home....and lots on the list...

There are so many benefits and gifts that traveling has given my family and I. My child has been the recipient of so many of these great lessons and growing experiences...all that being said....we are a family that loves being at home. The time that I spend traveling always allows me the opportunity to start those mental lists of all the projects that i need to start or finish. I try not to put so much on those lists....otherwise i would just become CRAZY...
So, here I am after over a of week traveling and exhausted...I will start getting things done "tomorrow"....always a flexible date that is subject to change.
One of my first projects is to take more photos with a new camera that I recently purchased. I would like to make more of a commitment to a daily blog, add some great photos, design a great space, and hopefully, write some about some interesting things. My new camera is easier to download to the IMac that my larger,cumbersome, older camera.
Stay tuned...maybe things here will be changing sooner than later...

latest read

I am just finishing the latest book written by a favorite author, Pat Conroy called South of Broad. He has written many great novels, The Prince of TIdes was so good that I read it twice and could not put it down, I had tears falling down my face as I read about this sad family that endured so much sadness and tragedy.
South of Broad included some of that same sad tragedy...as well as much of the same character strength. I did not have tears, but I came to love my nightly quiet moments of opportunity to read Mr. Conroys written word.
As I come to the end of a great story that has been written with strong characters I always feel that I need to take a break before starting to read my next book. I am not sure if this is to digest the story or possibly out of respect for the characters. Almost as if a friend had passed on. It is on these nights, as the pages become fewer and fewer, that are left unread, that i start to slow and stall. I don't want this story to end....I want to the characters that i have gotten to know and spend time with to continue to live on....i want to continue on their journey with them....and them with me.

Happy To Be Home. . . Hence The Title

Well, we made it. The whole group got to Augusta and back safely and basically on time. The homes worked out great, cars were rented, and I hope that a good time was had by all. Now it is back to getting things done.


I wish that I was a better multi-tasker. I think that instead I am more of a singular focused girl. There are projects that I would love to complete and work on all at the same time. Instead I manage to become singularly focused and can't manage to complete anything but that one, overwhelming project I manage to put in front of anything else. This leads me to this week...


I have put off a multitude of home projects. So far my list includes a plumber, electrician, the gardener, the outside lighting service, dry cleaners, vacuum cleaner repair, donation drop off, and of course the never ending closet clean out that looms over my head. Am I the only person that has this issue? I thought that we as strong and modern women were supposed to be these great multi-taskers. Instead I get over-whelmed, shut down, and sometimes can't complete anything. I rush around the house doing the same small tasks day after day. . . cleaning the sinks, potties, counter tops in the kitchen. Just the surface. Never dealing with what is really inside. Not opening the door to that closet, cabinet, or box to purge what is inside. This means something. . . I just know that it does.


Self-image. . . too much "stuff" to make up for other losses. . . you can give it any title . A therapists easy diagnosis. A de-clutterers dream. In the end, just me.
Trying to make my home a little more live-able. A little more comfortable. A little more who I want to be.


I think that will be my new journey. . . work with my home and start, together, to become the person and living space that I want to be and be in. I will take it one door at a time.

So much for a daily blog. I suppose that home, life, and family really does happen. Who could have guessed. Trying this morning, at 4am, to balance the requests of others and when to say NO. Why is this still so hard? Maybe the question should be why should we have to? Why don't people just get it? If others would just stop asking so much and assuming that others had nothing better to do than grant their every whim, the world (or at least my world) would be a simpler place. Above anything else, i consider myself to be a generous person that appreciates everything and believes in sharing. I wonder where the line is drawn in being taken advantage of. Maybe I need to work on being more direct with people. Maybe I need to set better perimeters and limits. Maybe this is a "me"issue and not a "them" issue. Clearly, a goal to reach by the end of the day. . .solve a few issues.
I have been looking a the blogs of others. . . the thoughts, the photos, the art. . .very inspiring. Maybe one day I too will be able to post such great blog entries! one day. . .

In The Beginning. . .

This has all started out basically as a whim. I don't know where it will lead. I don't know if anyone will care. I certainly don't think that I will have anything of great importance to say. Maybe just a new way to share thoughts and ideas with friends, family, and even a few strangers. I don't think it will be an adventure, reading what is going on in my life and those around me, but maybe a small source of entertainment or giggle now and then.
I will learn as I go. Have patience and say a prayer.
Blessings,
mes