I am in the process of developing (I use that term lightly)a "Young Author's" program my daughters class and since I'm already creating it from the ground up I am going to pitch it to the principal and superintendent to see if it can be a school wide event. When I was in elementary school, we did have a program by that title. The idea behind it was that the students all created books using their own writings. It could be a collection of short stories, chapters or even a picture book. The only requirement was that the student write, draw and create the story using their ideas. They would then create a cover in art class which would tie it all together. These books were then entered into a school wide contest. Winners advancing to the district level and then states. My goal is just to get the kids writing. I want them to have opportunities to express themselves, ideas, and creativity. At the same time, I want them to develop great knowledge of writing and how it works.
I am horrible at writing. I have poor grammar I know it, but I'm working on it and I hope that I can keep them from making the same mistakes I do.
Wednesday, October 5, 2011
Tuesday, October 4, 2011
My Favorite things
So after posting about Coldwater Creek I thought I'd share a list of my favorite things :)
Favorite clothing boutique Art and Soul Boutique I love their skirts
Favorite place to buy Tutus Goosie Girl Boutique
Favorite bags Vera Bradley
Favorite band www.sugarlandmusic.com
Favorite Ereader Kindle although I would love to get my hands on the Fire
Favorite place for kids clothing Children's Place my kids can't seem to wear out their clothes...thats a good thing :)
There's more, but they'll have to wait till after dinner :)
Favorite clothing boutique Art and Soul Boutique I love their skirts
Favorite place to buy Tutus Goosie Girl Boutique
Favorite bags Vera Bradley
Favorite band www.sugarlandmusic.com
Favorite Ereader Kindle although I would love to get my hands on the Fire
Favorite place for kids clothing Children's Place my kids can't seem to wear out their clothes...thats a good thing :)
There's more, but they'll have to wait till after dinner :)
Wow, has it really been 2 days since I've posted? Well, a lot has happened. We had a relaxing weekend for the most part. We played together and did family clean ups. Then, Taylor managed to present Brian and I with a "cheaper way" to get an American Girl Bunkbed and spend time with Brian at the same time. The results a trip to Home Depot for supplies and some father/daughter time working together on customizing the bunkbed set! Can't wait to see it.
Then last night, Abbie decided (yes I think it was a decision :) ) to fall out of bed around 12am. She then proceeded to tell daddy she wanted to cuddle with only him. So, what does this good mommy do? I take advantage of the lack of desire and hit the couch, so I can sleep and he can deal with her. What I didn't realize was that it wasn't going to last long and she ended up on the couch with me. ARGH!! No sleep here. Thank god Taylor is self motivated and likes school because she got up and got ready only waking me at the last minute to make lunch! What a good kid!
Well, here it is Tuesday and I had my first Weight Watchers weigh in and the results ........... I lost 3.4lbs and I don't want to find them :). I'm hoping to recover after a quick run to the grocery store that cost $100...really I didn't get much of anything. On a good note, I love Coldwater Creek. I sent them an email last week because I had purchased (much to my amazement)a pair of jeans from them on Sept. 10th and last week the stitching started to come out. The issue at hand is I live almost 2 hrs from the nearest store and really have no desire to drive all the way there. They sent me out a new pair of jeans which I received today no questions asked! Way to go Coldwater Creek! Great Customer Service!
Then last night, Abbie decided (yes I think it was a decision :) ) to fall out of bed around 12am. She then proceeded to tell daddy she wanted to cuddle with only him. So, what does this good mommy do? I take advantage of the lack of desire and hit the couch, so I can sleep and he can deal with her. What I didn't realize was that it wasn't going to last long and she ended up on the couch with me. ARGH!! No sleep here. Thank god Taylor is self motivated and likes school because she got up and got ready only waking me at the last minute to make lunch! What a good kid!
Well, here it is Tuesday and I had my first Weight Watchers weigh in and the results ........... I lost 3.4lbs and I don't want to find them :). I'm hoping to recover after a quick run to the grocery store that cost $100...really I didn't get much of anything. On a good note, I love Coldwater Creek. I sent them an email last week because I had purchased (much to my amazement)a pair of jeans from them on Sept. 10th and last week the stitching started to come out. The issue at hand is I live almost 2 hrs from the nearest store and really have no desire to drive all the way there. They sent me out a new pair of jeans which I received today no questions asked! Way to go Coldwater Creek! Great Customer Service!
Sunday, October 2, 2011
Rest in Peace Luna.....
