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07.29.10 | by jeanine | tags: children, family, learning/exploration, outdoors/nature, seasonal living | category: thankful thursday |
 comments Nothing quite like summer camping...snuggles and a beach fire. While I’m on the beach topic…I couldn’t help myself. What in the world is that title about? Hotties?! No, not a mid-life crisis. Just a thought or more as motherhood and age settle in on this thirty-something-mom of three kids. A few weeks ago I had a lovely best-friends-date. Yes, two moms, happily strapped with one baby each (all older children left at home.) Lots of pee and poo. Lots of food. Tons of talking. Cooing. And drooling. We ended up wandering our way down to Ocean Beach, land of the beautiful summer sundress, on this lovely warm day. And it hit me that: 1) We’ve both pretty much grown out of the tie-dye, hippy dress stage. Darn it. Hottie? Me?! Who does she think she is, calling me a hottie? Well, little did I know that was a compliment. More or less. Back to my little afternoon-mommy-date. Well, we were trying on clothes. Kind of. We were mostly lusting over clothes and having mini-identity crises. And in stroll two young women. The essence of youth and beauty intwined. And my mind searches for the word… Hotties. Yes, two little hotties, looking absolutely stunning in flip flops and Baja Hoodies. Darn them. And for a moment I felt like Evelyn Couch in that parking lot scene in Fried Green Tomatoes So, good bye to the hottie days! Cheers to motherhood! And yes, a pat on the back to all of you out there who are also searching for yourselves at this very moment. At least it’s very clear now that I am long-out-of-the hottie stage of life. Whew.
 I was born and raised in San Diego, California. (Yes, pictures like this one and that one are from that bee-u-ti-ful city.) But, in addition to my dear and loving family and friends there, it’s the ocean that holds my heart. San Diego’s ocean simply beckons one to interact. And not just on the seashore, but in the water. Yes, at this time of year the water is warming up. The outside temperature is just hot enough to convince even the wary to enter. And life is good. So, we packed up our car and headed to the beach last week. We camped (well, trailer’d would be more precise…thanks Grandma and Grandpa). We ate. We drank. We were merry. And the kids. They were tired beyond recognition. Playing at the beach all day does that do you. Doesn’t it? It does for me. We pick up our mail every few days since the USPS doesn’t come directly to our door. *sigh* No mailbox here. So, when we do go to clear out our post office box, oftentimes we get a lot of mail. Here’s a good day. And here’s what I do to keep from swimming in mail: 2) Next, recycle the catalogs BEFORE looking at them. Most catalogs I don’t want and/or have no foggy clue how they found me. I recycle those or save them on our magazine-cut-up shelf for the girls to practice their cutting skills. And, as mentioned, I try my hardest not to look at the catalogs UNLESS I was already needing something specific. Like when the Lands End catalog came this year right as I was wondering what I was going to do about the swim suit dilemma this year. Go for it! You can toss a catalog without looking at it. 3) Sort through personal information and recyclables in most of those charity, NGO, donation requests. Most requests go directly into the recycle bin here. We don’t have a lot of extra funds right now. Actually. No extra funds is more like it. So they have to be a cause dear dear to my heart to make into the house. 4) And then, the bills. (And this is where my life gets really simple. When I follow through quickly, that is.) Yes, pay those bills immediately. I put them on top of my laptop so that I cannot Pass Go. Cannot collect $200. And consequently, no computer time = quickly paid bills. Now I’m a very responsible person, but let me tell you, when I do not pay those bills within 24 hours, I always misplace them. And with our current busy-family-of-five lifestyle, I don’t quickly or easily find them again. So I’m curious. How many of you pay your bills immediately? How many of you have a system in place to deal with the mail? I would love to hear about how others handle the incoming mail? 
07.25.10 | by jeanine | tags: feng shui, home management, re-purpose/recycle, simple living | category: simple sunday |
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(which is a wonderful read, I might add). No, I didn’t bump into them. But, yes, I noted that we are a wee bit older than we were last time we shopped there. 
