A new day

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Firstly, I just wanted to say a HUGE thank you to those of you to took to time to comment on my last post – I really do have the best internet buddies. Just to clarify that I really am okay with my life right now. But I’ve been feeling a little flat this week so I’ve noticed myself doing more comparisons than normal. My only real regret in life is my weight so I know I’m pretty lucky. As a few of you pointed out – most of us feel that the grass is greener on the other side. But in truth our life is largely what we make it. So today I’m going to be happy to be me :-).

As I was scrapbooking yesterday afternoon I looked out my window and saw some black dots.

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Okay, you can’t see them, I’ll grab the DSRL and go outside.

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Not much better…lets zoom in..

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Pelicans!!! About 30 of them flying on the breeze.  And did you notice the sideways heart space in the clouds?

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I often see a few pelicans flying around but I’ve never seen this many enjoying the thermals. It was pretty awesome I have to say.

Comparing my life

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I love my life but often find myself comparing it to those lived by many of my fav. bloggers. Unfortunately there is a BIG difference in our lifestyles – the main thing being so many are married couples, with no kids, living in the city. They have the time and freedom to do whatever they want. I wish I could remember more of what life was like back then but the old memory doesn’t work so well these days and there aren’t many photos, and definitely nothing like blogs or flickr on which I recorded daily life. I’m sure life was much more simpler – just like those of my fellow childless bloggers. We used to go the movies most weekends, had regularly weekends away, and did lots of entertaining with friends.

I know I need to stop the comparison. I have kids and our lifestyle is different and I just need to accept that. I can’t rewind the years … though it would be good if I could. Thankfully there are some bloggers I read that are at a similar stage in their life as me – with kids in school. Times change as the years go by. I really do think things are pretty good right now but I’ve been a big melancoly of late – reminicing about life before kids & life with young kids and dreaming of life when it’s just Kevin & I again. It seems we are never happy with where we’re at but life is good right now. I just need to take a bit more time to stop and smell the roses and appreciate this time in my life. I’m sure in a few years, when both the girls are in high school, I’ll be wishing for the good old days before they were teenagers :-).

Veggie Garden Update

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FINALLY…I have the video ready to share with you. It’s been a bit of an ordeal I can you and after doing the video twice – firstly on the i-phone, then with the proper video camera, this is the original i-phone video – which I was finally able to upload. It’s probably not the most exciting video but I’m pleased how the garden is progressig after the flop it was last year.

My weekend

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has looked very much like this….

The weekend

I did take a bit of time to film the vegetable garden but I used my i-phone and can’t seem to upload it to flickr. Today it’s rained all day or  I would have reshot it for you. I will do it again (with the video camera) asap. Otherwise, life has been pretty uneventful in our house lately…which is why I haven’t had much to blog about :-(.