A New Year and trying AGAIN!

Better late than never right? Ha! As I look at this little blog and see HOW long it's been, all I can say is......Sorry!

I really don't have life changing news or words of Wisdom for the New Year. My life is still the same. Just busier with a teen and a toddler. I think of this little blog often and what I could write....then I get shy...and figure...Who wants to read it anyway right? LOL

But like I said earlier...Here I am trying again.

I am feeling the desperate need to clean, de-clutter, donate, organize, My whole apartment again! I think it's a little bit of the New Year bug that flares up in me. New beginnings, new starts....or just the fact once I take down all the Christmas Deco, I see how messy my place is! Its amazing how it feels even bigger once the Christmas tree is down. I have so many ideas and plans BUT I am trying to not over spend this year. (Our goals to be more debt free are still in the works!) So I am starting simple...closet's first! It always surprises me what gets stuffed and forgotten in the closet. We have 5 I am going to work my way through. I wish I could say I could take one a day and have it done by the weekend.....Come on lets be logical here.....I have 3 men I must take care of ! Those crazy time zappers! Teehheee I love them each to pieces. Even when they wear me out.

So anyone else feeling the need to clean? Where are you starting first?

Blessings and Good luck in this New Year!

Learning

So this has been a crazy and tough week for me. Let me just say that as a mother when you even let your mind tell you "my child will never do that!"......just kick yourself in the hiney right now!  My son is a complete Angel, but he has definitely entered the "terrible toddler" stage. While I am appreciative of others who understand, there have been a few moments lately were I just want to sink into the floor. Dragging my Angel with me. I will get there eventually and yes for those who keep asking me....I do and still want another one!
Then I got into a verbal fight discussion with our new upstairs neighbor. (which I was a massive mess of tears after)Never experienced that before. But on the bright side it was worth it. Her Angels are now not running a marathon or wrestling above our heads. We still can hear them but it is so much better than before! My husband told me that my bravery paid off! LOL So we will see how it goes. Apartment life!
So thankful for family and friends to talk to during this time. Sometimes it feels like your the only one facing these battles.

Tea for One

I found this adorable tea set for one

Since I am the only "girl" in my home and really the only one who drinks tea

I have been on the look out for a one cup tea set.

As soon as I saw this, I knew it was the one! Just "froophy" enough to let me feel delicate and feminine....but  large enough for a good "Cuppa".

So last night I had my "froophy" tea moment and indulged with a Chocolate Walnut Muffin.

It was a really nice moment of  Mommy Time :-)

and on a side note....my stepson occasionally has begun asking for a cup of tea when I make it ;-)

Changing them slowly one by one (insert crazed mother laughter here).

A Fresh Start

Last weekend our little family went to SoCal to visit with my husbands family and watch the Blue Angel Air Show. While it was a great time all around, both our boys got sick. My little Mr was SO sick he barely watched the air show. I was constantly fighting the "sick" feeling with airborne and some medicine at night. The Hub's got hit with it so hard by Thursday. Our home has felt like a sick farm. Plus its been raining and dismal all week.

BUT I woke up this beautiful Monday morning with a new hope! LOL Most people hate Mondays. I get that. I used to work and knew that Monday meant back to the monetary drudge of life. Yet, now that I am a house Mommy.....I love the freshness that a Monday brings. The Newness of hopes....possibility of dreams beginning....or in this case, this crazy cold to leave my home!!! All my boys are feeling better and thank God, this time I survived the sinking ship.

So Hello Monday....this week I happily greet you :-)

Lost in time....

Have you ever felt that way? Where it seems like you have lost a day during the week or the clock a skipped ahead a couple of hours? That is how February has felt to me because "Oh WoW!" look its March!

I am a mother to a 2 1/2 year old. I love him with every breath in my body. But "Lordy" can this child wear me out. Yes, he is a ball full of energy and love. However, its the shaping. molding, training or so it is called of a child that gets to me. Right now he is sick and its as if we have had a visit from his "evil twin". OK, OK, its not THAT bad but it sure is a bit harder than normal.

So I guess how I lose time is....I zone out when he is asleep. So for instance his nap becomes my mommy time. Catching up on FB or a movie. A little cleaning (not too loudly so as not to wake him) and having Bible/Prayer time. I am so thankful he still takes a nap!

