motherhood.

i have never questioned our decision to have me be a stay at home mom.
it's my dream job.
i love it.
but it does seem that in todays world it is questioned, or thought of as you not doing anything.
i read this article and it was super refreshing & helped me regain some perspective.

"Live the gospel in the things that no one sees. Sacrifice for your children in places that only they will know about. Put their value ahead of yours. Grow them up in the clean air of gospel living. Your testimony to the gospel in the little details of your life is more valuable to them than you can imagine. If you tell them the gospel, but live to yourself, they will never believe it. Give your life for theirs every day, joyfully. Lay down pettiness. Lay down fussiness. Lay down resentment about the dishes, about the laundry, about how no one knows how hard you work."

go here for the whole article. 

to celebrate the first day of March, i picked up a marshmallow egg at the variety store. i don't know why, this isn't a tradition or anything like that. but, it was a fabulous impulse buy & i ate it in the car. 60 cents well spent. i think this winter, more than most, i have been antsy for warm weather to come. maybe it's because warm weather means summer & summer means baby...but i also regularly day dream about lounging poolside. but good news! the weather forecast says 50 on Saturday! Shawn is going to come up with an outdoor activity.

welcome March, i'm sure it will be a fun month (if you don't let me down & get all snowy on me).

i've noticed

recently there are somethings that catch my eye...
a cat in a window. you know, like a live kitty-cat? but not in house windows, in store front windows. it really makes me curious. does the cat live there? does it come every morning with the owner? how does it get there? cat carrier? does it have its own food bowl? litter? there are just so many questions. and i don't even like cats. but it still makes me smile. even though i would be doomed with allergies 2 seconds after entering the shop. maybe it's because a good book always has an amazing bookstore. and there is always a cat who lives there.


a creek that sparkles. maybe it has something to do with fall. i feel like the water looks sparkly when the air is cool. the sun shines just right, the rocks create just the right current, and when you look over the bridge, you have to squint because the water is full of glitter. 


a freshly harvested field. it is so clean. so methodical. so complete. the epitome of a project planned out, planted out, and completed. 

a tuperware of leftovers. (doesn't really flow with the other ideas, but hey, i'm just saying...) i think the majority of people hate leftovers. probably because as kids it was a way worse option than a pb&j sandwich. plus it was usually meatloaf. (beatloaf, i hate meatloaf). but to me, leftovers taste deliciously of connivence + simplicity.  i love emptying a pan into portioned out containers. lunch is ready! and on a side note, i am picky about my leftovers. i don't like the taste of reheated food...so i don't usually reheat them! i'll go cold, or slightly room temp. odd. i know. 


cat 

field