Owner: Suburban Oblivion URL:http://www.suburbanoblivion.com Join Date: Mon, 26 Mar 2007 12:45:56 -0500 Rating:0 Site Description: I am a 28 year old SAHM in Mobile, AL. I write about everything from my kids, to playgroups, to my ultimate goal of taking over the world, one playground at a time. Site statistics:Click here
Reason #21 I Am Not Cut Out To Raise Boys 2007-03-26 05:27:04 I just got done getting Brendan up for his nightly 9pm pee. He rarely has accidents anymore, but getting him up before I go to bed insures I don’t get woken up at 3am hearing “Mommy, me all wet”. Better safe than sorry right?
Only there is a downside to waking a sleeping male and expecting him to urinate on command. Did I say downside? I guess technically it is an upside. Yeah, that little issue.
I get my sleeping child up, guide him to the potty, pull his pants down as he rubs his eyes and blinks against the light, and usually he does his thing, and then sleepily runs back to bed. Obviously doing this every night I’m no stranger to seeing the soldier standing at attention, so to speak. Only tonight the flag was at full mass as opposed to half. Out of the bathroom my husband hears me screeching “No Brendan, point it down! In the toilet, point it down! Point it down!!” as my son stands there and half asleep, pees all over the bathroom wall.
I am q Read more:Reason
Lucky Me! 2007-03-23 13:42:44 I am getting ready to take the kids to school and speech, and then I get to spend my morning with my in-real-life buddies Playgroupie and the Queen of Shake-Shake. These ladies are just as hilarious IRL as they are in their writing. Dontcha wish you were gonna be there too? Hope everyone has a great morning!
I Thought The Old Man Was Gonna Take Me Down! 2007-03-22 20:41:40 I went grocery shopping this morning, and it was a typical trip for us. I forgot several things, spent more than I planned, and the 2 year old was his usual pain in the ass lovely 2 year old self. Then as we went to check out, the trip became blogworthy. Only in my world right?
I got in line, and as usual there were only 2 checkout lines open- one normal, one 10 Items or Less. Having a family of 5, I can’t even buy toilet paper and be 10 Items or Less, it just never happens. So I get in the regular lane, only to have the 10 Items or Less lady wave me over. It was only about 9:45am at this point, so I guess because they weren’t busy she was trying to be helpful and move things along. I applaud her good intentions, I really do. She meant well. I felt guilty stepping into that express line with a cart full of groceries, but no one was behind me, and I started loading as quickly as I could. Besides, she told me to right? Then it happens. An elderly man comes up behind me with Read more:Old Man
So This Whoring Thing is Kinda Paying Off 2007-03-22 06:12:52 Wow. I admit it, I am in awe of myself. A few new links placed and a MyBlogLog account and all of a sudden I have lots of comments, and I see more and more people visiting my page. Ok, there may have been a lot of people coming before, I do have some really cool friends out there But now even people I don’t know are reading, and I think maybe, just maybe, they might like me. That MyBlogLog thing is kinda cool, btw. I am meeting some people with some really great blogs, and now my blog has a community there. I still haven’t quite yet figured out just how my blog got its own community, but dang it sounds cool doesn’t it? And I didn’t even ask anyone to join, they just read my blog and joined! I feel kinda special, and not in the “rides the shortbus” way either.
This post may be a little narcissistic(topic of the day) but I think we are all entitled once in awhile right? Read more:Thing
, Kinda
Interesting Discussion About Mombloggers 2007-03-21 20:57:02 I very jokingly answered awhile back about why I blog, but there is a really interesting discussion going on right now over at Her Bad Mother on this very thing. Check it out if you get a few minutes, totally worth the read. Read more:Discussion
I So Could Have Lived Without Hearing That 2007-03-21 17:02:16 My 3 1/2 year old just ran into the living room with no pants on and tells me quite proudly, “Look mommy, my pee-pee is standing up!”
