Sensory Say What?!

I was going to write this in the morning but I better do it now because my morning is likely going to be consumed with Bryan wanting to know why there is glitter on his computer and in the sink and on his wife and...every where for that matter!

Today was day 1 of Facebook Detox or Rehab or whatever were calling it. I cheated twice...but it kind of wasn't my fault I should've probably deleted items I was selling off there before I decided to go MIA so I logged on twice today and responded to messages but I am deleting everything else tonight and plan to not go on at all tomorrow!

Liam has been pushing himself backwards for a few weeks now in the walker but yesterday and today especially he took those glorious FORWARD steps to walking! I never knew I was such a crybaby until I had Liam, it seems like I'm always crying, good or bad ._. I put Liam in his walker while I was making myself lunch mind you from my stove to my sliding door is 10 steps for me probably 7-8 in the walker. I turned around and he was all the way over at the sliding door trying with his mightiest to think himself through that door...his walker is shaped like a car so it was basically the funniest thing Ive ever seen!.....which made me cry ._. (ignore my dirty door)

I also had time to finally get to a project I have been wanting to do FOREVER! I made sensory bottles for Liam. I am so stoked you have no idea how much I am holding back from running to his room and waking him up to play with them right now!

It was SUPER easy but I think in the future if I make any more and I'm sure I will as Im already eyeballing them and thinking of more things to put in them I wont be playing with glitter! Ack that garbage is such a mess and seriously reminds me of how happy I am that Liam is a boy and glitter thankfully wont be needed very much around the house!!!

Basically I saved my VOSS water bottles and bought a couple extra not because I normally drink this kind of water but because the labels are easy to peel, the openings are large enough to easily fit trinkets through and the lids are great plus they are pretty SNAZZY in the visual department!

Next I drank!

Next I took a bathroom break (joking)......sort of.

Next I made a huge mess on Bryans desk with lots of goodies that I found at the Dollar Tree!

Next I stuffed, a few didn't come out like I envisioned and this is partly due to the fact that I put a limit on this project of $10 to start with and just kind of ran out of things with what I bought to get the desired effect. If these become Liams new favorite pass times I will definitely up the budget and go all out but until then I was pretty satisfied with the end results and variety of weights, colors, liquids and such to start with.

Ok I'm off to clean up glitter, but seriously what cleans glitter easily....oh and it probably doesn't help that I also spilled some baby oil on top of said glitter......can it be morning yet?!

Facebook Rehab

I have for a while now been asking myself, how can I be better? I think everyone should always strive to be better tomorrow than they are today. I wanted something BIG that would make an impact quickly and not over time simply because it is easy to give up on things that require you to preserver to see results and while thats probably something I should work on as well, for now Id like to coddle my sweet motivation to better myself.  I decided the number one thing that would impact me in every aspect, better mom, better wife, better friend, better person, better blogger is to get off Facebook. Im not a 100% against social media, I think it can be very healthy and I also think its 100% healthy to get out how you feel, what your thinking and updates in your life. It makes you feel like your life and the things you do in it mean something to be able to share it with others and since we don't live in an age where Ill be inviting anyone over for tea time in my non-existent parlor any time soon, it is understandable that we have become addicted to these sites. Thats really a problem in itself though.

My preteen niece was visiting this week and Im telling you it was an eye opener to see how bad its gotten. I challenged her to explain her relationships with each person on her friends list. She didn't know 50% of them and only talked to about 25% of them in person which being school aged she is still in an environment where she sees them somewhat daily without much effort. Yet when I started doing the same analysis of relationships on my own social media sites I found that I had sent a quick message or comment a few dozen times in the past few months to someone whom I consider one of my closest friends but I literally cannot remember the last time we really spoke on the phone or in person for that matter!

It doesn't stop there though, Im ashamed to admit that the first thing I did this morning was grab my phone and started browsing Facebook. I could've went out and started my husbands coffee or even kissed him good morning. I could've got a bottle ready for Liam or even went and read to him as he woke up. I could've responded to my dads text from last night or called my mom to thank her again for watching Liam, ordering Bryan dinner and caring for me while I was sick yesterday......but I didn't do any of those things....but I can tell you that one of my friends missed her alarm clock this morning, someone is tired of their boring day thats barely started, and that another person I know only from high school is "off again" in their "off again/on again" relationship. All so many small things but all things that add up to improve my life and the relationships in it!

On a typical day I probably browse Facebook a few dozen times and I'm over the missed opportunities. I also really love to blog about Liam and our family happenings but often find its easier to post a quick picture with a little quibble about Liam crawling than to sit and really type out a beautiful memory and the end of the night. I also heard recently that 80% of people use their phone while watching TV, which I laughed at.....while watching TV and using my phone.

I cannot obviously just quit Facebook, I actually do use it for promoting my book business and making connections in that way. I also belong to a few groups that only exist through Facebook that have been a wonderful resource for me as a new mom. Plus lets just come out and say it if I cold turkey delete my Facebook I will fail and I will miss out on friend connections because not everyone has the same desire to cut out social media in their life. So to make it more realistic and attainable I have decided to log off on my computer, tablet and phone and only browse or interact on the weekends. I work on the weekends and spend a lot of the time away from both Liam and Bryan and so I feel that it would be the best time to use small breaks to "catch up" or send out whatever messages I need to. I would love to one day completely cut it out and only blog but for now I want to be able to just focus and devote my Monday through Friday to Liam, Bryan, My Family and Friends and bettering all those relationships which will in turn help me to better myself. After a month of this hopefully Ill be able to just walk away. :)