Friday, July 8, 2016

High Five for Friday!

This week has flown by and I don't ever know where the time goes.

{One}

This was our first Fourth of July in our new house. It was really low key. We spent the afternoon at the beach, grilled out, and then the Mister and I dozed off on the couch for a nice little nap. He took his kids to the fireworks, while I hung back with Bean. It was nice to have a couple hours of one on one time with my oldest. 

{Two}

This is the boys last week of baseball. I am so excited to have Bubbi home for the weekend so he is able to participate in the tournament. It is going to be a great weekend! 

{Three}

I have been hardcore lusting after the Rebecca Minkoff Julian Backpack, but I just don't love the price. It's pretty spendy! I have it sitting in my wishlist on Nordstrom while I wait to see if the price lowers next week during their sale. However, last night I stumbled across this bag on the Kohl's website for waaaay less than the Rebecca Minkoff one, so I ordered it. I cannot wait to get it!

Apt. 9 Cora 

{Four}

I have the itch to start purging stuff from our house. This happens a handful of times a year, but with six of us things add up quick! Today Bean and I went through her clothes and all of our shoes. It feels great to gather things together that we are no longer using so we can donate them. Now, I just need to get the Mister to sit down for 30 minutes so we can go through this things. He's the only whose things haven't been gone through yet. I'm coming for him! ha


{Five}

There has been so much ugliness in the world this past week and my social media accounts have all been flooded with so much anger and negativity. I do not know want to dwell on the negativity, but I do want to say that Hate breeds hate, let's spread love and peace! 

Have a great weekend y'al! 

Until Next Time, 

xoxo 

Thursday, July 7, 2016

My current status

Well there are a lot of thoughts bouncing around inside my head today, but none that I am able to articulate at this time. I am feeling overwhelmed, so today I am going to keep it light. 

Reading "In Her Shoes" by Jennifer Weiner

Anticipating the arrival of my Sephora order. I cannot wait to try the Boscia Charcoal mask.

Buying ...nothing right at the moment, but I will be taking Bean clothes shopping tomorrow.

Praying for peace and serenity.

Listening to my dishwasher

Watching The Closer. I love this show!

Devouring Cherry Limeade Sparking Ice water. Super delicious!

Loving my family.

Hating the lack of communication that's going on with the people in my life.

Wanting it to be tomorrow because Bubbi is coming back from his dad's for his baseball tournament. I cannot wait to see my little man!

Hoping to do well in my Grad School admissions interview on Monday.

Feeling not so great about myself.

Wishing for a great, stress free weekend!

Until Next Time,

xoxo

Saturday, July 2, 2016

The first step back...

My poor little neglected blog. I have so many things I could write to fill up all of these white boxes and grow my blog but, alas, I have been incredibly lazy. I guess it was easier for me to upkeep my old blog when I worked full time, as I would write whenever I had some down time at work. Since making the decision to be a stay at home mom, I just can't find the motivation to make this a priority. However, I really want to return to writing my blog. I need to be authentic in my writing, so I am just going to write about whatever I want and not worry about what blogger niche I fit into. I want to be able to look back at my blogs when I am older and reminisce about the "good ol days".

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What's been going on lately...

I am back in school working on my certification to be an Addiction Counselor. 

I have been working really hard in the certificate program. I received a 4.0 and just received a letter notifying me that I have made the Dean's List! I am really proud of all my hardwork. 

I have applied to graduate school and am waiting to hear whether or not I will be offered an interview. I am hopeful that I get an interview. I was not accepted back into my old Masters program and I was pretty butthurt about that. So I am definitely not getting my hopes up this time. 

The kids have finished their first year at their new schools. We are officially parents to 8th, 7th, and 5th graders. Seriously?! Where has the time gone? One more year and we will be parents of a high schooler and all middle schoolers. Yikes! 

Ball season is slowly winding to an end. This makes me sad. I love watching the herd play softball and baseball.

Once ball season is over, my Mister's half of the herd will be heading to spend some time with their mother. This is always so bittersweet for me. I hate that they have to go because they are my kids too and I love them and miss them so much when they're gone. However, I am happy for them that they get to spend time with their mom and family.

Bubs left 3 weeks ago to spend the summer with his dad. I miss him SO MUCH! I am supposed to get him back next weekend so he can play in the end of the season tournament. I cannot wait to see him. Bean's dad lives in the same state as we do, so she doesn't leave for weeks at a time anymore...or at least not as long as we are all living in the same state. 

Speaking of the same state, the Mister will be promoting soon and reenlisting indefinitely so there are more moves in our future. I think I want to write a post about this in the future, as I'm having a tough time adjusting here (as it is my home) when I know that it's not permanent. I'm also getting antsy to move already. Heaven help me! I really need to just enjoy the time we have at this location. 

My brother is having another baby this summer. I cannot wait to find out if Baby K is a boy or a girl and I cannot wait to meet them! 

Half Pint is back from Kuwait for the summer. I love having her here, spending time with her, and hearing all about her adventures. I hope that one day I will get to go on at least one vacation with her! 

I've made it a habit to go back to church and have been attending weekly for a couple of months now. I just love carving out that one hour a week for my relationship with God. Tonight's service was great and I felt the Holy Spirit move me. 

Date night with the Mister happened tonight and it was great! We had dinner and then bought some tennis rackets so we can hit some balls this summer. 

It has gotten really late, so I need to sleep. I WILL be back! 

Until Next Time, 

xoxo