What technology would I be better off without, why??

I would love to say I would be better off without my phone but leasts be real it wouldn’t be realistic at all. I not only use my phone for phone reasons but I also use it for work. Without my phone I wouldn’t be able to document all the things because I wouldn’t have a phone to do so.

This question is really making me think about the other technology in my life and how much I use them. The technology I use is television. I hardly watch tv during the week and when I do its only for a few minutes because children and bedtime lol. Since hitting the rip age of 35 I have discovered that getting lots of sleep is my jam and I know longer feel the need to jeopardize sleep for watching tv. Because I barley watch anything as it is I know I wouldn’t miss it at all. The one thing I would miss would be being able to watch the Harry Potter Movies but I can always read the books again. So win win I guess.

God Bless,

~Angela

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What will your life be like in three years?

In three years I see myself being a mother to a 13 year old, 11 year old, and 7 year old and holy cow thats scary. I don’t know how I feel about having a 13 year old in the future and I’m guessing he is going to be way taller then me too! He is already five foot four and I’m barely five foot six hahahahahaha.

I’m hoping by then we will have some cows back in our lives and maybe some pigs too, along with a new flock of chickens. I’m also hoping by then I will have gardening mastered and perhaps my ability to grow some pretty tall weeds will be the other way around and I will have little to no weeds at all.

We are starting a bathroom remodel in the Spring time so I’m envisioning being to use that in three years! Which would be awesome seeing how this bathroom is literally falling apart and no one likes to use it hahaha. I mean I do because going to the stairs in the middle of the night to go potty sounds terrible so I brave the upstairs one.

God Bless

~Angela

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It’s my………

BIRTHDAY WEEK!!!

I am one very blessed lady!!! When I woke up my kiddo’s wished me Happy Birthday and again in the evening. As I entered my work place the white board had “Happy Birthday Angela” with balloons all around it and my co-workers yelled Happy Birthday too!! When I got to the my classroom filled with loads of cute 3 year olds who screamed and yelled Happy Birthday Angela surrounding me with the best presents of all, their tight hugs! The best presents ever! My co-workers all chipped in and got me the bestest gifts I could ever ask for a snuggle blanket, with slippers, coffee mug, wonder smelling candle, a Starbucks gift card, and a book called “After” by Anna Todd. Let my tell you, I was shocked by this wonderful gift!!! We enjoyed chocolate chip cookies together at snack time and played the rest of the day. At home I was pampered with a night free from cooking dinner and I got to lay on the couch and love on my children and watch wrestling with them.

I hope your birthday is as blessed as mine was!!

God Bless

~Angela

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What’s the first impression you want to give people?

The first impression I want to give to people is I’m a kind women that is trust worthy, good listener, and will help no matter what the problem or issue is.

That right there is my dad in a nut shell and I want to be just like him. People in the community would came to him for help and he was always willing to help and be there for them. I like to be there for people but on my own terms. I have learned in the past that I have a tendency to stretch myself too thin.

God Bless

~Angela

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Tis the season……

for stomach bugs! Man my family was hit hard on Wednesday with a stomach bug that has taken of us out one at a time. I was the last one to get blessed on Friday and man it was rough. I wasn’t able to get my oldest kiddo to school even though he was finally feeling better but I just didn’t trust myself to drive because I felt that dang bad. So far the hubs is in the clear and I really hope it stays that way. He and I have a date day planned for tomorrow that we’ve been waiting for. To ensure I continue to feel good I had decide to stay home from my oldest sons basketball tournament to really feel better and to honestly get the fridge cleaned out seeing how the hubs was able to fix it by putting the new fan in. I am so excited to get whole foods back into the fridge and get back to making homemade meals. I wonder if thats one of the reasons this stomach bug hit so hard because of the lack of nutrient food in our diets for the last two weeks and the amount of stress and overwhelm I’ve been under.

With all this happening at one time it really gets the mind thinking. Like really thinking if I’m doing all the things right for my children, for myself, and for the family. I’m going to keep doing some deep thinking and I will be sharing all thoughts and plan/s I come up with.

God Bless

~Angela

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Mom life

Man being a mom is truly hard! I’m home again with a sick kiddo again, two days in a row that I’ve missed work and to be honest I don’t really care that I’ve missed. I’ve been doing a lot of thinking today and trying hard to feel the feelings which for me isn’t always an easy thing. The first layer I’ve dung into is “I’m I do things right?”. I’m I making the right decision with my middle child by getting him the extra help at school and outside of school?, Should I cut back on my hours at work so I can be home more with him and maybe less tapped out from pouring all of myself in work. I work with children and that is and can be very exhausting and rewarding all at the same time. But by the time I came home work working a 8/9 hour day and sometimes 10 hour day my tank is completely empty and I have nothing else to give. I have to make dinner, check backpacks, animals chores, and the list goes on. The kids end up staying up late tell 9pm so we can fit it all in and just have a few moments with my children before they lay down for the night. Should I quite my job all together and be more available for my children, even thought they would be in school full time? My kiddos are only going to be little once and soon in hight school practically having their own lives with school, friends, sports, and work. Were working doing those school hours and those ages would be more attainable then now and hopefully they will be less sick.

I wonder if my middle kiddos would do better in a less structure, go, go, go school and be more successful learning at home. Doing homeschool school and meeting with people around the area. I could transition my 4k little over to this type of learning easy peasy I believe but would it be easy for the 5th grader or hard for him?

