Anyway, although I can't blog as often as I originally imagined I would, I still have amazing thoughts all day, believe me. Sometimes I mentally write out huge awesome blogs that would be interesting and life-changing...ha...but I never get the chance to sit down and put those thoughts onto paper. Well, not paper, but onto Blogger.
Here's a glimpse into my thoughts yesterday, maybe something will make you laugh or inspire you!
I've discovered that I can get the housework done SUPER FAST if I wait until my husband is off work. He entertains the kids! Fills their sippy cups! Starts a movie for them! Makes them pick up toys! While they are busy with him, I can clean the bathroom, start a load of laundry, sweep and mop all the floors, vacuum, and start dinner. To do this during the day would take triple the time because of course, I have to stop a billion times to tend to the kids. PLUS it's much cooler in the evening so I'm not dripping with sweat the whole time. Nice to make this discovery.
It's the middle of the year and I feel like I'm at the top of a hill, headed down to the end of the year. And actually I'm trying to find ways to make the ride downhill go faster! It's like this when I'm pregnant. Pregnancy is just so long and after awhile it's like....are we done yet?!? Ha...so here's my mental schedule for the rest of the year:
July is our church 10th Anniversary service and I'm busy organizing a Coffee Bar for the celebrations. Then we are having a huge family BBQ at the horse ranch later this month. I promise not to ride this time; last time I WAS sore in the abdomen afterwards and a bit concerned about the pregnancy.
August is Samuel's 4th birthday and we want to plan a little party since there are a million kids at church for him to have fun with....plus his second year of preschool starts. I'm already buying school supplies...yikes!
September has nothing planned. Please, someone give me ideas...
October is Olivia's 2nd birthday and I have no idea what to do for her. My mom is coming around the end of the month and she'll help me complete my famous TO DO lists that HAVE to be done before the Baby comes.
November is BABY TIME and luckily, that throws me right into Thanksgiving. And since I'll be recently post-partum the family doesn't expect me to cook ANYTHING. Yay! I get to stuff my face and remain seated the whole time.
December is CHRISTMAS, with all the decorating, parties, and shopping. AND my mom will still be here to help me with everything! Fun!
Other random thoughts in my head....I am thankful for my family's health. A good friend recently went through a huge cancer scare and is OK but painfully recovering at home after spinal cord surgery. Seriously, nothing like THAT to make you look around and take stock in your own life and BE THANKFUL.
I wonder if the recession really does cause more marriages to break up? I have a bunch of friends going through divorce right now. My prayin' knees are NOT getting lazy, that's for sure.
Having a friend like Amy who sews tremendously and makes money doing so makes me feel like I shouldn't even bother sewing anything....ha...she'll kill me for saying this. But I remind myself that I sew for FUN and that's all that matters. She's amazing though and I totally cheer for her business.
Olivia says about 40-50 words now, including a dozen 2 or 3-word phrases. I can't believe it. Elton and I constantly shake our heads in amazement at her vocabulary. She'll hear a word and repeat it several times, working hard to say it right and memorize it. I went through Samuel's flash cards with her and she knows at least 18-20 of the words, even some I had NO idea she even knew what they were! She gets those cards down and sorts through them, quietly repeating the words she knows and trying to say new ones. I keep reminding myself though....not to get too proud....she is probably considered totally normal for a girl her age. It's Samuel who is speech delayed and we were accustomed to his delay, which makes her speech abilities seem incredible.
WHEW long blog! But fun to sift through my thoughts and get them all out there. Now to log off and get this FRIDAY started :)
LOVE your famous "lists"!!! They helped me a lot when I was in that nesting phase in my last trimester :)
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