As I type this it’s almost 11pm on Friday night. It has been a very, very long week and my husband has fallen asleep next to me a long time ago. I should note that we were watching tv at the time, so he’s still in his jeans and glasses and has to get up and let the dogs out here in a little bit.
So while I’m sitting here reflecting upon the week with another horrible Dateline story playing in the background- I am trying to figure out how I did it- and continue to do it again week after week, day after day.
I do it because I love my family and I want to do what I can to make life easier. But am I really? Am I making life easier? I am afraid to change up our scheduled routine for fear of messing things up. Isn’t that a hindrance in the long run? We’re talking about possibly flipping our lives upside down by moving overseas- to uproot my little boys from what they know and the predictable life that has made them feel safe. Aren’t I setting them up for a disaster?
These are the things that I worry about and run through my brain when I have nothing immediate to address. I have more things that I worry about too. Such as:
I use my iPhone too much. Do normal people need to charge it by 7pm? I think my use is excessive.
I don’t get enough sleep. If I went to bed earlier I might be more well rested in the morning- but then I find that I’m more tired.
I wonder if we go overseas I will be able to find an adapter for my Keurig so that I can continue this tradition of making coffee in my master bathroom. Oh wait. I probably won’t have a master bathroom.
Will I find adapters for the white noise machines that we use in the boys’ rooms, or should I just plan on finding them once we are there. Wherever ‘there’ might be?
How is it that we have every weekend in June already booked up? Is it always going to be like this?
Where is The Heat? It gets so hot here in SC..it seems like we are being taunted right now with the cool air. Normally by May we are already sweating by 8 am.
Should I wake up my husband right now so that he can go deal with the dogs, or do I take care of it for him? He would do it for me. Ok. Well. Guess I need to go do that.
Have a great weekend everyone!
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Brica couldn’t have contacted me at a better time to review their products! We have got some serious travel coming up next month and I am pretty excited that they are sharing their Phone Pod, Deluxe Snack Pod, and goPad Diaper Changer with me so that I can share the news with you.
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Not sure if you’ve seen the news at all- but there are two women currently that are in the hospital due to an awful strain of the flesh eating bacteria.
One of these women is a member of my Upstate Moms of Multiples Club. Her name is Lana and her twins are a little over a week old. She spent a few brief hours with them before she returned to the hospital where she was put on a ventilator and underwent surgery on her legs.
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I’ve been planning and plotting for weeks now on what cool things I can bring to you guys leading up to my Wyoming trip. I have some pretty neat brands to introduce to you- practical, fashionable- and just downright awesome. In the four weeks I’m running this mini-event, I have some terrific giveaways for you also-so stay tuned on Twitter and Facebook. I want to share as much of the fun with y’all as I can- and I wish I could take you with me to The Hideout!
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I am not a parenting-book reader. Not even close! I failed miserably at reading the happy block books because I just couldn’t really focus and get into them. Maybe it was that my kids weren’t ‘there’ yet- or I was just too tired to read, but I can freely admit that I am flying by the seat of my pants most days when it comes to parenting. I have a moms group that I get my advice from- and that’s about it- be it a good or a bad thing.
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On a recent Friday night I left home and drove 3 hours to Charleston, South Carolina. Three delicious hours in a car with no one but myself for company. Ah blissful memories of my youth.
I used to drive all the time. When I was in my late-teens /early twenties I looked for excuses to hit the road for hours upon hours. Something about driving just clears your mind- frees you- and allows you to be in the moment of your thoughts for a while. Alone. The repetitive white and yellow lines zoning you out of what ails- and into what heals. I clearly remember chain smoking and listening to bad pseudo-punk mix tapes on many of my drives and existing in that frozen space. I cherished them. Deep down I knew that someday this precious escape was going to be gone and the idea of ‘just driving’ an impossible impracticality. One thing was for certain- I always, always had an epiphany, an adventure, or a catastrophe on each trip.
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The ‘My Twins’ series of books were written by Paris Morris, a 14-year old author living in the San Francisco Bay Area.
I was recently sent three eBooks to review that star Paris- a lovely and sweet 3 year old girl who is about to welcome twin sisters into her family. How cool is it that the author who wrote them is 14 years old herself?!
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I did a review of S2 Jeans last year. They are so kind and generous to work with- I immediately thought of them when I was looking for a sponsor for Reviewer’s Retreat 12 this June in Charlotte. They were happy to work with me again- and I can’t tell you how thrilled I am to have such an awesome brand behind me (haha! no pun intended). I believe in their company and their mission and will gladly tell whomever will listen all about what they do.
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For about a week now I’ve been chewing on what I wanted to write about with regard to Mother’s Day. I could go the sappy route- or I could try to be funny. I figured that since there are a mere 4 million other mom blogs out there (yes, really- I read that stat this week) you have your choice of finding one or the other.
Instead- I waited for inspiration to find me and it did. I have two people to thank for this.
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