Lately, I feel like I am constantly digging myself out of a hole. Sadly, I never can get to the top! I just keep climbing and never reach the top. The last few weeks have been CRAZY. Seriously. CRAZY.
I have neglected this blog. I have neglected my personal log. I have even been so swamped I had over birthday party planning for my daughter to my hubby (yikes! I can only imagine what this party is going to be like!) Some days I’m surprised I even remember to brush my hair!
But. I do see a light at the end of the tunnel. This might very well be the week that I catch up.
I wanted to start something new on this blog. I’m hoping it will help me organize my thoughts better. Four Things. Every so often, I want to talk about four things. I picked the number four, since that’s the size of my family (mommy, daddy and two kiddos). I have a tendency to be all over the place. I’m not a linear thinker. I bounce all over the place. I call it multitasking, my husband calls it nuts! So, in limiting my chaos to four things, I am hoping my blog adventures will be more manageable.
For today, I want to share the four things I am doing right now:
1. I am reading this book.
“The Elegance of the Hedgehog” by Muriel Barbery.
I was introduced to this book thanks to my book club. I never made it to the book club meeting at which they talked about the book. Good thing, since I’m not done with it yet! However, I really appreciate having a group of women with whom I can occasionally hook up with and talk about interesting things that have nothing to do with my children, my husband or my work. It’s a nice escape and it’s oh so intellectually stimulating. I highly suggest joining a book club. Look online, I’m sure you can find one in your area or maybe your church or moms group has one. Real Simple magazine has one I have been thinking about joining. Check it out here. What are you reading right now? I always love book suggestions. I am one of those people who can’t say no to a good book. I have stacks of books all over my house. The more books the better I say. I’ve found it thrilling to watch my daughter learn to read and develop a love of books. She’s turning into a miniature me when it comes to that and that makes me smile.
2. I’m working on this layout.
Since coming home from Disneyland, I have been wanting to scap our photos of the trip. Well, life happened. Cooper got sick. I had to go to Europe. And no scrapping of Disney pics has been done. Today I decided to do some digital pages using pictures from the trip. This is the first one I finished. I used all House of 3 goodies for this layout. I heart House of 3.
3. Preparing for a trip to Brazil.
I have never been to Brazil, but I’ll be going there in May. I am excited and nervous. Brazil is pretty exotic in my book, so that part is exciting. But it’s also a little dangerous in some parts of the country and that of course scares me. I’ll be traveling with a group of people, so I’m sure everything will be just fine. I bought myself a new swimsuit for the trip. It’s not a “Rio” swimsuit (that’s a super skimpy swimming suit if you were wondering what I mean), but it’s still a new and cute suit. I am excited to see all the touristy things and also just relax in the beach.
4. I’m listening to Paperclipping Roundtable
I know. I’ve talked about this before. But I love this podcast. It’s so relevant. It’s fun. And it’s inspiring. The episode I was listening to today, titled “Get Inspired” was especially good. In this episode they invited a “real world” scrapper to the table and she said something that really stuck with me … “Done is better than perfect.” How good is that? I spend a lot of time trying to make everything just perfect and that means a lot of things are never done. Isn’t it better to get things done and stop being such a perfectionist? I think this is going to be my new mantra – Done is much better than perfect!
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