I’ve got two lists here on my desk at work (besides the regular work stuff). One is a list of things that I think of that I want to write/blog about, when I get time. One is a list of personal things that I should do when I have downtime here at work. Both of them have things written on them that have been completed and crossed off, too.
And, of course, I actually have some work to do, while I’m here :-p
To Do:
PTO Newsletter (yikes! I can’t believe I haven’t done that yet!)
Kim Letter (yucky - why do I keep putting that off?) (Kim is Allison’s mom - we need to send her a ‘here’s what she’s doing in school, here’s what days are off school - do you want us to bring her to you, the door is always open’ kind of thing)
Aunt Pat (Jim’s aunt - in the hospital, thousands of miles away in Portland, OR - need to send her letters, pictures, cards, stuff)
WeGo Run - Molly/Karyn (need to try to help both of them donate to the PTO-sponsored run in the spring)
Jump Mileage (need to document payment, addresses & mileage from this weekend’s moon jump deliveries)
I also have a few school papers (volunteer for fun fair, order school t-shirts, fundraiser & boy scout fundraiser) sitting here that I have to do something with.
Blogging Thoughts:
Magic Feather (Everyone’s got one!)
A parent’s world does revolve around their children
Dads (thinking about the dads we saw at the playground on a sunday afternoon - how many were cramming 2 weeks worth of parenting into a 3 day weekend - how can we get dads to know how great it is to hands on parent their own kids - how can we give them the confidence to buck society & do it - etc)
Balanced parenting - letting your kids know that they are awesome in every way, while still teaching them empathy & awareness of their impact on others, teaching them that *everyone else* is awesome, too.
Volunteers - Parents (and others, I guess) whining about the ’service’ they are getting from volunteers in various organizations
Lassie - Sell our pets (Reading Lassie to the kids - Annie worried that we might try to sell our pets & subsequent laughter imagining the sales pitch needed to sell the untrainable (but loveable) beagle/cattledog mix & the basset hound who poops on the floor when she’s scared (and she’s scared of *everything*)) (There - now I don’t think I have to blog about that one anymore - you get the idea 
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Ouchie re:AP (a reply to a comment that I made on another board, regarding attachment parenting, that was cleverly worded to appear informative (and it may very well have been), but, instead, seemed like a dig at parents who use attachment parenting techniques)
Men - emotions (another blogger posted about laughing at her SO when he talked about his emotions. I, of course, get all worked up when anyone perpetuates the societal pressure against men - making them think that they should be embarrassed if they show emotion - that it’s wrong - or unmanly. bleah. it’s such a big topic for me, that I can’t figure out how to approach it & say everything that I think needs to be said)
Wrestling (just a whine about BIL who is *still* living with us)
Find Me/Here I Am (really more of a reminder to me to think about a website idea that Jim & I have talked about, but not really moved on. Want to be able to list info about myself (along the lines of Classmates.com, but free) - schools, jobs, cities, maiden name, etc - along with contact info - so that people can find me (and so that I can find the women/former co-workers who I’ve lost touch with over the years))
Betsy/Other people’s children - Just some more ranting/musing about her, along with some introspection into myself as to accepting differences in others.
That’s all… In case you were wondering what kind of things I was thinking about doing/blogging, even if I never actually get around to it.
Very cool. If you ever want to post any of these on my blog you are welcome to. Stuff like the parenting stuff would be cool.
Comment by Robin — September 25, 2006 @ 7:44 pm
I hope all is well! Sorry I haven’t been able to keep up with your BLOG lately…had our beautiful baby boy! A few complications with him, but all is well!
Hope all is going well with your family!
Comment by Becky — September 25, 2006 @ 10:59 pm