Still Thinking

During the time where I was sure I was going to open my own business, I was looking for all sorts of things that would help keep me organized and on track. I had found a salesforce reporting software that looked really good, but I wasn't sure if I was going to use that or a more common form of POS. I'd still really like to do something of my own one day but I'm still not really sure what my favored niche is yet. I'll just have to keep exploring my options and strengths.

Super Sleepy

My sleep has been totally whacky lately and I can't ever seem to get myself to stay fully awake. I know the cause is because I'm pregnant but it just doesn't seem to want to let up. At least most of my nausea has passed with the help of vitamins and I'm hoping the symptoms won't be nearly as bad as my last pregnancy. If only I could stop feeling like I'm in a constantly comatose state.

Lesson Learned

So, what I learned this last Christmas...finding gifts for girls is a lot easier said than done, especially when they're so close in age. We had a pretty difficult time trying to figure out what to get the girls this year and decided to go ahead and let them choose what they wanted on their lists from the internet. Of course it ended up that they kept choosing the same things and despite our hesitancy, we still gave them pretty much the same gifts to avoid hearing the "I want what she got" whining. Eventually that will have to come, but we thought we would ease us all into that one LOL.

To Each His Own

My BF and I do things quite differently and it's funny when something comes up. Both of us end up staring at the other as if they were from a different planet and we just laugh. One example would be how we assemble furniture. I can't watch him do it at all because his methods are way off from mine, but he'll laugh at me because I always end up leaving the casters off of things because I don't want things sliding around. What I love the most is that, despite our methodology, we still can work together without arguing and get things accomplished, now that's teamwork!

Don't forget the Christmas cookies!

Guest post written by Rita Clarkson

There's always something that I like to have handy around the holidays in case we have company coming over and that's some Christmas cookies. I really love baking and eating Christmas cookies. My whole family is the same way. But I think that the part I love most about having them around the house is the ability to just pull them out at any time. Plus, you don't have to heat them up in case someone drops by unexpectedly, which seems to happen a lot to us around the holidays in our household.

It also doesn't hurt to find a new cookie recipe or two to try out. A batch of cookies isn't a huge commitment or anything. While I was online looking up a new recipe a few weeks ago, I ran across soem info on Miracle Ear. After I looked through it a little bit I decided to go and get fitted with some hearing aids like I've suspected I should get for a while now.

I have found a few new recipes this year that I've loved fixing. One of those is a pretty simple walnut and chocolate chip cookie. But you wouldn't believe just how great these cookies are! I'll have to fix these around other times of the year too!

Winter Warming

Winter is upon us and the temps are really dropping. It's interesting to me that there is such a similarity some days between Kansas and California. The wardrobe is quite different between the two though. Just about everyone in California wears North Face apparel and one could easily get lost amongst the crowd if they're wearing north face jackets. I had found one that I loved years ago and wasn't able to pick it up at the time, but my monkey-thumb hoodie works just as well. Even DD loves her sweaters and gear!

Aging with Adventure

I have a friend who lives in one of the Carolinas who totally amazes me. He has a form of a degenerative disease that's really been taking a toll on his body but yet he's out doing everything he possibly can. Most recently he flew a plane, skydiving is next on his list. I always had assumed he was on disability knowing what I do about his condition but it turns out he never has been. He's owned a number of small businesses and when that doesn't make ends meet he's gone out for jobs. He's lucky in that he and his wife are able to worry less about the house because they hired a durham maid service and have much more free time on their hands now. How wonderful that must be!