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Everything’s amazing, but nobody’s happy.
I’ve seen this several times, but when I got it this morning from Ambre I thought it was high time to share it on my blog. Before I saw this video, I caught myself mumbling about our slow internet connection this morning, when I realized just how silly I was being. I have internet, seriously, how cool is that? What Louis CK says is so, so true about our current generation.
Quote of the Day
Posted on: January 31, 2009
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Ok, Leah always has these really awesome quotes from Belle. Seeing as Mabel doesn’t talk yet, I think it will be a while before I get to type up all her funny little saying. However, I do get some good ones from Jonathan and Fletcher. Today Fletcher shared a story with me from work and dealing with a co-worker:
Fletcher: “I don’t know why Carrie* stuck around so long after work. I figured it was either God or that she wants me.”
*Name was changed to respect the girl’s privacy.
Not crazy, just pregnant
Posted on: January 28, 2009
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Nearly 4 years ago, while at work, I found out that my grandfather passed away. I hid away in my boss’s office for a while till I could clear away my tears. As I was packing up to leave, my co-worker came in, gave me a big hug and started crying. I remember thinking “Wow, I think she’s more upset than me. This lady is crazy.” She was pregnant at the time.
Here’s how it is – I can get to be an emotional wreck when preggo. Just today, I was on the phone with Jonathan, crying for no good reason. Well, really, there was a reason, something like split milk, or dust accumulating on the ceiling fans, or the like. But really, no good reason at all. And all I could think was “Dude, Sarah, you are crazy.” Then I realized, I’m not crazy, just pregnant. Even if at times the two seem pretty similar.
So here’s my open confession (because for whatever reason it makes far more sense to bare my soul this way than individually):
I hate talking to people when I feel vulnerable. Like, when I’m crying for no good reason. It makes me feel really, really stupid. But, at the same time I know it’s something I need to do. I need other people to help me out when I’m down, even if it’s a split milk kinda down. I did a horrid job after Julia was born about reaching out to people and telling them just how much things were sucking. And I want to be more open and honest this time. So, if you get some random phone call from me, where you can barely hear me, or all I do is cry, just try to remember, I’m not crazy, just pregnant.
Just a few things
Posted on: January 23, 2009
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It seems lately that I have the start of several really good blogs, but then can’t manage to make them last. So, in an attempt to rid myself of bloggerblock, I just figured I’d through together a random post of all the things I’ve been thinking.
– Last night Jonathan and I went to see Marley & Me. Seriously, this is one of my new favorite movies. Granted I cried through the last half, it was still so sweet and reminded me a lot of my two puppies. Oddly enough, I really thought that I would be more sad because of Judah, but it turned out to pull at my heart strings with Jack and Mabel. See, I find in Mabel the same enthusiasm, the same love, for Jack that I had for Judah. So, when Marley passes away and the oldest son mourns his loss, I saw what life will be like for Mabs when Jack passes on. I know that it’s inevitable, that all living creatures die, but it doesn’t make it any less painful, any less sad. But, I take comfort in knowing that her life will have been forever changed because of Jack.
– I’ve started to feel Dubya Dos pretty regularly now. I’d say at least twice a day, if I sit still for a few minutes, I get a few jabs and kicks. This is by far my favorite part of pregnancy. However, I’ve become increasingly less comfortable at night and have started sleeping with a gazillon pillows – which makes me thankful (or maybe it makes Jonathan thankful) that we upgraded to a king size bed last summer.
– God’s been dealing with me on some personal issues. I guess you could say I’m being refined by the fire. Some of it seems easy enough, but there are some deeper tougher issues that I’d like to just ignore… forever. Alas, it doesn’t work that way, and I find myself daily being challenged to surrender my thoughts/feelings over to Him in order to gain truth. It’s like eating something healthy that you don’t like – you know it’s good for you, you just don’t like doing it.
– My sister-in-law and I had a conversation this past week about motherhood. More specifically about joy in motherhood. I find that often I can say and act like being a stay at home mom is this sacrificial act. Now, don’t get me wrong, it is, but it’s also a privilege. I don’t think I stress that last part enough. God has given me the ability to bare a child, to stay at home in order to be her primary caregiver. That’s pretty much amazing. My heart, my attitude, my demeanor needs to reflect that more. In Marley & Me, Jennifer Aniston’s character gives up her job to stay at home with her children. In one scene she’s at her breaking point; everything is going wrong, her youngest has colic and she’s ready to give up. But then she says something that hit me: She made a choice. She chose to stay at home, she chose to leave behind her career for her family. And while it was harder than she ever imagined it would be, she still signed up for the job, and if she could do it all over again, she’d still pick her kids. Amen sista!
– I think I’m ready for spring. I love the winter, but I’m at a point where it sure would be nice to take Julia to the park and enjoy sitting in the warm sunshine.
The world of blog
Posted on: January 13, 2009
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Back in August some lady friends and I started a new blog on WordPress about healthy eating, green living and the sort. Since then I’ve been thinking of making the switch from Blogger. However, tonight Jonathan came home and announced “You should start using WordPress so we can blog together.” Thankfully he had done the research and found that I can/could/did upload all my posts from Blogger to WordPress so my old blog stays with me. Sweet. Here goes my life as a WordPress blogger.
