8.7.2013

Our friends, Jason and Mandy, came to visit a couple of weeks ago.  It's hard to put in to words what they mean to us.  Being with them is just so good.  Anyway, one day at dinner they mentioned that they enjoyed the blog.  I felt a little bad since I have been terrible at keeping up with this blog since Georgia arrived (and decided not to sleep for, well, for 20 months and counting). It's mostly a time management thing but there is also the thing about effectively communicating while only getting 4 hours of sleep, see I don't...effectively communicate on 4 hours of sleep.  My coworkers will tell you: I space off mid sentence, start stories in the middle, forget that I have already told them something minutes after I tell them.  It's pretty nuts.  I plan to revive the blog, I want to, but I think I'll focus on shorter stories and photos for a while.  Just until she starts sleeping.  She has to sleep someday...right?
So today is my birthday.  I'm not thrilled about turning 36, it's bothering me more than it should, so I made my list and am determined to change my attitude.  Here it is.  36 things to do in my 36th year-

This year I will -

1. Learn to use my fancy camera
2. Visit my sisters
3. Swim in the ocean
4. Read 50 books
5. Save money
6. Catch fireflies
7. Start a new tradition
8. Make a Christmas Stocking for Wade
9. Send each of my sisters a “just because” gift
10. Focus on the good
11. Art journal/photo every day
12. Exercise daily
13. Play more, clean less
14. Be kind
15. Stop worrying about things I cannot control
16. Have a big birthday party for Henry
17. Make Christmas gifts
18. Go vegetarian
19. Take Henry to see the mountains
20. Lay in a hammock
21. Have a family photo session
22. Have weekly movie nights
23. Remember birthday’s and anniversaries
24. Paint the living room
25. Send thank you notes
26. Take walks with my husband
27. Wear a skirted bathing suit with pride
28. Plant and pick berries
29. Paint until I make something that I’m proud of
30. Talk less, listen more
31. Fill my house with fresh flowers
32. Play with my children every day
33. Sleep in a tent
34. Keep up with the blog
35. Nurture friendships
36. Kiss the hubs