Fresh perspective

{blog update}

 

I spotted this beautiful poster on Pinterest a few weeks ago, designed by Emily Ley. 

I've been holding onto this quote, revisiting it periodically, re-finding inspiration. 

Rather than aiming for perfection, let's try grace. 

Feel the weight lifting already? I know. It's amazing, right?

Thank you Emily for unwittingly providing me with such inspiration!

xoxo
~Chelle

Weekend Recap

{absence makes the heart grow fonder}




So folks, it's been QUITE a while since my last post...

I am determined to blog {more} frequently. Seriously. Doing it. Starting now.

This weekend was a major whirlwind. Husband was on a manly camping trip with his manly friends, which left me and all my wife-friends home, alone. So, I had many opportunities to visit lots of my good girlfriends. Which was awesome. I love my girls.

Friday night was both awesome and awful. I'll explain.

My doula invited me to attend an informative meeting on cloth diapering. Which I'm really in to. Which I am now 100% sold on doing when we have kids. It was awesome to see my doula again after a few months. I am a little jealous of her gi-normous home.

Being at home alone overnight is awful. My husband and I do not do well apart from each other. They say, "absence makes the heart grow fonder", which I guess is true to an extent, but what if the fondness is already at max? I know I'm a lucky girl. A loving marriage where we mutually appreciate and like each other is nothing to shrug at.

Saturday was lovely, and long. At a lovely, casual baby shower we attended, I got to hang out with my little friend Si and his lovely Mommy! We sat on the lawn and played and fed little Si, soaking in the warmth and the dappled sunlight.  Swoon.

In the evening I met my fellow wife-friends for a small dinner, and gorgeous wine. We sat outside and chatted until the warm early-summer sun set and into twilight. Double swoon.

Even after all that I still wasn't tired. Didn't fall asleep until 2:45. Pure torture, I tell ya.

So, instead of sleeping, I finished my home organization binder!

Sunday - Church with Amy. Good message. I cried during worship, per usual. I feel God working in me constantly. The stagnation in my faith I have felt for the last few years is disappearing, and it feels amazingly good.

Arrived home after church to a freshly scrubbed-off-the-weekend's-manly-dirt-and-grime husband. His arms were so warm and welcoming. Man, I am such a baby without him.

Husband and I both craved salads for lunch, so we tried a restaurant we had never been to before, and I ordered the spinach salad with warm bacon dressing.  Can we say yumm? I was not disappointed!

The evening brought me to book nook... good times with good girlfriends discussing many topics unrelated to the reading material. Ha! We made note of the solar eclipse and remembered to not stare directly at the sun. Freaky how the sky darkens just enough to produce an ominous feeling, right?

I slept so well last night. So glad to have my wonderful husband home.

Happy Monday!

xoxo,
~Chelle

Crossroads

{Are you doing what you want?}

Lately my thoughts have been directed towards making some kind of big change in my life. I have this lingering (read: nagging) thought that I should be using my brain and artistic ability to further myself in a related career. However, I am still trying to figure out exactly what I want to do and how I can possibly make a steady income inspirations and ideas in my head materialize into a marketable product. The last time I decided to start something, I established this website convincing myself that "if you build it, they will come". Kevin Costner - Ha!

Ever had that voice inside your head nag at you about something? Definitely is. Has been, for about 3 years now.

I don't want to live a life where I don't give new experiences a good college try. I don't want to be afraid of new challenges. But I am. I am terrified. Terrified of failing at doing something I love. Terrified partly because I know how quickly things could go downhill considering our terrible economy, and secondly I don't know the first thing about running my own business.  Couldn't I just be the beauty of a business?  Come up with all the brilliant ideas, execute them exquisitely and have someone brilliantly business savvy take care of all the extra messy stuff I can't be bothered with?  

Any volunteers?

Daily I remind myself that I am lucky to have a steady income and be able to afford my beautiful home and the comfortable yet modest life I live. I have a quote on my bulletin board at work that I have to read (nearly) every day - "The best way to appreciate your job is to imagine yourself without it." 

I am grateful. So, I shelve grandeur ideas of "Delightful Blooms." Who am I kidding? After all, I haven't even conjured enough gumption to print business cards for said budding business (pun intended).

I'm just not sure exactly which fork in the road is right for me just yet: 

• Etsy Shop creating custom Maps (with more than one item for purchase, and more than one sale annually)? 
• Floristry - i.e. Delightful Blooms? 
• Party Planning?
• Blogger (with little-to-no audience)?  

All these things I happily and (perhaps too) eagerly do part-part-part-part time as favors to family and friends... what remains for me is how to translate all that I do into a (reliable) paycheck.  Mortgage must be paid!

So that's where I'm at right now. All I can surmise at this time is that I know I want to do something else. 

Just very unsure about where to go from here.

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