BlogHop '10

 It's that time of year again. The time where it seems that everyone in your Twitter stream has the same agenda: going to BlogHer.

In actuality, I don't know THAT many people who are going compared to how many people I follow on Twitter. But every year, it manages to make those of us who are still at home, changing poopy diapers and mopping the floor, feel a little "less than."

Honestly, I wouldn't even like to be at BlogHer. I get frightened in big crowds. I am not good at schmoozing, and I don't really party. I wouldn't mind being in NYC by myself for a few days, but I'd rather spend my time eating, shopping, and sleeping in a big comfy bed by myself.

All that to say, thanks again to Robin for organizing the BlogHop for those of us left at home. I am blessed to know such a fun girl--online and in real life! Yes, you can all be VERY jealous that Robin and I live less than half an hour apart and she has come to my "I-have-no-family-in-Chattanooga-and-I'm-going-insane" rescue a few times. :)

If you're visiting from the BlogHop, I'm Jessie. I've been typing out posts here for 4 years, and during that time I've become the mother to two little children. I have a 21-month-old daughter, Libbie, who is the cutest curly-headed thing you've ever seen in your life. And I am due December 22nd with a little boy!

I mostly write about parenting, cooking up simple but delicious recipes, my faith, and grammar, along with a little memoir-type reminiscing. You can see my BlogHop '09 post if you want to see a little more about my quirky self!

 My family

I have a kid crying in her bed, so it's time to start the day. Today I'm going to a study at someone's house where we're discussing 5 Conversations You Must Have with Your Daughter--it's usually the highlight of my week! Then I'll be coming back to work on a freelance writing project and trying to clean up since we are having friends over tomorrow. Somewhere along the way I'll be whipping up Sloppy Chicken Pan Pizza for dinner. And I might be fitting in a few episodes of Big Brother (THE SHAME!!) and Project Runway.

What are you doing today??

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I'm an extremely open person. Sometimes that can be to my detriment. I like to think of it as simply being authentic. I'm not one to shy away from the fact that I'm crazy as a blue jay, can't keep my act together, and rarely wake up more than 45 minutes before I need to leave the house. I pretty much never take a shower and do my hair in the morning; I take baths at night and then leave the house ponytailed or with a poofball atop my head. 

Unfortunately this "freedom of speech" can cause me to say whatever I'm thinking, which we all know is not wise. Yesterday I was having a pity party for myself and said something in Sunday School I should have kept to my own self. It was silly and self-serving. I've been feeling sorry for myself because our 5-year-anniversary is in 2 1/2 weeks, and we have nothing planned. Which is not unusual from any other anniversary, except for our first, but it does have me a little down. Hearing everyone else's plans to go to the beach/Ireland/somewhere fantastic during the week of OUR anniversary got to me. I made a comment I should not have.


I do this way more often than I should. And then I beat myself up about what I have said for, oh, weeks. Way past when anyone else remembers it.


Well, where this post was supposed to be going was, I doubt there is much you don't know about me if you've read this blog for awhile. I'm pretty open to talking about birth, breastfeeding, my weight, and even my boobs. The MckLinky BlogHop challenge this week was to tell 3 things you might not know about me. Well, there are two above there in bold. And the third?

I like turtles.