so...i am going to attempt. and when i say "attempt" that is exactly what i mean...attempt. you know when you say a word over and over and then it just sounds weird.? and then you wonder if you spelled it correctly or even said it correctly? well, i think i said it too many times. because that is what just happened. so...no promises. just "attempts" here. uh. said it again. anyway! i was thinking that i would try to blog more often. hmm, what a novel idea. create a blog and then actually write a post now and then. priceless.
so here is my post for today and hopefully i will write another one before the month is over:)
today i enjoyed some local shopping. and i must say, it was delightful. seriously. i am all about supporting local shops and small business owners. i think it is great. however, if it is too pricey or i can find the same exact thing somewhere else for a better deal, well then...you don't got my business ya'll. maybe because i'm too frugal, or maybe because i'm too poor, or maybe both:) some places i suppose i will have to leave to the tourists.
i found a few cute things for gifts and a new shop that i was pleasantly surprised to find. and it was not overpriced. that was a shocker, because i was completely thinking it was going to be. what a gem. i will go there again for unique finds and friendly small town service.
there is a lot on my mind right now. thinking about the next place we will be going and all that goes along with that. new people, new places, new life...again. but for now we are "here" for several months. so this is our life right now. and then it will be "there." oh, and then it will be another place. seriously when does all of this change end?! at least we have a path, it isn't completely uncertain. we know where we are now:) and where we will be later. it's just after that. we have somewhat of a say, but it is not completely up to us. the Lord will station us where He wants us:) and we will go. i realize i am being somewhat vague...and that is what i will be for now regarding where and when and who and what and how and why:)
it is exciting. but scary. an adventure. always an adventure. at least we aren't bored:)
i have been a real "planner" today. i have been planning up the yiang yang today! it is great and yet it can be overwhelming. i think it happened while i was out today. i just started to get all of these ideas about lots of different things. wow, too much fun for me. "out on the town" and i just go crazy:) somebody stop me:)
for what it's worth...that's my "attempt" for the day.
Tuesday, November 30, 2010
Wednesday, November 17, 2010
as life goes...
well, here i am again. right on time. approximately a month after my last post:) it seems that is how it goes for me. good thing i don't have a lot of followers to disappoint:) good thing i mainly just write for myself. whenever i get the writing "bug." which apparently is not that often. most of my daily blog (that goes on in my head) never makes it to paper (or computer.) there is too little time and too much to say.
well since the last time i blogged much has happened.
my husband was laid off. second time. obviously not the same job. although we knew this one was coming because it was only a contracted job. it just came sooner than we expected. we are with family until the next thing happens. it will most likely be several months until the "next thing" comes to pass. we are excited though. just tired of waiting. but the waiting will continue...
the girls have a new home...again. but they are used to it. as are we. we are movers. we are very blessed to have family to take us in for the time being. we've done it before, we're doing it again, but i do hope this is the last. we love our family, and they love us. but i think everyone should have their own home:)
mainly because i am tired of the moving here and there and everywhere and all of the change. although there is definitely more change around the corner, i am looking forward to the time when we will be back on our own and moving along on the road of life.
i must remember that we are still living life right now though. even though it is an in between time, it is still life. things can and do happen and we must make the best of them. it is just hard when things aren't the way they have been or the way you've expected them to be. but when is that? pretty much never. at least not in my life. and that is okay. i'm glad that life doesn't go the way i want it to. wait, did i just say that? i think i mean that. yah, i think i do. life has been terribly interesting and such an adventure. it probably would have been a total bore if i were in charge of it:) or at least it would be predictable. which isn't bad, but maybe it's not good either. i am just rambling.
it's freezing outside right now. not that i'm outside or anything and not that i know the actual temperature. but it looks freezing...so i am assuming it is. i think it is supposed to snow here sometime in the next few days. maybe even tonight. burrr.
life "here" is different. by "here" i mean the place where we are living right now, the place i grew up.
it is totally different from where we've been. although this is our second time moving here, so we know something about it. plus, since i grew up here i know a lot about it. i just have to be reaquainted with the little place.
my husband loves it here, which i think is funny because he has lived in the city his whole life. my girls love it here too. mimi especially loves it because she can run all over and pick up (and keep) any old rock or leaf or stick that suits her fancy. she used to to that when we lived in the bay area and i used to tell her, "honey, you can't keep that rock. it belongs to that house. people paid money for those rocks." you don't think about that kind of stuff "here." you just pick up a "treasure" and put it in your pocket. no one cares that you took a rock from their front yard, because it probably hasn't been placed in a "special" spot. ie., "landscaped." no one really cares if you play on their property either. unless there is a sign. in which case you might want to obey unless you feel like seeing a gun.
call me "country" but one of my favorite things about being "here" is that you can throw something outside. like an apple core. or the crackers and cheerios that have accumulated on the floor of your car. you know, you can just toss them out. and no one will care. animals will eat them up. the neighbors won't care nor will they know because your property is yours and you don't share a parking stall or side fence or sidewalk with them.
