happy valentine's day

i am not a hopeless romantic, i am more of a hapless romantic.  a sentimental hapless romantic, yes. that is an apt description.  so being that sentimental hapless romantic that i am, i decided it best to construct valentine's day cards for my two favorite people in this world (thereby thwarting hallmark's plan of world domination via made-up holidays).  so last night over at my favorite neighbor's house i was toiling away, with my indecisive self i might add, planning the perfect card for my sweetest girl.  i wanted to make her a pretty, keep-worthy-so-when-she-becomes-a-rebellious-teen-i-have-ammo-against-her-defensiveness, sweet little card.

everything was going swimmingly, until the cricut started ripping paper.  not just a little, but enough to make you believe that that is how it is supposed to work, ripping of paper.  over and over and over.  i was becoming frustrated to the point of breaking the thing to bits. what the world could be wrong with this thing?  i had changed every possible changy thing that could be changed and it was still ripping the paper.  so after several iterations of what could be wrong with this POS with new blade and everything.  oh wait.  new blade?  new blade?  i then recalled, through the fog, dust-bunnies, and cobwebs which have resided comfortably in my mind for the past 2+ years, that i saved that *new* blade so jeff could sharpen it.  that fleeting moment of clarity smacked me with the realization of what motherhood is all about (at least in the early years): dumbing down the mommies.

happy valentines day, everyone!

bad blogger. bad, bad blogger.

i am a bad blogger. period.  after hemming and hawing over what to write and how to editorialize lucy's experiences and daily happenings, i have come to terms with the fact that i am completely uncomfortable with over-disclosure.  hence forth (being it my intention to actually do some blogging now) this blog will be comprised with little anecdotes of daily (likely, not exactly daily) life constraining personal details to the minimum.  i will, however, (most definitively) provide my opinion of the comings and goings of those little details.