Emskyrooney

So today I am thirty-five.  Smack dab in the middle of my thirties.  I'm old enough to remember Reagan as president, how to "tight-roll" or "peg" my jeans , record players and cassette tapes, Underoos , and New Kids on the Block when they were still "Hangin' Tough." I do frequent birthday posts on my blog- posts about  my parents , my brothers , my husband , my kids .  I share photos and list all of the things I love about them.  But I don't think I've ever done a birthday post for myself.  It's always seemed a bit self-centered to me to post about my own birthday. But then I started thinking.  My blog is already self-centered.  I write to share my feelings, my thoughts, my family, my ideas and my life with you all.  So why NOT post about myself on my birthday?  If I can say all these thoughtful things about other people on their birthdays, why not say them about myself? Let's just call it affirming instead of egotistical. ...

I am "working from home" as my boss is in Bosnia (!!) on vacation this week.  I have a longer post planned for later today but saw this "meme" type post on a few other blogs I read ( Chez Larsson and Ali Edwards who came across The Simple Woman's Daybook through Apple Likes Orange )  and thought it would be a good way to inspire me to get writing and be creative today....   Am going to try to remember to revisit this post every once in a while.... For today, June 25, 2009... Outside my window... Grey skies and grass that desperately needs a haircut... but with rain 22 out of June's 25 days it's hard to get to it... I am thinking... about all of the busy weeks ahead of us for the next two months... I am thankful for... my family (and my Keurig coffee pot) From the kitchen...  leftover homemade pepperoni and anchovie pizza for lunch I am wearing...  yoga pants and a t-shirt in hopes it will inspire me to pop in an excercise video I am creating... l...

Ok here's another one of those fun "MeMe's" (I know you all LOVE finding out new and interesting things about yours truly!) This one is food related, which is rather fitting since I'm currently obsessed with food and hungry most of the time. I'm still not having any cravings except for ice cream. I have to admit though that the ice cream craving is a life-long craving, NOT a pregnancy one... although I'm certainly using being pregnant as an excuse to break my longstanding "ice cream only on Sunday and Thursday nights" rule! Convenient. Anyway, this MeMe is called the Omnivore's 100 and it's all about things I've eaten, not eaten, or would never try. Paul and I like to watch those travel shows where people eat strange things and then debate whether we'd try them or not so I thought this looked like a fun MeMe to take part in. Plus I haven't posted anything in a while and thought that I should! How the Omnivore's 100 w...