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Fuel Your Preparation

27 Friday Feb 2015

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Happy Friday! Today had a rough start. Actually it is not just today it is the lead up of the last week, no really month and today the results. I am in a weight loss challenge and it is weigh in day. I spoke a bit about it in my rant yesterday that this month has been rough. I had a great January, I lost almost 10 pounds! February I have gained half that back! This month weekly weigh ins have been up and down finishing off with today up 1.5 ish today from last week’s 2 pound loss, which was up 3 from my lowest!

I have been “off” this month. Diet has sucked, I haven’t been to the grocery store for a week and a half and I was on a roll cooking well and following my eMeals.com plan. But this last weeks has been rough. Schedule changes, and me being “off” has led to me not getting to the grocery store like I need to. Then the practices for baseball starting last week. Baseball and wrestling back to back, not to mention the Girl’s schedule has all lead to quick meals and crappy food choices… Bad food choices affect me in more than just on the scale. My brain chemistry is all out of whack! There has been a lot of research that I have read about food and brain chemistry. The problem being, I have read so much that the research kind of contradicts itself. And everyone’s brain is different and sometimes it seems one ingredient is causing the problem but a lot of food has a lot of stuff you just don’t know. Especially if you are going to restaurants, fast food, or premade meals. Which is why I tend to lean toward making everything from scratch but that takes planning and that is where I have slacked this month.

I feel bad because the Boy has been having a tough couple of weeks too. As previously stated, Baseball and Wrestling at the same time and I think he is affected by food the way I am. He won’t eat if he is not hungry but he doesn’t get that he has baseball at 5 then wrestling right after 6-8 and his sister has to be dropped off at 4 so even though he’s not hungry for dinner at 3:30 that is when he has to eat it. I think carbs or wheat or gluten is rough on him, just like me. He seems more flaky when he eats carb high foods. Last night he had a grilled cheese sandwich. Which is a favorite of his, but only ate less than half and it was just cheese with no extra meat like add for some extra protein to help him focus. He had a rough night last night. He was emotional (I think almost more than normal even) not focused. It was almost like he forgot that he is good at it! He was wrestling to not lose, not wrestling to win like he usually does. Yes he is the one on the mat so I can’t blame me but I blame me for not having fed him well this week. I know better than to have him eat a sandwich and crackers at lunch and then feed him grilled cheese for dinner, the day before they had pasta for dinner, no protein with it just pasta and he has had school lunch more than once this week which is always a bad choice for him… The Boy needs protein I know this it’s my fault. The Boy also needs to be responsible for himself as well. And I need to stop beating myself up but that is a different story…

Bottom line is I have failed to prepare all month! I have even failed on the Hubs this month, he has bought lunch this whole week. I have been too tired or have not had groceries to make lunch for him! It is time for me to get this shit together. Even if I have to go on the weekends to get groceries no more excuses! Feed your body right, and just pasta with butter is not a healthy meal to set your kids, husband or self up for success! Come on, Ruby, you know better than that!

This weekend is tournament day for the Boy and Dance Convention for the girl. Protein for breakfast. I will pack some meat and cheese slices for snacks for the Boy’s tournament for this weekend. The sugary or high carb snacks of crackers and chips are not a good choice to sustain the energy level they need! Same with the Girl. I need to pack her a snack bag for a convention same as the Boy they both need food that is easy to eat, not messy snacks and full of healthy nutrients for the day! I will also be applying oils and blending some focus and energy oil blend for them to apply throughout the day as well!Earn your body

You earn your life. What you put in you get out. It’s not just believing you can win it is preparing to. Part of the preparation to win is what your feed your body, or your kids bodies if you are the mom of young athletes. This weekend I will plan better and be ready and save on not having to buy all meals out. And then in our everyday life I will feed us all healthier meals. I will fuel my husband with lunches that will help him focus and sustain the energy that he needs to work as hard as he does. I am glad this month is over and it was a short one, as stated previously it was a rough one. It was like I was treading water to just stay up rather than actually swimming. I will in the words of Dory from Finding Nemo Keep Swimming. I need to reset my whole family! We will be healthier and happier. Mood and attitude in this house are definitely affected by poor nutrition! That is my department and I will be fixing it!

