Scentless Apprentice

I went to the eye doctor yesterday and got new glasses to boot. Its a little exciting for me, although the Big Man couldn't tell the difference. The best part was they were only $40 (I spend more than that on a trip to the scrapbook store!) So I feel pretty with the new glasses-and can see better too (no scratches). Also got the rest of the stuff for our silent auction basket for next Friday's pizza bingo. It worked out better for parent's to send in money rather than actual stuff. Basket making is tomorrow night at school.
Today, we have church and I have a St. Monnica meeting (the Palm Sunday brunch is next week). There is some laundry that needs to be put away and done as well. Lunches will need to be packed, baths done and food defrosted for the next week. Dinners will need to be prepped, and the house tidied up. I will need to do a mani & pedi, because that makes me happy. I have some music I need to upload to the computer (right now I am multi-tasking and doing that while I write)and I am enjoying an Irish Cream cafe au lait in my living room.
This is the life.
Amongst other things discussed on Friday night was the conversation regarding beauty routines and the like. Compared to a lot of people, I am pretty low maintenance. I wash my face, use witch hazel as a toner, and a 2 in 1 moisturizer (one that has sunblock in it). At night, I use those facial towelettes to get the war paint off and use a night cream. That's it...and I don't even wear a lot of make up or even put it on every day. I will not leave the house without lip gloss or perfume, but everything else is optional. I do my own nails, and have for a long time. I haven't found anyone that I am comfortable with around here. Its ok though, because I make the time to do it.
I don't go tanning, I don't get facials (other than the ones I do at home), I don't go for the weekly mani/pedi thing, I clean my own house, I am not a slave to designer labels, we eat home cooked meals most nights, my main focus is family. I take movies and books out of the library. I use freecyle. I'm a little bit of a geek in some regards. My life basically revolves around my family, my faith, my friends and my volunteer work.
Sometimes I feel like I am out of sorts with others around me, but that's ok. I don't really want to be like a lot of the other women that I know. There's a certain level of fakeness with them. This is where people think that I am bitter, but I am not. I am sure that they think that there's something wrong with me as well-that I am missing a certain gene or something.
The bottom line is I am happy with my life. I feel like I am getting myself (and my home) organized, in order and at peace.
Maybe its doing yoga and meditating consistently again but I am happy thinking about the whole inner beauty thing. I know that I may not be beautiful in the conventional sense, but the two most important people in my life think that I am, and that's all that matters. I stopped worrying about what others thought of how I look and all of sudden a lot of doors opened for me.
Today I don't have anything planned other than enjoying the day and my family. The weather is supposed to be nice, so its a good time to get out and survey what winter has done to my yard and garden. Maybe get on the bike with the little man. Take the puppy dog around the block (get back into that habit again). Make a meat loaf for dinner. Play a lot and relax before the insanity of the week kicks in again.
The little man asked me the other day why I didn't have any baby pictures of him on display. I do have some, so I went out and got frames yesterday on put them out. Its amazing that something that small and simple made him so happy. We also got our church directory picture in the mail yesterday and I put that in a frame too. So far, its the only picture of the three of us so to me its a big deal. And it came out really nice too. That's out on display in our family room and it makes me smile every time I walk by it.
The sun is shining and I need to get my day started. Little Man and I need breakfast, the kitchen needs to get tidied up and we need to get dressed for church soon. (an hour and a half before we leave) Little Man is playing wii, and drinking his chocolate milk, and I am watching the puppy dog going crazy running around the family room with Hugs the bear in his mouth, looking for attention.
This is the way life should be-and it is.