I can't believe it's Friday and that I haven't updated this blog since Monday; I'm officially a blog slacker.  I was going to come on this page and whine about various aspects of my life; work, some family issues, etc.  Then I realized that I spend too much time focusing on the negatives in my life and truly need to learn to appreciate the positives.  I, of course, didn't realize this on my own.  Various sources of inspiration helped me to realize that I need to take a step back and truly examine the entire picture.

If you're looking for such inspiration, I encourage you to visit this blog:  "EB"ing a Mommy; this story is so heart-wrenching and inspiring.  It makes me cry, smile and makes me want to take Connor and hug him until it's physically impossible to continue hugging.  It's definitely worth a read if you feel you need to truly understand that your life, while it may have it's less-than-perfect moments, is truly not all that terrible.

Now to completely change directions, I'm going to be opening an Etsy shop.  Not for me, I'm completely void of any kind of talent.  My Mom makes some amazing crafts; quilts, purses, crotchet ornaments, embroidered pieces etc. and she truly needs to start offering her products to the public.  She's designated me as her site manager and she'll handle the crafty duties.  I envision this weekend being consumed with coming up with an Etsy shop name and graphics for her shop page.  Thank goodness school is done for the semester so I can focus on something else such as Etsy.

I'll leave you with a picture of Connor, because who doesn't love to see this face?  Biased?  I sure am!