Thursday, March 22, 2012

A Little This, A Little That

It's funny how your mind can be so full of things, but when you sit down to write nothing comes out. Ideas have popped in my head sporadically throughout the day but now that nap time has finally arrived and I have a chance to sit and type them out, everything has escaped me. Things have been super busy around this household lately and honestly I think my mind has just gone numb. It seems like one thing after another has been happening both in the good and bad departments and all of it is unfortunately personal and not that sharable at the moment. Hence, the lack of things to write about! 


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Ethan and I have been enjoying our morning outings which have increased from 3 days a week to daily. I even get a little twitchy in the morning if I haven't figured out where we might go that day. It's my only method of survival at this point (dramatic much?), but seriously... a whole day in the house is enough to drive me crazy. 


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I have a few projects I'm juggling right now one of which is our yearly photo book. Yep, 2011. I always get it finished and ordered in January, but this one has been hanging over my head due to a lack of organization on my part as well as the overwhelming number of pictures I have to go through to make it. I've got about 5 pages done which equals about 3 events from last year so it's probably about 2% done although I'm just glad it's progressing at this point.


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It's appearing as though we will not be having a spring this year. With temperatures hitting the upper 80's I'm pretty sure we can safely refer to this as summer weather. I'm loving it of course, but I am a little petrified of what summer will bring this year. I'm thinking high, high temps and lots of bugs....eeeks! For now though, I'm soaking up my humidity free sunshine and enjoying these unseasonable temps.


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I've discovered lately that I may tend to be a rule setter. All of the lack of control over my life recently has tempted me to set stricter rules on myself. What I eat, what I do, how I do it...I've made up lists and rules for all of those things. The little boxes I have confined myself to are getting a little claustrophobic these days though and I've found myself breaking the rules more often than not and guess what...it feels good. Very good. I'm such a rebel. Sometimes I just need to learn to give myself a break.


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I stopped by Osh Kosh today to grab a couple more pairs of shorts today for E and was quickly reminded that children's stores drive me batty. I'm always on full rant mode by the time I leave I just don't understand why they don't think about their customers more. Mom's are busy, distracted and usually hauling around their impatient kids in strollers so it makes no sense to me why they cram the store chock full of racks that you can't fit a stroller between. If you do manage to fit the stroller between them, all the clothes are in reach of your toddlers grabby hands that are fascinated by the swinging delicate tags and are bound to end up in a pile on the floor. This is all assuming you even can get into the store with your stroller in the first place. Why can't they have that handy dandy handicap button that would open the doors automatically for you? And seriously...just put the real price on the clothing. If I have my kid with me, I simply don't have the brain power to calculate all the various percentages off....I can do 50% but anything else requires me to break out a calculator. 


Shew...nice to get that off my chest.


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Mmmk, I think it's time to end this little brain dump. 




Happy Thursday Everyone!





9 comments :

  1. Seriously? Osh Kosh? THE WORST. The absolute, worst. And crazy 8 is a close second.

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  2. We have to get out too! I'm so not a homebody! Even if it's just to hang outside (we are missing a true "Spring" too!) and I have no idea what we'll do when it's so freaking hot this summer!

    Break those rules girl! Sometimes it's the only excitement we have right? Weekend is almost here!

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  3. We get out EVERY day! It's a rule...or I will die. I'm totally with you on the children's store. This reminds me of my trip to the kid's section at Kohls the other day...little grabby toddler hands flinging clothes everywhere...not my idea of a pleasant experience!

    I'm happy to hear you're breaking your "rules" and that it is making you feel good. Sometimes rules are made to be broken:)

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  4. Childrens clothing stores drive me nuts without a child in tow, much less with! Good rant

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  5. Childrens clothing stores drive me nuts without a child in tow, much less with! Good rant

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  6. Childrens clothing stores drive me nuts without a child in tow, much less with! Good rant

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  7. Break the rules ... it's the only way! Rules were meant to be broken. Thinking of you, friend.

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  8. Osh Kosh is awful!! And our Carter's is a nightmare. It is ridiculous.

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  9. I could write a book about the no room for strollers in kids stores too. WTH. Pottery Barn Kids is that way too. Crammed full of stuff, narrow aisles and impossible to navigate with a little one in tow. UGH

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