Let's Chat A Bit...

Okay you got me. I'm just hanging around. Relaxing with my toes in the kiddie pool. Sunscreened up, drinking a 100% Fruit Juice Capri Sun along with the young 'uns. Sitting in my lawn chair with my shorts on and a easy breezy Pandora mix wafting through an open window to my ears outside. And yes, while I am doing such things there is a twinge of guilt that runs through my spine at times. Like whenever I come across one of my readers in town that suddenly brings me out of vacation mode and crashing back to reality by saying:

"I haven't read anything new on your blog lately, you're still doing it right?"

.........and then I know I'm caught......I kind of laugh it off and say "Right....that....I'll be posting something real soon, you'll see...." But then I go home and I just. Don't. Post. A. Thing. I look at my computer and I think "You should really get on that. You'll lose your readership that you worked so hard for! Just write something, ANYTHING!" But then I still don't.

And here is why.

Plain and simple, this is officially the last summer that I will have in this current state that my life is in right now. I realized that this is the only time in my life that I will be one year from turning 30, my last child will be entering the school system via Pre-K, and I will once again be in a position of being able to make some income again. I will have a quiet house for approximately 3 hours every day come August.

So I guess what I am trying to say is that I really, really, really, really, really feel the need to take this summer off and just enjoy the little family time that is so quickly being eaten up by everyday life. Posts on here will be sparse and hard to come by perhaps these next couple of months, but when I do post, I will really put some oomph! into it.

I have a whole bunch o' things to tell you guys when I do start posting regularly again. I have this napkin in a drawer full of scribblies of things to share with you all. So just hang in there, don't forget about me, and I'll see you here and there every once in awhile until August. Cause then it's on like Donkey Kong till the breaka breaka dawn!

My best,

Song of The Week: I have been missing our friends on the West Coast and so I have been humming this little diddy alot lately Phantom Planet "California" (Click here to be taken to YouTube to watch it or click on one of the videos in the right hand side bar)

Ease On Down the Road

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Okay the hectic that was my life for the past 4 months planning an event with my husband has now passed and now I can breath. Literally. At one point, due to all the stress my throat got all phlegmy and started closing up! I went to the hospital, it was a whole big thing, the Doc told me to essentially just chill out and that the buffet line will flow nicely - just don't stress over it. Hahaha...what a novel idea.

So now I have other things to look forward to in the coming months such as our family vacation, the kids getting the summer to just hang with me, and just relaxation to the max. At least that's what I'm hoping for!

As for this here blog, I will try my hardest to stay on top of things and get my posts out regularly because I know how much I'll be doing this summer with the kids being underfoot. So I'm easing back into this situation slowly and I'll get my flojo back on here real soon, you'll see.

Take for instance today. Today I want to share a little snippet from the ear Dr. my mom goes to. Here was her question:

• Q: Is there any way to care for your ears to prevent hearing loss?
  
• A: Yes there is. In order to prevent and ward off hearing loss you should take your favorite book and read a portion of it daily for 30 minutes out loud to yourself.

That's really simple right? I am putting that into practice already. I'm one year away from 30 but already I do the "WHAAAAAT??" "WHAT DID YA SAY DEAR?" to my husband when he talks to me from across the room or whatnot. So this is a pretty cool way to stay in the hearing business right? So let's do it.

My best,

* Pop culture side note: Okay is anyone else as appalled by Arnold as I am? Are you kidding me Governator? Ewww.....

Song of the Week: Yael Naim - "New Soul" (Click here to see it on YouTube or click on the video in the right hand column)