After Halloween passes I feel like tomorrow will be Christmas Day. The next few weeks will fly by as we get ready for the Holidays. I’m still looking at my planner like when did all of these pages get used because this year owed us nothing and kept it moving.
This weekend the kids were extra giddy about Halloween. This was the first year I didn’t have to do any of the Trick or Treating. They both were with their friends and unfortunately I wasn’t able to get photos of them together in their costumes like last year
Friday night, I slid out to Bahama Breeze for some eats with my inlaws to celebrate my SIL’s birthday. I didn’t get home until 2a, then was back up and at it early Saturday. I spent a large part of the weekend in my car.
Quietly, as my children get older I think I should get a proper chauffeur uniform because a large part of my life is spent driving them to and fro. I complain but it’s all good, soon they’ll be asking for the keys.
We had a great weekend. Want to see it live and in living color? Click play below!
November 2010, just three months into building and making this virtual space a home I decided to crack my knuckles, wriggle my typing fingers and stand proudly at the starting line of NaBloPoMo also known as National Blog Posting Month. For those not familiar, the month of November is a time for bloggers to join in the challenge, make new friends and blog about whatever they want EVERY.DAY, as in weekends included throughout the month of November. Succeed and you win prizes.
Writing challenges exist throughout the year but only in November are there no prompts to follow. Prompts are there in the event someone wants to use them but generally it is a free for all when it comes to generating content. The goal of this challenge is to really stretch bloggers and writers to make time to put out great content, and push through. In an effort to be successful at this I have planned nothing but I think I got it this year.
I go through a revolving door of emotions when it comes to blogging. There are times when I miss the uncrowded space that was full of genuine blogging and intent. I also stand behind my bloggers that only put out sponsored content because you know families and homes need money to thrive. Then I feel the need to continue to just be me in this space with minimal sponsored content and fill this space with more of what interests me and stay away from what has become mainstream blogging.
Hopefully over the next month, I’ll find a way to really continue to let this space be what it was intended to be while generating a few coins, making new friends, and forcing myself to pick up my camera and write from the heart about my life over the next month.
Sound easy enough? Is not. I have put my best intentions forward with this every year since 2010 and I think I have completed it just one time or never.
Blogging if done right will build communities. One of my communities, the Fab Top Five has decided we are going to keep each other encouraged, so I will be encouraging you to go take a peek at what they are posting for the month as well!
Here’s to 2015 and success?I can’t remember which year I finished, or if I ever did but if you want to go take a peek here is Novermber: 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014
This weekend was one for the books and I am beat. Started off with the intention to vlog the weekend and well see what had happened was.
Family fun was all the way on deck this past weekend and we made some amazing memories, shared a few laughs and just had an overall good time with friends.
Cause I am THAT room mom, Friday I got a head start on finishing up my daughter’s class goodie bags, then left the cap to the chalk marker off and it dried up. Know what that means? I ended up spending my Friday evening at Target because you know, new chalk marker, and notepad, and some clearance kitchen towels and some…..
Saturday’s festivities kicked off with a 9a soccer game. My son had a baseball game immediately after at 11a. Due to miscommunication and a last minute time change the other team didn’t get the memo and had to forfeit the game. We decided to play a fun game of parents vs. kids since we were already at the field.
Oh, but Unlikely Martha did get a hit in. If you want to see me in action click play
Then it was a short stop back at home to pack up a few items that we would need for a bonfire that we attended after Addi’s 3p soccer game. Following the soccer game we headed up to Cagle Family Farm in Canton, GA which is about 1.5 hours from my house.
They were both back there resting up. I mean at this point I think we all were exhausted but no sleep for the weary
We made it to the farm right at 6. The children played and ran around for about an hour before we boarded our hayride to the bonfire.
Our bonfire experience consisted of 8 adults and in total I think close to 15 children. We roasted hotdogs and s’mores and someone in the party had the genius idea to bring glow sticks for the children. Once it got dark we put the glow necklaces on the children and let them run and play while the adults sat around and shot the breeze and did a little sipping.
We packed up and started our trek home around 11p and got home a little after midnight.
Sunday, I headed out to church and lunch with my linesisters to kick off our anniversary week.
Earlier in the week I promised Addi that I would press her hair and you already know how that is when you tell a child you are going to do something. After getting home from lunch I literally took my shoes off and went in on her hair. I hadn’t pressed it in about a year and a half and it will be a long time before I do it again so I clipped her ends.
To be totally honest, I’ve been having a hard time getting back in the swing of things and catching up since I was sick. I know I keep mentioning being sick but you know when Mama goes down, heaven help us all. The house is still a wreck, I’m still playing catch up instead of being on top of everything which is where I would prefer to be, but with so many obligations and just needing to take down time when I feel tired things haven’t gotten back on track as of yet but this week for sure.
Our weekends have been full of baseball and soccer games, baking, DIY projects and I got a new haircut.
My new hair was so needed. With a ton of responsibilities and active children, the last thing I want to do is be bothered with my hair. With the length it was so easy for me to just throw in a bun for weeks at a time and I was just over here looking a mess. So 7 inches at my longest layer and 10 at the shortest, I now have a little bob that I don’t have to do much with but give it a little fluff in the morning and go. Kind of excited to see what it will look like as a wash and go now that all of my dead and straight damaged ends are gone. I’ll keep y’all updated on that.
Other than that, we’ve been doing what families do, arguing, living, loving, and maintaining.
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