Excuses, excuses

I have lots of them for why I haven't written in a month. Mainly this crazy baby won't give me a moment's peace! Long gone are the 30-45 minute nursing sessions where she would drift in and out of sleep. Now, she'll hang out for ten minutes or less, run off to grab something she's not supposed to have, and then I have to remind her to finish the other side, where she'll pop on and off for a few minutes before she's off again, chasing the dog or pulling cords out of the wall or trying to eat paper. Oy.

Another excuse is that I've been trying to prioritize Bible readings so I could at least accomplish ONE goal. And, today being the last day of March, I finished! Yay! I DID IT!!! This is the beginning of an annual tradition for me, and I'm very stoked that I finally read through the whole Bible.

And then there's the fact that life has been nutzo the past month. I haven't really had a normal week since before Grandma Sue passed away in mid-February. I won't go into details, but it has involved a school musical, a smoothie shop, three requests to rent the apartment, painting the living room, several beach and mountain trips, and my mother-in-law coming and going all month. Not to mention FOUR baby teeth in less than a month and the 12- month wonder week which we are currently dealing (ever so patiently) with, and, well, yeah. March has been wild.

The other excuse, which I am very ashamed to admit is ... Facebook. I spend just WAY too much of my spare time reading status updates, commenting on photos, and contributing my vast store of mommy-wisdom to a mommy support group. I really think Facebook gives me a falsely inflated sense of self-importance. I've got to stop.

And suddenly, I find myself staring April in the face. I love April, for the flowers and bees and green grass and rain and baby animals and all that, but April is also incredibly busy. We have six immediate-family birthdays in April which I need to prepare for. Baking cakes ... is not my favorite thing to do. But, this month I will get plenty of experience, so perhaps I will learn some tricks to make it more fun. I just have never really made a cake that I LIKE. My husband always says "It's really good!" but I just don't agree. To me, Whole Foods' cake is so much more appealing. Mostly because I don't have to make it. But, seriously, have you SEEN how expensive those suckers are? I don't think I can drop $20 every time we have a birthday this month, so I must.find.yummy.cake. Pinterest, get ready, I'm lookin' for some yum.

No promises to blog every day this week. We all saw how disastrous that was last time. I sure hope I can blog every day this week but I'll be satisfied with twice, not including this post.

Happy Resurrection Sunday, everyone, and Happy April!