Where has the time gone? This year has FLOWN by, faster than last year I think. How am I Christmas shopping? Slowly, I'm checking each person off our list (thank you, Amazon!). Saving a portion of it for Black Friday shopping. I LOVE Black Friday shopping.
In years past, we've wanted something particular that caused us to stand in line like fools, fighting amongst the other crazies. However, the past year or two, I've just gone for fun. I think we did score a TV last year and this year I'll be checking out toys for the Peanut but we don't really need anything. Especially anything worth buying at 2am. I will be scouting a new Christmas tree this year so... But hey, middle of the night shopping is half the fun.
Afterwards, we usually have a French Toast breakfast at my Grandma's. This year, I believe I will be working so a cup of coffee will have to replace my usually grandiose breakfast.
Christmas, holy crap, it's almost here!
Tuesday, November 12, 2013
Wednesday, November 6, 2013
Hindsight
If I could write a letter to my 18 year old self I would highlight:
- don't take your car out the night mom told you not to and you complained to dad and he let you. It will cost you three weeks in the shop and a running joke about mailboxes for the next decade.
- trust mom and dad when they tell you you're going to hate the cold, depressing weather of frostburg. It will save you a 2am phone call and two college switches. And even though they didn't say it right away, you will hear the words I told you so.
-always be true to your high school sweetheart. One day you're going to marry him and have his little girl. Those "games" you two played as teenagers will be for naught. He is the one. Always was. Always will be.
- have more patience with your boyfriends mom, your future mother in law. One day you will wish you could see her eyes roll at you.
- don't gossip and don't hold a grudge. Forgive and forget and move on. Life is easier this way.
-say you're sorry when you've wronged someone. And you will. Learn from those moments and don't repeat the same mistakes.
- find your faith earlier. You will rely heavily on it. Trust in God. You may never know why. It doesn't matter. There is a bigger plan you are apart of.
-stay out of the tanning bed. Stay. Out.
- put your best foot forward in every situation. This way you won't look back and say I wish I would have done it differently.
- don't let the orthodontist talk you in to taking your braces off early. You will spend almost three grand 6 years later.
-have the awkward conversation you hate so much. Silence is worse in the long run. Trust me.
-family is family. Always, always put them first.
-soak up the moments you love so much. They will be gone before you know it and make great memories. Live life in the moment not behind a phone screen.
-you are only going to regret what you do not do or say.
-you are going to stumble and fall. You are going to make mistakes. Get back up and hold your head high. Don't let those moments define you. One day your going to grow up. Life is still going to be hard but you have an amazing husband, supportive family and great friends. Enjoy the ride.
- don't take your car out the night mom told you not to and you complained to dad and he let you. It will cost you three weeks in the shop and a running joke about mailboxes for the next decade.
- trust mom and dad when they tell you you're going to hate the cold, depressing weather of frostburg. It will save you a 2am phone call and two college switches. And even though they didn't say it right away, you will hear the words I told you so.
-always be true to your high school sweetheart. One day you're going to marry him and have his little girl. Those "games" you two played as teenagers will be for naught. He is the one. Always was. Always will be.
- have more patience with your boyfriends mom, your future mother in law. One day you will wish you could see her eyes roll at you.
- don't gossip and don't hold a grudge. Forgive and forget and move on. Life is easier this way.
-say you're sorry when you've wronged someone. And you will. Learn from those moments and don't repeat the same mistakes.
- find your faith earlier. You will rely heavily on it. Trust in God. You may never know why. It doesn't matter. There is a bigger plan you are apart of.
-stay out of the tanning bed. Stay. Out.
- put your best foot forward in every situation. This way you won't look back and say I wish I would have done it differently.
- don't let the orthodontist talk you in to taking your braces off early. You will spend almost three grand 6 years later.
-have the awkward conversation you hate so much. Silence is worse in the long run. Trust me.
-family is family. Always, always put them first.
-soak up the moments you love so much. They will be gone before you know it and make great memories. Live life in the moment not behind a phone screen.
-you are only going to regret what you do not do or say.
-you are going to stumble and fall. You are going to make mistakes. Get back up and hold your head high. Don't let those moments define you. One day your going to grow up. Life is still going to be hard but you have an amazing husband, supportive family and great friends. Enjoy the ride.