This is part of the Sex Love and Washing Clothes I am working on everyday! This is how I will be loving my family healthy and happy. We will have our nights of fast food but I think I am going to try to make it crock pot meals filled with nutritious ingredients, pre planned vs the grab and go food that really doesn’t work well for this family. I know this is sounding a little like I am taking all the blame for kids just needing to work harder or push through and be respectful but if they want to be the best and I know how much nutrition matters in my brain I need to give them the chance to succeed in the same way. Good enough is not good enough for this family of perfectionists! Maybe we need to work on self acceptance a little but in the mean time we will prepare to succeed in training, practice, the right mentality and nutrition! I will love myself and my family with healthy food! And the occasional fancy cake…but only occasionally!

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Forgiveness for February

26 Thursday Feb 2015

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Happy Thursday everyone! I love and hate Thursdays, because it is almost the weekend and if the week has been productive I am looking forward to the weekend, if not I am dreading the fact that I have not accomplished all I wanted to. Lately the latter has been true more often than not. I have had a rough month. What is different and why has it been rough?

In January I lost 10 pounds and was following a no carb, no alcohol (Dry January) diet. I was doing a decluttering challenge and then February 1st happened, the newness and honeymoon was over. I didn’t stick with my lifestyle change very well, maybe the title Dry January set me up for that… The Seahawks lost the Superbowl in a sad way and I used that as an excuse to mope around eat the left overs. Which were all high carb and sugar filled and some alcohol filled (I had like 30+ left over jello shots could “waste” them so why not put them on my waist by way of my lips). All the extra calories I spread out over the whole month, which might be better than eating them all in one fail swoop, but I am up about 3-4 pounds from my lightest. At least, now, all the crap is out of the house included Nutella that I finished off yesterday via a spoon…yes I was eating Nutella with a spoon. Have I mentioned it’s been a rough month? It has been a rough month. Hey you, guess what, neither the food nor the alcohol or over indulging on it will help accomplish goals nor will it help you feel or be healthy!

February was supposed to be my workout month where I added some fitness to my lifestyle change and when I finished my house decluttering and got ready to go back to work in March. I failed on all accounts. I stopped the decluttering all together, I got busy…doing what? IDK! I have eaten everything in site, I tried but gave in way too easy. And the busy thing yeah that made it so I did not include workouts in a regular routine. Oh yeah, that’s because I had no regular routine. So it is not only time for a reboot, it is time to stop making excuses and trying to feed my emotions with food and drink. Time to make change and get into a routine! Stop making excuses of being busy! Especially, when being busy meant sitting on the couch too long for coffee in the morning.

Dont make meMarch is a month of new beginnings, it brings spring which brings new buds and pretty flowers etc…For me it will be where I get back to me! I will love myself by being healthy. I will allow myself some indulgences but getting trim and fit is important to me right now. Feeling in control like I was in January (at least in better control, I complained a lot but I didn’t give in) of myself and emotions. I will not love myself with food or laziness. I will do Sex Love and Washing Clothes, writing the blog, having sex with the Hubs everyday, Washing Clothes everyday cleaning house everyday getting the decluttering done is necessary! I will get hold of myself and my life and not beat myself up anymore!

So time to forgive myself for February! Move on and get shit done! Get it together, Ruby! Everyone else too, You can do this, you will and you can. Use your support, delegate and don’t make excuses. Sometimes we need to take a break, get a treat or have and indulgence, allow yourself that, but don’t allow your self to use it as and excuse to get unhealthy! A treat is an occasional occurrence in limited quantity to be enjoyed so quality is important. Go forth and be present love your life and love your body. Both can happen! Have a great day everyone!

Here’s to positive! More positive posts and happy days…and on those not so happy or positive days we will find something positive. I will go paint bowling pins now for the wrestlers gifts, time to get my craft on!

