random unorganized momble jomble

I’ve been trying this new thing lately. Being quiet. Think before I speak, if you will. I know. I should already know how to do this. I’m sure I’ve learned this before at some point in my life. But I just don’t think the lesson took. Obviously. Or I woudn’t be *practicing the art of keeping my mouth shut. Right now. Probably at this very moment.

And ya know what??? It’s freakin HARD to do sometimes. *Especially when I think I’m right. Or righteous. Since I’ve been keeping my thoughts to myself, they’re overloading my brain. I barely have time to register 1 thought before the next one comes popping along, rudely interrupting like there was nothing there already.

So guess what? It’s your lucky day! If you like random, unorganized, momble jomble. I won’t be offended if you don’t. Really. Not even a little bit. That does mean that it’s not~so~much your lucky day. But these thoughts have to go somewhere. So..either way, here’s some random truthiness.

1. If you’ve never been here before, you might not know that I’m a compulsive listmaker.
2. Unless it’s just that obvious.
3. I think I’ve finally figured out why I like lists SO much.
4. They surface clean my brain.
5. & they somehow make even the utterest of chaos look neat & organized.
6. You know how I feel about surface cleaning.
7. In a perfect world, if I made a list of every single piece of clothing my children have gotten dirty this week if it would *magically clean itself.
8. Have ya noticed it’s not a perfect world?
9. Guess that means I should get on that laundry a little quicker.
10. So I’ll save that list for another day.
11. I know.
12. It’s devestating.
13. I know you’re tearing up right now at just the mere thought of not seeing that list.
14. Me too.
15. You should be careful what you name your children.
16. Has anyone ever told you that your child’s name determines what kind of person they will be.
17. They lied.
18. My sister wanted to name her youngest daughter Harley.
19. I don’t know why.
20. My mom (hers too) told her she would be a hellion with a name like that.
21. So they named her Rebecca Lynn.
22. Such a sweet name.
23. Thing 2 cracks me up.
24. I think it’s because she’s ALOT like me.
25. I tend to crack me up too.
26. Someone has to amuse me.
27. It might as well be myself.
28. Thing 1 *9b did something earlier.
29. I don’t remember what.
30. But I said ‘ Thing 1 I don’t find that humorous at ALL.’
31. Thing 2 *6g ~ in her little girl princess~like little~girl~way ~ says
32. ‘Not even a little bit!’
33. Do you consider yourself a quiverful mom?
34. I do.
35. As far as quivers go, mine feels pretty full sometimes.
36. But I like the organized chaos of it.
37. What I did not know was that there is an entire MOVEMENT.
38. What exactly is the movement for?
39. And where is it going?
40. Why do we take 1 little part of what we are supposed to be about
41. and let that define us.
42. Why are we so intent on trying to make our mark on the world
43. that we forget to leave his imprint in the world.
44. I had a conversation once.
45. I’ve had a conversation more than once.
46. But I had this *particular conversation once
47. A girl I had just met was asking me what I do.
48. As in, for a living.
49. When I told her I was a sahm of 5
50. and a homeschooler
51. she got this really confused look on her face
52. And asked if she could ask me a personal question
53. Sure.
54. why not.
55. we’re used to it right?
56. But then she proceeded to ask
57. somewhat bashfully and embarrassed,
58. ‘How do you give them all a bath? I mean, how does that work?’
59. I promise.
60. That is what she asked me.
61. And just when I thought I’d heard it all

Okay, for those of you who actually made it through that list and are still reading waaay down here, I know you’ve had your Most~bizzare~thing~I’ve~ever~heard & the~absolute~last~thing~I~expected~to~hear Moments. GO post about it right now and then leave me a comment so I can go read it.

I really can’t believe you’re still here. Amazed really. Even the biggest Thing of them all glanced over and said ‘uh baby, that’s a really looong list. And he KNOWS I’m all about the list. So, umm.. great job! You deserve some kind of reward for that endurance. Let me see what I can find for ya.

3 Comments:

Rebecca said…

1. If making a list ever cleans your laundry, let me know.
2. I’d be right there with ya.
3. I think Rebecca Lynn is a pretty sweet name too
4. Though, I heard plenty of “Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm?” growing up.
5. Never saw that movie (Shirley Temple)
6. Don’t like ‘Becky’.
7. I still don’t know what the movement was and now I’m curious.
8. I’m glad you’ve had more than one conversation.
9. Did you tell confused girl that baths took too much time?
10. So you just hose them off in the backyard – saves on time & water?
11. If not you should next time someone asks you.
12. I’ll have to think of my “most bizarre thing I’ve heard moment”
13. Then I can post about it for you to read.
14. It’s on my list of things to do.
15. Ya know *that* list, the one that keeps growing.
16. I need to type up that list.
17. Is this a long comment list or what?
18.
19. Thought you’d appreciate it.
20. So, now I am craving cookies.
21. Is that supposed to be my reward for reading your post?
22. Great reward if I was close enough to drop by and enjoy some.
23. Guess I’ll have to settle for the Mocha Brownie Avalanche ice-cream in the freezer.
24. Now you want ice-cream huh?
25. If you were close enough to drop by I’d share with you.
26. Sorry.
27. I hope you have a good day.
28. See you on the blog later.
29. I should do some more work on the house.
30. First, I’ll go make that list.
31. Maybe the list will complete the work for me…

