If you've asked me "How are you?!" lately, what I want to respond with is "I'm tired. I'm over worked. I'm in desperate need of a quiet solo night in with candle after candle, girlie crap tv and wine. And tea. And my crochet. I miss sleeping past 6:30am. I miss not working everyday. I miss being able to clean, and do crafts and being able to go for a leisurely walk and I miss spending my lunch break at the gym/going for a run versus working/quick meetings for the next big thing." Instead, what I do respond with is "There has been a lot going on lately! My days have been packed but it's wildly rewarding on top of painfully exhausting."
My newspaper boss just asked me this afternoon "How are you doing?" and I said "Oh, I'm fine!" and she continued to ask me 3 times if I was sure. Ha! #walkingzombie #lookaway #monster Anyway, I want to post a few things about what are making my crazed days a little less crazed and help me keep my eye on the prize.
---
The clean and simple updated blog designs to both Edible Perspective and Bev Cooks have left me all heart eyed not to mention itching for some downtime to work up giving my site a clean and simple facelift.
---
Before I left for California this past December, I promised myself that I would drag my parents and take a trip to In n Out. I've only been there twice in the 5 years that my parents have lived in CA. For some reason in December I was really craving that indulgence. No surprise that I talked myself out of going and while my hips and ass are thankful we skipped the trip, my craving still hasn't subsided at all. This copycat recipe snagged my attention and I would looooove to give it a go soon!
---
Serial. All the livelong day, Serial. I had heard whisperings of the Serial podcast around, but it wasn't until I read LC's post on her favorite Podcasts that I finally bit. Once I started listening, I could.not.stop.listening. I posted this to my Facebook a few weeks ago:
Sometimes I'm unintentionally a little slow on jumping on the popular entertainment bandwagons. TV shows, movies etc. This week's bandwagon I finally jumped on? Podcasts. Most specifically Serial. Needless to say I'm absolutely, positively hooked. I'm on on Episode 07 and am already sad at the thought of catching up to the final Episode 12. Did Adnan do it?! Ahhhhhh!
And one of Hunter's high school best friends commented:
Oh man, my wife loved that radio podcast. I came home everyday to her with headphones on with this intense look on her face.
which made me laugh out loud. Rather than listen to it with headphones, I would hook it up to Hunter's bluetooth speaker. He would get home from work and try and greet me, ask about the day etc and I would just respond with wide eyed head nods before going to my phone and backing the Podcast up :30+ seconds as to not miss a single word.
---
I will make homemade granola one of these days. I will. Right after I redesign my blog, get caught up on my craft projects, get a birthday gift from November in the mail and a Christmas gift from December in the mail. This post got me all twitter-pated to get after it. I.will.make.homemade.granola.
---
One of my sweetest friends here in Steamboat shared this song/video with me this afternoon. My very favorite part is where he repeats
Each day that I wake, I will praise, I will praise.
Each day that I wake, I give thanks, I give thanks.
Each day that I wake, I will praise, I will praise.
Each day that I wake, I give thanks, I give thanks.
And they day that I don't wake up and transcend the holy makeup, I am capable, I am powerful.
The day that I don't wake up and transcend the holy make up, I am on my way to a different place.
Gah. I was listening to this song not too closely while working on other things and that group of lyrics gave me goosebumps and brought tears to my eyes. It was such a beautiful reminder of this phase in my life to instead of blowing through the day living by a to-do list to pause and praise! And give thanks! It sounds quite cliche but also completely necessary to get through challenging times.
---
This cozy image of relaxation, indulgence and comfort. Give to me all the relaxation, indulgence and comfort!
 |
| ::via:: |
No comments:
Post a Comment