My How Things Have Changed

May 28th, 2009

While editing yesterday’s birthday pictures I realized a few things have changed since the beginning of our spring birthday season.

It’s been 10 weeks since I posted this.

Let’s start with the background shall we?  Brenda mentioned taking the pizza boxes out to the trash for me.  Let me assure you, that was the least of my issues on this day.  My in-laws came over that day and ashamed as I was I could not manage to get the house any cleaner than the above picture.  Notice that the area behind the kitchen had become a catch-all.  Even the counters and sink were overflowing with crud.  I had tried to crop the picture, but you can still tell it was totally ridiculous.  And I didn’t even bother to dry my hair.

Speaking of hair..

A few weeks ago I did this to my hair:

Please tell me what I was thinking.  I was blond once upon a 15 year old ago time.  And somehow thought I could recapture that.  It’s gone, people.  I’m a brunette.  It’s just who I am.  And that cut?  I chopped it off in the bathroom one night.  Just got sick of it.  Beautiful.  So when I started feeling a little better I went to the actual hair dresser and let them fix me.  Plus, I have moved from looking fat and kinda frumpy to looking more, well, pregnant.  And, though, Chickadee, no longer wants to be asked about being pregnant, I, however, would like to have the antithesis of her shirt and let everyone know there is actually a baby growing in there.

As happy as I am with my own changed looks, one of my favorite changes in the background is the school nook.  It’s back!!  About a year and a half ago I made this little section of my house a place we could do school work.  I loved it, but alas I had a toddler that used to dump everything in sight.  With a little time (and even less training) he has begun to leave a few things alone now, and I’ve brought back a place I can put our supplies, a table for our work, and a comfy reading chair.  SO glad to have it back.  Along with the resurrection of the nook, is the actual schoolwork itself.  We worked back into daily worksheets and have now picked out our newest lapbooks that we’ll begin next week.  The kids and I both are excited.  It’s good to be back on top of things, cooking a little more, cleaning a little more, and good grief, showing a little bit of pride in myself.

Thanks, y’all, for loving me through the bad days.