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Toy Story XXX-Hump Day Challenge-XXX

26 Thursday Feb 2015

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Happy Hump Day Everyone! It feels so different now and all I did was change to a new host site for my blog!

Anyway how are you all on this Hump Day. How is your week going? Mine is okay. It is raining today which sucks because I have 30 bowling pins that need to be spray painted and the Girl stayed home sick today so I don’t think spray painting upstairs in the unfinished attic even with the big window open and fan going would be the best option. I want to get caught up and I am running out of time. The Girl needs to get better for the last three weeks she has been sick or kind of sick. She had a slight fever last night and then again the morning so I decided no more pushing through time to just get healthy so no school and she will hate me for this part, no dance! Just rest. She is currently sewing the elastic on her new pointe shoes.

For today’s Hump Day Challenge I am reaching into my lower drawer of my nightstand. In there I have a set of flash cards of sorts called the “super hot sex deck” by Tracey Cox, it is a set of 52 cards. Each card has a tip or trick to help encourage long-term lovers be more sexually adventurous. There are 4 categories Lust Lessons and Fantasies, Get Kinky, Show Off and Play Dirty. We are going to go with a Get Kinky card today.

Get Kinky up the ‘kink’ factor in your relationship. My favorite part for today is that they come with a “wimp’s way out” option. So here I go I am going to pick a pink card because I am feeling like being Kinky and getting a little naughty I picked Toy Story card. Play with your lover with toys. Now that can mean watch your lover play with toys on him/her self or you use the toy(s) on him/her. This can be quiet an exciting very kinky or very basic. Talk with your lover and make sure he/she is liking what you are doing to them communication is key!

There are many types of toys to include. Some more risqué than others. If you are new to toys a good thing to do is swing by Lovers Package to browse what is there, or remember even Spencer’s in the mall carries sex toys. Go with your lover and pick one out. Don’t get freaked out! No one is watching or judging you! You can use everything from vibrating sponges to butt plugs and vibrators and if you are adventurous maybe even try a strap on. If you can’t bring yourself to go to a store have a Sex Toy party, Google it you will find stuff.The party is a must go, just to learn, there are so many types of toys that you don’t even know what you might be missing.

Ladies, If you have a vibrator let your man use it on you. You could orally stimulate him while he plays with you with your toy. Very pleasurable way to give oral sex! One toy that is fun and no man ever thought he needed or would even consider buying probably (unless he knows about them) is a vibrating cock ring. It is a ring that stretches over the man’s junk and squeezes a bit, just enough that material is very stretchy and it doesn’t hurt. It helps with premature ejaculation so it is great if your lover has a hard time sustaining. The vibrating kind have a little bullet looking thingy that vibrates. You can play with the placement of the bullet. If you put the vibrating bullet part up front you can stimulate your clitoris while he enjoys the vibration as well. With the vibrating part turn around on his balls guys enjoy stimulation on their balls as they come but how can you stimulate his balls while he is riding you missionary and grinding so nicely on your clitoris? So inspired the invention of the vibrating cock ring.

One of my favorite toys is one we found by accident at a really cool high-end sex store in Vegas right across the mall from Louis Vuitton store in City Center (not sure what it was called). We learned so much that day in that store, it was such a cool place. Not creepy or dirty feeling place at all. The toy is a butt plug (gasp did she say THAT?!) It is an Njoy butt plug. We will talk anal play much more in future posts but don’t keep that back door locked up, there are many ways to enjoy (hehe pun intended) anal play for both Ladies and Gents. So, don’t knock it until you try it. I had tried other butt plugs and have always been kind of “Eh!” about them but this one is the best.

Bottom line today’s challenge is a toy challenge. Nothing specific go at your own pace with the kink factor.  Or create your own, use your phone on vibrate, the washing machine on spin cycle or any object that is the right size. Safety alert: be mindful if you are using homemade toys for penetration don’t be dumb and use something that will break inside you. If you are experimenting with anal play it needs to be tapered or have a string attached so you don’t lose it inside you. You don’t have to insert the toys, that is not required.

