jessica

thoughts for thursday

i am an impulse buyer. even if i impulsively WANT to buy something and refrain, i know the next time i'm back i will buy it. almost every time without fail. case en pionte: the other night hubs and i came home with a wii. we are NOT even big video gamers! and we just spent a hefty sum of money on vacation. are you impulsive like me? what was your biggest impulse purchase?

thought for thursday: remembering, then following through

father's day came. and went. and i had bought my dad a gift, and a card, but did i send it so it got there on time? noooooo. i DID call him. and then friday (tomorrow!) is my mom's birthday. 54. i will see her, so it will be a bit awkward if i don't have my stuff together. to show my extremes, i used to send a mother's day card to someone who i felt so indebted to, a friend who watched my son for a few months when he was about six months old, it meant so much to me..   i feel as though i've slipped.  i love to make people feel special, important, and recognized, because i know that i like it when i'm thought of too.... and i do when i remember. that's the key.  i'd been blaming it on 'pregnant brain' and then 'new mommy brain' and since my baby is nearly 14 months, well... can i use that excuse anymore? here was a time in my life (ah, say three years ago) where i was so very on top of things. i just remembered, got the card or gift in a timely manner, and shipped or dropped it off so the recipient felt special on his or her special day. and back to now. i've spoken to people on their birthdays without having a clue, only to remember the instant i got off the phone that it was their birthday. how do you recover from that one - call them back and say 'oh, by the way. i forgot'...    i've got a special uncle who i swear every year that i'll remember but somehow, NEVER do. my list continues. you get my point.

so what do you do to keep all of that stuff in the forefront and juggle whatever else you have on your plate?  a handy dandy calendar? (which i do have, i might add. but do i actually look at it every day?) a reminder service that emails you? my iPhone has a nice little feature that the hubs uses. but you actually have to PROGRAM your meetings and engagements in.  or do you forget like me?

visit these others with thoughts for thursday: kim,  jenny, nicole, kristi,

thought for thursday: road rage

i'm not a violent person at all, but ok, i admit it, way too many of the other drivers on the road annoy the living snot out of me.  we all see all see a lot of stupid drivers. sometimes you shake your head. sometimes you are forced to wait. sometimes you almost run into them. sometimes you just WANT to run into them. at least i do.

i'm not an aggressive driver, i would classify myself more as an efficent driver. when i drive it's to get from point A to point B in the most timely manner possible witin the limits of the law. or thereabouts.  i usually do not have the time to lollygag...  and i admit to lacking a bit in the patience department. not just because they are driving slowly. i can respect that. just when they are driving STUPIDLY.  some my biggest pet peeves lie in the way people drive. they don't seem to THINK. they don't merge correctly 8 times out of 10. i could go on and on...  i've even contemplated keeping my passenger seat stocked with 11x17 size paper and sharpies so i could write messages to the offending driver. not that it would help.

so i guess i might have a touch of the road rage. i'm not quite as bad as this guy but i certainly feel like i could just strangle another driver on occasion.

now, the j-man, he has started to pick up on my, eh, how should i call it... car anxiety. a lot of times he watches from the back seat, intently, and will occasionally yell out "get out of our way, moron!".  now, i know that i am not being the best example when i hear things like this from him. although, it makes me giggle. he has also told me "mom, pass him on the right! there's room there!"  and  "doesn't this guy know we have places to GO?"  i know, this is bad. and i try to be conscious of when he's in the car. but cripes. he has to be educated sometime on the stupid-ness of people! 

so, tell me. what kind of driver are you?

visit today's other thought provokers here:  kristi, michelle, zoe, jenny, let me know if i missed you!!!

thought for thursday: how many?

blog reading has become part of my daily routine.  at the same time, i like to peruse new blogs and do a little blog surfing. which inevitably turns into a LOT of blog surfing. it's fun to read about people i know as well as random people, read about their quirks... see photos of their kids, read about their hobbies, all that good stuff. hours can pass and i'm reading, enjoying, laughing, crying, relating, commenting, submitting.

then there is the replying to the comments that i get from my own blog. which for some reason has gone down drastically in the last week or so. (what do i need to do, people?  more interesting blog topics?  more photos? help me out!  COMMENT!)  besides replying to comments, i'm replying to emails to which come in from comments I'VE made.  it gets crazy. and can consume a large part of my time at the computer. it's so tempting to see what's new on all of your blogs!

currently, i read about 40 blogs. give or take. more on the give side. that's a lot of blogs. i feel like the more i add to my regular blog reading, the less time i can spend at each one, and i end up rushing.

lately, though, i've been trying to limit myself.  but i've not been very good at staying away.

tell me. how many blogs do you read?  how do you keep it under control? or don't you?  how many is too many?

other thoughts for thursday posters:  emilie, kristi, denise, jenny