10 minute 10 (Early Bird is Late with Posting)

Hey gang! I’m doing a 10 minute 10 today because it has just been so long!!!! I know better than to go too many days but so much has been going on. I would say it won’t happen again but we all know that isn’t true. Here is what you have missed since our last episode…

1. Nephew + Auntie = Love – the cutest boy on the block has arrived; sparing you all the messy details just know he is living life and doing fine!  Baby Aiden aka The Rock/ aka Tank/ aka Lil Dude is here to stay!  I just wanted to give him a shout out cause he is awesome, handsome, adorable, and destined for greatness. #auntielovesyou
2. House Hunting (OMG) – the search is on (it may not be continuing pending an offer). We looked at several properties over the last few weeks and it looks like we are pretty solid on the Smyrna area. KB get the wine ready!!! This process has been quite entertaining and a bit overrated.
3. Eating my Feelings – I have been on quite the binge eating kick (don’t judge me).  Using chocolate and candy as my crutch! I’m ok with it, so should you be! For those wondering I’m still walking a few times a week and getting in basic workouts to prevent myself from putting on too much extra weight.
4. Nice Words – everybody loves them. They make all the difference and I wish more people used nice words instead of the alternative. ALL compliments or positive thoughts appreciated, accepted, and welcome at any time. It’s the simple things that brighten your day.
5. Photo Challenge – I decided I bought a fancy camera so now it is time to make better use of it.  I'm going to participate in a photo challenge and see what shakes free. I’m not a photographer but give me a few months and I might be…
6. Time (free but priceless) – I need more hours in my day. I feel like I’m behind on some many things I want to be doing at work and in life.  I need more time but I have been so tired making it difficult to be as involved as I would like. I hope the next 4 weeks of having a compressed-schedule will give me some extra time to get to the fun things I want to do.
7. Birthday Bash- too many of my friends are Leos. Although fabulous (I love you all) there are just too many birthdays to help with, creating my current conundrum where I have helped plan 3 birthday parties in 3 weeks but not planned my own. My birthday is in 20 days I guess I should take stock in the fact that if we buy this house we won’t have any money to do anything for my birthday anyway. I will settle for lunch (but apparently not the day off I have meetings to go to). #poor30 #firstworldproblems #teamleo
8. No Wedding Date – people keep asking apparently they haven’t read Long Engagement. For those that keep asking, if you want to make monetary contributions feel free (as it would help us solidify a date). Sorry to disappoint we still don’t have a date and no I’m not sure when we will!
9. Dogs, Babies, Rain – this pretty much sums up my last 3 weeks! I thought it would be a good idea to agree to dogsit and babysit at the same time. To my surprise it went fairly well and wasn’t nearly as chaotic as one would have expected. However, I did realize is that rain throws a monkey wrench into that false sense of security.  It has been raining here for what seems like the entire month of July. Give it a break Mother Nature we want to play outside! I have also decided this marketing push for Phone, Keys, Gum is forever going to be replaced in my mind as Dogs, Babies, Rain! 
10. Current Events – there are quite a few current events (I’m talking Trayvon Martin) that I have limited my comments on. Why you ask? Because my comments are just opinions (words). What matters is how I plan to take action. I don’t often rant and rave about injustice because other people will do that just fine.  I'm from the school of don’t talk about it, be about it! So that is what I'm going to do...i will say this education is very very important and there is more to focus on here than race!!! PS: The Royal Baby is not news worthy. 

I hope everyone has a wonderful work week!