P90X and a Diet!

Yep thats right. Gonna start p90x and a diet tomorrow (again).. Meaning no more cokes, sweet tea, junk food, only eating healthy and working out. I do this at least once a year and never stick to it but with our latest medical checkup results its time that hubbs and I got healthy. Especially since our kiddos are so active and busy. Hopefully we can stick to it and motivate and inspire each other. I am totally not going to post a before picture yet until I have an after picture to compare it to. Of course it will be a while before I post an after picture. So you are just going to have to keep coming back and checking. We are going to do a low carb diet and just make better overall decisions about our eating lifestyle. Our problem is we grew up in the south and well you know about that good ol southern cooking. Everything is fried, and we go crazy with the mac and cheese and tater salad.. Yeah... I know right. Nom Nom! That sounds so delicious. Sigh.. Gotta give it up! Not much to update today. Headed to my sons flag football make up game then back home to get some cleaning done. Gonna attempt to mop the kitchen floor. Thats always fun when you have kids and dogs running in and out. Might even take some quiet time tonight and read some. My older brother got me the sweetest birthday card with a bookmark. Figure at some point I need to utilize it. Well I hope you all have a blessed day and Thanks again from stopping by and experiencing some of my life with me. God bless you! =D

Dinner for Lunch

So the great thing about staying home I can adjust my schedule according to my husbands. He works at dinner time so I have decided to start cooking dinner at lunch time so he can eat it while its hot before he leaves for work and has food to take for dinner. Needless to say because I do that once I eat my big lunch Im not worth much the rest of the day. Although I did manage to get into the pool yesterday and clean it out some. I have not touched it since before Mothers Day. Its hard when you are the only one who gets out there and cleans it. So, I will be making a trip to the pool store today for some shock. Fantastic. Also I have a confession to make... The blog I wrote a few days ago that said I had a mountain of clothes to fold, well... they are still there. =( I know I know. I managed to get my son to fold his clothes with a tad bit of bribery and there my clothes are... still waiting. OF course to this "supermom" laundry is my kryptonite. Anybody else? So I added a follow by email option on the top right of my page. So you can subscribe and get an email each time I post a blog. If you like what you are reading please share. The more followers I have the more feedback I get. Well this is all I am going to blog today. I have some things weighing heavily on my heart and well.. If I continue to type they may just spill out onto my keyboard and onto your screen and I would rather spare you the ride on my soap box. I hope you all have a gorgeous and blessed day!
God bless you all!

Moms Vs. Moms

For so many years moms have been compared. Different kinds of moms and who does it better or who does it worse. Contrary to popular belief ALL moms (Who are doing what they do in the best interest of their children) are doing everything they can. Many say moms who home school and stay at home are not contributing to society and moms who work are not contributing enough to their children. Where is the happy median. Everyone is different. Some circumstances are beyond our control. Many moms who work don't CHOOSE to they HAVE to, to provide for their family. To say they are less of a mom than a mom who doesn't work would be wrong. In my honest opinion, a stay at home mom, a single mom, a working mom all have the same interest at heart. Loving their children and providing them the best that they can with the situations presented before them. Who are we to say which mom does it better or which mom loves her kids more. I can assure you that working moms love their kids as much as stay at home moms. I have been both. I have worked and I have stayed home. Both of which I loved. Mind you sometimes I miss working but not as much as I know I will miss my kiddos. I am so sick of the cliche of this mom vs. mom thing. Its ridiculous. A mothers love is not to be questioned unless a child is being neglected or hurt. So please, DO NOT compare apples to oranges. Every mom makes sacrifices for their children. One is not more important than the other it is just different. Love all moms equally. Remember to tell them what a great job they are doing regardless of work or staying home. Hug them. Being a mom is not an easy task. God bless all mommies in all walks of life! You may not know it now but one day this hard work will be appreciated.

On a side note if you would like to be a guest blogger let me know. Men and women alike.
Have a blessed day!

Something Clever!