Oh, and can I just say that Jonathan does make me laugh. Blog together? I’m pretty certain the last blog he wrote was from 2007. Not to say that things couldn’t change, but for now I think I’m staying solo.
Happy New Year
Posted on: January 2, 2009
And all that jazz.
We just got home from Faithwalkers and visiting with our family. It was awesome, but I still need more time to process everything I learned before I send out my thoughts into the blogging world.
On the trip home, Jonathan, Fletcher and I had a long conversation about New Year’s resolutions. Good, bad or just plain silly?
I tend to make (and actually keep!) one resolution each year. It tends to be something I have wanted to do but need a good starting point and visible finish.
Here are a few of my past resolutions:
– give up chocolate (did it, but boy was it hard!)
– give up fast food (McDonald’s, Wendy’s BK, Taco Bell and a handful of others)
– read through the Bible (started off strong, but when I got preggo with Julia is was all I could do to function that reading more than a few verses at a time was nearly impossible)
Does anyone else start (and get pretty close to finishing) new resolutions?
I’ve got my resolution for this year – journalling. Doesn’t sound like a lot, but I haven’t done a very good job with it and know that I really need to have in my life. This weekend I’m buying a journal and getting started.
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1. That every person over the age of 60 goes to the mall in the middle of the day during the winter.
2. This makes it challenging to find parking when you want to go play at ICM.
3. There is a difference in Christian raised children and world raised children.
4. Julia will consume 6+ ounces of milk in the time it takes me to walk from Target to the play gym.
5. Always have more milk handy.
6. No matter how girlie I dress Julia, some old man always says “How old is he?”
7. Santa scares a lot of kids.
8. A lot of kids scare me.
9. Our economy isn’t doing too bad if there was a line out the door at Panera, all the cash registers were packed at Target, and I didn’t spot one person without a shopping bag.
10. I am grateful for a wonderful morning with my wonderful daughter.
My life in two years
Posted on: November 20, 2008
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Today I got to watch my friend, Leah’s, almost 3 year old girl, Belle. It was a lot of fun, and gave me a good insight to what my life will look like in two years with a 3 year old and *gasp* 18 month old.
Here are just a few of my favorite moments:
*Choices*
Me: Belle, what would you like to drink? Milk or water?
Belle: Apple juice.
Me: We don’t have apple juice. Just milk or water.
Belle: Lemonade.
Me: Water it is!
*Where’s your daddy?*
Belle: Where’s Jonathan?
Me: He’s at work.
Belle: Why?
Me: Well, he works during the day just like your daddy.
Belle: You mean Jason.
Me: *laugh* Yes, Jason.
*Animal or food?*
Me: Belle, do you know what that is? (pointing to a gorilla in a picture book)
Belle: No.
Me: It’s a gorilla.
Belle: I eat granola!
Me: *laughs* No sweetie, I said gorilla, not granola.
Belle: Well, it sounds like granola. I eat granola.
After that, I don’t think I will ever be able to eat granola again without thinking about gorillas. They really do sound alike!
*Obeying*
Me: Belle, thank you so much for obeying and cleaning up!
Belle: My mom obeys me.
There was more to this conversation (don’t worry Leah! I think she was a little confused as she later said she obeys you), but I was rolling on the floor at this point.
Ahh, things are going to get interesting in the Windham household!
One of those days
Posted on: November 4, 2008
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You know when you have one of those days. A day where you are counting down the hours and minutes until you can crawl back into bed, white flag waving. Yesterday was one of those days.
Julia and I both are suffering from our first “winter” colds. Poor little girl (and poor mama!) woke up at 12:30 am because she couldn’t breath through her nose, didn’t go back to sleep till close to 1:30 and woke up for the day at 4:45 am. Not quite how I wanted to start my day.
But, in all things rejoice.
As a way to love and support me, Jonathan surprised me last night with:
a bag of M&M’s
a hand written love note
a bouquet of flowers
and….
a roll of Christmas wrapping paper.
He’s the best.
I waited 4 years, for this?
Posted on: September 30, 2008
It can’t be denied, that when you wait for something, it tends to pay off. Sometimes, sometimes, however, it back fires.
I haven’t eaten McDonald’s for four years. I went on a McD’s fast/boycott after watching Super Size Me. Then from there, I slowly cut out more and more fast food restaurants.
Until this past weekend.
Jonathan, Julia and I went to Tennessee. On Saturday we woke up and decided to grab a good filling breakfast. Now, I haven’t been to Tennessee in a few years, but I could have sworn that there were a few breakfast places in town, yet we could not find a single one.
We went to Wal-Mart resolved to pick up some fruit, yogurt and juice. As we passed by the in-house McDonald’s Jonathan remarks on stopping there. I flatly said no, we’d surely regret it. But, by the time we were leaving (good foods in hand) we decided we’d just get one of their chicken biscuits.
One bite. That’s all it took. One bite to ask myself: I waited four years, for this?
The biscuit was dry, the chicken overly greasy – as it shot grease on the side of my face when I bit into it. Complete let down.
Lesson learned. Now, not only do I boycott McDonald’s because one morning sandwich is 20 grams of fat (perhaps that’s why I felt sick all day?!), but they are also fail in the tasty category.
So long McDonald’s. Fare thee well, may we never meet again.
A Wife Loved Like The Church 
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