Outside my window..it's cold (28!) and overcast with a slight dusting of snow. *sigh*
Today I feel..frustrated, unappreciated, taken-for-granted. Not how your childcare provider should feel. Isn't it funny how when I have issues with my job, 99% of the time it's not with the kids.
I miss..the days when I didn't work.
I am thankful..for my family, for our health, for my life
Tomorrow I am..working, laundry-ing, normal-ing. :)
I am wearing..jeans and a white t-shirt. Someone obviously didn't check the weather before getting dressed, oops!
I wish..teachers didn't assign projects that kids cannot possibly do on their own.
My schedule this week[end] includes..spending time with Jason, Lori, Matt & Lily. It seems like it's been forever since I'm seen Matt, Lily and Lori, and I haven't gotten to spend much time with Jason in a while either. I'm really looking forward to that. We also take Rebekah back to school Sunday...honestly I'm not looking forward to that so much. It's been wonderful having her home, but I'm so proud of the fantastic job she's doing at school and I know that's where she belongs right now. Still, a Mama can look forward to summer can't she?
I need to start..everything. I've gotten appallingly little accomplished this week. I need to do laundry--it's endless, isn't it? Straightening. Planning. Organizing...you name it, I probably need to do it.
I am reading..Actually, I'm between books at the minute. I finished the Lauraine Snelling series and am deciding what's up next. I might read Jen Lancaster, different Lauraine Snelling, Like Water for Elephants, or Mennonite in a Little Black Dress. So blessed to have so many choices!
I am working on..letting go, forgiveness. It's hard to forgive when there isn't acknowledgment of the wrong...or maybe there's not even a "wrong", just a potato-potahto situation that I don't like the outcome of.
Yesterday I..spent way too much time on Ancestry.com. Lately it's absorbing every spare minute. It's funny, Mark and I always sort of had the impression our families stopped at our grandparents or great grandparents. Not really, but that was as far back as we had ever heard about. Now, I've traced back hundreds and hundreds of years in some lines. On my mom's side they've been in this country since the 16 and 1700's. Crazy!
I am hoping..to learn to change habits Mark and I have acquired that probably are not good. He does paper work darn near every night while I put the kids to bed. He works long after that, until 9 or 9:30 every night. By that time, I'm done for the day. I've watched an hour or so of TV, puttered on the computer, and am ready to go to bed and read and go to sleep. He relaxes with some computer time. None of that is bad, but what it means is that we've evolved into spending very little time together, alone, and that's not really good. We're great on dates, it's that day-in day-out time alone together we don't make time for. How to change something that you really are comfortable with, yet feel like it's not a good pattern for our long-term relationship?
I bet you didn't know..I'm thinking of a major (and professional) blog redesign. Just thinking (and dreaming) at this point, but maybe one of these days...
Happy (almost) Friday, and thank you again for your support this week.
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If you haven't read the Hunger Games series, let me know, and I'll send it to you! It's a trilogy and it was a really fun read!
And re: your blog design ... I"m ALL for it. I never thought I'd feel comfortable giving someone else total control of it ... nor did I ever want to spend the money. But I feel like it's a fresh start and the colors, designs, etc really FIT me now ... rather than having me try to fit a mold.
Amen to the no homework that the kids can't do on their own. Let me tell you about the family tree project that we're doing this weekend ... UGH! (but shhhh... don't tell my daughter about ancestry.com - she'd want to do it now).
Have fun with your family this weekend! xx
Digging into your roots and finding where you came from is fascinating to me! Luckily I have relatives who did it all for me; at least back to when my ancestors came to the USA.
I'm so glad you entered my giveaway for a blog design. How fun if you win since you are already considering it! If you don't win you should still consider someone like that to do your design because she is so affordable and I searched high and low for someone that is reasonable yet had a good vision. The process is fun!!
On a recent visit to England to visit my husband's family (Yep, husband has a mega cool accent!) we were able to do some digging around and traced his family back to the 1700's. Too bad we've hit a wall that I'm not sure we will ever break through. Oh well, at least we got to there!
Thanks for stopping by. I am not following you. Have fun with this busy weekend. Enjoy your kids and grandbabies!
Your right, almost all long-term relationships have this routine that you think is comfortable and yet not healthy for the relationship.Perhaps you and you husband must plan on another honeymoon =). To freshen up your relationship, rekindle the flames and stuffs like that!
Love these updates and ... squeal, blog redesigns are so much fun!
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