Challenge - If I Could Be Anything..

Ok, from Miss Lisa, if you could be anything in the world, career-wise, what would you be?

This is a really hard question for me. The only thing I ever really wanted to do as a career was to be a zoologist. I wanted to go to Africa and work on a wildlife preserve with big kitty cats - lions, tigers, pumas, jaguars.. you get the idea.

There are several things wrong with this. The first is that it takes 8 years of full time schooling to complete a master's degree in this field, and people, I have zero motivation. I'd never make it. The second problem is that I'd be in Africa - hello, you know, I'm the chick who HATES HEAT. the third problem is that if I actually MADE it through all of those years of school to achieve my masters' degree, and was qualified to do this, I'd have to apply for grants and research funds and so on. I'd never get my freaking student loans paid off!

And duh, the fourth problem is that you can't drag an unwilling husband and child through the African desert. I don't think they have a whole lot of auto parts stores there, either.

I never really had big dreams when I was kid. I wanted to be a mom for a long time, and then I decided I didn't want to do that - I just wanted to party. About the time I decided that, I became a mother. Now, that's really the only thing I want to do. I think running a SB store would be awesome, but I'm afraid that I wouldn't like SB'ing anymore. I'd LOVE to be a professional scrapbooker - like Elsie or Ali. Teach classes and travel the world..

I just don't see it happening, though.

One Down

Thank you to everyone for your well-wishes. We went to Mike's grandmother's funeral today - it was quite an experience. I said to someone earlier that I felt like I was watching a movie. There was action, adventure, suspense, LOTS of drama... I'm really struggling with this blog entry, because I don't feel like I should be laying my famly issues out on the table here.

I think I'll just say that it was a very emotional, very tiring day. We saw a lot of people that we haven't seen since we got married, but I guess that's the nature of funerals.

Ms. Melba was absolutely beautiful. She was dressed in a gorgeous lavender suit with sparklies all over it, and really, truly looked at peace.

She was extremely loved, and will be missed by everyone that knew her (ok, I'll admit - there are a few nurses aides that will probably not be saddened to hear of her passing..). She was a spitfire. =)

Everyday at the Mabin House

We don't have any everyday routines anymore, because we all work too much.. usually our "everyday" consists of, "Zion, where are your shoes? Wanna go bye-bye?" (Zion runs to get his shoes while he says, "SHUE? SHUE? SHUUUUUUUUUES.")

We're out the door, toast and a bottle of water in hand, and off to wherever the day takes us. Will it be the hotel furniture liquidation place for office furniture? Second-hand stores for toys for the daycare? NSD to turn in a star scrapbooker layout? Working out at the YMCA?

You can bet that somewhere along the way, we will stop for a vanilla latte - either Starbucks or, my favorite, the Roasterie.

You can also bet that scrapbooking will be involved at SOME point, because I swear that's all we do anymore.

Laundry, dishes and mopping have all taken a backseat to life these days. Things at my house rarely get done.. that's your cue to stay far, far away. Ask Dana. She's one of the unfortunate people to have seen my bathroom.

Nervous..

Haircut today. I'm starting to freak out. Just thought I'd share.