Silly time waster...

RULES:
1. Put Your itunes, windows media player etc on Shuffle
2. For each question, press the next button to get your answer.
3. YOU MUST WRITE THAT SONG NAME DOWN NO MATTER HOW SILLY IT SOUNDS

IF SOMEONE SAYS "IS THIS OKAY" YOU SAY?
Gone

WHAT WOULD BEST DESCRIBE YOUR PERSONALITY?
if I had a rocket launcher

WHAT DO YOU LIKE IN A GUY/GIRL?
Sweetest Thing

HOW DO YOU FEEL TODAY?
Smoke

WHAT IS YOUR LIFE'S PURPOSE?
My Lover's Gone

WHAT IS YOUR MOTTO?
Hey Ya!

WHAT DO YOUR FRIENDS THINK OF YOU?
Hurray!

WHAT DO YOU THINK OF YOUR PARENTS?
Locked Out

WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT VERY OFTEN?
The 3 R's

WHAT IS 2+2?
I'm Gonna be (500 miles)

WHAT DO YOU THINK OF YOUR BESTIE?
Thou Lovely Source of True Delight

WHAT DO YOU THINK OF THE PERSON YOU LIKE?
Don't Panic

WHAT IS YOUR LIFE STORY?
Brand New Love

WHAT DO YOU WANT TO BE WHEN YOU GROW UP?
Sicily

WHAT DO YOU THINK WHEN YOU SEE THE PERSON YOU LIKE?
Pride (in the name of love)


WHAT DO YOUR PARENTS THINK OF YOU?
Forgive them Father


WHAT WILL YOU DANCE TO AT YOUR WEDDING?
In My Place

WHAT WILL THEY PLAY AT YOUR FUNERAL?
Bones

WHAT IS YOUR HOBBY/INTEREST?
Buffalo Soldier

WHAT IS YOUR BIGGEST FEAR?
You Blanks

WHAT IS YOUR BIGGEST SECRET?
Love is Blindness

WHAT DO YOU THINK OF YOUR FRIENDS?
Christmas Windows

WHAT WILL YOU POST THIS AS?
Jamming

Boo

Somehow, I lost my whole blog template tonight. Boo. Just Boo.

Rebecca made that template for me, like 2 years ago, and I loved it.

workout mix

I've joined the gym in town, and am thankful for child friendly policy that allows me to bring my kids. It's working out well as the girls are dropping naps from their agenda, so we hit up the gym most mid-afternoons with sippy cups, granola bars and markers in two - with the occasional dvd to watch. It buys me the time I need to get in a good workout.

I'm working on getting 45 to 60 minutes of cardio a day, plus weight training. I recently created myself a playlist on my ipod for the gym, thanks to the hubby's guidance on how to do that quickly. Today, I decided to splurge a little bit and add a few more songs to the playlist from itunes. I have a couple of songs on there that I wouldn't have picked for myself as basic listening songs. In fact, a couple of those songs on my workout mix might be downright embarrassing.

Anyone else find that they exercise better to songs that aren't typical songs for them to listen to? Spill the beans - what are they? :)

oh my gosh!

We are out of coffee. This is not good.

I'm kicking myself, because a friend's husband messaged me on facebook the other day. Said he was in the city, going to Costco, did I need anything. All I could think was "nope, I just bought olive oil". I needed coffee!!!

Do we ever get out of high school?

Some days, it's like high school never ended. I always assumed that once I "grew up", that life would be more grown up. In so many ways, it's not. Sure, we're legal to drink alcohol now and most of my friends have mortgages, or car payments, or kids, or a combination of all three....but some things just don't change.

Peer pressure is still there. It's different than it was back in the day, but it's there. What we drive, what we wear, what accessories we have - that's all the same.

The "mommy peer pressure", now that's another beast altogether. I think it starts during pregnancy. When are you due? Where are you having your baby? Who is your OB/midwife? Then moves into birth - home? hospital? c-section? drugs? As your children grow, you talk about what they are doing, what they aren't doing, how well they are doing things.

It's often not a huge issue. Really, it's something to converse about and share in the parenting journey. But there is always a mom or two who is all about how they fit in that range of what everyone else is doing, or what everyone else's kids are doing. Which can quickly turn into a one-upmanship of "your baby walked at 12 months? Mine walked at 11". Or "your child wrote their name at 4, mine was 3". Or the mom who is all about putting their kids in fancy labels (granted, many good brand clothes simply wear better long term, but it's entirely possible to dress your kids well without being all about the labels - I know you know what I mean) Bah. That's the stuff that is annoying, the stuff that makes you feel like you are back in high school.

Then there is the pressure to do what everyone else's kids are doing. Hockey, skating, music classes, soccer. There is only enough time in the day, there is only enough money to participate in so many things. The activities themselves aren't an issue, it's when you get looked down on, or look down on others for not participating in these things, that's when it's silly.

I'm not saying that I feel this kind of pressure. I think I have some lovely friends who aren't all about stuff and doing (shoutout to the mommy friends!). I do, however, have some aquaintences who brush up against my circles (in more than one province) who are more into the labels, the hip activities, the doing, the "stuff". It's often comical to watch the one-upmanship that happens in those groups of moms, or to have those conversations with moms who are more focused on those things than I choose to be.

Not that I'm totally immune to it either. I wish I was. sigh

See, you may leave high school....but it never leaves you.