Son, there are just some things mommy doesn’t need to know. This would be one of them. Read more:Hearing
Profile of a Gapmom 2007-03-21 03:16:49 I live in the land of Gapmoms. You may have another word for them- yuppies, wasps, soccer moms, Suburbia Barbie, whatever. Personally I always thought going to my daughter’s school that I’d somehow stepped into a Gap ad, so the name stuck. Needless to say, I am not a Gapmom, but I do have a weird fascination with them. It’s like watching the Stepford Wives, only without Nicole Kidman around to go “What the hell is wrong with these women??” We’ve lived here for going on four years now, and I’ve observed a few common traits among them.
Clothing- Brand doesn’t matter, but the look must say “perfectly put together, without looking like you tried too hard”. Hair should always be styled, nails manicured and pedicured, and makeup is required. Anything recognizably from Walmart would probably get you thrown out of the clique faster than you can say ‘Starbucks’.
Car- SUV, what else? Identifying markings include “My ch
Lesson of the Day 2007-03-20 20:21:02 Absolutely amazing how one tiny bit of code missing can utterly f*ck up everything on your blog. At various points of the morning I had the white background disappear, I had a text link in my picture up top, the blogroll info was all outside its box, and at one point I even had old post text crossing over the main image at the top of the page. All this because I decided I didn’t want to categories link and tried to delete it. BIG mistake.
Lesson learned?
If it ain’t broke, don’t screw with it.
Yup, I broke it again! 2007-03-20 03:22:38 I guess the good thing about continually breaking your blog is you learn more than you ever wanted to know about how to fix it. Cross fingers I can get it fixed right again. Grrrr. Read more:broke
It’s a Theme, Not a Marriage 2007-03-26 22:43:50 I have decided I want a new Wordpress theme for my blog. I love what I’ve got here, but the author has not updated it to include support for widgets, and I think I’m ready to move on to a 3 column layout.
So not a big deal, I pick out a new theme and then update everything. Only..I’m having a hard time with this. I usually take change pretty well, but not so much with my blog it seems. I did the banner myself, so I am not willing to change that, meaning the new theme has to at least somewhat match the colors I have now. And supposing I do find one I like, what if I break my whole darn page again? Granted if I do, its just a matter of switching back to this theme. But I know I’m going to have to spend hours to update and get everything how I want it. Is it even worth it??
I swear picking out a wedding dress was easier than this. Read more:Theme
Fame and Fortune(Ha!) in the Blogosphere 2007-03-28 21:28:06 Popularity, wow what a topic this has been lately!
It started out innocently enough, this past Saturday I had the joy and pleasure of meeting M., who is the webmistress of a blog titled Velveteen Mind. After a bit of conversation about our families and backgrounds, we got onto the topic of blogging. She has kept journals for most of her life, but is still on the fence about committing to writing in a medium where other people will be reading her work. She had a lot of really interesting questions about opening yourself up to that kind of exposure, what it does to the way you write, and what happens when people start to notice what you do. She worries that it seems pretentious to promote your blog among those who know you, and how she imagines it would get a little addicting to have a lot of people reading and commenting.
(Interestingly enough this was not long after Her Bad Mother’s now infamous blog on the meaning of narcissism as it pertains to blogging.)
With all this in mind Read more:Fortune
, Blogosphere
No Music Meme for Me(me) 2007-03-29 22:02:55 I read a post the other day where the author said she was not comfortable doing the music meme making the blogging rounds, because music was such an intensely personal thing.
I haven’t done it because, quite frankly, I have terrible taste in music.
I will admit it, I LOVE music from the 90’s. If I have any XM station on, its the 90’s channel. And nothing excites me more than turning the radio on and finding out they are doing the 90’s flashback segment.
This wouldn’t be so terrible to admit, if the music from the 90’s hadn’t been so. damn. awful. Have you ever gone back and listened to it?
“All I wanna do is zoom-a-zoom-zoom-zoom and a poom-poom - JUST SHAKE
YA RUMP!”
