Thursday, May 30, 2013

Friday's Fave #28

Friday - 5.31.2013




Wow, I went from being on bed rest to absolute chaos! Yesterday I listed out all things we got going on and it's just madness. This week we got the tile for the front bathroom order, I primed the kitchen, all 4 bedrooms are painted, the carpet has been order and the cabinets. Things are moving along quickly thank goodness because come summertime I don't see when we will have time to work on the house. Every weekend for the next two months is piratically booked up! My biggest concern is the pond.

My parents put in a 6ft X 4ft X 2ft deep koi pond about 10 years ago. The funny part to this pond is for the longest time growing up it was just a deep hole in the ground that we had bond fires in! But now that I have children I worry about them falling in. We have decided to fill it in with pee gravel until it's only about 10 inches deep but I still want it fenced or netted. Has anyone ever used the pool tension netting? Is it strong? If someone falls onto it will it support the weight?

So many decisions to make! And then there's the moving part! Ugh I HATE moving! My mom is doing a garage sale this weekend, so I'm thinking of getting rid of stuff too. The only problem is it's at the new house, so I have to move it over there either way!

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I joined up with Dawn's Disaster again for FTSF, check out how I finished the sentence. Then get over there and link up yourself! This week's sentence...




My favorite movie of all time... I'm really not sure why, but I love Big Fish. I laugh, I cry... I just love that the dad didn't want to see life as it really was, boring. He spiced up his life by elaborating the truth, which made life seem a little less dull. Sometime we all need a little spice in on life!







And I linked up with Lisa-Jo Barker for 5 Minute Friday. Again for this one she gives you a topic and you have to write for 5 minutes flat – no editing, no over thinking, no backtracking. So this weeks topic is...

Imagine...

A life without fear, without time limits and without death. A life where food doesn't harm us but heals us. A life where people and animals are peaceful with one another. Where money really doesn't matter, where people work together to build houses for one another, make meals for each other and truly love one another. A life where pollution, natural disasters, cancer and evil don't exists. A life where you loved ones never leave you and those that have come back. All in a world that is in perfect balance, not too hot, not too cold. Food, water and land for all. Greed gone, selfish ha! I believe this is how God intended life and I imagine this is how it will be when he carries out his purpose.




Ok I know she is mentioned above in the blog hops, but I really loved this post about getting comfortable when were in love. Let's face it all good relationship get this way and a fire needs to be lit from time to time to keep things fresh and alive. I love my husband to the moon and back but I will admit we're comfortable. Point and case, all the kids are sleeping and I'm blogging while he's playing video games. Sometimes at night after he's fallen asleep and I'm still wide awake I just stare at him. I just take in every aspect of his face, every line, every curve. I smell him, yes, I know that's weird, but I think he smells fantastic! I just like to relish in how deeply in love I am with him, so I never forget.





This is such a creative idea. I wish I could come up with such things. This challenge sounds like so much fun, however, I have a feeling a will be very determined the first day and then give up quickly, but I will give it my best shot. I definitely going to get my kids involve in this one!




To homeschool or not to homeschool, that tis the question! Yes I'm pretty sure all mom's go through it, we know our children best, we don't want the bad influences they pick up from other kids and we just want to be with our kids more, well for like the first week. But even as a stay at home mom in this busy day n age, can we keep up. I like how this mom took a long truthful look at it and even though the answer wasn't what she planned, she excepted it and move to the next best option. Now it's my turn to decided!



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Is there enough time to be me?

