2.) List six random facts about yourself.
I’m going to take this a step further and list six random facts you might not know about me and my man.
1.) Our wedding song was Sade’s By Your Side.
We went to the store. I got a toaster and Pat picked up the By Your Side single. He popped it into the cd player in the car and was all, “I really like this song” and I was all, “then it’s OURS!” And so it was.
2.) I wanted to change Laina’s middle name from Kahluna to Grace the day she was born and Pat let me.
3.) Pat wanted to change Kainoa’s first name from Kainoa to James the day he was born, but I wouldn’t let him.
4.) Our favorite date night destination used to be Barnes and Noble, but now it’s our couch…and our computers. We’re exciting.
5.) Pat does not like my sarcasm. No worries, it’s only like 90% of my personality. The other 10% exaggerates.
6.) I think Pat is an asshole. But only when he complains about my sarcasm.
Now it’s your turn!
Choose a prompt, post it on your blog, and come back to add your name to the link list below. Be sure to sign up with the actual post URL and not just your basic blog URL (click on the title of your post for that URL). For good comment karma try to comment on the three blogs above your name!!
The Prompts:
1.) A time you felt validated. (inspired by Adventures in Alyssaland)
2.) List six random facts about yourself.
3.) Talk about a trend you don’t care for.
4.) The last thing you lost.
5.) Pinterest Inspired! Share something you pinned and actually tried.
Every week you’re invited to join me in a Vlogging Workshop powered by MomPulse. We are working together to create a community interested in video blogging!
- To join, simply add a link to the Vlogging Workshop post on Wednesdays that will direct viewers to your video (either on YouTube or your blog).
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Here are the vlogging prompts for the Wednesday 05/29 Link up:
1.) Share your May favorites!
2.) Car Confessional…confess something from your car. (inspired by joeyradiogirl)
3.) Tell us about something people do that you don’t understand.
4.) Disney inspired! Favorite movie, trip memories, hotel experience, least favorite movie, best princess…talk about ANYTHING Disney related. (inspired by Jendi’s Journal)
5.) Show us what you (or your kids) sleep with. (inspired by MomPulse)
Now go make that video!
One of my favorite things about Laina is that she is very much her age. Sometimes we have eight year olds who want to be fourteen and sometimes we have eight year olds who act like they’re four.
Laina was not thrilled about turning eight on Sunday. She wanted to stay seven, but agreed to turn eight in exchange for gifts. She began her year as an eight year old with her very first trail ride that her horse instructor had arranged last minute. When I asked her what it was like she smiled big and said, “it was like…going to Fantasyland…” That child enjoys life. She’s happy. Plain and simple. And her happiness makes other people happy.
Here I’ve been putting on dog and pony shows my whole life to try to get people to smile when all I had to be was contagiously happy and adorable.
Okay so that’s not really in me, but I love seeing it in her!
Okay UNLESS you force her to get a flu shot, promise it won’t hurt and then when it DOES hurt you take her to a buffet and encourage her to refill her own drink and the pop machine explodes in her face.
She might have a problem with that…nobody’s perfect!
Happy Birthday Laina!
You turned three.
You turned four.
You turned five.
You turned six.
You turned seven.
Every week you’re invited to join me in Writer’s Workshop by responding to one of the provided writing prompts posted each Tuesday. The directions are simple:
- Choose a writing prompt from the list provided that inspires you most.
- Write.
- Come back this Thursday and link up by pasting the URL from your post into the list of thumbnails that will be displayed. Just scroll to the bottom of the thumbnail list, click the bold words you will see that say “Click here to enter” and you’re all set!
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Writing Prompts:
1.) A time you felt validated. (inspired by Adventures in Alyssaland)
2.) List six random facts about yourself.
3.) Talk about a trend you don’t care for.
4.) The last thing you lost.
5.) Pinterest Inspired! Share something you pinned and actually tried.
Some Favorite Entries From Last Week:
“It definitely feels good to have a puppy again…after all, what is a dog owner without a dog?” -Style Oyster
“Parenting rite of passage: Scrubbing permanent marker from a baby face.” -Coffee Jitters
“Boy, was she in for a surprise: as soon as her bottom hit the toilet seat, I was already crowning.” -Shed Mom
“I love my life right now, so hopefully this one is going to be really easy.” -My Thought Exactly
“He put his bathing suit on backwards, but likes it better this way.” -MnstrTruckSlash
See you Thursday!
