Life is still continuing to get more and more frustrating. Things (that I still can't talk about yet) are progressing in directions we'd rather not have them go and I'm just trying to hold on for dear life. I'm still feeling a bit tossed and turned, but I'm slowly getting a better handle on things. It's not perfect, but hey... what in life is?
I've realized recently just how much I've missed blogging. I miss that interaction, that letting things out, that blogging gave me. I don't know if I'm ready yet to come fully back from hiatus - I still have way too many things to get caught up with before I feel comfortable un-hiatusing (is that even a word? Probably not), but I know that I have been missing it. So I may do a bit more hit and miss posting rather than my regular features. It'll be keeping my hand in.
We finally got our camera back a couple weeks ago (after it unceremoniously decided to take a swim in the washing machine). I've been taking quite a few pictures lately because of it and I'm pretty proud of some of them. It's funny, though. We went from not having any cameras that we could lay our hands on having three. Yep. Three. We have the new one that took a swim and then was able to be fixed, the old one that decided to lay low in a seat pocket in the van, and Teddy's new camera that he won at the Easter Egg Hunt. The only one that's been getting any use has been the Failed Swimmer, but I suspect the other two will be moved into rotation quickly.
I haven't been doing as well keeping up with SparkPeople as I'd like. Heck, I haven't been as good about keeping up with ANYTHING as I'd like. Though I am getting caught up on swaps, so that's one good thing. I've really got to find a method that works for me. I have my Weekly Chore calendar, and that helps with the chores but actually fitting everything into my schedule for the day... that's where things get rough. I hate the thought of actually writing a schedule. Especially since things get FUBARed on a regular basis when I make specific plans. But I don't know what other choices I have. If anyone has some great organizational ideas, I'm willing to listen!
I've been up visiting my Dad fairly regularly at the hospital. He's doing fairly well, and for that, I'm glad. He's on the rehab floor, which means they're doing everything in their power to get him back up and independent. He still has some good days and some bad days, but that's to be expected in the early days. I loaned him our netbook so he can get online while he's there. He has an Android, but the smaller screen doesn't seem to be working as well for him. The netbook is still small, but not nearly as small as his phone. I keep wanting to do more for him, but I don't know what else I could do. Daughter guilt, I guess.
Tomorrow is supposed to be a great day for me, according to Rich and the boys. Teddy's been looking forward to Mother's Day for about a month, because he wants to spoil me a bit. I love my boys! From what I've been told, I'll be allowed to sleep in as late as I want. I don't have to do anything if I don't want to. I'll be having eggs benedict for breakfast (my favorite breakfast). I'll be having bacon wrapped filets and bay scallops for dinner (which have been in our freezer for a bit, thanks to manager's specials at Kroger). I'll get to watch Doctor Who and listen to The 39 Clues all day if I want. It really is going to be my day. And I'm kind of looking forward to it. Because I'm going to let everything else go. All the worries, all the fears, all the frustrations. Just... poof. For one day, I'm going to pretend that the world is shiny and bright rather than a little cloudy.
I've got a busy week ahead, but that's par for the course. The day I'm looking forward to more than any other, though, is Friday. Teddy will be graduating from PDO. They've got a ceremony and we get to take pictures... and it's going to really sink in a little further that my baby is starting kindergarten in the fall. I picked up a graduation card and a neat frame for him. I'm planning on getting one of the pictures of him in his cap and gown printed and I'll put the frame up in his room. I know he's pretty excited about it. I think we all are.
I've got a couple more posts that I want to share tonight, so I'm off to get those posted. Keep an eye out for Recent Geekery and Recent Photos, coming soon to a Sanity's Overrated near you. (Though, honestly, it's almost midnight so I should be getting to bed. But at least I can sleep in tomorrow!)
And a lot less fun than the other options.
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07 May 2011
13 January 2011
Am I behind? Of course I am
It seems to be the status of my life... forgetting the things that I want to do because my plate is too full. I really need to work on that organization goal before too long. 'Cause the last thing I want to do is get lost.
I've got several books that I need to review (several graphic novels and one other book that I'm reading) and I need to update more for the 10 day challenge... on which I am woefully behind. I also want to update you all on swaps and family fun and life and... well, just about everything.
