Yip They're Mine!

In less than a week I will be a mom for 21 years!  Seems like yesterday I just had my children.  I may not have been the best mom in the world, but I do have to say I have done a DANG good job!!! I never put my own needs in from of my kids needs.  We were never rich, but we had sufficient, which is all we needed...

Over the years they experienced many things together, which has made them who we are today...(like it or not)

Smart, Independent, Funny, Generous, Thoughtful and above all else Loving!

There are times I look back and think, "What could I have done differently"?  Then to answer my own question...ABSOLUTELY NOTHING!!!  These kids have never really been into any major trouble..Have they made bad choices? Of course they have, but nothing that couldn't be handled and nothing too severe than major consequences needed to be paid.  They each have their own story of life and I can almost guarantee that they wouldn't trade it for anyone else's life story...

They have grown and have become their own.  I hope and pray that my children will always be close to one another (no they don't always get along, but they do care about one another).  I hope they will always communicate and love each other and keep their families close to one another.  Having a close family means they will always have someone in their corner no matter what.  I want them to share memories of each other with their families and have family close at all times to build on those memories (and not back stab each other with gossip and hurtful words).  

Always remember...FAMILIES ARE FOREVER!!!

Three of the greatest children a mom could ask for!!!
Nicole, Adam & Breanne
All My Love,
Mom
 XOXOX

How true

I think about this everyday!
I could have lived without some, but they
were there for a reason!!!

I only hope I am becoming the person I am meant to be...

Now

Some days I get impatient and want something NOW... 

I need to learn that NOW doesn't always happen in the moment.  (In fact I really should be use to it by now!)  I need to learn that when I need to wait it is because it is best for me NOW!

So I will NOW just continue to work towards those things I want, even if it takes forever.

3 of 12

As time goes on, it seems like focusing on goals gets put to the side because other things happen.  This month has been very difficult for me to stay focused on most of my goals/resolutions, but I am determined to keep pressing forward even if it is hard.

So how did I do during the month of March?  Well let's see...

Read another book..so that is one more down! I'm now at 3 and a half of 12

Finished another knitted hat this morning and started 2 more, but ran out of yarn for one of them so I have to get some more to match it...

On page 303 of the Old Testament...It isn't very easy!  Thank goodness for long drives to work in the mornings...

Blogging has been very hard this month honestly...I have tons going on and well sitting down to write my blog about stuff isn't as easy when there are 50 million other things that need to get finished.  I will try to do better...

Another step closer to graduation...Another class finished with two more weeks left of the one I am in now .It's hard to stay focused on my schooling because I am VERY burned out, but I will do it!  Plus I picked up my cap, gown, stole and tassel on Friday.  They are now hanging in the garage to get all the wrinkles out of them.

Marathon training...oh this is way hard!!!  I am still going to do it, I just have been a wee bit sidetracked with wedding planning...Plus trying to stay focused on school and working is a lot to take on for one person.  However, we have alot already finished and planned, I just have to start forcing myself to train more..

Of course I still have to find one more 5K to do...They aren't too hard to find.

10K..Well I found one I really wanted to do, but with the upcoming wedding it was put on the backburner.  I will find another and do it.  Most likely in the fall when it is cooler since the weather is going to start getting hot soon.

Exercise 3 times a week...again, NOT as easy as one thinks.  I always have good intensions, but find myself preoccupied with other things that needs to be done.  I do try to walk 10,000 steps a day, but always fall WAY short of that!

Paying bills has never been easy, but again..still working on it!  It will be done!

Reaching my goal weight...well I lost 3 lbs this month.  But as of today, I feel like I put them all back on.  I told everyone that eating homemade sloppy joes and potatoe salad is a total diet breaker1  Then on top of that, some homemade pound cake with strawberries and whipped topping...YUMMO!!!

My tubes of lip balm are slowly depleting...I have to keep using it when I realize I am trying to pick my lips.  I have found I do that when I am feeling stressed.  I am really working on it!  It's one of the hardest things I have ever tried to NOT do!

Finally, temple attendance is still going.  And I am proud to say it wasn't on the last day of the month this time!

Seriously working on my goals/resolutions is not easy.  I totally get it why people lose focus and resolutions don't get completed.  Life is busy and importance of goals/resolutions gets put to the wayside.  I always have to remind myself what I am doing and why I am doing it.  I still keep my goals written where I can see them to remind me what I am doing and why I am doing them.  It is important to me that I keep working on them even if they are hard to do consistantly every month.  but I do have to say, I am trying!!!  Isn't that what I am suppose to do, keep trying?