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a quiet monday

you guys. 

now i know that i have written some really lame blog posts in the past, but i think this one might just take the cake in terms of lameness. 

i was looking back over my posts for the past several weeks…i realized that many of my monday posts were mostly pictures.  not really saying much.  and you know, well… this is going to come as a complete shock to a lot of you, but i’ve realized that i just don’t have all that much to say.

right now my dad is shaking his head in disbelief.

i mean i could ramble on about my new hairdryer i suppose.  bore you to tears telling you how tripp burned up my old one trying to thaw the pipes in the upstairs bathroom.

i don’t know…seriously…is this what my life has come to?

to be honest, at first i got a little freaked out about it.  like maybe i had the dreaded writers’ block.  but the more i thought about it, the more i realized how ***relatively*** quiet my life is right now.  no major home repairs or renovations.  i’m not taking any classes.

plus there’s also the fact that work has been really busy and so i’ve had to use all available cognitive abilities staying focused there.  not alot of headspace for daydreaming and pondering life. 

and i guess i could also blame it on the treadmill.  because usually when i run outside there’s almost always something new to see or some problem to work out.  but lately i’ve been running on the treadmill and watching housewives re-runs or food network shows.  so yeah…not a lot of inspiration there either.

maybe it’s the winter blahs.  or maybe i’m just in a creative slump.  i don’t really know to be honest.  but instead of freaking out though, i’m going to take a cue from my word this year ~ pare.  and i’m just going to leave some of this quiet for now.  which i know is unusual for me. 

but i don’t hate it.

peace my friends,

kelly

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  1. Kelly Kardos says

    February 10, 2014 at 7:46 pm

    It happens to all of us and it passes. No worries!!

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  2. Carrie says

    February 10, 2014 at 9:40 pm

    I love that you are embracing the quiet!!! I am ready to feel some of that myself!!! 🙂 Miss you!!!

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  3. Pam says

    February 11, 2014 at 6:35 am

    I think there will always be quiet times. Word-wise and picture-wise. And then something happens and bingo, everything is fresh again and you can’t type fast enough and the beauty of it all just goes WOW WOW. Let’s have tea. I want to watch tv with you. Haha. True.

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