oh, another change...i forgot. i cut my hair off. "yippee." i know. terribly exciting:) my family, ie., or any one i know has had to hear of the "drama" perhaps many more times than they would have liked to. it is growing far too slowly. and i am not very fond of it. it looked great the first day my stylist did it. and that was pretty much it. it is a cute hair cut and hip of course:) i just don't think it is "me." i can put it back in a very and i mean VERY small pony tail. i am totally a pony tail kind of girl. so once it can go back in one, you most likely will never see me with my hair down again. cute, easy and quick is the only way to go.
okay, enough of the hair saga.
i have been on a no sugar fast for almost 21 days...just about six or so to go. it has been hard and miserable but luckily it is almost over.
i am trying to tame my sweet tooth. it is a nasty little habit and it has been hard to stop. i am hoping that i will have more self control in this area when it is all over. i have learned some things...really. i promise. i just really can't wait to get my hands on some serious chocolate. oooo, and a cupcake:)
on a cold and gloomy day like today i am thankful for a cup of hot tea, a cozy leopard print robe and nap time for kiddos which = free time for mama.
okay, gotta go...free time nearly over.
well since the last time i blogged much has happened.
my husband was laid off. second time. obviously not the same job. although we knew this one was coming because it was only a contracted job. it just came sooner than we expected. we are with family until the next thing happens. it will most likely be several months until the "next thing" comes to pass. we are excited though. just tired of waiting. but the waiting will continue...
the girls have a new home...again. but they are used to it. as are we. we are movers. we are very blessed to have family to take us in for the time being. we've done it before, we're doing it again, but i do hope this is the last. we love our family, and they love us. but i think everyone should have their own home:)
mainly because i am tired of the moving here and there and everywhere and all of the change. although there is definitely more change around the corner, i am looking forward to the time when we will be back on our own and moving along on the road of life.
i must remember that we are still living life right now though. even though it is an in between time, it is still life. things can and do happen and we must make the best of them. it is just hard when things aren't the way they have been or the way you've expected them to be. but when is that? pretty much never. at least not in my life. and that is okay. i'm glad that life doesn't go the way i want it to. wait, did i just say that? i think i mean that. yah, i think i do. life has been terribly interesting and such an adventure. it probably would have been a total bore if i were in charge of it:) or at least it would be predictable. which isn't bad, but maybe it's not good either. i am just rambling.
it's freezing outside right now. not that i'm outside or anything and not that i know the actual temperature. but it looks freezing...so i am assuming it is. i think it is supposed to snow here sometime in the next few days. maybe even tonight. burrr.
life "here" is different. by "here" i mean the place where we are living right now, the place i grew up.
it is totally different from where we've been. although this is our second time moving here, so we know something about it. plus, since i grew up here i know a lot about it. i just have to be reaquainted with the little place.
my husband loves it here, which i think is funny because he has lived in the city his whole life. my girls love it here too. mimi especially loves it because she can run all over and pick up (and keep) any old rock or leaf or stick that suits her fancy. she used to to that when we lived in the bay area and i used to tell her, "honey, you can't keep that rock. it belongs to that house. people paid money for those rocks." you don't think about that kind of stuff "here." you just pick up a "treasure" and put it in your pocket. no one cares that you took a rock from their front yard, because it probably hasn't been placed in a "special" spot. ie., "landscaped." no one really cares if you play on their property either. unless there is a sign. in which case you might want to obey unless you feel like seeing a gun.
call me "country" but one of my favorite things about being "here" is that you can throw something outside. like an apple core. or the crackers and cheerios that have accumulated on the floor of your car. you know, you can just toss them out. and no one will care. animals will eat them up. the neighbors won't care nor will they know because your property is yours and you don't share a parking stall or side fence or sidewalk with them.
oh, another change...i forgot. i cut my hair off. "yippee." i know. terribly exciting:) my family, ie., or any one i know has had to hear of the "drama" perhaps many more times than they would have liked to. it is growing far too slowly. and i am not very fond of it. it looked great the first day my stylist did it. and that was pretty much it. it is a cute hair cut and hip of course:) i just don't think it is "me." i can put it back in a very and i mean VERY small pony tail. i am totally a pony tail kind of girl. so once it can go back in one, you most likely will never see me with my hair down again. cute, easy and quick is the only way to go.
okay, enough of the hair saga.
i have been on a no sugar fast for almost 21 days...just about six or so to go. it has been hard and miserable but luckily it is almost over.
i am trying to tame my sweet tooth. it is a nasty little habit and it has been hard to stop. i am hoping that i will have more self control in this area when it is all over. i have learned some things...really. i promise. i just really can't wait to get my hands on some serious chocolate. oooo, and a cupcake:)
on a cold and gloomy day like today i am thankful for a cup of hot tea, a cozy leopard print robe and nap time for kiddos which = free time for mama.
okay, gotta go...free time nearly over.
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