The holiday season is upon us and some may have forgotten our manners so to speak, many people buzzing by you at the grocery store, others just racing to be first for the best deal ever. Why is it during what is suppose to the most “wonderful time of year” that everyone turns mean, rude and dare I say a bit crazy? I get that the holiday season brings on added stress to some, while others are mourning the loss of family members they won’t see seated at the table this year. It can be a gloomy time for others, even if you have learned to keep up the holiday cheer. I personally try to live with holiday cheer all year round and even though I consider that to be …
Month: December 2012's Archives
The Inspiration Behind Blogging For Me Personally
This post is brought to you by Zemanta. Zemanta is a social blogging plug-in suggesting related posts, images and tags to spice up your blogging. Get it at Zemanta.com. I was asked the question, what inspires you to blog? My answer came to my mind as quick as quick can be; who I was and who I am now is what inspires me to blog. My readers, those who interact with me online saying how much I inspire them to keep moving forward with weight loss goals, life goals and so much more. I am an inspiration to some, an amusement to others and just plain crazy to a few, knowing that I am reaching people who care is what inspires me to keep blogging. My children inspire me daily …
Totally Self Disciplined and Focused and Dare I Say Crazy?
I would love to know who I should thank in my family for my self disciplined personality and driven to succeed attitude? Maybe that is all me. Maybe I am a self taught awesome work from home woman, but I think some has to be credited to my parents as well as grandparents and aunt for pushing me to be who I can be. All I can be. I was the first born and a lot of responsibility was placed on my shoulders. My Dad is pretty laid back but always used to refer to me as the responsible child. For instance, back in my younger years when I felt my parents just didn’t get me or mostly my Mom didn’t get me, I ran away. I drank alcohol and …
Living in my Shoes with Three Kiddos
I much prefer living my life with an open mind, sense of humor and ability to laugh at the most frustrating situations. For instance, when my kids received a product in the mail and the youngest decided it would be really cool to hide the toy? And later on that evening the oldest finally found said toy that we had looked for ALL damn day … in the freezer? Did I get upset? Did I cry? Did I yell? Nope …. my oldest and I laughed so hard we couldn’t stop. Earlier on that same day when I had to pick up one child each every hour, did I freak out because I was going to be using up tons of gas? Did I get upset because I had to …
