JUST FOR FUN

A last minute change by our school district to flip back to virtual, a rush to get the house ready for a last minute slot that opened up on our painter’s schedule, the anniversary of a friend’s life lost way too young – it’s been a kind of rough week! But having to hurry up and finalize paint colors and waving the white flag and taking some hours off work several days was a good distraction.

This week’s tiny victory: I joined a gym this week! And I’ve already gone three times! Although the hardest part will be to keep that momentum going.

This week I’m grateful for: a freshly painted house! (or soon at least) / take out when neither of us felt like cooking / signing off work early on a Friday…

Some things of note that I’ve enjoyed lately…

A topic in our besties group chat – how the pandemic is impacting women. An article we shared around about how mothers are the “shock absorbers” of our society.

I ordered the prettiest little birth flower necklace with my little guy’s birth flower and it arrived last weekend. It’s just the delicate piece I was looking for after breaking an old favorite hand stamped necklace months ago.

I’m glad Grace shared her feelings on not wanting kids and that being ok! It’s totally possible, and fine, for a woman to not want children of her own and still be wonderful with the children in her life. I’ve thankfully been on the receiving end of a friendship like that. As a mom to one who loves motherhood but doesn’t feel the urge to add more kids to our family, this also got me thinking about even once you have a child, the pressure and questions about when you’ll have another.

We did indeed go with this pretty blue for the spare bedroom/my office and now I’ve moved on to planning the decor for the rest of the room. I’m thinking these pretty prints would look perfect above my desk.

I tried Dani’s hydrating cocktail idea with water, Kinky vodka, and fresh lemon juice and she’s right – it’s good! Planning to probably raise my glass with one tonight to kick off the weekend just right. Take care friends!