Welcome to my blog. I document my adventures in life as a wife, mom, daughter, sister, and friend.....Hope you enjoy your time with me!
I don't know about you, but I find myself making mistakes daily. Some days are just a series of tiny mistakes that really amount to nothing, but every once in a while I make a BIG MISTAKE. When the mistake involves my kids I feel awful.
Do you ever find yourself stumbling in the darkness? I don't mean in the "literal sense", I mean in the "figurative sense". I know I do and I do quite often. Usually I can find my way out of the darkness, but there have been two times in my life where finding my way out was like digging through concrete.
Don't you just love the fall? I do! The leaves begin to change, the air is crisp, and football season is in high gear. Whenever I think of football and fall I think of frito pie! Boy do I love me some frito pie! Especially when the recipe involves my Mother in Laws Chili!
If someone would of told me 10 years ago that when my mom died my sister and I would be sharing the responsibility of taking care of my father I probably would of laughed in their face. My father was and still is one of the most independent, strongest, men I know. However, life has taken a toll on his memory and he cannot live alone.
It's November 3rd and the busiest yet most wonderful time of the year is right around the corner! The parties will start, the shopping for the best gift, the charlie brown movies, the amazing meals, and the Christmas decorating will all begin. Just thinking about it all makes me excited, tired, and stressed. I hate that last feeling and I know you do too!
Halloween is behind us and the crash from all the sugar is upon us! Lord help me! If you are like me, today you are exhausted and just want something easy and healthy for dinner. Something that will not create a lot of mess in the kitchen and fuss amongst the multiple taste buds in your house... I HAVE IT! Read along and see if you agree!
Stop in and see what books I read in October and tell me what you read. I am always looking for a good book to read!
They say breakfast is your most important meal....is it? I have no idea! But if you give me a recipe with sausage in it and tell me it is easy....I am in...if you like Sausage, easy, three ingredients, and healthy, read on...this one if for you!
BIG DAY TODAY! I AM TURNING 47 AND ANNOUNCING MY BLOG! WHY AM I SO SAD? READ ON AND YOU WILL SEE.
So as a mother of three very active boys I am always looking for quick and healthy go-to meals, and man have I found one! Come and take a look and give it a Whirl! I dare ya! You might just like it.
So I wish I could tell you I wake up EVERY day and spent my first 15 minutes with God....BUT, I can't! The truth is, my first 15 minutes are spent making coffee, getting the pup to pee, (me too if I am being 100 percent honest), and depending on the day....well, who knows what else.
I need an easy go-to salad and side dish that can feed a crowd. On top of the kids' soccer, acting and grocery shopping, plus whatever else life throws at me, I'm making a very simple Marinated Cole Slaw Salad. For 30. (Yes, you read that right.)
Grief is strange. I don't like it. It is weird. The thoughts, the what ifs. Wondering if my mom is ok, all the while knowing I really am not without her here. But I'm learning to look for the silver linings in my waves of grief. Maybe you are, too?
As I sat watching the Hurricane unfold in Florida and remembering the effects of Hurricane Harvey just the week before and the earthquake in Mexico and Kim in Korea, my goodness this is a lot of bad I kept thinking to myself! I started thinking, "What the heck God?!" I mean my mom's Death hit me VERY hard and I was doubting God, but now this? This has got to have a lot of believers doubting.
About a year ago, I decided to change the way I ate. I am not a hardcore Paleo mama by any stretch of the imagination, but I do try. My motto in life is pretty much anything and everything in moderation. This would include my diet. You may or may not see me indulge in a coke here and there and you will FOR SURE see me indulge in Vino and Vodka and the list goes on and on. But, for the most part, I do try. Here is my take on her Chicken & Rice Soup. I make it and eat on it all week long!
I don't know what happens to me, but when the music comes on and I begin the steps, it's like I go into this other world. It is very cathartic at times, very healing at other times, and just a full out party. A party that I get to attend and forget what is happening around me.
Last July, after a dance class I had just taken, my now mentor, Alana, approached me about teaching. Her timing could not have been more perfect. I JUMPED at the offer - and here's why.
Three books I can't stop recommending: Hearing Jesus Speak into Your Sorrow by Nancy Guthrie, It Ends With Us, by Colleen Hoover and Small Great Things by Jodi Picoult. Click to read more on these books.
Why am I making it my goal to read at least two books a month? Because the more you read, the more you know!
