Family first!

Commitment, what a powerful word.

As a mother of two I have to be very careful about what I commit to. I struggle a lot with wanting to do everything but only having the time to do very little.

We live in a world that begs for our attention like a screaming child. Too often than not I have forsaken my kids to this pressure. I want to do it all but I can't.

After making a lot of bad commitments I have realized that commitment is a decision that should be heavily pondered.

Before I know it my girls will grow up. I want to enjoy them now.

So what if my house isn't as clean as I would like it to be. So what if I can't keep up with the other moms around me. Our my kids happy and doing well?

Shouldn't my greatest commitment outside of the one I have made with my God and my husband be the commitment to love my children.

I often feel like we live in a society that makes us feel guilty about ourselves. Either we don't have enough money, time, energy,etc... We are made to feel like we could always being doing more.

I want to be able to just be sometimes.

After feeling guilty about my lack of be committed to other things outside of my family. It hit me when I am ready to take on more commitments I will.

However I have decided not to commit to anything that I absolutely don't feel great about. I know as my girls grow and don't need me as much I will gladly take on more but for now the only screaming child I want to pay attention to is my own.

Trying to stay cool

We are counting the day's until school starts back. I met Heaven's teacher on Wednesday. She is very nice. Heaven is looking forward to sixth grade.

It has been so hot in Atlanta all week. It is hard to even go outside for a few moments. I am looking forward to fall. Although Summer really is my favorite season. I guess growing up in Florida you really get used to the heat.

So far this Summer we have gone to Kentucky and Florida. We have visited family and have had family visit. So tomorrow we are going to get away with just our own family. We were going to go camping, but it is way to HOT. So I have a gift certificate to a hotel downtown so I thought we could go there and go swimming and just be together. I was saving the certificate for a romantic weekend, but I thought it would be something nice to do with the kids.

So the girls are excited. You know we really don't get to do a lot of traveling or vacationing outside of just visiting and staying with family. So this will be a little get away.

All and all we are doing well. We are just trying to stay cool.

Do you smell something funny?

Well it has been a little while since I have blogged last. A lot has happened. Like I won the lottery, we moved to Hawaii, and I got the varicose vein on my right leg fixed.

So you can see with all these fabulous adventures taking place I had no time to talk.

The girls are doing well. Heaven is weeks away from entering middle school and Winter is a month away from attending preschool 4 day's a week. Freeedom is coming.

Heaven is a little nervous and excited about middle school. We are going to meet her teacher's next week. Wow I am just blown away at how fast she is growing up.

We have been having a fun Summer. Although I really wish I was not kidding in the first sentence about having the varicose vein removed, because I really do have a massive varicose vein on my right leg the size Texas.

So I have two options when it comes to summer. Sweat it out in pants to hide my shame. Or wear shorts and try and not get stuck in the grocery store line with a cute guy behind me.

All the time people are like,”Come on it can't be that bad?”and then I show them and then their like,”Ohh I'm sorry, have you considered surgery?”

The normal person would say yes. But me I am always looking for natural ways of curing ailments. So I am currently drinking and wrapping my leg in apple cider vinegar.

You can imagine I am scoring huge points with my preteen. She is so disgusted when I wrap my leg in vinegar. I can feel the look of disgust and it hurts. I got onto Winny last week for telling me I stink all day. But you know if the vinegar works it will have been worth walking around the house smelling tee tee.

A quick funny story. Last week when I had my legged wrapped I went walking with my neighbor. Well she had a friend that joined us. About half way through our walk her friend was like “ Do you guys smell vinegar?” I quickly confessed and tried to act like it was no big deal, but I was a little embarrassed.

Oh well I am happy to be writing again. I hope to get back in the swing. Just in case you were wondering I really didn't win the lottery or move to Hawaii but I did get to fly on Donald Trump's private jet and hang out with the reunited cast from Saved by the Bell.

Missing my Man.

Well my husband left to go out of town again. I wish I could say I was getting used to this but I am not. I love my husband very much and really miss him when he is gone.

However I think that it is good for us to have time apart. It makes me appreciate having him around more. Instead of feeling annoyed with him and wanting him to cut his hair, tuck in his shirt, brush his teeth, shave his face, and take out the trash. I enjoy having him around.

Although I really wish he would take out the trash more and replace the bag so the next time I throw something away it doesn't make a mess.

Well I am trying to stay busy so I don't miss him too much. I may watch the Bachelor tonight with a little glass of wine. Sad, I know, but I can't help myself I just have to watch.

Poopy play date!!!

Well I have a few minutes in between poopy diapers. I am watching my friends little boy who poops alot.
He has already pooped twice since he has been here.

He is so sweet and laid back. He would honestly be the perfect kid if he didn't poop so much.

