ch-ch-ch-ch-ch-changes

I don't know if it's the weather, a day without much work, or the love of my precious puppies, but something is making me very happy. Maybe I'm just happy to be feeling better? It's been a couple months since I've felt healthy.

Or maybe it's change. Life is definitely different with two dogs, in a very good way. It gets me outside one or two times a day and gets me to snuggle more. There's nothing quite like taking my Vizslas rollerblading as they sprint as fast as they can, tails wagging furiously, or when they beg to be in my lap. There's a lot of love in our house, for sure!

We have been enjoying the changes in our family and are excited as we anticipate even more change. Eating more organic foods and learning how to manage a healthier lifestyle is part of this too. Adding value to our house and continuing to dream up projects for the future has been a lot of fun and has kept us on our toes. I think I'm ready for more music and artistic expression in my life as I continue to learn how to handle my responsibilities better and keep up what we've begun.

It's a lot to digest. I think blogging more will help me process a lot of this change in a clearer way and sort through these shifts in priorities. Pray that I make blogging more of a regular occurance so I can keep up with myself! :-)

projects

It's been awhile, but blogging hasn't ceased to call to me. Feed me...

We have a lot going on lately. We've adopted some healthier eating and exercise patterns, including switching to a few organic items. Ryan's almost finished with building a fence for our backyard so we will be ready for our new dogs this weekend. And one of us has been sick pretty much since Thanksgiving, which makes all of this more challenging but not any less exciting.

I've mostly been in "project mode"...making sure the house stays relatively clean as I try to tackle some unfinished projects and get some new ones done as well...all the while, keeping up with my four clients at work and trying to get healthy again. It's a good thing I'm not teaching this semester. All of this is a lot to be juggling!

Because of this, some of my other artistic pleasures take a back seat. I have been working on a song recently, but I haven't been putting regular time into actually getting it finished. I haven't set aside time for painting as my other projects are taking up that time. It's not that they aren't artistic projects, but they are projects--which to me is completely different than sitting down and artistically exploring with paint. Projects are less expressive even if they are artistic. Almost like practicing a piece of sheet music vs. performing one. And the fact that I started them and haven't finished them looms over me.

The funny thing is, as I'm writing this, I'm thinking "why am I sitting at the computer typing about the stuff I should be doing when I could actually be doing it?"

Looks like this post is going to be a short one today. :-)