Just Jen

I am reminded

... that it is the shittiest days that make the great days all that much sweeter.

Right now I'm not feeling it so much, but I'm holding the faith. I have faith that the truth will surface and my strength will carry me through to where I need to be.  Wherever that is.

But right now I just want to say...

And I want to scream since I'm all out of tears.  Tears for me and for others.  Sometimes it all comes at once and it's just too much.

But I also hear the truth in my soul speaking.  Thank God it speaks loudly, just like I do.  I'm going to cling to that for now.

This is me being human. I am entitled to that.

 

This one's for my friend, Kathy...

Cheers, girlfriend.

And our next vacation will be...

Jamaica, mon!

It's a long way off yet, but it's official and I am looking forward to it.  Now to hoping hurricane season is mild and scoots around my future place of sanity...

Persistence & Patience

Leo  (July 23 - August 22)

You may feel a nervous restlessness today that's urging you to get moving, Leo. A journey to one place may send you off to another, which may take you on an adventure to some completely different place. It may seem like you're on a crazy scavenger hunt. The energy of the day could leave you feeling ragged, but don't give up. Your persistence will pay off in the end. 

I don't put much stake in these horoscopes, but I find them highly entertaining and even sometimes enlightening.  Like a good quote that seems to summarize your feelings perfectly in a few words. Isn't language amazing? But today this horoscope speaks to my life and reminds me to breathe through it and accept it was all meant to be.

So today feels like a new day. Our world was shaken up in a great way yesterday. Ben got off the waitlist to the school he wanted. (Wanted may be an understatement for my passionate little boy.)  It complicates everything in my world, but there is no question this feels like the right path for Ben. We were all set to go to school right out our the backdoor (can you say convenient?) for one more year, and now I have 2 kids in two different schools with 2 different schedules.  It feels like a test of my sanity is ahead on multiple levels.  Can I juggle this and still look sane?  Can I fit in my personal goals, while balancing a full time job and now this expanded adventure? There is no alternative really. But I wonder what will have to give to make it happen.  I'm trying not to stress about it. Go with the flow, as the Brave Girls have taught me, because this is just all part of a bigger picture and a major plan for my life. The rest of the year ahead will be a test of my persistent & patience. Not two of my stronger suits.

(sigh) Life is funny. 

I laughed out loud imagining this...

Once again, compliments of Grouchy Rabbit:

 

TO DO LIST:

Buy angry birds stuffed animals.

Walk around town throwing them at people.

 

I have only played this game one time on my brother-in-law's Ipad and I lost touch with reality for an hour.  Glad I am not a big technology person or I would have no life.

Happy Thursday.

Forgot to use this last year....

... but it's already out on my desk and ready to start Saturday!   

The 2 week birthday countdown!

This is in my Page & Project gallery here on the side, but it's really old, so here's a link to the inside pages in case you are curious and don't want to go through a zillion pages to get there.  Reminder: it's an old project, so not critquing the old techniques and patterns.  (maybe time to make a fresh new one?  I always meant to make one for the kids... but they have all the perks, right?)  And I used ribbon to tie the last 2 pages together so it stands up - one of my more clever creations, I think.  ;-)

I don't need anything special for my birthday, especially with this - it's like I have my own party every day... and this is not a milestone birthday, but that time is too close for comfort.  The last of my 30s. (sigh) Life moves too fast. Just sayin'.

 

And a perfect kickoff for the week ahead....

Tomorrow is the beginning of Harry Potter week at our house - one movie every day and then we go to the new release next Sunday to finish out this delightful series.  It's going to be tough to top this summer event - especially considering all the extra cuddles I'll have an excuse to steal!

So when I opened email this morning and read this - it seemed like the perfect kickoff... oh how I am tickled every day at the postings from the Grouchy Rabbit.  It so feeds my inner snarky side...

Signs that things

aren't going so well:

Your pet rat is missing a toe.

 

One of my favorite twists in this series - brilliant.  Thanks JK Rowling, for the gift you gave the world.  I hope to someday join your ranks.

 

 

Thumbs up on this horoscope!

Leo

July 23 - August 22

Today you've decided to change things around you, Leo. You're about to make radical changes to your life. You feel that you're almost invulnerable, that nothing can resist you. You're going to go beyond your boundaries even if it means that you might be forgetting your friends for a while. Carpe diem.

This is soooo my life right now.  Good things coming.

Proud to be American.