Life Right Now

Watching This Ted Talks lecture
Trying to get my girl to wear hair clips/headbands
Learning about essential oils and natural living
Swooning over these defuser necklaces
Making baby blankets!!
Re-reading Green Mama
Planning meals for the next month
Looking more closely at the ingredients in products we use everyday
Shopping on www.well.ca, and becoming quickly obsessed (look out Mr. Husband!)
Working on taking more pictures, again
Remembering how to edit using Photobucket
Baking "Last Day of School" cupcakes!

Life Right Now

Waiting for transfer papers
Excited for this movie
Saving for this spinning wheel or this one... I just can't decide
Reading Proverbs and James
Drinking Fizz Tabs
Considering a new career path
Searching to define myself as more then just a mom
Expecting all kinds of company over the next few months
Cleaning everything! It's a strange and unknown side of me...
Watching Food Inc and The Bible
Sleeping very little
Thankful for all the clothes we have been given for Charlotte
Renovating bedrooms, 1 down 2 to go!
Donating toys and clothes by the bag full and loving it!
Making giraffe's, dolls, candles, pillows, blankets and so much more!
Eating almonds by the fist full

Life Right Now

I am:

Reading Charlotte's Web to my kiddies
Waiting for our house to sell... still
Trying to find a new balance in our lives
Unsure of our decision to send Zac to public school... still
Amazed at how fast babies grow and change (in only 3 weeks)
Loving pumpkin... pumpkin lattes, pumpkin muffins, pumpkin bread, pumpkin cookies, pumpkin, pumpkin, pumpkin!
Crafting despite all our life changes (and so proud of myself for finding the time!)
Deliberately finding time to cuddle with each of my boys everyday - they need it, I need it
Thankful that after 3 tries we finally got a baby that sleeps!! Fingers crossed it sticks...
Planning for Christmas and not apologizing
Drinking lots of coffee and green tea

August

I can not believe there is only one more day left in August! Where on earth did the month go?

That said, August was an accomplishment filled month.
I managed to:
Drink my weight in Ice Caps
Made a rag doll for the bean
Tackled my "mend" pile (except for the button sewing part)
Completed 2 books, and started 3 others
Drank water daily (not 8 glasses though... have you ever tried to do that while a person is squishing your bladder? not pleasant my friend... not pleasant...)
Made a rag quilt
Packed my hospital bag
Found the perfect recipe for chocolate cake, from scratch
Made my first mini book
Played in the water
Repurposed an old baby blanket into a new one
Made a mushy bunny
Made some exciting life decisions
Discovered that it is way more comfortable to sleep on the couch then my bed at the moment...

and that's really only naming a few. I still have a giant list of things I'd like to accomplish before this little miss arrives but I am accepting that not everything may be completed. I have the determination though that over the next few weeks I will craft myself silly, read myself into a coma and possibly clean... the cleaning is not high on the list though...

Life Right Now

I am...

Relaxing, finally.
Preparing for the bean to arrive (only 8 weeks to go!).
Intimidated by August, I will be single parenting 2 little boys while 8 months pregnant for 3 weeks, while keeping the house in "show ready" condition... sounds... fun...
Believing in God's timing and finally seeing how perfect it really is.
Realizing I may have an addiction to notebooks.
Crocheting an afghan and loving it! I already have the next 2 planned!
Reducing the amount of time I spend on the computer and TV everyday.
Looking for the positives in everyday, no matter how hard it is sometimes.
Loving listening to my boys play with each other and have adorable conversations.
Changing emotionally and spiritually.
Maintaining a new skin care regime that I think is making a huge difference (if nothing else, it's making me feel better about myself).
Tossing or donating a lot of our "stuff", or at least trying.
Living, we put a lot on hold the last few weeks while waiting to see what the next couple of months were going to look like, but no more! We are going to stop thinking of the "what ifs" and living for the now.
Craving caramel yogurt... it is soooo good!

Life Right Now

I am...

Feeling content.
Wishing I could get to bed before midnight. Nothing is stopping me... I am my only obstacle in accomplishing this and yet it seems soooo impossible.
Struggling to get into the habit of using the treadmill (or going out for a walk) every day.
Reading my Bible and focusing on it alone this month in an effort to reintroduce it into my daily routine.
Anxious to move to our new home.
Thankful for good friends.
Excited to start working on some photo journal projects.
Praying that our house sells soon.
Accepting that I can not plan every detail of the next few months.
Surrendering myself to God and trusting in His timing.
Leaning on the verse "Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of it's own." Matt 6:33 It's becoming my life's mantra.
Nesting, is over planning and making things for the new addition considered nesting? I'm calling it nesting because it makes me feel less crazy.
Entertaining the idea of opening a new shop and playing around with names.
Considering a blog facelift... again... I'm just so indecisive these days.
Crafting and crafting and crafting...
Preparing for my mister to go back to shift work. This last year of him working 8am-4pm has been wonderful! Alas, it couldn't last forever.
Tired of keeping our house spotless for viewings and constantly "show" ready.