A Whole Lot of Ketchup?

Goodness.  I’ve got some catching up to do.  Here goes.

Friday night me and Tim went on a date AGAIN.  Strange goings-on around here I tell ya. Instead of doing the typical date thing, we finally got to get our new tattoos.  Don’t judge just yet.  There are people out there who go and tattoo leopard print all over their faces and such, and far be it for me to judge them.  To each his own, but I am not one of those people.  Each and every one of them has a meaning, right down to the color.  Anyway, since we are 100% done having kids, I was in the position to get my official mom tattoo.  I’ve been “deciding” on it since we started procreating, so a ton of thought has gone into this one.  The symbol is a Triskele, which is Celtic in origin and has many different meanings, one of which is the three trimesters of pregnancy.  Kind of a motherhood symbol, if you will.  The letters worked into the three “legs” are my children’s first initials.  Yes, I know the “L” is a little screwy and kind of looks like a shoe off of one of Santa’s helpers.  I’m going to get it tweaked a bit as soon as I get the chance.  Even so, this is by far my favorite.  I have 5 others, which all have a different significance and sentimental value.  You don’t have to tell me I’m pasty or that I have a strange look on my face, either.  I know this.  So, without further adieu…

Next!

Saturday, I got a real shocker.  When I was writing my post for that day I never imagined getting a comment that announced that I had received an award.  How sad is it that I got all nervous and sweaty-palmed and giddy?  I am so not exaggerating.  It’s so exciting to find out someone likes your blog enough to give you an award.  So I’m feeling like Sally Field at the Oscars in ’84.  Wanna see it?  Okay!

Here are the rules you have to abide by upon accepting this particular gem.

1. Thank the person who gave you the award.

I’ve already thanked her nearly to death, but it’s only fitting that I do it right here for everyone to see. Thank you very very much Lanned.  You quite seriously started my Saturday off with a bang.  Lanned is the author of FTF (Fighting to Function) and she graciously offered this award to me.  What a sweetheart.
2. Share ten things about yourself

This is a tough one.  Let me think…

1. I’m going bald.
2. I have serious control issues.
3. Every time I have ever started a job, I almost immediately got pregnant and had to quit said job because me and pregnant don’t mix.
4. I had PPD with my first baby, and if anybody want’s to comment on that go right ahead.
5. I have had liposuction.  Didn’t work out too well, now did it?
6. I once went skiing right off a jagged rocky cliff and lived to blog about it.
7. I smoke too much, eat too much and don’t exercise too much.
8. I have an extreme fear of death.
9. I was once ambushed and attacked by moths and had to end them with a vaccuum hose.
10. My dad threw me into a moving ceiling fan when I was a baby.

3. Pass the award along to 10 bloggers who you have recently discovered and who you think are fantastic!

1. Dinomomma
2. The Life of a Sippy Cup Mom
3. O My Family
4. The SAHM Project
5. Move Over Mary Poppins
6. Stir Fry Awesomeness
7. Days on the Creek
8. Things I Can’t Say
9. Real Life With Kids
10. Best of Fates

4. Contact the bloggers and let them know you’ve picked them for the award.

I’m on it!  DONE!!!

Thank you again Lanned.  You are awesome!

All the fathers in my life have no interest whatsoever in this blog, so phooey on them.  I have no intentions of writing an entire post dedicated to dudes who don’t visit here and will never see it, but…Happy Father’s Day guys!  I love you all so very much! xoxo

Phew!  I’m out.

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