It's Spring again!

It's Spring again!

Sorry folks no recent sunny photos. This is from last year

Finally the sun came out this weekend and Buffalo couldn't be more beautiful than it is now. We live right across the street from the city zoo and park so most of our time was spent there. I made a promise to myself that I would take a break from posts during the weekend, but something so unexpected happened. Our gas guzzler, eco enemy Ford Explorer sounded awful this weekend. We were dropping a friend home from church and sure enough the car died two blocks away from his home. Thank goodness we were in a neighborhood verses the freeway that we just got off. The old Michelle would have been very frustrated that Devon didn't help maintain the cars performance, but the new Michelle thought it was very funny. We were about two plus miles away from home and lucky for us we had our stroller to put sleepy Daisy in. It turned out to be the best walk in my life. The weather was LOVELY and most important, I fortunately wore flats. We strolled down millionaire mile and felt completely content with our humble circumstance. It feels good to be content.
Which brings me to the subject of the whole blog thing. I consider my self a bit of a Luddite. I have detested daily reliance on the cell phone, cable tv, and high-speed internet(dial up is ok, I'm quirky not crazy.). I still somewhat feel this way. My husband suggested starting a blog to keep in touch with family and friends as well as having a personal outlet. I am still a little skeptical, it's just that I consider myself more a people person and this medium feels impersonal. On the other hand I really appreciate the very few blogs that I've read. So finally here's my point on being content. Reading blogs, at least for me, should come with some kind of warning. Like- warning may be harmful to overall happiness, or warning- may leave you with an unquenched desire for things you can not afford or even need, and finally worst of all warning -may make you feel like your life is lacking or you are lacking in full self acceptance. Mind you I am not ready to give up my favorite blogs (the satorialist, or design mom), but I do think I should know when to turn it all off and remember how content I feel about my life just as it is.

Posted by Michelle at 7:00 PM