a little bit of everything...

62. I only have to run the dishwasher a couple of times a week63. Knowing I have many more First Kisses to look forward to!

Things Great About Being Single When You’re 30…
1. I don’t have to entertain my in-laws.
2. I don’t have to watch Mickey Mouse Clubhouse sixteen times a day
3. There are never any unexpected messes in my house
4. I can go wherever I want whenever I want and stay however long I want (and not just on vacations—for dinner, to shop, after school…)
5. I never have to get up in the middle of the night
6. I can lay diagonally on my bed
7. Spontaneous trips
8. There are no car seats crowding my backseat
9. I can lay on my couch in my PJ’s all day and not feel bad about it
10. I don’t have to pretend to like soccer because my kids play
11. My toilet seat is always down.
12. No learned helplessness (I can hang curtains, paint a room, fix a leaky pipe)
13. Shopping alone
14. I can “run in” somewhere in less than 5 minutes
15. It only takes me 30 minutes to get ready
16. I never have to have sex if I don’t want to
17. When I finish my laundry, the hampers are empty
18. I do laundry once a week, and it takes 3 load…

I have over 60 things on my list now! :)  I'll post the updates later!

So I am officially 30 years old, and you know what? It feels great!  I honestly have the best group of friends a girl could ask for!  On the big day, we had big plans to go to a new piano bar in Lexington.  The girls had Bunko until 9, so the guys went early to reserve a table.  Somewhere during the course of the night, I got a stomach bug (I know, I know, on my birthday!!!  How much does that suck?) and we had to cancel at the last minute.  Everyone went home with the hopes we'd reschedule soon.  What is so great about that? you may ask.  Well, all I can say is that I guess a little bit of the old me had resurfaced and thought they'd just go out without me.  Autumn asked, "Did you really think we'd have your birthday celebration while you were home sick?"  It's a ridiculous thought, I know, but I think that maybe, just maybe, on my 30th birthday, God gave me the gift of letting me know just how great my friends are.

And now Dirty Sexy Money, Pushing Daisies, and (my new favorite) Eli Stone!  Maybe the universe is telling me to stop watching so much TV!

Okay, so I am officially the Kiss of Death for TV shows... As soon as I like one, it usually gets cancelled.  Here is a list of shows I love that have been cut short in their prime...Lipstick JungleMy Own Worst EnemyBig ShotsOctober RoadJourneymanCrownedMiami InkMiss GuidedTeachersStudio 60Friday Night LightsThe Singing BeeThe ClassTravelerWhat About Brian?Commander in ChiefIn JusticeGood Morning MiamiReunionSo sad, so sad... (FYI, I am not so completely obsessed with these shows being cancelled that I keep this list in my head...I googled cancelled shows and picked the ones I loved...)

A big THANK YOU to everyone who helped me with this... I don't have it so bad after all!
30 Things Great About Being Single…
1. I don’t have to entertain my in-laws.
2. I don’t have to watch Mickey Mouse Clubhouse sixteen times a day
3. There are never any unexpected messes in my house
4. I can go wherever I want whenever I want and stay however long I want
5. I never have to get up in the middle of the night
6. I can lay diagonally on my bed
7. Spontaneous trips
8. There are no car seats crowding my backseat
9. I can lay on my couch in my PJ’s all day and not feel bad about it
10. I don’t have to pretend to like soccer because my kids play
11. My toilet seat is always down.
12. No learned helplessness (I can hang curtains, paint a room, fix a leaky pipe)
13. Shopping alone
14. I can “run in” somewhere in less than 5 minutes
15. It only takes me 30 minutes to get ready
16. Sex is on my schedule
17. When I finish my laundry, the hampers are empty
18. I can decorate however I want
19. I can cook (or no…

It's been FOREVER since I posted, but reading the blog of a mom from school made me want to start blogging again.... Plus, I have some exciting news:

So I am taking charge of my Singleness! I recently read a book I bought at a Christian bookstore called Table for One about enjoying being single and not putting your life on hold, so last week I went to dinner by myself! This may not be a huge deal to you, but it is to me. I even sat without my back to everyone (which was my initial instinct) and NO ONE looked like they felt sorry for me! I feel like I am living, not waiting for life to begin.

I also decided that with my 30th birthday around the corner, I would try to come up with a list of 30 reasons it's great to be single. I have 28 currently, and the funny thing is, I came up with four and the other 24 were given to me by my married friends! There are things to be thankful for that I never even thought to be thankful for! I'll post the list when it's completed!

I had to start a whole new blog (on an aside, it's hard to find a name no one else is already using, and it really pisses me off when I finally think of the perfect title and it's taken, but there hasn't been a post since 2002, but I digress...)So I had a blog for a few months, just so I'd have a place to put my thoughts down. It turned into a really sad thing, and when I'd read over my posts, I couldn't help but feel sorry for myself. I hated myself, and for no good reason. I mean, I could stand to lose a few pounds, my hair has some grey, you know the drill. Anyway, somehow this made me less of a person, not deserving of love or happiness or anything good, yadda, yadda, yadda... A few weeks ago, it all came to a head. I was sitting at the top of my stairs on a Saturday morning looking at my phone in pieces (not broken, just the battery out) because I had thrown it down the stairs because no one had called me in about 24 hours. How insane is that? Then I …