I recently read a facebook post from a college friend. Much like the writers of this blog, she is a “get real” kind of gal. This week she decided to go against the status quo and post the top ten “not so appealing” qualities about herself and her daily life. I know I share many HONEST moments with you, but thought this may be a different and fun way for you to learn more about the “not so appealing” parts of me! So here it goes…
1) I spend most days wearing the same outfit I wore to bed the night before (usually a t-shirt and sweats).
2) Many days I don’t look in the mirror or get around to brushing my teeth until after lunchtime.
3) Even though I was a major neat freak growing up, I go to bed with a messy house and dirty piles of laundry in my bedroom.
4) I have a major sweet tooth and often eat milk and cookies within an hour of going to bed!
5) I yell at my kids when I’m stressed.
6) I am not a very good gift giver. I’m lucky enough if I remember to buy a person a card for a special occasion.
7) I get cold sores when I am stressed and am extremely embarrassed to go out in public when I get them.
8) I eat when I am anxious, bored, upset, sad, happy….you name it! I even eat after I am already stuffed.
9) I rarely mop the floor, even when I know guests are coming! I find it pointless since the kids will spill something on it within minutes anyway.
10) I don’t wear sunscreen every time I step out the door, even though I already had 4 pre-cancerous moles surgically removed.
11) I let my kids eat leftover homemade cookies for breakfast when I’m too lazy to make them oatmeal.
12) When I am on the phone I allow my kids get into all sorts of things they aren’t supposed to–whatever I can do to keep them distracted.
13) I make mistakes in my business (www.letterblockshop.com). When I mess up an order I obsess about it for hours and feel like a failure. No business is perfect.
14) Even as a grown woman, I use to be scared to stay home alone (at night) when Doug was away on business trips.
15) I always feel like I have weight to lose and areas on my body that need toned…yet…I rarely do anything about it (I hate to exercise!)
16) I don’t have a very good memory when it comes to historical facts and things I should remember from all my years of school. The game trivial pursuit terrifies me!
17) I spent 4 1/2 years to be a music teacher. I only taught one year, haven’t played the piano in over 4 years, I rarely sing, and I am not renewing my teaching certificate.
18) Since I limit my kids to 1 hour of TV during the day, it is very rare that I watch the news. I usually never know what is going on!
19) I feel guilty that I don’t spend enough time with my kids, even though I am home all day.
20) I procrastinate when I write these posts. I usually get them done the night before or the morning of!
Despite all of the above, I know that I am NORMAL and that in the grand scheme of things, none of this is a big deal. Hope this list helps reassure you of the same! No one is perfect. No one has their life together as well as it appears. Take a sigh of relief!
~Lara
The Suede Sofa Blog 
Ahhh……….. I must be NORMAL also!
Isn’t that all we really need to know in order to keep going! Thanks for commenting!
Isn’t it funny that the real life of most normal people would be similar to your top 20? However, we typically try to put up a front & try to give the impression that we have everything together in our personal life, our marriage, our parenting, spiritual life, etc. I guess maybe this is where the quote, “Get Real!” comes from!!
So true!
Fantastic and original, thanks for sharing!
Thanks Rebecca! I appreciate the feedback, especially since posts like these are so hard to put out there for the world to see!