{"id":8703,"date":"2012-09-19T12:28:53","date_gmt":"2012-09-19T12:28:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.elisalou.com\/blog\/?p=8703"},"modified":"2020-09-30T14:22:44","modified_gmt":"2020-09-30T18:22:44","slug":"how-is-your-week-going","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.elisalou.com\/blog\/2012\/09\/19\/how-is-your-week-going\/","title":{"rendered":"How is your week going?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Mine has had some ups and downs.<\/p>\n<p>A down was my sickie boy on Monday.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Sick boy :( by elisalou_designs, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/elisalou\/7995772974\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm9.staticflickr.com\/8171\/7995772974_c836910d37_z.jpg\" alt=\"Sick boy :(\" width=\"612\" height=\"612\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>He&#8217;s better now.<\/p>\n<p>An up was my Pottery barn stuff arrived<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Yay! PB stuff arrived!  Now time to clean it up!! by elisalou_designs, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/elisalou\/8000384252\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm9.staticflickr.com\/8452\/8000384252_15a032d368_z.jpg\" alt=\"Yay! PB stuff arrived!  Now time to clean it up!!\" width=\"612\" height=\"612\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>A down is that Eva isn&#8217;t the best helper when trying to get this room pulled together. One step forward, two steps back. A good is that I am still getting rid of stuff in there. Purge purge purge.<\/p>\n<p>A down is the spiders- my porch in Ohio had a lot of spider webs- but pretty sure this one has more. Although this one looked cool yesterday in the rain<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8705\" title=\"spidey1\" src=\"https:\/\/elisalou.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/spidey1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"900\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.elisalou.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/spidey1.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.elisalou.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/spidey1-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>A down was some crappy weather, sad emails from friends. Seems lots of people had a bad start to the week. A good was picking Eva up from preschool, her arms brimming with new crafts they did. I love how much crafty things they do. I have never had a kid do so much in preschool.<\/p>\n<p>A down (and up at the same time) was reading the story of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.andersruff.com\/custom-printable-parties\/about\/\">these two women<\/a> and the business they started after meeting in the halls of their kids preschool in Charlotte. I found their site after seeing some pictures of a birthday party that they did for Emily&#8217;s (the bachelorette) daughter Rikki. I don&#8217;t meet many creative types here in Chapel Hill. I am surrounded by moms that are doctors or professors. That&#8217;s it. I am usually the only one in the room that wears make-up. No doubt I would love to meet another mom in the halls of Eva&#8217;s preschool instead of the ones that bust in, cut in line to grab their kid because they are SO much busier than the rest of us. Sigh.<\/p>\n<p>Recently I checked back into a blog I used to read a while back, I was surprised to see that she had recently moved as well. <a href=\"http:\/\/farmgirlpaints.blogspot.com\/2012\/09\/open-wide.html\">And this post really hit home<\/a>. I&#8217;m not the only one going through this. In fact I was surprised to find two other blogs I used to read had just made a major move.<\/p>\n<p>Even when it&#8217;s good, it&#8217;s not easy.<\/p>\n<p>FO Sho.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mine has had some ups and downs. A down was my sickie boy on Monday. He&#8217;s better now. An up was my Pottery barn stuff arrived A down is that Eva isn&#8217;t the best helper when trying to get this room pulled together. One step forward, two steps back. A good is that I am still getting rid of stuff in there. Purge purge purge. A down is the spiders- my porch in Ohio had a lot of spider webs- but pretty sure this one has more. Although this one looked cool yesterday in the rain A down was some crappy weather, sad emails from friends. Seems lots of people had a bad start to the week. A good was picking Eva up from preschool, her arms brimming with new crafts they did. I love how much crafty things they do. I have never had a kid do so much in preschool. A down (and up at the same time) was reading the story of these two women and the business they started after meeting in the halls of their kids preschool in Charlotte. I found their site after seeing some pictures of a birthday party that they did for Emily&#8217;s (the bachelorette) daughter Rikki. I don&#8217;t meet many creative types here in Chapel Hill. I am surrounded by moms that are doctors or professors. That&#8217;s it. I am usually the only one in the room that wears make-up. No doubt I would love to meet another mom in the halls of Eva&#8217;s preschool instead of the ones that bust in, cut in line to grab their kid because they are SO much busier than the rest of us. Sigh. Recently I checked back into a blog I used to read a while back, I was surprised to see that she had recently moved as well. And this post really hit home. I&#8217;m not the only one going through this. In fact I was surprised to find two other blogs I used to read had just made a major move. Even when it&#8217;s good, it&#8217;s not easy. 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