A Simple Country Mouse

You ever feel like everything is just so overwhelming? Where there is this giant list of things to do and you don't feel like there's enough time to do it all? Or maybe your relationships are just suddenly totally not what you thought they were? You find out something that rips the rug out from under you and you're suddenly wondering where the floor beneath you is and how you're going to find your footing again? Do you ever feel like your brain is going 400 miles per hour and you have so much going on in it you can't even see straight let alone actually get anything done?  Believe me when I say I feel ya. I really do. Honestly I think everyone feels like this from time to time. And some more than others. As a mom I feel like this a lot. It always feels like just when I think that I've got things under control the whole world decides to take me for a spin and remind me that I don't always have everything under control. As someone who likes to have contro...

Sorry I haven't posted in a long, long while guys. I haven't forgotten, it's just that my computer has been glitchy. That won't be a problem anymore here shortly. Anyways, onto today's topic. While I was in the grocery store this morning I had the most interesting few run-ins. Allow me to set the stage. Today was the first day that it was rather chilly in quite some time. Chilly enough to actually warrant sweaters, full jeans and actual shoes, not flip-flops. As Sam doesn't have many cardigans yet (she will be getting some for her birthday, but just not yet) I decided to put her in this utterly adorable little light jacket that looks quite like something that stepped out of the roaring twenties. Pearls, ruffles and all mind you. Clay was quite cozy in his little preppy sweater (not usually a huge fan, but this one is really handsome on him), and I was in a cozy flannel that I haven't gotten to wear all summer. Mind you I had quite forgotten about this p...