interesting things to write about this week. First – last Friday, I had the pleasure of meeting the amazing Katie from My Hotwheels. I knew she was strong and courageous from her blog, but I had no idea she was also a total babe. She and her adorable friend Keriann met me for lunch in DC last Friday, and I’m madly in love with both of them. Not because they are so lovely (which they are) – but because they are hilarious. We talked about everything from Twilight (I’m a novice, while they have read all the books and seen the movie), to our special needs children, to Keriann’s aversion to hiring a nanny to help her with her three/going on four small children (consensus: get over it and get the nanny Kerrianne). This lunch could have been it’s own post – but I was lazy and posted YouTube videos instead. As my more experienced blog friends would say, “FAIL.”
Then, I had a crazy week at work. But I don’t write about work. Because I don’t have an anonymous blog…and I don’t want to get fired. But I will say that I volunteered (i.e. SUCKER!) to bake cookies for client calls this week. As a result, I had to stay up late to bake and writing in my blog was put on the back burner (and that was TOTALLY a pun, by the way).
This baking project could be labeled “full cycle.” Not only did I contribute cookies (and THE BEST cookies I may add) – I was also put in charge of packaging. “Put in charge” meaning that I arrived at work this morning and was given materials to wrap and embellish all of the cookie trays (because no one else was “any good at that.”) I was fairly pleased with my results until I got to the last cookie tray and ran out of wrapping materials. Since staff would be picking up trays for their meetings at any minute, and I didn’t have time to purchase more wrapping materials, I had to be creative. Initially, I was stuck with several scraps of what I had used for the other trays. One of my co-workers dropped by to ask me how it was going and I told him that I was having a Project Runway moment. I had limited resources, and it was “make it work” time. After wandering around the office and joking about various unorthodox wrapping materials, a more realistic co-worker suggesting just reusing a tin that had come to us as part of a holiday package the previous week. Snore…but practical. Crisis averted.
Since my post “about nothing” is starting to get kind of long – I won’t get into any other little stories from the week. They’ve come and gone and I’m still here. Still lazy. And I didn’t even ATTEMPT to do a holiday card. What can I say? The holidays bring out the teenager in me. All I want to do is bring a book (currently Twilight) up to my room and read for hours under the radar of “the grownups.” Unfortunately, I’m Mommy now, and personal time is not allowed. If I can’t close the bathroom door without inciting a toddler siege, then I certainly can’t hole up with a book.
And since next week will be devoted to taking care of our little monsters, I’ve decided to take the week off (kind of like this week – but without the attempt to make it seem like I’m actually doing anything). The only exception will be Monday when I will FINALLY post my good friend Christy Wood’s jewelry giveaway. I had to be patient with her earlier in the week when her computer crashed and she couldn’t update her Etsy shop. But by this coming Monday, it will be ready for public viewing. I’ll then post the last giveaway on December 31.
Sorry that my post title was so much better than the post itself – but that’s generally the way it works out anyway right? And I’m literally falling asleep on my keyboard, so I have no hope of even rewriting this. I’m pretty much done. For the night. At 11 p.m. I’m such a grandma…
Check back on Monday for another December Giveaway, and have a great holiday week!
Oooh this wine on an empty stomach post is pretty fun! Who cares what it’s about! Cookies, I think. Anyway it was totally fun reading all this. I’ve had a long week of not much blogging activity myself. It’s pretty easy to fall out of the habit.
Ah yes, under the radar of the grown-ups, I’m always trying to figure out how to do that too. Except, I, too, am the mommy and allowed very little alone time (sometimes I find myself wondering how all this happened). And 11:00 pm, we’d call you wild and crazy!
You’re not lazy. Jeesh. You’re a working mother of three small children and it’s the week before Christmas.
Enjoy your week off and have a beautiful Christmas!
– Chris
You can write about NOTHING and still keep my interest. That’s saying something, sister! I like it! I think I’d like to have a liquid dinner and swap stories with you.
If you think going to bed at 11pm is grandma-ish, I wonder what you think of my 9pm bedtime! haha! Enjoy your week off! Merry Christmas to you, the husband and the kids!
You’re hysterical! I blame Seinfeld as well. Glad I stopped by.
I was just thinking about how wonderful it would be if I could stay in my bed for a few alone hours to read a book!!
But alas, we cannot, we are mommies and we have Christmas magic to create. :)
Merry Chritmas.
I’m all about the post titles; the rest is filler anyway, right? (well, not here, but you know ….)
Now, although I’d like to finish my book, I have to go do holiday cards myself. Thanks a lot for reminding me. Harumph!
Mmmmm….cookies. (And wine!) Just stopping by to say hello. :)
I think I can blame Seinfeld for most of my life. Not that there is anything wrong with that.
For a post about nothing, I sure enjoyed it (and I haven’t had any wine yet). 11pm? If I don’t get to bed by 10 the next day it totally shot.
The King and I!!!!! Oh, that was fun, I was scared someone would beat me to it. Great title, great post, I love catching up a little in one post.
I’m glad you were “lazy”(not) the other day, otherwise I would not have seen the cute boys lip syncing!
I spent an hour last night watching their videos and must say that I have developed a crush on them. Thanks Kate!
How is it that your posts of “no substance” are better than anything than I could ever think of…on a good day?
Kate, you are NOT LAZY! You are SUPERWOMAN! How you accomplish all you do and still be a great Mom astounds me. And you are amusing and entertaining. And, by the way, wasn’t Seinfeld based on the hysterical nothingness of everyday life?
I sooo enjoy you!
I love getting into a book and spending hours on it. It isn’t fun for anyone else in my family, but I thoroughly enjoy it.
Go, be lazy (because you’re really not lazy), and have fun!
i still love ya!! happy holidays!
I sure enjoyed your “post about nothing.” The title sucked me in, since I have such fond memories of that book. Speaking of books, while you’ve been baking and parenting and working and, yes, blogging and lunching, I’ve been up in my room reading books. My blog has been neglected b/c I’m on a reading kick right now. Hello, why did it take me 5 years to crack open “The Kite Runner” ??
hey…i’ve been a combination of lazy and “with my head cut off” crazy but seinfeld???…”you want a christmas card?!?”
enjoy your week and just enjoy it.
and still…your post about nothings is always full of lots of somethings!
thanks for the shout out! lunch was great and it was exactly what i needed. next time i’m in town…we’ll do lunch…and i’ll be on time! :)
xoxo
I can be sooo lazy myself…and you know what I am okay with that..lol
Wishing you and your family a wonderful Christmas! :)