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15 (of 50!) Ways To Be Happier & Healthier

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Someone shared this article on the wonderful world of Facebook the other day and I really think it made some valuable points on, well, how we choose to spend our time in this thing called life. However, being a busy mama of three little people the FIFTY ways the author lists to "be happier and healthier" seems rather daunting to say the least.   So, after reading through the article in its fullness I went back through and marked off the ones that resonated with me. And I discovered that about 1/3 of the items on the list seemed doable to attain too in my current season of life. Call it almost being 30 or the *weight* of having children I want to leave a legacy for, but if you haven't read the article you should. In the meantime here are MY 15 takeaways and thoughts on the authors points... Reduce caffeine--> Okay, the author actually says eliminate . um yeah, right, I am a MOM. Now, I don't think caffeine is bad. I really love espresso an
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Technically, our 3rd PCS

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Y'all we made it.  We packed up our roots of 6 years.  We moved 700 miles.  We unpacked.  We organized.  We re-organized.  We re-re-organized. (All before Christmas. Yeah, moving at the holidays....................ummmm, please never again!) I've wanted to write this post many times, but it has honestly been such a whirlwind and time has evaded me to actually sit down and write. But my itching to write has kept at me so much that I even noticed AND applied to volunteer-blog for a local mommy blog...and they accepted my little humble application! Woot Woot! I chat with those ladies on Tuesday, so we'll see what that's all gonna be about soon. My biggest hope is that it helps give me an excuse to keep at my writing. I know I've got a little knack for it, but mommy-hood of the little years is demanding ! In the meantime let me catch you up on my reality of PCS'ing. PCS stands for PERMANENT CHANGE OF STATION. haha. yeah. permane
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Kindergarten/1st Academic Goals 2016-2017

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BASIC ACADEMIC GOALS: 2016-2017  
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My Home Schooling Method: 6 Years Old

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I was home schooled through 8th grade. But I never once purposed in my heart that I would actually be a homeschooling mama myself. (so I'll put it out there right now, do YOU think I'm unsocialized and weird??? ;) ) Then, in simplest terms: enter stage left our own children AND enter stage right the drastic changes to our school systems........I am homeschooling ;)
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Grateful

So the hubs made it home just in time for Thanksgiving this year...like 9pm the night before. Other than missing it once altogether that's the closest he's ever cut it, in 7 years. I am grateful. We spent the holiday with our good good good friends. That tradition was started by us crashing their family thanksgiving with 6 extra people....practically on the spur. We've since learned to at least let them know how many extra people we will bring to Thanksgiving dinner (ahead of time) AND actually cook some food for them ;) With family too far away and friends that are practically family, Friends-giving has become our tradition and I love it. I am grateful. On the flip side of holiday fun, while the hubs passed his extra jumping out of planes schooling he kind of hurt his ankle.  So, that threw a wrench in his other hopeful schooling plans before we move. However, because of that "snaffoo", almost quite literally, when we move HE'LL STAY WITH US. Instead of
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Dawn

A big month is wrapping itself up in my current season of life. It's been....The first month the hubs has been away in about 7 months...so it's probably only the second time I've juggled all three kids (and myself) solo. And, it's going to be the last full month we will be living in our hometown of 6.5 years.................this is kind of a big deal. Both of these realities have created a "dawn" in myself, so to speak. We have three children ages 6, 2.5, and 16 months. We home school, well, I home school.  And dad's been jumping out of planes at about 15,000 feet this month. Totally normal. Totally dangerous. The first week the hubs was gone this time was a panicky exhausting almost tear jerking blur. Just feeding and bathing everyone everyday was enough to keep me COMPLETELY occupied. I really just wanted someone to come unload my dishwasher every night. THAT would have made my day...okay probably MONTH. The kids also got sick after that first
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Pace Yourself

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On this beautiful fall Monday morning after DST I want to encourage you to pace yourself . Last year at this time I could barely WALK or pick up my babies without wincing in pain after I would go for a "run". You know, just.... A "run" to help lose some baby weight. A "run" to clear my mind. A "run" for a busy mama of 3 littles needing a moment. I was a swimmer in high school and a cyclist in college who morphed into a triathlete. And then babies happened, so I turned to running because it was an efficient way to exercise and with a jogger I could do it with my babies if needed. But after my third pregnancy I didn't & wasn't recovering properly. (It was probably because I ran my first Marathon when I was only 9 months post partum with my second...and already 5 weeks pregnant with my third. Whoops. Yeah, never again. Just reading that makes me wince .) So last year at this time I had to let running go ...and go to
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