If It Works, Why Not?

    Potty training sucks. Plain and simple. It is one of the hardest milestones for both parent and child. Rolling over on their own, pulling themselves up to sit on their own, standing on their own and walking on their own - do you hear the "on their own" in all of those? Well going potty "on their own" is a big fat lie! Eventually it is true but in the beginning it's nothing but a deceitful twist of the truth....especially if you have a child who acts like they plan to graduate college still wearing their diaper. "On their own" doesn't start until the accidents completely stop and even then you still have to remind them to wipe, aim, flush, wash their hands, etc... Between the constant reminders and questioning of "do you need to go potty" every 15 minutes until your questioning is added to the rest of other parental questions and instructions that become nothing more than white noise as it enters your child's ear canal, you find y...

   Summer vacation..... A time that children insist to wake up earlier than they have to during the school year, that all my plants die because I forget to water them for one day, the electric bill and grocery bills increase from the extra people home during the day, the "I'm bored" whines begin and cabin fever sets in because it's too hot to play outside as temps reach 90+ degrees at 7 a.m. The glorious summer time!    During the summer, I change my curriculum around with work as I have to accommodate both preschool and school aged children. The problem with this is that my children have already done a lot of the projects as it's not their first summer with me and I like to use them as guinea pigs before I try a project with the other children to make sure it actually works and is doable. This means that my kids often opt out of participating when we do things.  Already my kids have started the "I'm bored" whining.... What to do? What to do? I t...

So I want to talk about something we hear about A LOT now a days.  Self image.... I don't want to argue about men sexualizing women or visa versa.... I am talking about personal self image.  Being happy with your own shape and size. Everything to weight, fat, height, curves, no curves, scars, hair type, stretch marks, etc... And especially from a female's point of view and especially after having kids.  Growing up I was a stickly skinny petite 94 lbs teen. I lacked curves and was always extremely self conscious about shopping for tops and bathing suits as I barely qualified for a 32AA and extra smalls were often too big... I don't wanna hear the bitching of boohoo's because I had friends just as tiny dealing with DD's+ and I know how many issues they had but in the other direction of things being too small and back aches.  My legs make up over half my height and before they had "long" options, trying to find pants that didn't fall off my ass or look l...

   It's been over a year since I last posted- wow! I am really slacking! Let's get caught up.... A year in review.... I have had martial ups and downs and I was ready to seriously call it quits but I'm glad I didn't.  Things are definitely in the positive now and my husband has been continuously proving himself. It's like we're back to how we were in the beginning. I am definitely loved!      My oldest 2 children have completed another whole school year and I'm proud to say with flying colors. My oldest daughter will be starting 3rd grade and I plan to have her tested for the gifted program at her teacher's insistence. My son lost his Autism diagnosis!  He had his redetermination evaluation and no longer qualifies for the Autism diagnosis or has a need for therapy anymore. Now it's just ADHD and ODD as well as finding out he is a gifted child with what they call "very superior intelligence" with a 142 IQ score... My youngest has blossom...