We Are Family

Sometimes I resent listening to people proudly sharing their heritage. “I’m Irish and my family is from the village of so and so” or “My family is from this country in Africa and we can trace our history back to my great-great-great-great-great grandmother.” Growing up I didn’t know much about my family’s history, my grandmother was very tight lipped and the information that she…

Throwing Stones

Source: justwanttobehealthyandfit.tumblr.com via Rachée on Pinterest The first step, the first day, first time, first anything is always the hardest. It’s especially hard when that first thing is public (totes my decision to put it out there but it’s still hard!) and is a second, third, twelfth attempt at a new thing. This is why I decided to keep mum…

Movie Monday: Just Keep Swimming!

The first movie that The Bee, The Dad and I all went to see together was Finding Nemo. For reasons that escape me now, The Bee and I would always steal away afternoons when I was not working and see a movie. I think I was just looking for a way to get out of the house, she was young…

Hopping along

I signed up for a few blog hops and wanted to give y’all the deets! First there is the Say Hi Sunday hop sponsored by Carrie with Children. I dunno why her button will not work for me so I linked up her blog button. Meet me Monday (yes; it’s Sunday) sponsored by Jessica from Inspiring You to $ave and Stacey from…

#SOCS: Chill Baby Baby, Chill Baby Baby, Chill!

I just looked at my calendar and realized that I am working at one job (not including role as Mom) or another for the next three weeks. This is so not cool! Just thinking about is stressing me as I think about the things that will not get done at home, work or wherever. Relatively speaking my jobs are easy…