Thursday, July 16, 2009
missing someone you never met
If things had gone differently about 6 months ago, we would be eagerly awaiting the arrival of a new baby early in August. I thought I was dealing with the loss pretty well after the initial grief passed, but this week a friend's granddaughter was born--a baby that was due a couple weeks before our little one. I would not say that I am overcome with sadness, but I'm definitely missing the little person I didn't get to meet.
Thursday, February 12, 2009
Good Morning?!
I am not a morning person. I truly enjoy staying up late--the quiet, the peace, the feeling of being AWAKE. That awake feeling is something I just don't experience in the morning. I've tried. I will make a week of so of waking up at a "normal" time and getting to bed before 11:00 PM. Then it's like all those days of getting up early catch up with me, and I fall apart. It makes me wonder how the awake-at-the-crack-of-dawn crowd does it?! My best friend is definitely a morning person. She's a sweetheart and apologizes if she has to call my house before 9:00 AM. LOL!
Now don't get me wrong! The mornings that I do get up early I thoroughly enjoy! And I absolutely LOVE sunrises--put me up north in a tent and I will wake up at 5:30 every morning and head down to the lake to see the sunrise or take a morning swim! What I don't enjoy is when it gets to be about 10:00 AM and I am dragging. Maybe the problem is that I don't drink coffee. Hmmm.
Well, I love the smell of coffee but don't like coffee itself (unless it's part of a super-sweet chocolatey cappuccino), so I guess for now I'm stuck being a nightowl in an earlybird world.
Now don't get me wrong! The mornings that I do get up early I thoroughly enjoy! And I absolutely LOVE sunrises--put me up north in a tent and I will wake up at 5:30 every morning and head down to the lake to see the sunrise or take a morning swim! What I don't enjoy is when it gets to be about 10:00 AM and I am dragging. Maybe the problem is that I don't drink coffee. Hmmm.
Well, I love the smell of coffee but don't like coffee itself (unless it's part of a super-sweet chocolatey cappuccino), so I guess for now I'm stuck being a nightowl in an earlybird world.
Tuesday, February 3, 2009
My New Blog
If you are on Facebook, no doubt that you have seen the "25 Random Things About Myself" notes that are going around. I love these type of things and really learn some things about people I know. I haven't written a list of 25 things yet, but plan to as soon as I find a moment (and I'm not blogging). LOL.
These lists got me to thinking about how amazing each of us is. That is what prompted me to start this blog. I delved into the blog-writing world last week with a gardening blog. I didn't realize how fun it would be to write about things that maybe I never thought about writing about! Then there is the knowledge that you are putting a part of yourself out there on the web--other people might actually read what you wrote! It is kind of exciting. I love to read comments and see what other people's thoughts are.
So, here I am. This blog will be a kind of journal for me to keep track of things that happen, but also a way to share some things about me to whoever wants to read them. I hope it will prompt some discussion on topics that we may have in common. If nothing else it's a way for me to keep talking even when everyone else has gone to bed.
As far as not being average--here are a few things I found myself doing today that illustrates a little bit of why I'm not your average April: This afternoon I was doing internet searches for scholarships that my oldest daughter can apply for. She will be graduating this May and starting her college career in August. That was not so odd. What I found odd was that at the same time I was doing that, I was making phone calls to arrange a playdate for my 5-year old daughter. Then this afternoon I made some bread, followed by cookies. So I just made this wonderful batch of delicious sugar-laden, chocolate chip cookies and now I'm going to put together an order to a natural food company. I laugh at myself sometimes--quite a lot, in fact.
These lists got me to thinking about how amazing each of us is. That is what prompted me to start this blog. I delved into the blog-writing world last week with a gardening blog. I didn't realize how fun it would be to write about things that maybe I never thought about writing about! Then there is the knowledge that you are putting a part of yourself out there on the web--other people might actually read what you wrote! It is kind of exciting. I love to read comments and see what other people's thoughts are.
So, here I am. This blog will be a kind of journal for me to keep track of things that happen, but also a way to share some things about me to whoever wants to read them. I hope it will prompt some discussion on topics that we may have in common. If nothing else it's a way for me to keep talking even when everyone else has gone to bed.
As far as not being average--here are a few things I found myself doing today that illustrates a little bit of why I'm not your average April: This afternoon I was doing internet searches for scholarships that my oldest daughter can apply for. She will be graduating this May and starting her college career in August. That was not so odd. What I found odd was that at the same time I was doing that, I was making phone calls to arrange a playdate for my 5-year old daughter. Then this afternoon I made some bread, followed by cookies. So I just made this wonderful batch of delicious sugar-laden, chocolate chip cookies and now I'm going to put together an order to a natural food company. I laugh at myself sometimes--quite a lot, in fact.
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