Your “wimps way out” option is to just look for a toy that you and your mate might like to play with, go to a sex shop or go online. Or try this if you have no toys or are too afraid to create one like using a vibration from your phone, try using hot and cold and ice.. It helps to be horny turned on or at least hot and bother when you get the ice out. So talk sexy with your man, look at sexy pictures or read sexy stories. As you get to an exciting part of the story or are getting really turned on, rub the ice down your partners spine dripping little drips of water in his/her butt crack, take a drink of tea and suck on your partners nipples and then put it in your mouth and go down on your mate. Be creative and let it flow. Share the ice back forth exchanging it with your mouth to his/her mouth.

In China (I believe) they used to have to disguise sex toys mainly dildos by putting a face on the tip of them. I have one that looks like a little old mans face and swirls around while it vibrates, he calls it my china-man boyfriend (no offense I hope that is not an offensive statement) …I am looking forward to the Hubs getting to play with it on me he likes to torment me and tease me and draw out my orgasm and give me multiples, what will you do to your mate? Maybe I will track down the vibrating cock ring too…We have a box under our bed, actually a bag hung high in our closet now that has our stash of toys. We rarely use them but it is fun to be adventurous sometimes. We have been together for a long time as you know a little spice is nice! So happy hump day challenging folks!

Just Enjoy, Relax and have fun! What will your Toy Story be?

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Copy of the basic concept

24 Tuesday Feb 2015

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Bare Necessities

Orginally Published…12/29/14

Sex Love and Washing Clothes is about the Bare Necessities of Life and Love (credit the hubs for the title of today’s blog).  So let me explain what I mean by Bare Necessities.  Bare Necessities of Sex Love and Washing Clothes is this:  Everyday in 2015 will include Sex, love and washing clothes!  So you will be reading about my experiences involving that. I love everyday all day so that goes without stating an action plan but I will be having sex with my husband, and washing clothes everyday!  Yes I said EVERYDAY!!!
Like many couples my husband and I have had our struggles in our marriage.  Marriage is hard work but marriage is important to us, we said vows and meant them and have no intention or desire to break them. We said “Till Death” and as easy as it would be and no one would blame us for walking away, we stubbornly stay together through good times and bad. However, we have amazing make up sex most times after we argue, we have in the middle of arguments decided that instead of fighting we would rather do something else that starts with “F” (can I use the real word?) so we strip off our clothes and go at it. Even when we are not fighting we have great sex and we get adventurous.  We call it attitude adjustments sometimes.  Some of our Facebook friends have figured out what the post “Talk about an attitude adjustment!”  really means.  So for this blog in 2015 we will be experimenting what Sex Love and Washing Clothes everyday does for us. Everyday of 2015!
We will probably have to figure out how to master the quicky on some days.  Again, we have great sex and great sex takes time and effort and sometimes as much as I like, no love, how it feels sometimes I am just tired and want to just snuggle into my husbands perfect arms wrapped around me and his warm body pressed against me as we go to sleep at night.  However starting Wednesday January 1, 2015 that will not be an option for 365 days!  Unless of course we had day sex on that particular day. (What if he has to travel for work or something without me?…..that will get interesting)
We will, no, I will also have to figure out better time management and organization to get the “washing clothes” part done everyday…no more taking weekends off of house cleaning or at least washing the clothes. Honestly, I don’t mind washing clothes.  I mind the folding and putting away part and the searching for all the MIA hangers to hang all the clean clothes on.  We have a lot of clothes partly to make up for the fact that laundry is not done sometimes for a week or more (don’t judge you do it too).  So I think I may have to go buy more hangers so that all the clean clothes will have a place to go.  (Maybe some purging would be good too but let’s not get too ahead of our selves).
I think a great part of this will be to help me and maybe some of you stay at homers out there to realize it is possible to connect with each other and keep up with house work (I need proof on the latter part). Obviously in real life we can’t “have it all”  we must make an effort to make our lives right and happy and give ourselves rules and guidelines to live by.  We also have to make sacrifices too.  The hard part is deciding what to sacrifice.  Are you sacrificing what is important for something that really is not?  We all have choices to make and many times we make the easy or popular one, not realizing we are sacrificing what is really important for something that really is not.  For this year the biggest rules for me are sex and washing clothes everyday!  This could be a drag (haha sex everyday a drag? NO, it’s the washing clothes part)  but I am going to make it fun and I am going to find a new love of washing clothes and writing about it…or at least writing about it. I will also work on my skills and gain experience blogging (I don’t know what half of the things on the sidebars mean here…but I will figure it out hopefully).
I hope you are excited to follow this journey and feel free to join me!  Find me on Twitter and connect with me @SLWC_Ruby
In 2013 I did a challenge to myself of #13in2013 I was running a half marathon on New Years Eve and decided that I would run 13 races in 2013.  It was so rewarding and crossing that finish line on race 13 I was in pain after injuring my hip during the run but was so happy and proud of myself for finishing!  This year is going to rock!  #Everyday2015
So there you have it for today!  The Bare Necessities of this blog and my 2015!

