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href="http://www.emmymom2.com" rel="nofollow"> I'm back I am linking up with my bestie, Emmy for her Friday Five!  1.  What a week we have had. Unless you live under a rock, you already know about David Bowie and Alan Rickman. Cancer sucks. I have been affected by this monster one too many times by the loss of family members. I know people who have won, I know people who are fighting; HARD. I will say it again. Cancer sucks. In May I will be participating for the third year in a row for Relay for Life: the walk against cancer. I will be posting about this in the future.  2. This week was the first week back to school for the kids. They did alright dragging themselves back. It helped that both this week and next are 4 day weeks. 3.  Did you win the lottery? Yeah, me either.  4.  Just today Rich asked if we could simply fast forward through 2016(avoid all the political crap) I have to admit, it would be nice.  5.  I need...

Whenever I see a post from a friend on FB my curiosity gets the better of me and go looking in the comments. We all know what happened to that poor curious kitty. The comments I see are usually terrible. The way people speak to one another and these are people they do not even know. What could they possibly gain from speaking so harshly to a stranger? It is this type of behavior that completely stunts my mind. While I may not agree with a person's view point, I certainly would not find gratification in locking horns with them or worse name calling on the Internet. I suppose it is easy to do when you are shrouded behind the cloak of a computer or other device. I am not saying we should not voice our opinion. This is our right. It's just better done with class and dignity and without the use of name calling or vulgarities.  This leads to the next question, when someone does challenge your opinion when is it time to "walk away" from the discussion. I have blocke...

     I am ruining my kids lives. I know for a fact that I am ruining their lives. How do I know this? Well for one thing, my son tells me on a regular basis how I am ruining his life. These times come when he is being punished. Let me preface this with anyone who says boys are easier because there is less drama do not know just dramatic boys can be. I have two drama students in the house, excuse me a graduate (girl)who LETTERED in drama and a second year drama student (also a girl). That being said these girls are far less dramatic than this boy. Yes, tears are shed when they are told they have done something wrong, but when the boy is being punished he hates it here, I am ruining his life, he storms away, slams his door...drama. In the end, he gets over it and so do the girls when they have been scolded/punished. Of course the older you get the less that happens...maybe.       My oldest has referred to me as a " cool cat" par...

     Today I am linking up with my bestie Emmy  to share 5 thoughts and 5 pictures. It's a great way to summarize the week and share those random thoughts that pop into my brain. 1. My personal break from school came to an end this week. I cherish the two weeks I get each year. I am in my last year of school and I feel the senioritis kicking in. I want to be DONE. This week the instructor used two videos as part of his instruction (all of my school is online) and one of the videos I had already seen from a previous course. Yeah I skipped that one. The other one was far more helpful to the topic at hand.  2.  Raise your hand if your kids get three weeks for Christmas break.  Yes...three. This last week has been torture. You would think it would be easy because they have their new toys from Christmas. However, it's quite the opposite. While my 15 y/o is perfectly capable of entertaining herself. My 10 y/o needs movement and entertainment, pl...

It's January and most people are making New Year's Resolutions to lose weight and start anew. These are all great and fantastic things! I support you in your journey! It's a long road ahead. I gained 3.8 pounds over the holidays. The fun is over and I am back on my routine. I have already lost 1.4 of what I gained. It's all good.  How am I doing it?   Weight Watchers .  This is how I choose to take my journey. It works for me. The best part about this program is there is nothing I cannot have. That being said, I do not indulge every day for if I did I would not have the picture above to demonstrate how far I've come. Am I strictly doing Weight Watchers(eating a certain way)? No, I am also moving more...oh that darn word anyway. I do yoga!  All right, so it is not like that, but if you would like to know who I follow her name is Adrienne and I think she is great. She is the right level of cheery, explains everything exceptionally well and her videos...

Once again another term we are all familiar with: Special Snowflake is a thing. Actually to be more specific it is known as "Special Snowflake Syndrome!" Are you kidding me? Now this one comes from the urban dictionary and other similar forms, but there is some science behind it. " The Special Snowflake (Also referred to as one with the "Special Snowflake Syndrome" or "SSS") is a person who believes they are different and unique from everyone else because of something they are or do. This thing they are or do, most commonly is something is something many many other people are doing, E.G. Genderfluid ,  Therian  ( Otherkin ), etc. Special Snowflakes almost always have a superiority complex." ( urban dictionary ) Is it any surprise that individuals with "special snowflake syndrome" have a superiority complex?  Another explanation points at mothers..."Our mothers always told us we were special snowflakes, each having our own unique...

Most people have heard of the term, "me time" it can even be found in the Oxford dictionary. " Time spent relaxing on one’s own as opposed to working or doing things for others, seen as an opportunity to reduce stress or restore energy: schedule some me time when you get home" By definition everyone should be scheduling "me time" into their daily lives. It seems impossible when the lists are already never ending, the workload is piled up and typically as mothers we are one or ten steps behind. The first the step toward making "me time" is to look at it in a whole new light. When I first started thinking about this "me time" topic I wanted a picture to summarize it perfectly. I was not disappointed by our dear friend, Google. Can you see that? You are right in the word TIME. Now that we know we are in the word time itself lets work on that "me time." It has been said that all we need is 5-10 minutes a d...