Thursday, June 3, 2010

50+ Random Things

I'm sitting here, with mega insomnia tonight. I've been awake since 3:00 am, and I have to get up in a little while to start my day. So, since I am awake, I was reading some blogs online and I came across a wonderfully insightful blogpost from PiPi La La. She had a list of 100 random things that are about her or about things in her head. Seeing as it's my head that keeps me up at night, swirling with all these different things, I thought this would be a great way to share what's going on in this little pea-head of mine. So here goes: 50+ Random Things (in no particular order)
  • I have had insomnia for 3 years now
  • I think daffodils are my all-time favorite flower
  • I love my dogs
  • I worry about my oldest dog and his arthritis and it kills me that my "puppy" is getting older
  • I have been craving strawberry shortcake for about a week now
  • I really struggle with finding time for everything in my life
  • I know and I want to exercise more, but I can't seem to find the motivation
  • When I don't want to do something, I am an excellent procrastinator
  • I grew up on a small farm
  • My favorite chore was feeding the chickens
  • I love to watch the songbirds at the birdfeeder
  • I can't stand discussing politics. I will run into the other room.
  • I almost always cry if a friend cries on my shoulder
  • I secretly like a lot of action movies
  • I will hit the brakes if someone is tailgating me
  • I get very grumpy if I don't get creative time
  • I always want more creative time, but then I miss my family when I do
  • I have always enjoyed playing in the mud, even as a little girl
  • I've got a super cool studio space
  • I wish I was better at small talk
  • I feel awful when my temper gets the best of me
  • I have so many things I want to do, and I worry I'll get a fraction of them done
  • I have so many dreams I want to see actualized and I worry I'll get a fraction of them done
  • It's hard for me to open up to people until I know you better.
  • In my next life, I want to be either a landscape designer or a glass blower, I think
  • I hope to one day live in Spain
  • I enjoy cooking healthy meals for my family (most of the time)
  • my daughter loves my iPhone and can drain the battery in four hours easily
  • my hubby is super creative and a "scanner", and gives the best hugs
  • I lost my mother last year and it put me in a tailspin I couldn't get out of
  • I am so color-oriented
  • My hubby and I were both college cheerleaders
  • Coffee is my friend
  • I am an introvert with extroverted tendencies
  • I am surprised at how hard this is getting
  • Sunshine lifts my mood considerably most days;that, and coffee
  • I think I want to have another baby but I am afraid of the chaos
  • I desperately want to have a close relationship with my daughter when she is older
  • I have a food intolerance to most shellfish
  • I will be violently ill all night if I accidentally eat shellfish
  • I hardly ever cried as a teenager, now it's almost a sure thing I'll cry at the movies
  • Never really understood why people cry at weddings, but now I get all teary
  • I get embarrassed over stupid things I do
  • which seems to be all the time
  • I'm really into these Birds that I'm making in clay
  • they are all about motherhood and desires/dreams, death and life
  • I am addicted to the TV show True Blood
  • and I don't really enjoy TV all that much
  • two of my favorite sounds: my daughter's laughter and summertime bird song
  • I love to read when I have time
  • But I usually can't read in bed because I'll fall asleep after 2 pages
  • I'm not a very patient person, but I'm working on it daily
  • I'm actually a big goof-ball and quite silly
Now it's time for me to "get up" and start my day, so I had to cut the list short a bit. Thanks for listening!

6 comments:

  1. LOVED this post! I would think it would be hard to come up with that many. I did notice that the e-mail from you this morning came in at 5 am- but up since 3 that would kill me. I'm awake for an hour or two every night but I'm usually able to just lay there and think about things. I solve a lot of problems and get many of my ideas then.

    Thanks for sharing!

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  2. Kelly, I have so many similar tendencies-especially the introvert with extrovert characteristics and insomnia and small talk issues. For me, the blog has helped in that I want to connect but those beginning conection sentences JUST ABOUT KILL ME. And your birds...are...INCREDIBLE. BRAVO from a fellow flyer.

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  3. sorry about the insomnia but glad your doing posts like this one during that time!

    i'm also and introvert but people mistake me for being an introvert. just b/c i'm not shy doesn't mean i'm not introverted. i think it's all about how you recharge and refuel...for me i have GOT to have a lot of alone time in order to do that.

    loved reading your list and finding lots of stuff we have in common...

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  4. I love this space, Kelly--something about it calls me here.

    And your list...oh, how i can relate to so much of what you've shared here, especially the below truths:

    **I get very grumpy if I don't get creative time

    **I always want more creative time, but then I miss my family when I do

    **I almost always cry if a friend cries on my shoulder

    **I feel awful when my temper gets the best of me

    **I have so many things I want to do, and I worry I'll get a fraction of them done

    **I have so many dreams I want to see actualized and I worry I'll get a fraction of them done

    **Coffee is my friend

    ** I'm really into these Birds that (you're) I'm making in clay (!)

    **I'm not a very patient person, but I'm working on it daily

    I think i'll have to compile my own list on my blog.

    Thank you for sharing a bit of you.

    And thanks so much for the sweet comment you left on my blog a few days ago--it made me feel very held and understood.

    Sending love,

    Julia

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  5. Hi Kelly,
    Love your blog and your work. Your birds are beautiful! Your list is awesome! Thanks for stopping by my blog and your comment. Just the fact that you are posting at 3 a.m. has inspired me to post two times this week - a first! Even if I'm up at 3 a.m., which seems to be the case these last few weeks.

    I can't believe that the we are at the beginning of the second week of Flying Lessons. See you in class!

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  6. This was a super tough post for me and I can't thank you all enough for the kind words. I want to try and be more open about things on the blog, and this was stretching out in that direction, which is almost always scary. Later that day, after a super strong cup of java, I began to worry that what I wrote was too much, and so all of your beautiful comments have helped alleviate those fears!
    It's 4:22 am right now, and I'd love to do another post, but my photos are on my camera...
    Maybe I should change the name of this blog to "In the Middle of the Night"...LOL

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