Its pretty late here, Eric & Sarah Grace have already fallen asleep & of course I am wide awake. I'm still working on the "sleep when the baby sleeps" thing. Anyway, I was just having some thoughts about random things I am so thankful for. I have so many blessings in my life, I can't even begin to list them all, but there are some things that I think get overlooked in our busy lives. For instance, Eric & I were given this La-Z-Boy rocking chair. It kinda has a green plaid look about it & I didn't really want it, but I took it anyway. Well once we started converting the spare room into a nursery I sooooooo wanted it gone. Eric convinced me that it had to stay, even though I thought it was a waste of space. I was WRONG!! This chair is the greatest thing ever! I LOVE it, I NEED it! I covered it with a super cute blanket so I didn't have to stare at the clashing green all day and now its perfect. Who would of thought that this chair that was an older gentlemans lounging chair, would be the chair that I would rock my precious baby in at night. This chair is such a blessing love it! Onto my second random thought/blessing. So, I know its really popular to have your engagement ring and wedding band put together (not quite sure how to spell the word I'm describing.) So many people have tried to convince me that this is what I need to do. I say NO!! Not to say its a bad thing, its just not my thing. I actually have three rings and I did this on purpose, so why would I want them all mashed together?! First of all, its pretty hard to put on gloves at work with a big diamond on your finger! Holes, holes, & more holes! I simply do not wear my engagement ring to work, I wear either my wedding band or the other band that has small diamonds around it. If I had them all mashed together, I would be ring less, and thats just sad! Secondly, I have found that my prongs on the ring scratch my poor baby up, so currently I am rocking just the diamond band. So glad I did what I wanted to do & not the trend! I know at this point people probably think I am ridiculous and maybe I am, but oh well. (This is not to bash anyone who has their rings like this, I know for some people its easier like that, less to lose!!) The last random thought/blessing, is competitiveness! I guess that isn't a blessing, more of a random thought. My dear sweet husband, doesn't really posses this trait! I on the other hand feel like I am constantly competing! Totally stupid, I know! Everything is a competition to me, my sister is the same way. Although, we don't compete against each other or anyone in our immediate family. When I say compete, its over dumb stuff and the other person has no idea I am doing this and in most cases is someone I don't even know. Examples: who has the best hair, cutest husband, best shoes, cutest baby, cooks the best (I usually lose that one), who is the best wife,the smartest, the craftiest, and other totally dumb and superficial things! Please don't hate me, I am completely working on this. I do realize that we all have talents and gifts and are special in our Heavenly Fathers eyes. I know that this is a weakness of mine and maybe even a confidence issue, who knows, does anyone else ever feel like that? On the plus side of competitiveness I played dodgeball with my young women on thursday and did awesome! Considering the fact that I am way out of shape (I am currently walking a mile everyday,lifting weights, and running hills to fix this). I thought I did pretty good! So I hope I didn't offend anyone in this random post, just wanted to say a few things really late at night!! (Never a good idea)
5 comments:
I'm with you on the ring thing. I'm not planning on having mine joined together. I like it better that way. You are so cute.
You know, I was still debating about whether or not to get my soddard (thats the word you want, but probably not the right spelling), but i never got it done, and now i'm thinking i may not. my ring always grabs my hair anyway, so i probably shouldnt. as for the competitiveness, well i think its in our nature as women (i do it too. its bad.) i love your posts. hope you got some sleep. love ya danni.
My favorite chair is our Laz-E-Boy. I insisted on getting one when I was prego with Caden. It is now his favorite chair too, so the only time I get to sit in it is after 8pm. Glad Eric convinced you to keep it - they are great for nursing and rocking!
Hope you get some sleep!
Competitiveness surely is a curse/blessing. You will either feel happy/prideful or bummed out depending on where you end up in the competition. I think it can either drive us to do better or discourage us when we think we can't ever win. Yep we all suffer from it and I'm afraid it really can be a wedge to drive people away if they feel like you are always trying to compete with them. I guess it's something we all need to overcome. Maybe we should just compete with ourself and let the rest go. Going to bed does help promote sleeping. Love you, Mom F
i have an ugly old chair too... i got it while i was pregnant with afton at DI, and immediately put a cute blanket over it... i think the chair paid for itself in comfort about thirty minutes after we got it home!
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