I Shall Return...

I shall return the first full week in April! I've had a few life changing events and need some time to adjust to my new life and I appreciate everyone's comments and visiting the blog!

Life Right Now!

I'm considering leaving the blog. I have a lot going on right now and I'm not getting the chance to post that often. Yet, I'm also doing a lot right now and think it might be good to document on the blog. It's still up in the air.

The Bloggers Book Club is at it again and we're reading ...

I'll have a post tomorrow on which chapters we'll cover. It's a large book and we won't discuss the whole thing.

My house is crazy and total unorganized right now and it's driving me crazy. I've learned over the years that my house is a manifestation of how I feel so it's safe to say that I'm all out of sorts. But I have a strong desire to get everything in order. I'll chew this one in small bites.

I've been cooking at home a lot and it's made me realize that I need to cultivate some new recipes.

Nephew CJ is walking now! My sister sent me a video clip and it brought me to tears. That little man is so cute. He's also saying Amen after his kiddie food prayer but her emphasizes it strangely and says a-Man! It's too cute.

I set a budget for grocery shopping yesterday and took out the cash, made a menu and then a grocery list. I only went over the budget by $1.58! That is a huge accomplishment for me and danced all the way to car with excitement that I did so well.

What's going on in your life right now?

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Life Happens

Through personal and complicated circumstances my niece (my brother's child) has come to live with my husband and I. She moved in on Saturday, so it hasn't been a week yet but we are getting comfortable with each other.

What I've learned since Sunday, January 19, 2013, is that your life changes with each and every breath you take. Before my niece was under my roof I was already overwhelmed and scared out of my mind. I have no children...I have helped raise my nephew, but this child was a stranger to me. I had no point of reference. I didn't know her personality or anything about her. Hell, I didn't even know her birthday but here she was, coming to live in my house and change my husband and I into parents.

I cried and I prayed, more than I've ever prayed before. I've made list and schedules, talked to lawyers, counselors, tutors, and conferred with my mom and sister more than ever. I had to grow from a selfish 33 year old woman into a selfless, nurturing and mothering woman in a manner of days.

Life happens and it makes you grow the hell up!

Back In the Day...Wednesday!

Once upon a time people listened to music on a device called a cassette player. Everyone once in a while your cassette would lose the tape or would turn properly and you'd have to tighten the tape. If you are old enough to even know what a cassette tape is then you'll remember this!

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**But I used the eraser end to turn the dials.