Teen angst and ...

 Right now.   

Life should be good.   But with every good decision there are downsides... right? 

My teen hates everything about me.   It’s a given, I know .   Life is hard for everyone right now and probably even more so for teens.   No school , no friends , no movies .... but on a different note, she really has everything she needs.   I do my best to make sure her needs are way before mine .

We are moving into a new house 

Well. Buying a new house.  It’s been stressful but not any worse than expected .   I think the hardest part is feeling the responsibility of having to take care of us all .... to do it right and make sure we are all good.  Sometimes, I want to just show up and be the quiet one ... not have to be in charge.  I’m guessing I could do that but then we would not be where we are now.

Moving stuff has been difficult ,to say the least .   I am not allowed to have anyone in the house... except me and moving furniture and boxes is not easy alone.   I haven’t had time to sort ...so everything gets boxed and I’ll sort later .  

B... wants none of it , although he fought to keep it...now he says he’s going to throw it all out .   Maybe that is easier.

Doesn’t matter 

It will work itself out 

Pretty sure this will be my last vacation as such ...

Especially with the teen.

Xo

M

DIY Retro Jean Fun

 It's been a minute since I have had time to sew or do fun shit.

These are Marc Jacobs Runway

So, 

(mine are just as fab)

I, of course, was "given" the opportunity to snazzy up some of the Teen's thrift store haul.

This is how it happens:

Teen and friend buy cool Salvation Army stuff

they say

"Mom, look at this stuff, we have a plan"

then the plan sits on the kitchen table until I say,

" Damnit!!! I'll do it."

Anyways...

here's the how to:

1:Buy jeans

2: cut jeans in cool places (but use caution because you have to sew it back together!)

4: take half the cut pieces and bleach them or dye them

5: reassemble on the floor and pin

6: now remember when you sew them together that you want the seam to the inside and the fringe on the outside.

7: get a glass of wine ( or martini)

8. finish and make teens model 

look how cool....

She makes me smile...

There is your fashion for the day

YOU ARE WELCOME

xo,

sew ya later

m

Make a list

It's been a huge month.

I set some goals and attempted to follow through and I'll tell you why.

I have this friend who carries around a pocket full of post-it notes and on each one is a thing he needs or wants to get done. He pulls them out multiple times a day and shuffles through them and every once in a while he throws one away....sometimes there are 2 things on one post-it....in that case he scribbles one line out and puts back in the pocket....

On a great day I'll hear him say

"That's IT!!! Empty Pockets!" 

he wipes his hands on his pants and smiles

"done"

Then it starts over.

Seems simple.

I have been more than overwhelmed with:

Covid

Work

Never-ending Divorce

House Hunting with no $$

Teenager

My Hair

Running

Working Out

My never-ending Period

Relationship

None is horrible, but as a compiled basket

it's a lot.

SO....

I said, Come on Girl...This is your life now....get yer shit together and move forward.

First thing first....

My beautiful family arranged for Sissy to come for 2 nights and just sit on the couch and all of us be happy together and it was divine!

Me and Sissy....

then I was told it's time to buy myself something....something simple

I bought run pants.

Then I started my list....

I have to start planning for our future....and that means cleaning up the house I am losing and start packing for a house or life in the future.

20 years of crap is a lot....

I often wish it would just disappear.

But no, I can do this.

I can

So this week....

my list is made and I giggled.

I moved a lot of our stuff to a rental space

and even drove a big truck to do it. 

in hindsight I wish I would have sorted the stuff out a bit more 

but oh well....

I have 20 more days until Tulum

and I can't wait.

I have some big news too

But I am going to wait.

xoxo

m