The Joy of Grace

Realizations Oct 08

You know when you just do not feel inspired?  Not inspired to cook.  Not inspired to exercise.  Not inspired to decorate.  Not inspired when you go shopping and you actually have money to spend and you can't find anything you like.  Well, really, I have felt quite inspired to cook, exercise, decorate, and even shop (though who can shop and really have time to look with two little ones?).  What I have not felt inspired to do is blog.  But I decided to give it a try tonight, as well as tell you some realizations I have come to over the past TWELVE days in which I have not blogged.

1. I try to do too much in a given day.  I think I can conquer the world in a day for the post part by being a full time cook, full time wife, full time mom, full time decorator, full time grocery shopper, full time sewer, etc. etc. etc.  All this "conquering" makes me feel very overwhelmed when I cannot get it all done in a given day so I have decided to pick one major task each day other than all the other things that must get done (changing diapers, making meals, playing with the girls, etc.).  Today I did lots and lots of laundry because we just got back in town from Missouri (see a few pics below).  I'm happy to say I just finished putting it all up and I feel good about getting my one big task accomplished today.
2. I like my nails to be painted.  I really have not painted my nails a color besides clear in at least two years I do believe.  I did so this past weekend and I just feel so much more together when they are painted.  Unfortunately in between giving baths, doing the dishes, and things such as that, they don't stay looking good very long hence I probably will not keep this up.  Oh well.
3. I really like to not do anything after dinner time.  Let me explain:  I'm worn out after dinner.  I just want to relax.  Lately, I've been waiting to do things around the house until after the girls go to bed.  None of this any longer (or that is my goal).
4. When it comes to dressing my girls, I like more simple.  My mom likes more...well, more. Hence the hat that Aubrey is wearing in the picture with my mom.  I'm not complaining about my mom's likings.  It gives the girls more of a "twist" in their clothes.  I also just like to dress my girls.  I think I've said this before but I have a hard time buying myself clothes when given the opportunity because I just want to buy them more instead of buying me more.  None of us needs any more clothes to be perfectly honest.
   
5. My girls really do not need it super quiet to sleep as I have always assumed they did.  Two things have helped me to come to this conclusion.  1.  When we had the wind storm and lost electricity, I could not use their sound machines when they slept and they both slept perfectly great.  2. We started construction on renovating our basement today.  Between the hammers, the workers' radio, the drills, and the demolition causing the house to actually shake, I figured the girls would NEVER be able to take naps.  They did.  I am thankful for this fully knowing that it may bother them tomorrow.  Oh well. I did post a pic of the basement.  I know this is not what many of you are looking for in regards to pics of our house.  I'm sorry...I actually did not take it.  Aaron did.  I need to take some of the house.  Oh well.
   
6. Notice the picture of Savannah literally on top of Aubrey.  This is a given position in our house about 6-8x a day.  As of late, it has been bothering Aubrey which is quite heart-wrenching to watch her little lips start to quiver and then break out into tears.  We need to work on this position I would say.
7. It's hard to get a good picture of the girls together much less a good family picture.  I wanted so badly to get a "cute" one in the PJs...I decided to post the one that I did not because it's so cute but because most of Aubrey's waking hours are spent blowing bubbles and making funny noises with her mouth. 
   
8. I'm trying to figure out how to get our families to move closer to us.  I miss family!!!  Papa and Mama Boe~there has got to be an architect firm around here that would suit Papa Boe beautifully. Dad and Mom~what has ever stopped ya'll from getting up and moving?  Savannah and Aubrey should surely and totally inspire you!  Uncle Matt and Aunt Natalie~ya'll are young!  So many opportunities in L-ville...just make the move.
9. Lastly and finally, I try to make things too well-rounded...too perfect...too much.  While writing this blog, I thought:  "Having 10 realizations would make this post come together better."  That's why I'm just writing 9 because I'm trying to not be such a perfectionist.  Baby steps...baby steps.