Gold Digger

I guess he got bored while waiting for Lucas in karate today.

Week 1

Do you think you are the same person in life as you are in your head?

Hmm, this is an interesting question to start out the new year. No, I don't think so. I think that in my head I'm a monster. I often think of myself as the worlds worst mother and wife. I wonder why my friends want to be my friend when I can be so miserable to be around. But in reality I'm not a monster. I'm a good wife. I'm the mother of two young boys who more often that not drive me crazy. But I love them anyway, and I try to raise them with love. Unconditional love. I think we could all do with a little less yelling, but all I can do is try a little harder to do a little better. And my friends tend to think I'm an all-right person so I guess I'm not all that bad.

I'm also not the same person that I wish to be, and strive to be. I'm full of short comings and faults and I'm very hard on myself. I wish to be a better wife, mother, daughter, sister, and friend. Each day I try my best to start fresh but often find it difficult to let the previous days failures go.

Here is a great article on this very topic

Drops of Awesome

One act at a time! I can do this!

#6 Mine

I love body scrubs in the bath. I do not, however, like cleaning the tub after.

Lights

Looking up into my lamp

#5 Movement

In the words of Benjamin, "lug bug black!!!!!"

Color My World

"Color, like features, follow the changes of the emotions." -Picasso

#4 The View From Here

I couldn't decided on which picture to post, so I'm doing both. From where my desk is located I can see both my pile of moving boxes gathering by my front door....

And the piles and piles of Legos all over the floor next to me.

These views are commonplace these days. Boxes are starting to pile up all over the house and Legos are always everywhere. Sometimes it gets old, but mostly I love that my kids love playing with them. It always means the TV is off and they're letting their creative juices flow!

Tick-Tock, My Broken Clock

("All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given to us." -JRR Tolkien)

#3 Heart

(A Heart bracelet that my darling brother, Billy, gave me from Tiffany & Co.)

Sneak Peak

#2 New

(A new board game for Christmas)

Everyday...

Both of my boys have asthma. They used to take a lot of daily medications for it, but over the years I've gotten really good at catching crap before it gets bad, eliminating the need for all the extras. I hope to one day have them off this one last little pink pill as well. But for now, every morning they take two multi-vitamins, two extra doses of vitamin D and their 'chewy'.

#1 Today

(Happy New Year, y'all!)

Shine Bright Like a Diamond

Lucas' tiny diamond. He loves that annoying song about shining bright like a diamond. And while I can't stand it, the message is a great one...shine bright, like a diamond. And that is just what I want my boys to do. I want them to shine brightly.