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Thursday, August 4, 2011
Coupons!!!!!!!!!!!
I am a couponing mommy now. My hubby hates it. He thinks I buy things jut because I have a coupon for it, but I really do not do that. I may buy alot of one thing we will use but if we won't use it, I don't but it. I have been hosting coupon swap and coffee events at my house. It has been going well even though only two other mommies have showed up. We all get along very well and chit chat, sharing deals we have found. So again if I won't use the coupon I swap for one I will and we may have more than enough of one product. I haven't really built up a big stock pile, so really my hubby shouldn't gripe too much. Well that and I am saving him money, and we are super in need of extra money. I also have deccided to sign up for OCP (overseas coupon project). I have not recieved conformation from them that I am ok to send coupons. But now that I think about it, they may have said they don't have time to give conformation on every email. Well I guess if I don't hear from them shortly i will just start sending.
A few blogs I enjoy:
A few blogs I enjoy:
Thursday, June 30, 2011
More changes
Tuesday, May 24, 2011
Really?
Ok I have been so bad lately, no blogs in forever. I have been super busy with the kids, house cleaning, baseball and visiting friends and family. I went to a family bbq/baby shower for my half sister this weekend. It took 29 years for me to find out about her, yes as you can tell my father and I didn't really have a relationship. It is really crazy to me that I now have a sister because my entire life I was the only girl, raised with 3 brothers. On top of trying to get to know her, some of my family that I hadn't seen in 18 years were there. Tlak about a bit awkward! So anyway my life is crazy.
Wednesday, March 30, 2011
Blah!
I had a really good day yesterday. I got to go shopping and didn't do much house work. But today seems to be a gloomy day. I'm not sure if it's just me or if it is me missing my baby brother. These days hit me all of the sudden with no warning. I guess I need to try to do something that will cheer me up.
My children's school is having a book fair this week so I think I will go up there and get them a couple of books today. I told them they could only have one or two books and they got upset because our neighbor got three. I have been trying to teach them that they are different than everyone else and they don't get to do things just because someone else can. I guess that is hard to understand for a five and eight year old.
on my journey to myself I have been painting a little. I would like to have one day a week to sit down with no distractions and paint whatever comes to mind. Maybe that is something I will talk to my husband about. I need a few ideas of what to paint though, so I guess I better start thinking of what I would like to do!
My children's school is having a book fair this week so I think I will go up there and get them a couple of books today. I told them they could only have one or two books and they got upset because our neighbor got three. I have been trying to teach them that they are different than everyone else and they don't get to do things just because someone else can. I guess that is hard to understand for a five and eight year old.
on my journey to myself I have been painting a little. I would like to have one day a week to sit down with no distractions and paint whatever comes to mind. Maybe that is something I will talk to my husband about. I need a few ideas of what to paint though, so I guess I better start thinking of what I would like to do!
Thursday, March 24, 2011
Thursday Five!
Thursday Five
Proud
1. Man this coffee is outstanding!
2. I am super Proud of my younger brother. He has not always made the right desicions but he is starting to turn a new leaf!
3. All I have to do is turn on some music and I am energized and ready to clean my house!
4. The Spring weather has been splendid. It has been just warm enough inthe day time but still cool at night.
5. My hubby is so wonderful. He lets me go shopping when i want.
Tuesday, March 22, 2011
Scavenger Hunt Sunday!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I am back. I took a couple of weeks off. I have had so much to do and tried to capture pics, but I never got all 5 for the week.
1. camera phone
This is my youngest baby girl. She decided to sit on the basket at the back of a shopping cart. I know there are some bad things in the cart but I thought it was so cute, so I grabbed my phone!
2. camera
These are my older 2 baby girl's cameras.
3. shoes
We went to visit my dad this week and his shoes were better than mine.
4. chair
The last remaining chair my girls have not managed to break.
5.imperfection
It was so hard to get this color to go on perfect. About 2 weeks later, imperfect.
Thursday, March 10, 2011
Thursday Five
1. This cali girl misses the peaceful visits to the beach, now that I live in Texas.
2. Anyone that knows me should feel loved, because I go out of my way for anyone that needs it.
3. When I hear my three beautiful daughters laugh, I am reminded that life is awesome.
4. Lucky is being a woman.
5. It is a smart to let your loved ones know just how much you love them each and every day.
This is my first week to follow but I truely enjoyed participating.
