Saturday, May 17, 2008
Hmpf!!!
I had a great picture to post this morning. However, I couldn't get the format right on it. I'll keep working on it and possibly get it posted later.
Sunday, May 11, 2008
New Addition
Here it is:
This is my 40th birthday/Mother's Day gift. I LOVE it!!!
We had been talking about getting a new vehicle for quite awhile when we went test driving cars. I thought that I wanted a Toyota Sequoia, but after driving one decided that it was just too big and clunky. I, also, didn't like the changes that Toyota had done to the body style - it just didn't look cool and I wanted something cool. See, I was tired of driving the mom-mobile, aka my Windstar minivan. After driving the Sequoia, Hubby suggested that we drive out to the GMC dealer and drive an Acadia. It was just what I was looking for and fell in love with it. I did check out the new Explorers, too. However the 3rd row didn't offer much in the way of leg room and with a growing teenage children, we needed the leg room that the Acadia offered. By the way, the kids love it.
Wonder how long before our daughter asks to drive it?!
This is my 40th birthday/Mother's Day gift. I LOVE it!!!
We had been talking about getting a new vehicle for quite awhile when we went test driving cars. I thought that I wanted a Toyota Sequoia, but after driving one decided that it was just too big and clunky. I, also, didn't like the changes that Toyota had done to the body style - it just didn't look cool and I wanted something cool. See, I was tired of driving the mom-mobile, aka my Windstar minivan. After driving the Sequoia, Hubby suggested that we drive out to the GMC dealer and drive an Acadia. It was just what I was looking for and fell in love with it. I did check out the new Explorers, too. However the 3rd row didn't offer much in the way of leg room and with a growing teenage children, we needed the leg room that the Acadia offered. By the way, the kids love it.
Wonder how long before our daughter asks to drive it?!
Saturday, April 26, 2008
Doing Something for Myself
While reading one of my favorite blogs, Saintseester Says, she had written about taking time for herself and linked to Sisters of a Different Order. I was really moved by what both SS and SOADO had written. It made me stop and think about what I do just for myself.
Some days are overwhelming for me or I just blow things out of proportion. I find it hard to let go and let those around me do for themselves. Part of me does it because it's just easier to do it myself; but the other part does it because I feel that if I don't, I'm failing at my duties as wife and mother. My husband is wonderful. He takes great care of me and will step up to cook dinner when I don't feel up to it or see to the needs of our children.
Here is a typical weekday for me:
*Scare myself half to death when the alarm goes off at 5:30a. I don't know why but this always startles me.
*Shower, dress, wake the children, have breakfast, pack lunch, finish makeup/dry hair - all in time to leave the house by 6:45a.
*Drop eldest at high school, run youngest to middle school and get myself to work at the elementary school by 7:10a. Thankfully, all three schools are on the same street.
*Meet/greet parents and students, answer phones and countless other tasks before leaving at 2:40p to pickup the kids from school.
*On any given day, we could have errands to run or appointments to get to after school.
*Head home to work in the yard/house, fix dinner, do laundry and then relax before heading to bed.
I do, however, every 2-3 weeks treat myself and my daughter to a manicure. I make sure that I have time to spend with Hubby because he is my best friend. There are days that I don't know what I'd do without him.
To many people, my life is quite simple. I admit that I don't have a lot of worries - other than making sure that my children grow up to be respectable, loving, giving adults and making/keeping my marriage strong!
What am I doing right now to take care of myself? I'm going to get a glass of wine and join my husband on the patio to watch the sunset. At the end of the school year, I'm going to treat myself to a facial and massage. In the near future, I would like for me and my husband to get away for a weekend - just the two of us. We usually have an entire week during the summer to ourselves due to the kids being with grandparents, but that won't be happening this summer. I'm looking forward to having the kids to myself all summer. What are you doing just for yourself?
Some days are overwhelming for me or I just blow things out of proportion. I find it hard to let go and let those around me do for themselves. Part of me does it because it's just easier to do it myself; but the other part does it because I feel that if I don't, I'm failing at my duties as wife and mother. My husband is wonderful. He takes great care of me and will step up to cook dinner when I don't feel up to it or see to the needs of our children.
Here is a typical weekday for me:
*Scare myself half to death when the alarm goes off at 5:30a. I don't know why but this always startles me.
*Shower, dress, wake the children, have breakfast, pack lunch, finish makeup/dry hair - all in time to leave the house by 6:45a.
*Drop eldest at high school, run youngest to middle school and get myself to work at the elementary school by 7:10a. Thankfully, all three schools are on the same street.
*Meet/greet parents and students, answer phones and countless other tasks before leaving at 2:40p to pickup the kids from school.
*On any given day, we could have errands to run or appointments to get to after school.
*Head home to work in the yard/house, fix dinner, do laundry and then relax before heading to bed.
I do, however, every 2-3 weeks treat myself and my daughter to a manicure. I make sure that I have time to spend with Hubby because he is my best friend. There are days that I don't know what I'd do without him.
To many people, my life is quite simple. I admit that I don't have a lot of worries - other than making sure that my children grow up to be respectable, loving, giving adults and making/keeping my marriage strong!
What am I doing right now to take care of myself? I'm going to get a glass of wine and join my husband on the patio to watch the sunset. At the end of the school year, I'm going to treat myself to a facial and massage. In the near future, I would like for me and my husband to get away for a weekend - just the two of us. We usually have an entire week during the summer to ourselves due to the kids being with grandparents, but that won't be happening this summer. I'm looking forward to having the kids to myself all summer. What are you doing just for yourself?
Views from the Backyard
Hubby - the great white fisherman
One of our many water birds. Isn't he/she beautiful?!
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