Hi! You have stumbled upon the blog of me, Kirsty. Welcome! Sit down, get comfy. Can I get you some chocolate? Since this is a page About Me here are...
1086 (and counting) things about me:
- I'm 33. My birthday rocked this year.
- I'm LDS
- But I have no sister wives
- Also I don't can stuff
- Also I don't sew
- My husband makes dinner
- My blog is called Momedy because I don't think there is any job more replete with fodder for humour then motherhood.
- Which is not to say I don't whine about it with regularity.
- I was born and raised in South Africa and Swaziland
- I am one of 5 children
- I went to an amazing high-school with people like Nelson Mandela's grandson. It made me think.
- Then I moved to Idaho.
- I froze
- I
(re)met my husband - We got engaged after 3 weeks
- And got married within 5 months
- He is a saint (he'd have to be)
- I struggled with depression
- We went to college.
- We had a beautiful boy, Benjamin (he's now 10)
- We were ecstatic
- Then we moved to California
- The sunshine was awesome
- We had a beautiful boy, Gabe (he's now 8)
- We changed a diaper or two
- My husband lost his job
- It took him 9 months to find a new one
- We learned a lot in that time. It was mostly a good experience. Our church took care of us.
- Then we had a beautiful girl, Gracie (she's now 7)
- Then we moved to Ohio. The weather sucked
- So I cried. A lot
- Then we had a beautiful boy. We call him Finny (but his name is Jonathan)
- More crying (this time 'cos of PPD)
- Then I got on drugs and stopped crying (yeah for the drugs!!!)
- But when the sun did not shine I was SAD.
- So I got one of these
- And then I was happy. (Yeah for this!)
- I am a fan of alliteration
- I write poems for my family members on their birthdays. (I say poem in the loosest sense of the word.
- I am never going to to be a good runner, but I keep doing it 'cos occasionally you have a good run and that is awesome. And being fit makes life more fun (Also, it keeps you skinny, but I'm not shallow like that. At all.
- I have run some 1/2 marathons. Sometimes I think I'd like to run a full one. But then I run a few miles and think not. This Summer I ran a 1/2 marathon with my 11 year old son. You can read about here. Isn't he amazing?
- I am interested in fitness in general. You should join me for a MOMEDY THROWDOWN starting 1-1-2010. You should! You know you should. It's going to be fun.
- I lost 40lbs in less then 3 months. I have kept it off for 3 years. Here is how.
- I am a medical idiot savant. Try me, I will diagnose you.
- I have taught post-partum/pre-natal fitness classes, I will again as soon as life slows down..
- I do some personal training. People refer to me as Gillian but I think I'm much nicer. (And not nearly as ripped)
- I have a weird health condition that is well under control now but sometimes it makes people think I have Parkinsons because sometimes I shake a lot.
- My kids are best friends and really sweet to each other for the most part. (It's the great joy of my life)
- My husband is my best friend
- My husband is the nicest person I know. He is the nicest person most people know.
- I am freakishly well disciplined in some ways and terribly undisciplined in others.
- I like chocolate (because I'm weird but not that weird)
- I work with the girls in our Church between the ages of 12-18. I love them dearly but it also explains the prematurely grey hair.
- I have prematurely grey hair.
- I dye it
- I love comments on my blog, 'cos I am needy.
- Some of my closest friends were m
et on the internet - I love to write.
- I write here and here too
- My older sister Shona lives in Australia
- My little sister Thalia recently moved there too
- I am very jealous of them both
- My brother Seth just got married and lives in South Africa with his American wife.
- That is messed dontcha think? I say she and I swap places. Although that leaves our husbands and my kids...hmmm
- I miss South Africa and my family very much. I hope one day we will all live closer
- I don't get to go back often
- Some people think I swear all the time but the things I say are not swear words in South African so I keep saying them
- Those things are hell and damn and bloody. Dammit to bloody hell
- All 4 of my kids play soccer. This means during soccer season I have no other life
- I volunteer at my kids school a lot. I try not to embarrass my kids though. I fail.
- I am a sub teacher at my kids' school. 1st graders no longer frighten me. Nor 6th graders.
- I have perfected a really terrifying stare that makes children quiver.
- Children tend to do as I say.
- When I am an old lady they will dare each other to knock on my front door
- I am a birth doula.
- I love babies
- I love motivating people, especially women. I think their potential is marvelous.
- I love public speaking. It does not scare me a bit.
- I am afraid to fly but I don't let it stop me (it sucks for the people sitting next to me though)
- I am afraid to drive on the highway and I do let it stop me (I am convinced I will kill someone attempting to merge). I often shriek when driving with others as they attempt to merge. They love it.
- I had 2 almost identical accidents while I was learning how to drive. Which explains the above fears. That and my general insanity
- I have a degree in Organizational Management (major in Marketing)
- I hope to get my Masters in Psychology one day
- I struggle with OCD tendencies.
- My four year old wants to marry me. I have no objections. We are looking into the feasibility of this. He is extremely good for my ego.
87. My feet are always cold. Always.