So, I'll start with life. The horrid chest cold has come back with a vengeance. Wracking cough, phlegm, my chest sounding like a half-full trunk whenever I try to breath, stuffed up nose... it's just soooo much fun. I think I'm going to make myself either a cup of hot chocolate or a cup of hot tea this afternoon, in the hopes that it clears things up. Well, that and it's cold here in TN, so a hot drink is ideal.
Yeah, we got more snow here in TN. The area schools have been closed all week. I'm curious if they'll bother opening tomorrow. There isn't a ton of snow on the ground, but there's enough with more flurries coming and ice on the roads to make the schools nervous. They just aren't used to this kind of weather here in the south. But I'm loving it. Along with giving me an excuse to drink hot beverages, it gives me a chance to take pretty pictures and to enjoy playing in the snow with the boys (though I haven't done much of that yet). If school is closed again tomorrow, PDO will be closed again, so I'll be working out a plan for that.
I've been trying to get the apartment cleaned up, but it seems like everything that I get picked up, the boys tear apart within 10 minutes. I don't understand how most Moms can keep a clean house with little ones around.I haven't been able to in 5 years. Then again, I wasn't the neatest person before I had kids either. I need to work on that organization again so I can get a schedule made. Gah!
The boys continue to alternately make me laugh and make me want to give them to the lowest bidder. They're both in the temper tantrum phase of their lives. Whenever Teddy doesn't get his way, he yells, screams, demands and sometimes hits. To be fair, it has gotten a bit better. There are a lot more times when he visibly gets upset, but he doesn't throw the fits like he used to. Pete has also started wanting things his way - the only problem is that we don't always know what "his way" is. But we're working on that too. This morning, the boys have been playing robots together. My living room looks like a battlefield. Then again...
And a late-breaking, up-to-the-minute way my eldest impresses me: Teddy just asked me if God has a wife. It took me a minute to answer, because that's not really a question you expect from an almost 5 year old.
Today is being designated "Catch Up on Swaps" day. I've got several online swaps that I need to do and a few letter swaps that I need to write. Plus, I've got my two pen-pals that I need to write long letters to as well. I'm feeling pretty good about the swaps that I've sent though. The reading log swap got complimented by both my partners. I copied all of my reviews and printed them out double-sided, then put them into a folder and sent them along. I was pretty pleased with it, all things considered. I finished a Google Earth swap yesterday, where I had to send my partners 3 locations by map coordinate. I chose my family's property in NY, the Parthenon here in TN and Shelter Island in Montana. All very pretty places. I've got a couple e-cards to send out, plus I've got to finish my YouTube Playlist Swap. All in all, it's keeping me busy.
I've been spending a bit of time over in the Comic Book Geeks forum on SparkPeople. I love hanging out with fellow geeks. I haven't had a lot of people to talk about the graphic novels that I'm reading with, so it's been a lot of fun. The diet and exercise portion of SP... not so much. But I'm trying. And that's what's important.
So, in closing for this post, expect reviews of Countdown to Final Crisis 1&3, Batman: The Brave and the Bold, Teen Titans 1: A Kid's Game, and Teen Titans East in the near future. I'm also in the middle of reading Moon Sworn by Keri Arthur and The Book of Lies by Brad Meltzer, with Every Which Way But Dead by Kim Harrison, Vampire Academy by Richelle Mead, Month by Month Scrapbooking by Amanda Probst and Scrapbooking Just for You by Candice Ransom on deck. And also expect a flurry of 10 Day Challenge posts upcoming. But for the moment, I'm back to a few swaps.
I've got several books that I need to review (several graphic novels and one other book that I'm reading) and I need to update more for the 10 day challenge... on which I am woefully behind. I also want to update you all on swaps and family fun and life and... well, just about everything.
So, I'll start with life. The horrid chest cold has come back with a vengeance. Wracking cough, phlegm, my chest sounding like a half-full trunk whenever I try to breath, stuffed up nose... it's just soooo much fun. I think I'm going to make myself either a cup of hot chocolate or a cup of hot tea this afternoon, in the hopes that it clears things up. Well, that and it's cold here in TN, so a hot drink is ideal.
