Honestly.

I’ve been searching for significance lately …Wondering exactly what the future holds. I’ve found so much joy. contentment, and honor in being a mama. It feels like I’ve found my true calling in life and I can’t wait to cherish every moment with my sweet girl and those that will come after her. But still, […]

Sunday Confessional V.4

31. In college I donated platelets. It’s like a long version of donating blood, but you get paid for it because platelets are “x” times more useful than regular blood. It would take almost 2 hours so I would work on homework while I donated and then collect my $20 (sometimes more if they had […]

Sunday Confessional V.3

21. Dominic and I bicker about TV shows often. To resolve them we have instigated “us shows” meaning a show that we can both enjoy/tolerate. There are few shows in the “us” category. You see, Dominic prefers anything reality – ANYTHING, even the housewives crap. I prefer all things drama – Lost, Pan Am, Grey’s […]

Sunday Confessional V.2

Oops, missed a week of Sunday Confessional. Consistency is not my strong point, meh. 11. I’m so happy I didn’t chop my hair off after Jemma was born. Having it long has been the ultimate hair-do. I can style it down, knot it on my head, and not wash it for days. It’s pretty fabulously […]

Simpler Things

I feel behind in alot of things right now. I’m at a loss as to where the day goes.Most days I feel like I live in 10 minute increments of snacks, stories, diaper changes, errands, laundry, dishes, picking up …Is this what being a stay at home mom is like?A blur of routine and to […]

25

With all the bustle of Jemma’s 1st birthday, flying to Texas, and the ensuing nursing drama I completely forgot to mention that I turned the big 2-5 on October 5th. A whole quarter century old, I am! My family was in town for Jemma’s party on the 1st so afterwards we celebrated my birthday at […]

Sunday Confessional V.1

I’m joining the awesome Deanna in her Sunday Confessional series, hope you enjoy! 1. For my 7th birthday all I wanted was a perm … and that’s what I got! I’m going to try and hunt down a picture for ya’ll. If I find one I’ll post it next week :) 2. In college I […]

Who I’ve Become

Welcome to the I Love Me! Carnival! This post was written for inclusion in the I Love Me! Carnival hosted by Amy at Anktangle. This carnival is all about love of self, challenging you to lift yourself up, just for being you. Please read to the bottom to find a list of submissions from the […]

October 9th

It’s Gretchen popping in :) I’m scheduling this post ahead of time because I just have to share what I was doing 1 year ago … SNUGGLING MY NEWBORN BABY! Jemma’s guess date was October 9th and I was beyond surprised when she was born a week earlier. We snuggled alot in those early days […]

Some Ideas to Make the World a Better Place

These are the small things in life that would make my life oh, so much better … Drive thru post office Drive thru dry cleaners Drive thru everything – Can you imagine how easy life would be if I could run errands while Jemma napped??? Hair and make-up that automatically did themselves Washing machine that […]