Spotted: the world's biggest dork

The day: Friday, Sept. 21

The time: early evening

The scene: A no longer newly wedded monkey girl wandering around her house in her wedding dress.

Really, it was all I could do not to go out for the mail and to pick up some groceries in it.

Here's the thing- I love my wedding dress. I think it was so lovely and I felt genuinely pretty in it. It cost a pretty penny too, which is why I am now struggling to figure out what to do with it. Get is preserved at a cost of a couple hundred bucks so that someday a daughter I might have might wear it? Give it to Goodwill? Make crafts out if it? No kidding about the last thing. There are directions on-line for how to turn your wedding dress into everything from a quilt to a baptism dress to a Christmas tree skirt.

Any suggestions? I hate that it is just hanging in a closet but I can't quite make myself make a decision about it. Sad, I know.

Happy monkey

I am one relaxed monkey right now. The mister and I had a fabulous weekend. We went here: http://www.sunglowranch.com and had two days of reading, hiking, canoeing and napping fun. It was quiet and lovely and perfect.

The food? Yum- think good bread, fresh produce, homemade desserts.

The room? Adorable, with a kick ass view of the pond.

The weather? Overcast and rainy, which I love. I even got to wear my favorite jacket.

The other guests? Mostly non-existent. We pretty much had the place to ourselves. The max capacity is 20 guests, so its not like it would have been packed either way, but it was still nice to stroll around and pretend we owned the joint.

It is good to get away sometimes, even if what you are getting away from is a pretty happy life.

I was going to blog

But then I realised that I don't have much to say.

I feel a bit like I'm just treading water right now, trying to stay on top of things...work, teaching two classes, taking a class, Tastefully Simple, etc.

I had a doctor's appointment today that was kind of a reality check for me. I'm realizing that A) I'm not as young as I used to be and B) I've got to take better care of myself, for a variety of reasons.

I think I need to breath more, rest more, play more, do less.

Inhale, exhale.