Tuesday, September 30, 2014
treasuring the process
Fall weather is slowly creeping into my life. I welcome fall and tend to start the fall decorating soon after Labor Day. With the decorating though comes the cleaning and by that I mean the deeper, new- season-is-coming, cleaning. I spent a solid hour yesterday cleaning the back glass door! I looked down as I was vacuuming and realized that the sliding screen track was black with a sooty kind of filth! And it isn't that I haven't noticed it building up there, this is our most used door leading to our backyard, the lake, the boat... the grill for heaven's sake. I use this door daily. But fall is here and cleaning has gotten in my bones! The vacuum wasn't making a dent, so I got the '409', a toothbrush and a dry rag. On my knees, on the back deck, scrubbing... just me, my dog and the birds. WOW! I was really enjoying this cleaning chore, but more than that I was enjoying the time. The free time, the time it was taking to hear the birds, to enjoy the feel of the perfect temperature, and the time it was taking to enjoy cleaning our nest. This is a whole different 'time' than when I was raising children and rushing through all my 'chores'. This is how I wish I had felt and acted in my earlier years, but for now, I'm learning to slow down and treasure living in my daily life... deep cleaning and all!
Friday, September 12, 2014
comfy clothes out of the house? you bet!
After writing that post on comfy clothes, and being in comfy clothes for most of the day, I was not looking forward to changing just to run a few afternoon errands! The fix was pretty simple tho and I thought I would share it with you today.
I had on a t-shirt, pj's pants and slippers so to transition to town-wear I put on a pair of Chico's slimming stretch ankle jeans, (can't go wrong with the comfort here), left that cute tee on, grabbed a colorful scarf, and put on an awesome pair of RED leather loafers! yes, RED! There was some red in the scarf and my earrings were red, and of course the eye glasses...RED! Lip gloss and pony tail and I am walking out the door, feeling cute and comfy :-)
The best part was coming home and the red shoes went right back in their shoe box and the jeans folded quickly as I put them back in their spot. (You do that right? wear jeans for 2 hours and it is universally acceptable to just put them away?!?) In absolutely no time at all I am right back in the pj's and slippers! Voila! Quick change, and both ways equaled cute and comfy.
I had on a t-shirt, pj's pants and slippers so to transition to town-wear I put on a pair of Chico's slimming stretch ankle jeans, (can't go wrong with the comfort here), left that cute tee on, grabbed a colorful scarf, and put on an awesome pair of RED leather loafers! yes, RED! There was some red in the scarf and my earrings were red, and of course the eye glasses...RED! Lip gloss and pony tail and I am walking out the door, feeling cute and comfy :-)
Wednesday, September 10, 2014
the perspective of comfy clothes
So it appears that every year I sit down and take the time to write another post...seriously? a year?
And like I said last "year", I think I have so many good thoughts to share!
Around my house we have this habit of getting into comfy clothes. Like the minute we get home we are all headed to our rooms to shed the "town clothes", the clothes we wear in public! Not one of us stops for any reason, in fact we are anticipating those loose fitting, soft, sweet smelling t-shirts, baggy pants and cozy slippers long before we hit the front door.
Several months ago though I looked at all of us and wondered why our comfy clothes were ragged and our "good" clothes, especially the comfortable ones weren't making it out for US. It seemed a little backwards, shouldn't we look at least a little better for each other if "we" are the most important people in our lives, the people we want to put first? Now, I am not talking about all the accessorizing and high-heel wearing around the house kind of thing, but just maybe we could wear some of those clothes that we keep "saving" and maybe we could toss out a few of those "worn to a frazzel" ones and come to an inbetween. Maybe some of those saved-for-someday clothes could be pulled out and enjoyed around the house. And maybe, I didn't need quite so many "comfy" clothes, like the ones I have had since by-gone days!
So, I did some house cleaning, clothes cleaning out. And you know, we all had so many items that we adored and were "saving". So many soft shirts hanging and shorts waiting... and waiting for what?
I now have 2 pairs of J.Crew, (on sale), pj pants, 1 pair of thin ankle-high gray athletic pants and a half dozen Old Navy soft tees with only the cutest of one word phrases. I make sure I wear earrings to sparkle, tingly shiny lip gloss, and a big smile each day that I am home in my "comfy clothes"!
And the rest of the family has come around to the same idea. You see we live with an autistic child that wakes up EVERY morning and reminds us of the date and that we only have 1 of these particular days. And she is right, I only have one Sept. 10, 2014 ... so why not wear, look and feel cute and sweet in my comfy clothes!
And like I said last "year", I think I have so many good thoughts to share!
Around my house we have this habit of getting into comfy clothes. Like the minute we get home we are all headed to our rooms to shed the "town clothes", the clothes we wear in public! Not one of us stops for any reason, in fact we are anticipating those loose fitting, soft, sweet smelling t-shirts, baggy pants and cozy slippers long before we hit the front door.
Several months ago though I looked at all of us and wondered why our comfy clothes were ragged and our "good" clothes, especially the comfortable ones weren't making it out for US. It seemed a little backwards, shouldn't we look at least a little better for each other if "we" are the most important people in our lives, the people we want to put first? Now, I am not talking about all the accessorizing and high-heel wearing around the house kind of thing, but just maybe we could wear some of those clothes that we keep "saving" and maybe we could toss out a few of those "worn to a frazzel" ones and come to an inbetween. Maybe some of those saved-for-someday clothes could be pulled out and enjoyed around the house. And maybe, I didn't need quite so many "comfy" clothes, like the ones I have had since by-gone days!
So, I did some house cleaning, clothes cleaning out. And you know, we all had so many items that we adored and were "saving". So many soft shirts hanging and shorts waiting... and waiting for what?
I now have 2 pairs of J.Crew, (on sale), pj pants, 1 pair of thin ankle-high gray athletic pants and a half dozen Old Navy soft tees with only the cutest of one word phrases. I make sure I wear earrings to sparkle, tingly shiny lip gloss, and a big smile each day that I am home in my "comfy clothes"!
And the rest of the family has come around to the same idea. You see we live with an autistic child that wakes up EVERY morning and reminds us of the date and that we only have 1 of these particular days. And she is right, I only have one Sept. 10, 2014 ... so why not wear, look and feel cute and sweet in my comfy clothes!
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