I think I'll blog again...
I still have a lot of changes ahead in life--my husband will be finishing up with the Army in a little over a year and we have been talking about plans for the future. LONG term plans!
I'm so excited about it because so far we have not been able to make any. We're discussing long term careers and buying a house--which means a permanent place to live! (That may sound strange to anyone that hasn't had to live a military life style. We have been lucky enough to have been stationed only in one location, but it was never a guarantee for how long. Additionally, Michael deployed in the middle of it. So I have moved around more than I would have liked in the past few years.)
Anyway, back to the long term plans...I've been offered a wonderful opportunity career-wise once we move back to Louisiana. So the wheels have been turning! It's not what I thought I would be doing, but I think it's a step in the right direction. As you may or may not know, I graduated with a degree in Interior Design. I have not yet had the opportunity to pursue that dream yet, but I'm hopeful for the outcome of the other path.
Also, I'm now a stay at home mom to the sweetest one year old around. So I'm trying to figure out what to do with my time while still being productive. I'm hoping to keep a few children in my home, so that I don't feel like a total financial waste... :) A routine is what I really need...but I'm not much on routines.
What I do know is that I always, ALWAYS think about architecture, interiors, art, etc---ways to make them better, things to change, what is really good about a building or space or art...so I thought I should document my thoughts on interiors, art, and related topics. Hope you enjoy my finds!
A New Start
Monday, January 9, 2012
Both my coworker and myself are pregnant and due about 8 weeks apart. She has two children already, and thank goodness for her and her patience with all of my "new parent" questions. She really gives unbiased answers to my questions, although I think most of our parenting techniques will be fairly different. It is nice to see someone else's way of handling a situation, and their thoughts about a particular topic. I really only know the way my parents raised me.
Today she forwarded me two blog posts by to other moms. They were both about the "not so fun" parenting moments. I guess I never really thought much further than the first few months when the baby cries and doesn't sleep. I mean I've thought about my child's life at 3, 8, 10, even 20 years from now, but mostly about the happy times...birthdays, graduations, football games, dance recitals, etc. I've never really thought about having multiple children and trying to grocery shop with them screaming in the cart.
The second blog was about the first time you fall in love with your child. Some people say it happens the first time you see your baby. Others say its when your baby first smiles at you. The writer talks about feeling guilty for not being in love with her baby from the moment she first saw her. But says that as she gets to know her baby, her personality, and as the baby gets to know her, she falls more and more in love.
I'm really looking forward to falling in love with our baby, and especially seeing Michael hold him for the first time. I think those are the moments that I look forward to most.
Today she forwarded me two blog posts by to other moms. They were both about the "not so fun" parenting moments. I guess I never really thought much further than the first few months when the baby cries and doesn't sleep. I mean I've thought about my child's life at 3, 8, 10, even 20 years from now, but mostly about the happy times...birthdays, graduations, football games, dance recitals, etc. I've never really thought about having multiple children and trying to grocery shop with them screaming in the cart.
The second blog was about the first time you fall in love with your child. Some people say it happens the first time you see your baby. Others say its when your baby first smiles at you. The writer talks about feeling guilty for not being in love with her baby from the moment she first saw her. But says that as she gets to know her baby, her personality, and as the baby gets to know her, she falls more and more in love.
I'm really looking forward to falling in love with our baby, and especially seeing Michael hold him for the first time. I think those are the moments that I look forward to most.
Sunday, January 8, 2012
I'm sad that the holidays are over. Michael and I had such a great time with our families. For Thanksgiving we went to Vegas to visit his parents for a mini family reunion with his aunt, uncle, and cousins. And had a blast of course! Thanks to his parents, we got to see the "Love" Cirque du Soliel. What an amazing show! I would definitely recommend it. Actually, I would recommend ANY Cirque show. I've seen a few and have loved them all.
December flew by and before I knew it, we were on our way to Louisiana for Christmas. Michael hadn't been since last December, and I was way overdue for a visit. I was so excited to see my friends and family! And I got to show off my belly to everyone, since I hadn't seen anyone except my mom since we found out that we were expecting. I've missed everyone SO much. This has been the longest that I've gone without seeing most of them. I was also glad to see my brother and how well he is doing since his accident in April. Michael and I both had a great time.
And already it's January! Which means bebe is coming soon! I still haven't started "nesting." Haha...his room is a sssslllloooowww work in progress. Hopefully, we'll get that done by the end of the month...I still have Christmas decorations up! I guess I'm going to have to work on my procrastination...tomorrow. Tomorrow I will finish taking them down, packing them away, and by the end of the week, I hope to have the house spotless. Working wears me out these days and I'm completely exhausted by the time I get home.
That's all I've got for now!
December flew by and before I knew it, we were on our way to Louisiana for Christmas. Michael hadn't been since last December, and I was way overdue for a visit. I was so excited to see my friends and family! And I got to show off my belly to everyone, since I hadn't seen anyone except my mom since we found out that we were expecting. I've missed everyone SO much. This has been the longest that I've gone without seeing most of them. I was also glad to see my brother and how well he is doing since his accident in April. Michael and I both had a great time.
