The Cool Mom

I made a new friend in my beading class.

The other day, she told me, "You're a cool mama, aren't you?"

I flushed with apparent pleasure. "Sure am, babe," I answered her coolly, with a laugh.

"I thought most women would become, like, aunties, after they have children. But you're really very cool. You don't seem like a Mom," she enthused. "You're cool! I never would've guessed!"

She had no idea how she was inflating my ego. It was threatening to burst out from the back of my eyes.

"Definitely, babe. I'm a cool mama. Thank you." 

And I'd like to think that someday, my little girl will think I'm a cool mama too.

What Tarot card are you?

This was on EC's blog today- so I thought: What the heck, I have nothing better to do anyway...

You are The Empress

Beauty, happiness, pleasure, success, luxury, dissipation.

The Empress is associated with Venus, the feminine planet, so it represents, beauty, charm, pleasure, luxury, and delight. You may be good at home decorating, art or anything to do with making things beautiful.

The Empress is a creator, be it creation of life, of romance, of art or business. While the Magician is the primal spark, the idea made real, and the High Priestess is the one who gives the idea a form, the Empress is the womb where it gestates and grows till it is ready to be born. This is why her symbol is Venus, goddess of beautiful things as well as love. Even so, the Empress is more Demeter, goddess of abundance, then sensual Venus. She is the giver of Earthly gifts, yet at the same time, she can, in anger withhold, as Demeter did when her daughter, Persephone, was kidnapped. In fury and grief, she kept the Earth barren till her child was returned to her.

What Tarot Card are You?

Take the Test to Find Out.

I Karate Chopped Chuck Norris Sliding Down A Hill Because I'm Sexy And I Do What I Want

I got tagged by SL for this- and found it too funny for words....So here it is!

What you’re supposed to do:  Type out the sentence you end up with in the TITLE of your blog post and tag your friends.

1. Pick the month you were born:

• January———-I kicked
• February———I loved
• March————I karate chopped
• April—————I licked
• May—————I jumped on
• June—————I smelled
• July—————-I did the Macarena With
• August————I had lunch with
• September——I danced with
• October———-I sang to
• November——-I yelled at
• December——-I ran over

2. Pick the day (number) you were born on:

• 1———-a birdbath
• 2———-a monster
• 3———-a phone
• 4———-a fork
• 5———-a snowman
• 6———-a gangster
• 7———-my mobile phone
• 8———-my dog
• 9———-my best friends’ boyfriend
• 10———-my neighbour
• 11———-my science teacher
• 12———-a banana
• 13———-a fireman
• 14———-a stuffed animal
• 15———-a goat
• 16———-a pickle
• 17———-your mom
• 18———-a spoon
• 19——— - a smurf
• 20———-a baseball bat
• 21———-a ninja
• 22———-Chuck Norris
• 23———-a noodle
• 24———-a squirrel
• 25———-a football player
• 26———-my sister
• 27———-my brother
• 28———-an iPod
• 29———-a surfer
• 30———-a homeless guy
• 31———-a llama

3. What is the last number of the year you were born:

• 1————- In my car
• 2 ————- On your car
• 3 —————- In a hole
• 4 —————- Under your bed
• 5 —————- Riding a Motorcycle
• 6 ————- sliding down a hill
• 7 ————- in an elevator
• 8————— at the dinner table
• 9 ———— In line at the bank
• 0 ———— in your bathroom

4. Pick the color of shirt you are wearing:

• White————-because I’m cool like that
• Black————-because that’s how I roll.
• Pink—————-because I’m NOT crazy.
• Red—————-because the voices told me to.
• Blue—————-because I’m sexy and I do what I want
• Green————-because I think I need some serious help.
• Purple————-because I’m AWESOME!
• Gray—————because Big Bird said to and he’s my leader.
• Yellow————because someone offered me 1,000,000 dollars
• Orange————because my family thinks I’m stupid anyway.
• Brown————-because I can.
• Other—————because I’m a Ninja!
• None—————because I can’t control myself!

This is what I got:

I karate chopped Chuck Norris sliding down a hill because I'm sexy and I do what I want.

