opting out

It makes me crazy that there are Disney characters on our diapers. Or Sesame Street. Or whoever, depending on the brand.
Our swing died last night so we went to one of those kids megastores to look for a new one. I get hives just thinking about the place. So many things [...]

want

from paper-source.com

the wedding

Gorgeous, and fun, and I’m so glad it’s over!
Honestly, we had a really amazing time.  My sister was a stunning bride.  Everything came together really well.
Friday before the wedding was absolutely freezing and windy and rainy.  And then Saturday was beautiful – 70 and sunny, not much wind.
The wedding was lovely.  Pastor did a fantastic [...]

bloglines

Down to 160 from my all time high.  It’s getting there.

general update

(somehow this post didn’t show up this weekend)
1) edit
2) The wedding: all the hoopla starts tomorrow and ends Saturday night by 1 a.m. I am ready for Sunday to be here. It’s going to be beautiful though.
3) Prayer: not happening at all. It doesn’t feel like the right direction for me at the moment. I [...]

Home

To my parents for 5 days. And home today. There really is no place like home.
For the first time since last week my bloglines is reading no new feeds. My house is clean. My girls are in bed. I have the night to myself. Nobody to talk to. [...]

balance

I have a really hard time with finding balance in my life. Balancing God and me. Balancing working out and eating. Balancing kids and time spent alone.
Lately I’ve been having a really hard time wanting to be on the internet too much (hello, 239 blogs on my bloglines!). I find that [...]

I don’t ever want to forget this:

Randy Pausch on youtube. What an amazing man.

parenting talks

Parenting Inc
Fabulous article and listen to the taped show too if you can. It’s all great.
I’ve been on this simplifying quest. This fits in nice.

on days like these

When I am feeling overwhelmed, and the skies are gray, and tired settles in, I drink some of this:

Taken from the Bigelow website.
There is something about the warmth of the hot water and the coolness of the peppermint that is so calming and comforting.