Girl Time and Sunshine

The power of yet. We live in a world where we are constantly looking to be perfect at something.  The media..... the movies.... the magazines.... constantly throwing what we think of as "perfect" is being thrown in our faces ALL THE TIME. How many times have you thought.... "gee if only I was skinnier/prettier/funnier/smarter" ? I know I've said it, multiple times a week... it's so hard to break out of this cycle. Trust me, I know. There has been a movement in education for the last few years.... we call it "Growth Mindset" It's a powerful thought process - it makes you change your focus from not being able to do something to this idea of I'm just not able to do something yet....  For example... instead of saying "I'm not good at math" I would say something along the lines of "I'm not good at math, yet"  As a teacher, but more importantly as a mom, t...

What is this thing called time? What is it? Where does it come from? How do I get more? How many times have you thought - 'Crap, where did the time go?' I know I do.... probably WAY TOO MUCH... You know what I am talking about... In today's world; we wake up, have to feed and cloth the kids, get yourself fed (maybe, but at least coffee or tea), get yourself changed (leggings are still a thing... right?) and then you get yourself out the door or down to business.... maybe - just maybe, you look in the mirror and go.... 'yuck!'  What if I could help? What if I could help you get a '5 minute face' so you have time to do all the other things you have to do but at least you feel better about your appearance? 5 minutes  and a couple of products - you'll feel so much better. (Full disclaimer - these are all off MY website - but that just means they are so much better, because I use them.. ALL THE TIME) Face Now I...

"Mama said there be days like this...." You ever have a day, where you just want to start over?  As if waking up again would change the list of events that put you in this funk? Yeah, that's me today.  I feel like I want a do-over. I actually would like a do-over starting last night.  Today I feel like I am failing at all the things. I'm trying so very hard to run my very first FB party but there is barely any participation 😔 sooooo check that off for things I feel like I am failing today. I'm definitely stuck between that world of not wanting to be pushy and "salesy" and wanting to trust in myself that I am doing it right. Maybe today is a day to take a step back..... start fresh tomorrow.  Not only that, but I think we ALL are ready for this virus to be over and for the world to be back to "normal" (I'm using that word lightly) I know my kids are done with being on the computer all day for school, my s...

Happy Mother's Day Happy Mother's Day to all the moms out there - whether you have littles (or not so little), are a step mom, pet mom, waiting to meet your little, waiting to be reunited with your little in heaven, or any other form of motherhood. Days like this can be so hard on families who are waiting to be families or waiting to continue their families or missing their families. I wish you nothing but love and I want you to know that I've been there too. All to often days like this is tough, and now with social media it's even HARDER. So do me a favor, please.  If you find today to be hard - for whatever reason, please take a moment for yourself. .... and know... we love you 💓 p.s. to share a little happiness.... my girl T Swift 💗💛 will be showing her concert next Sunday on ABC at 10 PM (While I won't be awake I will be recording it 😉)

I was on Facebook (yeah, I know.... again)  and this popped up on my feed.  Normally I share things (ok, a lot of things) but this one made me stop. It made me think.... how often do we as mothers try to be that "perfect" mom? How many parties did we plan, using Pinterest as the guide to making it look "cool"? How many holidays did we scroll through Pinterest, Facebook, or Instagram trying to 'recreate' something we found? How many salads did you put in a mason jar? (ok this one was a joke - I mean... only slightly)  How many times did you scroll through your friends' feed and think "wow, I wished I  could do x,y,z"? I bet it's been more than once.  Why though? Have you ever tried to stop yourself and ask why?  There's a term we teach during US History ... 'Keeping up with the Joneses', which basically means (in case you forgot your time in US History class) we try to constantly com...

Someday Never Comes... How often do you say to yourself.... "someday"? Like... some day I will go on that trip..... or some day I will buy that item (insert whatever item you have ever wanted) I hate to break it to you, but someday isn't an actual thing . If we keep waiting for someday to happen then we are going to spend our whole lives waiting.  We do a unit in my Economics class, where we discuss the American Dream. We discuss the traditional dream (probably the dream you know - house, white fence with 2.5 kids and a dog)... but we also talk about the new dream - a dream where people focus less on the tangible things (house, family, dog) and more on fulfillment. (I get it - total millennial thing to say) If you're like me (a total millennial) you have spent a fair amount of your time on YouTube. While History and Theatre certainly are up there on the list of videos that I watch, the videos I watch the most are Ted Talks. (yeah, yeah, yeah,....

I was on Facebook today (shocker I know...) and I saw this post ..... it made me think. How many times in your life do you look for a new beginning, a new start, a new something ?  Then I began to really think..... did I do this before I became a mom? ..... my answer? No I don't actually believe that I did. So now that makes me wonder ..... why (as a mom) am I constantly trying to do something new? Have new results? Change with each season? Why? What is it about the dreaded "mom guilt" that has this nagging voice inside my head pressing me to change something? Now don't get me wrong - a reflection process is GREAT. It really is. Thinking and processing interactions that we have had in our lives or a project that we did and identify what we could do differently in the future is NOT what I am talking about. That process is actually amazing and something that we are humans should be do often.  BUT.... that's not what I'm talking about ......