Random ramblings of a work from home momma!

Let me spouts start this post with saying I am free writing it and I have no clear intentions but to ramble, connect, and maybe come up with ideas for blog content that will be more entertaining for everyone!!

Now that's not saying that my usual posts aren't entertaining, and seeing as there is never an article without well over 20 views, I know someone has found me entertaining enough to come back once in a while. I mean raising to wild gingers is bound to produce some hilarious antics and nights of wild parties in moms bed. 

See proof!! That little guy isn't even 1 yet. My goodness do I have some long years ahead of me. But I wouldn't change it for a second. Just gotta really buckle up, as I know one of them is gonna break a bone before I know it!! 

On another note, I'm not sure if I really mentioned it but I decided it was time to take on school again for another couple semesters!! Yup 6 credit hours is all but that is plenty when dealing. With kids at the same time. The first week is almost over and it hasn't been too painful yet so I may just survive!! I am really most concerned about keeping my photography business flowing. I could just let it set towards the side in order to focus on school, but I just really got the ball rolling and don't wanna loose momentum.

I said a few blogs I was trying to keep up with workouts too, but so far it has been not going well. We all have intentions of keeping up with everything but working out is something I have set on the side burner to not get burnt out. I hate that but I am trying to do a little something one video or so a day just not a full schedule of workouts. It will be alright!! 

Oh another thing I wanted to ask you guys about, do you enjoy the planner posts? I love my planner and can't believe is almost halfway through it, ugh. Maybe if people are liking them I can do a flip through of my spreads from last year? Oh yeah I wanted to ask do any of you guys watch ouryoutube channel!? I know we have been a little absent I think we just have a hard time finding something people like. Maybe I should post my videos onto the blog as more of you read these than watch our vlogs. Who knows!! I really enjoy blogging and looking back over the years!! And hopefully posting things people use, need and wanna read about. Something I was considering doing even tho it would take a little more effort was doing a cook through recipe series. Where I start on page 1 of a cook book and try every recipe with pictures, my results, and a review!! Might be fun...

What about more posts about photography? I used to do blogs about sessions, if you have been around long enough to remember them. I liked the idea but felt like with previews on my Facebook page, I didn't want to be sharing all of my clients pictures so they could have a chance to share some themselves!!

Okay so for my first random rambling I think this is good, if people enjoy this (leave me comments and follow me!!!!) I will be back with more. And I was thinking these would be fun for hilarious stories, and thighs that make me think!!! See y'all back here soon!!! Oh recent pictures for making it this far!!!

Catch up days

You probably saw in a previous post that I mentioned doing a catch up day each month. Throughout the month I have created a list of tasks that I want to get done. Everyone has one of these honey-do lists. Little tasks that need to get done, or you want to do for fun sake, but just don't have time to do on a regular day to day basis!!

Well a blogger and YouTuber that I follow, Kayla from Microscope Beauty,  http://www.microscopebeauty.com/ mentioned how she was going to tackle this list rather than just adding and adding hoping it will do itself. I found the idea very intriguing and wanted to try it myself this year. So one day a month (I am going to do the first Monday of each month) instead of doing your regular tasks you take the day crossing off as many of the thins off this list!! 

I am really looking forward to doing these days and being able to catch up on things I fall behind on!! And I will continue to blog about them too!! Maybe I'll even get her planner stickers to remind me the day is coming up!!  

Have you ever thought about setting aside a day to finish your honey-do list? 

Workout plan for January

As you probably know one of my goals is to maintain an active lifestyle. There are so many ways to do this. But with working part time, school part time, and kids awake most the day, it leaves me with little time to get a good workout in. So that kinda removes any thought of going to an actual gym, or frankly going anywhere to get a workout on. So that narrows down to at home workouts. Which I sincerely love most!!

A couple years back I subscribed to Blogilates and at the time managed to do every days workouts and I have never been in better shape!! Now I am still in fairly good shape from my 12 weeks with Zachary and I have considered doing that work out again. But have decided that doing Blogilates again for all of January would be a great way to get my strength and flexibility back!! If you don't already know Blogilates is a program established by Cassey Ho. She has thousands of videos on YouTube for free and her app has a workout schedule for each day with her easy to follow workout videos to go along!!

I look forward to the next challenge next month, but for now I am off to get my Pilates on!!!

Darren is 11 months

Nicknames: Dare Bear, Darren McBarren, Bubba

Clothing Size: 24/2t

Personality: Such a love bug, you have learned to give kisses and hugs and always want to be sitting with someone.

Things I Could Do Without: This awful case of Thrush and the cold you and Kyra have caught, it has been a rough couple weeks!!

Item/Toy We Love The Most: New bottles you got for Christmas so you can start drinking milk!!

Item/Toy You Love The Most: You love the new car toy you got for Christmas, and the tractor!! And still Moose.