This really spoke to me!
... that you are perfect as you are. God doesn't create faulty life. No. Everything created by God is perfect, and so are you. So stop driving yourself mad with endless ways to improve, and just accept the glory of your being as is.
This is todays daily message from a facebook app. Since I am on journey to find balance in my life this really spoke to me. Now how to I get people in my life to realize this and stop takinga advantage of me?
just one of those days!
My day started out fairly well. my older girls got up and ready for school without too much whinning, and they got to school on time.But now I am feeling overwhelmed in my wifely duties. My one year old is having one of those days where she doesn't want anything but to be held, and is super whiney. that makes it bit difficult to do any house work. The only reason I can do this is she is on my lap. Today i feel held down without being able to move a muscle. I have come to enjoy being a house wife a bit but when do I get a day off? I don't get to sleep in on the weekends because I do have a one year old, and the weekend is my husbands chance to sleep in. Plus if she wakes up in the middle of the night she wakes him by playing with him. If I take a nap or don't get enough house work done during the day it makes me look lazy so I very rarely take a nap. But why is it the first time in a long time I lay down with my girl, my husband comes home to find me napping? That just makes it look like that is my daily routine, when in fact I normally take advantage of nap time and get things done. I feel like my whole life has become filled with everyone else but how do I find me? Can't do with a baby attached to me, or when my other two girls come home from school, and weekends are out so?
Thursday, March 3, 2011
Wednesday, March 2, 2011
Changes!
Today is the day my middle brother comes back to Texas. This is bitter sweet because he has made so many bad decisions lately. The mother in me just wants him to be happy, but he needs to find himself. He is one of the believers that December 21, 2012 is the Apocolypse. This has made him not care how his life goes because it is ending soon. My goal has been to make him see that even if life is ending soon, we need to make it the best we can. Of course this has been difficult because last year he found our brother dead in his bed, at the age of 21. It seems I can talk until I am blue in the face and he doesn't see that even with this hurdle life can be good. Now that he will be around me again I just hope I can get through to him.
Tuesday, March 1, 2011
Scavenger hunting was interesting this week.
1. capture the sky
I have soooo many pictures of the sky. I take at least one pic everyday of something in the sky that captures my eye. A fellow scavenger hunter told me I was not allowed to go into my archives for this pic.
2. life
Yay my grass is showing signs of life!
3. everyday
At first I could not figure out what I want to snap for this, but soon it became aparent. This is my baby brother, Travis, he passed away last year at the young age of 21. So my everday is filled with thoughts of him
4. furry
I didn't want to take a shot of an animal because I figures that would be a common photo.
5. blurry
We went to a birthday party at a skating rink. I took this picture of a friends son as I was flying by.
Tuesday, February 22, 2011
Wow!
Last night I got a call from my mom. My troubled brother has been kicked out of the house he was staying at. He has not made the best decisions in his life, but the kid can't catch a break. He has pretty much lived on someones couch since he was 15, moving around from place to place. Now I know that if someone needs their life to change they must put forth the effort, but what if you don't see light at the end of the tunnel? Last year he found our baby brother dead in his bed, and that seems to have thrown him for another loop. I want to help and this is when I decide, God has been preparing me my whole life to be a mom. I am the one that my immediate family, with the exception of my older brother, calls when they have a problem. Now that i have excepted this, it is time to put all my effort into motherhood!
Monday, February 21, 2011
Scavenger Hunt Sunday!
I was a bit busy this week but somehow found the time to hunt down some pics.
1. canned food
My one year old loves to get into the pantry so this pic was easy to get.
2. chocolate
Chocolate doesn't last long in my house!
3. numbers
I took this on our family weekend adventure.
4. stack
one of my daughters many toys, she loves these that stack.
5. music
This came out of my archives. In November I helped put together a benefit for a local girl with MS. This is a Texas Country Band, The Clint Levi Band. If you ever get a chance to look them up they were very good.
