30 Day Challenge- Day #6

Day #6- Write 30 Interesting Facts about Yourself

Oh, this ought to be fun! 
1) My name consists of 2 names "put" together by my parents- Katheryn and Kelley.
2) I am very, very shy.  I have really started coming out of my shell since I have had children.
3) I was a Freshman in High School when I first saw my Husband.  I knew when he would walk by my locker and would always be there waiting. I was in love with him at 14! (Sometimes I think you just know when you meet "the one.")
4) I never thought I would have daughters.  I always thought I would have boys- HOCKEY MOMS RULE!
5) I LOVED my Eclipse- even though it was a piece. I was so sad when it kept blowing the head gasket.
6)  I love my Bulldog but wish I had a furry dog. (Chow particularly or a Pom Ski!)
7)  I want to be a STAY AT HOME Mom, so bad! I want to work from home but be at HOME. (Hey, a girl can always dream and keep trying, right!)
8) I went to Hawaii at the age of 14, by myself with my BFF.  We stayed with her Fam, who my Fam knew and it was awesome!
9) I Love THE FAST and the FURIOUS- especially the 2nd one- Tokyo Drift was Awwsome.
10)  I am ADDICTED to Pepsi. (enough said!)
11)   I want to have horses one day. Gypsy Vanners Please!
12)   I was a preschool teacher while in college. I taught 3 year olds and loved them. 
13)  I dislike the ages 2 and 3- even though {see above} - maybe cause they are my own kids?
14)  I love the things my kids say!  {Yes, please see above} Everyday they have something new and exciting going on in their little heads. I could sit at the breakfast/lunch/dinner table with them and listen to their stories all day. 
15)  When my kids DON'T listen, it makes me go CRAZY (which mine do NOT listen EVER!)
16)  I have endured hell.  (The past 2 years of my life have been terrible. Not between Hubby and I but between Hubby and I vs. the parents.)
17)  I secretly WISH we had been serious and moved to Surprise, AZ.  We even found a house but decided to buy Gray Gables and have no House Payment. (Um, Mistake!)
18)  I hate WINTER. (I say this as we currently have 12* weather and SNOW and winds that are causing a White OUT- I can't even see my neighbors house and they are maybe 15 feet away.)
19)  I LOVE my Husband. (You know I do, Hubby!)
20)  Are we there yet? (Sorry couldn't resist) - Seriously though, I like Turtleneck sweaters.  I think Hubby HATES them, but they are so comfortable and snugly. 
21)  My Hubby bought me $200 shoes for Christmas and I almost fainted. Yes, they are awesome Nike's and brand stinking new for 2014- but I am SO not a Fashion plate! (But, I DO LOVE them- they kick ass when working out with all that AIR!)
22)  My Hubby also got me $75 to Vicki's Secret and its like a hole is burning in my pocket.  Cant wait to get new Bras and Panties!
23)  I am desperate to work at home.  I am working on a class right now to learn copy.  I prayed to God to help and feel like I am doing what I need to in order to be with my Girls at HOME.
24)  I am scared to death for my 4 (almost 5) yo to start Kindergarten.  I wish I could Home School her.
25)  I love to cook.  I can't wait until my Kitchen is finished.
26)  I am still living in a house that is COLD, has no kitchen floor and still don't have an oven/stove.  I do however kick ass at cooking with a Toaster Oven and single plug in burner.  Don't mess with me- I can still make a MEAN Chocolate Chip Cookie! 
27)  I love to sleep.  I don't get much of it, but I do love it. (today I snuck in 2 naps - SHAIKH!) 
28)  I hate it when my kiddo's are sick.  We are battling a bug currently and it breaks my heart when they wake up crying because they cant breathe out of their noses.
29) My wedding vows had an exception in them- NO MINI VANS.  I have a Mom Van - which is my Tahoe and I love her. 
30) Duntuntuntaaaahhh- I went to college to be a Teacher.  I had a bad- BAD Professor in my 4th year who tore me down (did i mention I was Shy?) - and I bailed!  I took my last year getting an Interdisciplinary studies Bachelors degree that makes it very difficult for me to get a Job.  I am a heck of an Administrative Assistant but secretly wish I had stuck it own- got a backbone and make my Teaching degree happen. (um, summers off yo!) But it is what it is, i was chosen for a different path and I am still trying to find it. (Work at home..) 

Now, that is  my thirty.  I really wonder if they are interesting, but that is Me.  Uncensored and all.  (yea, I'm a little crazy, right!) 

Have fun ya'll!!

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Life Hacks

I love life hacks. . ght now I have a.osh darn canker sore where my lip meets my gums on the bottom and IT'S KILLING ME. I have used honey, which dulls t h e pain.  I have used a (don't laugh) green tea bag (yes Hubby had a field day with this!)  And nothing happened.  I tried a mixture of equal parts water and perioxide, nothing thing changed.

My last read was salt.  Um OMFG.  You don't know pain until you put salt on a wound. I also tried a salt water rinse. Yet it's day 4 and hard to talk or eat. It just hurts. 

So I'm onto a tums.  Here's hoping it works. Plus a lot of other stuff on thus sheet too to give a try! 

**update: it worked.  Its almost gone .  thats Crazy!!!

30 Day Challenge- Day #5

Day #5- A time you thought about ending your own life.

Ohwee, serious up in here!  I can honestly say that I have never thought about ending my own life. I do often think about God taking me out of this world and it scares the shit out of me (sorry to be so Frank, but that is the God's honest truth).  I actually feel like crying to even admit I have those thoughts because if God were to take me, I have so many questions, like who would raise my girls, who would take care of them and make sure they are cuddled, loved and all those things that Mommies provide.