Yeah, we got more snow here in TN. The area schools have been closed all week. I'm curious if they'll bother opening tomorrow. There isn't a ton of snow on the ground, but there's enough with more flurries coming and ice on the roads to make the schools nervous. They just aren't used to this kind of weather here in the south. But I'm loving it. Along with giving me an excuse to drink hot beverages, it gives me a chance to take pretty pictures and to enjoy playing in the snow with the boys (though I haven't done much of that yet). If school is closed again tomorrow, PDO will be closed again, so I'll be working out a plan for that.
I've been trying to get the apartment cleaned up, but it seems like everything that I get picked up, the boys tear apart within 10 minutes. I don't understand how most Moms can keep a clean house with little ones around.I haven't been able to in 5 years. Then again, I wasn't the neatest person before I had kids either. I need to work on that organization again so I can get a schedule made. Gah!
The boys continue to alternately make me laugh and make me want to give them to the lowest bidder. They're both in the temper tantrum phase of their lives. Whenever Teddy doesn't get his way, he yells, screams, demands and sometimes hits. To be fair, it has gotten a bit better. There are a lot more times when he visibly gets upset, but he doesn't throw the fits like he used to. Pete has also started wanting things his way - the only problem is that we don't always know what "his way" is. But we're working on that too. This morning, the boys have been playing robots together. My living room looks like a battlefield. Then again...
And a late-breaking, up-to-the-minute way my eldest impresses me: Teddy just asked me if God has a wife. It took me a minute to answer, because that's not really a question you expect from an almost 5 year old.
Today is being designated "Catch Up on Swaps" day. I've got several online swaps that I need to do and a few letter swaps that I need to write. Plus, I've got my two pen-pals that I need to write long letters to as well. I'm feeling pretty good about the swaps that I've sent though. The reading log swap got complimented by both my partners. I copied all of my reviews and printed them out double-sided, then put them into a folder and sent them along. I was pretty pleased with it, all things considered. I finished a Google Earth swap yesterday, where I had to send my partners 3 locations by map coordinate. I chose my family's property in NY, the Parthenon here in TN and Shelter Island in Montana. All very pretty places. I've got a couple e-cards to send out, plus I've got to finish my YouTube Playlist Swap. All in all, it's keeping me busy.
I've been spending a bit of time over in the Comic Book Geeks forum on SparkPeople. I love hanging out with fellow geeks. I haven't had a lot of people to talk about the graphic novels that I'm reading with, so it's been a lot of fun. The diet and exercise portion of SP... not so much. But I'm trying. And that's what's important.
So, in closing for this post, expect reviews of Countdown to Final Crisis 1&3, Batman: The Brave and the Bold, Teen Titans 1: A Kid's Game, and Teen Titans East in the near future. I'm also in the middle of reading Moon Sworn by Keri Arthur and The Book of Lies by Brad Meltzer, with Every Which Way But Dead by Kim Harrison, Vampire Academy by Richelle Mead, Month by Month Scrapbooking by Amanda Probst and Scrapbooking Just for You by Candice Ransom on deck. And also expect a flurry of 10 Day Challenge posts upcoming. But for the moment, I'm back to a few swaps.
29 September 2010
Back into the swing of things
Yeah, this blog hasn't gotten as much posting as I was hoping it would. Life got busy. But I've actually got journaling time scheduled for part of my nightly routine. So... here's hoping that things will be back to normal.
I've been trying to make a lot of changes to my life lately. Physically, emotionally, spiritually... I'm finding that I haven't been happy with myself for awhile and that needs to change. So, things are changing.
First is the physical changes. I rejoined SparkPeople.com and I'm part of a family weight loss challenge. I fell off the wagon for a little while as I was trying to get some other things together, but I'm jumping back in with both feet today. I managed to work out for an hour - 15 minutes of dance, 20 minutes of yoga and 25 minutes of strength training. I bought a lot of fruit, veggies and nuts to take care of my snacky times. I have started looking in SparkRecipes for things to make, rather than relying on my own ability to create healthy options.
Secondly, I'm jumping back into FlyLady. Rick and I got the house incredibly cleaned for my in-laws coming for Pete's birthday, so I've got a good place to start. And I'm determined to keep up with it. A little bit every day and I'll be able to keep up with it.
