What I learned this week.

 

I wonder who else nerds it up with me in Excel. I do love thee, Excel. Tracking my household bills (cause there are 15 that just come along with owning a home, and we don't even have cable or a gardener or any of those luxuries) - I couldn't do it without it.

I've spent some time with my head in the finances this week, exploring a larger question - how are we preparing as a family for our future? This past year has been a lot about living in the moment (newborn baby, buying/remodeling house, moving & unexpected hiccups in those plans). Stepping back, stretching out and thinking about the broader questions of life are akin to a spa day for me.

Some things I learned this week:

1. For ladies like me, a quality bra is worth 4x its weight in gold. (I recommend Le Mystere & Title 9)
2. It feels a lot better to be saving $$ & loving what you already own, than to feel the need to chase every fleeting trend that comes down the blog & pinterest pike in clothing & hair. I re-realized this week that I've been letting an industry (of fashion) determine what I felt I should be wearing so I could feel approval from others. Hmmm.
3. I can trust Jane to figure it out & learn through life's difficulties, however big or small (this week, we ended co-sleeping & she took very well to her crib & room)
4. I fit nicely back into my smaller clothing, oh happy day
5. Service that really helps someone out feels really, really good
6. I have to see Avengers. NOW.       ::looks around for babysitter::
7. It's nice to see artistic, well-designed things, high fashion & pretty people with awesome-how-did-they-do-that hair braids, but it feels much nicer to ponder larger questions of eternity
8. We started discussing our family mission statement & life goals (more on this later). This is energizing. Along with mission & goals, we'll write down what we believe are our top accomplishments- our high points - in life. When life's got us down, we can read those for a quick pick-me-up. Sounds nice, doesn't it?
9. I'm getting another nephew (on the Bremness side)!
10. Bachelorette starts up again this monday, and ICANNOTWAIT.