I am so ready to get back to the normal everyday stuff. The last month with Lucy's birthday party, Christmas and the whole pregnancy thing, I didn't get a lot done. I didn't do any holiday baking this year. I usually love to bake all kinds of Christmas goodies and help us all gain about 10 pounds in the process!
I really wanted to make sugar cookies with Lucy this year and let her decorate them and start making some Christmas memories for her. I am sad that we didn't get to do some of the fun holiday activities that under different circumstances we probably would have done. I keep telling myself she's only 2 and won't remember that we didn't go see Santa or bake cookies while listening to Christmas music.
I also haven't been cooking regualr meals like I normally do. I haven't even had a menu planned since before Lucy's birthday on Dec 4th! If you know me at all then you know that that is a big deal for me. I usually have my lunch and dinner menues planned 4 weeks in advance and always know what we're having for dinner. We've eaten alot of crap in the last month because I haven't had the energy or stomach to cook. I am anxious to sit down and plan my menu and get back in the kitchen and start feeding my family healthy meals again. I should be planning my menues right now, but.... here I am instead.
I am hoping to do some deep cleaning around my house in the next few weeks. It has also suffered some neglect. And for some reason I am in the mood to do some home improvement projects. I am thinking about repainting the playroom. I've never been happy with the color and I'm thinking of doing a more neutral color so then I can do something fun and colorful on the walls. AND, I want to repaint my bedroom. I like the color that's there, but I had hoped we'd get new bedroom furniture when I picked the color. So what I have now doesn't really look good with the wall color. The room has never felt finished and that drives me nuts.
So, things are getting back to normal around here and that's good. Normal is good.