Snaps of Real Life

Keeping it Simple

Day 306

March 4, 2014

Team Zybko

Drexel's Lacrosse Debut

Day 305

March 2, 2014

Team Zybko

Between bites of chocolate chip pancakes and crispy bacon we reassured Drex we would be on the sidelines cheering for him. Without taking the time to swallow his food, he told us he would be out there winning for us. Classic Drexel, he has no idea what a real lacrosse game looks like, feels like, would be like or even how long the halves are. Neither did we, this is a new sport for our family. That didn't but stop him from being super confident, he would try his best, learn as he goes and have fun. 

3 for 3 buddy, way to go!

8 and 9 year old boys chasing each other with sticks and a whole lotta gear jiggling around their miniature, enthusiastic bodies. Loosing the ball, fighting for the ball, running with the ball, dropping the ball and wrestling for a while on the ground for ownership of the ball. About an hour later, lots of cheers and super sweaty helmet heads it was done. I don't know what the score was, I really don't, I can't believe I don't but it's true. I was too torqued up with the newness and sportsmanship of it all.  

Looking forward to what the season will bring.

Go Team Venom and #20.....GET BIT! 

Searching for Treasures?
Be Still and Find Them.

Day 304

March 2, 2014

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Biggest lessons learned in this season.
Be still.
Be Patient. 

This picture and verse are the last things my eyes see as I walk out the door, multiple times in any given day. Inevitably bogged down with extra stuff. Keys, bags, lukewarm coffee, spare jackets, water bottles and hurried thoughts in hand. I pause, glance at the wall in front of me then turn to lock up the material treasures of my life found inside our apartment. Keeping them safe til I return from the hurried world we live in. These words from Psalm 37:7 and the 99 cent Goodwill depiction of my Jesus lay softly on my tired shoulders and dance sweetly around my heart.

Why am I here?
Why is this season so hard?
How do you want to use me today?

I know you will show me. I know you will tell me. I know you will instruct me in the way I should go.

I trust you Lord.
So I breathe in your word. 
Be still.
Be patient.
Just wait.

I understand Lord, for you are teaching me slowly but surely. When I am still, when I am patient, when I wait for your plan this is where the real treasures of life are found. Stored in my soul and locked safely away with your love and promises. Treasures buried deep in my heart. 
Thank you Jesus.

  

15 Stupid Ideas that Seemed Good at the Time

Day 303

March 1, 2014

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In the long run, all ideas are not created equal. I know this now. Hindsight is, well....hindsight is wonderful, smarter and definitely clearer than my old lady vision and need for reading glasses. Some "great" ideas are birthed out of laziness, excitement, stupidity or inexperience. Other brainiac ideas stem from lack of sleep and middle age. We can only pretend to hope to learn from them.  

1) Leaving the house dressed like a Wal-Mart patron. Bras, non-slipper shoes and pants with buttons should be a baseline standard. Period. 

2) Saving money by cutting back on the amount of coffee beans used for my morning coffee. Fail.

3) My first marriage. 

3) Allowing La La the use of every single Barbie in the house for a bamming hot tub party during bath time. Dolls with algae joints and un-brushable hair aren't much fun to play with after the plastic dries and imaginary hang over sets in.

4) Staying up way past my soccer mom bedtime. Burning the midnight oil in a way that won't even come close to registering as important come the light of dawns crack. 

5) Strolling leisurely through Target telling myself I will only pick up 2 things. Milk and bread. Yea, right.

6) Volunteering to bake 100 homemade cookies for the 100th day of school and begin baking at 10:42 at night.

7) Wearing Yoga 24/7/365

8) Three way mirrors in ugly florescently lit fitting rooms in the middle of February. 

9) Driving too many mini-van miles while ignoring the fuel light, lazily passing by 327 gas stations. E means E people. 

10) Conveniently leaving a fork in the cake tray on the counter in full view during a long home school day. What cake? Gone like Donkey Kong.

11) Buying sub sub off brand toilet paper in bulk. Only 156 rolls left of what I call a spider web nightmare. Spare a square? Yes, take them all.    

12) Letting the ink dry on your child's birth certificate knowing certainly well you will always use the middle name as the real name. This is confusing and annoying. Sorry Dill.

13) Believing I can accomplish just one more in depth task before leaving the house as the minutes quickly tick by and  my presence is required elsewhere, on time. 

14) Allowing your iPhone to live its life naked. Even a $5 Dollar General case will help cushion the falls that inevitably will occur. 

15) Naively squeezing in a few quick fist pumps and single, single, double, double moves in the middle school car line along to the beat of my BFF Pitbull, all while expecting my child not to spot this catastrophic embarrassing behavior. 

FYI    I couldn't help it... is not a soothing response to a hormonal 12 year old, nor is  jumping out of van attempting your best funky grapevine finished with a side walk rendition of an 80's style worm. 
Not cool mom, not cool.
I'm here to help. That is all.