Let's keep it just as real as we do rosy.

(me-not showered after a weekend camping

Brett-also not showered (don't tell him I told you) but getting straight to work on our broken dishwasher.  This is beautiful love in real life.  Even if we were stinky. :) ) 

So my last post was written in response to the war inside my head over the latest news in Las Vegas.  You know those online tests and quizzes you can take to see your personality type?  Well I've taken a few and I am an INFJ, also rated a "highly-sensitive person."  

I've been brutally honest in the past about battling anxiety and depression at times and it's mostly because #allthefeels isn't just a cute hashtag for me.  I literally have all the feels. I watch in wonder as Brett can read the news on his phone before bed, roll over, and snore the night away within a minute.  When I read the news or hear something awful or disturbing, I feel it as deeply as I can without it actually being me that the news is happening too.  In one sense, this is my super-power (or so I've been told) because sympathizing with needs just comes so easily to me.  It also means if I'm able to feel the lowest of lows, I can feel the highest of highs, with the middle range of emotions being quite rosy.  But news like Las Vegas just tears me up.  My, how I have prayed for each person involved.  And then I've done what the quote below says. 

To me, continually stewing over news stories, having tab after tab open of horrific scene after horrific scene, only intensifies my anxiety.  It makes me miss the one beautiful, glorious, worthwhile life that is right in front of my eyes and face.  THAT'S why I wrote the post yesterday.  To interrupt anxiety with gratitude.  I absolutely believe that LOVE TRUMPS EVIL, JESUS TRUMPS SATAN, GOOD TRUMPS BAD.  

Love wins. 

Good wins. 

ROSY wins.

Jesus saves and loves and wins and fills my life with good. 

Now, on to some real life! Can we please just keep it as real life as we do rosy around here?  I'm in if you are.  Because life is not always a styled Instagram photo shoot y'all.  I mean, it's like rarely not.  As much as I adore my big 'ol Nikon there are still moments I snap things with my phone and I'm so glad I have it around.  I debated sharing this photo because hello self-centeredness and selfies.  But, in my defense I've been working on my health pretty hard over the past year.  Sometimes real hard.  Sometimes hardly at all.  But mostly hard.  I've lost 13 pounds and kept it off.  I've been exercising.  

I'm proud, I'll go ahead and say it. 

Suns out, guns out, as I like to tell my nephews about their muscles! :) :) 

Plus, pics like these stay on my phone and I totally make myself look at them when I'm about to make a cruddy food choice.  Why is cruddy food so GOOD?! 

I'm looking at you salt and vinegar potato chips. 

 The girls and I spot "rainbow clouds" pretty often.  I'm convinced it's because we actually stop to look.  Look at the bottom left of this photo and you'll see the tiny rainbow cloud.  After I took this photo I went back and looked at it and THEN I noticed the arch of the rainbow.  Only we hadn't had any rain! Amazing.  

The girls and I are convinced Jesus put this here just for us. 

LOL.

Mom-life y'all! 

This day I texted Brett "my car is loaded up with all my favorite things!! Art, books, and food!"

Workout shorts (a.k.a. my almost daily uniform), dirt because where did all of our grass go?, and pretty leaves.  I took this and it instantly made me laugh. I just pictured all those picture-perfect Instagram and Pinterest photos with fall leaves, which are a stark contrast to my country dirt background. 

Something that helps distract me from all the dishes that always need put away is a pretty countertop! My counters stay clean, minus this little art area and my homemade bucha.  Kombucha, for you newbies. :) 

I realized almost two years ago how calm I felt when my kitchen counters were mostly clear.  Like physically calmer. 

Are you a visual type too?  What home tricks do you instill that make your insides calm?

AHHH!

This naughty cow decided the grass was greener in our yard.  This definitely isn't the first time we've had a cow in the yard (remember the bottle-fed bull calf last year?!) so I headed out with my sleepy eyes to try and shoo it back over the fence. I've done this before without a problem.  I may not be a true farmer, but I AM more of a farm girl than people realize.  Meaning when I get the "cows are so cute!" comment I inwardly roll my eyes.  Sure, they're cute.  But they're also stubborn and can be slightly scary if they start towards you.  Which is what this one did! 

I was planning to run for the girls' playhouse but made it inside safely where I hid from the naughty cow.  It stayed about 4 hours and then let itself back into the pasture. 

Life is never dull around here. 

What's up in your world? 

What are you keeping it real about and what is your rosy? 

I'd love to hear from you and I'm so glad you're here!