I've written 4 blog posts that have not really adequately described anything I've been feeling or thinking lately. Two were spontaneously deleted by my computer so that worked out. Another one felt like I was faking it and the last one was slightly too dramatic. 5th times a charm. This will likely be random.
Nick and I LOVE Thai food. We are on a strict nutrition plan in light of recent events so Thai has not been something we have tried lately. The other night though we were both feeling rebellious. We not only went out to eat but we went to Thai food and it was glorious! The service was great the food was perfect and we got really really good fortune cookies (it's a chinese and thai cuisine restaurant hence the cookie). There's nothing like a really good fortune cookie. We didn't eat them. We weren't feeling that rebellious but we did open them. He got good luck and I got money(not real money just the prophecy of it)! We will definitely be going there again.
I recently read an article in a magazine about lying on facebook. Not in the traditional sense of words but with yours pictures! As in taking a picture of how cute your kids are frolicking through an orchard and sipping hot chocolate (without spills or stains) and posting something really cute with it; when really those were the only moments of the day that weren't chaotic and miserable. I thought it was the coolest article. She called out everyone who makes their life seem perfect, including herself. She also touched on how doing so can create a vicious cycle of jealousy and perfectionism. Jealousy you don't want. Perfection doesn't exist in anyones life, no matter how cropped and photoshopped someone's pictures are. Perpetuating this cycle keeps us from developing real relationships with people. I just loved it. I felt like I could relate to that. Today as I looked at my facebook newsfeed I saw two or three young moms asking for help to get their babies to nap. That's so brave and that's real life. This is not real life...
imagine a picture of a perfectly dressed four year old hair combed ....perfectangel#Ilovethiskid#bestmomever#bestkidsever....
Right...then two hundred people feel like crap because their four year olds are running around the house determined not to wear clothes and screaming something about airplanes, pirates and pizza.
I'm not saying saying you shouldn't post cute pictures, just that we should keep it real too. That's my rant for the day.
Finally, and possibly most importantly our beets are sprouting! I'm so proud. Hoping to get a picture of them soon but every time I think to it's already dark. Not the same.
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