I'm still treading water, and not drowning yet. Life has been busy but good. I got a new surge of motivation to work on this blog, and if you haven't noticed, there's a shiny new domain name in the address bar. Yep, www.theflipsideofzen.com is MINE!
I'm constantly reevaluating what I want this thing to be, so in the meantime we will just call it a project.
But anyway.
Tonight I'm just writing a short blurb about what's going on in my life for the handful of you who care (mom, dad, grandma S, grandma C, and Breanne).
A couple weeks ago was our one year anniversary of becoming Floridians! And, as our lease was expiring, we began looking for a house to buy. We found one, we had a contract, but upon further inspection and negotiating, we backed out of the deal. I'll save all of those details for another day, but man, what a roller coaster. Thankfully, our landlord was willing to let us stay if the deal didn't work out. In the midst of the crazy house it would seem that we both kind of forgot that dear hubs was supposed to be studying hard for his first of several exams of the Master Brewer certificate. So, we sat down, made an intensive studying schedule for the next 12 weekends, which means I'm momming hardcore these next few months.
Also, I lit a fire under my own butt to get cracking on this blog. In June, I'm going to a blogging conference with one of my dearest friends. I cannot wait!
Even though I'm going to be working overtime taking care of my wild little rascals, I am making a very conscious effort to make time for me and specifically a creative outlet. Below find my list of things I've done for myself since my last post (which was 5 months ago):
I went to see Star Wars Rogue One (December)
I went out with girlfriends for my birthday (January)
I overdid it on the Ipsy offers and now have tons of makeup I'll never wear (two weeks ago)
I read ONE WHOLE BOOK (last week...the first in a couple of years I think!)
I went to Target (always. And always a treat, am I right?)
It's not a bad list. But I'm not doing anything to keep creativity flowing or my brain sharp. And so that is what I'm vowing to myself to change!
While on a recent Target excursion, I found a really cool sketchbook titled "300 Drawing Prompts." Today I finally got a chance to sit down and do a few silly drawings. And while I did this for 30 or so minutes, Trigger and Nutsy completely trashed the house. Toys dumped all over the floor, books pulled off the bookcase, hot wheels stuck in the couch and chairs, smashed grapes in the pack n' play. I was disappointed and frustrated for sure, but they didn't die. I was there, they weren't getting into too much trouble. And we are all okay.
It's all about balance right?