When 3:30pm hits, I then go on double duty. My step-son is home from school=time to get the house ready for everybody to invade and dinner on the stove. Some nights I feel like I am on hyper drive. As soon as my toddler is in bed......I zone out again!

I guess I just really need to find time to write here more. Find a little bit more of who I am. What I need to change or challenge myself.  Like back in the day when I wrote in my little journal. I look back at it now and just laugh. It's so time to let go of  ......and to go forward.

I read this last night and it reminded me of "Who" still cares about me. Even when I feel lost in time. God has each moment of my life planned....I just need to stay focused on Him!

"The Lord will perfect that which concerns me;
Your mercy, O Lord, endures forever;
Do not forsake the works of Your hands." Psalm 138:8

Changes

So I have been lost in Blog Land. I get so caught up reading and enjoying others, that I end up forgetting to post on mine! My poor blog. LOL

We are firmly now in 2012. I have cleaned out Christmas and put our house back to some normal order. My little Mr. keeps asking me where did Christmas go? He keeps walking around and singing "Zingle Bells...all the way" LOL I ease is worries and tell him that Christmas is only 11 months away. CAN YOU BELIEVE THAT?!?!

I am happy to say I have made some cute changes to my little abode. Ever since they first came out I have wanted a family picture wall. I mean what is more beautiful to hang than your family right? So I finally did it...and love it!

I even catch my husband stopping to stare at our memories. So thankful for all our family. I even have enough space to add more pictures as I go :-)

Then I worked on redoing my fireplace. I actually did buy a couple of new things but I also made a few too! I wanted to make the dollar tree candle holders but every time I went there were no candlesticks. So I ended up using the ones I had stored away from my wedding.  Now they are being used and they look great!

I took this picture to also show another piece of my Wedgwood. I bought this the last time I was in England. I loved the modern look. The blue and white is a favorite.

My brother had given me the image you see in the picture frame of "Keep Calm and Carry On." It was a bright red. I was planning on putting it in my kitchen but instead changed the color to brown and cream. I love how it it just perfectly matched. I wasn't sure if it would work with what I was putting on the fireplace but it's perfect! "Thanks little brother!"

Lastly, I wanted to keep some winter feeling in my decor. Its been fairly warm out here already. I am not yet ready to admit Spring is knocking on the front door. So I left out my red berries and these adorable bird figurines that got at the dollar store a few years ago.

There you have it. My few changes that I have been working on.

What have you been up to lately?

One week later...

Have we already used up a whole week of the New year? Isn't it funny how Christmas is just a blink of an eye and over? My decorations are half put away. Needing to get the rest back in their boxes for next time. Its so easy to decorate but so hard to put away.
My life seems to have taken a foggy turn over the last couple of weeks. I have been dealing with some toddlerittis. My son has learned the art of talking back....ugh.....and for the last two weeks he decided to wake up almost every night and not go to sleep unless I slept with him. I am happy to report he is sleeping on his own again. However, the attitude is still kicking. It takes a lot of mental power to try and "teach" your kids doesn't it?
I also have been feeling the need for change. Yes, to clean up and out my home. But also personal change. From the first day of 2012 there has been a inner need to be a better person and Christian. I know haven't talked about it much on my blog but I am a firm believer in Jesus Christ. He has been my rock for most of my life. Yet this year I feel Him wanting to draw me closer in a new way. I want to so desperately. I pray that I will. Its time.

So, I was thinking of the list of things I want to do/see for 2012. Here it goes:

1. develop a different/stronger walk in my faith
2. clean out ALL my cabinets/cupboards/closet's...again
3. possibly paint my living room
4. visit my family (and hold my precious nephew finally!) in the mid west
5. take family pictures with my boys
6. take a family vacation
7. Cook a few new recipes for dinner
8. bake a few new desserts
9. learn to change a few bad eating habits
10. go on more walks and to the parks for my son
11. get involved the free children's reading hour for my little Mr.

So whatever this year brings. I hope to enjoy it. The good makes you happy but the bad makes your stronger. So glad I have a God who oversees it all and I can trust he has my back.