Ten Things Tuesday

For some reason, I’m fascinated with Mom Blogs right now.  The idea is intriguing …. a fleet of stay-at-home moms digitally obsessing over their kids and getting paid along the way.  And there are Mom Blogs about everything:  adoption and photography and eating vegan and clipping coupons.  I’m continually wondering how these women made the turn from hobby-journaling to on-line publishing.  When did they decide that the ideas in their heads were worthy of sharing with the internet-cosmos?  And how to hook up with this getting paid deal….

And just to level-set, I have no serious intentions of joining the Mom Blogs army.  I’m too lazy to take anything beyond hobby-journaling.  But I could get better about updating our blog more often.

One Mom Blog idea that might stick is Ten Things Tuesday.  Here’s my first list of 10 random things – this appeals to both my need to make lists and also my <self-proclaimed> quick wit.  And just to shake things up, I’ll start this on a Monday.

1. 33 Days until Brad and Charlotte’s wedding.  I started shopping for flower-girl dresses months ago but cannot commit.  Low and behold, I discovered many bridal stores require 4-6 weeks to ship.  Great.
2. Because I cannot commit, here are my 2 favorite choices for the dress.  Internet-cosmos:  vote on your favorite a-la American Idol.  Sleeveless or Cap-sleeves
3. Clancy turned 9 last week.  The vet called him geriatric and gave me the ‘scowl’ when I didn’t know about his ear infection.  Worse, I hadn’t noticed the hematoma (huge blood blister)  on his left ear.  I’m not a very good dog-mom.
4. The vet asked for $900 to drain the hematoma with an unnecessary and complicated surgery.  Since I’m already labeled a bad dog-mom, we walked out.  Hopefully it will absorb on its own in a few weeks.
5. My friend Jane is on medical leave from work.  I miss her and our Wednesday lunches.
6. Alicia returned from Europe this weekend.  She met up with Brook Wiggins (on-leave from active duty in Afghanistan).   <sigh>  I miss Europe.
7. I had my hair cut on Friday and its sadly too short.  I’m constantly playing with it, twisting it, shushing it – hoping that I’ll start liking it any minute.
8. I’m planning a sorority housewarming party at ASU on Aug 15th.  It will either be a roaring success or hopeless failure.  In the meantime, I’m doing most of the planning with the voices in my head … and we argue a lot.
9. I’m finding work uninspiring and dull lately.  I need to regain some statistical mo-jo but lack inherent motivation.  Maybe I’d rather spend my time flower-girl dress shopping.
10. I had lunch on Friday with my friend Allison Armstrong.  Allison is honest and loud and open and crazy.  I need to spend more time with girl-friends – it definitely felt good!