Wordless Wednesdays-5

Prissy Bella-staying warm

aN aWARD

I was blessed with another award!!

This award completely was unexpected! I received this award from ib at Habitual Hobbit.  I was honored by this follower. I checked out the blog and it  is awesome!!  And he even put my blog button on there!! J I really feel honored. Thank you! 

So word for word this is what is expected of me:

With great power, comes great responsibility, so, as the rules state, I must link back to the award giver, answer some questions, which I will do next, and lastly, I forward this award on to others that I deem worthy.

1. If you blog anonymously, are you happy doing this? If you aren't anonymous, do you wish you started out anonymously, so that you could be anonymous now?

I am anonymous and yet I am not. If you do enough searching you can figure out who I am tho I may not put my full name on this site. I try to keep my kids names as anonymous as possible by giving them nicknames just because well… there are some crazy people out there… sadly..

But my thoughts are by far not anonymous. I write whats in my head and at times close to my heart J

2. Describe an incident that shows your inner stubborn side. 

Hhhmmm..  I guess it’s a stubborn and impatient side… I have a window air conditioner that weights… maybe 40-50lbs.  A friend of mine (male) was supposed to come over and bring it from my garage and then put it into my window.  He was supposed to be there at 6. I had to leave at 630. So at 615 I went out and brought it in and put it in the window myself.  He called 5 minutes after that to tell me he was running late.. I told him don’t bother. Its done! J

3. What do you see when you really look at yourself in the mirror?

Depends on the day and the mood.. Sometimes I see a beautiful princess of the Lord… some times I just seen an aging worn out woman.  

4. What is your favourite summer cold drink?

Fresh squeezed lemonage

5. When you take time for yourself, what do you do?

Read a good book. Candle lit bubble bath. Nice long walk. Shopping

6. Is there something that you still want to accomplish in your life?

I want to own my own business. I want to not have to work for someone else… at least not full time. I want to be happily married.

7. When you attended school, were you the class clown, the class overachiever, the shy person or always ditching?

I am and always have been the shy person. I don’t talk to many people unless maybe they talk to me first… its very hard for me to make friends. L

8. If you close your eyes and want to visualize a very poignant moment in your life, what would you see?

I would have to say the moments when my kids were born.

9. Is it easy for you to share your true self in you blog, or are you more comfortable writing posts about other people and events?

I write about me and my life. I have on occasion wrote about friends/family/events because they have ment something to me, either good or bad.

10. If you had the choice to sit down and read a book or talk on the phone, which would you do and why?

I would rather sit down and read than talk on the phone. I hate talking on the phone. The almost only person I talk to on the phone besides family… is my boyfriend. J

And finally, I need to reward a few other bloggers who I dig and think are worthy. So, here they are in no particular order.

1. The Beholder of Beauty

2. Life of a Single Mommy

3. She Breathes Deeply 

4. The Rachel Chronicles

God Bless

Overthinking Mama 

Realization Friday

Some are mine and some are not… enjoy J

I”ve come to realize:

~ Life really sucks at times… but behind all that suckiness is always something good, you just have to take the focus of the sucky to see it J

~ Working out after NEVER working out for 28yr can seriously kick your butt.

          ~ and even thought the work out was only 10minutes long, your entire body can and will be sore

~ Trying to eat healthy only makes you more hungry

~ I haven’t been completely full all week long

~ Men suck

If you want to send me your realizations, please do, and I will post next Friday J

overthinkingmama@gmail.com

God Bless

Overthinking Mama 

Pay it Forward

Yesterday while going thru my blog reading journey I was checking out Nikki’s blog  Life of a Single Mommy.  She posted about Pay if Forward. I thought this was a great idea. So I decided to join her in this great idea:

I promise to send something handmade 

to the first 3 people who leave a comment here.

To be eligible, you must also post this in your blog,

offering the same thing to 3 other people. 

The rules are that it must be handmade by you and it

must be sent to your 3 people *sometime* in 2011.

I have been wanting to “get crafty” for the longest time… but never can quite seem to have the right motivation. So I am hoping that maybe this will give me the kick in the butt that I need.   

So If you would like to join with me in this, please leave me a comment below with your email address or if you don’t want you addy out there, leave a comment and then email me at overthinkingmama@gmail.com   

(First 3 people to sign up and I receive their mailing addresses)

God Bless

Overthinking Mama

Guest posting

I  did a guest post over at The Young Mommy Life… make sure you go and check it out!!!

God Bless

Overthinking Mama

Wordless Wednesdays-4

lazy dogs

its a monday... wahoo.

I want this to be a positive post…even though I am not in the most positive mood. J

I start back to school tomorrow… I am nervous, anxious, and a little excited. I love being busy and having something to do besides go to work and come home. It is also nice to have a schedule.  I went online today to find out about what books are needed and I am completely confused. The syllabus says I need an Algebra book. The college book store says I need a disc. GGRR… I have purchased the book thru Amazon, thou it will not be here until next week (fingers crossed for sooner). I should have been able to use my financial aid to purchase the book thru the college book store, but there was an issue regarding that, so I just went ahead and paid for it L  Oh well… I can sell it in the end.. which I really should go and do with my English books especially since they are just like new J 

I am planning on going grocery shopping tonight after work and dinner. I have my mom to watch the kids because I really don’t like taking them with me and I know they really do not enjoy it either.  I am mainly getting veggies and healthy lunch options for me. I have noticed after Christmas my stomach is getting a little pudgy. I know I am not fat nor that I really need to lose weight. I just want to get toned up and actually get into shape. I haven’t ever worked out for more than a week at a time… I just never had the drive or motivation to do it… I need to though. I am getting older and I don’t want to end up having a mom butt, a baby belly, or love handles. I want to be the “hot” mom!  Plus I would like to have at least one more child after I am married, which who knows when that will be. So I would like my body to be in shape so that I can bounce back from the baby body like I have with the other two pregnancies.

I am also trying to figure out a new approach to my parenting style, because what I am doing right now isn’t working. My oldest (lil man) who is 8 loves to argue and will argue about anything and everything.  I love that he has a voice and an opinion. But when I tell him to do something and he says no because of this and that… or when I tell him he is in trouble for something and he tells me NO he didn’t do it or whatnot. It gets old quick.  I have tried spanking, sending to his room, writing sentences, taking toys away, time out, talking, yelling etc… and nothing seems to get through to him. If you have any suggestions, I am open to them. One thing I have learned that works for the most part, is sometimes Lil Man gets extremely hyper, to the point where its disruptive, rude, obnoxious and at time just plain ole crazy and could end up dangerous. It’s during these times that absolutely nothing works… talking, time outs, redirect… but I have found that the redirect that I can do and works is jumping jacks. 100 to start and it goes up from there depending on the intensity of the hyperness. Normally he calms down a bit… not always completely but normally at least some. And I will repeat as necessary.

I am having issues with my daughter eating. She has become a very picky eater. One day she loves something. The next she hates it.  And meal time has become challenging. So I have started making what I want to make and if she eats, she eats. If not, than she won’t get a treat that night.  This still doesn’t work.  I really am not sure of how to correct this. How do I get a 4yrold to eat at least the majority of her meal… for most meals?? I know she won’t like everything and I don’t expect her to. But how do I keep her from starving herself and eating what I cook??

Thanks for all of your help!!!

God Bless

Overthinking Mama