Born to Be

Been a few days since I posted so to recap!

I had a wonderful three day weekend last weekend that included a visit from my daddy. He is currently doing business in GA and since he was off MLK weekend he drove down to visit :) We had such a great time visiting and I love the fact that my husband and father can get along so well... I'm truly blessed. It was such a short visit and I was really sad to see him go again. Living so far away I never know the next chance we will get to visit, so unexpected trips are really nice.
I spent Monday and Tuesday..running errands, cleaning house and truly enjoying my moments of freedom..without the sound of phone ringing. I was cleaning house one of those days and Dr Phil happened to be on. I have near been a huge fan of the man, I feel he does have some valid points, but just been a huge fan. Well considering not much else is on during the day I figured I would see what he had to say. I don't really remember what the show was about but I do remember something he said about his wife..."She was born to be a mother". First things first..I'm not a mother nor are we pregnant...but something hit me when he said that. I get so frustrated with my job, people don't often realize how emotional draining my job is and its non-stop our phones ring all day every day...at least on my shift they do. I luckily have a husband who can appreciate how I feel and its nice to know we understand each other's jobs completely. I was one of those girls who grew up dreaming of the wedding...knowing I would find my prince charming..knowing one day I would be a wife and eventually a mother. I realized in that moment listening to Dr Phil, I'm trying to find happiness in something that I believe will never completely make me happy. I get more fulfillment from my days off spent cleaning house, running errands and cooking my husband dinner than I get from any amount of work at my full time job.
I know right now I have to be a working wife, I certainly wouldn't want to put all the financial troubles on my husband and I do believe I would get bored being at home by myself. But hopefully in the future we will be well enough to allow me to be a stay at home mother. I completely understand and respect working moms, to each their own and sometimes the need of a family requires both parents to work, hopefully the Lord has it in his plans to let me stay home. Since my realization I think I have been less bothered by my job.

Since Craig is working and trying to finish school, I spend a lot of time just hanging out relaxing after work and I have come to realize I want some hobbies. I did decide one of my resolutions for this year is to read a fun book every month...January is Twilight, which by the way is much better than I expected, so I have been enjoying spending time reading while Craig studies.

For the hobbies part I have a few ideas:
1. Baking! I love baking, I love making and decorating cakes. I got some really nice cake decorating items for Christmas and can't wait to use them. Its tough making a cake for just two people, Craig and I certainly don't need the extra sweets in our house so we might be celebrating some Happy Un-birthday's just so I can start baking
2. Photography: I love photos! I love taking them, being in them, looking at other people's photos. I could spend hours looking at them. I have been looking at the possibility of photography classes and will see where that takes me this year
3. Scrapbooking: plays on my love of photos. I have been trying to catch up on scrapbooking for the past year :) I did get a minor delay when I decided to make all of the parents scrapbooks of the wedding for Christmas presents. I hope to catch of this year and get really organized with it. I figure it I can get it organized it will be much easier to stay current with it.

For the most part 2010 has been pretty good. I'm enjoying life, loving being a wife and can't wait to see what else life brings our way.