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I'm thankful it's Friday. This week has been a blur, and yet has dragged on forever. It's been a week filled with injections, doctor appointments, trips to the pharmacy, waiting, more doctor appointments. (I'm guessing you can see where I'm going with this. Did you know April is Infertility Awareness Month? Yes it is. My timing is perfection.)
I've debated whether I wanted to talk about this on my blog. I sat down to write something yesterday - something cheery - but I was forcing something I wasn't feeling. When it comes right down to it I haven't been cheery at all this past week - my son and husband can attest to this. Yesterday at the store I almost broke down in tears for no good reason. That's what mega-doses of hormones will do for you, folks. Make you wanna cry while looking at Peeps among all the Easter candy and decorations. Not pretty.
I don't want to wallow or complain, but I do want to be honest in this little virtual place.



In other, more uplifting news:

• I picked-up the new Alison Krauss CD Tuesday and it is amazingly, gorgeous music to my ears. 
• I also purchased tickets to the Alison Krauss concert in June. Can. Not. Wait. It's the day after my birthday.
• Tuesday was Muffins with Mom day at preschool. It was so cute. The kids sang songs for us, introduced us, and gave us sweet little gifts. And the muffins were delicious! I would have eaten the rest of Max's muffin, but didn't want to look like a pig.
• We got a new bed Monday. I told my husband last night that I wanted a whole day to just sleep in that bed. It is that comfortable. 
• A wonderful friend watched Max today while I headed to yet another doctor appointment in Portland. I dropped Max off at 7:30. Yes, she is a wonderful gal and I owe her dearly for the early wake-up/drop-off.

That's about all I've got this Friday. All I'd really like to do now is go crawl in bed and sleep for a few hours. But my bed will still be there waiting for me tonight - after dishes are washed, toys put away, boys tucked in bed, DVR'd shows watched...
And the photos are totally random today. They are photos of the loved ones putting-up with me this week, and loving me despite my moods. (I haven't felt much like picking up my camera this week. In my hormonal state I'm convinced my camera is awful in low-light conditions, and that I really NEED a new camera. Yes, these are the kinds of things that will bring a girl in my condition down... I will laugh about this someday...)

details.

Details create the big picture.~ Sanford I. Weill

Dad had just mowed and edged the lawn. After watching for awhile, Max ran inside and grabbed his scissors. (And I grabbed my camera.) Max wanted to help. He was going to help edge the lawn with those little kid scissors. Of course it would take him forever, clipping a few pieces at a time, but he didn't care. He was focused on those two or three blades of grass he could clip at once. He was focused on the details. It was easy enough for daddy to cut large rows of lawn with a passing of the mower. A lot of grass clipped, quickly. While daddy was focused on the big picture, Max was concerned with the details. He didn't think anything of his small scissors versus the large amount of grass to clip. He didn't hesitate. (Ok, well his clipping didn't last very long.)

That picture has me thinking of the details. It's so easy to let the day pass working on the big picture - cleaning the house, preparing meals, caring for pets, paying bills, returning emails and phone calls. The big stuff that needs to be done, the stuff that keeps us going. But what about the details of the day? Holding hands, the extra story read at bedtime, the phone call to parents to really talk and listen, letting kids help with dinner even though it creates a big mess. Those are the details that create the stories in our lives. The story would be pretty boring if we left out the details, right? Woke-up, ate, went to school/work, had lunch, played/worked some more, ate dinner, went to bed.



Life is in the details - those details are the big picture.
You create the details in your big picture.
What will your details be?

As a journalist, the details always tell the story. ~ James McBride

reflections on the day.

My Thursday...
I let the dog out to do her thing and I noticed the reflection of the trees in the water. All that rain reflected back to me the sky from which it came, and the pretty trees getting ready to bloom.



Later in the day we headed to OMSI (Oregon Museum of Science & Industry) and then to dinner. My husband's college friend owns a nice little bar-bistro in Portland called Clementine.



The best thing about this bar-bistro: the big play area for kids. One area of the restaurant is kind of set-up like a doctor's office, with a train table and some books and a few other toys. We had that area of the restaurant to ourselves. It was a perfect family evening out. Max played. We enjoyed our drinks and dinner. Perfect. Max really enjoyed his drink as well.

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Picture Inspiration Week 6. Seeing Double.

I had a tough time "seeing" reflections. But man oh man, once you start noticing them, they are everywhere. More to come.

And yes, the drink was delicious!

spring walk.

I took a little walk down and back up our ski slope hill (18% grade is steep, folks) Sunday afternoon. Just me and my Nikon. It was ever-so-lovely. Really.

If you haven't noticed just yet, we do moss and lichen really, really well here in the Pacific Northwest. It grows just about everywhere - trees, sidewalks, roads, bark, rocks, fire hydrants. I could go on and on, but I don't want to put you to sleep. And I do want you to come back and visit my little blog again someday.

the best-laid plans...

(Another random photo to go with my random post. Playing with my phone and sucking his thumb.)

My wonderful Friday did not go as planned. My plans looked a bit like this - Thai food, little boy in bed by 8:30, evening to myself to read and watch TV.
Here's what really happened - Max had a fit about what, I don't remember. There was lots of whining and crying and eventually he fell asleep on the couch. At 5pm. For an hour. No, I didn't wake him...I know, I know... Said boy woke up in a bad mood. Bad, bad mood. Husband left to go out with friends. A lot more crying. A soaked kiddo and couch (and it wasn't me or the dog.) And then a boy up till 11:30. We stayed up till 9 watching TV (bad mom, I know) then spent the rest of the evening getting him to stay in his bed and go to sleep. Naps for my son means a very long night. So why I didn't wake him - I don't know. Well, actually I do - I went upstairs and crawled into bed and took advantage of the break. If you can't beat em, join em!
That was my Friday.
I did get my Thai food Saturday though. And it was very yummy.
Happy Monday, friends!
A

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(Random photo to go with my random post.)

• I had a big long post all typed out about how we are staying home for spring break, and I have no idea what we'll do next week. And how I wish were going to Florida like the neighbors. But I deleted it. On purpose. You don't need to hear me whining...
• I haven't taken many photos this week. And I've deleted most of what I have taken. Again, on purpose. Bad lighting, bad composition. Really, truly just bad snap-shots.
• I haven't done my Picture Inspiration project for last week or this week. Procrastination at it's finest. This is what I kinda thought might happen when I signed-up for this class...self-fulfilling prophecy...
• Husband is going out with his buddies tonight (it's about darn time he do something fun with friends!). And since he's going out, I'm thinking of getting some take-out Thai food. YUM.
• Hubs is running a half marathon Sunday. Yay. Glad he's doing it and not me. Not that I have any desire to...
• Tomorrow I'm going back to my roots and putting a little of my natural color back in my hair. Brunettes have more fun! Yep, we sure do! Then I'm heading to the mall with a girlfriend. Not a bad Saturday.
• Next week is spring break. Did I mention that already?...Oh yeah, I did...
• And last but not least, while I have a million deep thoughts running through my head today, I don't really have anything to say, unless you have a few hours to meet for coffee.

TGIF! Happy weekend folks!