Benefits
With my first two daughters I worked opposite shift of their father. Although I was home with the girls during the day I was always so tired that I just didn't have the energy to do things with them. Now that I am with my husband and staying home I have the oppertunity to go to their classroom parties, take them to the park and during the hotter periods I can take them swimming. I was able to a bit of this before but not like now. Another thing that I realized is that i don't have to miss out on anything with my one year old. My husband was at work most of the time when our daughter did new things, I was home! I have found that although I am not the best housekeeper maybe this SAHM thing isn't so bad.
Monday, February 14, 2011
Scavenger Hunt Sunday!
Here I go again trying to be creative and find good shots for the scavenger hunt. I know most people edit their pics but I like leaving my photos in the rough. So if they are not always the best quality that is why.
1. Bright white
This is horse. She loves being out in the snow. She was rolling around just before i took this photo.
2. Strong
What is stronger than an old tree. I thought about a pic of my family because my first thought for this challenge was roots. But this tree has roots and it was so beautiful.
3. Warmth
My husband and I love a good conversation around a fire.
4. Patern
I thought there is two for one in this photo. There are stratigically placed trees behind the repition of the fence.
5. Shadow
This came out of my archives. It is a photo of the recent Winter solstice lunar eclipse.
Friday, February 11, 2011
So I begin!
I have always wanted to be a doctor but I just didn't have the oppertunity to start that dream! I then moved on to the thought of being a Respiratory therapist. I started going to school when I was 20 and worked on covering the basics. I only stayed in school for one year and then moved to another state. The out of state tuition was just too costly so I decided to take a year off. Withn that year I became a mother. My life just did not seem to be pointing in the right direction. I then had another child and that halted school again. Finally when I was 28, I got back into to school to be a RT. My life again took a turn. I was halfway through school and then met the love of my life in another state. I quit school and moved to be with him. I now have another beautiful girl. I have always said, "I am not meant to be a stay at home mom"! That is just what I am and realized that I may never get into the medical field. So now I must except that maybe I am meant to be a stay at home mom and should learn to appreciate it.
Wednesday, February 9, 2011
Finding time to be me!
I have always been a very high energy person, but find it hard to be that way as a stay at home mom. So I am constantly looking for new things to do, such as new recipes for dinner and little crafts I can do for the kids. But what I really want to do is get back into painting and drawing. The only problem with that is a one year old that wants to tag along. I find it hard to get time to myself. Guess I am going to have to figure it out before i go insane. It is important to me to stay true to myself and not just be mom or wife. So that is my task for myself, find time to be me! Look foward to hearing about my journey!
Tuesday, February 8, 2011
1. I thought water would be an easy picture but found that it
harder than I thought. But I liked this capture!
2. Quote was definately hard for me. I thought of a few things but none
turned out as I wanted so this is it.
3. captured this outside my kitchen window. It just happened to snow
the night before!
4. No better activity when you don't have school and can't drive anywhere.
5. I happened to make blueberry muffins for breakfast and remembered seeing
an advertisement in a magazine. Fit the part perfect.
Tuesday, February 1, 2011
It's a snow day!
This morning our school district was the only one that had not closed for the day. Just when I thought I might have to call around to borrow a dogsled to get the girls to school, the schools changed thier minds. So we are having a lazy day at home. The girls REALLY want to go out and play in the snow but the wind is blowing too much. Hoping that I can convince my hubby to bundle up and build a snowwoman with them later. Guess if I want that to happen I better go look for things to make her face with!
This morning our school district was the only one that had not closed for the day. Just when I thought I might have to call around to borrow a dogsled to get the girls to school, the schools changed thier minds. So we are having a lazy day at home. The girls REALLY want to go out and play in the snow but the wind is blowing too much. Hoping that I can convince my hubby to bundle up and build a snowwoman with them later. Guess if I want that to happen I better go look for things to make her face with!
Monday, January 31, 2011
scavenger hunt sunday
This is my first attempt at Ashley's scavenger hunt. I hope those of you who view them enjoy.
1. texture
I had many thoughts for texture but of all the shots I took this was my fave.
2. fog
I did have trouble with finding a picture of fog worth taking.
3. button
Yes this is a different type of button!
4. beverage
Coffee is the greatest, couldn't think of anything greater!
5. seventies
One of the best decades for music!
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