Wednesday, April 11, 2007 9:19:00 AM EDT

Heather said…

ROFL I *most definently appreciate the list comment. You crack me up girl Oh and thanks for the ice cream craving now. You should be a better sharer…

Wednesday, April 11, 2007 9:29:00 AM EDT

You can see it in her eyes said…

LMAOOO !
Heather i love you .
That was so OCD but it`s all good !

lol

I’m NOT too OCD to unschool

Maybe I am. Okay I probably am. BUT. I’m drawn to the whole idea of unschooling. I don’t know why. Maybe God is trying to tell me something. OR maybe it just sounds cool.

I like the idea of Anti School. Is that a valid homeschooling choice? Or did I just make it up? Hey maybe I can write a parenting book about it. It’ll be a best seller. Ya’ll would buy it. Wouldn’t you? Of course you would. How else would it be a best seller?

SO I’m thinking of trying this ‘unschooling’ thing. Atleast for the summer. But there’s a teeny tiny problem. It’s the ugly anal~retentive~perfectionism thing rearing it’s ugly head again. I would just knock it out with a cast iron skillet but that would hurt ME. I’ll have to come up with another solution.

How about ya’ll? Any unschoolers out there? What do you do? How do you do it? Does it involve lists? Is it totally sick that I hope it does? SEE that’s the anal thing I’m talking about. Obsessive Compulsive LISTMAKER. There. I said it. Now you don’t have to. Really. Don’t say it.

I know. I have serious problems. I’m workin on it. There’s no pill for it. I’ve checked. Okay not really. I’m a wimp. I don’t like pills. But I thought it might make you feel better to think I was actively seeking help.

2 Comments:

Rebecca said…

Well, I haven’t done any kind of homeschooling yet so I don’t know anything about the ‘unschooling’ stuff but it does sound interesting. However, I am totally with you on the listmaking!! I love to make lists & even more, checking stuff off as I finish the task or get the item or do whatever it says I need to do. If the unschooling doesn’t involve lists I’m sure you’ll be able to make up your own anyway. Hope you find what works for you!

Monday, April 9, 2007 11:22:00 PM EDT

You can see it in her eyes said…

Heather . Doll. and you say i have problems ?!?!

lol

Tis why you are my favoritest aunt though !

Monday, April 16, 2007 11:51:00 PM EDT

That mom plays the name game

I think I’ve become ‘that mom’. No, not that mom, the other one. You know, the mom whose mind has completely evaporated to the point that she can’t remember her child’s name until she gets to it as she goes down the list. I’ve caught myself doing that SO many times lately.

One of my~little~blessings in disguise, will do something they aren’t supposed to do (did I mention that they’re not perfect either?) and I will start to call ‘em on it, and then I caaaalllll the wrong name. That’s when the list starts. And by the time I get it right, I am either (a.) feeling SO guilty (& more stupid than I care to admit) for not knowing my own child’s name that I can’t bring myself to continue or (b.) walking out of the room looking stern but really trying not to totally lose it because they cannot contain the amusement that they get from watching mommy act insane. It’s a very effective discipline method, if you haven’t guessed. . Maybe I can use it somehow to create a new *style of parenting and make millions. Whadd’ya think? (that word looks weird to me, but I like it anyway)

“What can we do?”, you ask. Don’t ask me, I have no brain left remember? But you better start thinking quick because you could lose yours at any time too!!

It’s Okay. You can rest easy. No need to stay up all night stressing about it. I think I’ve come up with a solution.

I must end the disillusion of my insanity…. ( Which translated roughly means: yes I’m quite aware that I have lost it ~ whatever it was to begin with ~ I can’t really remember anymore exactly what it was ~ but we are going to pretend that I haven’t. Someone who doesn’t know me might come along and read this, and want to think that I still have it. And we don’t want to scare them off. So be a nice bloggyreader and just play along. *I’ll pay you later* )

….I am going to give them all the same name. That way, I can never get it wrong. And more importantly, I will look sane.

I know how important it is for children to have their own individual identities. So, I’ll give them different middle names. And while I’m at it, I might as well change my Love’s name too. I don’t want him to feel left out or anything.

On second thought, maybe I will call them out by name. Thing 1 and Thing 2, Thing 3 and Thing 4, Thing 5 and the biggest Thing of them all.