Thursday - 5.29.2013
Do you ever feel like your just maintaining your life? Life isn't bad but its not super happy either, you just go through the motions to keep it all running smoothly.  That's where I am right now, just floating, maybe its just having my third baby. But sad to say it has felt like this for a while.
Sometimes I feel like my life is a movie thats cuts in somewhere around me being 26, pregnant with my second child and on my third marriage to a real loser. Maybe I have blocked out so much of my life before that, that this is where I came back into focus. Like I tell everyone when I'm telling my story, my life spiraled out of control after the sudden, tragic death of my first husband, I think I just entered a fog. So when the fog cleared around that time I was completely unprepared for being a single mom of two.
I was in maintain mood then too come to think of it, maybe more like survive mood. Than my current husband circled back around and resuced me from myself, well for a little while. I get uncomfortable when things are going to good, maybe that's all this is. I feel distant from my husband and he does too. I love him half to death, would do anything for him, he's a good provider, great father and amazing hubby, so where is my head?
Things have been insanely crazy around us, remodeling my parents house that we will soon be living in and buying from them. Picking out tile, carpet, cabniets and paint for everything has been pretty overwhelming,  not to mention the fact that we are doing all the work ourselves and on a time limit because of the insurance company. Plus there is a lot of tention at the house, I cant say anything yet, but it isn't an easy environment to work in. It also makes it hard that I have to bring the baby and stop what I'm doing every 20 minutes to tend to her.
Having a new baby is bringing its own challenges anyway. She's a very good baby, but I am dealing with some postpartum anxiety.  To make matters worse I started back on birth control and my milk production slowed down. So 7 days into my preferred method,  NuvaRing, I have to switch to a progesterone only pill in hopes that my milk will go back. In the meantime I have a cranky baby that wants to feed every 2 hours and we both have the stomach flu (again!)! I'm worry about this new pill, I don't do well on birth control, I get weird and the ring was the first one I liked, oh well, babies needs come first.
My blogging and designing are taking off now, of course it couldn't happen while I was sitting in bed everyday doing nothing. My responsibilities to God are falling very short. I really need to qet on a workout schedule. I have bitten my nails so badly they bleed, I really need to get acrylic on, but I have no time! Have I mentioned we need a new car? I drive Besty, she a Chevy Trailblazer,  she been  good ole girl, but things are starting to break and we have out grown her.
So with so much going on,  the summer already mostly planned and my street bike collecting dust,  its easy it see why I'm antsy. So how do I get out of the habit of just maintaining and start enjoying?  Maybe I'm just praying out loud... Does God read blogs?

Tuesday, May 21, 2013

Tuesday's Tea Party #28

Tuesday - 5.21.2013



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Friday, May 17, 2013

Friday's Fave #27

Friday - 5.17.2013




Whoa it's been chaos! This week my indecisive family finally agreed that my hubby and I are for sure getting my parents house and that we can rent from them until were ready to buy. That being said WE get to pick out everything for the remodel! So this week my hubby and I decided on a floor tile for that will be in most of the house and tiles for the bathroom, the carpet for the bedrooms and finalized the plans for the kitchen cabinetry!

I have been a mad woman painting everyday. I painted the room my girls will be in, which just happens to be the room I spent 15 years of my life in, yea it's two tone pink! I'm going to do a Hello Kitty border where the two colors meet. I told pictures along the way so I'll write a DYI post.

So as if remodeling isn't insane enough, I still have a newborn baby beckoning for my most of my time, a little girl who is in dire need of non stop attention and a blooming man child who is constantly bored. Oh and somewhere in that mix I have to make time for God, my hubby, taking care of my household chores, blogging and my web design customers. I'd say I've reach max capacity!

I participated in way too many giveaways and blogger opps this last month, so I have to slow it down just a bit! Make sure you subscribe to the right newsfeed to receive weekly updates, sign up for 1 or all 3:

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I joined up with Dawn's Disaster again for FTSF, check out how I finished the sentence. Then get over there and link up yourself! This week's sentence...




When I was Younger, I Wanted to... be a model. I was probably the only 10 year old I know that would watch fashion shows on tv, not for the fashion but so I could study the way the girls moved. How they walked, what their arms were doing and how they position their heads. At age 12 I was accepted to Barbizon Modeling School but never attended because my mom was working full time and didn't have time to take me.

Later in life I landed a few small jobs here and there freelancing. I realized in my early twenties though that the life I was chasing was not so glamorous, getting in with the right people took a lot of work and could easily entangle me in things I knew I didn't want to be a part of. Having to be a non stop party girl was fun for a minute and sleeping my way to the top, sort of speak, was not the idea I had envisioned as a child.

