My absence was an indicator… November 16, 2010

…that my life had gotten a little too hectic.  So, I’ve scaled back.  Waaaaay back.  And I’m so happy I did.

So, when was the last time I wrote?  Oh yeah… just as summer began.  Wow.  With hubby’s new role in the military and all the insane summer activities, I let my blog slide.  Ok.  I let it slide into the abyss of complete and utter negligence.  But that’s not the point here, folks.  Let’s focus on what I’m doing about it now.

I am slowly reprioritizing my life.  And, as such, I am finding happiness in the little things.  So, to catch you up to speed, the following is what I have been up to:

1.  I cut my hours back at work.  I’m now working a little more than part time, but my schedule is totally and utterly centered around Tank’s school schedule.  If I hadn’t done that, he would’ve literally had to sit in the cafeteria for more than two hours before school even started.  And the before-school program involves a bunch of teenagers “supervising” the kids while they sit at the lunch tables just waiting for school to start.  No thank you.  Not my kid.  Instead, I scaled back on my hours and not only do Tank and I get to play on the playground every day before school starts, but C-belle spends 3.5 hours less in daycare each day.  She be happy = we be happy.  (Please note: swinging on elementary school swings each morning is 1, a really upbeat way to start the workday and, 2, a not-so-gentle reminder from God to be aware of the negative effects of overindulging in ice cream late at night.)

2. I’ve turned my passion into an obsession.  I love to cook.  I mean, I REALLY love to cook.  Since completing my culinary classes at a local cooking school, I have been experimenting non-stop.  This is my latest experiment…

A beautiful first attempt at bread!

I’ve had huge successes lately with beef tenderloin – which, PS, a 2.5 lb tenderloin will cost you $66.67… I found that out the hard way.  But holy cow (literally), that was some good beef!

3.  I’m not freaking out about the little things.  Laundry, grocery shopping and house cleaning get done when they get done.  You gotta problem wit dat?  Talk to management, ’cause I’m no longer on the hyper-freak-out train.  Damn it feels good!

So, all that being said… I am also back to blogging.  It makes me happy… like somewhere in the annals of time, my life is being recorded so that some day my children can stumble upon it during a random internet search in the year 2030 and realize that Mommy was cool… back in the day… somewhat.

It’s good to be back, people!!

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