Jaunarys

Judging from my blog entry history, it seems I try to get my life together every January. For the last ten or so years. My gosh that's hard to believe. I remember a few years ago - maybe it was 2014 - that I told myself I'd blog 3x a week and then have it professionally printed at the end of the year. I think I did okay for awhile.

But alas here I am again, thinking about how I have got to preserve these days that are passing at both a snails pace and faster than I can comprehend. That's probably why they say "The days are long, but the years are short." It's kind of mind-blowing how true that is. Because these days are painfully long sometimes, but the years seem to fly by before we know it.

My father-in-law told me once that the reason time goes faster when you're an adult vice when you're a child is that for an adult, ever year is a lesser part of the greater whole. Basically, years aren't worth as much to adults as they are to kids. Kinda like the pay differential between men and women. We're all doing the same thing, but somehow it's considered different. Okay, or not. Don't send me letters.

Anyway. These kids lives are passing quickly. My life is FLYING. I need to hold on. I need to remember. 

I need to blog more.

(((Also, don't think I didn't notice that it took until February this year to decide I'm going to get my blogging life back together. Hahaha! I'm already dropping the ball!!!)))

Untitled.

I'm really struggling with social media.

The end.

6 Years Old!

Six years ago, the sweetest little blonde-haired boy CREPT (and I do mean CREPT - 90 minutes of pushing!) onto the scene.

But he was bright-eyed and smart, even back then. He stayed awake (and quiet!) for almost 2 hours after he was born, just taking it all in.

And now he's SIX today.

SIX.

I find it so hard to believe that I've been a mom for SIX years. Although, I think I only got it together about 4 years ago. Ha!

So in honor of Grant's birthday, here are six things I love about him!

1. He is SO FUNNY! The things that come out of that kids mouth are hysterical.
2. He loves to help. Unless it's laundry or helping clean up after the little kids.
3. He is ridiculously smart. He understands so much more than I imagine other 5 (now, 6) year olds do. We've had discussions about racism and the civil war, he knows who the incoming and outgoing Presidents are. And no one on the planet knows more about dinosaurs. Period.
4. He's thoughtful.
5. He's tough. Physically and emotionally.
6. He lives a really wide open life. He has lots of friends (all the neighborhood girls love him!), he has lots of interests and hobbies. He likes to learn new things and read. He loves the outdoors. He loves his family.

So glad he's ours! And that we haven't screwed him up too badly yet!

Bored.

I am so tired, and I am just so bored.

I used to find Facebook interesting enough to add some excitement to my day, but oh. my. gosh. I just can't right now. Even the comments on news articles are so exhausting. And maddening. And saddening.

Anger.

Hate.

Racism.

Arguing.

Name calling.

Rampant grammatical errors.

And that from my hometown newspaper.

I need new avenues of identification with the outside world.

What I need, is a hobby. But then I'd need a babysitter. And those are, apparently, very hard to come by, when you don't want a 14 year old.

I digress. 

New Year

Well I could take the time to rehash the holidays, but I'll do that in our family year book for the kids, and the other family that reads this were here, so I guess we'll move on to a fresh year. I'll tell you what though, I cooked so much in my bare feet on that hard floor that my back STILL hurts. Because I'm old.

Anyway, I'm not super great with the resolutions. I like when people have a word of the year, so I've decided to do that this year.

BUT WAIT, THERE'S MORE!

I've also decided to just have a list of things I really work on this year. I think I blogged earlier about how now that Nash is bigger and I'm coming out of the fog of birthing 3 kids in 4 years it's time to get my life together.

So the word of the year fell into place.

Focus.

I haven't quite figured out which month is going to be which focus, but I guess I should get on that. Because I'm also working on not procrastinating. Because I think that would solve a lot of my problems.

(((OMG did my door bell just ring? WHY DO PEOPLE RING DOOR BELLS DURING THE DAY? KIDS ARE ALWAYS SLEEPING!!!!!)))

As I was saying: Focus.

This month my focus is on getting up before the kids, getting my coffee and taking a moment to meditate and just sort of awaken slowly. I already got up before them most days so I could shower, but I wanted to take a moment in which I wasn't immediately task oriented.

I admit, we're 4 days in, and today I was a little slower because Nash was up a lot teething and also Erik was here - making things less hectic, but I can really see a difference! All the mom bloggers in all the land talk about getting up before your kids to get a jump on them, and now I get it. I HATE getting up even 2 minutes before what is absolutely necessary, but I can honestly say that I have enjoyed my quiet time in the mornings. I definitely think I'm on to something!

Also, I'm 10 days and 11 bags into a 40 bags in 40 days purge AND twice now I have slept more than 10 hours. 2017 is off to a pretty good start!