Adventure into Domesticland

Friday, August 9, 2013

Friday's Fave #28

Friday - 8.9.2013

Hooray I'm back! We are settling into the new house, even if there are still a million things that need to be put away! I have so many new things coming for you guys, I can't wait to share! I'm not going to spill the beans just yet on what they are, but one is going to be a monthly contest that anticipate to be fun and spread like wild fire!

I just finished designing a blog for a friend, she wanted a place to write, but also to sell her home made candles. I built a shopping cart feature right on her blog! Go check her out www.MellyCreations.com!

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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...

I have a bad habit of... biting my nails! No thought even had to go into this one! I have been biting my nails since I was a young girl. Sad to say, I think my older daughter will have the same problem, she's always got here hands in her mouth. It's a nervous habit I just can't stop.

I HAVE to keep acrylics on to at least have nice looking hands, other wise I have bloody stumps. I've tried everything! Nothing works, I even bite the acrylic! Good thing I learned how to do the acrylics myself! I'm not to shabby at painting them either!

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...

Lonely...

"I remember a time when I use to feel lonely. It was a time in my life when I was doing things my way and thought it would bring my happiness. Funny how that happens. I had people around me all the time but never felt I had a true and trustful connection with any of them. Those were dark times.

Now though, I have a loving husband, I know I can trust. I have reconnected with my mom in a way I never thought possible. I even feel closer to my children. I open my eyes to people that never gave up on me and realized what the word friendship really means. I started living my live according to the standards held out in the Bible and drew closer to God than never before. Now I never feel lonely.

How to be a calm parent

By Awesomely Awake

I haven't had a lot of time to catch up on my reading, but I did stumble upon this great post on Pinterest, so I thought I would share. I love this list she compiled! I'm working on 1, 10, 11 and 23 because I would rather enjoy my children, than maintain them. In fact some of my new blog features to come will be based on this goal of mine. I'm going to start using 12 and 25 as a way to, well, calm down. And I desperately need to remember 16 and 19 more often!

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Tuesday, August 6, 2013

Tuesday's Tea Party #35

Tuesday - 8.6.2013

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Thursday, August 1, 2013

I'm back!

Thursday - 8.1.2013

Holy moly batman, it's been a crazy couple of months! Let me give you guys a quick update as to why I fell off the face of the earth. So after having my beautiful baby girl, mama had to go straight to work, but not to a job that made money. No to working on a house, as most of you know from my previous post my parents house flooded, needed to be gutted from head to toe, front to back and we have done 95% of the work ourselves. Than we (my hubby and I) are buying the house from my parents.

Are we there yet?

Ok so that's the gist of it but here's how my July went and why I thought we weren't going to make it through the month. So the first weekend in July we spent 4 day's in Long Beach, CA at a religious convention, as up building as it was, it requires packing up the kids, sitting for 3 days trying to keep them quit while we listen to the program and than packing them up for the drive home.

The next weekend we drove up to my sister-in-laws house for her baby shower. She's having a boy and is due in September. We left Friday spent three days there and drove home Monday. Than the next weekend was the big move. We rented a moving truck and it took 3 loads! Not including all the stuff we had been slowly moving over and the small stuff left behind that we moved slowly throughout the week.

Man at work!

This last weekend we went camping! The trip had been planned weeks before all this house nonsense happened and we decided not to bail. We left Thursday to meet up with our group of about 40, had an absolute blast and came home Sunday. Before leaving however, I learned that a childhood friend had been in a skateboarding accident and was in the hospital in a coma.

My pile of crap AKA the living room!

So we rushed home, showered, then my mom and I went to see the family. The next day we went to the hospital. To say the least it's been an emotional week and the house is still in shambles. In between all these weekend getaways we were working on the new house and the old one. The new house is still not finished! The kitchen has no sink or tile so the appliances can't be put in. The tile in the hallway and front bathroom is still not done, so we are 8 people in one house with 1 bathroom! My dad is supposed to be moving out but his plans fell through so yea... This is my hell right now!

Kat, My 2012 Ford Expedition EL

On top of everything we needed a new vehicle! So we drove down to Orange at some point in that choas and picked up my new ride. Her name is Kat. So now that things have calmed down just a bit I plan on getting back to blogging, networking and giveaways! I am helping Tweedle Mom through a baby shower for my sister-in-law down here this weekend but at least i don't have to leave town! Feels good to be back, look forward to getting back into the groove!

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