I had a very lovely weekend, how about you? Matt and I extended our anniversary celebration by escaping to New Orleans on Friday night. We couldn't have asked for better weather. It was glorious. We did lots of walking, looking, eating, and best of all, relaxing. Well, about as much relaxing as you can do in a short 24 hours.
We didn't check into our hotel until after we had spent the afternoon window shopping along Magazine Street. My inclination was to throw our bags in the room, then head out for some more sight seeing, but then I realized that there was no rush, so, we took a nap. I'm so used to going, going, going that as I laid there, I had to tell myself to relax, to take a deep breath and just let it go. Ahhh, it was just what I needed. I think that afternoon nap set the tone for the rest of the weekend. New Orleans is such an inspiring place for me. I love it. Every time we visit I soak it all in and leave craving more.
Though I enjoyed our little get away, I was happy to get back home. I enjoy relaxing in my own space much more than in a hotel room. Maybe it was all the dreaming of what beautiful interiors migh be behind every colorful door, or the clean, uncluttered hotel room, but when I got home, my house looked different, and not in a good way. Instead of seeing my home, all I saw were the imperfections...time for another self pep talk.
As the day went on and we got settled, I started to see my imperfect, full-of-half-finished-projects, often messy house as a home again. My home. This is the place where we live, really LIVE. My home is not a hotel, nor a page out of a magazine and honestly, I would want to live in neither. I stood there a the kitchen sink, took a deep breath, and let it go.
We spent the rest of the weekend as a family relaxing and lounging in our home. I think our short time apart and away was just what we needed to remind us of what was truly important - us, being together as a couple and as a family, making memories, exploring, teaching, loving and just being...messy house and all ;-)
**all that relaxing resulted in few pictures and more stitching, but i'll save that for later...
