Artsyness found

With all the drama this past year, I lost my artsy side for awhile.  The past month or so, I have felt it creeping back.  Lots of urges to "make stuff" ....especially because of PINTEREST... holy crap I love Pinterest!!

After Lonnie and my trip to the beach a couple weekends ago, I was dying to take Sean there to play.  Jessi got her braces off last week AND just had her 17th birthday so it was a PERFECT time for a photo shoot!!!  We do a shoot every fall  anyway because I hate school photos.  Glad I found my creative muscle in time to get it done this year :-D

It was so so so so so great to get out there with my camera and play with settings and light and then get home and play with lightroom!!!  LOVES IT!!!

Random stuff

I would like to be a better housekeeper.  I would also like everyone to stop leaving their damn socks everywhere.

I am finally starting to get around to hanging up some pictures and doing a little decorating and organizing around here.  Lonnie is pretty handy... and a little bossy ;-)  So when say things like 'I wish I could....' or 'someday I want to.....'  they are much more likely to happen than they were before.

Things have settled down here a bit. Finally.  Field Hockey season is over.  Jessi has a job at the local pizza place, and can walk to work, so the 'Mom Taxi' is back on light duty.  YAY!!  The family has settled in to a nice routine and the back and forth between houses doesn't seem as intrusive and overwhelming as it used to.

I am getting excited for the holidays!  I have REALLY high ceilings and I really want a tall, skinny Christmas tree!!  Mom is coming to visit for both turkey day, and xmas, so that will be nice too.  Surely there will be bumps in the road since this is our first set of holidays since the divorce, but I have no doubt we'll work it out.  Rick and I are actually pretty good at this whole 'divorced parenting' thing.

Acadia National Park

Yesterday looked like it was going to be a boring one.  It was a little blustery.  Not much to do.  Lonnie has a bit of a sinus infection.  I offhandedly said, "Let's go to Acadia" and he immediately said "ok!" I was delightedly surprised and thankful again for finding someone as spontaneous and open to anything as I am :)

We had an amazing day.  Mount Desert Island (where Acadia is) is special to him.  His family lived there when he was a kid and he spent lots of time there, so he is the best tour guide when we go and knows all kinds of secret places.  (Cadillac Mtn not being one of them, holy CRAP was that place crowded yesterday!!!)  I was wishing that I had my real camera and not just my iphone, but that's the price you pay for spontaneity.

Small Victories

Well I can't say I kicked ass and took names this week in the weight loss and exercise department.  It was "that week" and I tend to allow myself to wallow in that and use it as excuses to be lazy and eat shitty food.

All was not bad though.  I went to the gym one day.  And I have run for 2 days in a row.  I also had 3 days of eating really well, and tried some new healthy things.  Plain greek yogurt instead of sour cream for veggies and dip-it was ok, and recipe I saw in a magazine for oatmeal mixed with spinach and cheese on top with a sunny side up egg.... it was DELICIOUS.

Dragging Lonnie back on board too.  He has been sick and is just getting over a cold, but the Turkey trot is a little over a month away and he wants to run it with me... and I really want him to!!