Thirdly, I'm working on organization. I currently have two calendars - one is fully for my FlyLady stuff and the other is a Google Calendar that covers pretty much everything. The Google Calendar is mainly because it can send me reminders of the things that I need to do. Between looking at it and my iGoogle page, I'm in pretty good shape. Come January, I have a family calendar to put up and that will keep everyone's appointments. It shouldn't be long to keep them all updated, particularly if I do my FlyLady on Sunday when the FlyLady e-mail comes out. I'm trying to keep up with a routine - certain things I get done on certain days, certain things that are done every evening and every day. Because I know that if I don't have to think about too many things, I won't get overwhelmed.
Fourthly, I'm trying to get back into some of the things I enjoy. I'm reading more regularly again (and taking out audio books to listen to during my workouts). I've rejoined SwapBot to get myself back into crafting and/or writing. I've got this blog and my LJ that I want to try to keep up regularly. They are the things that I need to help remind me that me time is ok.
And finally, I'm trying to figure out my spirituality. I've described myself for years as agnostic. I believe in Magic, but I'm not sure how to incorporate it into my every day life. I want to codify my beliefs so that when the boys start asking me what I believe, I'll be able to tell them without stumbling or trying to figure it out myself. And I'm trying to get Rich and the boys to start going to Church on Sundays. I may join them as part of trying to figure out my beliefs. I don't agree with all of Christianity, but I don't see why I couldn't take from them the things that I believe and leave behind those I don't. (Ok, so the Catholics might not like it that much, but you know... I'm not there for the Catholic Church. I'm there for me.)
There are a lot of changes I want to make in the coming years. And I will make them. Because the older I get, the more I realize that I'm the only one who can make me the person I want to be.
I've been trying to make a lot of changes to my life lately. Physically, emotionally, spiritually... I'm finding that I haven't been happy with myself for awhile and that needs to change. So, things are changing.
First is the physical changes. I rejoined SparkPeople.com and I'm part of a family weight loss challenge. I fell off the wagon for a little while as I was trying to get some other things together, but I'm jumping back in with both feet today. I managed to work out for an hour - 15 minutes of dance, 20 minutes of yoga and 25 minutes of strength training. I bought a lot of fruit, veggies and nuts to take care of my snacky times. I have started looking in SparkRecipes for things to make, rather than relying on my own ability to create healthy options.
Secondly, I'm jumping back into FlyLady. Rick and I got the house incredibly cleaned for my in-laws coming for Pete's birthday, so I've got a good place to start. And I'm determined to keep up with it. A little bit every day and I'll be able to keep up with it.
Thirdly, I'm working on organization. I currently have two calendars - one is fully for my FlyLady stuff and the other is a Google Calendar that covers pretty much everything. The Google Calendar is mainly because it can send me reminders of the things that I need to do. Between looking at it and my iGoogle page, I'm in pretty good shape. Come January, I have a family calendar to put up and that will keep everyone's appointments. It shouldn't be long to keep them all updated, particularly if I do my FlyLady on Sunday when the FlyLady e-mail comes out. I'm trying to keep up with a routine - certain things I get done on certain days, certain things that are done every evening and every day. Because I know that if I don't have to think about too many things, I won't get overwhelmed.
Fourthly, I'm trying to get back into some of the things I enjoy. I'm reading more regularly again (and taking out audio books to listen to during my workouts). I've rejoined SwapBot to get myself back into crafting and/or writing. I've got this blog and my LJ that I want to try to keep up regularly. They are the things that I need to help remind me that me time is ok.
And finally, I'm trying to figure out my spirituality. I've described myself for years as agnostic. I believe in Magic, but I'm not sure how to incorporate it into my every day life. I want to codify my beliefs so that when the boys start asking me what I believe, I'll be able to tell them without stumbling or trying to figure it out myself. And I'm trying to get Rich and the boys to start going to Church on Sundays. I may join them as part of trying to figure out my beliefs. I don't agree with all of Christianity, but I don't see why I couldn't take from them the things that I believe and leave behind those I don't. (Ok, so the Catholics might not like it that much, but you know... I'm not there for the Catholic Church. I'm there for me.)
There are a lot of changes I want to make in the coming years. And I will make them. Because the older I get, the more I realize that I'm the only one who can make me the person I want to be.
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