Hello, October!!!!!

October is finally here! It has to be one of my favorite months!! Halloween- seeing children trick-or-treating, our Wedding Anniversary is also on Halloween! Plus all the yummy pumpkin flavored treats abound!

 

We usually decorate shortly after Labor Day but September was a weird month. The decorating will commence tomorrow!! Instead of carving a pumpking (because of all the fateful videos we have seen on AFV of kids eating the pumpkin innards & puking everywhere) we will be painting a pumpkin!! Maybe putting our hand prints on it to make them look like Turkeys!

 

General with September, since my Hubs bday is at the beginning portion of the month- it is a very exciting time of year! Hello Gateway month! Hubs Bday, First Day of Fall, HALLOWEEN!, Thanksgiving and then the winter holidays! It is my absolute favorite!!!

 

With living in Lovely South Florida (wah-wah) we do not really experience "cold" fall weather. Maybe 3 collective weeks of chilly sweater-worthy weather. (BOOO!!!!)

 

With my Hubs receiving his promotion, we keep toying with ideas of where we eventually want to sprout our own roots- Stay in Fla? Move to Washington? Who knows! A few days ago, we discussed a dream of Hay Rides, and Corn Mazes, Pumpkin Patches and fall colored leaves. Stirring that into the possibility, we couldn't really think where that would plant us. For a VERY short time,Orlando was home to me. We have tossed around the idea of moving to Orlando- I've got 3 GREAT friends up there, Hubs could easily transfer (since they do not have any Advance Auto Parts in Washington State.)

 

At this point in life we still need to set aside money TO move, potentially buy a home to raise Our Dude. My father says if we come to Georgia, he would sign a mortgage with us, thus helping us lock in a lower financing rate.

 

Aah! Sometimes being, granted a modified version, an adult.....SUCKS. Choices that will now affect our son more directly. It is kind of hefty to shoulder!!

 

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What sort of decisions do YOU have currently on the backburner or in the future??

 

 

Asking for help

I've always had a hard time asking for help. Not sure if it is a pride issue, or a "stubborn to a fault, I can do it myself" mentality. My hubs would say the second. Pot meet kettle.

 

Recently this "not asking" thing was squashed! Hurray! I truly am stubborn, which we are seeing this characteristic in our Dude. In the early evening, or like Dr. Sheldon Cooper says "preevening", we were playing in our front yard, where he kept wanting to walk in to the road (Um, not gonna happen lil dude! Sorry!) and every time my husband would take his hand to lead him back on to the lawn, he would shriek and fuss like no other! Oh, this is a glimpse of things to come. **Hides now**

 

Teachers in school advise that if we do not know something or need assistance- ASK. Why is this so hard for adults to implement in to their lives?? We all must be pigheaded to a certain extent.

 

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A few days ago I was having a bizarre day where it felt my skin would explode and my insides would ooze out in a gelationous mess. Truly thought I was going to burst in a violent, messy, and extreme sort of way. Frustration was taking over and my thoughts were rambling together and my body was not cooperating in keeping my movements from looking like I was a robot and my "tin-man joints needed oiling". Truly frustrating.

 

Our son has stopped napping lately so my brain has become mush and marshmallow fluff in my skull. AND! Aha, my body has forsaken the desire to FALL ASLEEP until 1:30am! Argh! It must be a woman thing since my hubs can fall asleep within MINUTES of making contact with his pillow. My brain however is on HYPERDRIVE when I lie down. Worry, mental list of things not accomplished that day & what will need to be done the next day, what bills need to be paid, praying for my family and loved ones, analyzing life in general: Where is the dang "OFF" button for my brain??! 

 

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Do you have a problem asking for help? Do you have any tips for shutting your brain up at night??

Photos from my first few days with my Canon

For my birthday/Mother's Day/Just Because- my Hubs got us a Canon EOS Rebel T3. I love this camera. My old (sad) point and shoot would NOT take photos in low light. So now that our, excuse me, BADASS Canon will!

The first photo taken. Granted its not a super compositional photo, but look at my subject!!!

Cute lil house! And my filthy car!

Snozzola licking Libby!

The ever attentive Dyddy!

My little family! Libby is outta there! She hates having her photo taken!

I have a few more photos I want to add, but my computer is being wonky!

What are some things you like to photograph??



Random Thoughts

A few things that have been going on lately:


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Party planning for our sons 1st birthday in less than one week (EEP!). How is it when we are 17, it takes forever for time to go by, but now with this precious little man, it goes quicker than a sneeze?? My man is going to be ONE!

 

 

My sister found out she is pregnant! Yay, I will be an aunt! And my son will have a little cousin! She is due November 6th. Which our wedding anniversary is October 31st. How cool to have a Halloween sweetie?? They are having a baby boy, so she can have everything from our son (clothes hes grown out of, his swing which he will be too big for once the new guy is here, and my breast pump)




My Mother in Law is having surgery at the end of the month. Hopefully her recovery time won't be as long as they estimate.




My Brother in Law just graduated High School. It is amazing to see how he was an immature 13 year old when I first met him. And now he is a young man, going to college in the fall on scholarship!  




H O P E F U L L Y.....my father may be coming down for A BIG THANKSGIVING CELEBRATION! With my sister being due shortly before Thanksgiving, and since he has not yet met our dude since he lives out of State, I hope we can swing it!




Plus normal silly blog type stuff. I haven't been as diligent to post lately, since now my son can WALK! AAH! So the posts shall require more of a "planned' agenda.

What do YOU have going on in your life? Any plans, exciting news, or just tidbits you would like to share??

Life is funny.....materialism sucks.

I was reading my friends blog and she hit the nail on the head in questioning how we as a "civilization" are always trying to "one-up" each other. That the best car, most expensive handbag, blingiest jewelry, or amount of money will somehow make us "better" than everyone else.  This type of thinking is BULLSHIT. I myself find it hard not to get sucked in to this way of thinking. It happens though. Not to say that there aren't things that would be lovely to add to my closet, pending a winning lottery ticket. But being realistic about it, nothing NEEDED.
The question comes up within myself as to why these materialistic things are wanted; a lot of time its to fill a "void" of some sort. Not within my relationship with my husband, but maybe in certain areas of life that feel "cheated" in a sense. "Not enough attention as a child? Not feeling adequate in my adolescense? Not getting in to a 4-year college, or having the attention span to go to community college?" Assuming we had the possibility of a "perfect" world- baker/pastry chef/cake decorator would be my dream job.

There are SOO many things I wish for my son. After reading an article that talked about splitting up his future allowance into three categories: SPEND/SAVE/DONATE. He will be in charge of deciding how much percentage he wants to put into each category. This way if we are out shopping and there comes a toy he wants, it will depend on his "SPEND/SAVE" accounts if HE can afford it.  AMAZING!! I wish I could remember the name of the book where this theory/practice was discussed!! It is genius!

After having my son, the new life motto is to try and get as much out of life with my loved ones as possible. Hug your family, send a text to a friend whom you haven't talked to in a while to let them know that you're still there for them. Make plans outdoors! Drink up life!!! You only go around once, so LIVE IT UP!!