Category — Lists

Five Things I’m Grateful For

1. The snow covered, beautiful ground outside. Snow makes everything look better, especially the gray, rocky poconos.
2. Naps. Yes, apparently, being a work-from-home (as much as possible anyway) mom makes naps a serious commodity.
3. Communication.
4. Friends and family who have helped us out. So grateful.
5. Yoga – makes such a gigantic difference. Instant life improver.

Four Things I Can’t Stop Thinking About

1. Money. That nasty little elusive critter. It sucks. Relatedly, finding freelance work. Yes, I know that ‘relatedly’ isn’t a word. I’m at a loss for the word that works here so this is the temporary (fake) filler word.
2. Two websites that I’m working on (thinking about design ideas and special features)
3. Asheville
4. Creative ideas are running like crazy through my mind. This is good. Lack of (non-exhausted) time not so good.

Three Things I Want To Accomplish This Week

1. Teething relief
2. Mock ups completed
3. The viewing of Sex & the City 2

Two Things I Am Working To Be Positive About

1. Our current monetary situation.
2. The fact that the whining is, most likely, directly related to teething and will not last forever.

One Random Thing

Teething sucks! I, stupidly, kicking myself, was so impressed when Indira’s first two teeth came in effortlessly. The second two were accompanied by some crankiness. What’s happening now is just insanity! This may be teething combined with separation anxiety (even though she’s rarely even separated from me) and stress of her two awesome parents. Whatever it is, wow. These alone times at my computer or on my yoga mat or watching mindless tv with Dave on the couch are essential now. I need to add some more actual outside socialization and then this may be a stroll in the park… Kidding. Sort of.

1. The most spontaneous thing I’ve ever done was: getting a ride to the beach in college and stupidly (but it was fun) ditching our ride and hanging out on the beach all night. Then in the morning, we had to call a friend from a pay phone (yes, no cells yet) and have him come and pick us up 2 or 3 hours away.

2. The best gift I’ve ever received was personalized cover of the white album cd illustrated by Dave. I had told him how, as a kid, I would sit and listen to the white album with the liner sheet spread out in front of me and how much I loved that album! That’s what he illustrated for the cover so it’s my own personalized copy of the white album. Only problem? Who uses CDs anymore. Hmmm. I need to take a pic and put it in my itunes for the white album. Just realized that.

3. A time that I was truly and genuinely surprised was when I bumped into my then boyfriend shortly after midnight on New Years Eve near Times Square. We had decided to do different things with different friends for New Years for some weird reason and we ran into each other! Crazy!

4. I can’t leave the house without Indie.

5. My favorite day of the week is Saturday because Dave is home and we have the entire day and can stay up late (well, not too late anymore since Indie wakes us up early) but we have the whole day together AND the next day as well.

6. Something that can always make me laugh is Dave’s dances. Enough said. Well, that and The Office.

7. My perfect day would include exploring the streets in Italy or Spain or Portugal with Dave and my camera. Drinking coffee in cafes and drinking wine and eating cheese while sitting outside on European verandas people watching and just soaking in the language that’s not our own. Soaking it all in.

My excuse? We were in our new house and had no internet until today!