Trick-or-Treat!

Halloween 2009

We came, we saw, we got candy!

Maryn wanted to be a wicked, rotten witch...

Brynna wanted to be a cute, nice witch...

and Lauryn just wanted a sucker!

(she used her cute, Tinkerbell get-up to score the goods!)

Hope you and your little ghouls had a very Happy Halloween too!

...and I couldn't resist posting a little baby dancing!

My Dirty Baby

I love this little booger.

Yeah, yeah, I know! It's facing the wrong way. Just tip your head a little bit!

Just what I needed...

The kids are asleep and my time is officially my own. I am supposed to be finishing up some things, but got sucked in by the computer instead. Don't you hate it when that happens!? I used to do it all the time and well, I actually kinda like it because it feels normal. I came across this in my skipping through cyberspace and was so grateful for it. In fact it made tears well up in my eyes. We are never alone in this journey of life. Some mounting obstacles others can't even imagine. But no one is exempt from the speed bumps of life. They are meant to be. But we all work it out. Our path, our journey, our learning. It was really, really nice to hear an experience from someone else's life that echos my own. Despite place or circumstance or bumps in our life, when we look at what matters, I think we all will find that we are blessed beyond imagination.

I Agree!

I got this in the mail today and couldn't agree more!!! Now who is going to take care of this for me if I don't?!

Perspective

Man, today was just what I needed. First of all, thanks to my gals who commented after my last post. It is that kind of love and support that has kept me kickin' over the past year. I am so blessed. Last night my amazing in-laws had the girls for a slumber party. Justin was out late last night with basketball games, so we didn't get to see each other or talk most of the day. But when we woke up this morning, the house was quiet. We were able to lay in bed and talk to each other about what was in our heads and in our hearts. Lately we have had differing visions for our future and what we want in terms of career moves. It was killing me... absolutely killing me. But through some miracle of God and I know many prayers that we laid there in bed, looked each other in the eyes and were absolutely, 100% on the same page. Our views had somehow overnight merged into one. I was shocked that suddenly we were expressing the same wants and needing the same things. We laid there and made plans and when I got up, it wasn't with the drudgery of another day. I actually felt a glimmer of some skip in my step, I could see hope rising over the horizon and I was reminded again, for about the 50 millionth time that Heavenly Father loves me and hasn't forgotten about or abandoned me.

Restless

Do you ever get restless? Do you ever feel like if something doesn't change in your life your either going to scream, or vomit, or both? I'm kind of there. I had to write a little poem for some marketing stuff I'm working on at work right now. I had to make myself sit down and channel some creativity and inner thought...it was awesome. I felt like myself. I wish I could just write again. I never realized how good it was for me and my perspective until it was gone. To those I'm close to I've expressed this many, many times.... but I really miss 'me' too. 'Me' has been gone somewhere and I really want to find her again. My life has just become so consumed with busyness and schedules and productivity and guilt about unproductivity and stress and wonder and worry. I want all of that to go away. I want to be able to wake up and not have this nagging sadness in the back of my head about how my life is right now. It is stagnant, it is unfulfilling and it is killing me. I want plans, dang it. I want change. I want me. I want my freakin' old life back. Or just any life other than the gerbil wheel I'm on right now. I just need some change.

Hello? Hellllooooo?!

Oh wait, here I am! I've been absent from blogosphere, but I'm alive, kickin' and have been working on a new little project in my life! Some of you may remember the post I did awhile back about the cute budget/coupon organizer I ordered for my birthday. I was so excited about it, but when I received it I was a little bummed about some quality issues. I thought to myself, "Hmmm, I think I could do this better...." So, I decided to take a lemon and make lemonade and started my own little company called Divvy Organizers. The theory behind it for me goes along with Dave Ramsey's cash-only budget system. But really they can be used for a number of purposes. Whether you are organizing cash, coupons, receipts, bills, photos, recipes or whatever, these little babies are great tool to help you achieve the organization you need on your path to financial success. I've started a Divvy blog where I hope to also feature links for advice on planning your budget and being smart with your money. There is a link from my Divvy blog that will connect you to my Etsy shop, should you find yourself just dying to have one of your own!