I'm lucky this time. My few week FilterLifePretty hiatus has been due to life getting in the way for a whole bunch of good reasons, mostly good that is. Shall we begin with my excuses?
1. Baby Boy is obsessed with baseball (hence, the former baseball analogy). I am spending hours upon hours learning ESPN channels and the Major League Baseball schedule just so that I can be sure that there is never a moment where my little man is in need of a home run fix and he can't get it. I'm such an enabler. I'm open to an intervention.
2. I've enjoyed time with family celebrating our cherished summer holidays and reading the last three months worth of my Mom's People magazines. Thank goodness she is a subscriber and thank goodness I now know that Kim Kardashian is getting married. Phew...one more month out of the loop on that one might have done me in amongst the Columbus "it" crowd.
4. I've recently found out that I have a dairy sensitivity, an egg sensitivity, and a gluten/wheat sensitivity. Hello. Why don't we take away everything non-human that I love in this world. Do not worry your pretty little head though, I've already found chocolate alternatives. Needless to say I am attempting/struggling to rework my lifestyle around this knowledge and have been a bit obsessed with reading up on the subject. More to come on this life-changer later when I come out of the no ice-cream, no omelet, no beer fog that I am currently living in.
6. I've been obsessed with finishing the third book in the Stieg Larsson trilogy. Even if it means I can only read two pages at a time due to the hours I'm devoting to a 21 month old's obsession with baseball. I'm desperately hoping that the end of this book makes the last year of reading this trilogy worth it.
7. I've been managing more home projects and have been coming to terms with the knowledge that we are going to have to move every 15 years as to not involve ourselves in anymore hard labor or outsourcing. Sorry neighbors, but you only get us for 10 more good ones!
8. I've noticed that my baby boy is growing more every day and he is going to be heading off to college soon. I've forgone writing to hug and kiss him constantly in the hopes that he has a horrible, "I can never leave my mommy complex" so that he stays right here bugging me about baseball for the rest of my life. Come on, you know I'm kidding. I was a psychology major and I'm fully prepared to usher him through any hint of an Oedipus complex.
9. I've had trouble finding divine inspiration to rattle on, I mean blog, about. I think it is the lack of dairy, eggs, wheat, and gluten. As a matter of fact I'm certain that is the problem. Nothing like a pizza and a ice-cream sundae to get past a writer's block.
10. Reader's choice:
a. my computer was eaten by an ant that wasn't satisfied with the buffet of crumbs on the floor
b. i've been obsessed with buying infomercial products, especially if they throw in a free paring knife
c. i got eaten by a massive gold lion
d. all of the above
So there they sit. My sweet little excuses. And yes I know that the above picture is not attractive, but I don't know to many people that can look great while being eaten by a massive gold lion. But there I digress; anyway. I miss you, my devoted readers. I'm cautiously saying that I am back as I'm certain that Summer is going to continue to get in the way for the next few weeks (as it should).
I dedicate the past few Tuesdays to all of the good reasons that invariably cause life to get in the way. I hope your summer is full of them too.