Told you so....

Ok, so I fail at keeping the blog up... but it's alright I'll give myself an out for so many of life's reasons that happen after Christmas (you know what I mean).

Things have been incredibly busy lately, both kids have had the flu, as did Todd and I (at the same time of course) thank goodness my dad was here to keep the household running. He's a champ! I signed the two older girls up for gymnastics and they are excited about it. Kailey's homework load keeps getting bigger, I know I shouldn't complain because it's the 2nd grade and I know kids at other schools have had more as kindergarteners. Todd and I finally escaped to Asheville's Grove Park Inn for our 10th anniversary (2 months later). My dad and I took Kailey and Mag's to the circus this past weekend. It's so much fun to see those events through your kids eyes....

Wow. See, busy! I can finally add some pictures too...

Corinne at Christmas



Kailey while decorating the Christmas tree



Maggie in our 'big' snowfall



The girls and I at the circus

Ten Things About Me

I've been thinking about what I was going to write today, there's a lot going on in my mind but I think It will take form over the weekend. Today..... Ten things about me.

1). I can't watch scary movies anymore, they completely freak me out. In high school and college, loved 'em. (I blame having kids, but my overactive imagination may have something to do with it).

2). I used to be very organized, everything had a place and had to be just so. Then I got married and had kids, there are days I'd give anything to have it back.

3). Since having kids, I'm perpetually late and I hate that. See #2.

4). I love to create things (art, food, crafts) and I'm really trying to pass that on to my kids.

5). It seems, no matter what happens I have faith and truly believe that everything will be ok. There are times it really frustrates my husband because, for him, to don't tend to stress enough over the big stuff. I've been told, that even my gray clouds have silver linings, that was also said in frustration, but it's ok.... I don't want to change.

6). I rarely wear make-up and I'm glad. It's odd, especially here in the south, for a woman to not 'put on her face' before going out. I don't. I want my girls to see it and hopefully know that make-up doesn't make you beautiful and it should be a pleasant accessory not a necessity.

7). Just like scary movies, I can't ride roller coasters anymore. They make me sick.

8). My mom has been gone for almost 9 years now and I miss her more now than after she passed away.

9). I would move back to the small town in NE that I grown up in if I could, I love small town life.

10). I adore Honey Nut Chex Mix. Yum!


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The Routine

I've always prided myself on being one of those on-the-go, schedule-never-set, ready-for-whatever-holds moms. When the two older girls were younger they of course had a nap time, bedtime and such.... But I never wanted it rigid so there was always a level of flexibility to our (my) life, and luckily it worked for everyone involved. The same could be said for Corinne now, probably even more.

Cut to this past Christmas break, the first one with the two older girls in school and me working at the preschool. A holiday time filled with zero schedules and even less routine. As much as I hate to admit it, the whole thing made me grumpy. I began to notice the mood shift within my self last week, but couldn't pinpoint the cause. Too much togetherness has never been an issue but I was truly crabby by the end of last week.

As this week is coming to a close I'm beginning to feel more myself, less grumpy and more the carefree person I normally feel like. Today I finally think I got it, the lack of routine. It's been a long time (almost 8 years) since I've had such a schedule to follow each day and truly week, and I can't believe what an impact the change in that routine had. I'm actually shocked. Maybe I'm not as fly-by-the-seat-of-my-pants as I thought I was, which is disappointing somehow to me. Is it age? Was I always this way and just kidding myself? I'm not sure, all I do know........ I'm starting to dread summer break already.

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A New Year.... A new go at it

So I'm not one for new year's resolutions. I mean, to me it seems like its just one more thing out there for me to feel guilty about when I seemingly fail at it. I guess I also feel like if there's a change to be made within yourself, why wait until the first of the year? Besides that..... All these diet/work out commercials are soooo annoying. Right?

Ok, that being said I am going to do one thing this year. I really do want to write, here. I think it's important on so many levels in this fast paced life, but also I want to make the commitment to myself. Allow myself this time to myself, to not feel guilt for taking time to myself to write, to remember, to look at what had, is and will happen and reflect.

We'll see, it has never seemed to stick yet but then I never started at the beginning of the new year and never made the resolution to myself.