now you know my ABC's
Friday, July 20, 2007 at 09:52AM Lisa did a darling post describing her life with the alphabet. I've felt so blah about writing anything lately, so I think I'll do a take-off on her cute idea, hoping to be inspired to creativity.
A - Amy, my name. Everyone knows about twenty Amy's, I'm sure, but somehow this has never bothered me. I feel entirely like an Amy. It's the last initial that now throws me off. Seeing Amy S. just doesn't seem like me. Inside I'll always be Amy H.
B - Bed. I love my bed. And the man I share it with.
C - Closet. My closet is a disaster. In the chaos of our past week, a gang of littles decided to pull all of my hanging clothes down to the floor. I haven't had the energy to amend this mess. Yet.
D - Dog. I want one, especially when I think of how much my kids would love it. But, I don't want one in the house, and I live in Arizona. And I don't think I could watch a dog dying of heat out the back window.
E - Exercise. What I need to do every day. What I avoid doing every day.
F - Food. What I do instead of "E". A perfect day is spent in the kitchen creating. Baking comes naturally to me, but cooking is done from recipes. I'd love to feel competent enough to make more of my own savory concotions in the latter realm.
G - Gratitude. My little world is full of life and love. At this stage, my boys are my world. That doesn't mean I don't dream of stages to come or sometimes flail in discontent, but when I step back to gain perspective I'm hugely Grateful that I can be at home doing what I'm doing daily.
H - Hot. Yesterday 109.
I - Ice. Water is my drink of choice. Always. But my method of preparing and containing it varies rather obsessively. I used to only drink water without ice and in clear plastic cups. Later it changed to glass. Now I'm into ice.
J - Jim. My support, my built-in "getaway", my Love.
K - Kisses. I can't get enough of them from my three boys.
L - Laundry. My nemesis. I war with laundry rather than accepting and doing and dealing. A ridiculous foe, I realize. But any task that is immediately undone after doing frustrates me.
M - Mom. My Cyndee has been away from Arizona for a month and a half now. And life is just different without her. Next week she's coming home! Hurray!
N - Noise. My littles are loud. They run and shout and play at a level far beyond that of the home I grew up in.
O - Organizing. Right now I have lists of projects I need to tackle. The planning stage is where so many of them are stuck. I need to put myself into the pattern of Doing. It's the start that's the most difficult because once those first steps are taken, I become absorbed.
P - Pregnancy. I'm ready for another baby, but not ready for another pregnancy. And somehow the second is needed for the first.
Q - Quiet. What I crave. What I get at 8 P.M. when my boys crash hard. This is my time. And I relish it as such.
R - Reading. What I crave. Bookstores call to me.
S - Sexy. What I haven't felt in far too long. What's the secret of staying saucy after days of cleaning messes and making meals and herding children?
T - Trip for Two. What Jim and I need. Our fifth anniversary is approaching. We could take a trip or update our computers. Practicality stole the day and we both decided on the latter. Another year, perhaps.
U - Underwear. It took me months to substitute the word "undies" for "panties" when Aidan started wearing them. What can I say? I grew up in a girl house. Well, now it's Davyn's turn and my sisters have been in town, congratulating him on wearing "panties", which now seems entirely foreign to my boy-adjusting mind.
V - Vacuum. I love my carpet freshly cleaned. And -shamefully enough- my Dyson has not made me an every day vacuumer (not a chance!), but it has brought me up to once a week.
W - Wander. My favorite way to shop. I love the little places here and there, going when you aren't looking for anything in particular. And this type of wander can only be done without the littles.
X - eXcitement. What I see in the big eyes of my littles. They see the world in bold color and big movement, loving everything "new" along the way. Looking at them Look helps me remember. The excitement, the rarity, of what I've come to take for granted.
Y - Young. I was shocked to be at girl's camp with four other leaders and realize I was the oldest of the bunch. When did that happen?! I'm certainly not the wisest. It's a shock to be on that end of the spectrum. When I still feel so *little girl* sometimes.
Z - Zoo. We are a family of zoo lovers. The Phoenix Zoo has disappointed me over the past few years, but we still anxiously await the cooling weather that gives us happy zoo trips.
Reader Comments (18)
Love this list! Very cool & creative. ciao
I love baking too. It is unusual for there to be nothing baked in our home.
The underwear story cracks me up. I always joke with Brett that he wears panties, but what would I ever do with a boy? Sometimes I wish the computer had won out over the trip and I'm with you about the age shock and the last name: A just fits me so much more.
So what are reading now? Are you going to pick up Eclipse first thing August 7th? :)
That is the cutiest post. I love all of you answers! I learned a few new things about you. And yes you might have been the oldest at camp (by 1 year) but you still GOT IT GIRL!!. You are a blast!
You alphabatize yourself well. I loved "S" and share the same sentiment. It is a mystery, how does one retain (or even find, in my case) the "saucy".
Nice to understand the A-Z of where you're coming from these days.