Saturday, June 5, 2010
Day 6 I'm grateful for
my husband. He still can make my stomach drop,just thinking about him even after almost 20 years. I love that I knew him when he couldn't even grow a beard and now his beard is coming in with bits of white. There is something special about the touch of someone you have loved for a very long time. Marriage is always changing as we change and yet still the same. I like that we have moments where I feel our souls are truly one as corny as it sounds. Like today just lying next to him in the sunshine I felt so content, I'm so blessed to have him. Now if only I could repeat this post in my head the next time I feel like killing him!!!!!
Friday, June 4, 2010
Day 5 I'm grateful for
Even though I haven't had the energy to post every day this grateful business is great. It gets me thinking about what is good in my life now that I'm always looking for something to be grateful for.
I like that. :)
Ok today I'm grateful for books. I LOVE to read and most days you can find me with my face buried in a book. I read a mix of novels and any number of non fiction books. I usually have any where from 5 to 10 books I am currently reading.
Right now here's what on my bedside table.
Unconditional parenting (It looks at what kids need and how we meet those needs vs. the more traditional parenting of ,how can we get kids to do what we want.)
Happiness now (about choosing to be happy)
Trading Places (marriage book on empathy for your partner)
Martha Stewart's Gardening Month by Month
Artisan Bread in Five Minutes a Day
With the kid's I are reading any number of picture books,Naughty Sister books (They LOVE these!!!) and Popper's Penguins. Shirley Hughes is hands down my favorite children's author and Illustrator. She didn't write these stories but they are close in style to her own. We LOVE them.
Lately for novels, any number of Norah Roberts books LOL These are like candy I'm a fast reader so I can finish one in a night or two. I have to laugh at my reading these super fluffy books. I was such a snob a few months ago chatting with my family, laughing at romance novels. Well these are a blend of a bit of romance and thriller. I was chatting with a librarian who also loves Norah Roberts when another librarian looked over to see who we were talking about and she did an obvious snobby Oh.... LOL! Remember a while ago when I said when ever I'm being snobby or judgmental it seems God always has it come back at me. Well.... LOL These are great though when I'm tired ,stressed from the day and just need to relax. Like I said to the librarian it's just the stage of life we're in, need to relax after taking care of all these little ones. Norah Roberts is so fluffy,it's relaxing and slightly better then TV. LOL! Plus my husband doesn't mind I usually feel gushy after reading a good love story,it makes me appreciate him.
Oh and I think I finally decided on the color for the Bathroom. I think it would look neat with a gallery of 5x5 images I took in Florida of Daytona Beach along with the silly images I have of the kids already in there(wide angle close up of Francesca's sandy beach feet and close up of ollie lower face playing with his brightly colored trucks making the truck noise it has a bit of motion blur on his lips it's a riot)
I'm still not quite sure because I also love this color scheme. What do you think?
I like that. :)
Ok today I'm grateful for books. I LOVE to read and most days you can find me with my face buried in a book. I read a mix of novels and any number of non fiction books. I usually have any where from 5 to 10 books I am currently reading.
Right now here's what on my bedside table.
Unconditional parenting (It looks at what kids need and how we meet those needs vs. the more traditional parenting of ,how can we get kids to do what we want.)
Happiness now (about choosing to be happy)
Trading Places (marriage book on empathy for your partner)
Martha Stewart's Gardening Month by MonthArtisan Bread in Five Minutes a Day
With the kid's I are reading any number of picture books,Naughty Sister books (They LOVE these!!!) and Popper's Penguins. Shirley Hughes is hands down my favorite children's author and Illustrator. She didn't write these stories but they are close in style to her own. We LOVE them.
Lately for novels, any number of Norah Roberts books LOL These are like candy I'm a fast reader so I can finish one in a night or two. I have to laugh at my reading these super fluffy books. I was such a snob a few months ago chatting with my family, laughing at romance novels. Well these are a blend of a bit of romance and thriller. I was chatting with a librarian who also loves Norah Roberts when another librarian looked over to see who we were talking about and she did an obvious snobby Oh.... LOL! Remember a while ago when I said when ever I'm being snobby or judgmental it seems God always has it come back at me. Well.... LOL These are great though when I'm tired ,stressed from the day and just need to relax. Like I said to the librarian it's just the stage of life we're in, need to relax after taking care of all these little ones. Norah Roberts is so fluffy,it's relaxing and slightly better then TV. LOL! Plus my husband doesn't mind I usually feel gushy after reading a good love story,it makes me appreciate him.
