Thought I’d make a list of what I feel I could do better at. These things are lurking in the back of my mind on a daily basis.
1. Doing the laundry on a daily basis-Erik usually gets stuck doing it all over the weekends when I’m at work.
2. Calling my siblings-I can’t remember the last time I spoke with my brothers about anything deep. I’d like to have a good talk about life sometime with them both.
3. Eating healthier in general-getting all my fruits and veges in and making sure my kids are getting enough of the good stuff too.
4. Organizing my home-Ask my husband…I buy the books on how to do it, I am obsessed with being the organized mom but too lazy to put myself into action. I need a week with no distractions and I think I’d get it done.
5. Getting into the Word. I love our talks at our Life Group but I feel so under-educated about the bible when I listen to the others quote scripture and stories from the bible.
6. Getting on the floor and playing with my kids.
After reading my friend Ann’s blog today and hearing that she too had a song for herself when she moved to Florida, I thought I’d share with you what song I had in my cd player and heart the entire time we were thinking of and actually moving to Texas.
Kelly Clarkson
Breakaway
by M. Gerrard, B. Benante e Avril Lavigne
Grew up in a small town
And when the rain would fall down
I’d just stare out my window
Dreaming of what could be
And if I’d end up happy
I would pray
Trying hard to reach out
But when I tried to speak out
Felt like no one could hear me
Wanted to belong here
But something felt so wrong here
So I’d pray
I could break away
I’ll spread my wings and I’ll learn how to fly.
I’ll do what it takes till I touch the sky.
Make a wish, take a chance,
Make a change, and break away.
Out of the darkness and into the sun.
But I won’t forget all the ones that I love.
I’ll take a risk, take a chance,
Make a change, and break away
Wanna feel the warm breeze
Sleep under a palm tree
Feel the rush of the ocean
Get onboard a fast train
Travel on a jetplane
Far away
And break away
I’ll spread my wings and I’ll learn how to fly.
I’ll do what it takes till I touch the sky.
Make a wish, take a chance,
Make a change, and break away.
Out of the darkness and into the sun.
But I won’t forget all the ones that I love
I gotta take a risk, take a chance,
Make a change, and break away
Buildings with a hundred floors
Swinging with revolving doors
Maybe I don’t know where they’ll take me but
Gotta keep movin on movin on
Fly away
Break away
I’ll spread my wings and I’ll learn how to fly.
Though it’s not easy to tell you goodbye
Take a risk, take a chance,
Make a change, and break away.
Out of the darkness and into the sun.
But I won’t forget the place I come from
I gotta take a risk, take a chance,
Make a change, and break away
Breakaway
Break away
This was my “theme” song during our move and will always have a place in my heart because I feel like Kelly Clarkson really put into song the words I needed to hear. Not to be afraid of change, taking chances, following my dreams. To me it isn’t a negative song, but one that says it’s ok to do your own thing but to always remember your roots. If it’s one thing I want my children to know, it’s that they should never be afraid to step out on a limb and challenge themselves. This experience has been a growing one for Erik and I. People will see that we’ve made a good decision once they come see where we are now vs. where we came from. God is working miracles in our lives and we are finding ourselves. My best friend is my husband and for a long time it wasn’t that way and our relationship suffered because of that. But now having to rely on one another solely, we are better today than we were even on our wedding day. To me, if that would have been the only thing that was different being here, that would have been well worth it. I’ve grown as a person. And this journey has been worth it.
So a few years ago I noticed I lost a diamond in my ring. It wasn’t really noticable so I opted to just do nothing about it. Well, last night I noticed another one has fallen out. I have toyed with getting a new wedding ring/band that was simpler for work but I’m not sure if you really should do that. I mean, is it a curse to get a new ring in replacement of the wedding band you had blessed on your wedding day? I have also been wearing Erik’s wedding band since it gives him a rash when he wears it. I love wearing it but would really like for him to have a wedding band he can wear too. So once again, I’m faced with the question of “is that ok to do? or do I need to re-bless the rings?” I’m really not sure what to do to be honest. I think we will go look for bands the next time we have a night to ourselves. I luckily am getting a refund check from Iowa Student Loan because I over-paid them when I paid off the loan. So we are hoping to use that money for new rings. I’m not expecting or even wanting some big flashy “Bling-Bling” on my finger. I’m beyond that stage in my life. I want functionalbe and affordable. I just might see if Erik would let me resize his ring and use that as my band. Too many options out there to decide on.
So I’m back to real life again…back to work. Trying to earn my keep. After 3 weeks of orienting new staff, I finally had to take my own patients today. Shucks! I liked working with the new staff. I have the whole weekend to work. Grandpa and Vona are coming tomorrow while Paul and Mary are heading back home. Even though it has been great having family here this past week, it has also been tiring. I feel like I could sleep for 24 hrs straight! Our next visitors after grandpa and Vona will be Doug and Tonja. That should be fun! I am going to have to hire a sitter one of the nights so we all can go out on the town. I think we’ll have a ball together again. I can’t wait! Then will be our trip back to Iowa in May. I know that it will seem like forever for May to get here but once it does, it will fly by. Just like having Autumn here all last week. It FLEW by!
Avery is on his first school field trip today to the Houston Zoo. He was so excited to get to ride a bus for the first time. He also got to bring his lunch so he thought that was cool. He is starting to do some multiplication and division as a first grader! I don’t remember doing that at least until 3rd grade. He’s so smart! We still haven’t heard yet if he made it into the WINGS program or not. But I have a good suspicion he will make it.
My mother in law has been working with Jaelyn on her letter sounds and letters. I can’t remember if Avery knew the sounds at this age or not but she really struggles. I bought her a book, actually it was for Braden but I use it with her too. I hope she starts to get more confident with her letters before kindergarten. There are a few she just really can’t recognize for the life of her. She’ll get it I’m sure. Mostly because she would never allow Avery to be better at anything than her.
Braden is trying to get his bottom eye teeth in. He’s been chompin’ on his fist and fingers for the past 3 weeks. And for some reason lately he’s been having really bad diapers, 3 a day most days. He’s starting to throw fits when he gets something taken away from him and he’s been trying to bite me more when he’s mad. Terrible twos! Here we come!
Erik’s been really busy with work this past week. He is just beat by the time he gets home at night. He’s really stressed as he’s the only IT guy there until next Tuesday when Brent gets back from his honeymoon. I guess one of the main servers broke down today and he’s not a very happy camper.
Well, that’s about it for the weekly update. Back to our routine again. No more fun trips to the ocean or Kemah anytime soon. Back to the daily grind…honestly…I’m a secretively happy to get some normalcy back.
