I made a comment this morning that made me really pause and say, “hmmm…”

That made me come up with

Today’s (totally) optional prompt: Groove? In it or out of it?

I go through times of being in and being out of a groove.

Today I realized I’ve found a groove for what my life is now.

I’ve found a routine at work. I still have lots of questions, but when will I not? I’m always learning and always trying to do better. But I know who to call to locate stuff and I know where the trash bags are now. So I think I’ll make it!

On mile 3 of my 10k this weekend, I thought to myself, “I’ve found my groove.” My feet and body and arms and brain were all working in sync and I posted my fastest 5k time and my fastest average pace for a race. It felt good. Really good.

At home, my groove is 99% there. I still have a hard time keeping up with groceries and laundry but we manage. We manage quite nice, actually. Things are good and I am blessed.

Mama’s got her groove back… for now anyway.

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This was my 5 minute Stream of Consciousness Sunday post. It’s five minutes of your time and a brain dump. Want to try it? Here are the rules…

• Set a timer and write for 5 minutes.
• Write an intro to the post if you want but don’t edit the post. No proofreading or spellchecking. This is writing in the raw.
• Publish it somewhere. Anywhere. The back door to your blog if you want. But make it accessible.
• Add the Stream of Consciousness Sunday badge to your post (in the sidebar). .
• Link up your post below.
• Visit your fellow bloggers and show some love.

You missed me, huh? I love getting tweets about #SOCSunday when it’s not up right away.

I don’t really have a good excuse, and I don’t want to just make one up.

The truth is, I got busy yesterday and then had Pinewood Derby and then went out to eat and then went to bed early. This morning we went to early church and then I ran 5 miles.

Quite simply, I forgot. And when I remembered at 8am, I didn’t have a way to write and publish.

So you’re free to do what you want today. Write for 5 minutes, or just link up your favorite post of the week.

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This was my 5 minute Stream of Consciousness Sunday post. It’s five minutes of your time and a brain dump. Want to try it? Here are the rules…

• Set a timer and write for 5 minutes.
• Write an intro to the post if you want but don’t edit the post. No proofreading or spellchecking. This is writing in the raw.
• Publish it somewhere. Anywhere. The back door to your blog if you want. But make it accessible.
• Add the Stream of Consciousness Sunday badge to your post (in the sidebar). .
• Link up your post below.
• Visit your fellow bloggers and show some love.

I’ve been thinking a lot about words and colors and singular things that define me. It all started when we decided to jump on the “one word” for 2013 bandwagon. You can see our words here.

But then I was wondering what my color would be… turns out it’s easier than I thought.

So that brought me today’s (totally and completely optional) prompt.

Today’s (optional) prompt: What color defines you?

Your five minutes starts now…

Periwinkle blue. Baby blue. Purpleish blue. Blueish purple.

Charlie blue.

That’s what we call the color. It’s the color that reminds us of Charlie.

But it’s also the color that I identify with as my soul’s color. I feel like it exudes calm and peacefulness.

It’s a spring color which reminds me of rebirth and newness. But it’s also versatile enough to go with fall colors like browns and dark greens. It’s a color that lends a special little “pop” to whatever it’s with.

I feel like that is how I am. I’m a versatile girl who tends to lend a little spark to just about any situation. I can find the funny in the not-funny, the good behind the bad, and the extradordinary in the everyday situations.

How about you? What’s your color?

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This was my 5 minute Stream of Consciousness Sunday post. It’s five minutes of your time and a brain dump. Want to try it? Here are the rules…

• Set a timer and write for 5 minutes.
• Write an intro to the post if you want but don’t edit the post. No proofreading or spellchecking. This is writing in the raw.
• Publish it somewhere. Anywhere. The back door to your blog if you want. But make it accessible.
• Add the Stream of Consciousness Sunday badge to your post (in the sidebar). .
• Link up your post below.
• Visit your fellow bloggers and show some love.