Oh and I think I finally decided on the color for the Bathroom. I think it would look neat with a gallery of 5x5 images I took in Florida of Daytona Beach along with the silly images I have of the kids already in there(wide angle close up of Francesca's sandy beach feet and close up of ollie lower face playing with his brightly colored trucks making the truck noise it has a bit of motion blur on his lips it's a riot)
I'm still not quite sure because I also love this color scheme. What do you think?
Tuesday, June 1, 2010
day 4 I'm so grateful for a large yard
Yes I know it's been a while. I've been super busy working in the yard. My house is an absolute pit I'm not one of those women who can do it all. LOL If I work in the yard the house suffers and vs. versa... I finally had a day of some rest yesterday. We had a lovely day just a few friends and us. Nadia wanted to invite more but I just really needed a day of rest.We spent the morning getting our outdoor furniture set up. 
I still have a bunch more work there.... I've been so busy trying to get the garden together and expanding my flowerbeds that I didn't get to the area where our pavilion goes ready. I'm done expanding the beds around the house all but the shade side. I am putting in a huge wildflower bed in the front (it will look like a meadow I'm so excited) along our driveway and I have to dig out all the stuff there and turn the soil without a tiller. I hate doing this stuff in the heat but sadly because I had hurt my shoulder I couldn't really do any yard work in the spring. I'm going to try to do most of the work in the morning and evenings when it's cooler. At least thankfully the grass is looking a bit better.... Ike and I put some fresh loam down and are reseeding the front. We added in some warm weather seed to the sides and back. In the fall we will add loam and reseed the sides. The back I'm not as worried about the kids are murder on it and I know it will never look great while they are back there so much. So all that brings me to...
I'm grateful for our very large yard. Some lots on Cape they built these HUGE houses on little tiny parcels of land. Thankfully we have ugh I can't remember exactly but almost an acre. It's pretty big and we are slowly turning it into what we want. One side is going to be our living side pavilion,pool,open grass the other side we want to leave a lot of the trees and want to landscape like it's a public garden with meandering paths. We haven't really done anything over there yet but we are making plans to build this summer a tree house close to the end of our land so they have to go through the woods to get to it.
We're not totally sure what design. We have to talk to a friend who is a carpenter first but this one is a possibility. I'm hoping for simple so the kids can help build it.
I still have a bunch more work there.... I've been so busy trying to get the garden together and expanding my flowerbeds that I didn't get to the area where our pavilion goes ready. I'm done expanding the beds around the house all but the shade side. I am putting in a huge wildflower bed in the front (it will look like a meadow I'm so excited) along our driveway and I have to dig out all the stuff there and turn the soil without a tiller. I hate doing this stuff in the heat but sadly because I had hurt my shoulder I couldn't really do any yard work in the spring. I'm going to try to do most of the work in the morning and evenings when it's cooler. At least thankfully the grass is looking a bit better.... Ike and I put some fresh loam down and are reseeding the front. We added in some warm weather seed to the sides and back. In the fall we will add loam and reseed the sides. The back I'm not as worried about the kids are murder on it and I know it will never look great while they are back there so much. So all that brings me to...
I'm grateful for our very large yard. Some lots on Cape they built these HUGE houses on little tiny parcels of land. Thankfully we have ugh I can't remember exactly but almost an acre. It's pretty big and we are slowly turning it into what we want. One side is going to be our living side pavilion,pool,open grass the other side we want to leave a lot of the trees and want to landscape like it's a public garden with meandering paths. We haven't really done anything over there yet but we are making plans to build this summer a tree house close to the end of our land so they have to go through the woods to get to it.
We're not totally sure what design. We have to talk to a friend who is a carpenter first but this one is a possibility. I'm hoping for simple so the kids can help build it.
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