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Monday, January 20, 2014
The 30 Day Challenge- Day #1
Day 01- Your current relationship, if single discuss how single life is
Well, I am Obviously, NOT Single, but my current relationship is finding bliss. I have been married to my Best Friend for 7 years now, this past November. We have been together, as a couple for twelve years, this past September and have faced every challenge that God has put in our paths, good, bad, happy, sad, and even downright UGLY!
Our Relationship started off as a friendly relationship. I knew that he was more than just a Friend, I felt it in my heart the first time I saw him, which was when I was a Freshman and he was a Sophemore. I was a very shy girl, but I had my path and knew when to be at my locker to see him walk past in the mornings. Yes, he calls me a stalker!
By Christmas, 2001, I had a steady boyfriend and our relationship moved on from there. We ended up moving in together in 2003 with his Dad. It was crazy! The craziest thing I have ever done, and yes, I moved out at one point, and moved back in after a week... Learning curves.
By 2005, we were moving into a house we bought and by 2006 we were planning our wedding. Life has moved at a rapid pace since then!
In 2009 we welcomed our first baby girl. That is when the MAJOR challenges arrived. Having a Baby Changes EVERYTHING- this is NO Joke. Nothing changes your relationship like adding another person to it! As crazy as it was, we adjusted, argues, spoke our minds, said stuff we shouldn't have and found the meaning of our love and fought to keep it together.
By 2011, we welcomed our second baby girl and life was just easier. Yes, we still had good days and bad days, and having two little people to look after was full of obstacles, we managed to stick together and find a way to make it all work.
If I said that my life was easy and daisy popped up everywhere I stepped, I would be SO lying! Its not easy. Even today, it is NOT easy. I have just learned through age that I pick my battles, I find a common ground and I hold my tongues unless I just can't find anything to hold it with. My kids still present the biggest arguements. I try to muster patience, understanding and compassion and Hubby has a hot temper and a big voice. My girls are instant cryers and I, as a Mommy go right to protect them! This is my newest challenge and I have been working hard to remind myself that Hubby and I are on the same team and have the same common goals with the girls, protect and teach, help them learn and understand right from wrong.
My latest journey is the journey to finding out Gods definition of a Good Wife because over the years, the kids, the houses, the jobs and life in general I feel like I have been less than a dutiful wife. Hubby and I are facing our latest challenges as a couple due to the fact that we are working opposite shifts, crazy hours and are literally passing on another in the day. We are only having one day a week to spend any kind of quality time together but due to him working the night before, he sleeps half of that day away. The most important thing that we are finding is just keeping our lines of communication opened at all times and complimenting one another in the passings we are having.
We will prevail, we always do. If there is a will there is a way and we both know that this is a snipet of time in the grand sckeme of life.
Our 2014 Goals are to get this house together (somehow with such limited time) and finally get our family back to living. We are saving up for Disney, hopefully in 2015, if God is willing!
Check back tomorrow for Day 02: Where you'd like to be in 10 years.
Gearing up for Valentines Day
I also want to do some cool stuff for the FAM too- found this picture and think the sentiments are adorable:
Thank you Pinterest!
Ooh- this is cute too!
Check out Shanty2Chic blog- GREAT blog BTW!
Oh, I can already feel the LOVE!
Saturday, January 18, 2014
Prayers sent
Today has been a trying day for me. I found out this morning that a friends father lost his battle with lung cancer and my heart is very heavy.
This was all my friend had left and I fear that he will drink himself to his own grave now not having his Dad. It happened so fast too.
I have said a prayer and extended our deepest sympathies and an open door for anything he might need as did a lot of others and can only hope for the best. It just has left me feeling very sad inside.
Death is never easy.
Titanic ..tear
Ugh I just love this movie. I started to watch the run on AMC tonight and couldn't stop. Now my mascara is running and I cant wait for the exhibit to come to our city in March.
PS Leonardo Di Carpio, I still love you. You remind me so much of my Hubby from mannerisms to looks. I don't know how Rose was able to go on because if I lost my hubby I would be lost too.
Friday, January 17, 2014
I I I I workout...
Oh yea. I've been working it out all week with my elliptical and T25 and trust me, I'm feeling it! I've been using the fitness pal app and tracking my food too and I'm rocking it. My pants are fitting looser, my stomach is flatter and I am losing a lot of that bloat. Plus I feel good. Tired yes, but good. I can feel my self confidence rising. I ran out of shakology though and don't have the $$ to buy it without being a coach right now, but slimfast is filling my breakfast and dinner slots and I am drinking a lot of water.
My goals: for 2014 I just really want to focus on health, nutrition and fitness. I want to feel good and actually want c to b wear my swim suit this year without being self conscious. I also want to work on this to help my other issues having to do with image and intimacy. I also love the example I am setting for my girls. They love to do their workout next to me while I do mine!
I think tonight I am going to start the 30 day ab challenge. If your looking for determination I'll do my best. I'm in it to win it and fitting it into my day which means I'm serious!
I I I I I workout!!!
FROZEN Friday
We are planning a big 5th birthday party for Ms 4yo. Of course she is obsessed with Frozen and wants everything frozen and of course the stores are sold out, online is sold out, everything is sold out. I can't even find a cake plate-geesh.
So I am relaying my findings to my Mom today and Ms 4yo says "Mom, we can just do snowflakes and light blue plates." She is sooo awesome. It does mean Mommy is going to have to get more creative but I think I can handle it. It's not like a lot of kids will be here, just mostly family. Hopefully next year she can have a kid bash since she'll be going to school with kids who live around here.
This Birthday is a big one though. Can't believe she is going to be 5 already. Where does the time go?
I am going to tackle cake pops to send to her school for her classmates. It will be my first time using the cake pop maker and I am going to attempt a sugar snowflake to put on the front of the cake pop. More details/pictures to come. I'm scared!
Anyways here is to my feat of finding Frozen stuff to make my kids 5th b day a memorable one. (Tear, sniffle)
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