One week ago the entire area was hit by what is now being called a Category 1 Land Hurricane. For me and my family this took out our power for roughly 5 days in 100 degree temps with no running water. Luckily we only had 2 trees knocked down and a large branch that could account as a tree! Also, a hundred other little things were destroyed on our property but nothing major and we were all untouched by the wrath of this storm...well physically untouched. I think the emotional scarring might last awhile but we'll get over it.
It was a way of weeding out the weak...which we were weeded out and escaped to a hotel!
Thursday, September 13, 2012
Airing Out the Laundry
I couldn't help but laugh today as I was outside hanging my laundry up on the line to dry, with the turbines spinning happily in the background along the Highway...I had my A/C on and the pool pump filtering 24/7.
I was so proud of myself for almost drying my clothes outside for an entire month, thinking of how much energy I'd saved and how much lower our electricity bill was going to be. Over the weekend my husband was kind enough to whip me up a batch of some homemade laundry detergent so I've been going to town on the laundry with it to do a comparison. I was feeling so "Green" so "Hands On" and then the weather changed and the bugs grew bigger and bigger...there were Grasshoppers jumping as high as my clothes line...forcing me back to the modern day way of thinking..."screw this" Ha!
I was so proud of myself for almost drying my clothes outside for an entire month, thinking of how much energy I'd saved and how much lower our electricity bill was going to be. Over the weekend my husband was kind enough to whip me up a batch of some homemade laundry detergent so I've been going to town on the laundry with it to do a comparison. I was feeling so "Green" so "Hands On" and then the weather changed and the bugs grew bigger and bigger...there were Grasshoppers jumping as high as my clothes line...forcing me back to the modern day way of thinking..."screw this" Ha!
The Progression of Busy
There was a time in my life, when I was a West Central party girl...living the high life, happy but empty...and then I found Todd...who made me very very happy and then I became Mrs. Myers a.k.a. full time working wife at a TV Station with a husband who had a bar. Life was busy and we were always on the go...at least we thought...until we had our first born. Then I became very, very very happy...was Mrs. Myers aka Full time working classy momma at the TV Station...and then I was really always on the go...well...at least I thought I was...then I had my second child...Then I became very, very, very, very happy and THOUGHT I was going to be the fancy full time working momma of two but something wonderful happened and I was pulled away from my job (thank you God or I would have never left) and then I became a stay at home mom and I thought life would be easier. WRONG...then I became MORE busy then I've ever been in my life! But still...very very very very happy! :)
Tuesday, September 4, 2012
Bye Bye Summer Vacation
I have to say that although a small part of me is happy that order and structure will reside in the Myers household once again...but a huge part of me if very sad that the days will not be filled with the laughter of the girls. Living out in the country there's (obviously) not a neighborhood where kids play and run around and be free like I did. Out here you pretty much have to make "Playdates" and be dropped off and picked up...something I'm not exactly hip to. Perhaps someone needs to write a "Playdate Book for Country Dummies" because I'm still not sure if I have to stay at their house with the kids or if I can just drop them off and leave. I'm not sure what the "Playdate Etiquette" is. OK..moving on...because of this the summer has been filled with Tayla and Nora being each others best friends and playing with each other, laughing with each other, creating with each other, giggling, crying, etc. I'm afraid that all of this will end as soon as school begins and Tayla begins once more hanging out with kids her own age and cuts Nora off. My fear is there because we had this situation happen last year when school began and I remember it being a difficult transition. I'm only hoping that it's better this year. I'll miss my girls and the time we had during the summer...although I have a lot of guilt from things we did not get to do, I also have a lot of pride from things that we DID accomplish.
Their little minds never once stopped imagining or creating. I love this about my children...they can look at an empty box and turn it into a Barbie Castle!
Well..we'll see how the school year rolls!
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