Oh Blog...how I have missed you! Al Cervic would have never waited almost a month before posting again....so lets see - what's new? Took Yolo out all last weekend and left it at Lily's (she lives on the water - much better than dragging it to the top of my car each time I want to use it). Quit reading The Places in Between - out of utter bordeom and the fact that I could not keep up with Hajij this and Hussein that....I have decided that it is better to not waste time reading a book you "should" read in favor of a book you want to read. Case in point - I am now reading Bethenny Frankel's "Place of Yes" - and yes she once was one of the "real" housewives of NYC - I didn;t think I could stand her - until I started reading her books (Naturally Thin was great too). Just very frank - no BS - not touchy feely like the Happiness Project (which luckily I only read one chapter a month of that...)
We have also decided to leave our church and I think I want to be Catholic again. Greg is NOT happy about this prospect so much that he forbids (?) his kids from becomming Catholic. Interesting - it is going to be an uphill battle for sure. I really just want him to keep an open mind and not be small minded like so many in this small town.
I really want to document my evolution into middle age on this blog - always a seeker, I feel now so compelled ot be my authentic self - and be true to who I am. Seeking - I find things about myself that I pretended for so long were not there. For example, I have a hard time being an evangelical Christian without feeling like it is forced. I am liberal and conservative. I struggle not to be small minded. I don't like following others because I am supposed to. I like to figure things out for myself and either buy-in or not. I want to keep improving myself to be a better mother, wife, coach, woman, instructor, and yes, Christian - but I want to do this in a way that keeps my authenticity intact.
Another person I really admire is Audrey Hepburn...and I am reading (slowly to make sure I absorb it) How to be Lovely - the Audrey Hepburn way of Life. I almost named this blog what would Audrey Hepburn do - but it lacked the zing of Al Cervic....
Audrey's lesson for today is to keep it all in perspective. She lived in Nazi-occupied Holland for her teenage years learned to appreciate small things we often take for granted. Now I am not saying I am going to yell "Praise God" everytime I get a glass of water or take a hot shower, but I am going to try and live more mindfully and thankfully - and not get mired down in the "small stuff". My goals this week is to try to keep life in perspective, be thankful for what I have, encourage those around me, and try to tell the truth and avoid gossip as much as possible. I think those are goals even Al would be proud of...