tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6131409629757210790.post5513929357237505134..comments2024-02-23T02:45:27.134-08:00Comments on Brodi Ashton: In Which I Actually Make a New Years Resolution... and Documentation of my Failure as a HousewifeBrodi Ashtonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13895732483547245372noreply@blogger.comBlogger28125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6131409629757210790.post-5296535163624435252010-01-10T08:56:00.272-08:002010-01-10T08:56:00.272-08:00Strawberry Girl- Thanks for reading!
Alissa- It&...Strawberry Girl- Thanks for reading! <br /><br />Alissa- It's only fitting that the three of us are in the picture, considering you gave me the frame, while we were on an actual girls night out. :) Next time, we just need to bring a camera!Brodi Ashtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13895732483547245372noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6131409629757210790.post-26964368610008283712010-01-09T21:34:09.917-08:002010-01-09T21:34:09.917-08:00P.S. Brandon thinks it's a big deal too sam. ...P.S. Brandon thinks it's a big deal too sam. hartchya again!Alissa and Brandon Owen Familyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17622431970957514625noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6131409629757210790.post-12057358503246757662010-01-09T21:31:47.543-08:002010-01-09T21:31:47.543-08:00I love it! Can I have first dibs on being in that...I love it! Can I have first dibs on being in that picture in June? Post Biggest Loser Season 2? Raina also wants in on the picture. You make me laugh...all the time...HARTCHYA!Alissa and Brandon Owen Familyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17622431970957514625noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6131409629757210790.post-62779922078564799052010-01-09T18:16:05.525-08:002010-01-09T18:16:05.525-08:00Great resolution! I love it!! :)Great resolution! I love it!! :)Strawberry Girlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03395571842364752995noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6131409629757210790.post-85660390194687702742010-01-09T12:41:10.751-08:002010-01-09T12:41:10.751-08:00Cam- but that would be the easy way out. And I lik...Cam- but that would be the easy way out. And I like to do things the hard, complicated and all-too-often pointless way.<br /><br />Melissa- Thanks for the award! Where's my crown? Is it in the mail? :)Brodi Ashtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13895732483547245372noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6131409629757210790.post-48628879537210426072010-01-09T10:41:45.092-08:002010-01-09T10:41:45.092-08:00You have an award on my blog! http://iswimforocean...You have an award on my blog! http://iswimforoceans.blogspot.com/2010/01/saturday-scribbles-2-awards.html :)Melissa (i swim for oceans)https://www.blogger.com/profile/06840790603713851746noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6131409629757210790.post-2202376593609175792010-01-09T07:23:51.528-08:002010-01-09T07:23:51.528-08:00Many kudos and congratulations on finishing your 2...Many kudos and congratulations on finishing your 2nd book!!! Being a good housewife is over rated...I should know :) If I were you, I would just toss the picture frame into the fire - problem solved.<br /><br />Congrats again!Cam Ballouhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12500469014253066401noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6131409629757210790.post-9875718777428278112010-01-08T18:25:20.046-08:002010-01-08T18:25:20.046-08:00Mary- you can bet that if I still had a kid in dia...Mary- you can bet that if I still had a kid in diapers, there'd be a dirty diaper on the mantle too.Brodi Ashtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13895732483547245372noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6131409629757210790.post-27474611990059750852010-01-08T17:35:52.358-08:002010-01-08T17:35:52.358-08:00you make me laugh every time Brodi. My mantel sti...you make me laugh every time Brodi. My mantel still house christmas decorations on it along with random boxes and an unused diaper and DVD's. My house is also littered with toys and baby powder that the two year old dumped out along with the pencil shavings from the sharpener that same 2yo dumped out. Not only am I a failure as a wife - I'm a failure as a mother.Mary E Campbellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13119298615414367828noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6131409629757210790.post-51364488476167054432010-01-08T15:37:59.474-08:002010-01-08T15:37:59.474-08:00Debbie- ha ha. How did I not see you? I swear, I&#...Debbie- ha ha. How did I not see you? I swear, I'm missing part of my brain lately. <br /><br />Your interpretation of events along the sideline of the ward basketball game is exactly correct. Were you there?Brodi Ashtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13895732483547245372noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6131409629757210790.post-64791754980689249392010-01-08T13:52:18.846-08:002010-01-08T13:52:18.846-08:00LeeAnn- Thanks! It about a girl who has just retur...LeeAnn- Thanks! It about a girl who has just returned from the Underworld to go back to her high school.