So I've just realized that the updates I was sending through my phone aren't getting posted. Grrr....
Anyway, I've been on the beach a couple of weeks and let me tell you...VACATIONS ARE GREAT! The day after I left Georgia, the rain started, and hasn't stopped yet. North Georgia is flooded to the max. However, life on the beach is sunny, awesome, and pretty much perfect. :)
And since my MIL has the bebes, I'm giving in to my hardcore Lost addiction. I just started season 3 and I'm pretty excited after the first episode. And I know it's just going to get better.
Til next time!
Songs I Hear In My Head All Day Long
Friday, September 25, 2009
Wednesday, August 26, 2009
Addictions and Autumn
Not too long ago I realized how much time the computer was taking out of my life. When I realized that I was pretty to close to having an all-out addiction, I freaked a little, and kind of abandoned everything I felt was taking up my time, in a bad way.
Needless to say, running three blogs was a (fantastic and fun) drain on my time, and I noticed I was started to change things in my life to make more time for blogging. If I could do that, I should put that time towards other things like, oh I don't know...my kids, my husband, my tentative writing career?
Either way, I've found a good balance between real life and computer life, and while I'm not abandoning my beloved blogs, needless to say, I'll be posting...infrequently :)
That said, all is good in life right now. It's not great, but it's not terrible either. We're making ends meet most of the time, and the kids are growing in amazing leaps and bounds. I can almost taste the end of summer in the air, and I have to admit that I can't wait to see the mountain in autumn.
Till next time!
Needless to say, running three blogs was a (fantastic and fun) drain on my time, and I noticed I was started to change things in my life to make more time for blogging. If I could do that, I should put that time towards other things like, oh I don't know...my kids, my husband, my tentative writing career?
Either way, I've found a good balance between real life and computer life, and while I'm not abandoning my beloved blogs, needless to say, I'll be posting...infrequently :)
That said, all is good in life right now. It's not great, but it's not terrible either. We're making ends meet most of the time, and the kids are growing in amazing leaps and bounds. I can almost taste the end of summer in the air, and I have to admit that I can't wait to see the mountain in autumn.
Till next time!
Tuesday, July 28, 2009
In Praise of Emma Watson
So I've loved Emma Watson for a long time, not just for her delightful ability to bring Hermione to life so beautifully on screen, but because she's just so darn precious! Only, now that she's 19, she's grown out of precious and straight into beautiful.
And while there are so many wonderful things I'd love to say about her, I've just now found out that my beloved Fug Girls have already done it for me. So, without further ado, here's their work, diligently cut and pasted by yours truly.
Enjoy!
And while there are so many wonderful things I'd love to say about her, I've just now found out that my beloved Fug Girls have already done it for me. So, without further ado, here's their work, diligently cut and pasted by yours truly.
Enjoy!
Catching Up
So obviously, I haven't been blogging. I've been a little busy living, and I've also been trying to "disconnect" a little bit from my computer. I realized I was spening a little bit too much time on here, and not enough with my kids and husband and house, etc. But I also don't want to give it up completely, so here I am. :)
Life recently has been a little crazy, but in a mostly good way. My kids are growing up so fast, something I'm noticing especially in my 19 month old daughter. She's absolutely the most hilarious little thing! She puts on my high heels and clomps around the house, she pretends she's putting on makeup with my makeup brushes, she opens her dresser drawers and demands that I change her clothes repeatedly throughout the day...and she's not even two! I don't know what I'm going to do with her when she's older, but I guess what they say is true...our children pay us back two-fold :)
I'm not too worried that she'll be an ultra-girlie girl, something I wouldn't know how to handle, because her big brother helps her play in the dirt, and roughs her up a little bit, so she's a pretty tough little thing too.
All in all, things are pretty good right now, which is all that one can ask for!
