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1/30/14

The Excitement Continues

I'm working hard to get my new website done and I am feeling great about this year.

I also am feeling really clear in my head, more so than I have in a long time.

I am starting to find the balance between "not over thinking it" and still doing good work, which for me, is huge.

I also fell in love with a quote that I am repeating in my head, well, not word for word, but, you know, I am paraphrasing it.

Check it out...

1/14/14

Times Like These

I have a new mantra for 2014.

Actually, it started a couple of months ago during a 'how, why, what, where and holy cow I can't do that, it's too much for me' moments. My sister-in-law told me to breathe and "don't over think it".

I have spent my life over thinking it, usually in a 'not good enough' way.

But I am done with that I tell you! 2014 is my year of not overthinking it!
Don't ask me to think, I won't do it.

I might over think it a little bit, sometimes, I do have standards after all.
Baby steps people, baby steps.

PS Sweet little spots from my girls' room, I sneak in there sometimes while they are at school. Obviously, so does Molly (the cat).

1/10/14

Flower Friday--I'm back

It's been like spring around here.

I am throwing this pretty pink shot of flowers out to all of my friends shivering in their snow boots, I hope it warms you up. If I could trade places with you for a couple of weeks, I would.

But then you would just complain about the traffic...;)

Happy Friday!

5/16/13

Throwback Thursday-Sick Day 2011

I don't know if this "Throwback Thursday" stuff is only meant for Instagram.....or even how back you are meant to throw. When I take photos of my girls I sometimes grab the camera, take a few pics and then forget about them. But when I come upon them later I am taken aback by the beauty of them-not the photos themselves, but the memory of the day.

This was the end of the school year and both girls were home sick (which rarely happens anymore) I think maybe I had to go and pick them up. My girls look so little here, with their sweet little faces and short haircuts. Audrey still has her cute little chubby cheeks and arms. Piper was 8 and now, as of yesterday, she is 10. That seems like such a huge jump, even though it's only two little years that flew by so fast.

There is something fun about sick days, well if you aren't too sick I mean. It's a day off, to rest, watch TV, do drawings, skip school, take casual nature walks, eat cereal with your little stuffed friends, and let your momma take care of you. All day.

A little angel sleeping.

Bliss.

1/8/13

A Priceless Moment

For Christmas we got an Xbox--really--and a new TV--a big 'ish one--so yeah, it's a lot of Dance Central 3 (I'm the master) and Lips (that's karaoke) and a bit of some football game or a waterboat race (kinda fun) happening around here. But, the best is that with all of that action and newness and, well, opportunity for the girls to just be on electronics all weekend, they instead choose to do this....

.........yes, that is the box that the TV came in and they are making a fort for their bedroom.
They are busy stringing beads for the door.

I love that they wanted to do that and I didn't have to pry the controller out of their sweaty little hands.

I feel like I am doing something right. Just a little bit.

12/18/12

These Are Not The Hard Things

There are some things in life that are hard. Hard to deal with, hard to understand, hard to manage. Most of what we say is hard is not. Really. Hard at all. I hear it though; that relationships are hard, that getting your kids to do homework is hard, that getting up and going to work is hard, going back to school, what to make for dinner, driving in the rain. These things are not hard. These things are called blessings.

Lest you think this is a preaching post, it is not. It is a call for accountability. I am guilty of some of the above and more. I want to move forward from this very easy to fall into negative way of thinking and I am asking for your support. Let's work together to find the beauty in all of the little things in life that we are so lucky to deal with. I am so grateful that I have two beautiful little girls who absolutely adore me. I have a husband who is funny and sweet and present (and hot). I have friends who will help me out at a moments notice. I have a mom and a stepdad who have been so ridunkulously supportive and generous over the years. I have nieces and nephews and cousins and brothers and sisters and aunts and uncles who call me and text me and visit me all the time (more visits please). I have a home, a car, a warm bed and grocery money.

So. If you hear me start to bitch about any of this stuff, just slap me. Okay, so please don't slap me. You can tell me to lighten up or just give me a look or tell me you don't want to hear it. I will do the same for you, except the slapping part-unless you don't stop and then I just might slap you. No, I won't.

From the weekend.

8/6/12

All Quiet Here

The girls are doing their first week of summer camp. Today is only the second day all summer that I have been without them. I have to say it has been glorious---both having a full day to myself and the fact that I get to spend the whole summer with them.

Just in case I might miss them too much I spent some time going through old photos. As usual, I was looking for something specific but got distracted--imagine that--and found these sweet pics of Audrey running around in a new (hand-me-down) fairy dress. I don't know if she would even put on a fairy dress right now, or if she would think she was "too old for that", boo hoo, my babies are growing up.