Chickens and the allergy twins

These are two of my new babies. Within a span of one week I have 2 new kittens aka The Allergy Twins and six of these little wonders. Every spring I have the need for something tiny and new. My sweet husband just accepts these things and rlls with the flow. Let's begin with the little felines. {pics soon} They are named Fiona and Rex. My son has become very enthralled with them. I am highly allergic to cats but that never stops me. Luckily they hang out in my sons room. My little chickies are A~DORABLE !!!!!! They are living the life of luxury. They hang out in the sunroom for now. Their little abode is in the process of being finished. Shout out to the fabulous Heather Bullard of www.heatherbullard.com for her inspiration. We are taking her most awesome hen house design and tweaking it to fit us here in Mayberry. BTW these little beauties lay pastel eggs.

One more weekend full of kids activities and then we have a month long break before things kick up again. I know the kids need a little break and mom does too. This taxi service needs a little vacation. Speaking of vacations ~~~~~ we are not having one this year. We may run off for a weekend but the kids are jammed packed this summer so family time is out. I am hoping to get a few days at the mountain house. Hubby thinks we may get a few days at the beach but nothing in stone. Back to my free month. I need to take the opportunity to get things done before our craziness picks back up. SPRING CLEANING !!!! is first and foremost. I think I need to make a list for the month. My mind is running. I think I will go start now. Have a great day.

Simplify

Right now, in my little world, life is caotic to say the least. When life is spiining out of control, I feel that as humans we look for ways to slow it down so we handle life. My way is to simplify things. I look to the past to help with the present. We are constantly on the go and never see one another. I am almost always short and gruff with my youngest. She is so wonderful and forgiving. I smile everytime I look at those emerald green eyes. I never see the oldest except for the two days this past week that he was stuck in the car with now me. My heart sings whenever I get those moments. He will be off on his own journey soon and I will not get to look into deep soulful eyes every day like I do now.


My blog reading has dramatically changed within the past year. I used to solelly read ones about clothes, shopping, etc... but it is more about family, home, church, etc... I am comfortable in this role that I have made. I may not always be in this role but for now this is what works. I am a HORRIBLE and I do mean bad, housekeeper. {just keeping it real} Knowing this and knowing where I want my journey to go that must change and change quickly. I have been working on things in my mind for weeks if not months on how I need life to be and now it is time to implement these things.


You may ask, where are you going with this rambling? Well let me tell you. Since I have my life map done, I hope to use this as my accountability tool. My fabulous husband occasionally reads this ,{hi, honey} so he will certainly make sure I do what I say. Of course in the end I only have to prove this to my self. Eventually I will have this blog up and running like everyone else but it will take time. I am not computer literate. Ok enough of this sappy mombo jombo. I am off to clean the kitchen. Have a great spring day. Next post will not be such a downer, I promise.


fluffymuffy

Dreaming

Lavender
Larkspur
Hydrangeas
Violets
Fresh eggs
gardening
decorating the happy home
mint
herbs
BAKING
sewing
knitting
LOTS of reading
finshing school
volunteering
amazing dinners
great lunches
hearty breakfasts
PRAY
date nights
lose lots of weight. {like 70lbs}

Thank goodness this is not my to do list for today. I do want to tackle these by summer. The weight thing will not totally happen but I will get a jumpstart on it by then. I hope to have the 1/2 of the weight off by then. I want to do it smart. I think I need to print this list off and carry it around with me for inspiration. what is your inspiration?

fluffymuffy

Fun Giveaway

Have a sick kiddo but want you to know the most fantabulous giveaway. Made with Love and Glue is giving away the cutest handmade family picture . I soooooooo want one and you will too. Check her out her sweet blog and it will get your creative juices flowing. Now if one of you smarties can tell me how to highlight it here that would be oh so wonderful. For now you will need to go to my Blog List and access it there. Well off to snuggle a really hot child. I hope this fever breaks soon, she is breaking my heart.

fluffymuffy

Fan freakin tabulous !!!!!!!

I say that with excitement not sarcasm. I am going to get everything done on my to do list today. It is rare that it happens in my world. I normally have too much on list and at the end of the day I feel like such a big ole failure. After this week, my cleaning schedule will be a breeze. It will take all week to get the house in order and then I will just have up keep. How smart am I? I spent all night last night organizing my days. I am one happy girl.

My little girl is home sick today. I had visions of snuggling time and reading time. She has done nothing but sleep. Poor little thing. She really is not feeling well. I think I will make her a little something special, homemade chicken noodle soup. The rest of us will be having Monte Cristo sammies with baked fries and salad. I am hoping that she will be up for fudgy brownies but it looks like I may need to put one back for her.

I wish it was a little warmer. I would love to do some yard work but it needs to be 70 degrees or above. We are due for some rain later this week. I am thinking those days, after my daily chores of course, will be wonderful to dream about the garden and chicken coop. Yep you heard right, we will be getting chickens this spring. I double heart baking and want to use the freshest eggs. I need to also begin collecting jars for canning. If only hubby would build the shelves in the laundry room. My pantry runneth over and I need more room. Things are happening naturally. When I push it never happens the way I want them to. Oh happy days.

fluffymuffy

Oh Ick !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

This is my week to get my self together. I am taking room by room and really cleaning and organizing the thing. Next week I hope to be on a schedule, along with the kids. Hubby and I have had a cold for the last 6 weeks. Ok maybe not that long but it feels like it. I thought some soup sounded great. I do not have any homemade already made or even in the freezer so I opened a can of soup. I keep these on hand for when someone is sick and there is nothing already made. Let me say this OH ICK ICK ICK ICK ICK !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! They are so nasty. Too salty, and too gummy. The veggies are soggy. There is a reason people prefer homemade. After the house gets organized I will be cooking/baking/freezing. I do not want this to ever happen again. I will be searching the cookbooks soon.

Inspiration

Where to begin. I have been wondering around without any directions for a very long time. I know where I want to go but....... I never seem to get there. A friend of mine spoke words of wisdom to me the other day. As a stay at home mom, I have a job, a responsibility to make sure home is where my family can relax and enjoy. Home must be their safe place. I am a horrible and I mean horrible housekeeper, but that is not fair to my loved ones. They all do their jobs to the best of their abilities. I on the other hand have been the biggest slacker. NO MORE!!!!!!

Here is the to do list for the day:

clean front part of the house
laundry {never ceasing huh }
bake banana bread
work on this blog and get the name out.
organize my jumbled mind and stay on track
fix all my financial issues {not really huge}
make a baking schedule
enjoy the season


I love this time of year. The weather here is cool but not artic. I love to plan. This year instead of concentrating on the things I can do for others I want to focus on what a wonderful gift the good Lord has given us all. Enjoying the sights, sounds and smells of Christmas is priority one. I keep thing back to the 40's and 50's. I am certainly in the wrong era. The songs make me wonder what it was like back then. Dreaming is another fantastic gift I give to myself. Hubby just phoned and will home for lunch. There is another gift. I will keep looking for unexpected gift. Have a wonderful day.

Fluffymuffy