Things I’m Loving Most Right Now: Watching you try to walk, and stand on your own. Soon you will be running everywhere.

Things You’re Loving Most Right Now: Getting into things, and playing with sisters toys!!

The 5th Wave Book Review

Wow yes that just happened. I read a HUGE book in just over a week. Didn't think my first book review of the year would be on the 3rd that is crazy!! But off to a good start on that resolution!!

So The 5th Wave was my Christmas present from Dustin this year. I saw the preview for the movie and it said it was based off a book, so I knew I needed to read it. I'm a huge fan of reading books first, if you haven't already noticed. 

Anyways this book was obviously GOOD, and it's so hard to put down, I wanted to read it straight through. But I'm really glad I had time to read it before I start classes next week! The 5th Wave is the first book in a trilogy and is about the end of the world. But not in the same, humans brought it upon themselves sense as like Divergent, and Hunger Games, but rather brought on by an alien mother ship that appears one day. 

This book was so action packed and you have no clue as to what is really going on until you are over half way in, they keep the mystery rolling. It's such an intense book, and I really hope that the movie will do it justice!! In all the action and crazy twists there is a strong family tie, that shows throughout it all blood really is the strongest!! I can't say too much without giving away a lot of how the story ends up going. But if you are looking for a new book to read this year.....I highly recommend you read The 5th Wave!!!

Over all this book is a 5 out of 5!!!!!

Controversial article

http://politicalo.com/rep-josh-moore-r-im-allowed-to-grab-breastfeeders-nipples-if-they-use-them-in-public/

I read the above article and was immediately in shock and enraged. I literally couldn't believe the words on the page in front of me. I know there are some people who aren't fans of breastfeeding in public and that is sad that our American culture has caused people to have opinions like that. But this man has crossed too many lines. 

Not liking what you see when a mother nurses in public is one thing, but to think you are entitled to touch her in anyway is irrational and rediculous!!

Namely, Moore took to Facebook to argue that “if women who want to breastfeed their children in public are allowed to expose their nipples, then I am also allowed to grab their nipples and play around with them.” 

No sir, that is not how this works. It doesn't matter if a woman is breastfeeding or just chooses to go streaking (I am not advising this) you do NOT have the right to touch her. Just because it's exposed doesn't give you some entitlement to her body. That is Sexual Harrassment and Sexual Assualf both of which will get you into jail. Honestly just threatening that should put you on some sort of predators list. I know I wouldn't feel safe being around this man.

He goes on to say:

 “See, the equivalent of that would be if every single man who is sexually aroused by a female walking by would be allowed to take his pants and underwear off and show his erection to his potential mate."

How does that even begin to compare? Last time I checked feeding a baby has nothing to do with any sort of sexual urge. So what does this have to do with a man taking his pants off? I for one don't even think about impressing a man, even my own, when I nurse my child. 

He finishes off by saying:

“So, if we’re not going to put moms in jail for breastfeeding their babies in public, the least we can do in the best interest of equality is allow the men to come up to them and play around with their exposed nipples and areolas, BUT ONLY once the babies are finished feeding,” 

Oh wait so you want the babies to eat? You know putting the moms in jail will make it so they can't right?? You claim to be a Family man, but I hope you don't treat your family the way you talk about other mothers. My sincere hope after this article went live that New Hampshire sees what they elected and finds any way possible to get this man from any position of power if not file some sort of harassment charges against him. I am not easily offended and normally when I am I just let it pass as being angry about things like this get you nowhere. But this man needs to be shamed, and have any sort of power he may have taken away.

Traveling with Kids: Topsey Safari in Topsey, Tx

What a cute little exotic animal safari just outside of town!! We had heard good things and thought it would be a fun yet cheap little outing to go on while my mom was here!! They had Emus, deer, goats, Mountain sheep, geese, zebras, camel, buffalo, water buffalo, long horn cattle, and a crazy ostrich.

Kyra was so utterly fascinated by all the animals and that they came right up to the car!! I liked seeing them all and feeding them. It was funny when some of them tried to stick their entire head in the car. Only one I was a little scared of was the Ostrich, it pecked all over the car, and then tried to peck in the car too. But the main thing I was so excited to see was the baby zebra!! 

We ended up having to do a second lap to see the Zebras, but well worth it they are so cute!!!

I never ended up adding pictures and posting this blog so I am doing it now. But I went back again, this time with our friends!! It was just as much fun the second time!! We came during a non feeding time so everyone swarmed our car!! It was awesome and the kids loved it!! That is until we got to the camel. That crazy guy stuck his entire head and neck in our window, stole both whole bags of food and gobbled them down!! And then we thought he had eaten one of Kyra's monkey, but really it had fallen onto the floor during the whole fiasco, so disaster was averted. But needless to say he freaked us all out and we drove quickly out of the safari windows up from there. But looking back it was pretty hilarious!!