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Excitement....chaos....remorse oh my!

Hmmm...where to begin.  It all began last week, four days ago to be exact.  It was a complete spur of the moment decision. During my blog travels to find some new blogger friends I stumbled onto a blog named Finding Hope. YES, YES, YES!!  I immediately connected with the author. We seemed to have a lot in common.  Would this truly be where I found my hope?



Things have been crazy here lately. Companies closing down, other companies on the downturn, my husband going back to school full time, wilder than normal kids and no time for really anything other than the day to day.  I felt as if I was drowning. It's up to me to keep this family running during this next year and I'm feeling more than overwhelmed (can we say triple overwhelmed?!) about what I need to do. I wanted to do something I wanted to do instead off always what I must do. Not necessarily in a selfish way but I needed some quiet time alone with Him. I've known for a while. This is my chance to rekindle.

The most current post on this blog was about an upcoming bible study about the Proverbs 31 woman through Good Morning Girls. A woman I so desperately would love to be but is it at all possible? I decided in all about 15 seconds that I was going to do this. I email the author of the blog to join the group.  A three month, five day a week study about this 'perfect' woman.  Two to three verses per day - how hard can that be? I can surely find 5-10 minutes of quiet time to myself to study and meditate on these verses so I can be an integral part of this group.

I'm all set...printed my study guide, printed the e-book, joined the Facebook discussion group.  I am ready to go.
 




Day one. Monday May 14th. I struggled with finding my quiet time. I really wanted to get up early so I could grab an iced coffee and enjoy this quiet time. I set my alarm and of course the children that never get up early get up 10 minutes before my alarm is due to go off. Failure. Fast forward through the day. I find my 15 minutes at the very end of the day. 11:45pm. I'm wondering what I've gotten myself into. Was this a mistake? Was this not the right time? Everyone else in the group seems so put together. Great...now I'm intimidated but determined.

Day two. Same story. I'm now wondering if day three will pick up. I'll be sure to let you know!

Overwhelmed? Disorganized?

Does your to-do list look a lot like this? Is the feeling overwhelming that crossing off one chore causes three more to find their way on the list? Do you need to get organized or reorganized?













Finally!!! I pulled out my new binder! I found these at Target about 4 months ago. I think they were 60% off at the time. They are just gorgeous. So lately I've been so busy I can't seem to keep track of what I have going on or what I need to do. Today I woke up with determination to get re-organized!



















Dividers that are colorful and coordinated!




It begins here. Ten sections. One for the to-do list, one for my current bible study, one for my blog info etc. etc. etc.

Mozaik Monday!

On my porch this morning was my new BzzAgent package full of Mozaik party supplies!  This picture doesn't do these justice. The 'realness' of how these look is astounding. Can you believe these are plastic? They look like real china and real utensils.  I can't wait to plan a party to try these out.  I am amazed so far without opening the packages. I hope to be even more impressed when I try them out. 
 

Attention all mommies!

A gift to all my mommy friends!

I hope you have a fabulous Mother's Day. Remember to find time to yourself! I'd love to hear about your 'me' time!

 

 

 

 

 

~If you'd like copies of any photos without words please let me know. I took all these photos myself and am happy to share them.

Creating something new!

So my oldest had questioned why the cloud dough couldn't be any other than color than off-white. What a great question. I hadn't thought anything about it until he mentioned it.

We gave it a try! Why not right?!? At first it didn't go as planned. He wanted to add food coloring. So we did. It didn't do anything to the cloud dough we already had.

So we added the food coloring to the baby oil and started over with fresh flour. That did work! We made several different colors but of course they got all mixed together which made it one dull brownish color. Overall the boys had fun doing something they thought of themselves.

I always try to encourage any hypothesis and problem solving!!

 

Fantastic Friday!

It's time for the first installment of 'Fantastic Friday' where I'll clue you in about another great contest, giveaway or freebie. TGIFF!

This an amazing offer! Any blogger would love to win this.

Enter to win a blog makeover at the 'A Complete Waste of Makeup' below.