The Cooter Diaries

I went to see the midwife that delivered Eloise today.  She was amazed at how big Elle has gotten.  Interesting encounter:

Me: soooo, are things dropping or....

Aliza: everything looks fine...

Me: ok, uh..

Aliza: are you doing your kegels?

Me: not so much

Aliza: squeeze my fingers, ok

           that's good, just do more kegels

All I could think was "Pull my finger"  The visual was astounding.  

Awkward turtle

Things with which I am currently enamoured:

1. These 2 LDS chick bloggers.  2nd sister sauviloquy and embers , respectively.  Seriously, where are the women like this in Texas?  

2. Mothering Magazine, even my mother looks at me cross-eyed about the co-sleeping thing, and the woman marched against nuclear armament with me in utero!

3. Chess With Friends on the IPhone, I know, I know, shameless plug, but since my husband is the only person who reads this sad excuse for a blog, I had to mention the game he created.

4. The trailer for Funny People.  I may have watched it 15 times.  The stage that Adam Sandler is doing stand up on in the beginning is at the improv on Melrose where I spent a considerable amount of time while drifting in LA for a couple of years. 

5.  Eloise, could she be any cuter?  

6. Carol Lynn Pearson.  Consider the Butterfly is still one of the best books available in Mormland.

7. MGMT's Electric Eel, the song keeps getting stuck in my head.  It seems to require of me a jog.  

The last time I taught RS, I left early and got drunk

Ok, that was 10 years ago, but still.  I am amazed at the distance between then and now.  

Then: I was 20 and teetering on the edge of becoming inactive.  I had just moved to SLC and was called to teach RS having only been to RS in that ward once.  I taught my lesson, and knowing NO ONE in the ward I left with the resolve to just get as far away from that building as possible.  I had yet to become a full fledged alcoholic, but I was on my way.

Today: I was able to be real and vulnerable, teach a fantastic lesson, starting with, "So, Joseph Smith was a peacenik!"  I was able to express my disagreement with Prop 8 and my respect for the leaders of our church and their council at the same time.  There are some of the coolest chicks in this ward.  

I have only one complaint, several of the women I would love to hang out with, that are my age, are in a totally different life situation than I am.  I am 30 with a 10 month old.  They are 30-36 with like 4 or 5 kids!!!  No way they have time for any friends whose kids don't entertain their kids.  It's a damn good thing I have my sister.  

We went to Sushi Sake last night for date night. I miss Japan. I also miss coffee, and occasionally cigarettes, but it has been 3 1/2 years and my mother assures me that soon I will not even think of them.  

I told you

See, I told you, I really suck at this.  Usually upon making a new goal, I follow it for at least a day or two before abandoning the idea altogether.  I couldn't even make it a day.  It is cloudy in Tx today.  While my porch is all but finished, I am in the process of paint my porch swing(valentines day present) a shiny black before begging P to take a wee bit of time off to hang it up.  

In other news, I was called to teach RS.  I am sure this is a good thing, for I have been known to skip SS in favor of a lil sabbath breaking 7-11 run and sashay into 3rd hour at a quarter past.  This should nip THAT in the bud, at least every third sunday.  

OOOOO, my sister just arrived from  trip to Seattle.  

Officially, I suck at blogging

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unofficially, however, I am just a deeply misunderstood albeit creative, inquisitive, crafty blogger who writes in her head daily but is such a severe procrastinator that she can't seem to commit to screen. New goal. Blog daily, even if it amounts to verbal drivel. In the mean time, here is a puppy.

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What a fantastic looking first couple! Call me vain, but I lke the idea of looking at them for 8 years!

Eloise and Daddy make a a difference

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Originally uploaded by paulbettner

Today my faith is restored in the USA. This is a picture of Paul and Eloise voting. I am so grateful. I am grateful for the compassion he brings to the white house. I am grateful for the change he will make in the way the world sees our country. No longer will we act in arrogance. My mother will get health insurance. Our troops will come home! John McCain just conceded. No more Scarah Palin. I can breathe easier knowing that my daughter will grow up in a country better than the one se was born into. God bless America.