<br /><br />L.T.- I'm beginning to think it's a very good idea.<br /><br />Cath- I know. And that's not even the clunkiest decoration I have in my house! I'll blog about the clunkiest on Monday...<br /><br />Nicole- you and your twin were on the Maury Povich show? That is so cool! Definitely more blog-worthy than my boring old mantle.Brodi Ashtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13895732483547245372noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6131409629757210790.post-19680637569531723992010-01-08T13:45:32.995-08:002010-01-08T13:45:32.995-08:00You're not a failure as a housewife. You'r...You're not a failure as a housewife. You're just domestically challenged. Me too! I won't go around the house with a camera, though. Nope, not gonna do it.<br /><br />Instead, I like to blog about my brief brush with fame. I put up pictures of my twin sister and I when we were on the Maury Povich show. (Yes, I did say MP.) Don't laugh and don't judge me. I got a free trip to NYC out of it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6131409629757210790.post-50794287493575557512010-01-08T13:40:33.688-08:002010-01-08T13:40:33.688-08:00My favorite part, how I picture it. Dear honey, yo...My favorite part, how I picture it. Dear honey, you know that thing you won? Yeah, just like a "I showed up for ward basketball" ribbon written in crayon. Sad thing is he didnt even play. He just stood on the sidelines wearing really short shorts and a sweat band around his head screaming go team go. Hehe. Good luck with getting that picture in the frame. If it helps at all you can email your picture to Costco and have them mail it to you after they print it out. You wouldn't even have to leave your couch. Well as long as you had Hubby bring you the frame so you could stick the picture in it.Cranberryfrieshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04384164423414892482noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6131409629757210790.post-51866018859521798452010-01-08T13:38:53.702-08:002010-01-08T13:38:53.702-08:00You're a riot. The framed picture really is ha...You're a riot. The framed picture really is hands-down the clunkiest decorating I've seen in a long time! And thanks to you - I feel much better this year about having no New Year's resolutions. Suicide by friction doesn't sound pleasant. Thanks for making me laugh today Brod!Cathhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12266580814892668109noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6131409629757210790.post-63962286222127231912010-01-08T13:19:12.925-08:002010-01-08T13:19:12.925-08:00I'd do it just so I could TAKE the girls night...I'd do it just so I could TAKE the girls night out. ;)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6131409629757210790.post-79945342793015289332010-01-08T12:49:19.869-08:002010-01-08T12:49:19.869-08:00Yay, super yay! You finished your first draft. Giv...Yay, super yay! You finished your first draft. Give me a juicy synopsis. I'd love to hear what it's about!Leeannhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15280273738177421345noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6131409629757210790.post-31265368630593455902010-01-08T11:59:43.477-08:002010-01-08T11:59:43.477-08:00Robin- Let's just make it a blogwide rule, her...Robin- Let's just make it a blogwide rule, here and now, that any reader of this blog may henceforth give up any activity in favor of reading a book, without feeling guilt, shame or.... um... guilt.<br /><br />All in favor? Aye!<br /><br />Jenni- That's a resolution I can totally live with. <br /><br />Dear Sam: Henceforth, I demand more Girls' Nights Out. Make it so.<br /><br />Natasha- You're like a sistah from anothah mothah! Glad to hear I'm not the only one. <br />Although... it's hanging on your wall? So you actually hammered a nail in the wall, and placed the frame with the picture of strangers on it? <br />I can only aspire to such awesomeness!Brodi Ashtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13895732483547245372noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6131409629757210790.post-53720018409715328332010-01-08T11:51:01.194-08:002010-01-08T11:51:01.194-08:00Come over to my house Brodi! I have a framed photo...Come over to my house Brodi! I have a framed photo on the wall that has had the default photo in it for THREE YEARS. My SIL was just here for 1st time in a year and a half. "Hmm . . . so, that's the same," she said. Yep. One of these days.Natasha @ Maw Bookshttp://blog.mawbooks.