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The Sound of Silence

Andy & I are a lot alike in a lot of ways. Like, scary alike.

But there’s one way in which we’re complete, polar opposites.

In the summers, when Andy’s working outside on the property, or he’s working inside while Rylee naps, he has the radio blaring. He hates it when it’s quiet.

Me?

Oh, how I love that sweet sound of nothing.

After not sleeping well Friday night, Rylee took a three hour nap on Saturday. On the couch. Draped over the top of me.

And you better believe I sat there, for the entire three hours soaking up the snuggles and the silence.

I even read a book. An entire stinking book.

Then on Sunday, while Ry napped I kept the house quiet again. Not really for her, but for me. I folded umpteen loads of laundry in complete silence.

There’s just so much noise in the world.

I relish in the silence.

Her & I both love her naps.

The sound of silence ranks right up there on my list of favorite sounds with hearing her giggle.

I love my girl, I really do. But I won’t lie…

I’m gonna hate it when she gives up naptime.

The Monster at 3 weeks old.

Working With Style

What can I say…

Cardigans?

I love them.

Top Row: All Ann Taylor LOFT, Bottom Row: Target, Forever 21 and AT LOFT

And apparently I also love taking photos of my chest.

I was flipping through the photos on my phone that I’ve posted on instagram and the #officefashionshow deal. It’s been fun to see what all these women wear to work. And clearly, I love me some cardis.

Seriously though? This week was a dud as far as “fashion” goes…last week too. I’m sort of on repeat mode with all of the pieces in my closet. I’ve got to come up with something good since I’m hosting the link-up again next weekend!

Challenge accepted!

Are you a working mama? You should link up with us!!

Working With Style {8} & other things

Happy Saturday friends!

I’m happy to report I am feeling so much better today! My nose is still a tad stuffy, but my throat feels better and I’m coming off of a nice 10+ hour night of sleep.

Today instead of my normal “Working With Style” post over here, I’m actually hosting it over on Liberating Working Moms! So, please, head on over there and say hi! A little outfit teaser…I NOT wearing jeans!

And, just a quick reminder (my last one…I promise!), there’s only a couple of days left to vote for my photo of Dante & Ry for the Modern Bird Studio photo contest. I’m trying to win a custom piece of art!! Voting ends on Monday. Click HERE to “like” my photo!!

Deep Breaths…

When it feels like this sore throat may get the best of me…

When it feels like the stress of work is getting to be too much…

When it feels like I just can’t shake the uncertainty…

When it feels like the weight of the world is on my shoulders…

When all I hear out my window is rain…

I just want to curl up on my couch next to a fire and shut out the world.

But I can’t.

It’s not an option.

I’m a mom, a wife and employee. All these things must come first.

So I take a deep breath.

And I keep on pressing forward.

Because people are counting on me.

And it’s what I do.

Please excuse the vague, melo-dramatic nature of this post…I’m fully aware this makes me sound completely depressed and unstable but I assure you, I’m not… it’s my party and I’ll cry if I want to it’s my blog and I’ll be emo if I want to. And seriously? This cold is starting to kick my ass.

No Mail Mom Fail

A couple of months ago there was a note in Rylee’s cubby at school. I don’t remember the exact wording now, but it said something about Miss Sarah {her teacher} putting a mailbox {AKA empty tissue box with the word “mailbox” on it…3 year olds are SO gullible} on the window sill of their classroom and parents are welcome to leave notes for their kids that would be read aloud during circle time {remember this part, it will be important soon}.

“CUTE!” I thought. I took the note home and after it got shuffled between the counter, kitchen table and island a few times {I am so my father’s daughter} it must have mades it’s way into the recycle…where I proceeded to completely forget about it.

Now, fast forward to last week at school pick-up. I head to the big room to pick Ry up and we head into her classroom to grab her things. But, on this day, she got to be the LINE LEADER and had to take me over to the little pouch on the wall to show me that her name was in it!

Seriously! So! Exciting!

While we’re standing there chatting about how TOOL {cool} it was to be the line leader, in what I can now only assume is the spot the have their circle time, mid sentence she stops, puts her little hands on her little hips, lets out a little sigh/grunt and says totally distraught “I don’t get no mail ever!”

Forget about the fact that that was a total double negative…it only took about 2.5 seconds to sink in…and I felt like a big fat jerk and about 3 inches tall.

MOM FAIL!

Every other kid in my daughter’s class has been getting “mail” in their mailbox but her.

Fast forward again to drop off this morning.

There was a note stuffed into that empty facial tissue box mailbox.

She better love it.

Old pic, but this is SO what her attitude was summed up in photo form! She was PISSED!