I have, however, been a support system for two suicidal people in my life.  I try to be the voice of reason the best that I can. I think the world would be cold if everyone took their life in their own hands.  We are meant to struggle and I live by the logic that every thing that we/I go through is God's test to make us/me stronger and that I am never handed more than I can handle- no matter how much I think I can't handle it. It remains true because we have been handed some tough cards over the years and at the time it feels like we are sinking into a black hole, but yet, somehow we prevail.

I think that there is more to this life than money, things, and what us, Americans, think make the world go round.  I have really tried to get our life to a simpler place.  I have learned how to cut costs, live on budgets, but I also know how to splurge, especially on my children. I just think that the ultimate thing in life is something money cant buy, its love, companionship and someone to be in your corner.  For me, that would be my Hubby for sure.  Without him, I would be very imbalanced.  He is definitely my rock, my best friend and my soul mate.  I do Thank God everyday for this life. And, its not always easy, but I am I still VERY Grateful!

So, I am here, on this Earth and hope to be to see my kids grown, and their kids grown. I guess that is the ultimate goal. I am not going anywhere, God willing...

30 Day Challenge- Day #4

Day #4- Your views on Religion

After my trying day today, this is the perfect topic!  I am a Non-Practicing Lutheran.  I have not been to church since I was very little. There was a turn of events that happened with my family and the church, in which they no longer attended. But, I did go there when I got married to meet with the Pastor and she married us off site.

I have NEVER read the bible. Shocking, right!  I am actually working on the Children's Bible with my Kiddo and really enjoying it.  I do, however, believe in God, a God and I believe in Heaven and Earth and Souls and so forth.  I have set a goal to read the Bible this year along with the Children's Bible with my oldest. This was her choice, of course.

So, after my very trying evening, which is still trying as we speak, I have sought out God's patience and his helping hand with my youngest child who did not sleep last night and is not sleeping, thus far, tonight.  Yes, I am one exhausted Momma today.  I was up with both of my kids, as my oldest seems to be coming down with a cold, I hope! I also had to get up at the crack of dawn to go to work, as I do in the coming morning, again. I am grumpy and tired and feeling very alone right now.  Except for my conversations with God, of course.

Well, I am signing off, I am going to try to get some shut eye before I get awoken again!

30 Day Challenge- Day #3

Day #3- Your views on Drugs and Alcohol

Oh well let's just jump into these great controversial topics- what do you say?

My views on Drugs and Alcohol will differ from a lot of people in the world, I am sure. I grew up in a normal family. My Dad was a Firefighter and Carpenter on the side, my Mom was a City Employee. They were casual drinkers.  I experimented with Alcohol at fifteen.  I actually drank a few times at the bars when I turned twenty one and stopped. I always joke because I say that I got all the drinking out of my system before I was twenty one- and party hard did I !

Well, when I was fourteen I lost a dear cousin to drinking and driving.  He fell asleep at the wheel of his car one evening due to being intoxicated. This left an imprint on my being.  I NEVER would drink and drive.  I was always careful and cautious but I also liked to have a good time.

Today I choose not to drink. I have had a few nights of fun here and there but when I started getting serious with my Hubby , who also does not drink, I just moved on.

As for drugs, I have experimented in the past.  I just grew up.  I didn't do anything more than Marijuana.  I don't like pills, period, so that was out of the question.  I worked for our local police department and they brought in the drug force, where we got to see each drug on the street and all I have to say is that was disgusting and opened my eyes to a lot of things.

I live a clean life today.  I am a Mom after all.  It is funny though, I ask myself a lot how I am going to approach these topics with my girls.  I am a pretty laid back person and with my own Brother, I would not discourage him from smoking Pot, instead I educated him the best I could and left the decision up to him. 

I think with the rate that America is going and having 2 states legalizing Marijuana , we might be legal by the time my girls are old enough to know what it is. 

I think that my approach will be a to understand what it is like being a teenager and educate as best I can.  The one thing I want to steer clear of is saying No, Don't or You Cant.  I rebelled really bad, as you can read above, because I had a thumb over me and I know that it made me push back more and do the opposite.  I try to have a different parenting approach overall.

I am not one to preach about Drinking and Drugs.  In fact, my Hubby and I have many friends who still do both and we would still hang around them. This is strictly my life choice and I in, no way, shape or form, put that on anyone else buy myself.

Tune in ttomorrow for Day #4- Your Views on Religion.

30 Day Challenge- Day #2

Day #2- Where you'd like to be in 10 years...

To sit and think about this question, today, it seems like ten years is so far away, but I remember saying that twelve years ago and time flies when your having fun!

In Ten years my girls will be 15 and 13- OMG!  I imagine that our house will sound a lot like it does today- with a Mommm and a Nooo - of course the Ughhh... and we are only 4 (well almost 5!).  My Big One will be getting ready to drive, she will probably do well because she is currently a bad back seat driver!  My Little One will be getting ready for High School and I hope she is still sweet and loving.  I hope that Jason and I are enjoying life- damn we will be old by then!  I hope life is good, smooth and less complicated than it is now. 

I would LOVE to be working at home by then, but only God knows what is in the cards for me.  I imagine we will still be here- as much as I don't want to be, we are living house payment free- hopefully Gray Gables is complete and we are just enjoying family life in the country!

I can't complain because our life is always changing for the better and if we continue on this path, it will continue to grow better the more stable we are, but again, it all depends on God's plan for us and our family!