Will 2015 Be Any Different?

Every year we go through the New Year's Resolutions spill. Quite frankly I never got that serious about making resolutions. I mean after all, as a mom your kids make your resolutions for you, right? Yeah sure there was the fleeting thought, Hey I would like to do that next year, but the thought usually flew out of my mind as quickly as it entered. (Maybe that is from being a mommy too, some-timers as I call it. Sometimes my mind works, sometimes it doesn't. Who knows.) Well not this year! 2015 will not be a year that I throw away! Here is my plan for attempting to make the best of this year.

No One Will Remember Anyway

The Christmas Season is upon us and it is always an interesting time of year. Some people love the Christmas season and all the activities it brings but others dread to see it come. I guess there are many different reasons but working as a 911 dispatcher for many years, it amazes me to see the number of people who are depressed due to lack of money during this time of year. Some people can not take it any longer and you can put two and two together to figure out the outcome. I'll just say it is not good. You would think that I would remember that but I have found myself down and out on more than one occasion. But then my mama told me some good news.

Summer Essentials for Summer with Kids

Hello! I have missed you guys so much! Life has gotten so crazy here lately but hopefully it is calming back down a little! So teaming up with Mama Kat's workshop today to bring you a list of 10 things every parent needs to survive Summer. Since I have 3 kiddos, I thought this would a perfect "sneak peak" into our chaos! :) [...]

NOT What I Thought!

List 6 things you've learned from your oldest child. Just 6? I could go on and on and on. Okay. 6 it is!

But this is a freebie before I start. Pregnancy HURTS! I never knew my body could do such weird things before I had an alien in my guts! Hahaha, no in all seriousness, it HURT! This was a week before I went into labor with my first child.

It's Here!!!!!

 I went to the mailbox, opened it, and there it was!! The solid white, hard cardboard envelope. I looked at the return address and it was an address I did not recognize. It said US Government. I panicked a little. Was I going to be audited? (I am PETRIFIED of dealing with tax people.) I got back in the van and proceeded to open my intimidating white envelope. And there it was....[...]

New Places New Things

As a young girl I remember going to my great grandmother and grandfathers house with my grandmother and my mom. It was a fourth generation get together. I can still see their faces, remember their voices, and remember some of our conversations. But now I have a piece of their past to go forward in my future!

This Gold's Worth More Than Gold!

Kind of a cliche don't you think? How can gold be worth more than gold? Well you see, to me, "something" is not worth a lot unless there is a memory to be found with it. I have a lot of things that I refuse to dispose of. But if it came down to it, I would not be devastated if something happened to certain things. On the other hand, there are a few things in life that I would be in tears over if something happened to them. For one, my pictures. Pictures of my husband and I in our dating years. Pictures of each of the births of our boys. Pictures of them growing up. And then there is my ..........................

What I Learned in February: Take Vacation Time.

Vacation time.
Now that got you daydreaming.
Where did you imagine? The beach? The mountains? A weekend of shopping? Time at home?

I know I said Take Some Vacation Time but I did not mean that kind of vacation. I meant a vacation you could take everyday! Well in February I have learned to do just that.

A Random Act of Kindness To Honor

Do you ever have something that you hear about, read about or see that you can not forget about? Well that happened to me today. I started doing writers workshop prompts to challenge me to grow in my writing. So I pulled up the inspiration prompts and starting reading. I read them all, then made my choice. I started writing and before long done! But ever since I first read those prompts, there is one I can not quit thinking about. And that one is not the one I have already wrote about. Let me be a part of Conner's Honor!

Exchanging Blinders For Smiles

Blinders. You  know. Those things they put on horses eyes. The purpose of placing the blinders over the sides of the horses eyes is so that the horse does not see all of the things going on around it. With their eye's focused only on what is ahead, they will not get spooked by things going on around them. Blinders keep them focused. In some cases, being focused can be a good thing. It can help us get to our location safely- when we focus on our driving. It can help us with dinner or lack of focus may led to a smoking kitchen and burnt dinner! Not that I am speaking from experience here by any means. But today I discovered my blinders were causing me to miss out. Miss out on smiles.

"Writers Workshop: Return to Work After Baby is Born or Stay Home?"

So when I first started this blog, (I say that like I have been doing this a while- its only been a week and a half, hahaha!) I HAD no clue what all I was going to write about. I just know I like to write. But now I am researching and trying to grow!!  I came across this Writers Workshop while I was reading one of my new favorite blogs- Jerralea's blog. This will expand my writing skills! So here is my writing prompt.

"Return to work after baby was born or stay home? How did you make your decision?"