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A combo of recent surveys that have come my way in the last few days. More than you ever really cared to know about me. I would love to see all your answers! 1. What time did you get up this morning ? 9:15 hubby let me sleep since both kids were up all night 2. Diamonds or pearls? pearls, diamonds were ruined for me by the movie Blood Diamond 3. What was the last film you saw at the cinema? "Snatched"A week or two ago with Matt 4. What is your favorite TV show? House 5. What do you usually have for breakfast? Tea with cream and sugar 6. What is your middle name? Joell 7. What food do you dislike? Okra 8. What is your favorite CD at moment? All American Rejects 9. What kind of car do you drive? Mini Van 10. Favorite sandwich ? Roast beef, horseradish , lettuce, tomato 11.What characteristic do you dislike? Lies 12. Favorite item of clothing? New black Nike's , they help my killer shin splints 13. If you could go anywhere in the world on vacation, where would you go? Africa

I had MOPS today. Disclaimer: If you are not familiar with my thoughts on MOPS, you may want to check out some prior posts. Our speaking talked about "Soul Care" which she defined as being a good steward of what God has entrusted us with; ourselves. As nature has designed it, motherhood can sometimes be... a lot. We deal with lots of stress, isolation, unrealistically high expectations that we put on ourselves or that have been placed upon us, a mothers compassionate heart and we are dealing with the whole image and identity thing too. I am not complaining here, I know that every season of life offers us different chances to rise up and be better than we currently are. Without struggle we would cease to grow. I heard a story once about a little girl who was watching a butterfly emerge from a cocoon. It was struggling and she was afraid for it and wanted to help the poor little thing along. A wise man told her that if she were to help the butterfly, it would then not be strong

Books I am reading: -19 Minutes by Jodi Picoult -Montessori From the Start -Create Your own Preschool activities My to- do's -Laundry -Go to bible study -Make shopping list -Keep children alive Funny things Elie said this week - "Rainbows smell like potatoes, taste like bugs and feel bumpy and soft" - "I'm perfect, i can do a somersault " things I am wondering -When will we get our tax return? -Should I bother shoveling the 2 inches of snow or do I let it melt? - Do I bother even trying to befriend someone who is as bitter as she is? - What should I wear? - Do I even have any clean underwear? - Can I just put on a hat so I don't have to bother with my hair? - Starbucks or just make my own? - Can I pass off a brownie as breakfast food? - How do I even begin to deal with the whole parents divorce thing? Cold things -my feet -my tea -my dogs nose -leftovers

So I have lost the love of blogging. I have always believed it is a narcissistic pass time, yet enjoy it anyway. I have found I easily spend entirely too much time tied to my computer. By the time I check Facebook , e-mail, friends blogs, etc I can easily waste an hour, if not two, of time. A friend of mine just blogged about the same thing. Yes, I get the irony of a blog post about not blog posting, but alas, here it is: I just read a good friends blog about my blog. A great leader here in Boulder, Kevin Colon wrote this: “Hugh moved to Denver to do a training deal for an organization and he ended up starting a church. His blogging is not incredibly frequent but when he does blog….it’s good!” Now, while I’m humbled that a man like Kevin would even want to read my blog, I figured it was a good time to state once and for all why I only post once or twice a month. Simply this……..”I prefer to spend my time with people.” I’ ve always wondered how people have time to read blogs, let alo