Mental & Emotional Health

Last week sometime, I ran upon a photo my the coach of my kids tball team.  Here’s the post that I wrote and honestly, thought nothing more about it.  I wrote the truth, I knew it was the truth and life was good. I even titled the post “I”m not the mooshy kind but role models are really important” And, honestly, this is one of those situations where I forget that any locals ever read what I write.  I’ve been featured in the paper a few times here but nothing ever big and fancy.  So, when someone calls me out on something I’ve written (and trust me it hasn’t always been pretty, but lessons learned, let me tell you), my first instinct is to think “OH CRAP”

And, even tonight, I knew that what I had written was good and suitable and I don’t mind them reading it one bit.  Because the truth is, this man has put a smile on my face everytime I see him.  We have gone to a burger joint and let the kids play some and he always jumps right in and acts if he enjoys it as much as the kids do. 

But tonight, with her arm draped around me, his wife had tears in her eyes when she was telling me about it and said that her husband almost cried reading it.  I asked how they had managed to get their hands on it and lo and behold, one of the sweetest little girls that every worked for me and probably the only one who doesn’t go around telling garbage (even if some of the garbage is true – she knows there is no reason to rehash and start trouble) works with the coaches daughter-in-law (it’s confusing because Pop Pop is the man I’m talking about and his son is one of the coaches and he has 2 grandsons on the team) but anyway, his daughter-in-law printed the post out and took it to her husbands family to read.

Ok, I know this is getting long so I’m going to give it a whirl and continue tomorrow….got it…don’t forget to come back for the rest of this story.

Ok, so remember, I told you, I have already met the most incredible group of women and there is no way I can name them all.  But, for now, I’m going to stick with “if you gave me a card” then I get you here…

Right off, a great girl named Roni from skinnyminnymedia said, “Oh you are alone too”…and instantly, we were buds.  I mean, you know, as big of buds as you can be in the first 5 minutes of meeting…but buds still…don’t fret it.  She also has Green Lite Bites

She hooked up with some ladies and I ran up on them and we were all ravishing.  So, I had wheels and no one else did.  And, we were out of here for a few…….That’s one way to be the most popular girl on the block, hehehe!

One of those women was Toni from The Happy Housewife and one was Kate from A Simple Walk and Joy from Fivej’s.

Now, as I said, I met many many many many more women.  I even have these two AWESOME photos to share….

Me and Tanis from redneckmommy and if you don’t know Tanis, you don’t know anyone…

Can you tell that I am like a complete dork and I am so enamored with Tanis that I could……lick her…? 

And, there’s Allison from fussypants and well, yea, if you don’t know fussypants, you don’t know Blissdom 09  and you don’t know Blissfully Domestic now do you?

Yep, you got it, I’m excited!

Just so you know, there’s lots of picture taking going on around here too, just look….

That’s Joy taking my picture as I take a picture of her…woot woot for Blogger Blissdom!

Now, I also received cards from Alyson from 3 Ps in a Pod and Shash who is crazedmommy and I’ve been chatting with her prior to arriving here so she was another awesome find in person.

Ack, I missed a card, Katie with the Geek Squad, how could I miss that card?

And, let met tell you about David Griner who I managed to really deal some misery too because…..he works with social media with Little Debbie snack cakes.  Little Debbie is actually is one of the sponsors here and they chose this huge group of women to try out their new 100 calorie snacks and give some away.  I wasn’t one of them.  Big surprise?  No? 

Ok, no for real, I’m not surprised and wasn’t even offended…until I figured out they were based out of….yea, get this..Birmingham, Alabama.  Yea.  Surprised?  No?  Well, after I learned that, I was like, whoa, I have 10 blogs and I am an Alabama born and bred girl, I look like I could totally use a few of the 100 Calorie snack cakes because obviously I’ve been eating the real things.  And, to add insult to injury, all things being equal, when asked where I am from, I answer “just outside of Birmingham”.  So, do you think these guys snobbed me on purpose?  Ha! 

No, I’m just not that very well known…but now..maybe…we could have 100 calorie Little Debbie Snack Cakes for life.  Ok, for a week?