Look Ma . . . I’m on the internet . . . in a bikini (Eep!)

June 30, 20166 Comments

Remember once upon a time when I said my goal for this year was to wear a two piece this summer?

Remember when I said I probably wouldn’t show you though?

(Especially not pics from THIS DAY at the beach.)

Yeah.

Well.

I’m not doing it here, but I sent in some pics to The Mom Edit. Readers around here know that I love Shana and her team. Their recommendations have been molto helpful to me, especially for swim. If this is helpful to anyone else on their swimsuit quest, I’m ~~happy~~ willing to share.

Check it out here.

Hoot: Volume 12 (Mac is funny too)

June 20, 20161 Comment

My kids say some pretty hilarious things. I’ve been told that I used to say hilarious things once, but my parents didn’t write it down and cannot remember even one witty anecdote. Inspired by YHL’s Clara Conversations, I wanted to share some isms as I collect a critical mass.

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Can you picture your life in 10 years?

June 17, 20162 Comments

I got married when I was 22. I distinctly remember sitting there and thinking, “wow, when I’m 32, I’ll have already been married 10 years.” I just couldn’t picture it though. 32 seemed awfully young, but still light years away from 22.

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The difference between 24 and 34

June 16, 20164 Comments

So I went to the beach today. (Santa Severa) Yeah, on a Thursday. My life is sweet.

We had a great time. Well, most of us. Mac is NOT a fan of sand. He does like seashells. Except for the part where they are covered in sand.

When it was time to leave, I gathered up the sand toys to go rinse them in the water. I was wearing my new bikini bottoms and an ancient top. As I bent over to swish the toys . . .

SNAP.

Yeah, my bikini top snapped in two.

So here’s the difference between 24 and 34. My previous self would have been MORTIFIED. I would have wanted to dig a hole with those sand toys and disappear forever.

Now? I laughed. I laughed and laughed and laughed.

I did call my friend for backup to assist. But I didn’t crawl in a hole or even worry about anything that much.

It helped that it happened facing away from everyone. It definitely helped that I wasn’t surrounded by work associates or a bunch of my friends’ husbands. Stakes were low.

I’m glad I can laugh now.

Ride the Avalanche of Awesome

June 15, 20162 Comments

Gretchen Rubin is right. Good habits can be surprisingly fragile.

Even if you’ve been doing something for weeks, months, or years, you can get off track surprisingly quickly. You can be derailed by a vacation, by someone else’s vacation, by an illness, by someone else’s illness . . . you get the idea.

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