Yesterday was amazing. Ahhhhhhh-mazing. The kind of amazing that makes you say ahhhhhh. Not like the ahhh as in when you're at a doctor's office with a popsicle stick in your mouth. But the kind of ahhh that says this is just what I needed. That kind of ahhh lets you take a deep breath, fill your lungs as full as they'll possibly go with fresh salt air, and for a moment...just be.
Yesterday we got to do everything on our list....except the laundry. And I am ok with that. :) Because it gave me time to do the things I haven't done in a long time. Like flip through that stack of magazines that has been piling up all summer, patiently waiting for a little attention. And as I flipped through them one by one, I came across this awesome ongoing segment (is that the right word?) that one of them does called: "I love my {blank} life."
I thought long and hard about what my entry would be...,y'know for when said magazine calls me up and asks me to be on their cover. Naturally.
And this is what I came up with: I love my {Un-Ordinary} life.
Now, I realize the more grammatically appropriate word here might probably be: extraordinary. If something is not ordinary, it is extraordinary. Amazing, exceptional, fab, fantastic. But somehow the word extraordinary just doesn't feel that....well....extraordinary anymore. Or at least not extraordinary enough to describe what I'm feeling.
No see, I wanted something that conveyed the absolute polar opposite of ordinary. Un-ordinary. The anti-ordinary. Ordinary's arch nemesis. Twice removed. Extraordinary after all, really breaks down to just being extra-ordinary (that's at least how I remembered to spell it in grade school anyway). And who really wants more of ordinary? Who is really in need of some extra ordinary laying around the house?
So there it is. I love my Un-Ordinary life. A life that is anything but ordinary. I love big risks and not playing it safe. Putting yourself out there and taking the chance that you might fall. I love the road less traveled. I love my life.
And I want to know what you love about yours. I want to know what makes you, YOU. So, I came up with a contest for it!!
The RULES:
Post a comment with the sentence "I love my {Blank} life" and then fill in the blank. (**I realize there is boundless opportunity there for potty mouths, but let's try to keep it PG. Justin's grandma reads this blog!! :) :)
Then we'll go through and pick our favorite and the winner will receive a $50 Starbucks card. Because, hey, who doesn't love their life more with a lil' bit of free Starbucks money to play with??
And in closing, here's a shot that I took of Justin recently that epitomizes to me our Un-Ordinary life together. A life of lying on the grass and staring up at a big blue sky. Of watching scary movies in our pajamas. And having more peach cobbler than we could ever need.
Life with J&M
