Tea of Awakenings

This morning, I had a very hard time waking from my slumber. I had been up for two hours and I still hadn't been able to shake away the yawns or sandbag eyelids. So I made the comment that I couldn't quite wake up. He looked at me with this matter-of-fact grin on his face, as he sat on the couch with his legs fully extended and lifted off the ground. All while holding a peppermint tea in his lap.

"Did you have an Earl Gray?"

It struck me funny... in fact, I giggled.
Now his mentioning this delectable tea had nothing to do with caffeine. You see, he thought that Earl was short for Early. *grins*

I had indeed been up far too early this morning... the youngest crawled into bed with me when Mathew got up. Gave me a hug and then proceeded to systematically talk my ear off. His method is as follows:

Step 1) Lay down and cuddle for 1.3 seconds
Step 2) Propels the body into an upright position.
Step 3) Begin each subject of discussion with the word "Mom.."
Step 4) Repeat Steps 1-3 until all subjects have been discussed.

He actually talked himself through all of his prepared subjects and for the first time he actually looped himself back to the first one. It was amusing, I have a little eight year old robot!

So today, the hubby is working. My kids are very extroverted and slightly mischievous.
Mommy is seconds away from dreams at all times. It sounds like the beginning of an interesting tale.

Sea legs

This time of year tends to be a little melancholy for me. Starting Monday, the hubby will be lobster fishing until the New Year. It is a pretty dangerous job and I really try not to focus on that when he is out on the boat. Although, when the wind starts to pick up, it is easy to window watch while waiting for him to return home.

Now he isn't going to be gone for the entire month. They don't usually go out in wind storms and he is home every day.

Both of us are fortunate enough to be centered out of the home, I really do notice his absence when he is not around. There is something to be said about the exchange of smiles on each of our faces when he walks in the door at the end of a long day.

Mat Bridgeo - The Preparation EP

For those of you who have been paying attention on Twitter and Facebook you may have caught wind that last week my hubby released some long awaited EP's.  It was his way of getting back into things after a long  and unfortunately important "responsibility" hibernation. One of those EP's was for his solo act which features primarily acoustic rock songs. The second song "In Review" was our debut duet together.  We have been in a relationship together for 8 1/2 years and being both singer/songwriters we have never taken advantage of that and recorded anything together until now. The final track, Songbirds tells the story of how we both met. He calls it the mushiest song he has ever written and I absolutely love it. Our children designed the cover art which I feel adds a beautiful appeal.




If you enjoy these songs you can purchase the entire EP for only $2! Feel free to like Mat Bridgeo on FB.

If for some reason the embed link isn't displaying properly (it seems to be finicky)
you can stream the songs direct from bandcamp.

I have returned!

It has been so long since I have written that I feel the need to practice. Although, I haven't really stopped writing at all. I filled a couple journals. I did halt my blog entries however.  There was no real reason other than I didn't have the time to devote to it. Different priorities synchronistically entered my life and I felt obligated to them.

It is amazing  how things evolve and grow.  When I first started this blog, it was with the intention of being a contesting blog. That ended for me when I determined that I this could actually be a writing outlet. In the end it has become a mixed bag because quiet frankly, my interests are diverse and rather than focus on one part of me, I enjoy expanding myself in several directions.

I think this is why I ran out of time to devote in the first place, plus it was summer time and I spent a great deal of the summer outdoors playing with the dirt in the garden and talking to my plants. Speaking of which, the crows eventually left my garden alone but the deer ate my squash.

I've been songwriting again, both with my own solo stuff and I have also started a new project with Jessi and Mat called The Astral District. Feel free to follow us on our new twitter account. I will be recording EP's for both acts in the coming month. I'm very excited about this. All the while I will still continue to blog about all the wonderful things that I like and eventually get back into doing the odd product review and giveaway in the future. Right now though, I want to focus on the writing and my creative ventures.

The hubby released a couple EP's just this past week. They sound fantastic and I must post them so you can listen!