Sometimes I still walk around in heels putting one foot right in front of the other, I unconsciously throw my head back with a smile to get my hair out of my face and when no one is looking 
I still have fun modeling for myself in front of the mirror. Still feels glamorous in my own little world.





And I linked up with Lisa-Jo Barker for 5 Minute Friday. Again for this one she gives you a topic and you have to write for 5 minutes flat – no editing, no over thinking, no backtracking. So this weeks topic is...

Song...

"Baby your a song, make me want to roll my window down and cruise." I don't know why that just pop in my head, but music fills my soul. A few years ago I realized country music really hit the spot and sings to my heart. My punk rock roots come out every now and then, it's funny because my son is really getting into the punk rock stuff and he is always so surprised when I start singing along to stuff he didn't think I would even know.

What a contrast huh, punk rock and country. Looking at me now you would never know I spent so much of my teen years going to concerts, funny part is I went to a lot of them with the man I now call my husband.

It's amazing how a song can instantly change your mood, for the good or bad. Really got to watch what you take in through your ears. That's the main reason I started listening to country music, I realized listening to punk rock and having my kids in the backseat... well the first time I heard my son at a young age sing along to a song that said the s word, I knew it was time for a change!





I'm only picking one post today because today is almost over. This post hit home right now. I'm on my fifth week of my six week vacation from sex due to having a baby. And honestly I'm scared to death! I'm not really sure why, but it's been a relief to not have to think about sex, how do I get myself back in "the mood"? I feel the same way and the fact that she could write about this it a non offensive way is just great. 



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Thursday, May 16, 2013

Officially a Cow

Thursday - 5.16.2013

It's bad enough that when your breastfeeding you pretty much become an endless milk/feeding machine and yes I agree it's bonding time, better for your baby and the cheaper than formula. Don't get me wrong I'm not by any means knocking it, heck I'm doing it right now as I type but now they make this handy little device that sucks the milk right out of you like milking a cow!

Along with the actual milk machine they make a bra you can wear that straps the pumps right to your chest so you can be hands free while pumping, letting you do all the endless task moms need to do! I had never seen one of these genius bras until just a few weeks ago when I had the dilemma of trying to type while I pump.

For all of you who aren't and have never been a cow before, let me explain how pumping works without wearing this bra. Pumping can make a giant mess, well so can nursing for that matter, but lets stay on topic. If you set the pumps on the table in front of you, you have to remain absolutely, perfectly still so they don't slip off the table. Although they are suctioned to your boobs, the grip is not air tight and they fall off at the slightest movement, causing whatever milk is in the cups to spill all over you. They also have to be positioned at the perfect level to avoid loss of suction which also causes spillage.  Fantastic perfume your wearing, whats it called? Spoiled breast-milk, thanks!

So with this bra... well just look at the picture you get the point. What I think is hilarious is how causal the women in these pictures are. Oh yeah I'm at work, in an office building, where people are walking in and out, with my cow utters hanging out being milked.




Or this one, yes I''m 15, never actually had a baby so I have a completely flat tummy and I wear elegant party gloves while I pump! Very clever name though, "Breast Fest at Tiffany's" sounds like a place only men dream about not a bra for pumping breast-milk! 


This one is my favorite. Yes the bra does make it easier to pump but I'm not going to the office in it like this! Not just for the fact that it resemble the corsets I use to wear 10 years ago to go clubbing but mostly for the fact that my nipples are being sucked 5 inches into CLEAR tubes and can be seen from a mile away! Not happening, in fact that only reason I didn't model this awesome bra myself! 


Anyway if you have the need to be milked like a cow like me and want to make it easier on yourself pick up one of these "makes life easier for milking mommies utters" bras.



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Wednesday, May 15, 2013

WW: Memory Lane

Wednesday - 5.15.2013

Well in honor of the March Hare being 11 years old tomorrow I thought I'd take a trip down memory lane. What a crazy ride the last 11 years have been, I hope I haven't screw the kid to badly. Eh at least he's still breathing and smiling, gotta be doing something right... now!



I promise those are clean!










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