Friday, December 17, 2010

Christmas + Birthday= Featured Day.

Today I am the luckiest- and stokiest- to be featured at The SITS Girls! They're a fabulous community of over 7000 gals, all of whom have stellar blogs and thrive on supporting each other. And today it's me. And that is unreal awesome.

To the newest visitors: Hi! I'm Keely/Kiki/Mom (that last one is rather selective.) On any given day I'm a combo of writer, nanny, actress, mother, wife, sister, daughter, and overeager Feng Shui enthusiast. I am a superb napper. I cannot count without using my fingers. I know every bit of Hair Metal trivia ever...and can hold my own with a few other genres as well. I blog about all of these things with nary a through-line. Also, punctuation is rarely my friend.

These two are P.J. and Nora Jane (with some random girl at the otter tank.) They are, together and individually, the coolest things that have ever happened to me. He's an actor, sound designer, software guy and hero. She's the smallest mobile person ever and a personal source of hilarity and glee. They feature largely in this blog, as does the city of Chicago. And our Money Pit of a house. Also- Bean and Ender, the catz.

To get you started- three of my best [funniest/weirdly popular] posts:

The Tearjerker

How P.J. Annihilated An Unwanted Houseguest

...and Keely Yells At The Magazines

Thank you so much to SITS and all of the visiting gals! I'd love it if you followed the blog on Facebook... or Twitter...or, you know, here.

Here works, too.

71 comments:

Sorta Southern Single Mom said...

Happy SITS Day! I'm about to follow along. You've got a gift and had me simultaneously laughing and crying with your 'featured' posts! And I might hate you just a little for weighing slightly less than 129 lbs... almost 7 years later I"m STILL trying to get the rest of the baby weight of! GRRR :)

Jenny @ Paint and Pillows said...

happy sits day!! i love your writing style . . . hilarious! especially the story about the rat! :o)

Unknown said...

Congrats on your SITS day!

Karen said...

Happy SITS day! Cute baby:)

Shileen said...

Happy Sits Day! Oh what a beautiful family you have! I really enjoy your style of writing. =) Have a great day!

Karen said...

I am so ready the post about the unwanted houseguest!

Enjoy your SITS day. (BTW, you baby is the cutest little thing.)

Dina said...

congrats on your sits day!

Laura said...

I remember when I weighed 129 pounds. Heck! I remember I weighed 105 when I got married...but 26 years, 2 C-sections & a few other surgeries, I am no where near that size, but I remind myself that weighing so little at 47 would make me look ill.

Happy SITS Day!

LisaDay said...

Happy SITS day. Off to poke a round.

LisaDay

Chocolate Lover said...

Happy SITS day! Just read your rat story! Oh my! Your hubby is a hero

Susie said...

Congratulations on your SITs feature! I hope you enjoy your day in the sun:-)

Betty Manousos said...

HAPPY SITS DAY!!
CONGRATS! I am about to poke around your lovely blog.

B x

TornadoTwos said...

I have to use my fingers to count too. My husband makes terrible fun of me. Your daughter is just adorable and the post you wrote when she was 6 months beautifully captures the feelings us mom's experience.

Happy SITS day!

Vicki @ Grams Made It said...

Girl, you are funny! I loved your post about the rat. I once stood on a love seat for half and hour while I waited for my husband to rescue me from a mouse about 3 inches long. I'll be following. Happy SITS day.

Unknown said...

Congrats on your very own SITS Day! WOOT WOOT!

I love that your blog posts had me laughing out loud first thing this morning...that is always a great start to the weekend!

Blakkbutterfly said...

Happy SITS day! I really like your writing style, and I was truly on the edge of my chair when you were talking about the rat! OMG, your husband is a bloggy hero :)

AiringMyLaundry said...

Happy SITS Day to you!!

You have a beautiful family :)

Robin said...

Congratulations on your special day. I hope it is everything you hoped it would be.

Love your cats' names. One of our favorite book series.

Off to check out your world. Enjoy your day.

Anonymous said...

Congrats on your SITS day. Can't wait to read more but I love the post about being sad cuz you can see the future and remembering to enjoy the moment (until she turns 13!), I have an almost 13 year old girl and almost 16 yr old boy -- oh how they change...

Want to go read about the houseguest now :-)

Kristy @Loveandblasphemy said...

Congrats on your SITS day! Humor and laughter trump all, so I will follow you! :)

Jennifer said...

Congrats on your SITS day. I hope it is super amazing.

Christina said...

Happy SITS day!

KDC Events said...

Happy SITS Day! Congrats =)

Kate Pantier @ Mommy Monologues said...

HAPPY HAPPY SITS DAY!!!

You seem absolutely hilarious!

I'm a new follower!

SuperMom Blues said...

Your daughter is absolutely precious!! I think you are a very gifted writer!

Happy SITS day!

Unknown said...

Good for you! congrats on your feature day! your family is gorgeous. :)

Steph said...

Congrats on your SITS Day! That rat story...whoa! Never laughed and cried and had the heebie jeebies at the same time before. Enjoy your day!

