Welcome, friends!

This is my first attempt at blogging. I hear it is all the rave! As a mom, I just thought that I would share some of my thoughts, fears, experiences, joys, tears, laughter, stories, etc. You get the gist....Thank you for taking the time to read and I hope to hear back from you. This is meant to be a constructive, hopefully, funny, page that let's us moms forgive ourselves, give ourselves a break, and hopefully some support! Happy reading!

Tuesday, June 28, 2011

How can you prepare for life's...

......hand outs that you were just not prepared to deal with? It is with a heavy heart that I am going to talk about the loss of an amazing person today. My friend, Kristin George Porter, is now at rest after a short battle with cancer. No battle is short, it is all relative. She only found out last April, 2010. She had been treated and was doing well....I only found out in December of 2010. She started not to feel well again at the beginning of 2011. She was being treated, however, things did not seem to be working....she had an amazing 40th birthday celebration...her husband surprised her with a trip of a lifetime. Then, there was a tumor found on her brain which was removed on Friday, June 24, 2011. Success....however, the cancer of the liver was too much for her body to bear. She lost her battle today, Tuesday, June 28, 2011. She made a trip out to CA earlier this year to visit family, I asked her if she could visit again. She emailed me when she got back and said that she was very much needing to rest....her body was very tired. But promised next time......next time......next time......there is no next time. I held on to that and had so much hope that she was going to win the battle....she did not. Now, her beautiful soul is in heaven....we are all just shells, and our souls live on forever....until next time, Kristin....I love you, and hope that Brian, Elise and Gardner will be at peace now that you are not suffering. Thank you for being in my life, it is that much richer for it.

Saturday, June 25, 2011

Girlfriends....

....really GET you.....I am SO thankful that I have the most amazing friends! About a year and a half ago, I thought that I would put together a monthly event where women would get together, talk, eat, drink and be merry SANS hubby and kids. We call it "GNI" aka Girls' Night In. The idea is that we don't spend a lot of money, we all get to know each other, we all talk about kids, hubby, life, jobs, what-have-you, and get to have some time to ourselves. As a matter of fact, last night was the June GNI, and one of my friends said that this was just about the only time she gets out. For a lot of moms, it is true. I have to say, that last night, I had the most amazing discussion with a dear friend of mine....such a great conversation that I now have a girl crush (lol), she is just an amazing soul....she has a heart of gold, she has an amazing drive for life, and her family, and her friends, I just love her. This is a thank you to her for being just what I needed last night because I almost didn't go....so glad that I did. She nailed it....she is the one that turned it into a great time for me. All of the women who go are amazing! Each time, it is a little bit of a different group, which makes it so much fun. Thank you ladies for participating and making a little something to look forward to each month! I am so thankful for my girlfriends!!!! ;)

Wednesday, June 1, 2011

When you have pulled out....

....all of the stops, what now? My daughter who is 5 1/2 years old, has been having nightmares. My husband and I were at a concert on Sunday night, and I received a text from the babysitter that she was having nightmares. I texted back to let her sleep in my bed, by the time we texted back and forth, she was sound asleep in the living room next to the sitter on the couch with all of the lights on in the house. So, the next night, she wanted to fall asleep with the lights on in her room, we let her. The next night, the same, and we let her. Tonight, she came into the living room where hubster and I were finishing dinner, and announced that she must sleep between us. We told her no, and that she needed to go back to bed but she was not having it. I told her that she could push the "magic button" that puts a "magic protective bubble" around the house....then I thought, what is going to be the button? So, I went into my night stand and found an OOOOLLLLDDDDD massager that I use to use with the hubster pre-marriage, pre-kids...of course the batteries were dead....I brought it into her, and let her push the button. I tried taking her to bed, and telling her all about the birthday parties coming up, the beach days coming up, the friends over coming up, and she only had questions about how to get through the bubble, and does the bubble know us, and does the bubble let in police guys, and does the bubble let in our friends, etc.....she will not go to sleep...now hubster is in there...wish us luck....this is a new one for us. Our 8 1/2 year old son never did this one...