Life Lately

Life lately has been really full. It has been very full. Almost too full. We agreed that our last few months we would say no as little as possible and we would soak up every second we could in this fantastic city with these amazing people we call friends. But. Oh. My. Goodness. I have felt on the verge for a few days now. I knew it was coming. Sure enough. It did. I had a full on meltdown Friday night after spilling a bowl of green beans on my foot, the stove, the carpet, the floor, my pants, everywhere. *Please note I spill a lot of things, so this normally is something I laugh about and move on from quickly.But I lost it. Then Terrell was laughing at me, so I went back and forth between laughing at my ridiculousness and  crying hysterically. I now know what it feels like to have a psychotic break (I think). Anyway, all the exhaustion and stress and overwhelming life events that are all occurring simultaneously just combusted in my kitchen over about 7 spilt green beans.With that said, I have slept a ton the past 24 hours and think that we have surmounted some of the biggest milestones for this process of moving that we can at this point. We have officially submitted our Visa applications. We had a fantastic yardsale (more to come on this). We have made all of our travel arrangements for the next few months. My to do list is back down to a manageable point and I have a few days off coming up. So my mental stability seems to be in the clear for a while.But, in the past few weeks we have been out enjoying our friends and family and just really savoring this time in our life. We celebrated Terrell's grandmas 90th birthday. Had Easter with his family. Terrell went on a school retreat to a beautiful island seen in the lighthouse photo. My girls college group ended with a super fun painting class (I cannot even begin to share about the emotions that accompany that or I will lose it again). We had more fun than a kid on a roller coaster, because we were grown ups on a roller coaster at 6 Flags with our favorite people. We saw Sister Hazel in concert. We have totally purged our house of excess stuff and now were a little addicted to living with less and less stuff.So, hopefully, this will explain my sporadic postings. But watch out! Because I have so much great stuff to share with you now that things are manageable again! I have been working on my new website and really reevaluating why I love this blog. I have taken a step back and, with the help of Lemon and Raspberry's wise words, remembered which posts I love to write and noting which ones you guys like more too. I have kind of had a Project Life overload lately here and in real life. So I have stepped back from it for a few weeks (which I will of course catch up on, but haven't been so worried about) and actually used my hands and my tools to create some things. Not just my paper crafting tools. I've been sewing again and painting and trying some different things, which has really been bringing back my mojo. I've also been going through Elise's new course Use Your Stash (of course I read the whole thing in one sitting, because it's just that fantastic) and have been working on purging and have been honest about what stuff I really need to get rid of and have found some great stuff I forgot about! Seriously, check it out! It's so cheap and so worth it!Thanks so much to everyone who has signed up for the first Lovely Letters Snail Mail Exchange! There's still time to get in if you want to participate! More here. So get ready blog world and real world. I'm coming for you.