ahhhh...feels good

it has been close to a week but i finally shaved my legs and armpits!

huzzah!  hooray!  it's about damn time!

and i feel good.  the snow outside kept mike from work so he was here to preoccupy quinn while i took as luxurious a shower as a twenty-year-old hot water heater would allow (yes, it is being replaced on sunday...thanks dad!).  this despite the fact that i also am losing sooo muuuuch hair these days (my shower wall is covered in discarded hair because i HATE the feel of wet hair stuck to my hands, legs, back...ewww) that most of my shower is spent unclogging my drain.  but still...i have smooth, silky legs again!

this is no small feat, considering my last shower went a little like this:

1.  mike and dad are downstairs installing dishwasher

2.  quinn and i both need bathing asap since we are headed to a party in two hours.

3.  put space heater in bathroom on full-blast

4.  gather all supplies

5.  place towel and baby blanket on floor of bathroom

6.  place baby on blanket in only his diaper

7.  get in shower with curtain only half-closed

8.  sing me and bobby mcgee, killing me softly, brass in pocket, you are my sunshine, and anything else i can make up while dancing around the tub

9.  manage to wash only hair and body before baby is tired of listening to me sing and watching me dance

10.  pick baby up and wash him

11.  both get out of shower

so we may have been a bit cleaner, but that no frills shower left me something to be desired.

this year's resolutions

i am not one for making resolutions really.  i think of things i would like to do or ways i would like to better myself all throughout the year.  but i am putting some thought into it this year and with only two days to go, i am announcing my new year's resolutions for 2011.  ta da!

1.  be present.  be in the moment.  let mike hug me and hug him back even if i am in the midst of a million things.  revel in the smiles and coos from quinn and ignore the pile of dishes in the sink.

2.  complain less and compliment more.  you know the saying about how if someone is not satisfied they will tell a bunch of people but if someone is happy they will only tell a few.  well i think it should be the other way around.  and in a way, i am going to try and change that my little old self.  when someone does something good or kind or goes out of their way for someone else, i am going to sing their praises to whomever will listen.  truth be told, i started this a long time ago.  example:  at work (at a hospital in philly), the crab bisque from the cafeteria was so stinking good one day and all us nurses were ohhhing and ahhhing about it.  so i called the cafeteria and asked for the manager.   she sheepishly answered the call, probably anticipating a complaint of some sort, but i told her instead of our absolute love of the bisque.  she thanked us and told me that the chef was new and that she would pass along the compliment.  about 10 min later, the aforementioned chef arrived on our floor with a huge container of bisque for the nurses who had liked it so much.  he was grinning ear-to-ear, obviously thrilled we had so much enjoyed his creation.  so i plan to do more things like this.  and complain less.

3.  volunteer.  even if it is just a weekend habitat for humanity gig.  i have so much to be thankful for and so many blessings in my life.  i should really help those who need it.  and i should really do it for more than a weekend.

4.  cook and bake more.  i have a brand new food processor...my mom-mom's old mixer...a love of eating everything...a baby that keeps me home more...and a husband that needs feeding.  sounds like a recipe for some good home-cooking.  nothing crazy or fancy...but not just the trusty crockpot meals.  this one might actually be one of the harder resolutions to keep!!!

what are your resolutions???