Hey, It’s OK….#14

March 6, 2012 Leave a Comment

Hey, It’s OK…

…to stop by the Dollar Store  in a desperate need for a Strawberry Pop-Tart fix. (Aren’t you glad to know that you can get Pop-Tarts at the Dollar Store?)

…to be super-sensitive to how others treat your child. Motherhood truly is “deciding to forever have your heart go walking around outside your body…” and it’s not always easy, especially when people don’t seem to like your kid as much as you do.

…to be wrong.

…to listen to the same five Amos Lee songs for a week straight.

…to tell your toddler the videos are “broken” when she asks to watch “Wheels on the Bus” (version #1, 286) for the 100th time.

…to seriously consider the option of getting a personal chef. I mean, seriously consider it, even though it is by no means in my  budget whatsoever. I mean seriously considering working an extra job just to afford the luxury (or at least while pregnant).

…to still vote even when you know your guy probably doesn’t stand a chance.

What are some of your “Hey, It’s OK…” moments of the week?

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Hey, It’s OK…#13

January 27, 2012 Leave a Comment

Hey, It’s OK…

…to wear the same pair of black leggings every. single. day.

…to wear said black leggings with brown boots, and a brown purse. The days of mixing black and brown are HERE…and I like it!

…to do the unthinkable…wear said black leggings as pants! GASP! Don’t worry, I still cover the front and the back. Just like mixing brown and black, wearing leggings as pants  ”is HERE, and is HAPPENING” (from the mouth of my sis) so we might as well embrace it.

…to get a whole lot of pleasure out of editing photos and adding cheesy text to them on Picnik.com.

…to make your husband do a weekly photo shoot of your expanding baby bump.

What are some of your “Hey, It’s OK…” moments of the week?


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Hey, It’s OK…#12

December 15, 2011 Leave a Comment
Hey, It’s OK…
…to get a giant fist in my stomach when I think about completing our Christmas cards. Taking the perfect picture, finding the perfect card, even getting the perfect corresponding return address labels… maybe if I eliminate the word “perfect” the fist will magically disappear. 
…to think a good mascara can change your whole perspective. 
…to get hyper-obsessed with one thing for hours on end. Current obsession: finding the perfect pair of grey/taupe boots. Follow my boot addiction here.
…to not wear super-festive red or green themed outfits to all of my upcoming holiday functions.
…to be perfectly satisfied with just a five minute session of yoga. Five minutes feels better than no minutes. 
…to not enjoy baking. There are plenty of other ways to be domesticated…or not!

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Hey, It’s OK…#11

December 7, 2011 2 Comments
Hey, It’s OK…
…to let Cheddar and Sour Cream potato chips ruin my dinner. 
…to be really excited about the season premiere of The Bachelor. Follow my commentary @makeitbeautyful on Twitter. It’s gonna be epic.
…to go from The Avett Brothers to Keith Sweat on Spotify. 
…to find great joy in singing my guts out in my car to passerby’s, complete with Jessica Simpson-esque faces. Especially to older men who give me the “cuckoo sign” as they pass.
…to want to be best friends with Cam on Modern Family. 

…to eat a hamburger (and a half) at Five Guys.  Yum. Yum. 

…to be kind of excited about seeing Dolly on the big screen again. How can you resist her self-deprecating one-liners and fitted choir robe (as my sis and Valerie so aptly put after watching the trailer). 

…to realize you’re wearing headphones and there is no music coming out…30 minutes later. 


What are your favorite “Hey, It’s OK…” moments of the week?



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Hey, It’s OK…#10

November 29, 2011 1 Comment
Hey, It’s OK…
…to have absolutely no desire to ever go back to school.
…to have never read any of the Harry Potter books. 
…to eat not one, not two, but THREE Thanksgiving dinners over the holiday weekend. 
…to wonder every month where on earth all of the money goes.
…to protest Walmart. 
…to not be anywhere close to being done with Christmas shopping.
What’s your favorite “Hey, It’s Ok!” moment of the week?
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Hey, It’s OK…#9

November 10, 2011 1 Comment
Hey, It’s OK…
…to consider leftover sausage dip as a suitable dinner. Especially if the sausage is from Polyface Farms.
…to not grow more patient as I grow older.
…to tilt the full-length mirror just enough so that it’s always a “skinny mirror.”
…to be one of those women who annoyingly loves being pregnant (not at this exact moment, just in general ;) .
 
…to still use the microwave from my college dorm room.
…to freak out the day of an event, run to eight different stores in search of “the perfect outfit” and end up wearing something old.

…to (still) think Pinterest never gets old.  

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Hey, It’s OK…#8

November 2, 2011 1 Comment
Hey, It’s OK…Family Edition
Dedicated to some special comments made by and for my family.
…to let your toddler eat with cocktail forks and spoons (said by my mom who commented that just because they’re mini in size, doesn’t mean they’re not heavy and made out of a lead).
…to freeze out your guests because you refuse to turn the thermostat above 70 (said by my little sister as she wore a snuggie while eating pizza).
…to think ketchup crackers are the best appetizer around (a delicatessen taught to me by my mother from her own childhood).

