Mission: August

A few posts back i'd posted a mini-mission list for the month. Here's the recap and comments:

Mission: Pack my hospital bag (weird how everything for the baby is ready but i have no clue what i need). This can be crossed off. I got everything together and remembered to take it all with me to the hospital. Aside from needing some food (our hosp cuisine was rancid!), i had everything i needed. WOOT!
Mission: Put my living room and dining room back together. Either find a home for everything or ship it off to another home. Both rooms were put back together and rearranged. YES! The "home or gone" i'm still working on. It's more an isolated tub of mish mash that has me overwhelmed. This is going to be done in September.
Mission: Get the laundry caught up including that awful basket of socks that just seems to keep getting bigger.It WAS caught up. I now have a few loads on the go and a few pretty baskets all folded and waiting to be put away. Something so simple. Get my lazy butt going on this. C'mon now.
Mission: TAKE MORE PICTURES! Check check check! Not only am i taking more pictures, my little mister is snap happy and I LOVE IT! I even took my own birth announcement pic which i have fallen in love with.
Mission: Have Baby. YES! I did it - drug-free - and i learned so much about me and some of the people that i love most. Amazing. WOOT WOOT WOOT
Mission: Read more. Well, i've certainly bought more books. I'm struggling to get to the end of Eat, Pray, Love and don't understand why. It is such a beautiful book. Such raw emotion, real words, beauty. I have also started digging away at my textbook. Woo hoo!

That's it, that's all. I am happy with what i got done. I will attack a whole new set of missions for September. Perhaps some that are slightly more ambitious, perhaps a few that are slightly slack. Ready ready ready.

Sweet August

What a sweet month! so filled with surprises, change and love. Our new addition joined us on August 18 and has filled our world with more everything. We shifted into slow gear and have enjoyed all of the moments over the last two weeks. So much wonder and amazement. So much love.
With September just a few hours away, it's time to kick it up into high gear. Rock the place! Start a party. JAZZ HANDS...Let's see them, folks. September means school is back for another round. My little man is into his last year of nursery - and to think it was only yesterday that he and i walked hand in hand to his first "try-it-out" day. I'm back into a course AND I WILL succeed. This should be a combo course for me - half theory, half hands-on application of learning. I think this is more my thing. Straight theory or straight hands on isn't so much up my alley. Progress will be posted. Crack out the pom poms, cheer me along :)
Stay tuned for a September Goals list to be posted. I'm working on one.
Thanks for a great month, August 2008! You are pasted in my heart forever.
September, watch out, I'm ready!

Stick a fork in me

i'm done! Yes, this oven is in cool down mode. It's time to just take the baking out and let it relax for a while. 9 months is a long time to be cooking something up. C'mon baby of mine. We're all anxious to hold you, kiss you, cuddle you, know you.

i've registered for school again. AND I WILL SUCCEED! i'm ready to be disciplined the way i know i can be. i'm ready to bust my tail and soak up everything. and i will get a jump start on the course for septemeber. READY!

i've reorganized a bookshelf. it looks more composed. perhaps a pic will eventually make it up here. i didn't take a before shot. it was a disaster. i had rather heavy items on the middle shelf and the clips that held the shelf up busted. Imagine the bookslide! it's all right now though. I improvised for new clips (screws worked...woo hoo!), rethought the layout, and am beyond pleased with the outcome. Yes! i am happy when things work.

i have some laundry glaring at me from the ironing board. there are also some school things that need to get organized sitting on my table. they are competing with the laundry for my attention. i'm going to move. Shake it shake it!

Pick at me

yes please. Pick at me. I'm very pregnant with no immediate end in sight although the official due date is this week.
it is absolutely possible that i'm ultra emotional right now and it feels like full time work to keep things under control. at least i think i'm doing a pretty ok job here. today, one person after the next has just been rubbing at me the right way of wrong. do not call to bitch at me about my son. he is mine. do not call to bitch at me about my husband. he is mine. do not tell me anything that contradicts anything you may have previously led me to believe. i may snap.

Sneak attack

YACK! Hi August! What a nice surprise. I woke up yesterday knowing full well that it was the start of a new wonderful month only to forget about it as the day wore along. This month is jam packed with excitement. Our new person is scheduled to arrive any day now. How crazy cool is that? There is still so much that i need to do! Good grief.
Now i know i fell off the Mission train a while ago but, a new month is great for a fresh start. So, here's a list of Missions for me and August. We will succeed together.
Mission: Pack my hospital bag (weird how everything for the baby is ready but i have no clue what i need).
Mission: Put my livingroom and diningroom back together. Either find a home for everything or ship it off to another home.
Mission: Get the laundry caught up including that awful basket of socks that just seems to keep getting bigger.
Mission: TAKE MORE PICTURES!
Mission: Have Baby.
Mission: Read more.
Now, if the order of my August missions as i've outlined here have some weird way of influencing the way they will happen in Life then i'd best be getting my tail moving. This baby needs to come out.
Let's do this, i'm ready!

Why White on White?

I used to think that i wanted white wedding flowers. A beautiful full bouquet of this that and everything else white, some cascading ivy to accent it and done. When it came down to it, i went with a cascading bouquet of black callas, green cymbidium orchids, rich red roses, tiny white stephanotis, cute little monkey tails, scattered greens, and finally, the cascading ivy that i've always loved.
Now, i am a photographer wannabe and i faithfully read numerous photog blogs. I am seeing so many white flowers against white dresses and thank my lucky stars that i didn't do that. The bouquets by themselves are wonderful, the brides even more so. Put the two together and the flowers go missing.

Squirrels and Sunrises

Hi Tuesday. I hope my waking at the crack of dawn means there is something delicious in store for us today. I'm on a mission to find it. YES!
As i sit here blogging, i'm watching an erratic squirrel. We have a few that frolic in the trees behind our house in the beautiful trees and on our garage roof. They aren't living in the roof so that's a huge perk but they sure are close because i see them - and hear them chatter - all the time. Do they sleep?

Once in a While

Every so often something happens and shakes my world in a slightly different wave. This morning i woke at a tender moment just before 5AM. The sun was just breaking the horizon and starting to peak in on the day. After almost an hour of arguing with the bed and the comfort levels it was offering, i rose.
Two delicious kiwis and an aromatic cup of joe on the menu. Yum!
Eat Pray Love is staring at me from the table just waiting for some attention. What an amazing way to shake awake this morning. Top that off with the massage i've booked for later this morning and the BBQ with friends for this evening and i'd say it's going to be a sensational day. I'm making it that way.
Let's go, i'm ready!

Trudging Through Some Sludge

Today is a bit icky. Not so great but it could be worse. I slept terrible last night and i'm trying to struggle through the day and make the most of what it is offering. My head and heart just aren't agreeing with each other. I'm confused and trying to sort it through.
Pray that it passes sooner rather than later.
Dear God, i sure know i'm ready.

Super Day

That's what today is - a super day! In an effort to organize my life i've started making daily to-do lists. Today is the first day i got everything on that list done. Hi-Fives to that! A tiny confession, i only had two things on my list today. Plus there are a few tasks left over from yesterday but i still have a whole evening and they will get done. Oh yes. I'm also going to jump start my to-do list for tomorrow. One small step at a time, this is all starting to come together for me. YES!
Things are on track for baby world and looking good. I'm still trying to figure out how to safely trim off a few weeks but, if i've come this far, a few more can't kill me. I won't let them. Health, happiness, and lots of love. Awesome.
I'm off to flitter around with whatever falls my way. Let's do this, i'm ready!