We're Back

My, oh my! Feels like we have been gone for ages and so much has happened! I thought I would come back and share more of our adventures with you!

Couple things, I am no longer a nanny. In fact, I was able to secure my dream job as a photographer and am in the process of setting up my studio just the way I like it. I will update all the fun new props as I get to try them out. As always the littles will be helping me out with that. When I have a bit more time on my hands I will be creating some new content for all you patient readers.

I have recently partnered with Buzzoole and FabFitFun so I will also be adding to my reviews page and posting an unboxing so my awesome readers will actually get to see me!

Very exciting things coming our way this year and I am so excited that you all get to be part of it. 

Feel free to checkout my Facebook page and drop a like or comment. 

Without further ado here are my babies. Yes, I know, they are so big!

Lazy Sundays

 

Some times Sundays are the tiny vacation we all need. After all the moving and cleaning, packing and unpacking day after day we needed a break.
We spent Valentines Day cleaning out the old house and getting it ready to be shown and followed that up with a yummy Roasted Chicken dinner and Tequila shots. As I'm sure you can imagine we had high hopes of putting away the last few pieces of the old house today, however, that doesn't appear to be the case. I'm okay with that. We worked very hard to get here and we have busted our butts making this place look like our home and not the 70's nightmare of wood paneling and textured wallpaper. (I mean we are talking rose colored, matted, shag carpet.) We deserve to sit on our butts and give it a rest.

I feel like there is something cathartic about doing nothing. As Americans we live by our schedules, our phones, our timed coffee makers and constant reminders about this bill and that event and this chore. We all need at least one day we can throw on our giant fuzzy sweaters, grab your warm blanket and have a snuggle. This gives me inspiration. Why not have a vacation day?

Perhaps paint my nails, have a dance party with my daughter, make a fun dinner, something elaborate and yummy. Sadly, it is far too cold to go out today and my husband and I are supposed to go out for dinner but we will see if we get that far today. No worries we have tomorrow night too. Oh we could do a dinner and a movie and maybe introduce a movie from when my husband and I were kids to our little one. Ugh wait, that means I have to clean the kitchen and I really don't think that is going to happen. (I didn't do the dishes for one day and it looks like I hosted a mess hall dinner.) So I guess I will have to wait for my husband to get it together. Ah yes, all the pressing matters of the day. To paint my toenails or to make dinner?

These are wonderful days and ones that I am thankful for. The cold wind is blowing outside making the fine snow blow up and down the road. We are curled up nice and warm on the couch. I have my coffee and my laptop while my daughter dances around the living room to a song, I assume, only she can hear. This is bliss and days like today can really put in connection with your own family and give a real feeling of stability, you feel grounded and it is a wonderful feeling.

Feel free to let us know how you like to spend your Sundays but commenting and sharing away. Thank you for reading as always!

Never Plan For A Plan To Work

I learned very quickly in life that if you plan something out then it rarely works out that way. Parenting is exactly the same. Ladies, I can assure you....

You kid is going to flip out for no reason in the middle of a grocery store.

Your dishes will never be done. (This goes likewise for laundry.)

That Zumba class is going to drop in attendance. 

You will count the minutes until its bedtime, meal time, TV time, nap time. (anything that will give you ten minutes to yourself and chances are you will look at that sink and think. "Meh, that will still be there in the morning."

And that is all okay.

I read a blog recently that just made me laugh. When becoming a parent or just a stay at home parent tends to be more than we expect. My advice. from a SAHM for the last, almost, two years is to take a deep breath and just say..... "Fuck it!"

This post is coming from my dedication to get my toddler to keep sleeping through the night and she was up at 5:30 this morning. Which isn't all that bad since I am usually up at that time anyways but today is my day off and that's not fair. (I know, I'm pouting but I'm tired.)

So expect the unexpected and perhaps pick up some meditation tips and a bottle of wine because we got at least 18 years to go. It's a good thing they are cute.

If you want to read the post that cracked me up check out the link below and don't forget to leave your comments, advice or just your sympathies.

Recently I've Become A SAHM - The Opinionated E