I’m not sure what my plan is but i defiantly have a lot to think about and research. While I was talking to my sister in law today she mentioned “KISS” which means, Keep It Simple Stupid! This is what I need to get tattooed on my arm so I can see it everyday. I need to for sure keep stuff simple and society for sure doesn’t want us to do that.

Keep it real and God Bless

Angela

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Things are tough

Man oh man, things around here have been tough. Everything has a domino affect, even thought it isn’t all personally affecting me it still is causing stress and all the feelings.

My middle son has been struggling in school with social interactions and regulating his emotions. It happens at home here but only a few incidents happened at school last year towards the end but this year so far has been rough, real rough. I’m working hard along with the teachers to get him the help he needs at school and also outside of school. With all the going on it with him it gets my mind thinking and thinking not so good thoughts that lead to eating disorder thoughts and negative body thoughts. On top of this happening the fire place wasn’t working, our fridge died, kitchen sink is clogged, and we have mice. Happy adulting and farm house life. With this basketball practice started for my oldest and they had their first game this past Saturday. He is now sick unfortunately and today is a sick day! Today will be a day full of making sure he gets the rest he needs and cleaning. I would love to say I would be filling him with homemade delicious foods and things but with the fridge being broken our food options are really slim and all frozen foods and let me tell you I can tell I haven’t been eating my normal foods. I’m hungry constantly (lack of good source of protein), bm’s have changed, and my clothes aren’t fighting nicely like they have. With the cloths not fitting nicely comes in more negative thoughts that are becoming harder to fight off or work through. Sprinkle in some stress and anxiety that just creates a wonderful combination of all the feelings and thoughts. This too shall pass.

Yesterday we got the fireplace fixed, $365.00 dollars later for a simple fix that the construction guys messed up when hanging up the new siding and putting on the new vent. My hubs was able to unclogged the kitchen sink thank goodness and washed all the dishes. The fridge guy came and the fan is broken sadly and while he was here, he was trying to find a fan for the brand fridge and don’t you know they don’t make it anymore. Our fridge is 2 years old ugh!!! We will be out a fridge tell Friday or Monday, I’ll need to get creative!!

I decide to change my workout routine from happening in the morning to the evening. In September I was working out in the morning before work (I work at 8), so I have plenty of time in the morning but it seems like the kiddos are dragging their feet to get ready, we are always rushing to get to work on time or school on time. So I moved it to the evening to cut back on my morning stress and I’m filling that time now either journaling, stretching/yoga, or reading to help reduce stress and anxiety. With sports happening now I figured working out in the evening would be more unattainable too, because I will just stay at the school during practices.

Things will get better but in the moment it’s so overwhelming, challenging, and stressful. There is definitely light at the end of the tunnel.

God Bless

~Angela

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How do I……..

mange screen time for myself. Well I have children and they take over the tv’s either watching shows or playing Frotnite with their friends and then I have my husband that takes over after the children. I do watch some familiar shows like NCIS that brings my comfort while I’m washing the dishes or cleaning a room. I would say I don’t get very much tv time but screen time on my phone is another thing. I catch myself many times just scrolling to get away from the stress thats happening around me. I would also spend so much time Pinterest looking at all the things I wanted to do that over time it became overwhelming. I now only go on Pinterest to actually look for something that I need in that moment ie; recipes, things for children, or something I’m looking at for work. I really have become mindful of how much time I spend on my phone by using the app thing on my phone that breaks down how much time you spend on each app and then at the end of the week it calculates it all together. I’ve made it my goal to stay under 5 hours each week and that really helps me.

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My Favorites!!!!

My favorite form of physical exercise is lifting weights! I really enjoy lifting heavy weights and watching over the course of a few months my body change in a few areas. It’s empowering when you see the physical changes when you flex or when your clothes fight tighter in certain areas. For me its the biceps/triceps and the quad/hamstrings and I know I’ve really grown those muscle groups. Another physical change is how much stronger I am when lifting something up that is not a weight. Lifting a child is so much easier to do and it doesn’t hurt when doing so. Lifting bails of high suddenly feel so light which is an amazing feeling because those bad boys can be heavy! Carrying feed at the food store, loading the feed in the car, and then again at home doesn’t feel exhausting but exciting! That is why weight lifting is my favorite form of physical exercise

Another favorite hobby/lifestyle of mine is being out in nature. It’s not something I get to do all the time but I really enjoy setting and listening the the wind blow or the animals around me. I love going on walks or hikes around the area. Hikes don’t happen much for more with everyones schedules or my own, the hikes are fair and few between but hopefully it will change. My goal is to bring my kiddos with me and this is a goal I can have in winter here and carry over into next year too!!

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What’s a good neighbor?

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What makes a good neighbor?
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A good neighbor is someone who is there for you when you need help or have questions and you are there for them. I have wonderful neighbors and it took us awhile to actually see that because we were living in the my husbands fathers past. My father in law used to live on the property before we bought it from him and he had lived here for gosh 60 years, he has never lived anywhere else. He was born and raised in this house and had is own family here as-well. Of course over the years he has had some disagreements with the neighbors which I think can be normal but he never forgave it was always hanging on. When we moved in that knowledge had been passed down to us and to be honest I was annoyed with the neighbor for treating my father in law bad so many years ago. Which looking at it now is pretty silly. We really needed our neighbors this past my when our three heifers had broken out of the pasture and were on the lamb. Let me tell you, all of our neighbors (5 of them) helped us search for them and in the end we found them and they even helped us corral them into a trailer. It was a long exhausting day and after that day I make sure I wave to them ever chance I got and I’m even facebook friends with a few of them, I know. LOL.

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