Lacrosse is Fun....but Time Consuming

This is what I have been doing for the last few months.

I have been carting this boy around to Lacrosse practice (1 hour each way.)  Taking him to Lacrosse Camp and watching lots of Lacrosse games.  It has been fun, but boy it has been time consuming.  It is coming to an end next week and I will say it is bitter sweet.  We love Lacrosse, but I am glad that I will have a little free time.

This is what Sam thinks of Lacrosse Tournaments.



Happy Accident

I woke up on Monday morning eager to see my first day as curator on Crescendoh.  So I click on my piece and scan it briefly.  I look at the highlighted points and then move on.  I was sitting at the computer, Facebook to be exact, and that voice popped into my head.

Crazy voice in my head: “Hey, I thought you cut that opening piece out.” 

Me: What? 

Crazy voice in my head: “That opening, I thought you changed it.”

Me: I did, I cut that out completely…….…..OH NO!  (Followed by a huge shame spiral of vulgarity spewed at myself.)

Here’s what happened.  The piece that I sent to Jenny was really my rough draft.  It was by no means finished.  It was somewhat coherent but Jenny cleaned it up nicely.  The words were mine, but not completely in the order of the finished piece. 

So I called my Mom at work and sent her the one I wanted to send. She said she liked the one that was on Crescendoh better anyway.  And I will agree after looking at the final copy.  It was a little more personal and not edited to death. 

I could look at it and continue to badger myself for making a mistake.  But I choose to look at it as a happy accident.  It all worked out in the end.

When in doubt: CHOOSE HAPPY!

Have a great weekend!  Check out the Paint Party Friday peeps.

You've Gotta Do the Work

This past weekend I attended the Women and Happiness: The Give and Take of Finding Joy workshop in NYC.  The speakers included Geneen Roth, Brene Brown, Loung Ung and Elizabeth Lesser.  AMAZING!

So many times over the last few months leading into the weekend, I debated about getting my money back.  I was excited of course but there were two Lacrosse games I was going to miss and should I really be spending so much money on a workshop right now…blah blah blah blah blah.

I am so grateful I followed my gut and went to this amazing workshop.  It is hard to put into words how insightful and uplifting the workshop was.  I had so many “wake me up” moments this weekend. 

One of the most important things that I am taking away from the weekend is that you need to do the work to solve any issue you may be having.  I have so many Self-Help/Inspiration books that if I stacked them high, they would be taller than I am.  But it is not enough to read the books; you need to do the work.     

When reading a self-help book an exercise will be presented, instead of taking the time to stop, think and explore I will skip the exercise and keep reading.  I am hoping the next passage contains the words of wisdom that I need to change my life or stop that bad habit.    The faster I get to that magical passage the sooner I will be fixed.  Hallelujah!

But what I am doing is skipping over the most important part.  The “fixing” comes from paying attention to me and my thoughts; sitting in the discomfort of these exercises so that I can move forward. By not taking the time to answer some questions and take deeper looks, I stay stuck in the dull place.  

Work people, work, that is what I need to be doing.  Journaling, people, journaling, that is what you are going to see out of me. 

Now I said it, I have to do it. Right!?!  

Have a great weekend! Take some time to check out Paint Party Friday.

Oh and if you get a chance stop by Crescendoh on Monday.  I am guest curating.   

Creative Play

Hello there!  Been a while hasn't it.  I finally got some time to play in my newly prepared journal last weekend.  It was a beautiful sunny day with no activities for the kiddos. 

So I sat at the picnic table and painted for a few hours.  It felt so very good. 

Just for fun and just to get the rust out. 

So, in two weeks I am the guest curator for Jenny Doh's Crescendoh. For one week starting the 29th I get to give you two of my favorite blog posts a day. It has been a huge honor and I can't believe she asked me to do it. 

This weekend my Mom and I are heading to NYC to the Women and Happiness Workshop.  Geneen Roth and Brene Brown are two of the speakers at the workshop.  I am extremely excited! 

Finally, check out Paint Party Friday.  It has been a long time since I participated, there are lots of new talented peeps.

Happy 2012!!!!!

New Year’s is by far my favorite “holiday.”  The closing of one year and the promise of another always fills me with excitement, hope and anticipation.   I love the idea of making resolutions and plans for the year.  Whether I keep them or not does not really matter, it is simply the act of making plans that fills me with a great amount of hope and joy.  

The first day of the year I always dig out all of my fanciest journals, open a new daily calendar and plan on the wonderful things the year will bring.   January 1^st is the greatest day of the year. 

Wishing you a year full of health and happiness!

A little push....

Over the years, I have noticed that I am very one track minded when it comes to certain areas of my life. 

If I am taking a really interesting art class, I tend to want to make art all the time.  Now, you could say that this is a good thing, but it normally comes at the expense of everything else in my life. Most importantly, my health. 

If I am trying to lose weight, I am one track minded also.  I want to spend my spare time at the gym taking a class or reading up on the lastest health information. 

My husband and I joined the gym a few weeks ago.  Again, I could feel the shift from one track to the other.  Internally I was having a little dialog with myself, like "it is o.k. to put your creative side on the back burner while you are working on your health." 

But out of the blue, the Universe stood up and said "you NEED to do both."  It was very subtle, but it was definitely the Universe and it was definitely giving me a little push. 

I think I need to listen to the Universe a little more.

PS.  I am playing along with the Paint Party Friday Peeps today.  I have missed them so!

Publish Post

The problem that I have with not blogging in a couple months is not that I have not had anything to show. The problem is that I lost my courage to blog. 

 I can remember the first blog post that I ever put up.  The courage it took to push the publish post button was intense. 



So after two months of not blogging, pushing the publish post button again has taken a lot of courage.  Silly I know, we are all friends here. 

When I was looking for something post, I came across these two journal pages that fit perfectly.  When I would pick up Jake from football practice, I would take out this journal and a pencil.  It was great.  I would have twenty or so minutes every day to draw.  Then when I would have time, I would add color. 

So, I have stuff to show, I just need to get my blogging feet wet again.

Publish Post!