Wednesday, October 30, 2013
So What Wednesday?
So what if:
The Peanut has been sleeping in bed with us- Momma needs her sleep to and if the Peanut cuddling up next to me gets me 5 straight hours of sleep, so be it. I was so sleep deprived last night I didn't care if we slept outside. So long as we were both sleeping.
The laundry is taller than me - I'll get to it. Not tonight, because it's date night! But I'll get to it. We all have clean underwear, for now. Hell, I need to clean my bathroom too, but that's on the bottom end of the to-do list as well.
I'm a ball of anxiety now - This too shall pass. On a positive note, (not really so much positive as side effect, but I'll take it) I've lost 4 pounds. Pending clearance, pending house will do that to ya.
I ate a greasy hamburger for dinner last night - I've lost 4 lbs. It's all good :)
I'm ahead of Christmas shopping - We have so many folks we buy for that I started shopping in August. I have a little more than a handful finished. Chugging along on that front.
I'm putting my phone in my handbag tonight and enjoying a night out with my husband - I need it. We need it.
The Peanut has been sleeping in bed with us- Momma needs her sleep to and if the Peanut cuddling up next to me gets me 5 straight hours of sleep, so be it. I was so sleep deprived last night I didn't care if we slept outside. So long as we were both sleeping.
The laundry is taller than me - I'll get to it. Not tonight, because it's date night! But I'll get to it. We all have clean underwear, for now. Hell, I need to clean my bathroom too, but that's on the bottom end of the to-do list as well.
I'm a ball of anxiety now - This too shall pass. On a positive note, (not really so much positive as side effect, but I'll take it) I've lost 4 pounds. Pending clearance, pending house will do that to ya.
I ate a greasy hamburger for dinner last night - I've lost 4 lbs. It's all good :)
I'm ahead of Christmas shopping - We have so many folks we buy for that I started shopping in August. I have a little more than a handful finished. Chugging along on that front.
I'm putting my phone in my handbag tonight and enjoying a night out with my husband - I need it. We need it.
Tuesday, October 29, 2013
Limbo
Life for us has been in limbo lately. Literally. My clearance is still pending and our house is still pending. It's been, for a lack of better words, a frustrating time for me. I've mentioned this in numerous posts but patience was never a strong suit of mine so as the days pass they feel like weeks. It's making my anxiety crazy. But, good things come to those who wait so here goes to a few peaceful days of waiting. Hmmph.
This past weekend was nice. Busy but nice. Friday evening we hung out at home followed by a crazy Saturday. Zumbini for the Peanut, lunch with the husband's grandparents and a Halloween party to top off the night. Sunday, we visited a local vineyard with friends and their peanut and then spent the night unwinding.
The Peanut isn't sleeping through the night, or at all really, and is (we think) cutting her molars. Life has been less than pleasant with her the past few weeks. I'm exhausted, she's exhausted and we're both cranky.
I need a date night with my husband more than anything in this world. Hopefully we'll make that happen this week.
As we leap forward into the next chapters of our lives I'm hoping this period of limbo passes quickly. I'm ready.
Thursday, October 17, 2013
Another Mrs.
We had a spectacular long weekend celebrating the new Mr. & Mrs. We kicked Friday night off with rehearsal dinner followed by an amazing wedding on Saturday with a lazy, Sunday (fighting a hangover). Great time had by all. Enjoy the photo dump!
Congrats to the new Mr. & Mrs. We wish you many, many years of happiness. We can't wait for you to pop out some little ones! ;)
Congrats to the new Mr. & Mrs. We wish you many, many years of happiness. We can't wait for you to pop out some little ones! ;)
Friday, October 11, 2013
So Long, See Ya, Sayonara
15 months ago our life drastically changed. Drastically. Our daughter was born and my husband's mother passed away. All within three weeks.
In the middle of the night, with red puffy eyes and a frog in his throat, my husband looked at me and said "I don't care what we have to do, we're moving home." I nodded my head. If the tables were turned, I would want him to be supportive. He told his Dad that night we were going to move home eventually and his Dad said to him, "Don't do anything irrational right now". The wheels in my husband's head were already grinding. It took 8 months but my husband found a job in St. Mary's and we packed up our tiny townhouse, with the help of many family and friends, and headed South.
