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2 Hairy Legs and 450 Posts in 5 Years

March 5, 2010

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Late last night, as I laid my tired bag of bones into bed and snuggled up next to Hubby, an thought flashed through my brain.

“Ugh — I missed my blog’s 5 year anniversary today!”

Other bloggers have cute little countdown buttons to mark their “blog-o-versaries.”  Me?  Well, based on the post I wrote yesterday, you can see why a blog anniversary was not at the forefront of my mind.

Nevertheless, as I intertwined my ankles with those of Hubby’s, I tried to think of what I should write to belatedly commemorate the event.  You know — sweet, sappy snippets that would reveal the journey of the past five years.  I would be clever, humorous, and — for the first time ever — profound.

Then, I noticed something.  Something quite alarming . . . even more so than the fact I’d missed my blog-o-versary.

My leg hair was the. same. length. as Hubby’s.

YE GODS — how did this HAPPEN?

I reached a tentative hand down to my calf, hoping that truth was really just fiction.  Nope — a soft forest had grown on the terrain of my legs.

How does a woman let herself GET like this?  I’m young — a “relatively” newly married woman (still well under the 10 year mark).  WHAT HAS MY WORLD COME TO?

I blame two people: Jack Frost and Mr. Boy.

To be completely honest, I’m not the most conscientious shaver during the winter months.  Why bother with daily (gulp, yes — I wrote daily) grooming when it is too cold to wear anything but sweatpants and blue jeans?  What if I were to get stranded on I-10 here in Houston?  Our temps have actually gotten down into the thirties this winter — multiple times.  I might have needed a little extra insulation as I braved the chill and traffic.  Ya never know.

And then, there’s Mr. Boy.  He is the reason why my legs were glassy smooth for nearly ten months straight.  1) I was freakishly hot all the time and needed to wear skirts, shorts, and capri, and 2) I had to make regular visits to my OB.  While my sweet OB has probably seen a hairy leg once or twice since she went into practice, I did NOT intend on my legs being among that number.

Then Mr. Boy was born — and I declared myself razor free after my 6 week check-up.  I did not want to worry about it anymore . . . although, I certainly had no intentions of going SIX MONTHS without saying hello to my razor.  (Ok, it hasn’t been a full six months, but you’d never know that if you saw my legs.)

Knowledge is power, so they say; what am I going to do with my newly acquired, horrific knowledge?  Race upstairs the very MINUTE my kidlets take a nap, find a few new razor blades (’cause we all know just one isn’t going to “cut it”), and get busy.

While I do that, you get to see the syrupy side of this blog-o-versary.  My five-year journey in pictures — as I went from a newlywed blogger (who really had no clue what a blog was — yeah, don’t read the posts from my first year.  Ugh), to a new teacher, to a new mommy . . . and to a new mommy again!

Happy Friday everyone. . . and here’s to blog-o-versaries and Gillette.  They make life fun and pretty.

(Life Pre-Blogging:
instead of being on the computer, I wasted time on stage.)
Awwww — our first year in Houston.
Our first house and home . .  where we got mail for Kurt Cobain.
The New Teacher — on Nerd Day.  Yup, I’m cool like that.
Unfortunately, not every day as a teacher was this much fun.
Like . . . Valentine’s Day.
The day a very special woman gave me the gift of Motherhood.
My first post about my home —
unfortunately, Martha Stewart joined the same meme and successfully made me feel inadequate.
The Little Boys I grossed out on a camping trip.  Good times.
Hurricane Ike — the Act of Nature that nearly left my blog voiceless
(until a bunch of guest bloggers and my sister took over).
My daughter — my child . .
the one God uses to teach me so much.
The Day my “http://followinginmyshoes.blogspot.com/2008/08/cultural-word-of-day-remember-this-as.html”>Husband nearly ate a fertilized duck egg . . .
fortunately, they went bad.
And, finally (because I really need to go take care of business),
the child who proved God has a sense of humor.

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