He eats an extremely healthy diet of fruits and veggies and some grains. He is a vegetarian.

I was thinking about giving him a barbeque pork sandwhich to stop him up a little. Oh well I guess I should go and change some more poopy diapers.

What time is it?

The daylight saving transition is upon me. It always takes me a couple of weeks to adjust. Like at night time, even though the clock says it is 6:00p.m. I really know it is used to be 7:00p.m. Although it feels like 9:00p.m.

I am reading this book called The Makers Diet it is really interesting. The books talks about the diet God intended for us to have. It talks about how the Jewish people would stay healthy during certain plagues because of their diets and personal hygiene. My husband and I have actually started implementing the diet and lifestyle. It is really neat. I have been recommending it to all my friends and family. So now I am recommending to any one who reads this. Lot's of good stuff!

My husband is going way for the weekend. So the girls and I will be by ourselves. I get a little overwhelmed thinking about it. However I was thinking today of all the things we can do to stay busy. I thought about getting some crafts for Christmas. I thought we can spend the weekend making Christmas gifts. Now I am actually looking forward to it.

Heaven my oldest daughter loves the Lemony Snicket's, A Series of Unfortunate Events books. She has the entire book series and loves them. So last night I started reading the first book with her. We used to read all the time together, but as she has gotten older she has been reading more on her own. I realized last night how important it is to share that time together. We had such a fun time. I enjoyed the book so much after I left her room I kept reading. I am almost done so I think we can start book # 2 tonight. We'll see.

Must go and fold some luscious laundry before Winny wakes up from her nap. Wow even though the clock says it's 2:00p.m. It feels like 4:00p.m. Even though I know last week at this time it used to be 3:00p.m.

Too much t.v.

I have been sick the last few day's. I might have pushed it with too much Jazzercise. I have spent the last few day's on the couch crying while watching the Hallmark channel. Little House on the Prairie and The Walton's get me every time. Pretty sad I know, but I have actually been enjoying myself.

I have managed to get out of most of my daily responsibilities. I forgot how enjoyable being sick can be sometimes. However I am starting to feel better I don't know if I will let my family know. Maybe just one more day of hanging out with Laura Ingalls and watching Nelly Olsen get what she deserves.

I love Little House on the Prairie. I grew up watching this show wishing I could live in Walnut Grove. Wow things were tough back then. I watched an episode today where Caroline Ingalls cut open an infectious wound because she was dying and no one was around to help her, not even Dr. Baker. Makes me grateful for the modern conveniences we have today. I honestly can't recall ever having that struggle.

Anyways I have enjoyed just sitting back and living vicariously through these fictional characters. Well I must go now. Good night Elizabeth, goodnight Jim Bob, good night Grandma, good night Grandpa, good night John boy.................................

Halloween

I finally put out my Halloween decorations today. I didn't have much. Just an out of control witch on the front door, a Halloween welcome mat, and few jack o' lanterns.

When my oldest daughter came home from school she was upset that I had put out “all” the Halloween decorations without her.

I will not make that mistake again. I may go to the Dollar Tree and pick out some more little things for the house and let her help me with that.

I have a “Fall Party” at Winter's school this week. I have been going to a lot of different websites trying to find different games we could play.

If any one has any fun game idea's please feel free to let me know. Thanks

Jazz hands rock!

You know what is fun? Jazzercise( and also watching people fall down)! I started taking classes last week. Even though I have the Yoga Booty Ballet dvd series(I like saying Yoga Booty Ballet, it sounds like classy French),it is hard for me to get motivated in my home. Sound familiar.


Today was my third class. I must say I am getting better. I nailed the kick ball change/jog to the front/jazz hands move. So I guess you can say things are getting pretty serious(say it like Kip from Napoleon Dynamite).

However it is now 4 hours after my work out this morning and I am ready for bed.

This is the first time that I have worked out since high school. So let's see. 31-17=14. 14 years ago I worked out consistently. Wow no wonder I am so exhausted. Now that I have done the math I am gonna go lay down.

Respect, easier said then done.

Well I have been doing a lot of of soul searching lately. My husband and I had a marriage retreat a few weeks ago with our church. It was a lot of fun but also challenging. I have learned it is hard for me to respect my husband sometimes or a lot of the time.

We got some advice from a friend the other day to write out what makes us feel loved and respected in our marriage. So Sunday morning we woke up and began writing. We exchanged notes and read each others responses.

Wow I can't believe how I come across a lot of times. I felt humbled by his response to the question. We have decided to continue to study each others answers so we can make sure we both feel loved and respected.

It's kind of like that book Love Languages. How we each have our own way of feeling loved.

I highly recommend this exercise for all couples. I think it really helps put a sober perspective on how we are doing in our marriage. Thank God for communication!