A Plethora of Plans

I just realized that I have a million plans(all of which are fairly frightening and exciting)that I'm starting to put into motion and I thought I'd share my insanity with the rest of ya"ll.

Plan #1
Sell our house. We've been thinking about selling our house and moving to the Provo/Utah County area for awhile now but didn't put it into play until just last week. We found a fabulous realtor and put our cute little home on the market. I've been so excited about the possibility of moving closer to our families that I didn't realize I was SO attached to our friends, our house, and the safety in sameness. Apparently I don't love change, it scares the poop out of me. I know our house is small, but it's OUR HOUSE. Our first little home. It's all Hallie has known. And don't get me started on friends; play dates, scrap booking, cinnamon roll nights... Change is good and this will be a good change, but I'll be the first to admit I'm not the best at it.



Plan #2 Become Martha Stewart. Not it the whole jail time kind of way, but the homemaking crafty kinda way. I want to be a sewer. Hallie has her first homemade dress! I love Hallie in this little turkey dress, it may be my first attempt, and I've got a long way to go, but I'm giddy with the idea of more! A snowflake dress?! Easter dress!? How about some tutus!! The boring sections of craft stores (ie. fabrics, patterns, sewing machines) have lured me into their mind blogging possibilities.



Plan #3
Ready, Set, Potty!.... So ya that in and of itself is a big plan, which I've realized may never happen. Hallie will be in 5th grade wearing diapers. (oh please no) But apparently I've trained her wrong already. In order to take a nap, go to bed, or sleep after waking in the night, she HAS to have a bottle of milk. (Yes, another problem. We're supposed to be out of the bottle stage, but she loves it and how can I resist when she says, "Bottle of milk please".) So she wakes up in the morning with a beyond full diaper. The other night she finished the first 8 oz and wanted more so I filled it again and she guzzled down 6 oz more! The next morning she was soaked! Her pajamas front and back, top and bottom. All her blankets... yuck. But.... she sleeps! I am so worried about taking her out of diapers all day only to have the night a diaper time again. How can this work? I don't know how to change, but I guess I better figure it out. Suggestions please!?!?

Plan #4
Run another marathon! Ever since finishing the St. George Marathon in '05 I've known I wanted to run more... wanted being the operative word. My training pretty much ended when those 26.2 miles ended. I loved it, I was exhilarated, and then I was lazy. I'm going to have to start back at the beginning, 15 minutes at a time. I keep kicking myself for letting my endurance fall all the way back down to nothing, but what's a girl to do? Start again! If anyone wants to join me on this insane journey I'm going to try and put a calendar of my running schedule up so feel free to jog along!



(I'll be the one in the back.)

It Goes By Too Fast

Hayden and I just celebrated our 7th anniversary! It's hard to think of a time when we haven't been together. He is a great father and husband and I was lucky to snag such a fella. We have a tradition of exchanging books each year and writing little love notes inside. This year Hayden got me "The Choice," by Nicolas Sparks. He noticed that I had recently read "Message in a Bottle" and thought he'd be sneaky. Little did he know that I bawled my eyes out, yes literal gasping sobs, finishing that tragic love story. Who writes sad love stories anyway? They should be shot! Back to the book. I guess he read the back and thought it sounded like it had a happy ending unlike the backs of others, so we'll see. Either way I was pretty impressed that Hayden noticed what I was reading! Ya, by now I should realize he's amazing, but he continues to surprise me.

Officially Blogging

So blogging as been the best thing in the world to all the mom's I know, but I haven't had the time or energy to figure it out; until now. I am officially going to try to be a blogger. To share my amazing thoughts and deep insights. :) Ya right, but at least you can all enjoy the day to day of this stay-at-home mommy.