I hate losing things...

You know when you lose something its the most frustrating thing.  I remember when I first moved to Atlanta and I was struggling a little bit with adjusting to my life outside of college.  Gone were the days when money wasn't a huge issue, friends didn't live right down the hall and time was filled with boring things like traffic and jobs.  I had recently moved to a new city, into a new apartment, with a new job and I thought I was handling it fine.

Then I lost my house keys, and my checkbook and my car keys and about 5 other things. Once I found one item I would lose another. I realized that then and there I was not handling the transition too well and need to s-l-o-w down for a bit.

Well this past summer was a little like that but different. We bought a house, moved into a new house, found out we were pregnant, celebrated husbands birthday, my birthday, traveled to the beach and mountains and with all that going on I misplaced a few things.  One of those things was a brand new compact digital camera that my husband bought me for my birthday.  Once we found the camera we realized we lost the battery charger, the usb cable and about everything else that comes in that little box.

Then we got an Iphone and the pictures on the Iphone looked great. The iphone got upgraded to an iphone 4 and the pictures looked even better.

Then one day I decided I better print some of these great Iphone4 pictures off so I could put them in empty frames around the semi-new house.  Well what a disappointment. The pictures are grainy and cloudy. The first 6months of my daughters life she has amazing pictures on the computer but when printed out she gets a bunch of grainy photos.  I honestly am devastated. Photos are so precious to me and I just am having a hard time getting over the let down.

So now what do I do? Do I buy a brand new camera? The replacement pieces are as expensive as a new camera all added up....?

Crying it out....

I have an opinion as do many others.

Molly has an opinion too. In fact if you were within 10 miles of our house you might be able to hear her opinion.

Video monitors can be such a blessing. But they can also be such a curse.

Gettin' Busy

So despite the broken washer some things are really getting done around this house! It is so nice to finally be home and able to do some things that always get put on that mental to do list.

The past two days we have put clothes away, cleaned out fridge, gone major grocery shopping, cleaned bathtub and guest bathroom floor, vacuumed, mowed the front lawn, dusted around the kitchen and living room, washed kitchen french door windows and washed actual doors.  We also have been eating at home for EVERY meal and today I made chicken salad for our lunches and also dinner for tonight - - poppy seed chicken. Last night was steamed veggies, angel hair pasta and pecan crusted chicken.

Needless to say, I am pretty proud of this productive streak.  There are still many things left to do but it feels so good to get things done.

I hope that this weekend you have been able to do things that make you feel good!

Now what????

Ahhhh it is so nice to be home again and with a working air conditioning unit.

Then this morning after some fun with Molly and Allen, we walked downstairs to be proactive and attack our mounds of laundry.  Much to our dismay our basement was full of water. Standing water. Everywhere.  Covering electrical cords. Covering dirty clothes. Underneath furniture. Every.Where.

What the h?

I mean, thanks for the summer break right?

Things I am loving

1. Raffi kids songs. Not only do they make Molly smile they remind of me being a little girl.
2. My husbands clean shaven face
3. Baked Vidalia Onions
4. Watermelon
5. Giving Molly her bottle right before bed.
6. Air conditioning

Podcasts

Did you know that if you have an Iphone there are TONS of free Iphone podcasts?? I just downloaded some of the following:

1. simple mom
2. famous speeches in History
3. proverbs
4. the history of Rome: the Christian Emperor.

Totally excited about it

Prunes, Green Beans and Pears

So our once new to the world baby is ready for some soilds.  She is moving on up!! We have been given the "all clear" and have started her on a few "first foods."

Her favorite is pears. Her least favorite is Green beans. Prunes she could take or leave. If you haven't had the suprume joy of feeding a baby then you are really missing out. I bet you two hundred dollars that you would not be able to keep from smiling while feeding a gummy, happy baby. I really am looking forward to waking up with Miss Molly and offering her some pears!!

A case of the "i wants"

I hate it when I get a case of the "i wants"

you know what I am talking about. When all of a sudden there a million things that you want. Or at least it feels that way.  Things that I do not need, not in the slightest but I want them. I want a new iphone case. I want the new crochet TOMS. I want some new earrings. I want to get my car cleaned by a professional place and not spend hours in the hot afternoon sun vacuuming out crumbs and washing windows.

I really don't like this. Its so ugly and selfish and materialistic. Ugh.

Living as a nomad

Well the past month I have been assigned a new role. I am already a wife, mother, daughter, sister and friend. The month of June I have been able to add "nomad" to that list. Allen and I enjoyed a beautiful, fun, and funny week at the beach. I will have to write about that adventure later.

After returning from the week at the beach we came home to an uncomfortably warm house. After checking the inside and outside cooling unit we came to the realization that we were without air conditioning.  We probably could have stayed there that night but I was a worried mom about her baby so we booked a last minute cheapo hotel room at midnight. Yes. Midnight. The next day and two days following we stayed at a friends condo. Then we went home (still without air) but had a portable air conditing unit in our bedroom. It was cool in the bedroom...but that was about it. I tried to spend my time during the day with Molly in the car, at the pool, in the shops.  A good friend of my mom's offered up her lovely home and we were there for almost an entire week!!  Then back to my house for one night and now I am on St.Simons with my family.

Needless to say I am a little out of sorts. Living out of a suitcase is one thing but adding a baby who is becoming more mobile is another. I am so so so thankful for the love and generosity of my friends and my mom's friends. We are beyond thankful that we had a cool place to stay instead of sweating it out in our house. I know now, that I have a major personality adjustment when faced with no air conditioning.

I also put Molly on a new schedule and finally "let her cry it out." All while living in someone else's home. Good idea? I don't know, but I do know that Molly is pretty awesome and I love her all the more. I also love the woman who didn't mind listening to molly cry for 25 minutes before she put herself to sleep.

and the air conditioning? Yeah....we still don't have it.