Life recently has been a little crazy, but in a mostly good way. My kids are growing up so fast, something I'm noticing especially in my 19 month old daughter. She's absolutely the most hilarious little thing! She puts on my high heels and clomps around the house, she pretends she's putting on makeup with my makeup brushes, she opens her dresser drawers and demands that I change her clothes repeatedly throughout the day...and she's not even two! I don't know what I'm going to do with her when she's older, but I guess what they say is true...our children pay us back two-fold :)
I'm not too worried that she'll be an ultra-girlie girl, something I wouldn't know how to handle, because her big brother helps her play in the dirt, and roughs her up a little bit, so she's a pretty tough little thing too.
All in all, things are pretty good right now, which is all that one can ask for!
Wednesday, May 27, 2009
Tourists, Traffic, Beach, & Homesickness
I'm still surprised with myself and how happy I am in this tiny mountain town. But, as a friend of mine put it, I can grow here, inside and out. Everything is green now, just like I knew it would be, and there are more bugs than I can put names to.
However....
None of that can detract from the sheer joy I feel about going home for a week. I am literally counting down the days, like a kid before Christmas. And the next 25 days are going to feel like forever, just like they did waiting for those presents under the tree.
Of course, me being me, I've already got this ridiculous itenerary in my head from the time I leave until I get back. Knowing it's ridiculous hasn't stopped me from planning it though. I know that as soon as I get there, all my planning will go out the window, but something in my genetic makeup won't allow me to NOT plan, so there you have it.
Ahhh, the feel of hot sand under my feet, cold, salty ocean waves breaking endlessly on the shore, tourists in neon speedos and too-short trunks trying valiantly to get out past the breakers on their inflatable rafts bought just that morning from Wings...the seagulls swooping and pooping, the kids screaming, dogs barking, the occasional low rumble of an engine as the lifegaurds cruise by on their 4-wheelers...
All of those things are integral to a summer on the Outer Banks, and every summer memory I have ties into each of those things. I gaurantee you that the people from the beach who are reading this now can see exactly what I see, and hear and taste and smell it too. It's just something that, once it's in your veins, there's no escaping it. You could move to Alaska for twenty years and still all it would take is closing your eyes, and taking a deep breath, imagining it heavy with the smell of ocean and traffic and sunscreen and hot pavement...
It really takes you away. :)
Okay, enough rambling, I have to go and make a list of everything I want to take. I mean, c'mon, I've only 25 MORE DAYS!!!!! Haha, just kidding...sort of. ;)
Today's song:
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However....
None of that can detract from the sheer joy I feel about going home for a week. I am literally counting down the days, like a kid before Christmas. And the next 25 days are going to feel like forever, just like they did waiting for those presents under the tree.
Of course, me being me, I've already got this ridiculous itenerary in my head from the time I leave until I get back. Knowing it's ridiculous hasn't stopped me from planning it though. I know that as soon as I get there, all my planning will go out the window, but something in my genetic makeup won't allow me to NOT plan, so there you have it.
Ahhh, the feel of hot sand under my feet, cold, salty ocean waves breaking endlessly on the shore, tourists in neon speedos and too-short trunks trying valiantly to get out past the breakers on their inflatable rafts bought just that morning from Wings...the seagulls swooping and pooping, the kids screaming, dogs barking, the occasional low rumble of an engine as the lifegaurds cruise by on their 4-wheelers...
All of those things are integral to a summer on the Outer Banks, and every summer memory I have ties into each of those things. I gaurantee you that the people from the beach who are reading this now can see exactly what I see, and hear and taste and smell it too. It's just something that, once it's in your veins, there's no escaping it. You could move to Alaska for twenty years and still all it would take is closing your eyes, and taking a deep breath, imagining it heavy with the smell of ocean and traffic and sunscreen and hot pavement...
It really takes you away. :)
Okay, enough rambling, I have to go and make a list of everything I want to take. I mean, c'mon, I've only 25 MORE DAYS!!!!! Haha, just kidding...sort of. ;)
Today's song:
(push "play")
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