Adventures in La La Land

1. I've decided that in two years, during the next election season, I'm going to wallpaper my wall with election mailers and submit it to ArtPrize. Or maybe the EPA. Why is no one rioting over the excessive use of paper? 2. This week, I worked as fast as I could for 7 straight hours at work, came home and gave myself 2 hours to veg or nap, 1 hour to make and eat dinner with my family, then spent every evening working on my laptop preparing for the auction.  3. A couple weeks ago, I tried to put my hair in one of those overnight-soft-curler things before I went to bed. It disrupted my nighttime routine so much that I forgot to take my contacts out and slept in them all night. I haven't done that in many years. 0 stars. Do not recommend. Also, my hair didn't curl, so it wasn't even worth it. 4. Today we went to a couple of Trunk or Treats. I took Levi down to Alpine to buy a costume two hours before the first one started. I'm killing it as a mom lately. And then, ...

I'm really making an effort to keep up with my blog more faithfully, but you're going to see why I've only been averaging twice a month . . . 1. Remember that break I took from my diet for my birthday? Well, it was extended again this week. Haha. I gained 4 pounds during the weekend of Ladies' Retreat, the office ladies bought me Chick-fil-A on Tuesday, and Justin and I used my birthday gift card to Olive Garden on Wednesday. (Of course I had to have the leftovers for lunch on Thursday as well.) Suffice it to say, I'm not a very good dieter. But I sure am good at extending the birthday celebrations!!  2. On Monday after school, Lucy had to meet with the guidance counselor about potential dual enrollment classes, so we left much later than usual. As we pulled onto our street, I was shocked by how many of our neighbors were out in their yards talking to each other. But it was a beautiful day, so I figured people were just being friendly. A few minutes after we walked ...

I've been terrible about keeping up with this lately. I'll try to be better! 1. I very often find inspiration for these posts from my camera roll. Especially when my kids were little, I had so many shareable photos and stories. Now, my camera roll mainly consists of screenshots and school stuff. This week, especially has been images of the items we're putting in our silent auction for school. Lame. In truth, school events are taking over my life lately. I'm in charge of Pastors' Day on Tuesday, and the auction is at the end of the month. It is a huge  job, and I'm feeling very ill-equipped. Story of my life.  2. Did I tell you that I'm going on a cruise with Niki for her 50th birthday in January? I've known about it since like February, but have finally decided to get serious about losing weight. It's quite terrible timing, since we're leaving the week after Christmas, and who can say no to holiday delicacies, but I'm going to make a valiant ...

1. Last Sunday we got together for family lunch after church. Nash, Levi, and Brodie piled in this corner of beanbags/bears and said, "Take our picture!"  Then all the other kids had FOMO . . . The boys The girls! Minus Bella, plus Brodie - who was very sad when we tried to take him out of the picture.  2. I missed the Saturday 7 last week because I was busy finishing an amazing book: The Promise is His Presence  by Glenna Marshall. This is a concept I've been thinking about a lot over the past few years. It started with my anxiety, and the constant refrain that "God might let bad things happen to you, but He promises to be with you through them." In my heart of hearts that was never very comforting to me. I was still afraid of the pain. So I started to realize that I needed to focus on cultivating a relationship with God that would result in finding comfort in his presence. As I was considering this, I spent a year doing The Bible Recap with some friends, and e...