Simplicity

     Well, it's been a fabulous winter break, much needed and greatly appreciated!!
     It was especially great since Ricky was home with me, recovering from his surgery. We never have this much time off work and together!
     Lots of fun was had, and a little bit of work, :) We spent time with family and friends.
      We even had LAZY days, where all we did was feed the animals and ourselves, and lounge around watching movies (WE ARE DIE-HARD NETFLIX FANS!!), napping, and reading. Those were my favorite days, and I felt NO guilt just being a bum, since I hardly ever do that, and Rick is one of the hardest working guys I know.
     I had not planned on doing too much today other than prep for school tomorrow. In the end, we did our grocery shopping, which wasn't so bad since we hit up Wal*Mart before 10 a.m. But, it's always a chore to get all the groceries put away and organized.
     I planned out menus for our week, and prepped a bunch of stuff that will make lunches and dinners quicker. And, thankfully Rick is home this week and next still, so he is going to be in charge of meals AND laundry! LIFE IS GOOD :)
     So, once all the grocery and meal prep was done, I thought about lounging around and reading (I have read LOTS this break.) to finish off my last day of break, but in the end, that is NOT what happened at all.
     Instead I found myself all inspired today, and in the end, let's just say that Rick's side of the bedroom is finally organized (mine already was), and I took out 4 EXTRA-LARGE commercial garbage bags of stuff. Stuff that will now be headed to the dump, and a whole other bag of stuff we are donating.
     I recently saw a cool new show for TLC called Stuffocating which made me think of the love of my life, who I happen to believe MIGHT be a border-line hoarder! Considering there were receipts from 2003 for the feed store or even Safeway advertisement flyers. Yeah, not thinking those are necessary anymore. Oh, I love him dearly, even with all his baggage, LOL!
     But, we did stumble across some really sweet pictures throughout all the years, even some baby pics of him!
     And, now it feels so good that it's not cluttered anymore!!!!! NO LONGER STUFFOCATED!
     This got me thinking...rather than come up with a bunch of resolutions, I would choose a word for 2011, and all elements of my life would connect...SIMPLICITY.
     So, here we go, searching out the simplicity of my life! I lived it today.
     Well, it's been a fabulous winter break, much needed and greatly appreciated!!
     It was especially great since Ricky was home with me, recovering from his surgery :)We never have this much time off work and together!
     Lots of fun was had, and a little bit of work, :) We spent time with family and friends.
      We even had LAZY days, where all we did was feed the animals and ourselves, and lounge around watching movies (WE ARE DIE-HARD NETFLIX FANS!!), napping, and reading. Those were my favorite days, and I felt NO guilt just being a bum, since I hardly ever do that, and Rick is one of the hardest working guys I know.
     I had planned on doing too much today other than prep for school tomorrow. In the end, we did our grocery shopping, which wasn't so bad since we hit up Wal*Mart before 10 a.m. But, it's always a chore to get all the groceries put away and organized.
     I planned out menus for our week, and prepped a bunch of stuff that will make lunches and dinners quicker. And, thankfully Rick is hope this week and next still, so he is going to be in charge of meals AND laundry! LIFE IS GOOD :)
     So, once all the grocery and meal prep was done, I thought about lounging around and reading (I have read LOTS this break.), but in the end, that is NOT what happened at all.
     Instead I found myself all inspired today, and in the end, let's just say that Rick's side of the bedroom is finally organized (mine already was), and I took out 4 EXTRA LARGE commercial garbage bags of stuff.
     I recently saw a cool new show for TLC called Stuffocating which made me think of the love of my life, who I happen to believe MIGHT be a border-line hoarder! Considering their were receipts from 2003 for the feed store or even Safeway advertisement flyers. Yeah, not thinking those are necessary anymore. Oh, I love him dearly, evne with all his baggage, LOL!
     But, we did stumble across some really sweet pictures throughout all the years, even some baby pics of him!
     And, now it feels so good that it's not cluttered anymore!!!!! NO LONGER STUFFOCATED!
     This got me thinking...rather than come up with a bunch of resolutions, I would choose a word for 2011, and all elements of my life would connect...SIMPLICITY.
     I will end each post with KISS (Keep it simple, Stupid or Keep it simple, Sam - which I happen to prefer, and I will write about the reason some other time).
     Until tomorrow, KISS!