I know that everyone has their escapes. Most men have sports; a lot of people go running to clear their head. Me, well I ha
ve my yard. My time is spent mowing my lawn with my headphones in and my toes sinking into the grass. This is my time to shut out the world and I guess you could say commune with myself. I don’t know if it is the impending responsibility of being a dad that has me thinking or if it is the sense that my world is about to change in more ways than one and not feeling quite prepared; but my soul is again knocking on my brain to get my attention. I need to put my priorities in order so that I can teach this little girl the right ways and that she knows that her dad honors his priesthood. I feel like I need to work out more and eat better so that I can live by example. Every time I see a fitness commercial I get pumped and think tomorrow I’m going to go running and then I nestle back into the couch and take a sip of soda and a bite of my donut and say…yeah tomorrow I am going to start!
B and I have been working triple time to try and finish up our projects outside in the yard so we can start working on putting together the nest that will become the nursery for our beautiful baby girl. We have to first finish the floor in the basement bedroom in order to move the office downstairs. I truly believe that if B doesn’t have a project for us to working on she thinks the universe will crumble and take us with it. I have been talking a lot to B that I need a vacation from work…both the everyday work and the projects at home. For months now we have been working on finishing up the garden portion of our yard. We built raised beds for our veggies and put in a birdhouse and picket fence to add charm and give some definition. This past Labor Day weekend we finally finished our Shed and path. There is still much more to be done but I feel as if our yard is finally taking shape into what we both envisioned. I love the finished projects and, to be honest, I make up a lot of my own but I crave some fun and diversion in my life. To this end I’m taking B on a ‘Staycation’ later this month (as we can’t afford to go anyplace extravagant with the baby coming and he being so far along) so stay tuned!!!
ve my yard. My time is spent mowing my lawn with my headphones in and my toes sinking into the grass. This is my time to shut out the world and I guess you could say commune with myself. I don’t know if it is the impending responsibility of being a dad that has me thinking or if it is the sense that my world is about to change in more ways than one and not feeling quite prepared; but my soul is again knocking on my brain to get my attention. I need to put my priorities in order so that I can teach this little girl the right ways and that she knows that her dad honors his priesthood. I feel like I need to work out more and eat better so that I can live by example. Every time I see a fitness commercial I get pumped and think tomorrow I’m going to go running and then I nestle back into the couch and take a sip of soda and a bite of my donut and say…yeah tomorrow I am going to start!B and I have been working triple time to try and finish up our projects outside in the yard so we can start working on putting together the nest that will become the nursery for our beautiful baby girl. We have to first finish the floor in the basement bedroom in order to move the office downstairs. I truly believe that if B doesn’t have a project for us to working on she thinks the universe will crumble and take us with it. I have been talking a lot to B that I need a vacation from work…both the everyday work and the projects at home. For months now we have been working on finishing up the garden portion of our yard. We built raised beds for our veggies and put in a birdhouse and picket fence to add charm and give some definition. This past Labor Day weekend we finally finished our Shed and path. There is still much more to be done but I feel as if our yard is finally taking shape into what we both envisioned. I love the finished projects and, to be honest, I make up a lot of my own but I crave some fun and diversion in my life. To this end I’m taking B on a ‘Staycation’ later this month (as we can’t afford to go anyplace extravagant with the baby coming and he being so far along) so stay tuned!!!
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