Life uninteresting.

Today, I realized why I don't blog that often: I honestly have nothing interesting to tell. Sure, I've got a 2 1/2 year old who is all over the place, but stories about how JJ got into the laundry basket - again - get old after awhile. During the week, I work and take care of him; during the weekend, I sleep and take care of him. Life hasn't changed much since I went from me to me + him.

I wish I had more interesting things to think about - well, I wish I had more energy to do more interesting things to blog about, honestly. I'm working on the energy front, but I can't guarantee my life will get any more interesting, even with energy. Well, it might - I'd start working out again, start scrapbooking etc.

Scrapbooking - I'll chat about that today, since I feel like I NEED to update this sorely neglected blog. The last time I made a full scrapbook was senior year of high school, when we had to do a memory book as our final project. I put the thing together in the span of 12 hours [literally] and wound up acing it [someway, somehow]. While that scrapbook was honestly not that good, I want to put a better effort into the ones I'm beginning to make. JJ deserves that, I deserve that, and our memories deserve that.

Now, scrapbooking can be really, really overwhelming nowadays. There are all these products, all these "tips of the trade" out there...and I haven't even begun to dive through them yet. It's a little scary, honestly, thinking about how wrapped up into scrapbooking I can become if I let myself get there. One of my amazing friends is letting me buy her L Letterpress [which i intend on using for more than just scrapbook stuff]:

And my mom has a Cricut [that she saaaaaays she won't let me take out of her house, but i'm working on it]:

These two instruments alone, paired with the hundreds of pieces of scrapbook papers - and hundreds of pictures I've had printed over the months - could help me do some damage. My problem is, I'm not sure where to start. I think things through too much, honestly - I have an idea of how I want JJ's first year scrapbook to look, but then I start REALLY thinking about it and get discouraged. I think I need to just dive in and get started, and see where it goes from there. 

My goal is to get one scrapbook completely finished by the end of the year - which is already halfway here. Guess I'd better get started, eh?

This thing called life...

...is moving along a lot faster than I thought it would. It's becoming too difficult to keep up!

I really wish I had some fun, spunky update - but I don't. I spent Thursday night - Tuesday afternoon sicker than I've been in quite some time (still haven't quite shaken the cold, but I do feel a lot better), so there goes that. And, life has really slowed down since my dad left and vacations ended. School, however, is gearing up, and I can feel the excitement in the air as the kiddos get ready to go back.

I bet J's feeling the school day blues again right now - he's in the middle of the law enforcement part of his tech school, so he's had a test every week for the past few weeks. J was never the studious type in high school and college, so I'm not quite sure just how he's handling all this studying and testing...I think he's doing OK, since he's motivated to do it, but I don't think he likes it. :) I'm keeping my fingers crossed that I get to see him in a couple of weeks...I could go 17 weeks without seeing him, but I don't really want to. I'm just glad his tech school's near me and not on one of the coasts.

I feel like I'm sort of in a rut. Like I need to find something to dig my way out of it. It's the same story all the time at home - cook, clean, play, bath, bed. I'm at a loss as to how to keep little man entertained at his age, and I don't want to get him any more toys since his birthday/Christmas are coming up. And let's not even go there about me. I haven't had a night out in weeks. I'm always tired (which is probably how I got sick in the first place), I worry too much so I don't sleep well at night...it's a never-ending cycle. I will say, though, that I finally started scrapbooking. I have tons of papers and stickers, and I've got ideas in my head for JJ's first year scrapbook. I just need to get the pics printed - Shutterfly, here I come!

I need to find something to make this blog more interesting so people will read it. Hm...unfortunately, I bet it won't get more interesting until I move to Colorado and have new places to talk about. :P We'll see!

Need to occupy brain...

It's time for me to start occupying my brain a little more. J leaves for basic next week, and when I'm not busy, my brain switches to life AM [after military]. Well, actually, my brain switches to next week, when J will leave for eight weeks. I'm a big ball of emotions right now. A big part of me is excited for him and ready to hear about his experience. A small part of me - big enough for me to cry when I think about it, but small enough to push it aside when I need to - is very scared of the Great Unknown. Where will we get stationed? How will J do at BMT? How often will I hear from him? How will I handle not being able to talk to him everyday?

I'm trying to hold it all in, but I spent a decent part of today crying. Tonight wasn't so bad since JJ was all over the place and kept me pretty busy. I'm getting better with it now and think I'll be OK once he leaves. I'll have to go get stationery so I can write him every day and send the letters once I get his mailing address. I wonder if I can send care packages...I'm gonna be one of those annoying wives that writes him all the time. I hope he appreciates it. I need to get better at printing off pics, too...so I can send him those. We'll celebrate Mother's Day, Memorial Day, Father's Day and JJ's 18-month birthday while he's gone. Want to make sure he stays in the loop.

I've decided to seriously take up scrapbooking. My mom still has stuff at the house that I can use, and I'm going to try and get a Cricut out of J somehow. I've started sorting out pics to print and planning out the pages. I think I'll work on JJ's 1st year album first, then do a family one. I wish H and I had taken more pics during our first year of marriage so I could make a scrapbook of that, but oh well. I have enough to add to a family album for all of us.

I've also gotten back on the book bandwagon and am on my second book. This one's longer than the one I read this weekend, but I absolutely love it. I wonder if I can check out books at OSU's library...I'll have to check on that. If not, I'll just get a library card from the Stillwater Public Library. Checking out books on campus will give me an excuse to explore campus more than just staying in my corner of the world...hm.

30DS should keep me busy, but I haven't done it since the first day. It's not that I don't want to do it - by the time I get around to it, I end up falling asleep. I've gotta get better with my time management at night and getting up on time in the morning. At least I got the laundry and dishes done tonight - that's a pretty big accomplishment for me. Now, to unpack my suitcase...that should occupy my brain for a bit.