{Before I launch into my post…does anyone else find it ironic that I post about one of my goals in 2018 being to write three quality posts per week…and then I post nothing? At all? Welcome to my life. First I was having some work done on the backend of my website, then, well, life…
Self-care. It is something I am not good at. I try at times. I was part of a MOPS group for ten years…until one of my children’s behavior became so bad (think: biting and at age three going toe to toe against a grown man) that I could no longer expect the childcare workers to…
In 2011 I decided enough was enough. I was fed up with feeling horrible and being tired all the time. I knew it was time for a change. I had to go dairy free while I breastfed Apollo and I began an intesne regimine of running, juicing and cutting out calories. I lost 30 pounds…
“Get a puppy,” they said. “It will be fun,” they said. I pulled out my camera today to capture a sweet moment between brothers (I am doing a 365 project, after all). They were snuggled up together on the couch while 12-year-old Hezekiah read a book to six-year-old Apollo. What mother wouldn’t want to preserve that…
Thank you Jenny Craig for sponsoring this post. — Get serious about losing weight with Jenny Craig! Guess what? I am down thirteen pounds and better than that, my clothes fit and feel a whole lot better! {Results not typical. Members following the Jenny Craig program, on average, lose 1-2 lbs. per week. } whoo-hoo!…
Yesterday found me in a very odd situation. Enoch and Kalina headed to their homeschool math class and Chuck took the six younger kids up to Mt. Baker to play in the snow. I was home. Alone. So I did what any awesome mom would do…I cleaned the kitchen, did laundry and then settled…
Thank you Jenny Craig for sponsoring this post. — Get serious about losing weight with Jenny Craig! For many years I didn’t make any New Year’s Resolutions or set goals. It seemed too cheesy and cliche. I changed my mind a few years ago, however, when I realized that if I didn’t set any goals…