simple joys

it has been a long long time...a lot of things have happened in the last two weeks that have somehow upset the balance in my life. we decided about two weeks ago to try and put our house on the market to see what sort of response we're going to get. little did we know that we will sell the house on the very same day it was opened to the market. so while it is under contract, and we are awaiting the successful sale (provided there's no problem with the buyer's finance), i am stressed to my wits.

i only opted to lessen my time on the net, not entirely wipe it out of my system, but that's almost how i feel. i cannot even begin to think about taking photos or blogging at this stage. there are so many things we have to attend to. there's the task of finding another home or considering building a new one which will be more stressful, as it would mean we'd be homeless while the house is being built or we'll be renting, but the thought of moving, and then moving again is just way too much for my faint heart to handle.

i don't know... we didn't know two weeks ago we'd be in this position (not that we aren't glad. we are, because then, we can move into a much bigger home which would give the kids more room to move about, we just didn't think it was going to be this fast )...what i do know is that this "stress" too shall pass. and in a couple of weeks time, we'd be once again well settled hopefully, in a new home.

for the time being, there's the huge task of finding a house, packing up and moving on...i have come to love this place we call our home and i will miss some things here...but i think this is the best time for us to move ahead.

so today, i have made a conscious effort to stop for a while. stop worrying. stop feeling stressed and do something i love. take photos and blog. these simple joys are my life saver, in a time when my stress level is up to my neck.

green apples and their reflection- something about green relaxes me and i love eating green apples dipped in salt (i'm weird like that)

this colorful toy of my kids constantly reminds me life is beautiful!

the sight of this purple flower calms me and assures me things will work out fine

the sight of my little erin eyeing our organic lemon (which i will miss along with our dwarf avocado) reminds me that i am but a little girl myself, and that everything will be alright because mum and dad will take care of everything, just as i know He will look after us.