Anything But Gray

I keep talking about how we have a lot going on and can't seem to find time to blog about it…..so I"m making a list.
It's for "you" but it's for me too, so I don't forget what I want to talk more about, when I get a minute…..

• the kids school is all settled. They will be going to our
  neighborhood school.  The greatest thing about this? Ben will have FULL
  DAY (THANK YOU GOD!!!!) kindergarten.
• J asked me to
  design her son's 1st birthday invites. I am truly flattered and so
  honored……and get this? She's going to PAY me….little does she
  know I would've paid her to let me do it…<wink>  Seriously…this is a HUGE for me. I value J's opinion for most things professional..design, writing, etc….and for her to say I'm good, is one thing, for her to hire me to design her son's 1st bday invites….well that proves it! LOL
• I got something BIG done for my graphics website….it wound
  up being fairly easy to accomplish, however it was a BIG issue in my
  head….so happy it's done! I feel like I can really move forward, now.
  Just waiting for the bratlings to go back to school. 
• I got an offer on my website…www.ataglancegraphics.com. Someone wanted to buy it, obviously for the name. I told them it was a work in progress and I was looking forward to making it grow but I'd be interested in what they had to say. The offer was too low to even consider…but I'm still proud someone wanted it enough to make an offer!
• Work is really picking up for Zak. I'm feeling really good about it.
• So excited to go to NYC and meet J…I can barely breath when I imagine seeing her for the first time….so surreal!
• Finally got to talk to Alaska Kim….I've been missing her a lot. 🙂
• Facebook has brought me back in touch with some childhood friends..the kids that I grew up with in my neighborhood in Boston…..amazing!
• I,
  for the first time since we've been here, have a sense of calm…a
  sense of something "big" coming….in a good way. Can't quite put my
  finger on it, but when I first got this feeling, I told Zak about
  it….that I just had a wave of happiness and reassurance wash over
  me….it was moment that I can pinpoint….all of a sudden, life felt
  "good", stress felt relieved and I knew, in my heart, something good,
  something big is coming our way. Hopefully my "premonition" will
  happen!! LOL But even if it doesn't, I have felt really, really good
  these last few weeks….so even if nothing huge materializes, that
  still, right there, is a plus, I suppose! 
• Feeling very, very appreciated and loved. My friends have been very
  vocal lately about how great I am and how much I mean to them. I
  sometimes feel so unworthy and I have no clue what I have done to deserve such wonderful family and friends….I'm just know I'm really grateful for it!!!
•  Wishing I could go to Alaska to see Danielle's baby!!! 🙂
• an incident about a month ago has made me do some serious soul searching…..and realizing that feelings that raged in childhood that I overcame and resolved in adulthood, are slowly creeping back in…..time to reresolve them because I will NOT feed into it and live my life on the defensive….

Eventually,
I would like to talk more about these things…..I like the idea of
leaving a list for myself…so when I do have a free minute to write
and I'm stumped for content, I just go to this list!! LOL So cheating,
yes?

Oh well!