It's Not a Case of the Well Running Dry...

It's a case of there being way, way too much that is unbloggable.

I have family stuff that's super stressful - but unbloggable. On multiple fronts and with multiple folks. All of it off limits.

A couple of instructors and staff that are - well, unbloggable.

I am working a lot - which is great - but there's nothing to write about that. It's not unbloggable - just, there's not much to share on that front.

I love having a pretty much full time job. :) Just wish I could balance my life a bit better - but that's me.

For right now, the kids are - mostly, sort of, well, let's pretend that they are - behaving. (There's a REASON that they are known as the SCREAMING MASSES, after all.) And the one that's not behaving - well, that's unbloggable as well. But OMG with the bickering already. For real.

I thought I'd see if you all had questions for me to answer or topics about which you'd like to hear me pontificate. Any topics that I brought up and forgot to complete? Any stories I didn't finish? I tend to forget sometimes.

I know that often, people feel that asking for questions is a cop out - so, if this fits you, I'm very sorry.

Gosh, I feel like I say sorry an awful lot. Sometimes, that helps and sometimes, people just don't want to accept that.

So, anyway, lay it on me - anything you want to ask me? (Except politics, religion, sex and how I can stand to look at myself in the mirror. The first three I never talk about on here - and the last one I'm super tired of answering.)

Comments

[Jenna]

My question, and I probably missed it and it's my fault: who designed the new blog design? It looks lovely and I meant to say that on my past two clickovers.

[JMB]

Wow! How apropos. You already answered my question about improving my plank time, which underlying was a crisis of confidence. So I guess my further question is: where does your confidence come from?

[Jennifer]

I'm wondering about your faith. It's known your catholic and are active in your chirch. And I wonder if you believe and support everything the Catholic Church supports -- or more importantly, how you come to terms with those aspects that you might not agree with?
I was raised catholic- light. And find so many things good and beneficial about the catholic faith -- as I do other faiths -- but can't get past some disagreements "we" have. That is, me and the Church.
So I guess I'm just wondering if you have some disagreements and how you get past them to remain an active catholic member.
Thanks, Carmen!

[Jennifer]

Of course, now I'm rereading my comment and seeing tons of grammatical errors! How embarrassing! I really do know the difference between your/you're but evidently not on my phone. *slapping forehead*

[addy]

Questions - how do you (or do you) control your coffee intake on a daily basis? Apparently someone thinks mine is out of control.
Do you do the dress-up pretty thing every day? Or only on certain days?

[Stacey B.]

O.K., this may sound silly/crazy, but as a fellow mom to a big family, how do you control the sock situation at home? How is it that no matter how many new pairs of socks you purchase, label, only wash laundry together per bedroom, there are still piles or baskets of mismatched socks?

Oh, and {{{HUGS}}} on the stressful school/kid stuff...happening here and can sympathize.

[amie]

1. Read any good books lately?
2. What is your current favorite workout? Zumba?
3. Didn't you say you wouldn't discuss religion?
4.Are you as sick of politics as I am right now?

[jules]

How do you pick your battles with so many children with so many different temperments? I only have one child and I feel like all we do is argue (she's 6). Every morning we leave the house in a bad mood over eating breakfast, getting dressed, brushing teeth--just doing what she needs to do without screwing around. I'm hate to yell, but i feel like it's all I do .. .

[Janyll]

Do you wish you could blog the unbloggables? Would it be a good outlet, or would the well-intended but sometimes ill-considered advice in the comments be unwelcome? Do you have the friends you can unload on instead? Or, like me, do you keep the really serious stuff close to the vest?

[J from Ireland]

I have no questions today Carmen, just hope you are ok.
Actually I am interested to hear about the sock situation in your house...

[likeablegirl]

Wondering about rule setting for the different ages. Since your kids are in different places of maturity, are rules tailored to each child? Are there some rules that apply across the spectrum without exception? How do you manage that?

[Rox]

Here's a new one from me: When you have a child who's down, or who's especially in need of a little something extra, what do you do/offer?

[Sonja]

My husband is out of work for the first time since he was 18 (he is 44), not by choice. He is home all the time, as am I, since I do not work at present. I am wondering if you can pose the question to the group - how do you deal with this situation? He will go back to work eventually, but since it is not a financial necessity at the moment (thankfully), he is dragging his feet. I am on the cusp of getting a job, which will help. As much as I love him, it is really hard being together that much.