I Want One of Those--by Sara at Life's Recipe

I'm so glad to have Sara from Life's Recipe guest posting at my blog today.  Between her posts about scary hybrid spiders or her neighbors who make their own horror films, you can't help but get hooked!  She was one of my first bloggy friends, and we realized we have a lot in common---minus the fact she's not a mom.  However, as you'll read in the post below, Sara has a lot of mommy followers and a lot of mom blogs she reads.


I'm so excited to be over here at Natalie's Blog! I'm not sure how we found each other (and I think I'm taking a lot of credit here, since I'm pretty sure she found me) but I'm so very glad that we're friends-and not just because she also loves Adele (although that goes a long, long way in my book...).
Here's the thing though….Natalie, like most of the blogs I frequently read, is a mommy blogger. There isn't anything wrong with this, but I'm not one. I'm totally fine with this-and it's not like I'm purposefully seeking out mommy blogs, it just happens that way. Most of the time I can handle it, and read the stories, leave a little comment and move on.


Natalie's son?


Makes me want a baby.


Now to be totally fair, there are a few of my bloggy friends that all have babies within the same age range, and they are ALL adorable. And if I were guest posting on their blogs, it would be similar content. But Natalie's blog was the very first one where I read a post on something baby-related and thought….


"I could do that".


And


"I want one of those".


I've said in the past, on my very own blog, that many times I have mistaken "baby-lust" with just wanting a stroller to hold my Starbucks and haul my shopping purchases around the mall (I definitely have stroller envy-they are like fancy shopping carts!!), or getting to buy super cute outfits.


Oh, the outfits….


I manage a children's clothing store and once a month, when shipment comes in, I avoid the newborn section like it's the plague… Inevitably, I will wander over and see something new, and think maybe I'm ready.


The nice thing about working in a store like that?


As soon as I'm done thinking a thought like that, another child gets dragged in and pitches a fit over  something….


And it's back to my not-ready-reality.


So I have learned to apply this strategy to my Google Reader… I know which blogs will make me want to give birth (ahem, From Corporate To Domestic) and which will drag me back down to reality* with stories of sleepless nights, poop, and epic tantrums (did Y'all REALLY think I was going to name names??).

And so I remain childless (although, not for always, just for now). A lone non-mommy blogger in a land of diaper, breast is best, learning to walk, and car seat stories. And for now, I'm perfectly OK with that. And so is this spoiled girl….


*That is NOT to say that Natalie isn't writing about her reality, or is sugar coating things. She is the first one to put difficulties out there, she just tempers them with such adorable pictures.....


Now isn't she just the best?  I love Sara's writing and her sarcasm!  Please check out her blog because I know you will feel the same way.  She also has an awesome link up every week that I participate in called Life's Lessons.  Hope you enjoyed meeting Sara!