Huh? what is a poom-poom, and do I really even want to know?
“Jump Jump
The Mac Dad will make you Jump Jump
The Daddy Mac will make you Jump Jump
Kris Kross will make you Jump Jump “
“I came to get down [2x]
So get out your seats and jump around
Jum Read more:Music
I’m Always Good For a Bandwagon! 2007-03-31 20:59:44 Yes, I too am jumping on the “Ditch the blogroll and just share posts we loved” bandwagon. I see this as a good change, so I’m all for doing what the cool kids are doing this time around.
That said I’m always looking for new and interesting people to add to my own reading list, so if you are lurking and want me to swing by, just drop me a comment! Read more:Bandwagon
Because It’s So Funny to Watch Me Try to Link, Here Ya Go 2007-03-31 16:00:06 As an homage to Stop Cyber-Bullying Day, Chris at Notes From the Trenches came up with the fabulous idea of a celebratory post with your favorite links of the week. Absolutely Bananas was kind enough to spread the word, and I ask everyone who reads this to do the same.
First off, I can’t do something like this without mentioning Plain Jane Mom since she does this every single day with her “Go Read It” posts. Seriously, she’s the Katie Couric of the internet world, and we love her for it.
I literally laughed out loud reading Temporarily Me’s tip on How to Get Out of Having Sex. I seriously may have to try this one.
I swear Sarah(and the Goon Squad) is raising my oldest, this is something I KNOW she would come out with.
Mama Loves posts the Best. Real Moms. Evah.
This Ain’t New York, a southern girl after my own heart, does a review of her own blog as if it were on American Idol. Hilarious!
Now, lets hope those links actually worked! Read more:Funny
If You Were Bored, You Could Have Asked For Crayons. 2007-03-30 23:10:41 The kids always go play outside when my oldest gets home, it’s what they like to do best in the afternoons. I usually use this time to straighten the living room and start making dinner. Its a nice bit of peace when they actually cooperate.
Today we decided to spice it up a bit. I saw the 2 and 3 year olds crouching down in a patch of clover, and figured they were picking some to bring me. They love to bring me ‘flowers’ as the decomposing remains all over my kitchen counters will attest to. The hubby had called and I was talking to him when all of a sudden Gabrielle runs in saying “Mommy, Mommy! Damian!!” I didn’t hear any crying so I figured he’d stepped in dog poop or something, it happens from time to time with 2 furry monsters living here. He comes up to me looking concerned but with not so much as a single tear, and shows me his hand, with a bee stinger planted deep in one finger near the palm.
How did this happen?? He grabbed the b Read more:Bored
Sunday Nights Just Got A Lot More Interesting! 2007-03-30 22:09:21 If you are not a Showtime subscriber, get it, now!
I have never been a fan of Showtime, I am an HBO girl myself. Rome, Sopranos, Big Love; pitter-patter goes my little heart! But with Rome getting the ax and the final season of Sopranos looming, whats a girl to Tivo??
Out of the darkness comes a shining gem, a beacon of hope on the horizon. Its name is The Tudors.
The show is about the fascinating political battles, fueds, passions and intrigues taking place in the court of King Henry the VIII. My husband had actually Tivo’d the first two episodes, and about 15 minutes into the first one I looked up from my laptop and was immediately sucked in. By the the time it ended I was in no mood to wait, and had him turn on the second episode so I could see what would happen next. I am not a huge history buff, but after reading Philippa Gregory’s The Other Boleyn Girl, it was interesting to compare what I’d already read to the way it was laid out in the show.
The Sunday
night d
Loving This Idea, So Passing It Along 2007-04-01 17:07:31 In honor of turning 30, Problem Girl has instigated the 30 Deeds For 30 Days campaign. The idea is to change the world, one good deed at a time. Each day you should do something good, no matter how big or small. Check it out!
