So it is almost the end of Saturday. I don't think I had one original thought today, just haven't being alone for one second since 8 o'clock. So I am just going to recap my day.

Today was my turn to get up with our son. He is always so nice and cute in the morning like a little kitten. We brushed our teeth and went downstairs for a milk and breakfast. Our plan for today was go to the Aquarium and we both really looked forward to it. By the time we finished our breakfast, my hubby got up and soon we all were ready to go. It was very sunny outside and it created an illusion of warmth but it was actually very chilly. We even weren't late to meet up with our friend and his son to go to the Aquarium with us. I picked up the free tickets awhile ago and we had a spare one.

So fun began. Both boys were very exited to see the fishes and I actually decided that as we will settle down a bit we should get a fish at home. Probably the blue one, because it is my sons favorite color right now. There was a huge crowed, and unfortunately my son got overwhelmed in about an hour. We stopped and had a snack as I discovered that my hubby got overwhelmed too. :) So we said bye, bye to the fish, the sharks and penguins and headed to we cafe it was time for lunch. Food wasn't too bad, and the view was excellent. Huge windows showed the harbor and the boats. Actually this spot is one of my favorites in our city, and it reminded me that I haven't had a chance to visit it for at least 3 years. But lunch was soon finished and we said goodbye to our friend, paid ridiculous amount of money for the parking and went home, it was a time for my son's nap. Which actually turned out to be everybodies nap. :)

Since we got up earlier, my honey and I had a chance to discuss some furniture choices, which I have to say probably the only thing we recently discuss except our toddler. The rest of the evening went fast, my son got up we had some tea and started cooking a chicken soup. My son was sitting on the counter top trying to help me with the vegetables, than he went to help my husband put some furniture together. :) After we had dinner, as I was cleaning up my hubby gave our sweet pea a bath and they went to bed, and I had a few minutes to write this long post.

What now? Unpacking some more boxes yey!!! :) (I wish I actually felt like that)

Always a great listen at the end of the day TED:

http://www.ted.com/talks/lang/eng/barry_schwartz_on_our_loss_of_wisdom.html

This morning I woke up to a very gray morning. The snow was falling behind a window. The drastic changes in the local weather never fail to amaze me. Yesterday was a beautiful warm and sunny spring day, and now disgusting wet snow is on everything.

My scales brought me some good news. It showed a number that I don't see much those days. Last time I saw it I was exercising three times a week, now if I make it to the gym once I am lucky. I am contributing it to the move. There is not too much time for cooking and eating, but a lot of going up and down the stairs and kitchen is on the different floor from my computer so I don't eat in front of it anymore.

Going outside I've decided to dig up my pregnancy jacket since it's the only one that has a hood and I didn't want to deal with the wet umbrella on the bus and subway. Which was a wise choice it kept me warm and dry. For some reason weather reminded me of Moscow. The grayness of everything is very common there this time of the year.

The subway train popped up from the underground for a short time. We stopped on the bridge over the river. The usually great view of river and downtown buildings was bleak, painted into all sorts of grey. In front of the window across me was sitting a girl with the bright yellow tan. Visually it created an interesting contrast and brought my attention to her. She was cute but her blonde hair was tucked under the black baseball cap and she was wearing a black warm sweatshirt. I thought how she would have looked if she put a bit more thought into what she was wearing and than remembered what I was wearing myself so I stopped myself immediately.

Ok back to work....

First I want to introduce myself. My name is Elena and I live in a big New England city. There are two things that dominate my life. First is my work. I am a designer in a company that publishes books. I like my job but sometimes I find it limiting and wondering if my creative side is suffering from it. Second is a parenthood. My son is beautiful two years old toddler who always keeps me on my toes. I also have a husband and we recently moved to a new house so life is pretty complicated right now.

I actually have a purpose to this blog which is dual. I want to challenge myself to write every day for a month. The idea came from the podcast that I like to listen. The author of the book talked that we are happier when we are challenged so this is my challenge - 1 post a day for a month and no excuses of being tired and busy which I am and often.
Second purpose is simple. Being a Russian but living in America for a long time I recently discovered that as my job requires more and more communications over e-mail, my English starts to deteriorate so I need to practice.

I hope it also will help me to reflect on my day to day life.