Category: ASH Blog Projects

The 2013 30 Day Blog Challenge: Day Two

by maryhelenc, posted in ASH Blog Projects, Douchers

Day Two: Describe three legitimate fears and explain what made them become fear.

Finally! Drew gets the blog post he’s wanted forever…the blog about GEESE.

I suppose there should be three as the instructions say, but really there is only one…GEESE.

Geese are nature’s douchecanoes. They’re evil, soul sucking bastards intent on killing me.

Okay, maybe not, but they’re still really evil. My friend showed me a video of geese and I seriously hid in a corner until it was gone. I scream when I see them in cars. They’re so horrifyingly awful.

I’ve always been afraid of geese. My best friend growing up had this evil brown goose on her farm and if it was in the doorway of the barn, I would wait in the barn until it ran away. So, naturally no one would chase it away, because they’re assholes. However, the defining moment of my geese hatred came when a swarm of them attacked my eldest daughter when she tried to feed them as a toddler. I had to hold her and kick them away while they were snapping @ her and the sheer helplessness that came from them attacking my child and my inability to stop them.

So, geese are evil. Horrifyingly evil and should never be anywhere near me, my children, my yard. For some reason though, they think it’s cool to hang out in all of those places because they suck.

The 2013 30 Day Blog Challenge: Day 1

by maryhelenc, posted in ASH Blog Projects, Celebrity Fluff, Dorkdom, MH vs Dating, Mommydom, MusicIsLifeIsMusicIsLife, My New Life As Me

Blog challenge

We did this last year and it was fun, so we’re going to do it again this year. I was going to wait until the first of March, but I don’t feel like it, so we’re starting today! Enjoy!

Day One: List 20 Random Facts About Yourself

1. I will only use one brand of makeup. Allegedly they test on animals. My friend sends me photos of dead bunnies and I cry.

2. The only time I ever wanted to write poetry was after watching 10 Things I Hate About You. I thought if my person & I ever had some tragic, Shakespearean falling out, I could write something similar and it would open the doors of communication and we’d work it out. But I’m a horrible poet & chances are Heath Ledger would have taken his guitar & run with it.

3. I have a freakish obsession with pancakes.

4. I currently think the Imagine Dragons are the best new band in the history of everything.

5. Nothing can be wrong in the world when Lifehouse is on my stereo.

6. I named one of my children after a minor character in a horror movie.

7. I often wish I could change my major to Social Work. It’s why my blog’s content has gravitated towards self help.

8. I abhor the smell of vanilla.

9. I don’t own a copy of Le Petit Prince, not in french nor in english and that makes me totally sad.

10. I have a bigger TV set than anyone I know and I never watch it ever. I use it for digital music and video games.

11. I’m a huge Zelda nerd & I have never finished the game Majora’s Mask.

12. I hate planning things for myself. I hate anything that makes me the centre of attention, so my birthday plans start out with me attempting to plan, then forgetting and realizing three days before that I’m not doing anything.

13. I walked out on a date after 20 minutes because the guy told me he didn’t see the value of higher education.

14. I love Maroon 5 and Adam Levine more than anything, but I still think Songs About Jane mostly sucks.

15. My three year old has tried to teach me to understand football. She explains it better than most dudes that I know.

16. I still listen to boy bands and contend that *N’Sync was far superior to the Backstreet Boys.

17. My one goal in life is to report from a war zone. The closest I’ve come is live tweeting Dawna playing Call of Duty.

18. I have been trying to quit consuming caffeine for a month now. I have gone zero days without it.

19. I suffer from insomnia. Whenever I’m stressed or hurting, sleep is the first thing to go.

20. I’ve avoided Walmart for three weeks and will continue to do so for the next two.

30 Days of Truth Day 28

by maryhelenc, posted in ASH Blog Projects, Dear Blank, MH vs Dating, Mommydom, Relationships

Day 28 : What if you were pregnant or got someone pregnant, what would you do?

Oh. Em. Gee.

I would panic & bawl.

Poor Drew would be breaking the news to my beau, as I’d be panicking.

I do not want any more children. My three plus his one is plenty, thank you very much.

If it were to happen, after the crying & hysteria, I would raise him/her. I am pro-life & do not believe in abortion (unless medically necessary). Obviously, I wouldn’t force his/her father to stay & help me, but I would hope any man I end up with would want to be a father. I’ve had enough experience with fathers who only want to see their kids when it benefits them for one lifetime.

Fortunately, I take every precaution to ensure that I won’t get pregnant again. I love my girls, and I love being a mom, but I’m happy with what I have.

30 Days of Truth Day 27

by maryhelenc, posted in ASH Blog Projects, MH vs Dating, Mommydom, My New Life As Me, Relationships

Day 27 : What’s the best thing going for you right now?

Everything!

I have great kids, a wonderful man by my side, the best friends in the world who have my back & a whole world of opportunity!

Some days, when I get overwhelmed, I like to remind myself of what I have. I know I’m so blessed & I don’t ever want to take it for granted. I never want to forget what I have, because when you lose sight of those things, that’s when you doubt everything.

