Are you chocolate or vanilla?

So we are at dinner with my in-laws the other night & the manager comes to ask us how dinner was & so on... As he starts to walk away Karly looks up at my with the most serious face, "Mom mom is he chocolate?" The mind of a child. I did in fact confirm that if she is vanilla than he is indeed chocolate. She thought that was great. However since then I have found her licking her arm tasting herself. I may have really confused her! LOL. If only everyone could see life as sweet as a child.

An oldie but A goodie... With Age Comes Beauty

SO for the past few months now I have been in deep thought-- the past 6 months have been some of the best and worst of my life. Which put me into this state of surreal consciousness. I was one of those people that always struggled to “find myself” I would see other people (girls) who had this specific plan and way of life- they knew exactly what they wanted and seemed to know exactly who they were-- this was the complete opposite of me! I admired these people, earnestly tried to be like them, forcing myself to have a specific plan, but in return would make me crazy! I am SOOO left brained. I am the person that would live in a different state every month, would backpack around the world, who would never wear the same lipstick color everyday, or could only have one pair of black or brown shoes. I would have never made it in Catholic school, wearing a uniform! Last January I decided that my new years resolution was to be “GENUINE” to myself, not be who I think people want me to be but to be me. I would no longer look down at myself because I could not seem to be this “career woman”... Not be ashamed that I wasn’t the life of the party, or embarrassed that I am not good with words and cannot think quick on my feet---WOW has it changed me! I have always been very bright and a very quick learner but when it came to knowing myself I was a very slow learner. In allowing myself to throw out all these” rules” I had created for myself, these rules that I thought created the perfect woman, I have in turn become the person I always wanted to be. I seemed to gain a load of confidence and allowed myself to be ok with who I am, in return finding myself more beautiful. As you women know, physical beauty only last so long, so it was true beauty I was seeking. My 20’s have been an amazing time of growth and probably the best years of my life yet. Getting married, birthing a child-- AMAZING! I have throughly loved learning the things that make me come to life-- trying new things, but also allowing myself to fail at things. What I found: I hate office work, I hate talking on the phone, being put on the spot, and even though I am good at it, I don’t like to organize. I absolutely love getting to have freedom in being creative, love photography, web designing, drawing & writing. I love to listen to a good book (thank god for audio!, I hate reading), I love to just give of myself to a needy cause, I love running & taking the time to focus and think about life. I LOVE taking care of my family & getting to dance in the kitchen with my baby girl (she doesn’t know that I am a bad dancer!), I love surprising people, I love reading health journals & hot topics, I love sweet tea & fried zucchini. I love to garden, but only the easy things like peppers :) I love alone time. My favorite is waking in the morning and having the man, the #1 fan of my life hold me- that is the best start to everyday. Life throws many curves, many of which I took this year, but those curves allowed me to take opportunities that I don’t normally take. I show those I love how much I love them. And for me to recognize that I do not have to like everyone and everyone doesn’t need to like me-- I am now perfectly ok with that. So, when it is all said and done I may not make $100K a year, and some might not think that I live a prestigious life-- but one thing I know is that I LOVE my life and I am blessed every day of it.

Happy Belated 4th!

HAPPY 4th of JULY!

So starting this a little late but better late than never, right?! This 4th was a lot of fun. Karly LOVED the fireworks! We went to a parade & then to the Ofallon carnival. Discovered that my child is not so much the adrenaline junkie. She only liked one ride & stuck to me like glue most of the night. We are figuring out that Karly does not like crowds or chaotic situations therefore carnival might not be in the plans for next year! Either way, we had a great time with family & friends!

Blogging Take 2

Well here I am again starting a new blog! If you know me you know that I am always creating something, however blogging has not been my friend in the past. For whatever reason I find it a total pain. I LOVE the MAC world & think that everything should be as easy as a MAC so when I actually have to sit down & use my brain to post something to say I find it very perplexing! LOL! As I often tell my husband, I don't waste my brain energy on useless facts, maybe that is just my excuse for not wanting to think but either way, I am at it again. Trying this blog thing one more time & get ready cause I have a lot to say! The past few months actually years have been thrilling, challenging, settling, humorous, joyful, tearful... need I go on?! So buckle up & get ready for the ride of your life, actually, the ride of my life!