This Blessed Mess http://www.thisblessedmess.com Your semi-daily dose of certain-absurdities. Tue, 13 Dec 2011 21:45:09 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Protected: Powerless http://www.thisblessedmess.com/2011/12/powerless/ Amends. So I wrote this story.

And I felt better. For the first time I felt – about that subject – that I had put it all in a safe, healthy box and put it away. I guess that’s why it pisses me off so much when the top of the healthy box pops back open . . . → Read More: Amends.]]> http://www.thisblessedmess.com/2011/09/amends/ My husband is a Rockstar I have this imaginary list of things I am afraid of and that I stay away from, and that works for me. My husband, on the other hand, tends to identify things that are scary and attack them head-on. Watching JD attack scary things this last year has been inspiring, to say the least.

. . . → Read More: My husband is a Rockstar]]> http://www.thisblessedmess.com/2011/01/my-husband-is-a-rockstar/ Something I learned in 2010.. Sometimes it feels better to not be in control of everything.

The morning that J.D. had his wreck (almost a year ago now, wow..) I can tell you exactly what I was thinking before I got the phone call – I was following a schedule, making appointments, listing to-dos, being in control. Everything was . . . → Read More: Something I learned in 2010..]]> http://www.thisblessedmess.com/2011/01/something-i-learned-in-2010/ RIP Grandpa Bill. Bill Robert Seebach of Ione, Wash passed away suddenly in Bouse, Ariz., Thursday, Oct. 21, 2010.

Seebach was born on Dec. 5, 1929, in Minneapolis to John and Harriett Seebach. He was the middle of three children. He graduated in 1947 from Backus High School in Backus, Minn. After high school, Seebach began his 27-year . . . → Read More: RIP Grandpa Bill.]]> http://www.thisblessedmess.com/2010/11/rip-grandpa-bill/ An open letter to BabyCenter Dear BabyCenter,

I have always enjoyed your newsletter and have been subscribed through 2 of my 4 pregnancies, and have been enjoying both sets of milestone newsletters (one for my toddler who is 2 next month, and 1 for my infant who is 4 months old). Over the years, there have been articles here and . . . → Read More: An open letter to BabyCenter]]> http://www.thisblessedmess.com/2010/11/an-open-letter-to-babycenter/ Jonny’s Birth Story (or) ‘The one where I pretend that I didn’t disappear for 7 months’ Um.. Well.

So, yeah. It’s been awhile.. Hmm.

*blush*

ANYWAYS.

Since we last spoke, this happened:

Very, very pregnant.

..and it went on like that for another 7 days.

On June 29th, I was having real, live contractions, but refused to believe in them due to the fact that I was 5 days over . . . → Read More: Jonny’s Birth Story (or) ‘The one where I pretend that I didn’t disappear for 7 months’]]> http://www.thisblessedmess.com/2010/09/jonnys-birth-story-or-the-one-where-i-pretend-that-i-didnt-disappear-for-7-months/ Running with cookies since 2008. We met almost 4 years ago and I was instantly annoyed.

He was a slacker and I was in junior management. He wore khaki shorts to work with a t-shirt that said ‘Hate Me’ across the front and wouldn’t stop spinning around in his chair; I would not be seen without full makeup, heals and . . . → Read More: Running with cookies since 2008.]]> http://www.thisblessedmess.com/2010/02/running-with-cookies-since-2008/ On a lighter note… Boy parts!!

]]> http://www.thisblessedmess.com/2010/02/on-a-lighter-note/ 365 days of courage I have this friend named MaggieDammit, who has a little website called ViolenceUnSilenced.com – maybe you’ve heard of it. Today she is celebrating a whole year of ViolenceUnSilenced and you should be too.

Click here to celebrate with Maggie and all the survivors who have finally found their voices.

. . . → Read More: 365 days of courage]]> http://www.thisblessedmess.com/2010/02/365-days-of-bravery/