Back In the Saddle, Maybe
Okay, so I've gotten a little lax about my personal blogging. I've also gotten way lax about journal writing. So here's another effort to be better about both.
One reason is that I've intentionally been limiting my screen time in favor of "slowing down" and getting simple daily things done, like washing the dishes and making time every day (almost) for working in my yard. (My yard needs a lot of work.) And I've been getting lots done. The yard is respectable now, if not a wondrous beauty to behold (yet), and I've been simplifying and improving my home-management routine. My most effective tool is Getting Rid of Stuff. My latest hangup is not feeling like I can get rid of baby clothes and maternity clothes, but I'm frustrated with how much space they take up. Though, now it's not the maternity clothes taking up space, it's my normal clothes. Looking forward to getting back into those pink cords....
I'm also getting more active with my volunteer work. I'm mentoring a community garden that is run by teenagers (so really, I'm mentoring the teenagers and a couple of adult advisers, while occasionally doing actual work in the garden. I've also recently agreed to volunteer at the Pioneer Craft House, helping organize and improve the fledgling farmers' market they host. Plus trying to do an adequate job as 1st Counselor in my ward's Primary. Plus trying to make a dent in the 10 or so books I have piled up to read. Tonight is book club and I just yesterday got the book from a friend. I have actually started it now, which is an improvement since yesterday.
Marigold is growing like a weed. (Are marigolds considered weeds?) And she is the cutest thing ever. Mostly. I'm not a fan of her recent tantrums, but I know that all nearly-2-year-olds have them and hers are, really, not so bad. But occasionally they do make me a little crazy. I told her last week, when she was refusing to clean (preferring, instead, to throw herself on the floor and yell protests), that she was making Mama crazy. She started saying, "Mama, crazy." It came up a few times after that. "Mama, crazy." Sigh. What have I started?....
She's also picking up tons of words and speaking skills. Some cute things she's been saying lately include: MotoBicycle (motorcycle) and DishesWasher. I've been trying to keep mental notes, but I've lost some. (That's the problem with mental notes, and another reason I'm attempting to put things in writing. I don't want to lose all the gems.)
I haven't uploaded my camera since we went to Curacao in April (btw, we went to Curacao in April), but here's a picture from March of my cute little monkey:
That's all for now (Primary presidency meeting in 20 minutes), but hey--I'm here! I'm alive!
One reason is that I've intentionally been limiting my screen time in favor of "slowing down" and getting simple daily things done, like washing the dishes and making time every day (almost) for working in my yard. (My yard needs a lot of work.) And I've been getting lots done. The yard is respectable now, if not a wondrous beauty to behold (yet), and I've been simplifying and improving my home-management routine. My most effective tool is Getting Rid of Stuff. My latest hangup is not feeling like I can get rid of baby clothes and maternity clothes, but I'm frustrated with how much space they take up. Though, now it's not the maternity clothes taking up space, it's my normal clothes. Looking forward to getting back into those pink cords....
I'm also getting more active with my volunteer work. I'm mentoring a community garden that is run by teenagers (so really, I'm mentoring the teenagers and a couple of adult advisers, while occasionally doing actual work in the garden. I've also recently agreed to volunteer at the Pioneer Craft House, helping organize and improve the fledgling farmers' market they host. Plus trying to do an adequate job as 1st Counselor in my ward's Primary. Plus trying to make a dent in the 10 or so books I have piled up to read. Tonight is book club and I just yesterday got the book from a friend. I have actually started it now, which is an improvement since yesterday.
Marigold is growing like a weed. (Are marigolds considered weeds?) And she is the cutest thing ever. Mostly. I'm not a fan of her recent tantrums, but I know that all nearly-2-year-olds have them and hers are, really, not so bad. But occasionally they do make me a little crazy. I told her last week, when she was refusing to clean (preferring, instead, to throw herself on the floor and yell protests), that she was making Mama crazy. She started saying, "Mama, crazy." It came up a few times after that. "Mama, crazy." Sigh. What have I started?....
She's also picking up tons of words and speaking skills. Some cute things she's been saying lately include: MotoBicycle (motorcycle) and DishesWasher. I've been trying to keep mental notes, but I've lost some. (That's the problem with mental notes, and another reason I'm attempting to put things in writing. I don't want to lose all the gems.)
I haven't uploaded my camera since we went to Curacao in April (btw, we went to Curacao in April), but here's a picture from March of my cute little monkey:
That's all for now (Primary presidency meeting in 20 minutes), but hey--I'm here! I'm alive!
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