Golf Muscles

Holy cow Batman I had no idea golf could/would make me so sore! Let me explain...my boyfriend, Torin, looooves golf and so after 8 months of dating he has finally talked me into hitting a few balls at the range. I never realized how physical golf was and how much goes into it and how utterly ackward it is. I always thought it was these men going around hitting a ball with a stick and there wasn't too much technique, well was I ever wrong! I loved it until this morning when my right arm tricep muscles screamed at me! AND as the day is progressing more muscles are starting to scream at me! Not cool Biff, not cool! So, I am either A) getting old B) not toned C) not doing it right or D) all of the above...I am D) all of the above...sigh... I really shouldn't be complaining since I really liked it and was told I did pretty well for a semi first timer. I took a golf class in junior college with my best friend Natalie, but we rarely attended and still managed to get a B in the class! Not bad for never attending! Torin and I are going again this Friday and while I am sore I am looking forward to it. Plus, some good friends of ours are golfers too and this will be a fun couples activity!!

Parenting takes another hit...

Do you ever wonder if you are doing this right? This whole parenting thing? Does anyone else have a child 50.1% of the time like I do? Anyone have a 3 year old that cries for his dad when you have to discipline him and then feel that stab to the heart when he cries for his dad? Anyone? What do you do? How do you not let it effect you and make you feel like the worst parent in the world? I am torn between giving in because I don't want to be the "bad" parent but I also don't want a child who is going to run all over me. So, what do I do? Tonight, for example, I had to sit there and try not to let my frustration and hurt get the better of me but I wanted to cry. Does he cry for me when his father disciplines him? I hardly discipline him! Stern talks, of course but it's rare he sits in time out. I am pretty lucky to have a pretty well behaved child. So, I sit here and wonder if I am a good mom, if there is something else I should be doing, if anyone else feels the pain of of a child who wants the other parent instead of you and if any of this will get easier?

Hi, my name is...

Hi, I'm new here. I have been inspired by a cousin of mine to start blogging because, well, she is really good at it and I want my kids to be able to look back on the funny things they said and did like her's will. And, well, I want to share it with all of you because my life is just sooo exciting that I feel the rest of the world needs to know about it...

So, this is my first blog...I am officially a blogger...hmmm I really didn't see this coming.