irony.

after reading the comment that mary left on the last post i thought i should probably put up a new post. on thursday jeff, my dad, addison and i headed to meet the rest of the family to see my grandpa and have thanksgiving. well, we made it ten miles. we hit black ice and were in an accident. we were not the only ones that morning. we were on the ramp/bridge from m-6 to 96 and we hit a car that had already been in an accident. thankfully nobody was in the car. and thankfully nobody in our car was injured seriously, except the car itself. jeff had a bump on his head, my dad and i were a little sore and bruised and miss addy is fine. we called the pediatrician (who asked if she was in a carseat - i cannot believe that people say no to this!) and she said to keep an eye on her and give her a warm bath and some motrin and call if anything changed. so our very wonderful friends chad and michelle came to pick us up. we went home and i made my very first thanksgiving dinner. i ventured to meijer (thank heavens someone is open on turkey day!) and got all the key ingredients - a turkey breast, boxed stuffing, a premade pecan pie, packet gravy, instant mashed potatoes, canned sweet potatoes and marshmallows. the day was very nice and we enjoyed ourselves as best we could. however, the post that i did last week was further reinforced for me - life really is delicate. and you just never know. i have really been thinking about this in the last week and considering all of the ways that i spend my time. am i doing the things that i really want to do? i love my husband, i love being a mommmy to addison, i love my job. but what about what i do with the few extra moments that are at the end of the day? mostly, i just waste them away. whether i am checking email, whether i am puttering around the house, or making out my very long "to do" list instead of doing them - i am making a conscious decision to try and be more purposeful. what sort of things am i saying "yes" to? and what sort of things can i do without?