Anxiety Filled Energy..

What’s a girl to do when she is riddled with anxiety?

There was a time when my anxiety would encompass me to the point that medication would be required. Once I realized that I didn’t like who I was on my meds I quickly tried to find something else to help with my anxiety.

So, what better to do than to channel all that anxious energy into projects!

I have a full week ahead of me that is pretty empty right now. Instead of doing nothing I’m going to be trying to fill each day with a project of some type. Now, don’t get confused, I’m not going to be doing a different project each day but instead of chosen 3 projects to complete this week. All of them involve my kids’ rooms which are in dire need of some organization.

I want to invite you to come along!

I’ll be blogging each day about my projects. I might not get them all done before the week ends but I’m going to give it hell!

If you want to do some organizing in your kids’ rooms then maybe some of my projects will float your boat. If you are on Pinterest I’ve created my Kill the Anxiety Week Board. Check out the projects and join me in some paint filled fun. :)

kill the anxiety week

I’m spending today making my shopping list and scouring CraigsList for an old dresser to use.. See you next week!! :)

Top 10: Things I love to hear my daughter say

st jude trike a thonWhile looking at my homepage today I noticed that lately all my posts have been a little impersonal.

I always try to add a story to my reviews to make them more personal, but publishing a gift guide is hard work and sometimes it’s hard to remember to write about other stuff as well.

So, today I bring you the Top 10 Thing I love to hear my 4 year old daughter say.

10. “Mommy, I can wipe my own bottom.” – Not something to be taken for granted people.

9. “Mommy, time to wake up. We brought you your breakfast.” – Happens almost every Saturday. :)

8. “Mommy, can I help you do the dishes?” – If only she will still think this way as a teen.

7. “Mommy, can I help (insert chore here)” – Really, any sentence that starts out like that is awesome.

6. “MOOOMMMMMMMMYYYYYYYY!!!!” – Heard every day when I pick her up from school.

5. “Mommy let’s DANCE!” – The girl loves to move and I’ve been known to shake what my mama gave me.

4. “Mommy! Watch me!” – Granted this can get tiresome at times but I still love it.

3. “Mommy, when can just you and me go do something?” – I love that she wants to spend time with me, just the two of us.

2. “Mommy, can we cuddle?” – I dare you to say no when this happens to you.

1. “Mommy, I love you.” – When this comes out of the blue it doesn’t matter the day I’m having, it’s always brighter.

Learning to be a mom

My kids are 4, 6, 19, and 20. No, the older two didn’t enter this world from me, but they have still helped me learn what it means to be a mom. Quite possibly it is what they taught me about being a mother that has impacted me the most.

love

credit: Ashley Rose on flickr

It’s easy to love children that you give birth to, it’s a completely different story when it comes to sharing children with another mother.

In a way, my older girls and I grew up together. There are only 12 years between my oldest and I. When we began our journey together we were both in that phase of our lives when it was all about us. Sure, we got along, but I didn’t realize the relationship I had with their dad wasn’t all about me. I know there were many times when I put my husband in the awkward position of choosing between them and me. I was an immature 22 year old and wish now I could turn back time and change my behavior.
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A little girl and a goal

st jude trike a thonMy daughter’s preschool class, (the whole school actually,) participated in a Trike-A-Thon last week to raise money for St. Jude’s Children Research Hospital.

When we initially got the paperwork she was so excited because it meant she was going to be able to ride her bike at school. I told her it was also cool because she gets the chance to raise money for sick kids.

st. jude trike a thonThis prompted a huge discussion about who the kids were, why they were sick, and why didn’t their mommy just give them medicine. I explained to her that sometimes kids get so sick that their mommy’s and daddy’s have to take them to the doctor to get help and that sometimes the doctors can’t make them better and they go to heaven. But they try very hard to come up with medicine that helps the kids and that’s what her school was raising money for.

My daughter got very quiet after that. We went about reading the paperwork and I told her she needed to come up with a goal of how much money she hoped to raise. Her reply was “$50.’Cuz with $50 they will be able to make all the kids better..” I did tell her that that wasn’t going to happen but every bit does help.
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