by Sarah | Aug 30, 2010 | All About Me
Day 02 – Something you love about yourself
On the surface, this should be so much easier to write. In fact, it’s the opposite. As a person that’s normally very hard on myself, it’s more difficult to find something to love. That, and I always feel like I sound so vain when I try to talk myself up! But, this is all about truth.
I love my intelligence.
I don’t claim to know everything, or something about everything. I do know a lot about some things, and a little about others.
I love that I love to learn and that I firmly believe knowledge is power. The worst part about any situation I get into is the unknown. Until I have facts, until I can research I feel like I flounder around.
I miss being in school. Not because of the people – socially I was inept, still am in many ways. No, I miss going to school for learning. Getting assigned things that I HAD to learn about. To give my mind the challenge of learning something new. Homework. Tests. Grades.
Yes, I’m strange. I’m a geek, a nerd, a bookworm. But I own it. I love it.
I love knowing that when Brandon comes to me with a question about his homework (or I should say IF he ever did…kid’s as smart as I ever was)…I’d likely know the answer – or how to help him find it.
I love that I love to read. To write. To do problems (word, math…just not physics, they were sooo annoying).
Knowledge is power.
My intelligence gives me power and strength. To get through every day. To redefine this idea of perfection.
by Sarah | Aug 29, 2010 | Photography, Weekly Winners
All taken w/ Canon Rebel XTi.
For week 8/15-8/21/10
Perfect Pluot
These were so delicious in a cobbler
Run Forrest!!
Finish Forrest!!
FLIRT Forrest!!!
Reach for the sky
Simply Handsome
Not one lick of editing except for size on this sucker. Is my nephew, “Poochee”.
Check out the rest of the weekly winners over at Lotus‘ place!!
by Sarah | Aug 28, 2010 | All About Denver, Cross Country, Tween-ology
When Brandon was young he played soccer. He was scared of getting hit, but he could run across that field. He loved it, but it got insanely expensive to play so we backed off.
Enter middle school – the boy wants to play a sport. He chooses Cross Country.
By the skin of our teeth we got him in for a physical in time…and he started the same day (two Monday’s ago).
Thursday he was in his first meet. I was so proud of him! I’ve never had a good stamina for running, and I envy his persistence at it. They run almost 2 miles in middle school meets – and the kid forgot his inhaler!
But he did it!
Not only did he run the full length of the meet looking just a bit winded at the end – he came in 20th place AND beat his best time by over 2 minutes!
Then after it was all said and done…he still had time to flirt…with TWO girls…
That girl in black? The opposing team. The girl in red? He says he USED to like her, but now she’s just a friend.
Yup. that’s my boy.
It’s the eyes. The kid has melt-worthy blue eyes. I’m in SO much trouble now that he’s noticing girls.
Oy, the headaches of a near-teen.
So yes…a VERY proud Mama ready for the next meet!!
by Sarah | Aug 27, 2010 | 100 Words, Writing
This week’s challenge word was “Corridor”. Without a doubt the first thing that came to mind was this. It took me all week to find the strength to write it. I call it GRIEF.
Grief
The sterile scent of medicine and bleach.
Hospital blue, hospital white.
Forever before me the corridor stretches, his room on my left. At the end is a lounge, I see a couch, hear a TV.
At his door I stand, unable to enter. The man before me not the man I remember.
Strength – gone.
Bulk – depleted.
The pillar of our family held down by tubes and cancer.
I can barely say hi, the tears form too fast. I have to run. To the lounge, where the couch will soak up my tears along with the tears of thousands of others.
by Sarah | Aug 27, 2010 | All About Me
This “30 Days of Truth” is making the rounds of the blogosphere. I saw it over at Garibay Soup first (which is now the beautiful Enchanting Havoc). I thought it sounded like a neat idea, and a way to examine myself and fill the days when I do not have any posts. Especially since lately it seems like my life is totally swamped.
I will not be doing the 30 days in succession. I’ll be putting it in between regular posts and my 365 project which I have finally actually been actively doing (I wanted to wait until I’d done several weeks successively before I started posting).
If you want to take part in this 30 days project (which is my first of several, I found others to do as well) – head on over HERE to find a list of all 30 days. Some look easier than others, but I’m doing them in order!! So without further ado…
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Day 01 – Something you hate about yourself
“Hate” is such a strong word, but still I can think of a few things to add to the list. The thing I hate most is my lack of will-power/ability to follow through.
I’m the person with a ton of ideas. Projects, crafts, decorating, personal and kids.
I want to better myself – I’m going to start exercising.
I want to better my house – look at these ideas & projects I have in mind.
I want to make these things – look at my pile of supplies in my craft cabinet.
I am so very angry/hurt, I’m going to tell this person exactly how I feel – oh look at my yellow-belly. The chicken-shit runs away from confrontation again.
Unfinished tasks and projects litter my house. My tummy is still I-had-3-kids-2-in-rapid-succession-loose. My excuses are vast and varied. Money, time, I got sick. My first attempt at prject 365 ended at #7. College was an unfinished joke.
The only thing I’ve seen through is my writing (1 book written, 1 series 2/3 done)…and my marriage (a very important seeing-it-through thing, admittedly).
I hate that part of myself. The one that doesn’t finish what I start. That sees everything through to the end. That doesn’t give up because of fear, failure, or just plain laziness.
Every year I resolve to change and get better. And every year it comes back and laughs in my face, leaving me back to hating it again and not sure how to rid myself of it forever.
Day 02 – Something you love about yourself
