My favorite way to recharge is to sleep.  Even though I do get energized from being around other people, sleep is my favorite way to get recharged, esp at the end of the day.

Hope everyone had a wonderful new year!  Hope that this year is starting out well for you and if it’s not, I hope that it improves quickly!

The daily task that takes up most of my energy is cleaning.  I hate doing it.  There are toys scattered from here to Timbuktu and while I NEED to get it done, I am sitting here staring at the mess, typing away…I can always find something else better to do…and the baby is sleeping, so really, this would be the perfect time to get it done.  I will.

Have you started your resolutions, yet?  I wouldn’t call them resolutions more than I would call them “things I need to do anyway…” on that list is unplugging everything for 1 full hour.  I thought that I would turn the phone off, but considering that I don’t have a home phone available, I can’t really turn my cell off…I don’t know if something might happen to my husband or someone in my family…but I have to be able to be reached.  Then, there is a 365 day photo project that I am working on.  I take the pictures, anyway…might as well make it a project…lol…and, of course, NaBloPoMo for January, anyway.  We’ll see how I feel about continuing to do this for the next month.  It will really depend on whether or not I have the time to do it…things will be getting back into the full swing next week.  Although it’s been nice not having a whole lot on my plate right now, I’m eager to do Baby School again next week and start coffee’s back up.

If you’re the praying type, can you keep a good friend of mine in your prayers.  She just recently had her 2nd baby, full term, but my friend has found herself back in the hospital due to an infection that they aren’t quite sure what it is.  They are not sure if it is breast infection or c-section or blood clot, but she is currently separated from her 1 year old, her days old newborn and husband.  Thanks, in advance.

Hope you have a great day! 🙂

First of all, Happy New Year!  Welcome to 2013!  What a great start!  Hope this blog finds you well, happy and healthy!

So, where do I draw energy from?  Well, I guess first I should tell  am an extrovert.  I get my energy from those around me.  If you are an introvert, you may feel as though your energy is being sucked away.  You need to go into your own space and recharge your batteries, so to speak.  The extroverts, such as myself, probably suck some of your batteries dry!  My husband is an introvert and he finds that sitting on the computer helps recharge his batteries, while I feel the constant need to be around people.  This is why I like facebook so much.  I can recharge my batteries, so to speak, while my husband recharges his.  I’m a weird extrovert though.  I’m a homebody by nature and I am perfectly comfortable staying inside for days at a time (especially if the weather is less than ideal), but I have a constant need for human contact.  Hence, I go shopping a lot.  Whenever my husband and I are in a group situation, we are always one of the last ones to leave.  Drives my husband crazy, but that’s the extrovert in me.  Him wanting to leave early is the introvert in him. 🙂

I am an ENFJ-Myers-Briggs personality types.  I am classically this type.  This particular personality type is very people oriented and externally focused.  True that I could use my powers for evil, rather than for good…I’m just not very good at manipulating people.  I still have a quite innocent outlook on life and while I am a people-watcher, I don’t often recognize the-not-so-good-stuff until after I’ve thought about it for a while.  But, I do make decisions based upon emotions.  My decisions are usually very quick and not very thought out.  This leads to some regrets later on, but by in large, I’ve done pretty well.

Now that I am a parent, I feel that I should get out everyday.  I love exposing my daughter to lots of new situations.  We attend Baby School-which is nothing more than a playgroup with other children her age.  We sing and the other moms commiserate with each other as our babies go through milestones and developmental leaps.  The baby and I have made some pretty great friends at our time there.  I definitely feel like I get recharged there!