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Grown up

  Recently a good friend of mine became a mommy for the first time, she had beautiful twin girls.
  Last Sunday we attended the blessings of these babies, and as we pulled into the church parking lot I noticed that my friend Melissa and her husband had purchased a new car, an SUV to accommodate their growing family. When I complimented her new ride she said "now I'm a grown up", she also said that it wasn't the babies that made her feel like an adult, but the purchase of the family car.
  This conversation reminded me of the day I realized that I had become an adult, and like her, it wasn't the day I had my first child or bought my first house. It was the day I bought a wonderful little kitchen machine called the Magic Bullet Blender (http://www.buythebullet.com/). I'd been seeing the infomercial and coveting it for quite a while so I was ecstatic when I finally made the purchase. I was more excited about this than I would've been about a new outfit or my favorite $25.00 tube of mascara, and that's when it occurred to me "I'm really a grown up now".
  My priorities had changed, I now desired the items that provided domestic convenience rather than the frivolous novelties of my younger years.
  I have since made many more grown up purchases such as my Kitchenaid and steam mop and am embracing and enjoying this stage of life. So to all those who say that being a grown up isn't fun, I say buy a Magic Bullet.
 

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  1. Jennifer HatchFebruary 3, 2011 at 12:12 PM

    I agree!

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  2. Huke, Lollie, and Gracie!February 3, 2011 at 9:26 PM

    i have been trying to think the moment I realized I am a grown up and so far I can't decide on one, maybe it hasn't happened yet or I am in denial.

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