It’s a beautiful, crisp, clear, sunny, blustery day here in the valley. My absolute favorite weather ever! I’ve opened up most of the windows in the house this afternoon. We are loving the breezes blowing all sorts of fresh air into our stuffy little house.
I know I haven’t exactly had the best track record with this whole blogging hobby. I think mostly I have just been waiting. Waiting for what? Waiting for ho-hum to be exciting. Waiting for noteworthy and funny and clean and profound and perfection. That’s silly stuff right there! Given the fact that my biggest beef with the interwebbed world is the way so many share only 140 characters or 1GB of neat and tidy happiness. Blogs and facebook pages and twitter accounts full of day to day perfection. Clean smiley kids, tidy houses, delicious meals, cute outfits, mowed lawns and blooming flowers. Pretty much leaves the average pj wearing stay at home mama feeling a little blah about life. Right? Anyone? No? It’s just me…well okay then.
Like I said, the wind is blowing today. Blowing in change, a new season. Ironically, todays weather is the perfect metaphor for my life right now. Winds. Change. New season. Yep, pretty much sums up the goings on here.
It’s no real secret that we are a part of “those” people…the ones working so dang hard to stay afloat in the economic crisis. We have been at it for over two years now…unfortunately this is longer than we thought it would take to get back on our feet. We’ve cut back and simplified. We’ve scrimped and saved. We’ve brainstormed and consulted. We’ve tried this and tried that. Are we on our feet? Nope. Feels more like we are out treading water watching the sharks circle. Hubby dearest and I have done a fairly decent job of sticking together through the battle. I’ll pat us on the back for communication, teamwork and support. Recently we sort of looked at each other and realized that we have become the people who keep doing the same thing (or versions of the same thing) hoping for a different result sooner or later. We’ve decided it’s high time we held hands and clicked our ruby slippers together…oh, wait, wouldn’t that be nice!?!?…it’s time to take a few big steps out of our little box of comfort and try something different. So, ideas are flowing and conversations are happening. No big decisions have been made quite yet, but one thing I have decided is that I will be blogging my way through this change of season. I’m going to be honest and real. I’ll show you my messy house. I’ll tell you when I let my kids eat Life cereal for dinner. I’ll share my not so glorious mama moments. I’m a pretty open person, so it’s quite possible I’ll say more than you want to hear!
Starting tomorrow (see that little deadline I gave myself): I am going to attempt a little “Get Real” blog series. I’ll start at the surface and go as deep as my conscience will let me 
How about a coffee date at my house tomorrow morning? I’ll open the door and show you how it looks around here on any given morning.
Yay! I’m excited to read your stories and thoughts.
I hope your “change” equals you guys moving to the east side of Gresham. 