Thursday, September 20, 2012

People of Walmart...

I happen to shop at Walmart on a regular basis. Usually I feel like I don't belong there when I see the typical  person shopping there. I pride myself on feeling like I don't belong. However, yesterday was a different story:

I had to go pick up some pictures that I had ordered online. I was in a hurry and didn't even think about what I looked like until I was walking into the store. I had Brynlee with me and had just picked her up from my mom's house. She had on a navy blue with white polka-dot dress with a purple puffy vest and black skater shoes. Ha ha. And then I was in black dress pants with a faded black tank-top (I had been wearing a purple sweater, but it was too hot). We were quite the little pair. Embarrassingly I felt like I fit right in, and I prayed that I did't run into anyone I knew.

On to other news.... Brynlee has decided to take the speed track to growing up. She learned how to open the door to the basement, as well as how to crawl out of her crib. Pretty sure she thinks I have too much spare time, so she's kicked it up a notch. I love her to pieces though. :)

Conquering motherhood one day at a time...
 

Friday, August 17, 2012

DO IT....every day!

I am such a lover of blogging, and yet it seems so hard to actually follow through and do it consistently. Half of the time I feel like I am too busy, and then other half of the time I don't feel like I have anything real interesting to say. But as the days slep into months, I go back and wish that I had written more. I know I'm not very old, but my memory isn't what it used to be. It seems like I can't even remember what I did last weekend. So here I sit, writing down the few random thoughts that are coming to mind, simply to update my blog. :)
Have patience with all things, but chiefly have patience with yourself. Do no lose courage in considering your own imperfections but instantly set about remedying them. Every day begin the task anew.
-Saint Francis de Sales
Sometimes I get discouraged when I go back and read my blog with everything that I have pledged to do, and goals I have set that haven't been accomplished yet. But I have to remind myself that success is a journey, not a destination. It is something that is a continual process.

So my latest feat... trying to train for a 5k with a 1-year-old that refuses to sit in a stroller. :) I'm determined to run this 5k faster than I ran my previous ones, but finding the time to train for it is quite difficult. I know that time should never be an excuse, and it's not my excuse, I just have to find a good way around it. So my options are to either wake up earlier and go running in the morning, or go running after Brynlee goes to bed I think. Some way or another I'll figure it out...

Thursday, March 15, 2012

A fresh start...

What is it about moving into a new house that somehow gives you the feeling of a new start on your life. As I've been planning and dreaming about moving into our new house, I've been thinking about the things that I'd like to do....
...Cooking more homemade, gourmet meals
...Exercising every day
...Having a perfectly clean and decorated house
...Working in my garden in the evenings
...Growing fresh herbs for my cooking
...and on and on and on......


I think you get the picture. I thought that I was the only one, this being our "first" house and all. It just so happens that both of my other sisters are buying houses at the same time as me. What are the odds. Lol. But the funny thing is that they are both on the same page as me, dreaming about being the ideal wife, mother, and person.

Although we probably won't stick to all of our dreams of being perfect, atleast we get the chance to "start over." We should be closing within the next couple weeks and I am going to have so much fun making this house our home.