Small Successes Thursday ...

This has not been my most productive or happy week. As a family we are still trying to adjust to the loss of our puppy. We also have workers in our house doing some energy saving improvements. I am never really comfortable with a bunch of strangers in my home, but soon enough they will be gone and hopefully the changes will have a good impact on our utility bills.

So here are my small successes ...

I've kept up with vacuuming our home. I'm thankful for a good, working Dyson vacuum. With people working with insulation, it's been quite messy. Lots of tracking dust and dirt ... ick.
Even though we have 5-9 workers in my home, I have managed to get a little bit of schooling done with my 7th grader. I'm going easy on her given her melancholy state. She is reading a book on my iPad and is LOVING it. I'm sure any book on the iPad is better to her ;) Anyway, I love when my reluctant reader says that she loves a book and that it's like a movie playing in her head. Shouldn't all books be like that?
I 90% completed a nice slideshow about my dog. Briefly I posted one the other day, but I didn't like it and it seemed buggy. I wanted to do something with my wonderful pictures of Auggie and I do think it will be a great tribute to him. My girls have certainly loved looking at him again. I also made a lovely picture thank you card for my wonderful VET. He really treated the experience of losing a dog with so much kindness ... we are all grateful for that.

Things to look forward to ...

*Tomorrow I will be gearing up for another birthday in our house ... the oldest daughter (yikes).

*I'm hoping for a better weekend and a much more productive week NEXT week.

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Maurisa said…

I am so sorry about Auggie! What a tough week.

Love the new look to the blog!

11:17 AM

Feeling every bit of 46 ... ugh!

When I was 45, I was feeling fabulous. I was fit, energetic, and I thought I could easily pass for 40;) Age was just a number and I certainly didn't think I felt or looked my true age. Then February 11th came and I turned 46. I have sciatica on my left side, my left knee is stiff, and I have plantar fasciitis in my right foot. I've resorted to stretching all the time and popping the occasional anti-inflammatory. There are dark circles under my eyes that I've had to start putting concealer on. My hair is growing out from last years 45 year old short hair, but it's just in an awkward stage. I can't decide if I want to cut it again or let it grow out. I even thought of styling my hair differently by doing a different hair part. That was a terrible idea because I was SHOCKED to see how much gray is now growing in the center of my scalp. I also think my metabolism is slowing down because my mid section seems a little thicker ... ...

"The Loveliness of The Seashore"

What is the "Seashore" like? "Where the sky meets the sea ... The seashore is a place where the sea and the sky are the same smoky gray until ... the morning sun breaks through. The hot noonday sun feels warm as a big soft cat covering you. And it seems there is nothing in the world except the sound of the wind and the rising and falling of waves." Over at Dawn 's there are so many wonderful books suggested on her blog. Earlier this month I couldn't help but to peek at some of them ... thanks Dawn! *The above quote came from The Seashore Book . The ocean moves in and then moves out. This place where water, sky and earth meet is never the same. The tide comes in, the tide goes out, each wave that returns pushes against the incoming swell as it is pulled back into the endless depths and swallowed into the vastness of an unknown deep. Such is each day of our "daily" lives. I grew up enjoying the sights, sound, and the surf of the NY/Jersey "shor...

A scattered post ...

I throw myself into stuff all the time. It can be anything from the start of a swim season, a new school year, the election, a vacation, an exercise routine etc. I'm kind of in a phase where I really don't know what my focus should be. I turned on the television and honestly, I have no idea what is on this fall season ... NO IDEA AT ALL . If I watched television in the past few months, it was something kid related or Fox News. I NEED A NEW FOCUS. My current thoughts ... reading a fictional, just for fun book stepping up my exercise routine thinking about our Christmas wish lists and shopping baking more ... I really am slacking in this area ways to save money so that we can get a new (second) washer and dryer for the upstairs (not a fancy kind because this would mostly be used by my oldest two children)... I actually have hookups. I wonder if a lot of people go through a sort of "lull" period this time of the year. Surely it doesn't last long with the start ...

"A Wink and a Smile"

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