And already it's January! Which means bebe is coming soon! I still haven't started "nesting." Haha...his room is a sssslllloooowww work in progress. Hopefully, we'll get that done by the end of the month...I still have Christmas decorations up! I guess I'm going to have to work on my procrastination...tomorrow. Tomorrow I will finish taking them down, packing them away, and by the end of the week, I hope to have the house spotless. Working wears me out these days and I'm completely exhausted by the time I get home.
That's all I've got for now!
Saturday, November 19, 2011
So much has happened since the last time I wrote. Not that I've been busy or anything, just lazy I suppose. Well, Michael and I made it to our 1 year anniversary! Exciting, right? I'm so thankful to have him as my husband. Really, I couldn't have hoped for a more perfect match!
Our biggest news is that we are expecting our first baby in March. We are both SO excited to be blessed with a little bundle of joy. Our baby boy can not get here soon enough!
In a previous post, I wrote about our decision for Michael to re-enlist. With this unfortunately comes another deployment. When we decided to try for a baby, it was a month after his re-enlistment; I knew that deployment was likely, but I convinced myself that it wouldn't be so bad. His unit is scheduled to deploy sometime between April and June, and I would just moved home to Louisiana with the baby. It all seems so real now, and I'm definitely regretting the decision to re-enlist. Its not that I don't want to move back, I do miss my family, friends, food (haha) among many other things...but it comes at the price of having Michael away. Which I definitely do not like. His deployment did get pushed back to 9 months, but so much can happen in 9 months...I know he's not thrilled about being away, but at the time it was a good career decision for him.
Anyway, enough of that...On a lighter note, I'm so ready for the holidays! Thanksgiving in just a few days and then Christmas!!!! It's taken a lot for me to not put the tree up yet. Hope I can make it til next weekend!
Our biggest news is that we are expecting our first baby in March. We are both SO excited to be blessed with a little bundle of joy. Our baby boy can not get here soon enough!
In a previous post, I wrote about our decision for Michael to re-enlist. With this unfortunately comes another deployment. When we decided to try for a baby, it was a month after his re-enlistment; I knew that deployment was likely, but I convinced myself that it wouldn't be so bad. His unit is scheduled to deploy sometime between April and June, and I would just moved home to Louisiana with the baby. It all seems so real now, and I'm definitely regretting the decision to re-enlist. Its not that I don't want to move back, I do miss my family, friends, food (haha) among many other things...but it comes at the price of having Michael away. Which I definitely do not like. His deployment did get pushed back to 9 months, but so much can happen in 9 months...I know he's not thrilled about being away, but at the time it was a good career decision for him.
Anyway, enough of that...On a lighter note, I'm so ready for the holidays! Thanksgiving in just a few days and then Christmas!!!! It's taken a lot for me to not put the tree up yet. Hope I can make it til next weekend!
Sunday, June 26, 2011
I would consider myself a complainer. I think my mom would too. This weekend I have no complaints...surprisingly! Yes, I did spend it in Washington.
Saturday started off with chopping off about 6 inches of my hair. And I LOVE it! I'm so glad to have short hair again. I texted Michael right after saying that I felt like me again! After that I came home and met Michael (after a morning of fishing) and we went to my most favorite place IKEA. Where we got a tv stand...one I have been eyeing for a few months now.
This morning we headed over to Point Defiance for "Taste of Tacoma." Which turned out to be a pleasant surprise. It's pretty much an annual festival where restaurants from the area set up booths and serve food. There are also carnival rides, arts and crafts booths, and 3 stages of live music. Of course we head straight for the Louisiana food booth...where fried alligator, jambalaya, and crawfish etouffee were served. It wasn't as good as home, but definitely enough to satisfy me. And to top it off we had some pretty good lemonade and I even got a snoball! Success! Got my crawfish, lemonade, and snoball all in one place! And to top it off the weather was absolutely perfect! Except for my sunburn, but hey, I'll take it!
Saturday started off with chopping off about 6 inches of my hair. And I LOVE it! I'm so glad to have short hair again. I texted Michael right after saying that I felt like me again! After that I came home and met Michael (after a morning of fishing) and we went to my most favorite place IKEA. Where we got a tv stand...one I have been eyeing for a few months now.
This morning we headed over to Point Defiance for "Taste of Tacoma." Which turned out to be a pleasant surprise. It's pretty much an annual festival where restaurants from the area set up booths and serve food. There are also carnival rides, arts and crafts booths, and 3 stages of live music. Of course we head straight for the Louisiana food booth...where fried alligator, jambalaya, and crawfish etouffee were served. It wasn't as good as home, but definitely enough to satisfy me. And to top it off we had some pretty good lemonade and I even got a snoball! Success! Got my crawfish, lemonade, and snoball all in one place! And to top it off the weather was absolutely perfect! Except for my sunburn, but hey, I'll take it!