First Day on WordPress…Hello!!!

24 Tuesday Feb 2015

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Hello friends! Here is my new location of my blog. I am so intimidated by being on Word Press. I feel like it’s the big person’s blog but I was notified that Blogger will start removing sexual content so there is a chance some of my content may be removed. I have not found anything on WordPress.com that says I cannot post about sexual topics and WordPress let me buy my domain name of sexloveandwashingclothes.com  Yay! not .WordPress or anything 🙂 I am such a rookie blogger and that may even be an insult to rookie bloggers. I know nothing about code or websites or postings or hosting etc… I just want to write about my crazy Sex Love and Washing Cothes adventures and stuff! I want to figure out how to import my blogs from Blogger…if that possible …if not I will copy and paste the old posts. I am so excited to have my own website though sexloveandwashingclothes.com yay!!! If any of my followers are website internet knowledgeable people, please email me any information you are willing to help train me what I need to do I would gladly accept help and teaching! Thanks in advance!

I have a feeling I should follow-up on yesterdays sorry excuse for a blog. The Hubs and I had a “moment” that lasted a little longer than I wanted. We did finally “make up” I am the drama queen in the fighting. I always feel like “OMG! We are always going to be in this moment and are never going to get through this fight”. It started officially over a disagreement about Dez Bryant and his contract talks (or lack of) going on with the Cowboys and lead to who knows what but included one of us feeling unheard and the other feeling disrespected (or maybe both). Basically the same argument we always have. No one was right and no one was wrong of course in the middle of the argument we both thought the other was wrong. Then as we started to make concessions and agree to disagree and get over it we realize the others point of view and decide to break down our egos and barriers get back to us. Then we realize we really do love each other and hate to fight and really why the Hell are we fighting over the Fucking Dallas Cowboys and Dez Bryant, makes me not like him even more (I am so not a fan anyway).

Well, it’s over now. We have made new agreements and renewed others and we have to keep remembering:  Change Takes Time.  People can, do and will change! It just takes time and it takes mess ups and mistakes in the process. Be patient with your partner especially if you are going through changes. The Hubs and I have had our struggles that I have blogged about in the past, it’s no secret. A year ago or so, these types of fights were happening a few times a week. This is only the second this whole year so that is big news and change in progress! We have used tools from The Gottman Institute and the workshop we attended and I have read the book “The Four Agreements” and shared the principals with the Hubs, the way I did with you yesterday. We are working on it, we are not perfect, we are human! I love the Hubs and he loves me, even in the midst of our fights, which is why they are so hard. If we didn’t love each other we wouldn’t stick out these crazy moments and cry about, it we would just walk away.

When we said “I do” we meant it! We love, we fight, we apologize, we compromise and we make change. Just like every other couple who stays together will need to do. Many single friends of mine are still single because they can’t put up with moments like this. Sometimes I think I am weak because I try so hard to succeed and still end up in these fighting moments, but when I realize where we came from and that we still want to be with each other, I realize we are strong. At the end of the day we long for the other person to hold and want them to hold us, we want each other to want to console us when we cry. Just have to break through the barrier of the ego! We have to remember what we are here for, and who we want and where we want to be. Love each other, not hurt each other. We would rather be fucking than fighting but given the chance we fight with each other not fuck someone else…. yeah, that’s when you know you are where you are supposed to be with you are supposed to be with.