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6131409629757210790.post-45839737128939326372010-01-08T11:36:30.918-08:002010-01-08T11:36:30.918-08:00That's a great resolution, Brodi! It's so...That's a great resolution, Brodi! It's something you can have fun doing in the process. You have so many fun nights with girls that the only hard part will be choosing which picture to put in the frame. Good luck with that!Jenni Elysehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08403700912436098391noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6131409629757210790.post-90690505834551144412010-01-08T11:11:15.324-08:002010-01-08T11:11:15.324-08:00Ah, but what about when you give up chores AND wri...Ah, but what about when you give up chores AND writing for reading? Not so good, hey? :)<br /><br />We don't have a mantle, but the top of the entertainment center is usually quite cluttered. Fortunately, we put the nativity scene there every Christmas, so from December 20th (or so) through... well, January or February... there's less space to mess up!<br /><br />Girl's Nights Out are always a good resolution. I wish you luck.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09413777557796110450noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6131409629757210790.post-29029507181548524622010-01-08T10:27:32.381-08:002010-01-08T10:27:32.381-08:00Nikki- I always feel sorry for Sam, being married ...Nikki- I always feel sorry for Sam, being married to a writer, who would rather write about the mess than clean it up.<br /><br />Dorien- It's always a worthy cause when you give up chores for reading. Always!Brodi Ashtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13895732483547245372noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6131409629757210790.post-89846307957941011912010-01-08T10:08:37.358-08:002010-01-08T10:08:37.358-08:00well, at least you've given me one more reason...well, at least you've given me one more reason to live today brodi...<br /><br />i actually LIKE my mantle.<br /><br />aside from that, would you like to come over and the the 9 GIANT trash bags sitting in my living room, waiting for me to go thru? (old clothes from a neighbor to see if i can list them for her in my ebay store)<br /><br />did i mention GIANT? sigh...<br /><br />i would rather be reading, in fact i think i will do just that!nielsons*love*familyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09951214643454846238noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6131409629757210790.post-63255856648029699912010-01-08T09:18:49.975-08:002010-01-08T09:18:49.975-08:00I love that you post pictures of evidence like thi...I love that you post pictures of evidence like this! You are doing a favor to all the other writers of the world. My mother-in-law is a clean freak, and my hubby inherited that gene, and so thanks to him our house stays in relative order . . . unless you look too closely. We don't let houseguests upstairs for that reason. So all the evidence I can gather to prove that "this is just how your house IS when you're married to a writer" helps keep the complaining to a minimum from him. Thanks!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6131409629757210790.post-37593705126946064342010-01-08T09:06:54.924-08:002010-01-08T09:06:54.924-08:00Rachel- in the early days of my blog, I once took ...Rachel- in the early days of my blog, I once took a picture of the junk found on my kitchen floor and blogged about it. Instead of cleaning it up. <br /><br />In fact, I think it's still there.Brodi Ashtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13895732483547245372noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6131409629757210790.post-33500361198140972252010-01-08T08:56:10.454-08:002010-01-08T08:56:10.454-08:00lesson learned from brodi: instead of lamenting ov...lesson learned from brodi: instead of lamenting over my lack of housewifery skills, i will post pictures of the evidence on my blog and mock myself.<br /><br />my problem with the housework is that there are so many other things i need to do first: read blogs, write, lunch with friends, play text twist. it's hard to fit anything else in, ya know?Rachel+Cohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01932780419139715504noreply@blogger.com