"Misplace"

There are so many silly things in life.. such as earlier I was vacuuming while eating cookie...ya know that may have been a little bit counter productive... crumbs should be in front of the vacuum not behind it lol! Before I began vacuuming, I had a bit of a cord problem... My cord had managed to turn itself into a knot! Have you ever noticed that cords, light, and anything cord like manages to do that? How can you lay something down then pick it up and it is in a knot? Are they secretly snakes that coil themselves when you are not watching? Or what about leftover containers? Why can you only find the lid or the bottom, but most often you can not find them both when you need them?  Oh.. I know the biggest mystery...where do socks go? How do they get lost from wash to dryer??  Here in our house we "misplace" things all the time- I have decided there is a cubby where a ghost or gnome of some kind is hoarding them..lost socks, lost weather radio, lost rings.... If I ever find them all, the gnome/ghost will be receiving a very big talking to...

been a while

I apologize to those you do read my blog- I have been a bit MIA- So big news!
There is a new love in my life- well two actually- the main one is our new dog! It's so great and I must say most of the time she is a great stress reliever- You just look at the face and those ears and you just can't stay mad or anxious or when she jumps up on you and smiles! My other new love is a great new shampoo/conditioner! I know the two don't really compare, but a great shampoo highly contributes to a great hair day and that relates to a better day! It truly is the little things that make or break a day- You have to find joy in the little things to get over the horrible bad things. Whether its family issues, marriage issues, work issues, or whatever- if you can hold on to those small things that make you happy about your family, your marriage, or your work- it helps make the bad seem a little less bad... Hold onto the small things and it will help get you through the day! :)

Holidays

Uggh holidays stress me out! No matter what you decide to do- somebody will be upset! It should not be about the day- it should be about spending a day together as a family-

Decisions, decisions, decisions

We make them everyday from what to wear, to what to eat, to how to do your hair, to how we put on our socks- everything is a decision. If we can all make these simple decision everyday with out agonizing over them, why do other decisions haunt us? Sometimes it is such a simple decision that we go over and over again in our heads, wishing we made a different one- why do we do that? We know after that decision is made and there is no going back? We make our decision usually on the knowledge that we have, yet the phrase, "if i knew then what I know now" I would never have done that.. but isn't that the point?- We didn't know that- that decision, that experience helped shape us into who we are now. Why is that so hard to accept- why are we so obsessed with trying to change- what we can't?
   

Another pet peeve

This is one of those things that drives me crazy and when a friend said something to remind me last night, It took all I had not to go into a long explanation why its done... Ok I hate comments about girls going to the bathroom together! Don't get me wrong there is a certain beer company that makes light of this on one of their "man up" commercials and I snicker, but this is not some female phenomenon- it is years of conditioning! Every little girl is sent to the bathroom with her mother, or older sibling or those "special" moments when the women's line is too long and she is sent to the men's room with father, but never alone. As a teenager you are told to always have a buddy everywhere you go- that includes the bathroom, luckily sharing a stahl is not required- but again never alone. Women simply adapted to going to the bathroom in a pack or at least in pairs. We simply evolved the concept to include girl talk, why not get a bonus out of having to go together? I do want to add as an adult women I will go to the restroom by myself, i do however make sure my husband will wait for me near the exit, just in case- i mean malls and stuff can be scary bathrooms- don't worry at a restaurant or something - i really do go by myself

Hoarding

Ahh hoarding, you some how that show is so addicting. It scares me that I understand if to a certain extent. I can understand holding onto things that have sentimental value. For me personally I would be more anxious if I was buried alive in my own house. How does it get to that point? When does your anxiety over letting things go overwhelm your anxiety for control.. Or how does clutter give you the illusion of control? I mean in watching this show, much of what is being hoarded is truly trash... How does that happen? How/ Why are we all wired ao differently that some anxiety leads to overzealous cleaning, while for some it created a world of walls?

Never good enough

Sigh... Ever feel like no matter how hard you try it's never enough...for somebody. It is not always the same person, but its the never ending circle of not knowing what to do... When do we accept we can not please everyone, we can only please ourselves and when we are happy that everything else will fall into place. Why is that so hard. I feel like I am always walking on needles and every once in awhile i miss a few only to be pushed right back onto the needle ridden path. When are we able to walk the path without being pricked...sigh does that path exist or do some of us simply have more calloused feet then the rest of us- oh how do we get there?