tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7301706069127451010.post6220450694800604744..comments2023-10-28T04:49:23.186-04:00Comments on playing house: ring Rachhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17554764172713028448noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7301706069127451010.post-67158145194657261532012-09-24T08:34:03.886-04:002012-09-24T08:34:03.886-04:00Wow, this post really hit home to me. Thank you.Wow, this post really hit home to me. Thank you.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7301706069127451010.post-18478915242775487642012-08-22T22:54:03.454-04:002012-08-22T22:54:03.454-04:00i like you everso. be patient, i hardly think you...i like you everso. be patient, i hardly think you are a gimmegimme type person, and you are very unlikely to become so. I feel very blessed to know you, my dear.Celestehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13535378668023216562noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7301706069127451010.post-49131510082789288562012-08-22T18:06:53.606-04:002012-08-22T18:06:53.606-04:00Thank you for this post. It is very hard sometimes...Thank you for this post. It is very hard sometimes to remember the blessings and forget the wants and needs. Like you said, the things you want are not extravagant or indulgent, they are needs. It is just good to remember the blessings we already have too.<br />This post and story is something to be cherished, thanks for sharing.debsfreckleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18139211395765965808noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7301706069127451010.post-34987525939348788332012-08-22T18:06:35.229-04:002012-08-22T18:06:35.229-04:00I think your head and wants will settle down, just...I think your head and wants will settle down, just give yourself time!! You just bought a house that's yours for the first time ever - its COMPLETELY normal to want to make it your own for you and your family, even if it's not crazy extravagant. Everyone needs to carve out a home. But most importantly you really JUST had a baby, and are coming out of that funk. I identified with you so much about just surviving for the first six months right after baby is born. I just can't create like I want to - I'm sure your mind is just catching up from the fog of adjusting to life from a little one, and is completely on overdrive. It's overwhelming I know, but focus on the ones that are important (probably those chairs - three meals a day, ouch) and once you do some things on your list, and a few months time, it should slow (well probably after the baby is one, and the holidays - first Christmas in your new home!) just breathe, make little do able lists and bask when one is accomplished - you're right life is good and it could be worse, way worse.K.J. V.https://www.blogger.com/profile/01127105449436772470noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7301706069127451010.post-6821322870976172162012-08-22T17:23:03.221-04:002012-08-22T17:23:03.221-04:00Thank you for sharing that personal experience wit...Thank you for sharing that personal experience with us (nearly) perfect strangers. We teach our kids that having the "wants" is bad, but don't practice what we preach a lot of times. I love the way you see things :)Jason and Crystalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07801038002762938907noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7301706069127451010.post-71424677924748075702012-08-22T16:27:48.778-04:002012-08-22T16:27:48.778-04:00Thanks for that! And thanks for being my cyber fr...Thanks for that! And thanks for being my cyber friend!Sarahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16544393571256537855noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7301706069127451010.post-64797464945670720332012-08-22T15:47:31.556-04:002012-08-22T15:47:31.556-04:00Know what? I struggle with Pinterest for that rea...Know what? I struggle with Pinterest for that reason. And, strangely, my job when it relates to marketing and retail customers. All of the ways companies and people vy for attention (and money)??? It really overwhelms me sometimes. <br /><br />I'm trying to put a few personal boundaries around how and when I surround myself with consumerism because otherwise it gets a little nutso. <br /><br />Love that ring, btw. reminds me of an article I just read this morning about "dressing for yourself": http://corporette.com/2011/08/16/the-power-of-dressing-for-yourself/ When you wear something that has a bit of a secret (e.g., your husband mended the button that shirt, you got that fabulous purse for $4 at a swap meet, those earrings are your grandmother's, you were wearing that skirt when xyz happened)... it's a cool feeling for that ring to serve more meaning than just "proof you're married" huh?R*https://www.blogger.com/profile/01093134439242980121noreply@blogger.com