Time for Myself

One of many things I struggle with is taking time for myself. In my small little world, there truly never seems to be enough time in the day to do the things I love. It's like our clock is on full speed from the time we wake up until the time we finally get to bed. Where does that leave time for me? I'm learning that I can't just wait for extra time to jump out and pop me in the face. It's just not gonna happen. It needs to be made. Things have to be shifted to the side so I can use some of our time for the things that I enjoy.

The past few days I'm making more of an effort for this to happen. Now that I'm 30 and all, I think I deserve more me time. Don't you? ; )

So yesterday I treated myself to one of my favorite indulgences ever! A pumpkin muffin from Dunkin Doughnuts. Oh my goodness, I forgot how much I missed those things. If you haven't tried them. You have to! They are heavenly! They're only around through the fall, so once you're hooked, you have to wait for the next fall to come around to enjoy them again. For me, that's probably a good thing. I could easily get way out of hand with them.

My second favorite fall treat can be found at Atlanta Bread. They have a Chai tea that I LOVE and of course I get one of their pumpkin muffins to go along with it. Not quite like Dunkins' but still very yummy.

Yesterday Gracie and I went over to the home of one of our very creative friends from church and made cards to send out to those who could use some encouragement. This lead me to come home and spread all... of my scrap booking stuff out and dig back into it again. I finally took the wrapper off of Fletcher's baby book so I think it's time I stay focused long enough to get it done. Now that he's two, this will be a major test of my memory to see how much I can remember as I wasn't nearly as good about jotting milestones and events down like I was with the other two. Scrap booking is something I do truly enjoy so I consider this to be "taking time for me". I would show you a picture of my mess but I am highly too embarrassed. My dining room truly has fully been taken over!

Today for the first time in ages, I "put the kids on the shelf" for a bit to squeeze some exercising into my day. Oh how I wish I could make myself do this everyday. It's definitely going to be one of my goals to work towards.

And for the big one... we are going out tonight!!! I am so super excited! It's been way too long. I seem to "deal" with not having me time pretty well, but poor Josh. He craves time for us to go out when he can have me to himself and not have to get in line with the kids to receive my attention. So yes, we both are very excited. Hold on though, it gets even better. Kudos to my wonderful aunt Joyce for being brave enough to have all three kids come over for a sleepover tonight. This will be Fletcher's first sleepover so I just hope he does well for her.

Thank you Aunt J. for always being so helpful to us in so many ways. You truly didn't hesitate in stepping right into my moms footsteps and I know how proud she is to have you loving on her precious grandkids for her. You are loved and appreciated more than you know!!!



Aunt J. had lots of helpers when blowing out her birthday candle on September 16th.