It is so hard to be a parent. It really is. I love my daughter and want to have more children. But I understand all those people who choose to remain child-free. I get it. Today was so rough, I had to leave Abby in the living room and go to the hallway and give myself a timeout. Then she followed me and sat in her time out spot and waited for me. It was really cute and completely helped my attitude. It was one of those moments that makes parenting worthwhile.Then we have those moments where … [Read more...]
Fitness Challenge and Word of the Year
Remember that word of the year thing? My word is determination. I broke it down to financially, materially, and physically. I'm doing fairly well with the first two. That last one....not so much. I have officially lost zero pounds. Oh, I lost some while still nursing Abby but then gained it back after she weaned. Matt and I have even talked about it recently. It isn't even so much a looks thing (although I would love to be hot for my husband). I have some family medical history that … [Read more...]
Word of the Year: An Update
This year I decided to choose a word of the year. That is basically a word I want to live. I talked about it in this post back in January.The three main areas I wanted to focus on were: Finance, Physical, and Material. Here are my original goals with my updates.-Financially---I want to pay off my smallest student loan. I want to keep the savings account at no less than $500 at most times. So far so good on this one. The smallest student loan is paid off and the car is paid off! The … [Read more...]
2013: Determination
I belong to a wonderful message board for Christian moms. I'd share the website but it is my personal place to go and I don't want to share it. :)Some of the ladies choose a word each new year to live that year.Some of them choose things like peace and glorify and intentional. Some of them choose it for their Christian walk, some choose it for just how they want to live their life that year, some for other reasons.I don't normally do it. Just not my thing. I changed my mind this year.My word to … [Read more...]