So lately: geez, a ton and nothing all at the same time.
Randoms:
- we are loving our new house. It's spacious and airy and filled with light. There's a lot of white and nuetrals going on right now. I'm feeling ready to start adding in more color, I think. After living in our PA house which was like, color explosion, it feels calming to be surrounded by things that are quiet on the eyes...but at the same time, that's just not who we are. We aren't quiet people and neither of us are afraid of color, so color will be added soon, somehow. Not in paint or big pieces of furniture but in small ways that make a big impact, hopefully. I just need to decide what direction to go. I think I will be able to use whatever colors I land on wisely and not with so much reckless abandon as I did before. I'm in a really weird aesthetic place right now and getting pulled by a lot of different directions. But the bottom line is: I love color! So why am I so afraid?
- I also feel like we found such a gem of a neighborhood. We are butted against the most beautiful mesas behind us and then raised so we can see all of Vegas valley, along with the strip in the distance on the other side. It's like, Vegas' best kept secret, I feel.
- Date night. So awesome to be able to go out and eat good food and see movies again. A definite life changer.
- I did some revising on the first draft of my novel but not enough as I'd like. Like almost none. I should plow full stream ahead but there's been a twist in the plot. My life plot. And it's due to peer pressure. Peer pressure to do NaNoWriMo aka National Novel Writing Month, (writing an entire novel during the month of November) something I've attempted several times but failed at. Pressure from the lovely ladies in my writer's group (who I've grown close to and just love and adore and am so grateful for) telling me I have to or I'll be a nerd and no one would like me anymore. So I'm doing that and spending October plotting and planning so ill have an easier time in November. I think I'm writing a western, you guys. I know, weird.
- My social set up is a lot like my social set up in high school, which I totally loved. I had my core besties but then a lot of different close friends from a lot of different groups and they all made up this eclectic circle around me. Here I am starting to form this structure again, quite naturally. I have Go, my Garlock family, my Reynolds/Callister family and especially my SILs and then my writing girls, my running girls, my church girls, Go's old high school friends and wives who add a fun layer. And lets not forget my middle school, high school and college buddies I'm still in close contact with and get to see all the time. I just feel really blessed and lucky to have who I have in my life. I'm pretty content socially.
- I'm trying to be more healthy. I have a good work out regime, with 6 work out days planned: 1 body pump, 3 running, 1 yoga and 1 spin. Trying to transform my body with laying off what I love most: spin, and so I am diversifying. I'm also juicing and eating less crap and that makes me feel good.
- May is playing soccer. Ruby is taking tennis lessons. Olive is in half-day preschool three times a week. Ruby and May take piano. Go dreams of a dirt bike and rock climbing and anything that involves adrenaline. Ruby dreams of a dog (that we will be getting in 6 months or less). May dreams of boys and artistic expression. Olive dreams of being able to keep up with her sisters on her bike and being in front of a crowd. I dream of Juni staying the age she's at now, which is 3 weeks shy of 2 years old. I also dream of a time when I have the hours needed to facilitate me getting back into painting, writing constantly and consistently. I also dream of my house cleaning itself and everyone doing their own laundry.
That's basically all that is new. I typed this on my phone so it's full of mistakes and pretty dry but those are the updates. I'll put pretty things to look at up some time soon. Because I love you.