I transitioned from the Baltimore office to the DC office, I was lucky that my bosses were flexible enough for me to continue my job in a different location. So while everything around me was changing, I still had the consistency of my job. The commute wasn't terrible when I started riding the bus, I got an hour and a half of free time in the afternoon. The commute wasn't terrible, but the time away from home was. The Peanut was ready for a bath and bed shortly after I got home in the evenings. The time she spent with my mom and husband tripled the time she spent with me at a week's end and it was KILLING me. The first time she reached for my mom instead of me when she was upset I literally almost cried.
So, when I got the opportunity for a job closer to home, one that would allow us to eat dinner as a family, one that would allow me a day off every other week, I couldn't turn it down. I am thrilled to be able to make myself more available to my girl and my family. She's only little once. The other part of me; however, is SO, SO sad.
I'm closing the door, completely, on my Baltimore life. And that makes me sad. I'm saying sayonara to a job I've been great at, a job where I make a tangible difference in other people's lives. I'm saying so long to a group of people who threw me a bridal shower and then 13 months later threw me a baby shower. I'm saying see ya to happy hours with folks that lasted way longer than they should have. I'm saying good bye to a group of people who have been my second family for 6 years, who watched me transition from a 21 year old, reckless intern to a 27 year old mother. People who have acted as second mothers and mentors but most of all friends.
Life is strange and crazy. I've returned back to a place I thought I'd never live again and honestly, I don't hate it. I'm leaving a job I never thought I'd quit. Ever. And I don't love it. I am; however, excited for my next endeavor. I start my new gig next Wednesday, pending everything checks out okay (fingers crossed). Today I'm in DC, wrapping up the little bit of stuff I have here and Tuesday I wrap up my last day ever in Baltimore.
Ahhh... life is a beautiful mess.
In the middle of the night, with red puffy eyes and a frog in his throat, my husband looked at me and said "I don't care what we have to do, we're moving home." I nodded my head. If the tables were turned, I would want him to be supportive. He told his Dad that night we were going to move home eventually and his Dad said to him, "Don't do anything irrational right now". The wheels in my husband's head were already grinding. It took 8 months but my husband found a job in St. Mary's and we packed up our tiny townhouse, with the help of many family and friends, and headed South.
I transitioned from the Baltimore office to the DC office, I was lucky that my bosses were flexible enough for me to continue my job in a different location. So while everything around me was changing, I still had the consistency of my job. The commute wasn't terrible when I started riding the bus, I got an hour and a half of free time in the afternoon. The commute wasn't terrible, but the time away from home was. The Peanut was ready for a bath and bed shortly after I got home in the evenings. The time she spent with my mom and husband tripled the time she spent with me at a week's end and it was KILLING me. The first time she reached for my mom instead of me when she was upset I literally almost cried.
So, when I got the opportunity for a job closer to home, one that would allow us to eat dinner as a family, one that would allow me a day off every other week, I couldn't turn it down. I am thrilled to be able to make myself more available to my girl and my family. She's only little once. The other part of me; however, is SO, SO sad.
I'm closing the door, completely, on my Baltimore life. And that makes me sad. I'm saying sayonara to a job I've been great at, a job where I make a tangible difference in other people's lives. I'm saying so long to a group of people who threw me a bridal shower and then 13 months later threw me a baby shower. I'm saying see ya to happy hours with folks that lasted way longer than they should have. I'm saying good bye to a group of people who have been my second family for 6 years, who watched me transition from a 21 year old, reckless intern to a 27 year old mother. People who have acted as second mothers and mentors but most of all friends.
Life is strange and crazy. I've returned back to a place I thought I'd never live again and honestly, I don't hate it. I'm leaving a job I never thought I'd quit. Ever. And I don't love it. I am; however, excited for my next endeavor. I start my new gig next Wednesday, pending everything checks out okay (fingers crossed). Today I'm in DC, wrapping up the little bit of stuff I have here and Tuesday I wrap up my last day ever in Baltimore.
Ahhh... life is a beautiful mess.
Wednesday, October 9, 2013
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