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| Luna and Abigail Summer 2010 |
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| Taylor and Luna Summer 2010 |
I wanted to put a quick post up to remember our good friend. This weekend was a tough one, we lost our beloved god-dog Luna. Luna you will forever be remember as the pet we never had and one of the only dogs I've loved! We will miss your weekend visits. See you on the other side.
Friday, September 30, 2011
Friday night
Ok, so we were able to pull everything together before Brian go home and we actually have a chance to sit down. I feel like a teenager who threw a party while her parents were out of town trying to get everything back to normal before they got home! LOL. We actually had a very busy week we rearranged the living room and put away all the summer clothes, but boy oh boy an hour ago you would have thought a bomb went off here.
Tomorrow is going to be crazy. We are finishing off a portion of our basement and barring now power outages the sheet rock process should begin tomorrow. I can't even tell you how long I've waited for this project to be done. I want to reclaim my living room as an adult room....is that selfish?
Speaking of kids, have your kids ever got you thinking about the past not just recent past but long ago? My oldest has this infectious laugh. You know the kind that you just start laughing when you hear it. It made me think back to my childhood. Contrary to popular belief I used to have a sense of humor. It doesn't rear its head to often any more and I don't know why. I contemplate why I have started (15 yrs + ago) to take life so seriously. I mean honestly I take life and every aspect of it seriously now and not only that I take everything personally. I used to be more fun loving, outgoing, funny, but now I'm boring...my kids would say I'm old. Now that's something I never thought of before I'm old. I mean honestly, the fact that I've had 2 back surgeries and 2 c-sections should probably make me feel old, but I really don't. Out of shape yes old no. I'm not a hip mom. I like my jeans and t-shirts although I must say I LOVE the clothing from Art and Soul Boutique their skirts are so cute and comfortable. I recently purchased 3 of them from there and typically I don' wear skirts. Let me define typically, I've been with my husband for 5 yrs and he's seen me in 4 skirts/dresses. I am very involved with my kids. I am a member of the PTA, help teaching Sunday School, help with a daily playgroup at a local fitness center and sit on our church council. I actually am in the process of putting together a "Young Author's" program for my daughter's school. The idea behind it is to have the kids write their own books, draw pictures, create covers and then present them to the school community. I haven't worked out all the details, but that's the basic idea and I will probably work it into the Parent's As Reading Partners (PARP) program I organize for the school. So, for anyone who thinks being a stay at home mom is all bon bon's and television they are sadly mistaken. As you can see, there are many chapters in the book I call My Life.
Tomorrow is going to be crazy. We are finishing off a portion of our basement and barring now power outages the sheet rock process should begin tomorrow. I can't even tell you how long I've waited for this project to be done. I want to reclaim my living room as an adult room....is that selfish?
Speaking of kids, have your kids ever got you thinking about the past not just recent past but long ago? My oldest has this infectious laugh. You know the kind that you just start laughing when you hear it. It made me think back to my childhood. Contrary to popular belief I used to have a sense of humor. It doesn't rear its head to often any more and I don't know why. I contemplate why I have started (15 yrs + ago) to take life so seriously. I mean honestly I take life and every aspect of it seriously now and not only that I take everything personally. I used to be more fun loving, outgoing, funny, but now I'm boring...my kids would say I'm old. Now that's something I never thought of before I'm old. I mean honestly, the fact that I've had 2 back surgeries and 2 c-sections should probably make me feel old, but I really don't. Out of shape yes old no. I'm not a hip mom. I like my jeans and t-shirts although I must say I LOVE the clothing from Art and Soul Boutique their skirts are so cute and comfortable. I recently purchased 3 of them from there and typically I don' wear skirts. Let me define typically, I've been with my husband for 5 yrs and he's seen me in 4 skirts/dresses. I am very involved with my kids. I am a member of the PTA, help teaching Sunday School, help with a daily playgroup at a local fitness center and sit on our church council. I actually am in the process of putting together a "Young Author's" program for my daughter's school. The idea behind it is to have the kids write their own books, draw pictures, create covers and then present them to the school community. I haven't worked out all the details, but that's the basic idea and I will probably work it into the Parent's As Reading Partners (PARP) program I organize for the school. So, for anyone who thinks being a stay at home mom is all bon bon's and television they are sadly mistaken. As you can see, there are many chapters in the book I call My Life.
