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Looking Put Together

I have talked many times on this blog about the importance of being well dressed and looking put together. Now that doesn't mean expensively dressed, it just means dressing appropriately and neatly. Being presentable, well groomed and in appropriate attire. I have to tell you ladies, the past few weeks have been difficult for me. My daughter and I had bronchitis and now it seems that my husband is coming down with it too. When my daughter and I had it my husband was on a two week business trip, the last thing I felt like doing was dressing up to go to the doctors and pharmacy. I wanted to roll out of bed and go out in public in my pajamas, I was so sick I didn't care if I even brushed my teeth let alone what my clothes looked like! I barely had the energy to stand and didn't have the energy to look through my closet for something that made me look presentable. I didn't go out in my PJs but I can tell you, I certainly didn't look presentable! So I have come up with the idea of an emergency outfit.

We all have certain clothes that we wear more often than others, there is nothing wrong with the clothes that we don't wear often , it is just that we like the others better. So what I am going to do is take out the clothes I don't wear often and put together one or two outfits that are presentable and good for any occasion from running errands to a unexpected parent teacher meeting. I will hang those outfits in the back of my closet and the next time I am feeling low and don't want to get out of my comfy yoga pants to run errands all I have to do is grab a hanger and put the outfit on, no thought involved.

I refuse to turn into one of those people in Walmart who looks like life has beat them down, for all we know they are just having a bad day but that certainly isn't the impression we get when we seem them, is it? Do you want people to perceive you the way that you perceive those PJ shoppers? I don't!

Chloe

These are the best pictures I could get of her because every time I knelt down she wanted to come over to me!

New Member of the Family

This weekend we welcomed Chloe into our home. We adopted her from a local dog shelter, she was there for 4 months, can you believe it?! She is a Treeing Walker Coonhound and the sweetest thing ever. I have to get more batteries in my camera so I can take a picture of her for you all. Right now she is just a bag of bones, you can see all of her ribs and her pelvic bones jut out. We are working hard to get weight on her and to make her comfortable with us. When we first got her home she wouldn't even stay in the same room with us, today she has been coming over for scratches before walking away to lay down in the same room. I'd say she is warming up quickly for a dog who has been in a shelter for months and months.

Baby Gift Shopping....AGAIN!

Well a few of you know that I was looking for a baby gift a few months ago and wandered onto a really cool store , unfortunately I didn't have time to buy from that store because the baby came early!! I had to settle for a baby gift from a run of the mill store but guess what?!

I just found out my best friend is expecting! So I am off on a unique baby gift hunt again and happened about this store called Lou Lou's Corner, they have all kinds of cool stuff, I really like all of their Jellycat soft books, they have all kinds of textures and colors, great for sensory development. Its crazy, before I had a child with sensory issues I never once thought about sensory development lol.

I even found the cutest jammies for Isa, they are really cool monkey PJ's by Barefoot Dreams, so cute! I also found this Appaman kitty shirt that she would go nuts for too. Oops I'm supposed to be looking for my friend's baby lol.

There are so many cute options on this site and the best news is that the baby isn't due until August so I actually have time to find a unique gift!

Compliments

Sometimes the sweetest compliments are the ones you weren't meant to hear.

Isa: "Mommy makes yummy food"

Daddy: "Yes, she does, mommy takes care of us"

Isa: "Mommys' a rock star"

I will save this memory, lock it away for the next time I am about to lose my mind......

When Did I Get Old??

Now I know that 31 isn't old by any means but I guess I didn't expect the signs of aging to start quite yet!

When did I develop small lines on my forehead? These lines were brought to my attention one day when my lovely little girl exclaimed breathless with excitement "Mommy, you have lines!! Like Squidward!!!"

When did my cute freckles cease to exist as freckles and now are called age spots and sun damage?

How come when I run now I can hear my butt hitting the back of my legs?? Thats not supposed to happen!!

How come no one ever told me that I would have to deal with zits AND wrinkles at the same time or that the bye bye arm waddle was not reserved for women over the age of 70??

Why didn't anyone tell me that you never feel as old as your years say you are?

How come my husband doesn't realize that it isn't a compliment when he mentions my dimples? (by the way ladies, I do not have dimples on my cheeks)

Who knew that when you get pregnant you get stretch marks on the backs of your calves?

The older I get the more I understand the saying that youth is wasted on the young.

The older I get the more I realize that I don't know very much.

With every year that I age I am able to understand my parents better, to see them as human and forgive those things I felt unjust as a child. I appreciate them much more now that I have a better grasp being a parent myself.

Oh my gosh, did I really just yell out my back door "don't run with that stick in your hand, you'll poke your eye out??" Did I really just lick that napkin and wipe my kids face with it?? Thank goodness I caught myself before I yelled out "close the door, do you think I'm heating the whole neighborhood!" I had to fight to keep that one in!

And goodness...did I really just utter "I'm the mom, thats why"

How come, despite all of these things, I absolutely love getting older? I wouldn't trade a second of it!