5 really good things on a wednesday {nablopomo day 26}

~this preview....brought to my attention
by the cutie who also brought about
the idea of 5 really good things on a wednesday
{and poetry thursday...}

~this totally cute superstar paper artist
and her adorable blog...

~the realization that this is out just in time for
christmas...and the giggles when i tried to tell
13 that she could tell her dad that i want this
book and 13 saying "you want a book by
falalfal-a?" heh.

~shopping with 13 last night and feeling much
more like friends than anything else...just relaxed
and giggling and making sarcastic remarks
{which is a requirement in the gkgirl household...
you have to be able to hold your own...heehee}

~and finally...but definitely not least...
a new job...
not that i didn't enjoy my old job
but this one has so much more room for
advancement...and better pay...and benefits...
and NO SATURDAYS
{i have just worked every saturday for the last
year and a half with the exception of vacation weeks}

so although i am sad to leave the current job
and i know there will be pros and cons to both,
{for example, my new job is a 45 minute drive away
and my old one was a two minute drive...}
i am open minded and excited....
i start monday morning...
which means a new routine for the kids
as now they will have to be able to get themselves
ready for school but at 9 and 13, i should think
that is not an unrealistic expectation...
i think it is harder for me to let go of that control.

either way,
i am excited and sad,
scared and confident...
change is bittersweet.

i should be in bed...{nablopomo day 25}

day 25 of nablopomo
and i am just under the wire
with only an hour to spare...
typing this when i should really be
in bed...


today has been a better day
and it was nice to get all that support...
sometimes things just don't want to add up.
but today was sunny
and bright and smooth...
and i wish i could put it in my pocket
and save it for the next time
things go so horribly wrong
that i find myself
laying on my bed
sobbing into my pillow like a kid...
thinking it's just. not. fair.

:O)

the leaves are leaving...{nablopomo day 24}

fallen for you/ holding on

a photo collaboration with adorable liz elayne

and if you would like to see more,
knock on this door.
they would love to have you stop by for a visit...

that said
i also need to say
that this has been the most
horrible kind of day.
a might-be-taking-it-the-wrong-way
but-also...might-not-be
statement in an email,
a coat bought for 13 on sale
that turned out to be too small
and she doesn't like it,
fatty, greasy supper just because it was fast,
a doctors appointment that ran half an hour later
than it should have,
forgot to buy a mat for the doorway
now i have to contend with wet socks still,
a slow leaking tire,
and
worst of all
i missed the santa claus parade....
i got to hear it
and see the floats at the end of my street
as i was dragging in stupid over priced groceries
and kicking randomly at lumps of snow.

i hate today.


the story of the green {kermit} coat...{nablopomo day 23}




i first saw the
kermit-the-frog-green
coat when i was
about 18...

i was shopping with my
at-the-time boyfriend...
my first ever real boyfriend
i might add...
{who went on to teach me that
love can really suck and not to change
yourself to fit into someone else's
jigsaw puzzle of life, but that is
a whole other post...}

so.
the coat.

i immediately fell in love.

it was 350.00.

so out of my price range.

but,
because some people buy
awesome gifts
to make up for what a
jerk
they can regularly be,
i received the coat for christmas.

i wore that coat all the time...
i was known for that coat...

and i think that is part of why i
continue to hold onto it...
not because of sentimental reasons
regarding who i received it from
{far from it}
but because it reminds me of me,
of me then...and how far i've come
and even though i had made myself small
in that one relationship
i also let myself stand out
in that kermit-coat.