This morning I had so much energy. I had decided I was going to get so much done and have an extremely productive day. Well, that went out the door with the power around 9:30am. The local power company decided to turn off the power without notifying anyone. That is a mood killer if there ever was one. I mean seriously I already had 3 loads of laundry going and Taylor (my oldest) was already cleaning her room. The lack of power sort of stopped us in our tracks. Well, 4 hours later the powers back on and we're finding our motivation or realizing that Brian will be home in less then 12 short hours and there is tons of stuff to put back where it goes! I have visions of grandeur on Mondays after he leaves, but Fridays reality comes walking back in. Here's to hoping the power stays on, Abbie remains napping and Taylor can continue on the same pace while cleaning her room!
Thursday, September 29, 2011
Earlier today when I decided to start the blog, I had been thinking about this week. I have been feeling sort of blah since Brian (my husband) went back on the road and feeling a little overwhelmed. I love my children and I love being a stay at home mom, but I long for a little ME time. I honestly don't know what that is. I was just overwhelmed and decided I was going to go to Weight Watchers and finally do something for myself. This is a big step for me. I am always putting everyone else first.
Tuesday I woke up, got ready, got Abbie ready and headed out... I dropped her off at playgroup and ran to the WW meeting. The excitement of being alone quickly transformed into "How did I ever let myself weigh this much". I guess after the past couple of years of running after kids I never realized how much weight I put on, but I was at least taking control of it. I got through the meeting picked up my daughter and headed home. You see leaving Abigail anywhere is easier said then done. My husband and I have to be very cautious about leaving Abigail with ANYONE! She has severe food allergies to Cows milk, soy, wheat, gluten, eggs, legumes (peas, beans, etc.), plums, and corn. She has only been with a sitter a hand full of times because leaving her just creates more stress for us. This one step of leaving her somewhere not home made a HUGE difference. I guess its hard to explain unless you have a child with a disability or an illness. I can and have to control everything in our home environment. Abigail can not eat most pre-packaged food because they contain soy and or salt (salt contains corn). The simple mistake of giving her Tylenol or Motrin also will lead to an allergic reaction because both of those medications contain high fructose corn syrup. This journey of ours is very interesting and eye opening, but most of all it is STRESSFUL. We preserve our own tomatoes, applesauce, sauce, and other items so that we know we can offer a quick safe dinner to our entire family. We are careful about the cleaning products, health and wellness products and school supplies we have in our home.
Now that I have taken the first step, I think anything is possible. So, I must jump back on the band wagon and finish making 70 lbs of apples worth of applesauce and apple butter before they all go bad :)
Tuesday I woke up, got ready, got Abbie ready and headed out... I dropped her off at playgroup and ran to the WW meeting. The excitement of being alone quickly transformed into "How did I ever let myself weigh this much". I guess after the past couple of years of running after kids I never realized how much weight I put on, but I was at least taking control of it. I got through the meeting picked up my daughter and headed home. You see leaving Abigail anywhere is easier said then done. My husband and I have to be very cautious about leaving Abigail with ANYONE! She has severe food allergies to Cows milk, soy, wheat, gluten, eggs, legumes (peas, beans, etc.), plums, and corn. She has only been with a sitter a hand full of times because leaving her just creates more stress for us. This one step of leaving her somewhere not home made a HUGE difference. I guess its hard to explain unless you have a child with a disability or an illness. I can and have to control everything in our home environment. Abigail can not eat most pre-packaged food because they contain soy and or salt (salt contains corn). The simple mistake of giving her Tylenol or Motrin also will lead to an allergic reaction because both of those medications contain high fructose corn syrup. This journey of ours is very interesting and eye opening, but most of all it is STRESSFUL. We preserve our own tomatoes, applesauce, sauce, and other items so that we know we can offer a quick safe dinner to our entire family. We are careful about the cleaning products, health and wellness products and school supplies we have in our home.
Now that I have taken the first step, I think anything is possible. So, I must jump back on the band wagon and finish making 70 lbs of apples worth of applesauce and apple butter before they all go bad :)
Welcome! I've decided to begin a blog and to be honest I'm not sure there is any good reason other than I want people to know there is more to me than meets the eye.
I'm a busy mom to 2 girls who never or let me rephrase rarely has anytime to myself. I am married to one of the best guys in the world, but with that joy comes the reality that his job takes him to various places not only in the US, but all around the world. This is about life when he's gone and how I make things "work" for our family. I will update as often as I can, but those moms out there know sometimes thats longer than we'd like.
I'm a busy mom to 2 girls who never or let me rephrase rarely has anytime to myself. I am married to one of the best guys in the world, but with that joy comes the reality that his job takes him to various places not only in the US, but all around the world. This is about life when he's gone and how I make things "work" for our family. I will update as often as I can, but those moms out there know sometimes thats longer than we'd like.
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