Ordinary Life

This past week has been fairly uneventful and very ordinary, and for that I am glad. I had most of the nights with my babies except for one where I went to the local Chamber of Commerce Banquet. It was nice and it's always great to get out and about to see all the other members of the chamber and hear how things in our community are going. Oh and there was chocolate and wine so.... I'm down.
We also did all the center pieces for the tables so that was fun too. They basically gave us their budget and we had the chance to do what ever we wanted. Here are a few of the pieces we did for that.....

I love doing event work but I always find I am so nervous about it. I probably shouldn't be but I am.... Someone told me once when I stop getting nervous I should stop because that means I worry that my client wont be happy and that will keep me giving my 100.... so I guess its okay I am a bit nervous. None the less the night was good. The steak was good, the company was wonderful and did I mention Chocolate brownie dessert with wine.... that was fantastic.... As I posted on Insta... I had a lovely time but I did look forward to getting home out of my boots and into my jammies curled up with my boys ..... 

Most of the week was spent laughing at how hard my boys were laughing at the dog and his antic's .... L. will get so tickled at Goose that I laugh so hard my belly hurts and that kind of night is the best kind of night. 

He really is crazy silly.... 
So this last week has been wonderful... very ordinary but wonderful. I didn't lose my shit this week, so that's a bonus, and I just enjoyed life, and I think that's what life is about just enjoying it as it comes. These two make, ordinary life, so much fun.

I struggle so often about not being able to be more for them, I should do more and be more but I soon realize I am not wonder woman and I am doing the best I can for them, and that means something. When I went from being a stay at home mom before their father left, to being a working mom now I found I struggled with this a lot more. However now, a few years down the road we have settled into a way of life that fits, and that life is pretty darn good. The one thing I think that hit me the most is now that we share in raising them is that I do miss them very much when they go to their dads and that makes me focus more on them when they are home. So maybe it all worked out for the best because they get all of me when they are home and I appreciate our time more. 

We did this piece.....

 this week for the memorial of a young man, 19 years old, and all I could selfishly think was man I need to be with my boys, and realized I don't want to waste the precious time I do have with them. Sometimes in our line of work we see families during their worst times, and I would say it's hard to watch what these families are going through and not take some of it home. Like that day, I found myself rushing to pick up the boys, I couldn't wait to wrap my arms around them and be glad that I get one more day with them. My oldest is about to turn 11 and I just can't think of how fast 11 years has gone and how fast the next 11 will be. Time needs to stop....or at least slow down. 

Maybe those days are why I crave to do something on the opposite side of the spectrum like weddings..... 

Weddings are crazy sometimes and time consuming and can be stressful, but they are also the beginning of a whole new life together... and I get to be apart of that. That my friends makes everything okay. 
So while I normally say .... 

Sometimes Ordinary life can be wonderful and beautiful. For the most part my life is anything but ordinary but I have come to learn that ordinary every now and again can be amazing.... and this week ordinary was just fine and dandy with me.