Conversation…
Kim and I spent lunch and the afternoon together, sipping lattes and talking life while our kids played, ate, watched a bit of tv, and celebrated Dekker’s birthday. They brought cupcakes and a present. The last couple of hours of our play date were SUPER calm, while Rowan, Solly, Ellijah, and Maddox all napped! Dekker and Em watched tv and Laela played in the basement. Brady wrapped up the afternoon beautifully by bringing us Starbucks. The day couldn’t have been nicer, really. Thanks, Kim, for making today a special one for Dekker, and for being relaxed around my family. You guys fit in so well. Love you all!
Rejection…
Remember a while back I was saying the blog needs a facelift? That hasn’t changed, it really does need one. While the look hasn’t changed, I’ve been trying to be a bit more intentional with my writing. I’ve been making an effort to be a bit more structured, and to have more of a specific point beyond just “this is what I did today.” I definitely still have those posts, but I’m just trying to do better. What you maybe don’t know is why I starting thinking I needed to try harder. A while back, on Instagram, I saw a magazine calling for a mommy blogger to feature. I psyched myself up, and wrote them an email, where I talked a little bit about myself, and linked them to one of the posts I’m the most proud of. Today, I got my first rejection email. And truly, I can honestly say, I hope it is the first rejection email of many. Because promoting myself, while unfamiliar and vulnerable, felt pretty great! It is what motivated me to try harder in this. Whether this blog ever becomes anything bigger than what it is (which is small) it never hurts to strive for improvement, and to do the best you possibly can. So WOOT for some good, down home rejection! Thank you, Instagram, for kicking my butt!
Organization…
I have been putting off a HUGE job since we moved here! And this evening, I FINALLY got started! Between moving out of our first home, and getting into this one, the kids sized up. TWICE. ALL OF THEM! And with us moving four times in six months, with most tubs in storage, and no time or feeling of being settled, the outgrown sizes went into tubs, all together, haphazardly. I HAVE to sort through those stupid tubs, because Solly is sizing up and I need the next tub! Yet that tub doesn’t have much in it, because it was all mixed into the other tubs! Gah!!! So as I sit in bed writing this, I am staring at six large tubs at the foot of the bed. Wait. Seven. My bad. Can’t count. I have gone through probably half of them, and things are going surprisingly smoothly! Of course there are a few stragglers that belong in tubs that are hiding somewhere downstairs in the box mountains we’ve got going on, but I knew I just had to get started and it would go quick. And I was right! I won’t finish tonight, but since our room was finally in order, and now I’ve filled it with tubs once again, I’m pretty eager to get them out of here. But not tonight.
And not tomorrow. Tomorrow is going to be SUCH a fun day! Eek! Getting my haaaaair done! And then Bachelor in Paradise. Because one night a week, I get to be a trashy human being. Don’t judge.
As great as tomorrow will be, though, today was a huge win 🙂 I hope you all had great days too!!!