the unperfected perfectionist

Wow!  I am not quite sure how Wednesday is upon us already!  Those Monday holidays always throw me for a loop.   I feel a day off now, and will for the remainder of the week.  The bonus is that the weekend will be upon us sooner.  So, I hope that you were able to enjoy a nice long weekend if you were lucky enough to have President's Day off. I was lucky enough to have a trip back home to visit family and friends and a bit of pampering for myself with my bi-monthly hair appointment.  Yes, I still travel 5 1/2 hours to my wonderful hair stylist, Heather.  Heather...It is worth every mile that I travel too!  The weekend went great and was very busy.  Sunday morning arrived and I was getting ready to head back home and my brother looked at the radar to find out that I would have to travel through lots of ice on my way back south. Not to mention, Michigan was forcasted to get heavy snow.  Well, since Emma had Monday off from school, w...

Today, on this Sunday before Valentine's day, I just wanted to share this piece with you about value in our lives.  With Valentine's day awaiting us tomorrow, this is just a small reminder to never leave anything left unsaid.  Enjoy your day! What Do You Value? To realize The value of a sister/brother Ask someone Who doesn't have one. To realize The value of ten years: Ask a newly Divorced couple. To realize The value of four years: Ask a graduate. To realize The value of one year: Ask a student who Has failed a final exam. To realize The value of nine months: Ask a mother who gave birth to a stillborn. To realize The value of one month: Ask a mother Who has given birth to A premature baby. To realize The value of one week: Ask an editor of a weekly newspaper. To realize The value of one minute: Ask a person Who has missed the train, bus or plane. To realize The value of one second: Ask a person Who has survived an accident. Time...

 Good Thankful Thursday afternoon to all of you!  It is a frigid but, gloriously sunny day here!  I couldn't be happier!  Sunshine feeds my soul and makes me feel so wonderful!  I even ventured outside for a 2 mile run in the cold with the sun beating down on me.  Ahhh, it felt fantastic!  This Thankful Thursday , I am going to brag about my amazing neighbors.  I am thankful every day for the fact that we landed ourselves in a neighborhood with such incredibly nice people.  I was really worried about moving from out of state into a new neighborhood.  You know when you move within the same area just to a new neighborhood, you know what the general feeling of the new "hood" is.  That is usually why you choose to find a home in that particular neighborhood.  Well, we just had to take a leap of faith when we found our house, in a cute neighborhood, that was tucked on a cul-de-sac, yet close to everything that I would need....

When you hear the phrase, " grocery shopping ", do you instantly cringe with dislike or smile with excitement?  It is almost like a puzzle for me that is not completely solved until the groceries are put away. Yesterday, I went grocery shopping and was thinking that there must be a better method. Keep reading and you will see why. Grocery shopping for me is not one of those favorite activities for me.  It is one of those overwhelming and daunting tasks for me on most occasions.  I will fully admit that there are times that I will put it off until I absolutely need to go or we may starve...well, not quite that bad but, close.  I know, many of you must be thinking...Are you kidding me?!  Grocery shopping is nothing to get worked up about.  You just walk up and down the aisles and grab what you need.  The funny thing is, when I was growing up, I loved to go grocery shopping with my mom because it was fun!  Most times we would g...

Happy Friday to you!  I am feeling really terrible about not posting Thankful Thursday yesterday.  It has been kind of a weird week for me.  We had a "Snow Day" one day and my daughter was home sick from school the other three days.  As for routine this week...it didn't exist.  I sometimes wonder if these kinds of weeks are thrown at me every so often just to challenge my ability of adapting to the mix-up of my usual routine. I hate that the lack of routine for me, means that it leaves me more time to think about the struggles that I wrestle with each day.  I timidly shared  a bit of this with you here , on my last post.  What the lack of routine did offer to me was some extra, quality time with Emma.  You know what an indulgence that is for me!  I hate when my girlie is sick but, I love how snugly she is!  I like to feel that she still needs her mommy!  I am making a very conscious effort to find the positive in eve...

A little bit of coloring to start off my first morning of February February has arrived and certainly not without some crazy winter storm weather!   So far, we were only welcomed with some freezing rain.  This made for another "Snow Day" which will need to be made up at the end of the school year.  Bummer!  I do not envy many others in much of the Midwest that are forcasted to get over a foot of snow!  No thank you!  I am so happy that February is here but, I feel as if January came and went without me even experiencing it.  I laid awake in bed last night unable to sleep because my mind would not quit.  The thought that I had wasted an entire month that I had planned to create some new goals and begin the year with a fresh start.  Oh, my goodness!  The feeling of panic and discouragement set in...thus triggered my brain to go completely hog wild!  Does this happen to anyone else? I will take you on a short little trip thr...