Into the Woods...

Finally, we are getting settled.  I love it!  This move has been pretty incredible and 2013 - a giant challenge.  LIfe has been full of all sorts of surprises and realities - joys and disappointments and for me, a whole lot of unsettling confusion.  ​

I had an eye opening experience at the doula workshop in February, a crash of emotions later in the month and a very quick, very hectic move, but this family needed it.  Fresh starts are tough - they are a commitment, and it's just what the doctor ordered.​

The carriage house is quant, calm and backs up to 8 acres of woods.  When my head is spinning with the lists of things to do and unsettled emotions on where my professional life is heading, it's nice to know Soren, August and I can take a trip hiking through the woods or push the wheel barrow around the yard.  Soren loves it and August will always take the opportunity to gnaw on some sticks.  So, into the woods - and out of my head!

This place feels like it is meant for us - and is really starting to feel like home.​

12/52

'A portrait a week of my children, once a week, every week, in 2013'​​

​858 days old, busy creating.  I love watching Soren's imagination grow - our little ball of energy is always up to something new!  It was tricky picking out a photo for this week, there were so many great ones.  Here are a few more...

Happy Weekend

It's a busy one for this fam.  ​

I am wrapping up rehearsal and a broadcast script this morning.  Rick will be hanging out with bubs and board opting while I record this evening.​

Rick is on air tomorrow morning on WGUC!  Yeah!! Hear him announcing Vaughn-Williams, John Adams and more!​

I am recording this concert Saturday evening.​

We are having our weekly (weekend) breakfast at Green Dog Cafe on Sunday.​

Then Soren will go to hang with his Mamaw and Papaw while Rick and I hustle back to work for the day.  Then, as the day closes - I get to snuggle up with my love (yum..*sigh...) for some House of Cards and good wine.​

Happy Weekend!​

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Organized Chores

Chores are tough - we have a sort of love/hate relationship.  They are a bit exhausting and with a 2 year old todd. running around, they seem a bit pointless.  That being said - I do enjoy them.  Weird?  Not really.  They are my zen moments.  I tidy up, clean with some green cleaners (Soren even lends a hand most times!) and get to revel in some nice, fresh cleanliness.  It's almost like meditation.​

And then within minutes it's back to chaos but ​that's perfectly alright.  I find myself glancing at toys sprawled across the floor and crayons strewn on paper with marker caps still open - smiling ear to ear.  He's creating, exploring and just being.  ​I love that. 

But trying to keep up with the chores, a full time job and wanting so desperately to be an active mother leaves me absolutely wiped.  So it was time to make some changes.  I have been following this wonderful blog, where the author wrote this great book on how to Project Organize Your Entire Life.  I started with the lists and dwindled them down into projects and voila!  Our very own chore list.  Not in the photo is a wonderful Meal Plan/Grocery list from this site that I laminated so we can re-use them with dry erase markers.  It's been less than a week and I am already in love with the system and feeling much more accomplished and A LOT less stressed.  Thanks MPMK!