GINNA said...

Happy SITS Day! Love your writing.m Nora is a cutie pie!!!

30ish Mama said...

Congratulations on being featured on SITS! Looking forward to following you.

Anonymous said...

I use my fingers to count too. Congrats on your SITS day. I was featured a couple of months back so I know just how awesome it is. Happy Holidays!

TheBabyMammaChronicles said...

Happy SITS day! And Happy Birthday, too! Very cute blog.

Anonymous said...

You are such a crack up! I have to make sure and read your posts when I am having a BAD day..because your humor and awesome wit will cheer me up! Stopping by from SITS!! I am also a new follower :)

Emma said...

Hope that you are having a fabulous SITS day! Just dropped by to say Hi and now I'm off to look around!! Have a great weekend.

Anonymous said...

Congrats on your SITS day!

Funny - we also have a cat named Bean. :)

Anonymous said...

Happy SITS Day! Following you on GFC. Great laughs to be read here. WIll definately be back to read more!

● C E L I N A ● said...

Congrats on your SITS DAY!!!

Im reading all three of your funny/weird posts now!

Have a good weekend.


- the MRS.

Watch a funny video of the first time my husband drove a car

Julie M. said...

Happy Friday and Happy SITS day! I can't wait to check out your blog a bit more. I lived in Chicago for 2 years and love the city!

Young yoga masters said...

Happy Birth/SITS day. I'm looking forward to checking out your blog posts. The one about anihilation seems to grab me to read it first.

Tina @ Girl Meets Globe said...

Happy SITs day! Love the name of your blog!

Ginny Marie said...

Christmas plus a birthday DOES equal your SITS day! Congrats!

Missy said...

Happy SITS day! I've decided to follow you because I so enjoyed reading your posts! :)

Peggy said...

Happy SITS day! Can't wait to read more!

Anonymous said...

Happy SITS day! You are hilarious, and you make me miss Chi-Town..even though I hated it when I lived there haha.

Going to read more + a new follower :)

white collare | green soul said...

ahhhh..... I guess I can't comment on super old posts. I tried to on the 'yelling at inanimate objects one' and couldn't. so i'll tell you here:
a) fantastic post
b) you are hilarious
c) i will definitely keep up with your blog
d) visiting from sits. congrats!

- agata.

Cheryl D. said...

Happy SITS Day! Enjoy!

Teisha said...

Here from SITS - fabulous blog!

H.H. said...

Merry SITS Birthday! =-)

Nancy Davis Kho said...

You had me at Hair Bands. Will look forward to coming back frequently and seeing how your love of Whitesnake and the Crue informs your parenting style - happy SITS day!

mangiabella said...

happy SITS to you sweet bella - God bless you now and always, looking forward to reading your posts!

Sarah said...

I love to meet fellow nappers! Happy SITS day.

Helena said...

I am excited to read more of your funny, semi-relateable posts :)

Carina Schoen said...

Congrats on your day! Happy to have found your blog :)

Kelly@MentalGarbage said...

Happy SITS Day!! I can't wait to read more of your posts!

Losing Brownies said...

Happy SITS Day!!

Anonymous said...

Happy SITS Day! Love the title of your blog!!

Coretta said...

Happy SITS!

Molly said...

Ah shucks, thanks for the shout out friend. You're awesome. Let's be friends forever, OK?

Adrienne said...

happy sits Day

Deidre said...

Happy SITS day, and you have an adorable little family!

Happy Holidays.

Tammy said...

Happy SITS day! I hope you have enjoyed your special day! I would love to have you stop by sometime and say hi!

Unknown said...

Happy Sits day!

Niki said...

Congratulations on your SITS day!

FreeFlying said...

Congrats! Featured AND you're hilarious. Count me as a new follower. ;)

Kim Lockett said...

Congrats! I hear you that it's fun to blog but it seems that there are other things that need to be gotten done. Oh well, maybe someday we will be rich and famous because of our blogs and then can totally justify the time 'wasted' blogging. Lol. I'm following you now as well.

http://kimberli-findingmyway.blogspot.com

Amy DM said...

Happy SITS day!

Is the 17th your birthday--'cause it's mine....

Anyway, I love your blog title. Have a Merry Christmas!

Jean Has Been Shopping said...

Happy SITS Day! It is a pleasure to meet you. Looking forward to reading your posts.

Karen said...

Happy SITS Day & Birthday to YOU! Your writing is cracking me (in an ultrafabulous way, of course) and I look forward to coming back here for seconds!! Hope your weekend is creating oodles of smiles! :>:>

Kathryn said...

Cute blog! :)

viviene said...

Hey! Happpy SITS day! =D

Love the Decor! said...

Happy Belated SITS day isn't it fun to get all those comments!! I hope you have a wonderful Christmas!!

Liz said...

I'm a SITS slacker, BUT I'm so pumped to find another Chicago girl!

AND an Amazon shopper! I swear I do almost all shopping online!