Now the question is, does allowing hubby to wake me up for sex at 7am on MY day to sleep in count as a good deed, seeing as how I was nice enough let him live? Read more:Loving
Adding to My Narcissism 2007-04-03 23:08:43 As if my ego wasn’t already completely out of control becoming quite healthy with this blogging stuff, Bill C. over at Critique My Blog was kind enough to do a writeup of my everyday folly here in Suburban Oblivion. As many of you know he was featured in this weeks Top Blog Mag so I thought I’d submit mine for review before he got too famous to waste his time with us small potatoes bloggers. You can read it here-
http://critiquemyblog.blogspot.com/2007/04/suburban-oblivion.html
Thanks so much to Bill for doing this, I highly encourage everyone to visit his site and submit your blog for review!
Real Housewives of Mobile County 2007-04-02 18:53:04 I read over the weekend that Bravo is casting again in Southern California for more rich chicks for Real Housewives
of Orange County
in “the lavish and privileged Southern California gated communities in Calabasas and Orange County, CA”.
Great, more episodes of watching bleach-blonde, over made-up women with fake tans, fake boobs, and fake teeth shop and whine about how haaaarrrdddd it is to be them. Gag me.
They need to come to Alabama and make a real show about the real housewives I know.
The Real Housewives
of Mobile
County don’t spend their days shopping for shoes, they shop twice a year at the Shoe Station clearance sale and get gorgeous shoes for $7 a pair.
The Real Housewives of Mobile County don’t plot and scheme to marry a rich man, they marry the man who stole their heart, and stick by him for richer or for poorer.
The Real Housewives of Mobile County don’t meet up at the spa, they meet for weekly playgroups and everyone brings a dish so no one
Blogs? No Dear, Never Heard of Them. 2007-04-04 03:09:47 I have a confession to make. Are you ready?
My husband doesn’t know about my blog.
Shocking? Kinda. It’s such a huge part of my daily thought process(”Oh no she didn’t, this is SO going in my blog tonight!!”) that to keep it from him is like hiding a third limb or another child or something. Technically he knows I have one, but he doesn’t understand exactly what a blog is, or that I share as much as I do about our lives. He doesn’t have the address, and as far as I know has never even seen the page.
It’s not that I purposely hide it from him exactly. I just don’t go out of my way to point it out to him. I’m just seeing too many cases lately of husbands getting upset about them, be it the personal information shared, that you are writing about them, or all of the above. Marriage is a rollercoaster ride by itself, why add to the stress? Not to mention I just don’t want to have to be looking over my shoulder all the time, Read more:Blogs
, Heard
My First Interview! 2007-04-06 17:29:59 Moodwingingmommy was kind enough to include me in her interviews, I think she is practicing to be the next Barbara Walters!
1. Why did you decide to start a blog?
I’ve been blogging since I really even knew what blogging was. I started 4+ years ago posting updates on a personal website for family, and from there kept journals, first on Livejournal, then Myspace, now Wordpress. I’m not one for pen and paper journals, but blogging online is like second nature to me.
2. How do you balance the demands of motherhood with blogging?
I think moms make the perfect bloggers. Blogging is not something you have to do daily, and you can do it on your own time. I don’t sit down and say “Hmm, what am I going to write about now?”. Events in my life happen, and I am mentally composing my post before I ever sit down at the laptop. Kids and marriage make for the best subject material!
3. What is your top pet peeve?
Besides my kids? ;) I have quite a few and rotate them Read more:First
No, Really, I’m Laughing WITH Him! 2007-04-05 17:35:16 Brendan’s preschool Easter part is today, and they decided to make it an especially festive occasion and have each child make a hat and they will parade in them before hunting eggs and gorging themselves on pizza and candy. I’m not much of a craft person, so we made his very simple. (Actually, truth be told, I forgot about the whole hat thing till an hour before school, but that’s neither here nor there.) Being the resourceful mommy I am, I grabbed the stapler and an old folder(we were out of construction paper) and we improvised a cute set of bunny ears. Then inspiration struck, and I grabbed a lipstick and an eyeliner, and drew a nose and whiskers on his face. My hope is he’ll look so cute the Gapmoms at his school won’t notice how slap-dash the hat is. Not to mention the future blackmail potential of a picture like this-
I mean really, I love my kids to pieces, but considering they are driving me to the brink of insanity, I deserve to be able to get Read more:Laughing
Don’t Judge Me For Having an Affair! 2007-04-07 04:21:11 I have been getting some weird Google search hits on my blog for really weird stuff. I thought tonight to look up one of them to try to find out what the people are actually trying to find. I almost wish now I hadn’t.
