Sick

I absolutely hate being sick. I took off a few days from work and of course by the second evening I could feel the cold that our little girl has, she's been kind of snotty for a little over a week now and it was inevitable that one of us was going to get it too. Unfortunately both the babe and I got the evil cold. So I spent my third day off sick and trying to catch as many naps as possible on the couch while girly girl watched Harry Potter. Despite being sick it was nice to be home for a few days. The roles seemed like they were switched for once. Hubby went hunting and momma stayed home, so I guess it's not exactly the same. He never expected that he would end up a stay at home dad and I realized when I was home how much I really hate my job. But it is just that ... a job. I haven't decided what I want to do when I grow up yet, so for now it's a job that pays the bills. So I went back to work today only to find out that I will be working an eight day week before I get a day off. That usually really gets to me around day six, I need my Saturday morning sleep in. I started reading Not Buying It: My year without shopping by Judith Levine. It's actually really gripping, I'm only in the beginning of the book but I think the idea of it all is what grabs me. I'm always saying how we have to much stuff and how I hate the way society has commercialized everything. Hopefully when I'm done reading it I will be inspired to try the same but the author doesn't have children so I think that puts a little different spin on things. Kids require so much stuff. Shoes for wrestling, art supplies, books, this and that, things that I want them to have, so I don't know if I could actually stick to not shopping for a year. I think that everyone could probably spend a little less from time to time. I know we'd probably save more money and actually go on vacations if we didn't spend unneccessary money.

Time Flies

It seems only yesterday that my little man came into this world. Now it's been nearly five months and he's changed so much. I'm so thankful for photography, how wonderful is it that we can take a picture and help make a memory last forever. I look back at pictures and I can remember the feeling that I had at that time in my life. When I was a kid I would sit for hours looking at old photos of my grandpa and grandma. Young men in Navy uniforms and women in fitted dresses with hats. Only a short time ago but so very different from today. Sometimes I imagine myself as one of those little girls with the short bangs and bloomers. In a simpler life with only my imagination to keep me entertained. I hate how the media has made us dependent on entertainment. My kids have more than enough to keep them "entertained" and yet they come to me saying they are bored. Some days I debate whether or not to just take everything away. I find myself trying to make life simpler by de-cluttering but it seems to be an endless battle. I wish I could remember what it was like to be a child, so innocent, so curious. My only solution is to relive my childhood through my children's' eyes. Taking photos of them and capturing those moments for their grandchildren to sit for hours looking at in wonder.

"Our lives are not determined by what happens to us but by how we react to what happens, not by what life brings to us, but by the attitude we bring to life. A positive attitude causes a chain reaction of positive thoughts, events, and outcomes. It is a catalyst, a spark that creates extraordinary results." -Anonymous