My girls amaze me every day with the things that they do. They are brilliant & beautiful & wow me with their insight. I hope they retain their innocence & faith in humanity as they grow.

If it weren’t for my friends, I might have given up a long time ago. They rallied around me when things got tough & fought in the trenches with me. I know people who’s family wouldn’t support them like that. I’m quite fortunate to have them.

I write; I love it. Writing makes me happier than anything else in this world that isn’t my girls. As long as I can write, I’ll be happy. I’ve done a lot of cool things as a writer & I’m very proud.

That’s more than most people get in a lifetime!

I won’t sell myself short; I have the tenacity to rise above the bad & focus on the good. This will help me remain successful, because if one door closes, I know three more will open & when my story is over, it’ll have a happy ending of a life well lived.

30 Days of Truth Day 25 & 26

by maryhelenc, posted in ASH Blog Projects, Dear Blank, MH vs Dating, Mommydom, Relationships

Day 25 : The reason you believe you’re still alive today.

I guess it’s because I still have a lot left to do!

I have to see my daughters grow into women & become mothers themselves. I have to accomplish my professional goals. I have to live happily ever after with the man of my dreams, & sit on the porch swing when we’re old, still as in love as we were when we met. I still need to go to New Orleans & walk in the French Quarter & ride an elephant!

My time is not done yet, which is why I’m still here. When I’ve lived life to the fullest & done the above mentioned things, then and only then will I go.

Day 26 : Have you ever thought about giving up on life? If so, when and why?

Nope. My daughters need me.

30 Days of Truth Day 24

by maryhelenc, posted in ASH Blog Projects, Dear Blank, MH vs Dating, MusicIsLifeIsMusicIsLife, Relationships

Day 24 : Make a playlist to someone, and explain why you chose all the songs.

1. Sweater Song – Hedley (because I live in his sweater when loafing around my house)
2. Head Over Feet – Alanis Morissette (we heard it like a million times in Toronto)
3. It will Rain – Bruno Mars (It was the first time I had ever heard him sing, I was floored)
4. We Belong Together – Gavin DeGraw (His ringtone, because it’s my favorite Gavin song & he is one of the only people I know that also loves Gavin)
5. Everything – Fefe Dobson (because he’s obsessed w/ her)
6. Jet Lag – Simple Plan ( when we saw Simple Plan, Fefe Dobson was there & I think he was more excited about one song with her than anything else)
7. Ever After – Marianas Trench (I love this song, but every time I post lyrics to this song, people assume we’re fighting)
8. I Won’t Give Up – Jason Mraz (I kept singing along with the parts edited out of the radio version & he’d laugh @ me every time)
9. Run to the Water – Live (he loves Live, I hate them)
10. Never Gonna Be Alone -Nickelback (it was raining, it was playing on the digital music channel, I was making fun of his like of Nickelback & then he was kissing me. It was the most amazing first kiss & I relive it in my mind every time I hear that song. I can even get past my hatred of Nickelback)
11. Say – John Mayer (he loves John Mayer, I hate him, but I hear this song a lot in bookstores. He said he caused an “unnecessary freakout”, but we worked through it because that’s what we do, afterward we ended up @ a bookstore. He told me he was going to apologize to me, but instead he pulled me to him & kissed my temple & pressed his cheek to mine. It was so sweet. So, I connect bookstore music & his love of John Mayer w/ this particular memory)
12. Come on Get Higher – Matt Nathanson (this one requires a longer explanation)

It came on the radio, he sang along. I stopped talking mid-sentence (because I am always delighted to hear him sing) & he didn’t even notice. He was caught up in the music & focusing on the road. I couldn’t stop staring at him, for some reason he was absolutely perfect to me & in that moment, I realized I was in love with him.

I never intended to fall in love ever again, but never in my life did I count on finding anyone like him.

He’s mature & level headed. My daughters love him & I love his daughter just as much, there’s nothing cuter than watching him play with them. He is the sweetest, smartest, funniest most engaging man I’ve ever known & I couldn’t have avoided it if I tried…& I TRIED! I would remind myself of his flaws, that he’s not perfect, that he irritates me sometimes, he’ll never remember to call me when he says he will & it’s not going to be some fairy tale. We have other commitments & we have to be apart quite a bit. But, it only takes 1/5 of a second to fall in love & it hit me while he sang along with a random song on the radio while driving down a highway.

Love isn’t a word we use anymore. We used it too fast & in the wrong context, before we were ready & made a mess, well I made a mess, he just left. When he came back, I banned those words. He may never say it, but he shows me he cares in a million little ways; he reads my magazine every month without fail, tells me he’s proud of me when I study math because he knows I hate it & draws tickle patterns across my shoulders. He overestimates my worth to the world around me. He looks @ me in this soft little way, like I’m the most interesting thing in the room & I love how he looks @ me. He thinks all of the things I do that drive everyone else crazy are cute & he’s the only person in this world who can make me stop & do nothing & actually enjoy it.

So, even if we’re together for 100 years & never once says that he loves me, it wouldn’t matter. You can use words to lie; you can’t fake a look, or an action. He proves he cares with the things that he does, not with the words that are spoken.