…to have a less than traditional childhood in which John Waters was your Disney and David Allen Coe sang your lullabies (said by my sister, Tori, when wondering if it was weird that our favorite movies growing up were Hairspray (the original), Cry-baby, and Mermaids).

Who needs “Twinkle, Twinkle”…
When you can recite all the words to “You Never Even Called Me By My Name” by age 5.
Who needs The Little Mermaid’s Ursula…
…when you’ve got  Cry-baby’s Hatchet-face?

And a few more from around our house this week…
Hey, It’s OK…
…to just throw away the leftovers. They can’t all be eaten.
…to let your child eat yogurt with a measuring spoon (speaking of toddler eating utensils).
…to get annoyed when my grocery list forces me to drive the extra .5 mile from the Dollar General to the Food Lion.
…to realize that I am not responsible for other people’s ability to have fun or be happy.

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Hey, It’s OK…#7

October 28, 2011 2 Comments
Hey, It’s OK…
…to jam out to “Some Dark Holler” with as much enthusiasm as I would to “Single Ladies.”
…to dress my daughter and myself like B.A. rock stars for her music class (I’m talking Musikgarten people). And no, not Halloween costume rock stars, real life rock stars, complete with dark brown nails, bell bottoms, vintage boots, feather earrings, skull and cross bone socks and a black tutu. AJH needed to work on her sharing skills so we got our “mojo on” and we she ROCKED it. She totally shared this week and I know it was totally thanks to the outfit.
…to really look forward to Wednesday night TV….Up All Night, Modern Family, Revenge…all SO good.
…to eat at McDonalds three times a week because I just know I am going to get Boardwalk. 
…to suddenly decide I am switching to complete Apple domination in my life…iPhones, iPads, iMacs, iWhatevers….are all in the works. I can’t take the PC world anymore. Must.go.back.to.Mac.
…to dress my daughter and I as Native Americans for Halloween as an excuse to put about a million feathers in our hair. 
…to go hear Ralph Stanley live. Twice. In three months. Check out his website and “wipe yo feets!”
…to forget half the things I meant to feel “okay” about for this post.
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Hey, It’s OK…#6 + So, Is It OK…? #1

October 12, 2011 1 Comment
Hey, It’s OK….

…to choose french fries over those last few pounds. 

…to rub acne “spot” treatment all over my entire chin….or face.

…to not exactly know the rules on preposition placement in sentences.

…to try to be the bigger person…and fail. Miserably.

…to take notes during Oprah’s LifeClass.

While I am pretty confident the above things are “a-okay,” sometimes I am still left wondering if certain things really are okay…I mean, not everything can be okay, all the time, can it? If so, we’d live in a world with travesties such as camel toe running rampant.


Thus, welcome to my first segment of “So, Is It OK…? and let me know what you think about the current predicaments I am in…

So, Is It OK….?

…to let my child carry around a toothbrush all day? (Couldn’t she hurt herself?)

…to wear leggings with a shirt that doesn’t cover your bum? (I would say no, but I sure do see a lot of college girls in this get up: black leggings, short sweatshirts and UGGS. I think I should stage a protest).

…to use Sweet Tea/Diet Pepsi/any-form-of-caffeine to get through the day? (Is two Diet Pepsi’s a day kosher?)

…to count veggie straws and fruit snacks as AJH’s fruit and vegetable intake for the day? (I always try the real thing first, and sometimes it just doesn’t work!)

So, what do you think?
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PS–The special childhood version of “Hey, It’s OK…” is still coming soon…


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Hey, It’s OK…#5

September 29, 2011 1 Comment
Hey, It’s OK…
…to dress my daughter and myself in matching shoes..as long as they’re leopard print.
…to never actually make any of the crap I pin on Pinterest. (Wait, I made something! See here)
…to have ten different varieties of the same lacy, cream colored shirt. As my awesome little sis would tweet, #sowhatwhocares?
…to admit that I need to step up my game from time to time. (And by “game,” I mean the mommy game, the punctuality game, the cooking game, etc.) Instead of going into a “shame spiral” (as quoted from this week’s Modern Family) I will just say, “Okay, time to step up my game a little bit.” It’s much healthier for me than, “Okay, you suck at life” every time we’re late for music class.
…to be just a little high maintenance. I mean, who am I kidding… A lot high maintenance. I think the hubby appreciates my extra efforts.
…that my 18 month old doesn’t quite understand the whole sharing thing yet. Or is this not okay?
…to not really be into Glee.

Stay tuned next week for a special “family” edition of “Hey, It’s OK…” dedicated to the wild and wonderful childhood my sister and I were reminiscing on via Twitter recently…

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