Hey Hey Hey

I did it. I now have a new blog. If you’ve been following along the last few years here I’d love you to come on over and follow me in the new space. It looks so much sweeter over there. I have worked hard trying to come up with the color scheme and new header. I’m serious when I say I think I might have remade that header about 20 times. I’m pretty satisfied with it now. I hope you all like it. So, here’s your official invite:

It's a new day It's a new life For me And I'm feeling good

 

I got fired. That’s as plain as I can make it. I know I’ve eluded to before but I’ve never really discussed the issues I’ve had at work. I’ve been the subject of harassment on the job for a number of years now. It all stemmed from the clothes I wear but I guess the deeper root of it is, in my previous workplace, having a free spirit intimidates people . I was asked to go home to change a skirt I was wearing and I refused to do so and I was fired for insubordination. The rule there is no skirts more than 2” above the knee. The skirt in question was touching my knee. So, you might know why I was a little more than displeased when I was asked to change it. I’m gonna say this and then I’m going to shut up about the whole firing thing and then we are all going to move forward. Every time I’ve ever been talked to about my clothes there have been numerous people on the same day wearing an article of clothes of the same sort and were not talked to. The dress code there (with numerous other rules made up on the spot) only applied to me and a few others. Every time I did a large wardrobe post on this blog I was reprimanded at work for my clothes. I would stop posting wardrobe post for a while till the dust settled but when I would resume I’d be called back in. Could be a coincidence but I don’t think so. Knowing that I was being watched made me feel like I had to be very careful about what I said on here and as you can tell, a bit paranoid. I guess this is all I have to say about it. I don’t like hanging out in the past. I’m a keep movin’ forward kinda gal.

 

I’d like to say thank you for all the support I’ve received since leaving in the form of calls, text messages, voicemail and emails. Every time B’s anger flares up I remind him of who you all are and how much love and friendship you’ve shown us. I know it was a big risk for any of you to contact me but you can rest assured no one will ever see any of it. I just want you to know you are appreciated.

 

Now you all know what happened and we’ll never talk of this again. Here’s why.

 

I feel amazing right now. I kept waiting for that moment where I’d begin to feel like I got screwed over to creep in or for that moment I’d begin to imagine the management sitting around gloating over their win. Those moments never happened. I feel like I won the lottery. Now, I am still trying to figure out what to do with myself since I’m not working 8 hours a day/5 days a week but I’ve got lots of plans.

 

One of the things I have in my plans is to start a new blog. It’s time to move on. I know I don’t have a ton of readers but I do have some consistent friends on here that know me pretty well. With this in mind I’m gonna ask you all a favor. Can you tell me what sort of post you’d like to see on the new blog? This would really help me out. I have a few ideas and many of them don’t fall far from this tree. I don’t think I’d mix it up a whole lot different but if there is anything that interest you that you’d like to hear more of I’d be curious to find out what that is.

 

Now, back to the other plans. I’m gonna be meditating, working out and anything else that will help me to heal my soul from the battered ball of dust it has become. I just want to get back to the girl who used to always think positive and had a much better attitude. I think it might be a while before I can reenter the workplace and maybe if I’m lucky I’ll figure out a way to make my own way in the world and not have to make that reentrance.

 

One fun thing that has emerged is that everyday I get to wear whatever I want to. Now I’m trying to reimagine my wardrobe. I want to begin to dress like I once did but it’s gonna take me a while to figure things out again. I’ve been so scared for so long I’ve almost forgotten who I am. I’m gonna get it back and while I’m working on it I’ll be singing this anthem:

One last thing. Don’t ever stay in a situation where your soul is not nurtured. It will take away who you are and there is no assurance that you will be able find your way back. You will have a long road of healing ahead. No matter why you tell yourself to stay, whatever those reasons are, it is not worth it.

 

"It takes courage to grow up and become who you really are."

— E.E. Cummings

 

It takes even more courage to stand by it for a lifetime. - me

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daily outfit 7-24, originally uploaded by lifeamundo.

movie outfit for capt. america. i loved it. the movie not my outfit.

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daily outfit 7-23, originally uploaded by lifeamundo.

here's mah outfit for keith's 40th b-day party. the theme was trailer trash drunken bash. we bashed for a while but i think we left just before the real drunken part. i'm sure there'll be stories and i can't wait to hear 'em.

my first little vlog

yep. i finally did it. i guess using my screen capture camera was not a good idea. maybe i'll change up next time. i know most people don't get excited to eat at cracker barrel but i just love country food and i love cornbread.

wow

we have so much going on. last night i couldn’t sleep from thinking of it all.

i know you’re thinking i’ve given up blogging. i guess in a way i did. i have been active on tumblr but that’s even dried up some lately. you can tell that i’ve been keeping my photographer busy lately with taking my wardrobe pics though. that’s the one thing i do feel good about but i have to credit b for always being accommodating. just in case you are behind on that here are few of the latest i’ve not posted here yet.

