Thursday Randoms

I don’t think it’s any secret at this point that I’ve lost a bit of my flare for blogging. Very little time, struggles with motivation, lack of things I really want to write about. We’re great, our kids are great. They’re growing up. I want to write about all of the things they’re saying and doing and take a million pictures and document it all, but at the same time, I kind of just want to LIVE the life we’re living. Anyway, I’ve been wrestling with all of this for a while. I keep coming back to throw up random posts here and there, but this blog certainly isn’t the chronicle of my life that it used to be. I don’t know if I can ever get back to that. I don’t know if I want to. It’s a tough spot. I’m still trying to figure it out.

In the meantime, there are some little tidbits to share. If you follow me on Instagram, you’ve probably already seen all of these (or most of these) glimpses into the last few weeks, but here’s a little round-up.

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I want to do one big fall recap where I share a bunch of pics I’ve taken of leaves and fall activities. I just haven’t had time to go through all of my pics and weed out the ones I want to show you. And my computer’s hard drive is FULL and I am having trouble with backing up my images to Flickr so I’m afraid to delete anything. Which kind of makes my computer useless for anything more than the Internet and email right now. Not awesome.

But we have been getting out and enjoying fall as much as we can. We went a few weeks ago to a local ski resort to get my mom, Nora, and Hunter their season passes, and the foliage was amazing so we spent some time walking around the lower part of the mountain.

On the way back home, we stopped at an apple farm and Nora got to ride a pony for the first time ever. (Thanks, Grammy.) She really loved it, even though she did tell us the horse was stinky.

Vivienne loves riding around in our structured backpack carrier—the Osprey Poco Premium. It’s pretty awesome, and she likes it a lot more than the Ergo now. I think it’s more comfortable, she’s not as squished, and she sits higher up so she can see more—a winning combination for our “spirited” Miss Vivienne. We’re trying to figure out a good way to get it to Florida with us for Disney World, even though we’re far more likely to use the double stroller we’re renting, I think. We’ll see.

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Speaking of Disney World… our Magic Bands came in the mail! Even though I got a shipping notice for them when they went out, I completely forgot about them. I had no idea what the mystery package was that arrived for us last week, until I opened them and SQUEEEEEEEE! So fun. Nora picked her color (pink, of course). I was originally going to do red or something for Viv, but then Nora insisted that her sister match her. It won’t be for much longer that Vivienne will allow her sister to dictate her choices, so I’m going with it for now.

We leave in less than three weeks. We made a paper chain for Nora to use to countdown, with a big Mickey head on top. I’m nervous about tackling a week in Disney with two kids—and all of us in one hotel room, ahh!—but I’m trying to go into it with a laid-back attitude and level head. It’s for them. We’re going to go at their pace. Let’s just go with the flow and have fun with it.

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Also in Florida… I traveled to Fort Lauderdale for a work retreat last week, Thursday-Saturday. It was fun and it was really nice to get out of town for a few days, but I missed my family at home. Palm trees are good for the soul, though. So is the ocean. There was also gelato and beer.

I also missed a beautiful fall day at home on Saturday—it was 82 degrees and sunny in Florida, so it’s hard to complain! But we still hadn’t picked up our pumpkins. So after I got home late on Saturday night, we headed out early on Sunday morning to the pumpkin patch, despite the cold and a little rain. It was at least an opportunity to get a few photos of the girls for posterity. :)

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I think I’m finally building up the courage to cut Nora’s hair. I still would rather not, but the fact is that the ends of it are really dried out and frizzy now. I’m still worried it’ll mean the end of her curls, but I can’t hold onto them forever, and they’re already not what they used to be—and that might be largely due to the unhealthy ends she’s got going on. Or it could just mean her hair is changing. She still has days where her curls are incredible, but then there are others where it seems like she only has a slight wave to her hair. It’s weird.

I don’t want to do anything drastic, and I’m pretty sure she doesn’t either (she loves her “Rapunzel” hair), but she could definitely use an inch or two cut off the ends, at least. So now I just have to figure out who I actually want to cut it, and make an appointment.

Hold me.

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I’m co-hosting another Essential Oils 101 webinar tonight (Thursday, 10/30)—it’s meant to be an introduction for newbies or those who are interested in learning more about some of the most popular oils and their uses. Whether you’re looking to makeover your medicine cabinet with more natural remedies, make your own natural personal care products or household cleaners, or even if you don’t really know where to start, this webinar is geared toward you.

Tonight, we’ll also be discussing doTERRA’s supplements. They aren’t something that people really expect from doTERRA, but they’ve been clinically proven to support the immune system, cardiovascular health, and digestive health, help with stress management, and so much more. There is a promo going on where new wholesale account members can get these for free!

We’ve had really great feedback on our first two webinars, so as you can probably tell, we’re doing them pretty regularly now. If you haven’t yet had a chance to attend one and you want to, please give me a shout. I’d love for you to join us. Send me an email at heatherdriveblog at yahoo dot com and I’ll make sure to get you an invitation to the webinar.

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We’re prepping for Halloween tomorrow. My mom made the girls’ costumes (she’s so amazing), but I’ve been putting the finishing touches on Nora’s. It’s supposed to be in the 40s tomorrow night which is not awesome. I was frantically searching earlier this week for an extra layer for Nora to wear under her costume.

Upstate New York and Halloween do not mix. We had one year maybe three years ago when it was freakishly like 70 degrees, but typically, we’re fighting the urge to throw our kids into snowsuits. Or it’s raining. Boo.

Nora has a Halloween parade tomorrow at preschool, though, which should be adorable. I’m sure there will be a hundred Elsas. I can’t wait to see the madness. Hopefully I’ll be able to throw up a quick post tomorrow with the girls in their costumes.

If not… HAPPY HALLOWEEN!