Nobody’s Perfect

I wish I was a better mom.
I wish I watched less TV. I wish I ordered less pizza. I wish I read the Bible more. I wish I was more patient with my son, more gentle with my husband, had more time for my dog. I wish I called my best friend more often and [...]

Make Your (Rental) Home a Haven

One of the biggest drawbacks to renting your home is not having the freedom to make changes in order for it to represent your family’s personality. My husband and I have been renters since the almost six years we’ve been married. We have lived in three very different places and have struggled with not being [...]

Does This Look Attractive To YOU???

I am 28 years old, so if my opinion changes here I’m sorry. I expect to feel the same on this subject when I’m 87, but who knows? Maybe I’ll hit 45 and demand plastic surgery, Botox, expensive age creams tested on animals, etc. But NOT NOW! Right now my wrinkles are starting to get [...]

How Much TV is Enough for Your Toddler?

***Disclaimer: I have cheated today and posted this on both blogs. This is a really important subject to me, though, so there!***
For toddlers, the verdict isn’t quite out yet. In doing research today I came across varying guidelines.
Back story: I get home at 1230 am every night, eat dinner, and go to bed by 130-2. [...]

How do YOU…?

How do you balance your checkbook? Please help a sista out. I tried and tried as a young married girl (long ago) to manage our finances and would either end up in tears or so completely off with our checkbook that I bounced a check every month. So my sweet husband took over. And bounced [...]

…And I’m back…

Hello friends! I wish that I could tell you that I am here with boxes unpacked and neatly tucked away ready for our next adventure, but I can not. What I CAN tell you, however, is that they are put away, out of sight, in our lovely little closets and garage!
Earlier this year we were [...]

To Do, Ta Da!

                                                     
So I haven’t been around much. It seems like I either blog a lot or not at all. I sure love Mondays, though, because everyone else is up and running again. Am I the only one who just can’t function on Mondays??? I feel like such a Non-Super Mommy, like Grumpy Lazy Queen, maybe? [...]

Happy Dreams

Just a few lists of things I’d like to do, places to go, etc..I see myself with shorts, socks, hiking boots, and water somewhere in the desert. Maybe at the petrified forrest.
Hike down the Grand Canyon (oh yeah and up again!).
Backpack a part of the Ice Age Trail.
Learn to waterski all over again.
Learn to snowboard.
Run. [...]

This is what I want now

When I dream about my life I often find myself dreaming of being in the mountains backpacking, in the desert hiking, or on the beach enjoying daylight. My days thus far have pretty much been the exact opposit of this. I have pretty much spent my life inside since I was 14, constantly gaining weight, [...]