Writer's Block

I swear I haven't disappeared. I'm having a serious case of writer's block lately. Well, it's actually more like editor's block. It feels like I've written a bazillion posts lately, but never posted them because I didn't really feel happy with them. When I'm not trying to write a post, I have a lot of what seem like clever ideas... which all fly right out of my head the second I sit down to write them.

I do have one in the works that I'll post soon that should be fun for all. Or at least there may be a little something in it for you... ;) Until then, enjoy some pictures of a birthday party we went to last weekend for my Kumquat's friend, Sassy.

Please try to overlook my sobbing child ruining the group shot and causing the birthday girl some concern! Believe it or not, this was the best group shot I took. :)

My girl is such a funny mix of bold and cautious. She is not keen on brand new situations. She really prefers to sit back and figure it all out before she's required to engage in any way. It's true even if some of her best buddies are there.

That makes birthday parties a little tricky. She was really not at all interested in leaving my side for most of the time...

until we went in to have cake and she ran laps around the room while the bigger kids sat at the table and ate.

Unfortunately, it means that this mama didn't have much time for picture taking. Good thing the birthday girl's mama is quite the experienced photo pro!

Not Me! Monday

It's been a while since I've done a "Not Me! Monday" post, but this weekend, I found myself mentally writing a post and figured it was probably a good time to do one.

First, I did NOT arranged to have some folks over for dinner just a couple days after getting from being out of town for a week. I know that it always takes me about a week to get my bearings after traveling like that, so it would just be silly to say that would be a good day to do it. Certainly not something I could do! Oh - and the dinner AND the date definitely were NOT my ideas. Really.

I also did NOT schedule this dinner for a date when I knew DKG was on general surgery call for his group and then totally expect that he would be home to help me get everything together. I mean, come on... We've been doing this for 8 years. I know better than to assume a call night would be quiet. Really I do. So, I totally would NOT have been completely counting on him and waiting for him to get home and attend to our unusually clingy cuddly Kumquat.

I then did NOT call my dear neighbor in a bit of a panic to see if she could come over to stay with K while I ran to the grocery store to get the food for dinner about 2 hours before my guests were due to arrive - especially not when I'd just given up "scrambling around at the last minute" for Lent and was so proud of myself for doing so much better in this area.

I then did NOT let my 17-MONTH-OLD child stay awake until the guests left just after 10 pm because I couldn't figure out a way to put her down for the night while also being a good host. That would just be irresponsible and not anything this 5-star Mama would do. Of course.

Finally, I did NOT have another glass of wine after cleaning up from dinner and get all choked up thinking about our Wichita friends (and amazing neighbor-friends, especially!) while I waited up for DKG, who didn't get home from operating until about 2 am... long after I'd given up and gone to bed. Poor guy.

But that's just me! Wonder what else folks have NOT been doing this week? Hope on over to MckMama's and see what others are talking about today.