I'll Sleep When I'm Dead

No, that's not my philosophy. But I wish it was sometimes.

In my world, sleep is something to be cherished ... the one part of each day that I can look forward to, no matter what. If I don't get seven or eight solid hours of shut eye, I just don't feel right, look right, or act right.

This has been causing a bit of a dilemma for me lately. I have so much going on right now with work and so many things outside of work that I'd like to stay on top of, or start, or finish, or learn ... I want to take more pictures. I want to get better at Photoshop. I want to finish all sorts of projects around the house and in the yard. I want to be lazy and read books. I want to help my mom get a lot of spring items up and running in her online shop. I want to work out more. I want to sit out in the sun and stare into space.

So many things, so little time! What's a girl to do?

The answer is simple--sleep less. It's just that I don't like that answer!

To make even the slightest dent in my "must-do" and "want-to-do" lists, I probably need to take at least three hours from my sleep time. That's a big commitment, and I'm not really in a big commitment kinda mood. So I'm going to TRY to stay up one hour later and get up one hour earlier and see where that gets me.

I'm publishing that goal here for all to see. "All" is really not that big of an audience--especially with my erratic blogging of late--but what the heck.

You'll know if I'm even slightly successful if you see pictures on here again, or read posts about cute clothes (because I've been exercising and feel like buying clothes again), or see book reviews, or hear me talk about how clean my house is.

We'll see how it goes ...

Brothers

When this movie came out in theaters, it looked interesting to me. But we rarely go out to see movies unless it's something really big with lots of buzz. So we skipped this one and I figured I'd catch it on DVD at some point.

Rob had to work all day Saturday, and I was looking for all kinds of reasons to avoid my to-do list. I saw that this was new on pay-per-view and I decided to give it a try.



I really liked it. The original trailer was a bit misleading in that it made the film look like a thriller. It's far from it. It's really a movie about family dynamics, and it's something I think most people can relate to regardless of whether they have family members in the military or not. I recommend it. Two thumbs up!

New Kid on an Old Block

Starting a new blog seems like such a monumental thing to me. I could probably sit here for hours trying to come up with some grand way to launch this little spot in cyberspace and still not be able to string together a single sentence worthy of the occasion. So I won't even try.

I've been blogging for a few years over on Typepad. I recently took a long hiatus from all things tech--Facebook, digital photography, blogging--and though I enjoyed my time away, I'm more than ready to get back to it. Since it's spring and I'm making a fresh start in so many ways, I thought I'd make a fresh start with my blog, too. So here I am. 

Rather than continue with a boring, rambling introduction I thought I'd share a post from Typepad that brought me back to blogging ...

So I've been away for awhile--a good, long while. I wish I could tell you that I've been up to all kinds of exciting things. I guess I can say that some of my time away has been spent on exciting things--helping my mom start an online business, recharging my batteries, getting organized. But the majority of my tech-free time has been spent on simple, non-exciting things like sitting on the couch in the evenings and watching really bad TV, reading tons and tons of books, spending hours perusing magazines, and daydreaming about spring and all of the things I want to do when the weather turns warmer.


Even though I haven't been around much lately, I still think about my blog and my blog "friends" all of the time. I've missed you. I love coming here and sharing the little things that are important to me. And I love visiting your blogs and reading about all of the things--little and not-so-little--that are important to you. You all make me smile.

I hope you all had a wonderful winter. The season was downright horrible here. The days and days of cold, dark, dreary weather took their toll on me. But the birds are singing now, the grass is turning green, the days are getting longer and warmer ... I always feel like this is the true beginning of my year. I don't know about you, but I'm ready!