life lately

i feel like the last few years, i was spoiled in the sense of not having to do "chores". (don't act shocked.) :)

I worked, lived with my parents, dated drew and worked out. 

i didn't worry about my laundry, about grocery-shopping about making sure the leaves aren't clogging the drain in the front yard, about just who exactly does vacuum up all the pine needles that fall from the christmas tree. 

i had time to write cards, to bake new recipes, make crafts and pin awesome things on pinterest. 

but i think that also left a lot of time for me to think about things. think about life. which is GOOD, but at the same time, I think a lot of my anxiety, depression came from just having to much time to ponder things. 

i have been feeling SO much better the last year or so, and I think a big part of that is due to the fact that I am BUSY. When you have laundry to do and beds to make, there isn't as much time for my brain to worry about "silly" impractical things. i have been so busy with happy life things. I love when life is like that :)

as of lately:

last week while I was in Seattle for the GRE I got to go see one day old baby Jonah Grey. I love him. He is perfect. and his momma did such a fabulous job. so did daddy and big sister :)

and newborn baby presents? is there anything cuter? i think not.

drew and i played in the Holiday Open tennis tournament this weekend. we won our first match and then lost our next one in a CLOSE third set. :( Drew braided my hair before our match on Friday night so I could have a "tennis player braid." not too shabby drewski :) hahaha

we also have been busy bees getting the house ready for CHRISTMAS. picking out a CHristmas tree was quite the event in our house growing up. perhaps because my dad is a PERFECTIONIST and it took quiiite awhilel to find the "perfect" tree. 

thus, I have HIGH expectations for my christmas tree. i don't think poor Drew knew what he was getting himself into.

we found a tree and then let me tell ya. Drew got into decorating. He was looking at the tree from every angle making sure we didn't need to clip any more branches. He almost was worse than my dad. I created a monster :)