Okay I am having a hard time coming up with blog post titles so lets pretend that I came up with something clever. Many days I sit here and draw a blank and never end up typing anything. Thus the reason I have more "drafts" than actual blog posts. Sad isn't it? Yeah.. It is... I know its OK to say. It wont hurt my feelings. Though I have to post a shout out to all my readers and the 1 that always comments! Makes me smile to know that you all take the time to read my posts and that they are not a complete waste. So please leave comments. Those always encourage me to write more. And if there's anything in particular you would like me to blog about don't hesitate to ask. I need a to do list for my to do list. Im sitting here dishes need to be done, clothes on the couch waiting to be folded nicely and put away, carpet that is supposed to be green but now has a blonde/reddish tint (from the dog hair) and a little boy asking to eat everything in the house when we should be knocking out this stack of math worksheets staring me in the face. AHHHH!!!! Yet here I am typing away at the computer trying to put off the inevitable.Last week my Kindergartner and Third grader took their "placement" test. Mind you it wasn't required but I had them take it for me to get a general idea of where we should be focusing our attention in the years to come. I am anxiously waiting for the results. It is kind of a test to see how I did this year in homeschooling as well. Yes, I am terrified.. Last thing I want to see is that I failed my children homeschooling them this year. Both of my kiddos assure me that they feel like they had done well but we all know how that is. Always feel good on a test to find out you bombed it. Few more weeks of school work then we will be done for summer. Then I get to spend the whole summer trying to get organized. Organization.... BAH! The more I organize the more I see needs to be organized then I get overwhelmed and quit. I did manage to find someone to take my preschool curriculum off of my hands so I do not have to worry about organizing that or trying to find a place for it to collect dust in my house! YAYA!! I look at the curriculum for the next school year and its hard not to cringe but I have to remember that my children's education is worth it! My oldest daughter wants to be a pediatric dentist (which I find quite humorous as she is the one always at the doc), my son wants to play football for the University of Georgia (Make his daddy and uncle proud) and my youngest... well were not sure what she wants to do right now (right now she wants to be a princess). Well that is all I have for today! You know as a stay at home mom there is no time for anything else. Everything else gets in the way of me sitting on the couch watching my stories and eating bon bons! (HAH! I hope I made all of you moms laugh) Stay tuned for tomorrow when I discuss my thoughts on ALL moms. Working, single, married and Stay at home!! It might surprise you! God Bless you all and thank you for reading!

I am a Mommy Blogger!

Okay so I have to admit I have drawn some inspiration on the new movie Moms Night Out to blog again. Mind you I seen it last Friday and I am just now blogging! (It takes me a day at least to write a blog , all while trying to run the daily happenings in my home. I really need to schedule better!) The movie has shown me that I do have something to blog about even when I think I don't. It was nice to see that I am not the only mama that wakes up in the morning and just stares into her coffee cup, trying to patiently wait for the coffee to be done (The calm before the storm) and then... it begins. Your youngest child spills milk all over the table, your son is pulling your eldest daughters hair and shes screaming at him. All the while you are staring into the empty abyss of your cup wondering if its already bedtime yet. Is that you too? Its me... what seems like every day. I didn't realize until I got older and had children of my own the significance of a moms job. In all honesty I am still learning each day more and more the importance of a moms job. Looking back I took for granted the blessing of a mom I had. She worked her butt of for me and my brother and I think in my honest opinion she did a good job raising us. Many times I think I am failing as a mom. My patience is spread too thin and I lose it or I have even gone a whole day doing the bare minimum... I know shameful isn't it? But then there are the moments, at the end of the day when your babygirl falls asleep in your arms, or your oldest tells you what a great mom you are or when your son gets his football award and he smiles at you!! Those are the moments! Those are the special moments in time that make all of the business, the stress, the list of to dos fade away into nothing. Revel in them. They are few and far between but my friend those are the moments that we LIVE for. God knows just when to fit those moments in doesn't he. Just when you think things couldn't get worse, or you are at the end of your rope God sneaks in a precious moment with your child and everything just fades away, even for a moment. He is so good. So why have I decided to blog again? Well I had a very close friend visit this past weekend and she seen my "organized" homeschool area and asked how I do it... I told her honestly... Its a lot of crying, a lot of soul searching, a lot of doubt, and a lot of praying. You look around and see all of these moms who "have it together" and wonder what it the world is wrong with you that you don't have it all together. They make a trip to the grocery store looking like movie stars and you are lucky if you get out with everyones hair brushed, including your own. I am here to let everyone know thats its ok not to have it ALL together. You have bad days and you have good days and thats ok. You are not alone in it. And you aren't the only one who doesn't have it all together.