The direction of my diary
One thing I recently did was to take out the names (for the most part) of my loved ones. I started referring to my daughters as D1 and D2. I have thought of coming up with other things to call them on this blog. Maybe something related to the meanings of their names- which played a large part in choosing their names, or something based on their initials.
Tonight I was reminded of two shirts (actually one shirt and one onesie) that I had bought for my girls. A friend joined a company that sold kid's clothes at at-home-parties. I went to one of her parties and ordered a purple shirt for D1 and a purple onesie for D2. I chose a word to go on the front of each. For D1, I chose "cheeky". Cheeky definitely describes D1, plus I remembered Julie Andrews using the word in Mary Poppins. D2 was still just a chub of love-nursing non-stop and sleeping next to me in bed every night. For her, I chose "homegrown" because it just summed up our relationship perfectly. I'm thinking of dropping D1 and D2 in favor of cheeky and homegrown. I think I might try it for a while and see if it sticks.
I forgot about coming up with a name for E (my husband). He is currently ALL ABOUT fly-fishing. In fact, he just returned from a five day fishing trip in Oregon. I was thinking of all sorts of fishing related names for him. I asked him if he had any ideas and he said that "E" was fine. In other words, he doesn't want to be bothered with something as lame as this. Of course, I'm thinking this to death! I think I will continue to toss ideas around for a while. "So fly" was one possibility-I'm not sure though. I might be tempted to call him "So annoying" or "So stupid" at times.
I have also decided to do a series of stories on the country. My mom's family is from the country and I briefly lived there when I was little. I spent a great deal of time there throughout my life and it has left a huge imprint on my heart. The series will be some of my own stories as well as stories from my mom, sister, and maybe aunts and cousins. I just love the idea of handing down these stories to my girls as a record of their heritage. There will be recipes and hopefully pictures too.
I'm really (currently at least!) liking this diary-blog. I have felt guilty and like the world's worst mom because I think that I'm the only woman on earth NOT creating those AMAZING scrapbooks for my children. I've tried. I have bought pretty papers, charming stickers, albums, and all of the accessories to help me along the way-and nothing. I just can't do it. That sounds really weird coming from me because I consider myself to be a creative person. I guess scrapbooking can wait and I'll focus on the stories for a while.
UPDATE-Since I don't expect anyone other than maybe my daughters to read this, I have changed my mind AGAIN. We'll be known by our actual names-duh!
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