Friday, June 24, 2011
Most of you have read my Facebook status from earlier today, you know the lovely event at Subway? Alright, I get a little angry when I'm hungry...anyways, this is how my day went.
Just to let you know, I try to have as little contact with the locals as possible...Louisiana has some idiots, but these people give new meaning to the word. And I have dealt with some pretty outlandish people. With the exception of my coworkers, the general population of Washington is just dumb...driving, talking, breathing,
1. The subway girl. Takes FOR.EV.ER to order her 3 sandwiches, and then informs the poor worker that she has yet another sandwich to order. At this point she had only decided on meat and bread. The two easiest choices.
2. Square Peg customer (as a co-worker so kindly named him). This man didn't have a lick of sense. Poor guy. Basically he didn't understand what 3cm thick was, or if his bathroom vanity was standard....a very generic conversation was extremely hard for him to grasp. Which, okay, I understand not everyone is familiar with countertops etc, but this was his third purchase from us. And, when given a form and told his selections were on the right side...he chooses one from the left.
3. Cowboy hat girl. At the post office I was fortunate enough to stand in line behind her. She was wearing a small child's toy cowboy hat, blue. With a see-through burn out t-shirt and platform flip flops. Oh and the beginnings of dreadlocks, which really just looked like dirty hair. And the best part...(I'm pretty sure these were the letters) F U C...you get it...tattooed on the fingers of her left hand.
I'm sure I could think of others, but you get the point. So this all happens on the day after my husband and I decided that we are going to be staying in Washington for the next 3 years. I feel like God or some other force is trying to tell me that this wasn't the best idea....which goes back to was this a good decision or not so much? I'd love to hear your thoughts.
Just to let you know, I try to have as little contact with the locals as possible...Louisiana has some idiots, but these people give new meaning to the word. And I have dealt with some pretty outlandish people. With the exception of my coworkers, the general population of Washington is just dumb...driving, talking, breathing,
1. The subway girl. Takes FOR.EV.ER to order her 3 sandwiches, and then informs the poor worker that she has yet another sandwich to order. At this point she had only decided on meat and bread. The two easiest choices.
2. Square Peg customer (as a co-worker so kindly named him). This man didn't have a lick of sense. Poor guy. Basically he didn't understand what 3cm thick was, or if his bathroom vanity was standard....a very generic conversation was extremely hard for him to grasp. Which, okay, I understand not everyone is familiar with countertops etc, but this was his third purchase from us. And, when given a form and told his selections were on the right side...he chooses one from the left.
3. Cowboy hat girl. At the post office I was fortunate enough to stand in line behind her. She was wearing a small child's toy cowboy hat, blue. With a see-through burn out t-shirt and platform flip flops. Oh and the beginnings of dreadlocks, which really just looked like dirty hair. And the best part...(I'm pretty sure these were the letters) F U C...you get it...tattooed on the fingers of her left hand.
I'm sure I could think of others, but you get the point. So this all happens on the day after my husband and I decided that we are going to be staying in Washington for the next 3 years. I feel like God or some other force is trying to tell me that this wasn't the best idea....which goes back to was this a good decision or not so much? I'd love to hear your thoughts.
Monday, June 6, 2011
Talking to Aaron and in walks Shane with a mud-flap to a truck. Aaron asks why he has it in hand. Shane exclaims "did you guys not see what just happened?!"
"Uhhh, no."
He then begins to explain the story...let me set up the scene. The building that I work in is on the left corner next to a round-about. (These idiots in Washington apparently don't believe in stop signs, just driving in circles.)
So he says...
"My dad was coming to pick up pallets and cut the corner at the round-about. There was someone else coming the opposite way and got mad that he cut it..(I'm guessing he cut the guy off)...so the guy turns around and whips into our parking lot and flies up next to my dad and throws a cup of water in his face! So my dad rips off his side mirror and throws it at him, and yanks off his antennae and windshield wiper. The guy then peeled out of the parking lot and ramped over the concrete block next to the loading dock!"
hahahah! What a bunch of psychos! Someone save me from this place!!!!
"Uhhh, no."
He then begins to explain the story...let me set up the scene. The building that I work in is on the left corner next to a round-about. (These idiots in Washington apparently don't believe in stop signs, just driving in circles.)
So he says...
"My dad was coming to pick up pallets and cut the corner at the round-about. There was someone else coming the opposite way and got mad that he cut it..(I'm guessing he cut the guy off)...so the guy turns around and whips into our parking lot and flies up next to my dad and throws a cup of water in his face! So my dad rips off his side mirror and throws it at him, and yanks off his antennae and windshield wiper. The guy then peeled out of the parking lot and ramped over the concrete block next to the loading dock!"
hahahah! What a bunch of psychos! Someone save me from this place!!!!
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