Taking Attendance

SO today is almost over. Last day of the month. Pay Day. Woo bought my toddler son a tiny Elsa figurine and a Monster Truck. It was his first time really taking him to the store and letting him pick out something. The girls got Ben and Jerry's ice cream and a junk food of their choice,  cause hey, it's NYE Y'all!Enjoyed watching Emma work with clay and watching Maya  figure out what she is going to wear for the NYE countdown in :52 minutes. We always stay home for NYE. Too many drunkards on the road. We like staying alive so we stay home. Tonight the guys and grandma are passed out.Maya is sitting over there on her laptop listening to music. She has good taste in music.
The neighbors are going crazy with fireworks as usual.  Also a reason why we just stay home, we don't have to go downtown or to the horse track because we can look out the window and see a great show.  We have all been injured by fireworks so they frighten us, but we like them from a distance.
Just chatted about  leap year to Maya. lol Always funny.

anyway. I am present today. Not absent.
mothership blog: day 2

I Just Want To Say

I just want to say, Wow, this is two times in one day that I have accessed my own blog. While I am here I may as well drop a few lines to begin exercising my fingers and brain. They say it only takes 21 days for something to become a habit. I suppose I will list some future topics I wish to blog about.

I wish to work through some of the negative kinks in my personality/thinking and writing them down is supposed to be cleansing for the soul.
I'd like to make better use of my time.
I'd like to read more.
I would like to take my children on more adventures across the country.
I would like to live in a tree house in Arkansas.
Raising a Teen, Tween and Toddler and Grandma all at once.
Challenges of the sandwich Generation.
Not using a dishwasher.
Being a Christian.
Not going to church, leaving denominations behind.
Loving a supporting a diverse group of friends.
Educating toddlers folk.
Art. Creating and viewing
Home School
Exploring world religion.
Mental Illness and all that encompasses.
Cancer and care giving

Learning to sew
Grieving, do it, don't hide from it.
Stories about Grandma
Kansas

Well, these are  enough ideas for now. My girls just built the most amazing fort so I am going to go admire it, and then get ready to watch my favorite show "Alaskan Bush People"

Note to Self

I have had this blog for 6 years, I don't use it. I always say I am going to do better.  I need to do better. If I don't bang out these words and put them in a safe place then my words and thoughts will be lost forever...someday, hopefully not today, but you never know. I'd really like to leave some intellectual property behind for my children. SO here we go,  try to do this dang thang.  

There are so many things I would like to say. Where should I begin, I need a writing prompt.  Do I start with childhood memories? Memories of raising my own children., choices we have made as a family. Blessings that have rained upon us? Dreams of a simple and pure future? Struggles I have with the "church". My love for Jesus. The perils of society, my fears and anxieties? Raising my Mother, longing to help my father. Poems, experiences at work...Friendships, hobbies, desires....things that piss me off...I have so much to say!!

I do like the idea of typing it out as no one can interrupt me in the middle of speaking...I can edit before publishing.

I really need to get into the habit of connecting to my blog once a day,  I have a record of once every couple of years.  I have to work REALLY hard to make this a new habit.

I have a goal of writing (possibly illustrating) a simple book for children.. I need to mine ideas, and get in touch with what I want.

Working on me, learning and growing everyday. Live now!

So for this moment I will leave this here, pat myself on the back for taking this step and go jot down some Bible Verses to get my heartbeat back in rhythm.