Sitting on my bum suffering from compare-itis

So, I'm sitting here on my bum, listening to my poor tired and sick hubby snore on the couch in the other room. It's 9:15 pm and I'm not ready for bed yet!! Oh, and through the baby monitor I have been listening to my two year old imitate daddy's snoring.... 

I've been having fun reading some favorite blogs namely dooce.com and thepioneerwomen.com. Although I LOVE reading my various bits of blog happiness all of a sudden I am feeling cooped up. My cute, messy little apartment feels extra little and extra messy (and less cute). Uh Oh, I'm suffering from compare-itis! I would love to live on a ranch and herd cattle! I would love to watch my 10 children ride horses and dig in the dirt on my many acres of wide open prairie. Did I mention that I love the prairie?? I spent 2 and a half lovely years at a Bible school in Saskatchewan Canada and loved every (almost every) minute of it. Well, except for scraping car windows in 20 below temperatures and getting caught in blizzard's..... 

Yes, a different life can sound more interesting than my own. It's someone else's life. I'm not there living the reality of that person's life. It's easy to compare and wish and then forget about all of the interesting and novel things in my own life. Like, watching my precocious two year old ride up and down our walkway on his little red tricycle or the FABULOUS park that we can walk to. Or the rolling hills of Calabasas that I can look at out my window. Or my sweet husband who introduced me to sushi and technology and who's wit can't be beat. I swear that he has a one liner for every situation and he doesn't even have to think about it! It's impressive.

So, as I sit biting my nails and worrying about bills or what to do about the pile of clothes on my floor I will also look around and think of all the interesting and unique things in my life and yes, blog about them.