This week my daughter's school is having a red ribbon week or 'say no to drugs' week. Her school which usually wears uniforms everyday is allowing the students the opportunity to wear other things this week with daily themes. This has caused many headaches in my household…both gathering pieces and just the final look of her daily outfit. It has been enough trouble that I am very thankful she normally has to wear uniforms. The uniforms, she has two acceptable bottom colors (shorts, pants, skirts, or jumpers) and four color choices for shirts. It really makes getting dressed in the morning quite simple. But this week has been terrible…especially since my daughter is very creative and we've never constricted her to general gender rules (i.e...last christmas Santa brought her a spider man costume and a quad…along with big soft pink animal paw slippers and nail polish). But she is now getting to an age that the kids start to poke fun so she felt odd wearing a boys super hero costume. It has been a rough week. |
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So I was running through my mind all day yesterday what she could wear. I remembered she had a floral type dress and I make flowery crowns so I figured she could wear something "60ish". Then I remembered some of the pieces she had and figured she could go with the 80's as well. So, late last night I put together a tutu type skirt that would match leg warmers and a lace shirt she has. So this morning I let her choose. And of course I could have saved time, energy and resources because she picked the 60's. Kids.
So been thinking about all the things on my plate right now and realized I'd love to be able to clone myself like in the movie Multiplicity. The only stipulation I would want is that when whatever you needed the clone or clones for is completed, you can absorb the clones' memories. That way you can still experience it all in the end. Not that I would want them for a long period of time…just long enough to get myself caught up to where I want to be. One to do all the housework and household tasks, one to have fun and enjoy my family and one to do the JLO Specialties thing. Unfortunately, this is reality and as I am typing this, the dishes are not getting washed and the laundry isn't being put away. It is nice to think about. Maybe I will go to sleep and wake up and everything would be as I'd like it to be….at least I can dream that :)
So I was thinking, I have been involved in quite a few weddings, some simple…some extravagant. Maybe part of me did miss the bells and whistles that our ceremony was lacking. I know the bigger part is that it feeds my creative needs and poses challenges. It forces me to learn things I never knew I wanted to know. Now if I can just make a name for myself…patience is not my best quality anymore…especially in our inst-o-matic world.
Many times throughout my life I have been heard saying, "why doesn't anything ever go right or as planned?" This has been true so many times it's sad. My 'BFF' never understood until she had a string of not so good luck. She then said she felt really sorry for me. It applies to the simplest of things to my life's biggest moments. Like during my wedding when my minister asked my husband if he'd take (insert my maid of honor's name) to be his wife or planning my pregnancy so my daughter would be born in October and she came in August, to doing laundry yesterday. I knew this was a very light week so I waited until 8:00pm to start (and would finish this morning). The first load at the end of the spin cycle put the washer off balance (not even sure why). But it happens from time to time. So when that was done, I moved that load on to the dryer and started the next load. Before I went to bed I went to move them on again. As I approach the machines in my basement I notice the small puddle under the washer (is not the first time this happened). So my reaction…great. It is still usable, as long as the puddle stays small.
It was a tough decision, trying to start my own on-line shop. Of course, like most things, my bright idea did not come at a good time in my life. Not an opportune time to be investing/tying up money. But just like getting a dog or having kids…is there ever a really good time? Or like home improvements…when you have the time, you don't have the money….when you have the money, you don't have the time. I decided to go for it. Has been like going back to school and getting a crash course. I have always thought of myself as relatively computer savvy…but this adventure has shown me I am a little more out of touch with today's technologies than I realized. Luckily, everything comes with fairly in-depth instructions nowadays and a lot of trial and error.
Some days are so hard to keep everything balanced. Especially coming into this time of year. There are never enough hours in the day and not enough energy to get it all done. I frequently feel that I didn't get anything done. Here it is, 2:20pm on a Tuesday, and I am out of steam. My daughter (or the Kid) gets home in a little over an hour, but the day has me spent already and I need to recharge. Oh…just an FYI…About 13 years ago, I was diagnosed with arthritis and bulged disk in my lower back and fibromyalgia. I was treated for fibro with medications for 5 years until I became pregnant. During those 5 years, I did not feel all that much better and the medications I was on caused me to gain a serious amount of weight. Which was even worse because about 5 years before I was diagnosed I worked really hard to lose weight and succeeded. For the last 8 years I have 'self medicated' with OTC's. Ironically, I feel slightly better most day and I have not gained any more than 5 pounds in the 8 years. But today, today I feel sluggish, stiff, grumpy. No matter what I accomplish in a day, I always want to get more done.
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