It's been awhile

Hi there!!!
Sorry, I haven't been on for awhile. I seem to have lost myself in this thing so called "Life". I hope you are all doing well!

Well let's see what has been going on here? Cody and I celebrated our 4 year Anniversary On Oct. 6th....woo hoo!!! I have to say it's pretty sad when people say "wow 4 years". It's pretty shocking I guess that people can still make it that far and live under the same roof as one another. I say it's pretty amazing to be married to your best friend and to get to share 4 wonderful years together.

Rowynn will be turning 6 months this Tuesday. Where has the time gone? Getting so big, trying to sit up and I think we're starting to get our first bottom tooth in. Yay!!!

We are going to Memphis soon on a nice family trip! We're looking forward to that. Shall be fun... 11+ hour car ride with a 6 month old. "A teething 6 month old." This shall be an adventure. Anywho...just wanted to say hello.

I made these the other day Yum!!! Campfire cookies

A new Discovery

Hi there friends! I hope you all had a wonderful week! Mine was very, very busy as you can tell because I have not blogged for 9 days. I started dance this past week what an adventure this year will be teaching at night with a now 5 month old. Thank goodness for mom living close to the studio so i don't have to go far for childcare.

My family had some big (family things) going on this week which turned out great! Thank God for his protection and guidance through all that. So that made the week busy and I volunteered at a Rumage sale. Very fun and I ended up getting a lot of clothes for Rowynn so that was nice.

So amongst all the chaos I decided that It was time to take a second and just sit and thank the Lord for all that he has done in our lives and for just being with me this week as I struggled to keep a smile on my face because of the tiredness and lack of energy. I sat there and I realized in those moments of being tired and a tad bit grumpy, that my daughter on the floor playing had found her (toes). Oh in the midst of my (somewhat feeling sorry for myself) I quickly went from frowning to smiling! It made me feel so refreshed to know that even when I think there's nothing to look forward to at that moment, there's something to be discovered all the time. We just need to take a look around and see what the Lord has made and there we will see all the things still left to be discovered!!!

The joys of being tired!!

I threw this picture in because it was one that made my week!! Rowynn's first time using her new gum toothbrush.

You're thinking right now, "did i just read that right?" The joys of being tired?? What is this lady talking about? Well after a couple of long days and a very busy week ahead of me I'm sitting in front of the computer feeling completely and utterly exhausted!!!

The fall cleaning, the evening strolls through the neighborhood, the little one still figuring out her sleep schedule and the preperation for dance to start up again soon and those christmas projects I just dream about doing haven't even been touched, they're staring at me from the corner of my craft room and I try so hard to get the energy to go pick one up and get started on it, but my body is screaming no!!! Just go to bed!!!

Then I find myself laying in bed and thinking about all the wonderful things I saw that day and the moments I got on the floor and played with Rowynn or that 4am wake up feed that morning and that mommy and Rowynn time we had. Then I think about when I tried to lay my head down that day to take a nap and the phone rang or there was a knock on the door or the mountain of laundry I hear from the other room calling my name comes upon me and I think will I ever catch a break?!

So I lay there and think here we go again, I'm going to close my eyes for what seems like two seconds and we're going to start it all over again and I think to myself, Thank you God for another day another evening with the family, another walk with a friend, another kiss from the husband and another moment of snuggle time with Rowynn and I thank you Jesus for another sleepy night for I know that it was a great day when I can lay my head on a pillow and feel completely and utterly exhausted, for I know I'm living life to the fullest!

My armoire project!

I do want to share with you the project I had on my hands this past weekend!

This is my after shot:

This is what the color of the wood looked like before, sorry I don't have the doors on in this picture.

Wow...what a weekend

Well lets just say this weekend has been busy, fun, exciting... did I mention busy?? We are finishing the outside paint job on our house, we're fall cleaning and I finished my hallway armoire. We had a family get together yesterday, more cleaning and errand running today. I feel like I could go on and on.

Do you ever feel like you're just running in circles and you feel good about getting this done or cleaning that and then you turn around and it's almost like you never touched it in the first place? That's what I feel like pretty much everyday. I realized today that I could clean and clean and pick up and at the end of the day looking at what I did really matter? I'm not saying don't clean or pick up your house, but there's only so much before I just want to throw my hands up in the air.

When I truly think about it, I realize that Rowynn is only little for so long and I'm only going to be married for a third year once and I'm only 23 for one year and that God didn't put me here to run in circles. I feel so greatful to be realizing this now, when I tell people I want to be the best wife and mother and daughter to God I can be It's not going to be the cleaning or the picking up or even decorating that I want them to remember me by; it's the Love and the life I have to offer and the hugs and the kisses and the ears for listening and the hands for playing the words that come out of my mouth that brings glory to God. This is what I want my life to be about!! This is what I want to be remembered by.

The air is changing....

Well okay maybe not quite yet, but close enough. I can't wait to start my fall decorating. I love to decorate for fall time and the smells of the pumpkin pie and apple crisp candles. Definitely my favorite time of the year!! Just another reason to love the midwest, the changes of the seasons. Well except that season that comes after fall, we won't mention any names; but that one isn't very much fun. It'll be my first year to haul a little one around in the bitter cold weather. This should be interesting.

So for starters when the weather begins to change, the windows seem to find themselves open a lot and those yummy scented candles I was talking about, burning all day long. Then you have that wonderful Fall cleaning where everything is calling out your name and saying, "me next,me next!!" Well at least in my house they do. The best of all though, the decorating! Bringing out those warm, rich colors into your home. The pumpkins, hay and leaves everywhere and don't forget that new wreath on the door or the new outdoor rug. Yep...fall decorating is what you can call my therapy. Love it!!!

So, wheather you're starting to get in that fall mood or are already there like me, enjoy the seasonal change, it doesn't ever seem to stick around for long.

Blogging is my Outlet

I wanted to share with you some of the reasons why I wanted to start blogging.

Most of you have now read that financially it has been some what of a crunch for us since I started staying home, I decided that I needed to kick it in to gear and find ways to save money. This was no drag for me I have always loved being frugal, getting the most bang for my buck and I love looking at it with the idea of it being a challenge. Bring it on!!!

I remember back in my Senior year of Highschool I would go to garage sales to find home goods for my aptartment that I would someday have. I went shopping with my girls and as they were in the clothes dept. looking at all the newest trends I was in the house dept. looking for a good buy. They never said anything, but I'm sure they thought I had been dropped on my head as a baby. I was not your normal teen.

When Cody and I got married in 07' I moved into his aptartment I didn't want to completely take his place over right away with all my Home decor finds, so I decided to wait awhile.... and 3 hours later I started the decorating!

From garage sales to diy projects I'll do anything to save money. I started cutting coupons watching the adds and then heard from a friend about Money Saving Mom and other websites to help you save money and then came the Blogs!!! Let's just say I got hooked. There's everything and more on blogs. People are so creative. I started learning more and more and decided that after a few weeks of learning so much, that I could do this too!

I want to share my stories and hopefully inspire readers like I was inspired. I want to let people know how they can save money and have fun doing it. I think it's wonderful that more women are coming together and sharing all these wonderful stories and ideas through blogs.

I guess I just wanted to be a part of something so Great!!!