Flowers and blessings...

 I had been feeling a little down these past few days; been having a little pity party for myself . Here's the messy truth...I am really not looking forward to this move at all. Okay...I am hating it! Not that I would want to live here in southern Va forever but...I love our home and all the personal touches I put into Tara's nursery and my garden etc. Also...there are just so many moving parts to this whole thing that it seems so overwhelming at times. Added to that...I have totally lost my voice and feel a bronchial cold coming on. So as you can see..I was having a pity party. But then...this morning the sun was out , we went to Panera bread and picked up a delicious turkey sandwich...stopped off at Trader Joes and snatched up some delicious Tomato and Roasted Red Pepper soup and a beautiful bouquet of flowers...

...and this afternoon...Tim had a beautiful bouquet of roses delivered to the door...to cheer me up!! I realise that I have so many blessing to count!  Who can be down with my little Tara giving me hugs and kisses, an abundance of flowers, soup, bread...and all of your well-wishes and kindness? Not me! I am thankful for my abundance of blessings. How about you?

 

                                                                           (roses from Tim)

Burned Out...

I have been feeling it coming for the past week now...but yesterday evening it came upon me full force. I am in full  "burned out" mode! After months of multitasking and getting inadequate sleep, juggling Tara during the day and painting/business stuff at night...it hit me last night. I could feel it in the lack of energy I had, just going through the motions and feeling BLAH and overwhelmed! So for the next couple of days I am going to take a hiatus from computer/blog/painting/business stuff. Not even think about it at all! Tara and I are going to enjoy each other...have a tea party, read Alice in Wonderland, lollygag in bed and sing at the top of our lungs, soak in the tub and sit under a fat moon with citronella candles and a blanket of stars. For the next 2 days I am going to catch up on some easy reading, go to bed at a reasonable hour and just...be present. Happy weekend to you all.