We are in a bit of an adjustment phase around here. S won't be joining us "officially" until December. (speaking of...I need to find another nickname for him instead of just S, its kind of boring don't you think?) So, I am adjusting to being on my own again but have not gotten into my groove as easily as I had thought I might. We do not have our furniture yet and it will not be delivered until Friday. Gotta love those Navy moves! *Please God let it get here Friday!* Luckily the boys are used to camping out on the floor in their sleeping bags, but my back is not. It is adjusting.
I have been thinking a lot about this little blog I have here and what it has become up to this point. I feel like sometimes over the past two years, we have just been pretending to be in the military. S has been home most nights...almost like a real regular job. It has allowed me more time to myself and for my own little projects than I could have ever imagined. But now that I am back on my own, will I have time to sew? Will putting so much thought and effort into what I write take time away from how much the boys are needing these days? Will all of the decorating and home projects really fit with where the blog was headed? And does it really matter?
The whole politics/military thing will be taking up more of my brain as my husband and our family will be more and more directly impacted. And do I write about that here? Or do I start another blog? Do I really want all of you to read what I think about all of that? Will you care? Will you still like me if you know how I really feel about it all? And will I get him in trouble for writing about it? I don't know.
But until I get it all figured out, I will be staying positive and trying not to get to bogged down with my own thoughts. For the next, oh, I don't really know how long, I will be joining :10 things: This is a great new group, I found via Amy. I always find wonderful things in her photos and blog posts that make me think differently about my world, wherever I happen to be. And this is right up my alley indeed. Oh, and Amy will be continuing A Year of Color with year two, Color+Color! Woohoo! Join now! All the cool kids are doing it.
:10 things:
1. The beach and how small it makes you feel.
2. Blackberries in our front yard! Yes, our front yard. No, we did not plant them there.
3. Finding a real message in a bottle during our first family night at the beach
4. Watching my boys truly care for each other in all of the craziness of the move
5. Dreaming about energy efficient washing machines and clotheslines and new gardens
6. The children's book RIBSY, by Beverly Cleary. we've been reading it ever night before bed
7. Air conditioning, we have been here for almost a week now and just got ac today, whew!
8. The memories we made with my Dad this summer. They are truly a gift as he is battling Parkinson's.
9. The new creative summer project
10. Watching how excited the boys have been to see the beach and feeling greatful that they will be growing up in such a place.