We have pretty good make up sex, this was not our best but we were tired yesterday. We get up everyday give each other a kiss and smile as we go our individual direction. As John Gottman always asks “Have you had your 6 second kiss today?” we have, we know the important things to do daily. I sometimes feel like I am full of shit with this blog, especially on the days like yesterday! I am just a mom blogging about my life. That is all, I am not full of shit in this life! I am mom, wife, and woman and I know what is up! I love my life and I have a great out look. The Hubs and I have a lot to figure out, with me going back to work in the next couple weeks. We had a convo today that could have gone a-rye (especially only one day after a big emotional argument) but we stayed on track were honest and kept out egos out-of-the-way, meaning we didn’t take things personal. We said what we needed and are on the same page. We are doing well and the cycle of fights breeding fights has stopped. We are change in progress and I feel good about us! Keep working friends. Keep Fighting for each other and your relationship, not against each-other. Keep pushing through you, your family and your marriage is worth it!

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UGH!!!

23 Monday Feb 2015

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OMG It has been a shitty day! The Hubs and I had an argument the other night and it seems to be lingering longer than it was welcome!

Let’s review the Four Agreements:
1. Be Impeccable with your words.
2. Don’t take things personally.
3. Don’t make assumptions.
4. Always do your best.

Let’s just leave it like that. This is a good book I hope the day is better for you all and myself after the Hub’s late night class he teaches! I am so frustrated that I just can’t even speak or put together a blog post.

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Time To Plan a Reboot!

22 Sunday Feb 2015

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Today is Sunday! It is the day of the Daytona 500! I used to be stoked about that day but we have got busy and NASCAR became kind of boring lately, or maybe it is just boring when you can’t follow and keep up with it, it can be very time consuming because it is a long season. But it is something to occupy Sunday’s when nothing else is going on (I miss football) and you know me any reason to have a party! I think I will be going to get wings and snacks for the race, yes it has started already but it is the Daytona 500 it will be on for a while!
Today I am having a feeling that I don’t want to do anything. I am having a hard time getting motivated. I just want to hang with my family. I have bridal shower for a great close and wonderful friend but I am not feeling social at all. I wonder if I can take her out for lunch or for drinks or something one day to make up for it. I have been busy and this weekend if you are a regular reader you have heard and seen with my late posts (9pm last night) is shows how busy I was. I think my friend will understand, I just don’t know if I will. This is the struggle I have a lot of times. It is an important day, your bridal shower day, but family is important and I haven’t had time with the Hubs or the boy at all this weekend, and next weekend the Girl and I will be at a dance convention so probably won’t see them next week either. I need some quality time with them. But my friend will only have one Bridal Shower, ever but I am pretty sure she knows the struggle and always is understanding. She is one who I feel is honest with me when she can’t make something happen with me and I can be honest with her too. Anyway I will be contemplating this all day.
I have had a lot going on and love it. However, I want some down time. I want a day that the Hubs and I can just lay in bed all day. When we have those days, we don’t just lay in bed all day, we fuck, we make love, and we have sex. Yes those are pretty much the same thing but are also very different! I love the days you don’t have to decide which one you will have to do. You can have crazy mad love take a cuddle break and then just be raw and fuck and then repeat as desired, and then, right before you get up at 5 pm or so, you can end it with “Let’s have sex one last time” just to finish off. I want that day where we have no kids home or even coming home. Where we get up at 5 pm right before we get ready to go out to dinner and a date then come home and have crazy mad fucking love again before we go to sleep. Maybe even have some outdoor naked time… just have more than 24 hours to do nothing unless we want to and have no responsibilities! Grams and Gramps will be home from AZ soon and I am sure we can talk to them about taking the kiddos for a weekend or so, wonder if I can talk the Hubs into letting the Boy skip a Saturday Baseball practice…. 
A mini vacation to Vegas or Portland would be fun too. We have to decide do we want to take some of the time to drive or fly to a location or just to be lazy… Hmmm…. But then we would have to pay for  it too…
I think this may sound like I am complaining. I am just having a rough time and I think a little vacation or break might be needed! I love my life, being a stay at home mom (soon to be part time working mom), having my kids busy and being proud of them, taking care of the house being there to give the Hubs a kiss when he comes in the door … I do love everything about my life. Sometimes we all get overwhelmed and I am starting to realize that, I need a reboot! We all do. Sometimes we need to get creative to make it happen due to schedules, finances, kids, jobs etc. But bottom line, I am right there needing that reboot. I need to make it happen ASAP before things get too bad and I end up hating my life or at least before I get resentful about all the things that stress me out! So in the next month I need to make my reboot happen! I need to make that a priority because if I need it, I bet the Hubs does too!
Time to plan a reboot and be able to be 100% happy in my life and not make excuses to not participate with people I love and in activities that I love because I am overwhelmed! Plan to succeed in life and right now to succeed a reboot is necessary! Even just the planning will help relieve the stress and overwhelm feeling, just don’t over plan and make that stressful (I never do that…yes, that was sarcasm). Basically I need to plan a weekend for the ‘Rents to take the kiddos the rest will just happen! Happy Rebooting folks! Today I will just be, and not beat myself for the things I cannot do. I am only one person I do need to take care of me and the rest will understand! Love you all and Happy Bridal Shower Day to my friend!
P.S. This was kind of a ramble today… I know that it is a bit of a bi-product of how I am feeling overwhelmed and not 100% into anything lately. Hope you enjoy it and I have a hunch many of you can relate, which is why you read in the first place, right?
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Childlike Excitement

