Clean, beautiful, and just wonderful all around. This pictures is just a dream land. I was reading someones blog, and I guess it was a wedding present. Some guy made this in their backyard before they got married. Yeah...
When I read that I thought "Wow, I would love to have that in my backyard."
Then I pictured sitting in there chatting with friends, and then I pictured sitting in there while reading a book.
Oh course in my "mind movie" I was gorgeous, and was wearing the nicest lounge clothes money can buy, and I was really really skinny. I also had a butler bringing me a lime water with mint leaves as a garnish.
THEN right after my "mind movie", I thought "what the heck...that kind of life doesn't exist"!!!
I mean seriously...that isn't what I want. People who can live in their gorgeous greenhouse heavens don't have kids, and aren't really fun to talk to...well maybe they are, but I tell myself they suck!
I could just see myself trying to read a book, then Grace would run in, and then she would get everything dirty..b/c the greenhouse is OUTSIDE. Then she would want to be held, and then she would point outside. Then it would be over.
I don't want to sound like I don't like my life. I love it. As a matter of fact I wouldn't want it any.other.way. Seriously, I love my man. I love that he knows that some heaven greenhouse isn't what I need in my life. I love that Grace is a messy little girl. And I love that my house is messy...ok, I don't love that...I wish it was clean All.the.time. But that isn't going to happen. SO I am just going to be Happy with it.
I will leave you with a picture of what my life looks like now...create your own "mind movie"....
6 comments:
way to keep it real, jami! love it! i would never be brave enough to post a picture of my messy house. i like to pretend i have it together and it would just spoil everything to have a messy house picture in existence. i love that i can count on you for some serious honesty!
My room is even messier. ALL of the clean laundry ends up in there to be folded and it RARELY gets folded. (Remember that's a lot of laundry when there are 7 in your family!) And while the greenhouse thing is beautiful, it wouldn't be quite the same in our desert climate. But it is fun to dream. I usually look at my house and picture it the way I want it to be. Getting it to there is the hard part.
Then Grace gives you loves and big smiles and it makes it all worth it, right? I know what you mean, it's fun to think about what our "perfect life" would be but you're right, that doesn't exist and deep down we don't really want it too. As fun as it sounds, it just isn't as fun :) Anyway, way to be, you are more brave than me. I still try to take pictures in such a way that the majority of the mess is cut out of the frame :)
: ) I know exactly what you mean about mind movies and real life. Thanks for sharing!
If you want to feel better--come see what my house looks like right now!
I am still catching up on blogs... I love this post, Jami! I am always thinking about all the things I need to do to make my house how I want it and somehow, I am just lucky if I get the darn floor swept. But I am so glad that I am staying home with my kids and that we are home all day to mess it up. One day we will have everything perfect, because there are no kids to mess it up, and we will cry. So I am enjoying my messy house and clingy kids while I can :) Love you!
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