Lessons learned

So my hiatus from Facebook all in all was only 2 weeks. Sounds silly being so short but I truly learned a lot. Within a few days of being off Facebook the urdge to constantly check my Facebook was gone. Within another week the idea of thinking "great that should be my Facebook status" was gone. It's amazing how much time can go to a silly social networking site. My life got to the point where it was revolving around Facebook, and the "FACE" that I was trying to uphold. In the past few weeks I have spent close to zero time on the computer. I found myself one day spending a lot of time on the What to Expect When You Are Expecting Website. This was when I realized that it doesn't matter if it's facebook or something else. If it becomes too much of a focus in your life you can lose yourself.

My comeback to Facebook came with a few changes. One of those was I deleted 30 some Facebook albums. I had a LOT of pictures that were on Facebook going back to 2005. I'm a wife now, a mother, some of those pictures did not need to be on there. Another change I made was I turned off notifications for all of the various Facebook things. Now when someone sends me a message, or an event invitation, or just replies to ANYTHING I don't get an email causing me to jump on to Facebook to check a response.

The last few weeks I have also gotten a LOT done around the house. The biggest of these was taking ALL of the baby clothes from Olivia from random bags, small boxes and organizing them into bins according to size. It was such a HUGE undertaking. Everything was quite a mess from two moves. Another benefit of this organization is my husbands car fits in the garage!!! Do I wish we would have tackled this project when it wasn't 10 degrees outside, of course! However it is what it is and wow is it so nice to have done!! On all of the boxes I pulled the boy clothes/neutral clothes and put them at the top of the bins. So if we are having a boy.. We know exactly what we have for the different sizes. I was happy to find that we did have a good amount of gender neutral things for 0-3 months and newborn.

It is getting so much closer to the baby coming. These last few months have really skyrocketed quickly with the Holidays and such. January hasn't been too much different. Olivia and I are going to Georgia with my dad today. We're mostly packed up and ready to go. I'm really looking forward to a weekend where it isn't below zero windchill. I was packing yesterday and said to Joel, "What does 40 degrees feel like." I seriously cannot remember, lol. I'm ready for winter to be done. Yes, it just started. Yes, we have two more months at LEAST left. But for the record I'm ready to be done with Winter. Olivia and I spend so much time outside when it's warmer outside. The backyard, the park, the zoo.. It's just amazing. I'm glad that she'll get to ride her bike around the lake house. Also really looking forward to swimming!!!

Anyways.. Life is moving so quickly. We're getting the house ready for the baby. Our crib arrives at the end of the month. It's all happening!! We are so excited!!

Have a great weekend everyone!

God Bless, The Kangas Family.