22 Sunday Feb 2015

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Oh my word! What a Saturday today was. I had planned on getting up early, catching up on house work, publishing my blog and then tackle this busy day. Well was up a little to late last night and fell into the temptation to just sleep in until I absolutely had to get up. So I publish my blog at 9pm which is kind of fun and interestingly different perspective of my day. I kind of like it!

Today the Girl got her first Demi Point Shoes. Demi point is also sometimes called Pre-Point. It is the shoe you get when you are dancing well enough to train to be on Point. It was a very emotionally proud mommy day. I was on the verge of tears a few times. So proud of the work she has put in. So proud of the excitement and dedication she has put into her dance. She is the same little girl who loved to dance on stage on the very first performance she was in.

Her very first stage performance was with a Mommy and Me Class. The Girl was 2. We did a Freestyle Scarf Dance to My Favorite Things. The Moms were in a circle and we waved the scarves around and let the kiddos run around and wave their scarves too, they were so cute. The Girl and her Bestie in that class bumped into each other as they danced around. As everyone in the audience clapped at the finish The Girl was the last one to exit the stage because she stopped and clapped with the audience! It was so cute! Her smile and excitement was and still is contagious! We had created a monster

I hope she continues that excitement and contagious energy in everything she does. It makes me so proud to watch her grow in dance and in life! As much as I loved having babies and every stage since I am still enjoying my school age kids just as much. It is a true blessing to watch them grow and move through the stages of life! I will never be sad about it I will just enjoy the moment and cherish those memories!

Stay in your life everyone. Enjoy it as much as a child enjoys every minute. My kids are getting to the age where the innocent child like enjoyment of life starts to be altered with embarrassment and the idea of knowing someone else is watching them and they might look funny. The Girl and The Boy have both had moments where they filter their behavior because the know someone is watching them and they might be scared of what the people might think, but I still get to seethe moments they still have that childlike excitement and just live out loud like no one is watching. Those moments they are dancing like no one is watching. We should all “dance” like no one is watching! Finish your weekend (and live your life) like a child, like you don’t know that anyone is watching. Enjoy, smile, laugh and be silly! Stop and clap with the audience because you are that awesome!

#Everyday2015