I've Moved.....

To wordpress that is!!!!!! Woo hoo...i finally took the plunge and switched so please update your google readers or whatever, b/c i wont be here anymore!! Don't worry though the domain is the same and there will still be the same great content!! haha!!

Okay, what are you waiting for?? Get a move on....I'll see you over there!!

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Friendship Rules

Did you know that there were rules to friendships? Apparently I didn't read that chapter in the book about life because I suck! Had I known I would've tried to follow along with the rules a little better, ie kiss your ass. But because I don't kiss anyones ass or allow people to walk all over me.....i failed in the friendship department.

Now onto the rules that I was so stupidly unaware of:

1. Answer any and all text messages, voicemails, phone calls, and emails within 1 hour. Even if you are at a concert, at your child's school play, etc.
   


2. If you don't talk to your friends for more than a week, consider it over!


3. If your friends are nothing but nice to you and your kids, its not because they are your friends and thats how friends act....its because they are doing you a favor.


4. If your friends are insulting you and attacking you, making you cry and feel like shit....they are just telling the truth. And you should continue to allow them to try to break you down.


5. Always be available to hang out with your friends and be at their beck-and-call. Juggling your personal life, love life, and life as a mother is not as important.


6. Be careful of the little things you say because a friend NEVER forgets and will always bring it up in the future to use against you....no matter how many times you've apologized.


7. You must always attend friends functions, birthday parties, or just a night out even if your son has the Swine flu.


8. Just because your "best" friend has slept with your kids father is no reason to hate her. After all, she is their Godmother.


9. Don't try to plead your case and work things out because unless your are groveling at their feet, its a loss cause.


10. Friendships are always one-sided and its usually not your side.

Now make sure that you follow all these rules strictly or your friends will break up with you. And you can be sure that they will now delete you from all social media sites no matter how long you've been friends.

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Staying in the Ring

Yup. You read right. I'm not going anywhere...suckas! You're stuck with me.

In all seriousness, after i wrote my last post about Throwing in the Towel I felt better. It always feels so much better to just get it off my chest and write all my thoughts down. I woke up today feeling better and decided not to quit my blog. After all, where else can I bitch and moan and not give a crap.

I love to write.

I always have.

My blog is for me. I write for me.

I am OK with just the way I am, and my blog being just the way it is. It's what I want.

Now that you are all jumping up and down in your seats because I'm staying....you can sit now, I'm gonna switch gears. Today was Hunter's first day of 2nd grade. He was up and alert at 7am and excited like it was Christmas or something.

He says, "Momma, today's the first day of school." As he's bouncing around in excitement. He gets himself dressed in one of his new shirts and a pair of cargo shorts. He put on deodorant and Axe body spray.

2nd grade.

Brushes his long ass hippy hair. Okay, so its not that long, but he still looks like he belongs on a surfboard in California....we're in Boston. I have to say he did look so handsome!

But deodorant and Axe body spray?? He smelled like a man. Which of course is what he wants....that's cool, right? And don't even say to yourself, well who bought him that stuff? I don't want to hear it.

My point is, my baby, my one and only is growing up so damn fast. WTF!

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Throwing in the Towel

I feel like someone's sitting on my chest. For real. Tears keep streaming down my face and I can't seem to make them stop. I'm emotionally drained. I feel like my soul has been through the ringer. I'm having some very personal issues right now and its such a tough time for me. Actually, most of this summer has been a tough time for me.

Just when you need people the most, they split. Too consumed by their ownselves. But when does it all end? When will I hit the bottom so that I can start climbing back up?

I've been trying to find my niche in the blogosphere. I want something more....more than just my blog. And I can't seem to find it, and i'm starting to think I probably never will. I am in all honesty so close to closing my blog. I'm starting to think no one would even notice I was gone. I don't have a big following at all. I would just be another statistic....just another blogger that quit after a little more than a year of blogging. They would say, "she couldn't take the pressure." Or some stupid shit remark like that.

For a while I felt like I belonged. I felt like part of the "crowd." But just as quickly I feel like I don't belong anymore. Like an outsider. I've made some friends online, but honestly if I quit blogging today....would any of them still talk to me offline?

I'm feeling super stressed and extremely anxious and I just needed to let some stuff off my chest. Unfortunately for me....it still feels like someone is sitting there comfortably, not wanting to move.

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What Kind of Blogger Am I??

Lately I've been doing a lot of "bloggy" soul searching. I'm trying to find my niche. I am not a review blogger. Yes i love doing reviews and giveaways but I also want content on my blog. I am not a mommy blogger. Yes I am a mom and I blog but I don't want to be categorized as such. When I first started this blog, I wanted to be a humor blog. I wanted to be funny and crass and blunt and vulgar. Why? Because that is how I am in real life.

Somewhere along the lines all that got lost. My true self does not come out on my blog. I know this. People who know me know this. My fellow Momdotters have told me this. Believe me, in person i am much more fun and outgoing. But you see, when I write I don't write the way I talk. Nope. I write as if I'm telling a story. I always have. I sit here and think about what I'm writing and what I want to say and how to say it. I'm doing it right now...instead of letting it all just flow out.

It's more than just what type of blogger I am, I want something more, bigger. And I'm not talking the next big review or that I want to be an A-list blogger. I want to be part of something. I want people online to know who I am. But I want something bigger than just my blog. And I'm not even sure what it is yet, but I'm hoping that if/when it falls into my lap that I will recognize it as my breakthrough opportunity.

So this is me. Nicole. Miss Blondie. I am no longer going to hold back. I'm not going to be afraid of offending anyone...if I offend you consider this my apology in advance. I'm going to be fun, crazy, blunt, sarcastic, crass, vulgar, silly, emotional at times, and real. I'm going to curse. I'm going to have reviews and giveaways. You're going to see me Vlog. I'm going to be real. I'm going to be me.

Buckle your seat belts and get ready for the RIDE!!

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