now. ok. to recap, we are selling a house, trying (oh how we are trying) to get a house built, i’m photographing our family’s seniors and weddings and trying to keep up with editing, and running around with my fabulous “the jane austin (spelled incorrectly on purpose) book club” girls, all while trying to keep off tea (mostly successful but on occasion not so much). it’s been a quick but fun (minus house stress) summer so far.

if i had a dollar for everytime we have almost given up on building this dang house i could build it with the money i’d have. don’t ever try to build a house on a rocky hilltop. it almost cannot be done with out losing your sanity. we bought this print from etsy because it is literally our land.

if we ever get it built you all have to come. the space you’ll have to stay in gets smaller everyday but we’ll make do some how. once we get it all done i’ll be sure to post all the trials and tribulations we’ve been through or maybe sooner. sooner if i ever find myself up to the task.  when you visit you’ll see this print on the wall. it’s the print of a dream and it’s kept us going.

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daily outfit 7-12, originally uploaded by lifeamundo.

this dress and the one in the post below are both from good ol' sears and roebuck. my grandparents would be proud may they RIP.

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daily outfit 7-11, originally uploaded by lifeamundo.

i love my new dress. it makes the objects inside it appear much smaller than they are and that's a plus.

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daily outfit 7-7, originally uploaded by lifeamundo.

i need to lose a couple of lbs before i wear these pants again. they felt a bit tight this day. i can't give em up. i just can't.

it's official

we have a for sale sign in our yard. 

we finally got the deed cleared and Marcie is hard at work drawing up our house plans. i started a blog as a marketing tool. go over here and check it out. YAY!

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daily outfit 7-3, originally uploaded by lifeamundo.

this is my bad teacher outfit. it was a pretty fun movie.

Erica's wedding

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Saturday I photographed my niece Erica's wedding and she looked amazing. Go over to the photo blog and take a look at more of her photos.http://beautifulproof.blogspot.com/

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daily outfit 6-15, originally uploaded by lifeamundo.

here's what i wore today in the rain. it was crazy outside.

time to move the top post down

i've been looking at that post way too long when i come here to go through my blogroll. so, i've gotta post something. we recently went to Apalachicola Florida with Lance and Britany and we had a ball. i'm so glad they went. Britany learned to ride a bike while we were there and we road 12 miles the day she learned. i'm hoping we didn't make her never want to ride again. we ate awesome seafood and i was able to get some of that wonderful smoked fish dip i've been dreaming about since we went about 10 years ago. it was still perfect. we also got another bottle of some like it hotter. b almost cried when we ran out.

when we returned i couldn't wait to buy a bike. i just got it and we road bunches this past weekend. now i'm planning a girl trip to Damascus Virginia to ride the Creeper Trail. before i go to far into the future i'm gonna be hiking Honey Creek Loop again this weekend with the same ladies. i'm a busy bee but that's no excuse for leaving my blog hanging. maybe one of these days i won't be so bad about posting.

one last thing. friday night i'm photographing my first wedding of 2011. i can't wait. i don't think i've ever been this ready before a wedding. wish me luck.

Our house on Lenny and Eva

A fellow photographer (Kellie Fitzpatrick) who also has a jewelry line contacted me about staging her spring line photos. Turns out it was far too cold to do what we had planned. Kellie had viewed a few of the photos of our house online and she thought we could use it as an alternative. I can’t tell you how touching it is when someone appreciates what you are trying to do with your environment. In our case that something is to just be ourselves and not decorate our space for anyone but us. When you do that and it turns out other people like it, it just makes you endless amounts of happy.

Make sure to go over to the website and see where you can purchase your own Lenny and Eva sentiment cuff and accessories. I know if you check them out you are gonna want one. I just know it.

Oh and one last thing just in case it isn't crystal clear, Kellie took all of these photos. She is fabulous.

lately

We are hell-bent on losing weight. So, we’ve been eating much better and staying active. We decided not to diet but to just eat like a human should. We’ve hiked some but mostly we just head to the basement and work out on our war machines. I’ve lost 5/7ish lbs. Five if you count the weight I refuse to let myself get passed or 7 if you count the actual weight I was really at, a number that I can’t seem to move off my tongue. B has lost 10 lbs. Men, it’s not fair. The good thing is that I have lost the least favorite of my two chins and so has B. It wasn’t a resolution for me. I was just finally in that mind space where it just came natural to do it. I really cannot do it any other way. If I need to lose I just wait for my mind to get right. I cannot seem to force it.

In other news we went to Chattanooga yesterday. We went vinyl shopping. I bought some soundtracks including one from All in the Family. It blows my mind how funny that show is. Even listening to it made me laugh out loud. We ate at an awesome restaurant and scouted around a furniture shop. I found a dream sofa (second to last photo) if you don’t count this one. The leather one is one we have been strongly considering for our new house. I’ve never been a fan of leather, in fact I’m sure I’ve said, “not in my house” but if you sit on it your kind of sold. It is amazing.

I also love this chair.

I cannot believe it but I think I’m caught up. I got so far behind I just stopped blogging because it just seemed like it would be too large a task. Glad it’s all out there now. I can move forward and stop looking back. Yep.