tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1991265338210422893.post6171470376548408056..comments2023-12-28T09:32:32.680-06:00Comments on Good Day, Regular People: Yield to ItAlexandrahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00609629888008025050noreply@blogger.comBlogger18125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1991265338210422893.post-5106391514254998132010-03-25T07:26:33.252-05:002010-03-25T07:26:33.252-05:00Hey, CFM! So happy to see you! I have fallen head...Hey, CFM! So happy to see you! I have fallen head over heels for your posts! Hilarious, can't wait to catch up on all I missed. You remind me of Jen Lancaster. VERY FUNNY stuff. Thanks for the laughs, and thank you so much for the visit!!!Alexandrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00609629888008025050noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1991265338210422893.post-68673734475712242932010-03-24T22:37:37.390-05:002010-03-24T22:37:37.390-05:00Sounds like perhaps your expensive friend has been...Sounds like perhaps your expensive friend has been there. We all do this, this pre-mourning. Mine seems so much sharper with baby #2. Will there be a #3? Not sure, and so, I try to breathe my girls in fully every single day and look forward to all the great things that will come next.countryfriedmamahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06087065955221754381noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1991265338210422893.post-51638229066432254582010-03-24T20:53:52.581-05:002010-03-24T20:53:52.581-05:00HELLO MEP!!!! How awesome to see you here!! I kno...HELLO MEP!!!! How awesome to see you here!! I know, I know, I was almost too late in learning. My mother said the same thing. Now she tries to hog my kids b/c she said she didn't get a chance the first time around. She would literally beg to just hold my babies while they slept..and she'd hold them for their entire nap. *sob*<br /><br />Thank you for the visit!!!Alexandrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00609629888008025050noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1991265338210422893.post-20805512062262590642010-03-24T20:41:10.540-05:002010-03-24T20:41:10.540-05:00The mom of one of my good friends raised six kids ...The mom of one of my good friends raised six kids of her own. I will always remember seeing her when my firstborn was a baby and her telling me, "I wish had enjoyed my kids more. I wish we had had more fun. I wish I had worried less." <br /><br />Thanks for a post that reminded me of a great mom's great advice and for the advice of you and your expensive friend -- it's right NOW.mephttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03074153090546740903noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1991265338210422893.post-79652638189710221442010-03-24T14:24:04.277-05:002010-03-24T14:24:04.277-05:00Oh, Miss Welcome! Welcome! Yes, you gotta take th...Oh, Miss Welcome! Welcome! Yes, you gotta take the poo with the good, too.<br /><br />The poo, I could do a whole page on that. I've had some momentous ones...mostly on vacation, up the back, in 94 degree weather, while at Wally World. We had to spend 10k to have poop like that? I can get that at home.<br /><br />Thanks for the visit! Sincerely happy to see you! xoxoxoooxoAlexandrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00609629888008025050noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1991265338210422893.post-36638407774701636072010-03-24T14:22:03.278-05:002010-03-24T14:22:03.278-05:00Dear Dusty Eath Mother: you'll be my first blo...Dear Dusty Eath Mother: you'll be my first bloglove, and you'll be my last bloglove. I'll be true to you.. THANK YOU! for my first blog award ev-er! xoxoxoxoxo Pls email me and tell me how to pick it up, and "refer it back to the original source."(blogger etiquette guidelines, per blogger.com) <br /><br />It's all a sham, I've been smoked out...I don't know what I"m doing! The truth: my 14 yr old set me up on bloggerspot.com and now I can't get out!! :) <br /><br />Love you, sweet thang.Alexandrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00609629888008025050noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1991265338210422893.post-79245118163138813152010-03-24T12:35:33.744-05:002010-03-24T12:35:33.744-05:00Oh shucks. Do I want to live in the moment even w...Oh shucks. Do I want to live in the moment even when one hand is covered in poo?<br /><br />Yes, I suppose so - I too get sad by the fleeting days. I loved this post. Great (expensive) insight and great writing. :o)Miss Welcomehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16539794668863414776noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1991265338210422893.post-49957869854643975662010-03-24T11:14:22.881-05:002010-03-24T11:14:22.881-05:00Hey Empress, I done gived you an award. Check it o...Hey Empress, I done gived you an award. Check it out.