Finally!!!

by | Nov 4, 2011 | mama confessions

 Today I ordered actual prints of some of the pictures we’ve been taking throughout the year.  I have been working on creating a folder of all of my favorite pictures, and I finally uploaded them to Walmart’s online photo department and picked them up this afternoon.  Since the kids fell asleep, I’ve been drinking my favorite Austrian wine and putting all the pictures in frames.  I can’t believe it has been nearly six months since I’ve done something this productive.  I have been so upset that I haven’t been able to get around to doing this ONE THING, so it makes me happy that I finally have a sense of accomplishment.  It took having relatives book a flight and say they are coming this weekend for me to do it, but hey…some things just need a little motivation!

PICTURES ARE IMPORTANT TO ME!  (sorry about the caps…it’s the wine)  I like having pictures up ALL OVER MY HOUSE!  It makes me feel good.  It makes me realize how incredibly lucky I am.  It makes me feel blessed and loved.  It makes me PROUD!  I am so proud.  But not in a conceited way.  I am proud, because I never thought I’d have  this.  I never thought I’d have this wonderful family.  So many relationships failed to succeed throughout my twenties and made me believe that I wasn’t worthy of love.  When I met Thomas after so many broken, failed relationships, I couldn’t believe that love had finally found me.  The feelings were right.  The timing was right.  I’m still pinching myself.  It’s not perfect.  Nothing is.  We argue over stupid things.  We get on each other’s nerves.  He still has yet to figure me out and I have yet to figure him out.  But we love each other.  Deeply.  We love each other more than our problems.  We love each other more than our failures.  We are best friends.  This makes me so grateful for all the failed relationships I had before him.  Thank God I didn’t end up with some of those creeps!  He is such a gem.  He makes me a better person.  OK…enough of the sappy stuff.

So, I have all the pics in frames and actually need to go and buy more frames.  I’m realizing how frameless I am.  har har har  No, but seriously…writing while drinking wine is hard. 

Thomas and I just looked at each other and said, “Why are we still awake?  The boys are sleeping!!!!!!”  There’s something about the freedom that comes with having both boys in bed that makes us not want to sleep.  I don’t know why, since I always complain about sleep deprivation.  You’d think I’d be all curled up and asleep by now, but I’m not.  So dumb.

OK, the wine has definitely taken over and not allowing me to have any thought worth having, so here is my gratitude list:

Today, I am grateful for:

  1. welll…my child just woke up!  what are the odds?
  2. Austrian wine
  3. the great day I had in my pajamas
  4. the cooler weather
  5. my house is clean
  6. crap, he’s crying
  7. my pictures are printed and in frames
  8. ok…now he’s really crying
  9. chocolate
  10. sex

ok…sorry!  that was random, but gotta go!

 

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