Lately

I’ve been all over the map lately. Very emotional. Very busy. Very distracted… just very. Some days I feel great and others I’m processing all day… things from the past that affect how I live the now. Here are a few of the things I’ve been up to.

Reading this.

I’m learning so much about myself and how my growing up experiences taught me how to communicate or how not to… this book is helping me put into perspective some healthy boundaries. I’ve said before, there’s a difference between having a voice and being a bull in a china shop. I’m striving for balance. I’ve found the content of Boundaries in Marriage very insightful and enlightening.

Also reading this:

My sister found this online devotional. It’s helping me stay on a reading plan. I’m liking it although I have to be honest, I fell a bit behind over the weekend and am catching up. I ordered the journal and think it’s a good supplement to the online devotional; however, it’s costly for the amount of time you spend using it ($21 for a 2 wk study… yikes!)

Henry had a guys night on Saturday. I made the food and enjoyed the leftovers (I love good party leftovers!). We made bacon wrapped dates with goat cheese and jalapeno dip among other things. Yummy!

Keeping up with these folks:

Ryan is so cute with the Pirates. He LOVES them. He comes down every morning and says, “Where’s your phone. I want to ask who won the game last night.”   Then he asks when the next one is..

Ryan: When do the Pirates play a game?
Siri: The Pirates play the Braves tonight at 7:35 eastern standard time.
Ryan: Fank you.
Siri: No problem.

The first morning Siri talked back to him he came to me and said, “Who’s in your phone?”  I told him it was a computer. He said, “But who’s talking?”  I explained again it was a computer talking.  These kids… they have no idea they’re living in the cartoon “The Jetsons.”

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Too bad I don’t have a Rosey to do all my work.