Super proud of the progress my daughter's been making. She's had a really hard freshman year of high school. Yesterday was my first real sure sign of progress. She joined a writers club and actually shared her writing. Aloud. To the group. She received great feedback and I saw her confidence soar. Her writing has really improved since last week. ( Read more... )

Managed to start laundry, wash dishes, pick up the living room and get some work done all with a crying...screaming baby. I'm exhausted. Oh and I breastfeeding him nearly every hour, which makes me sleepy every time. Must fight sleepiness! Taking a nursing livejournal break now. Gotta pick up my older son in about half an hour. Where does the time ( Read more... )

A good friend of mine's life partner died of cancer this week. A reminder that what is most important is not schedules and chores. I need to keep that in mind and enjoy the present with my family. Often I think too much in the past or the future. I'm so sad for my friend's loss. They were together for 21 years. Even though they couldn't be legally ( Read more... )

In case you were wondering, I haven't kept all of my resolutions yet this year, but that doesn't mean I'll get frustrated and forget about it. The resolutions are just a list to refer to when and to keep my life in check. So let's see how I'm doing and come up with solutions.

I haven't been doing yoga everyday. I think it's because I'm thinking of ( Read more... )

Its time for New Years Resolutions once again. My resolutions for last year were derailed by becoming pregnant with my second son, but now that he's born and very healthy, I am ready to get right back where I was headed at the start of last year, with now even MORE inspiration and reason to better my life! The theme for this years goals more than ( Read more... )

I always seem to come back to live journal around Christmas time. Not sure why. In any case, I had two firsts today. First post baby workout and it went pretty well and the second first, took the baby out for a stroller ride. He loved it! I took him for an even longer one in the afternoon. My legs are killing me but on a great way. They're saying, ( Read more... )