<br />http://dustyearthmother.blogspot.com/dusty earth motherhttp://www.dustyearthmother.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1991265338210422893.post-39670476355454824212010-03-23T14:47:14.661-05:002010-03-23T14:47:14.661-05:00Dear Tiffany: I know, makes you stop and think. I ...Dear Tiffany: I know, makes you stop and think. I was caught off guard by Motherhood in NYC. And I read some other posts on this subject, too. One mom quit, and one mom had like 3 different blogs going, and now she only does blogging after all are in bed. She said she decided she'd rather go without sleep, then lose daytime minutes.<br /><br />It is scarey..I wonder what other chagnes people will come to...<br /><br />Thanks for the visit!xoxoxoAlexandrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00609629888008025050noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1991265338210422893.post-35874835833750847532010-03-23T12:11:20.324-05:002010-03-23T12:11:20.324-05:00much of this is the reason why i now only post 3-4...much of this is the reason why i now only post 3-4 times a week. i read something similar on motherhood in nyc (i see you have her on your sidebar) yesterday and it made me tear up--how much i let get in the way of spending time with my little ones while they still want to spend time with me...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1991265338210422893.post-56090789613270017882010-03-23T11:24:33.663-05:002010-03-23T11:24:33.663-05:00Dear lovely anon: we all have those days. We have ...Dear lovely anon: we all have those days. We have to be deliberate about reminding ourselves that life is now. xoxoxoxoAlexandrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00609629888008025050noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1991265338210422893.post-57801072171420913352010-03-23T09:59:49.477-05:002010-03-23T09:59:49.477-05:00I like this, but I feel guilty cuz I want to rush ...I like this, but I feel guilty cuz I want to rush time. Thank you for the reminder of enjoying our children where they are right now since they won't be where they are right now ever again.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1991265338210422893.post-23014439872644843252010-03-23T08:45:16.892-05:002010-03-23T08:45:16.892-05:00Dear OMwCW: Somehow, I knew this would be right up...Dear OMwCW: Somehow, I knew this would be right up your alley. :) xoxoxoAlexandrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00609629888008025050noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1991265338210422893.post-25396886272235122662010-03-23T08:43:27.674-05:002010-03-23T08:43:27.674-05:00OH yes! The power of now. It is so true. This is a...OH yes! The power of now. It is so true. This is a beautiful and very insightful post and so so important. Thank you for these wonderful nuggets of wisdom, Empress.Organic Motherhood with Cool Whiphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09305464822153790948noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1991265338210422893.post-53680739843720023522010-03-22T19:26:24.347-05:002010-03-22T19:26:24.347-05:00DEM!! (pumping my fist in the air now..) YOU ROCK ...DEM!! (pumping my fist in the air now..) YOU ROCK MY WORLD!!<br /><br />xoxoxoAlexandrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00609629888008025050noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1991265338210422893.post-61215960930480908402010-03-22T19:17:41.901-05:002010-03-22T19:17:41.901-05:00That was lovely, Empress. (And particularly loved ...That was lovely, Empress. (And particularly loved the expression "expensive friend"--gotta use that one). My heart gripped a bit at this post, because I had a crabby day with my kids. They've been home sick for three days and are. driving. me. crazy. Having said that, now I want to go in and kiss their little heads. All because of you. Nice to have that kind of power, huh? :-)dusty earth motherhttp://www.dustyearthmother.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1991265338210422893.post-34615591826673934802010-03-22T15:16:06.271-05:002010-03-22T15:16:06.271-05:00Beautiful Robin: I know...I've become a laughi...Beautiful Robin: I know...I've become a laughing idiot. "Fat, dumb and happy.." that's me. Love ya, girflriend.Alexandrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00609629888008025050noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1991265338210422893.post-46630212688489919832010-03-22T14:23:40.406-05:002010-03-22T14:23:40.406-05:00Thats really beautiful and profound..too bad so ma...Thats really beautiful and profound..too bad so many dont head that warning...enjoy the now..thats all there really is...did you read the "Power of Now" by Eckhart Tolle..its my favorite book...maybe you and I are practicing being in the now and that s why we can laugh..I laugh all the time..at least a couple hours a day..bWaHahahah...Lolol..LLMAO..!!Robinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09026109701609348319noreply@blogger.com