Northern Momma
@Electradaddy

Thanks ;) He is already in his preteen mode…emotional roller-coaster…I thought girls were bad but apparently boys are very similar and that child hears everything and stores it for just the right moment to pounce!  

@Plastic-version-of-understanding

Sleep what is sleep ;) …I am a huge night owl my best work gets done after the boys are in bed.  Plus busy helps me pass the time and stay positive when my husband has to travel.  If I don’t keep busy enough I get sad and depressed…I don’t like that version of me so I go for busy and optimistic ;) It works.  

Transitions…

Things are changing in our house yet again.  I am in the last of two semesters for my BA in U.S. History and I am trying to decided if I want a masters in education because I enjoy teaching or if I want a masters in Museum education because it would be teaching on a whole different level as well as creating programs and working with different people everyday.  So in order to figure this out I have started the process of applying to be a substitute teacher to see how I like being in a classroom …granted it would not really be the same class day after day but it could be close ;)

My oldest is starting Junior High in the fall…I keep wondering when he became old enough…when did I blink?  My youngest is moving to the bigger school and things are changing for him as well.  My husband will be on the other side of the country for 5+ months…home as often as he can but still away most of the end of this year.  I figure a job would keep me busy but being in the schools and having flexibility would allow me to still be and do things with my children…or my younger one anyway…not sure how much the older one will want me hanging around the Junior high ;) 

In December I will graduate and have to make more choices….next summer we will be moving again…and we will all be starting over…the kids will go to new schools and make new friends, my husband was selected for his latest promotion which is VERY exciting and makes me very proud…I never really doubted him. He was nervous but I knew he would be okay.  

So many changes and transitions in the next year it is scary and exciting all at once.

 “Parents can only give good advice or put them on the right paths, but the final forming of a person’s character lies in their own hands.” 

― Anne Frank

craftjunkie:

Pillow Case Bed {Inspiration}
Sew 5 pillow cases together and put the pillows in when you need to use it.
Found at: gltc


Love this idea!

craftjunkie:

Pillow Case Bed {Inspiration}

Sew 5 pillow cases together and put the pillows in when you need to use it.

Found at: gltc

Love this idea!

my-soulwhispers-memories:

1. But you eat!

Of course they do. They have to or they would die, very quickly. It doesn’t matter if you saw your friend eating a chocolate bar two weeks ago, or they eat something at lunch every day: they can still have a serious problem. They might calorie…

A weekend and a Date!

One more night and I get my husband back for a weekend and a Date!  I felt bad a first but then after talking with a few friends decided even though my husband is only home for the weekend we deserve some time too…so I have a sitter, made reservations at a fancy restaurant we have never been to together (I went there on a girls night) and we are going a bit later in the evening so I feel less like (not at all like) I am short changing my boys of time with their Dad.  Then Tuesday he is off to San Diego for the rest of the week and home again next weekend for almost a month….but he will be on vacation when he gets back and the kids will be in school!!!!! :)

storagegeek:

When you haven’t a yarn bowl, a tea pot will do in a pinch!

Love it!!

storagegeek:

When you haven’t a yarn bowl, a tea pot will do in a pinch!

Love it!!