Seems there is a blog out there with a couple minor similarities to mine. Nothing major, but enough both our blogs come up in the search terms I was hit with. As for the differences..well, mine focuses on family life, and this person who is a wife and mother chooses to write her blog almost entirely about her extra-marital affairs. (Yes, you read that right, and yes, multiple affairs!)
As much as I joke about me hiding my blog, my reason for doing so is just so I can have my creative outlet entirely to myself. Should my husband see it, there’s not much that would truly upset him, and absolutely nothing that would cause any problems in our marriage. I cannot for the life of me imagine having a blog that I truly had to go to an effort to hide from him. I cannot Read more:Judge
, Having
, Affair
If You Have a Myspace 2007-04-09 05:12:00 Can you add me to your friends list? I decided to make a page today to link to all my oh-so-talented bloggy lady friends, as well as those who are kind enough to stop by and read my daily ramblings. I admit it’s part self promotion, but I’d also love to be able to learn more about everyone else, and I do *heart* Myspace, even though I’m not 15 and won’t be posting any bikini pics. Hope to see you on my friends list!!
Sara’s Attempt at Becoming a Friend Whore
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Really, It’ Not You, Its Me 2007-04-11 05:14:12 Or should I say, it’s my blog
Do not adjust your monitor folks, you are still in Suburban Oblivion! I posted a little while back about trying to find a 3 column layout, as you can see I finally found one I can work with. I’ve got a lot of tweaking to do, but I promise it will feel a little more like the blog you know and love here shortly, just upgraded with some really cool new features!
Change is good
It Is With Deep Sadness and Regret That I Announce 2007-04-11 01:37:21 I am not the father of Anna Nicole Smith’s baby.
And neither is my dog, my neighbor, my husband, or our mail lady, though she might have had a sexual encounter with her once.
Larry Birkhead is the father.
Read more:Sadness
, Regret
It’s Like the Golden Globes, Without the Cool Swag Bags 2007-04-10 17:40:08 It’s awards season here in Blogland. Every time we turn around someone has gotten nominated for some cool award or another- Top 100 Mom Blogs, the Bloggers Choice Awards, the Best of Blogs awards, they are everywhere.
It’s understandable there are bloggers out there who might feel a little left out. (Kudos to TableforFive for having the cajones to blog about it!) Who can blame them? I think when we sit home with our popcorn watching the Emmys, Oscars, GoldenGlobes
, or whatever, we all dream of being up there accepting that award. Doesn’t matter that we are not actresses, it doesn’t matter that we are not 5′9 and size 0, it doesn’t matter that we don’t have the $10k to shell out on a vintage Valentino, not to mention the lipo and boob job we’d need to hold such a thing up. We want to be there anyways. To feel special, to feel glamorous, to feel important.
Like on tv, it’s easy to sit back and say “I wish I was up there&rdquo Read more:Golden Globes
If You Have a Myspace 2007-04-09 05:12:00 Can you add me to your friends list? I decided to make a page today to link to all my oh-so-talented bloggy lady friends, as well as those who are kind enough to stop by and read my daily ramblings. I admit it’s part self promotion, but I’d also love to be able to learn more about everyone else, and I do *heart* Myspace, even though I’m not 15 and won’t be posting any bikini pics. Hope to see you on my friends list!!
Sara’s Attempt at Becoming a Friend Whore
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