Life Goals

Yesterday marked 6 months since I've been able to see my mom. The day before that was 6 months since I've talked to her. I've found myself posting less on Facebook since she's been gone. I've taken less pictures of my girls (she'd call me out on it when I didn't send her pictures almost daily!) For a while I found myself doing less of everything. Thinking that if I enjoyed life too much, I would feel guilty for enjoying my life without her. I say I'm fine, until I try to talk about her, then the tears flow (as they are now - which I wasn't expecting when I started typing this). It's a balance of learning how to live life and enjoy life, and still remember her and carry her with me.  I've seen two different counselors, but I wasn't impressed with either of them. Maybe I just had high expectations to spill my guts about my life, and I came out with this: I'm grieving 'normally' and I need to remind myself how my mom woul...

What do you like to do on cloudy days? Today was a gross cloudy day and like most cloudy days for me, it was highly unmotivating. My office has amazing windows at work, so all I have to do is stand up from my desk and I can see outside. The days when the sun is out, it's so pretty to watch. Especially when we get to see the sunrise on beautiful downtown Indy. But alas, here is Day 3 - clouds. Just a shot from my deck up into the sky. Nothing magical, nothing exciting. Just a day that makes me want to curl up with a blanket, a cup of coffee, and a movie. Did I do that though? NOPE! I woke up at 4:15 this morning and got my day started. I completed Day 3 of the Core De Force workout program this morning. The rest of the day was filled with work and healthy eating! 😁

How many times do you buy that one big item you've wanted for a long time and then it just sits because it's so overwhelming to try and figure it out or learn how to use it. There's a guitar sitting in my closet. It's been there for 8 years. I've attempted to learn it a handful of times, but I give up so easily. The time it takes, the practice, and then there's the feeling you lose in your fingers :). But I don't want that to happen with my most recent purchase. My Nikon D3400. Every year around Thanksgiving/Christmas we bring up the subject of 'do we/don't we'. We've both wanted a professional camera, but the cost is just hard to swallow! After a couple of unexpected bonuses at work this year, we did it! We walked into Roberts camera store in Carmel (great place to start!) just to 'look'... 20 minutes later we walked out with a new camera. It's been fun playing with it and the picture quality just for the Auto mode is amazi...