Trading my sorrows

So I've been going through some things in my life recently that have been a challenge for me. My attempts at remaining positive through all of this has resulted in mostly fails. (I swear I'm not emo. I promise. Even though these blogs would lead you to think I was, I'm not.) So I'm trying to maintain a more positive attitude when life isn't going my way (which this year seems to be about 90% of the time).
Right now I'm at that point. I can either fret and worry and get upset, OR... I can put a smile on my face and try to think of positive things and things to be grateful for. So while I was pondering whether or not I pout or praise, the song Trading My Sorrows by Darrell Evans popped into my head. Very appropriate. :) So I've decided to "trade in my sorrows" and push through. The end of today is almost here.




Incidentally, the Snapple "Real Fact" #168 from my Snapple tea I'm drinking today says: "One brow wrinkle is the result of 200,000 frowns."
Can you believe that?! Well I guess that's just another reason to decide to remain positive. I'd much rather have wrinkles from smiling and laughing too much than from frowning! :)

Spring

As I've gotten older and experienced more winters in this dark/no-sun corner of the state, I've seen a pattern in my life and how I spend my time. When winter starts to set in and it gets darker sooner, I find that I have a harder time motivating myself to do indoor projects like cleaning, reorganizing, etc. All I want to do when I get home is read, veg-out, chat on the computer, and the list goes on. I HATE it because I feel like the world's laziest person ever but I can't seem to motivate myself enough to get up and do something about it. Then on Saturday or Sunday, I'm rushing around trying to clean the whole house. The older I've gotten, the worse it's become. And this winter has not been an exception. :(
But now "spring" is here, even though it is only 30-40 degrees. The sun is out longer, because of the time change, and when I get home late from work I'm not so tired (mainly b/c it is still sunny when I get home).
There seems to be a family predisposition to light sensitivity on my dad's side of the family. Basically what that means is that lack of sun and exposure to sun can lead to one being depressed or sluggish. I love the winter b/c with it brings birthdays, Christmas, New Years, and Nerdfest. But once February 1 hits, I'm ready for it to be over. I hate the dark and I feel sluggish and not myself.
Being in Florida last week was a welcome break. It was sunny and 82 degrees the whole time we were there. It was wonderful! It felt like summer and all the radio stations were playing "summer-ish" songs (upbeat songs that you can dance to and get you out of bed in the morning like Kanye West, Beyonce, Britney Spears) all the time.
Then we get back here and it's just pah... :(
But Florida helped me bounce back so I'm going to try to take some of this energy I've collected and use it to overhaul the upstairs. I know I've said that many times but I'm really going to do it today and no one can stop me. :)
I'm going to leave you with one of those Florida overplayed "summer songs". I'm sure by the end of this year the song will drive me nuts b/c all the dj's in this area will have overplayed it. But for now, I LOVE it. :)

If you like pina coladas...

Day 3 in Florida, day 2 at the beach house in the keys. BEAUTIFUL!!! ;) Tomorrow will probably be shopping of some sort. Tuesday will dolphins and turtles (probably). We're going to Key West on Wed and after that I'm not so sure but totally loving this place. :) Creepy thing is.... Portuguese man of war wash up frequently on our beach. Scary uber bad jelly fish but they're easy to get rid of. There's coconut palms all over our property! :D So today we had fresh coconut. The 2 men in the household have become experts at getting the hard outermost shell of the coconut off. :)
All in all, great day at "home". :)

FLORIDA DAY 1 part 2: Let's go fly a kite

So the second part of the day was spent at the St Augustine beach. Our friends that we came with took their kids out to the shore line to play and collect shells, I walked the beach, and Chris just relaxed on the beach and watched everyone. It had been a very long day and we were all extremely tired. When I got back, another family a ways down from Chris had set up some large kites and had them flying. Watching kites and relaxing on the beach. A perfect way to end the day. :)

From Blogger Pictures

My husband and a kite. He is not flying them, a family next to us set up and flew the kites.

From Blogger Pictures

I will try to keep this updated as the vacation goes on. :) Hope you all are having a good weekend!

FLORIDA DAY 1: Sittin on the dock of the bay

Well we've made it. We're in Florida! :D Tomorrow we leave for the Florida Keys and spend the rest of the weekend and next week there. :)
We drove all night Thursday night and spent the rest of Friday in St. Augustine (the old/touristy town and the beach). The weather was BEAUTIFUL and although we're completely exhausted we've had a lot of fun.
This post is for my 2 work buddies b/c I left my last day of work before the vacation cheekly singing "Sittin on the dock of the bay...". So T and J this is for you. :) I did sit, on a cement walkway, near a bay? Okay... so it was the Atlantic ocean, but hey it doesn't really matter. :) I sat and wasted time. :)The picture below shows just this ;)

From Blogger Pictures

And here is a recording of this song for your viewing and listening pleasure. :)

And the countdown begins

Going to warmth soon and I can't wait!!!! :D Here's a fun, peppy, little song for all you "listeners" out there. :)
I love this song. :) It reminds me of the movie 50 First Dates. (If you haven't watched it, you MUST rent it right away and watch it!) It also reminds me of warm, sunny, summer days. :) So as I close out my work day and the time for my vaca in warmth draws near... I will leave you all with this. :)