And I tag:

1. The Big Blue Nut
2. Fat Boy Bakes
3. Lady Nina
4. Shue in New York
5. The Tawny Owl
6. Merv
7. The Skimpy Skank
8. Booker
9. Jacqueline
10. Joy

If you want to try it, too, here are the rules:

• Place the award logo on your blog.
• Nominate 10 other blogs which show “Attitude and/or Gratitude”.
• Link to the nominees on your blog post.
• Comment on their blog that you have nominated them.
• Share the love and link to the person who nominated you.

A Thousand Beautiful Things (A Meme)

I decided to do this iTunes Meme I saw on Merv's blog. Why?

1) I just feel like it, dammit

2) I'm curious to see how dumb my answers sound

Anyway, here goes:-

THE RULES

1. Put your MP3 player, iTunes, Windows Media Player, etc on shuffle mode.

2. To answer each question below, press the 'next' button to get your answer.

3. You MUST write that song name down no matter how silly it sounds

4. Tag at least 10 friends

5. Everyone tagged has to do the same thing

6. Have fun! (Is this even a rule??!!!!)

THE MEME

1. If someone says "Are you okay?", you say...

Everything I'm Not- The Veronicas

2. How would you describe yourself?

Sinful Samba- David Hirschfelder & The Bogo Pogo Orchestra 

3. What do you like in a girl/guy?

Who We Are- Lifehouse

4. How do you feel today?

The Last Man In My Life- Sarah Brightman

5. What is your life's purpose?

Ooh La- The Kooks

6. What's your motto?

Schon Rosmarin- Fritz Kreisler

7. What do your friends think of you?

Flat on The Floor- Nickelback

8. What do your parents think of you?

Shimmering Haze- The Soho Collection: Yoga & Meditation

9. What do you think about very often?

Pocket Full of Sunshine- Natasha Bedingfield

10. What is 2+2?

Aquarell- Secret Garden

11. What do you think of your best friend?

World Crashes Down- Enrique Iglesias

12. What is your life story?

Lounge- St. Germain

13. What do you want to be when you grow up?

In a Little While- U2

14. What do you think when you see the person you like?

The Flower Duet- Charlotte Church

15. What will you dance to at your wedding?

Gypsy- Suzanne Vega

16. What will they play at your funeral?

Goodnight & Go- Imogen Heap

17. What is your hobby/interest?

Shine on You Crazy Diamond- Pink Floyd

18. What is your biggest fear?

Silent Night- Dave Koz & Friends

19. What is your biggest secret?

Sorry or Please- Kings of Convenience

20. What do you think of your friends?

Stolen- Dashboard Confessional

21. What will you post this as?

A Thousand Beautiful Things- Annie Lennox

If you're reading this, consider yourself tagged! Then tag me and let me know your results!

Now I'm going to read all my answers and see how stupid they sound- half of them don't make any sense!

La di da

My friend, EC told me today that I am really bad at maintaining my blog. "Why don't you ever update it?" he asked me. D-uh: it's because I only update my other blog, the one that at least generates some form of income for me. And my life isn't all that exciting, so I want to blog about exciting stuff. But even if I don't, sometimes when I feel like it, I blog about whatever comes to my mind...

Oh- hunger alert.... I practically starved myself yesterday- again (for the millionth time), I am on a diet. I always say, "This time it's for real!" Yeah. The "this time is for real" usually lasts 2 weeks before I run out of steam or willpower and then give in to a large serving of spaghetti aglio olio: I am so weak in the knees for pasta, I LOVE pasta....!!!!!

Anyway, so I'm on a diet again- my BFF looks hot as hell these days (not that she didn't before- she always was hot- but she looks even hotter now!) because she's been going to the gym regularly, and is on her way to owning a pre-pregnancy Britney Spears body. As her BFF, I am obliged to attempt to look as good as her- may take a while, though when one looks a little like Randy Jackson pre-gastric bypass surgery. Since I have no money to invest in a personal trainer, or gastric bypass surgery, or Marie France Bodyline, I have to lose weight the old-fashioned way. 

I hate exercise- it is the bane of my existence. Anyway, I've been too lazy to work out in the gym, so I've signed up for a tap dance class with my husband. The first class is tonight. I hope I won't fall flat on my face. I hope the dance studio doesn't have mirrors plastered all over- I HATE to look at myself attempting to dance, or doing that sorry thing I call a dance and other people call spasms.

Anyway, I'll attempt to make more serious efforts in trying to keep this blog alive. Sigh. Maybe I should post an entry about every single thing that comes into my head.....