Bestest Birthday!

I definately had one of the bestest birthdays this year! (Last thursday) It was a great day! I had a relaxing morning emailing, surfing the net, designing and getting lots of loves and hugs from my special little Natalie.

Then for lunch, my mom took us (Jim got the afternoon off!!) out to one of my favorite restraunts, Fiesta Mexicana. I definatley ate too much but still had to squeeze in a Fried Ice Cream!! Have you ever had one?? They are the best. Yummy!! Make me want one right now! ...well any ice cream would do right now! Hmmm... is it too late to go to the store?? Oh yea I was talking about my birthday...

Before we ordered, Jim pulls out a package from the diaper bag and hands to me. It was wrapped in a brown paper bag type wrapping with little men cut out from a magazine saying "You are really gonna like this" and "Hurry up and open it!" I was a little nervous for any of the waiters to see it because I did not want them to know it was my birthday! If it is your birthday, they come and plop a HUGE scary looking sombraro (sp??) on your head, sing to you, put whip cream on your nose and then take a photo to hang in the entryway. Not really my idea of fun!! So anyway I quickly oppened the package and in my hand is the newest version of Photoshop!!! Photoshop CS2!! I was quite excited to say the least!!

After we were done stuffing ourselves, we (Jim, Natalie, and I) went to check the mail. I got a sweet special card from my dear sis!! Made me smile BIG! :)

Then we headed to the river. We had a great time relaxing in the sun, splashing in the water and digging in the dirt! When we first got there, Natalie kept saying Ba, Ba, Ba. Finally I realized she was saying BATH and pointing to the river! She is so adorable! I just love that little thing!

So I had one of the best days.. spending time with my family and just relaxing. I really need to do more of that! Just enjoying the moment and not worrying about anything else!

Just the basics....

Have you ever felt like you are just being drug {or is it dragged} through life uncontrollably?? Like there are things you would like to do but there is really no time for them? Like you just barely get the basics {eating and getting dressed} taken care of for the day?? Well that is me! I made a little 'comic' of how I am feeling.


Yep, that is me. Being drug through life, face down in the dirt. Clawing like mad at the ground to slow things down.. but it doesn't help!! Seriously, WHERE HAS THE TIME GONE?? I am already 31 weeks along in this pregnancy.. THIRTY-ONE WEEKS!! {that is over 270 days by-the-way} Where did those weeks go??

This is one reason that there hasn't been many posts lately. It just seems like the same ole day over and over and over... a blur of eating, diaper changes, computer, and a little cleaning... over and over. I'm tired of this same old thing! I am ready for something new. But I am stuck. Stuck in this rut of sameness. Most days it is fine..comfortable even..but there are many days that I just hate it! I'm sure Natalie isn't really fond of it either.

Seems like there has been alot of talk lately about digging deeper into life..living it to the utmost..pondering your inner self..becoming what you really want to be. {CariLynn- your blog comes to mind!} Sometimes I just feel so shallow.. skimming along the top of life.. not really digging in. Have you ever felt that way??

I have run across a couple art challenges to help with digging a little deeper. One is on a very tallented Digital Designer's blog about changing/creating a habit in 21 days while keeping an art journal. Another is on a new digi-scrappping site Divine Digital. I really should jump in and start one of these- maybe it would help me.

Anyway.. this is getting long and I {should} go do something productive.....