When we bought the furniture for our home, all I wanted were comfortable places to sit. Years of uncomfortable furniture had created a wanting in my heart for the biggest and comfiest couch we could fit in our space. Although the aesthetics were important, it was far more the depth and the sinking-in-of-it all that was the most important to me.
We recently had some new (and old) friends to our home and took them on our little renovation tour of our very own fixer upper. The remarks often were regarding the comfortability of our spaces that I had worked so lovingly to create to help our guests feel welcome. Often the remarks were, “How do you get any work done when you have this cozy place to sit?”
These were the places they said they couldn’t resist.
Yet, I resist them.
What might look, at times, like a cushy job (and believe me, cushy moments do exist), is a lot of sweat and hustle to create. I am not complaining, but sometimes that glamour shot you see is nothing like my life. Many moments are spent hunched over the computer and in some state of frantic panic over a post that, honestly, I’m lucky if people might scan briefly through with their morning coffee.
What there isn’t a lot of, for me, is… well, SITTING. The corners that people might envy are rarely enjoyed by me so I challenged myself to SIT in every one of those corners this week because I deserve to rest.
I am worthy of that.
I soaked in a good book on my giant leather chair, I snuggled up with my cat and watched a television show, I knitted in my shed sanctuary, and I curled on my bed in the evening to browse my blog reader. It sounds so silly, but for the first time in probably a few years, I just enjoyed sitting in the places I had made for myself.
All the places.
If you don’t do a lot of sitting at your house either, consider this a challenge to sit in those beautiful and cozy corners you created. They aren’t just for company, they are for YOU.
I thought it might be fun to creatively explore a bit on this post so today might seem different than usual.
I’m glad.
I want you to enjoy the REAL over in blogland and that can never be cultivated if I’m not honest with you. I want to explore how I’m working towards the happy in my life. As always, I am a big work in progress.
Tell me, do you struggle with being still too?
Here are 3 other things that make me happy.
Amazingly Comfortable Gladiator Sandals
Oh, I am loving this year’s sandal trends, BUT I have stupidly wide feet so I am not always able to embrace the trends. I had to break my rule of not buying shoes during my capsule challenge because a joint fell out of the side of one of my feet (I kid you not) and it hung off the side of my sandal in a really uncomfortable way. I totally demoed it for my husband to justify said shoe purchase.
Come on. You would too.
I found these gorgeous, gorgeous sandals from Naturalizer (the Hania Sandals in Gingersnap) and they are PERFECT in every way. This has a comfortable wedge on the bottom that gives a petite girl some height without compromising her balance. If you are looking for a gladiator shoe that you won’t have to break in, these fit the bill perfectly!
Although you may not have a joint falling out, my sister remarked that only I would find a way to make bracing this travesty fashionably. What can I say? I’m an EDS warrior these days.
PS- if you have NARROW feet, they make this one in a narrow too, lucky ladies!
Kids Dancing Gives Me ALL THE FEELS
This seasons SYTYCD is all about the kiddos and it is absolutely epic this year. If you want a great show to watch with your kids that will inspire them (especially if you have a tiny dancer on your hands too!), you MUST watch the show this year, SYTYCD Next Generation
Not only are the kids amazing dancers, but they have some compelling stories. Not to mention how hard their parents worked (ahem!).
The only UN-happy about this happy is that when a kid gets cut, I start weeping.
EVERY. TIME.
I mean, you can’t cut kids. Seriously. It’s awful.
That said, my whole family is just loving this season. Since we don’t have cable (you should cut it, you guys!!) we watch this through Hulu! Use this link (if you like) to sign up. Yay! That is one subscription we get our money’s worth out of.
Participating in My First Big Library Read
My book club site is growing every day and I tell you, these ladies know their stuff. It’s totally free so join us and participate! They told me about the Big Library Read and I jumped on the bandwagon this week to participate.
The Big Library Read is an opportunity for those with a valid library card to read the same digital title at the same time without any wait lists or holds. Participating in this event allows your library to offer a new simultaneous use title for community-wide access from your library at no cost. It’s a worldwide digital version of a local book club!
It’s not too late to join in so check and see if your library is participating and take advantage of another fun (and free!) book club opportunity. So cool!
I’m not going to tell you a ton about it because I want you to discover this one yourself. The book is called, A Murder in Time and it is about a gal from the FBI that ends up time traveling into the 1800’s and helps work on a case of a serial killer on the loose. Unfortunately, she can’t use any modern day anything to solve the case so you can imagine it’s a tough case to crack.
Oh, and did I mention she’s a woman who is a servant in a castle?
Yeah, you can imagine how receptive people are. (wink, wink!)
Now go snag this book and join in over the weekend!
Happy Friday, friends!
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