Saturday, October 20, 2007

White and Green

Today, a peaceful feeling spreads throughout my body. It is Saturday, and, for once, it feels like a Saturday. A big, rounded, well-deserved, do-anything sort of day.

That we did. This morning, after breakfast and clean-up, my toddling daughter and I went outside. The last week has been gloomy and rainy, but, today was gorgeous. The sun was out, making the leaves on the trees seem even more golden than they already are. I was once again reminded why I love the autumn months, and more specifically, why I love to *be outside* during the autumn months.

The most enjoyable part about it, these days, is that I have a new, youthful little companion (my daughter!). So, I've found myself once again jumping and stomping through leaf piles, picking up leaves that blow around on the streets and trying to identify them, and loving to simply run around and feel my hands and nose turn cold along with the air, but somehow manage to stay soft and warm underneath my sweatshirt.

We played outside and walked around the neighborhood until lunch time. When John came home from work, he mowed the front lawn, and then we decided we would go shopping and run a few errands.

We returned home just in time for Daddy and Baby's bedtime.

Mama plopped down on the living room floor, emptied the laundry basket, and was finally inspired to compose a blog post. Perhaps the first meaningful post in a long time...

On the floor in front of me, I saw the following:

::The Uniforms::





White in all their glory, it's these guys that help pay the bills. On the left, we have my husband's uniform. He is a baker. He's up before the crack of dawn, wearing his white and getting covered in white (flour). I am so proud of him! He is a hard worker, full of ideas and thoughts and criticism, and I only hope he can someday get out of the bakery he is in and go out on his own. From doughnuts and mixes, to from-scratch breads and contract orders for coffee shops and the COOL restraunts!

On the right, is my uniform. I haven't been back to work for very long (about one month), but, this uniform was what I wore before my daughter was born. I am a lab tech for a food ingredients company. The first time I was employed there (during my pregnancy), I loved my job! Now...although not so sure at first, I can say that...I love my job! And THAT is a great feeling!

Today, I wrote out bills (the green), and I could actually write out the bills. Not, pick and choose one or two that are due *now*, but I could actually pay what needed to be paid. And THAT is a great feeling!

There was one other pile on the floor, which also fit the category: white and green.

::The Diapers::



We have been using cloth diapers (fuzzi bunz) since our daughter was two or three months old. I really can't see us doing it any other way! I won't go into the reasoning, other than the obvious.

Tonight, on our errand-runnings, we picked up a pack of disposables (we tend to use them travelling around and recently, at night). Because we are a bit more financially stable, we bought, for the first time, eco-friendly disposable diapers. I don't have a critique on them YET, but in my heart, I feel so happy with our decision to use these vs. non-eco-friendly.

I'm very happy with our decision to spend a little extra money to do what is best for our daughter's health. I love her more than anything in the world, and it makes me feel as if I am doing a little something extra so that I can to give her what is best now, and in the future.

Melissa at 10:03 PM

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