I'm back:)

I've been taking a break from blogging for a few reasons.   My kids broke my laptop (insert BIG frowny face), this summer has been chaotic, and I've been going through a tough time figuring out what how to get this fibro and RA under control (and I think that I have). 

The kids started another year of their virtual school.  I love having them home with me on a daily basis because we only have them for a very short time before they grow up and move out.  I love getting to see them learn new things and become more independent.  Especially my 5 yr old.  This is his first year of school and he seems so eager to learn for about 30 min.  After that, forget it. 

I took a break from eating all raw foods but now am back to eating raw and vegan!  I really noticed a difference about the way that I feel when i'm not eating healthier.  Green tea has become my best friend and I drink about 3-4 cups a day.  I'm trying out all sorts of yummy recipes so i'll post some later. 

I know that Halloween is coming up but do you think that it's too early to decorate for Christmas?  LOL!

Blessings:)

TGIF!

This pic says it all.  I've been thinking alot about this lately.  Friends, family, what direction to take.  So, right now, I'm taking everything day by day and trying to enjoy my life.  I'm enjoying spending time with my kids this summer while we do alot of nothing.  LOL!  Life is too short to be constantly worrying about things (which I have a tendancy to do) or overanalyze.  So, HAPPY Friday to you all!!!

Blessings to YOU!!!

The Important Things

I love this quote because it's true.  We do not need things to make us happy.  For me, it's the smell of my kids after they get out of the bath and then hopping in my bed to snuggle with me.  Reading a good book on a rainy day, laughing at my best friend and realizing that we both may really be nutty.  All of these fill my heart with joy and all of these little things are not materialistic, they are true happiness.  Something that you can't hold in your hand but something that you can hold in your heart.  Hoping that everyone has a wonderful Monday!!!

Blessings!

Summer, here we come

I'm so excited that summer is almost here and we'll be done with school, have lots of time in the sun, and still planning a vacation or maybe a few mini ones. The past school year has flown by and I can't believe that I'll have a 3rd grader, 6th grader, and a kindergartener next year! Wow! Where has the time gone.
This past weekend, my nephew (who I used to keep as an infant), turned three. He had such a cute birthday party at the fire department! What a great idea for a party!

What a great way to spend a Saturday!


Blessings!!

Summer's almost here...

So many things have been going on lately and I'm so excited about summer coming up, new doors opening in my life, and other doors closing.  The school year is almost over for the kids and I'm not at all sad that they'll be out for the summer!  LOL!   However, my youngest will be heading to kindergarten next year. 
I've been really working on my jewelry this week and I've been also trying new mediums.  I'm loving the polymer clay so I've spent alot of time shaping and glazing.  I'll be adding new things to my etsy shop in the next couple of days. 
I'm still juicing greens and as long as I get sleep at night, I feel ok through the day.  I don't think that I've actually felt good in so long and by the end of the day, my body hurts so bad.  However, I'm determined not to let these chronic diseases get me down! 



Blessings:)

My Weekend

Friday evening, my friend Cyndi and I did a 5K. Nope, we didn't run the whole thing but we did alternate between jogging and walking. It was a huge step for us nonrunners!
There were quite a few steep hills and stations where people were handing out water. It definitely wasn't as hard as I thought that it would be but let me tell ya, my body is paying for it this week!!! I'm glad that I did it, though! Cyndi was an inspiration and I can mark that off my bucket list:)

I had another pic of the finish line but for some reason, it's not letting me post!  Argh!  That finish line sure was a wonderful sight!  LOL!

Everyone have a wonderful week! 

Blessings!!

It's been a week

Happy Friday!  I've been out of the loop here for a couple of weeks due to flareups with my RA and Fibro.  I have also been battling insomnia, so it doesn't help my pain when I don't sleep.  However, I feel better today and I'm actually heading to one of my best friends houses this weekend to do a 5K!   Yikes!  Don't think that we'll run the whole thing but I at least want to say that I've done one!  I just feel so blessed that i'm able to walk and run (if I wanted to) right now when there are so many people out there that can't.  I'm back on my complete raw diet with extra green juicing.  I feel so much better when I eat this way but I do have my cheat days.  My willpower just goes and either chips or sweets overpower me!  LOL! 

This weekend I'll be posting photos of the 5K and some new pieces of jewelry that I've been working on!

Have a wonderful weekend!
Blessings to you all!!

R.I.P Laptop

I haven't posted this week b/c my computer has been having some issues.  This weekend it went from issues to completely dead. The thing won't even turn on:(   I don't know if it's gone for good but it looks that way.  If anyone has had this issue and fixed it, could you let me know?  Hoping that eveyone has a wonderful Monday!!!

Blessings!

Cake Pops

Ok, I'm going to try my hand at Cake Pops!  I'll take pics no matter how they turn out but I figured for Easter, what a great little treat!  My kids would love them!  SOOOO, this will be interesting!  LOL!  Next post will be Cake Pop pics!  Yay!!


Blessings!

Casting calls

All week, I've had my cousin's daughter up here for her Spring Break.  Just so happens that a casting call for Artemis (The Hunger Games Series) had a casting call yesterday.  I sent my daughter's information to the casting company and got a call for her to come in!  I decided to take mine and Lacey's (my cousin) to the call when I took Brayden in for her reading.  We'll see what happens!  Maybe you'll see us in the background of a movie one of these days!  LOL!

Blessings!

I did it!

Ok, I've been trying to get the courage up to open my Etsy shop and I finally did it!  So, you can be honest and let me know your opinions!  You can see some of my stuff over to the right of my blog!  I still need to add some things but to start of with, I just added several!  Thanks so much for taking a peek!

Blessings!

Mondays and new beginnings

Today is such a beautiful day!  I woke up and the sun was shining through the window so I KNEW that was a plus!  I've been soul searching all weekend about some important life changing events.  Whether I'm making the right decisions or not.  Have you ever had those?  With lots of prayer and meditation, I think that i'm now at peace with my decisions.  More to come on those! 

How was everyone's weekend?  I've done an hour of yoga, had my green juice, and now we're working on school!  Wow!  I'm so blessed!!

Blessings to you all:)

Spring Break

Last week was Spring Break for the kids.  I didn't plan a trip to the beach or the mts., or Disney World.  However, we did go to spend some time with one of my best friends!  We basically moved in with them for a few days!  They were such wonderful hosts and so, incredibly patient for putting up with three kids!  Spent some quality time hanging with the kids and Cyndi and just relaxing!  I had a blast and so did my kids!  So, go ahead and send that mommy of the year award!  I might just deserve it THIS Spring Break...for once...

Benjamin and LC

Me and Cyndi.  Look at how beautiful she is! 

Great friends, good junk food (hehehe aka: jellybeans), and good times!

Back to school tomorrow!!

Blessings to everyone!

Green detox

This weekend was absolutely beautiful!  I'm so glad that the weather is warming up!  Since this week is Spring Break for the kids, I decided to start a 21 day CSL detox.  It's a completely raw diet and I'm anticipating wonderful results!!!  So, in the spirit of detoxing and meditation...

Namaste!

Insomnia and shopping

I battle severe insomnia.  During these nights that I'm up till all hours, I tend to surf the web.  Sometimes, I like to "window shop" on certain websites.  Usually, I just look but I found them.  The sandals that I had been wanting!  Suddenly, at 2am, I decided that THIS moment would be the time to buy them! 


Yep.  Chacos.  I think that insomnia causes insanity. 
But I am looking forward to receiving these!!!

Blessings!
Kristi

Colorful Bags

I have been on a sewing kick lately to make bags.  I've made the kids bags out of old tshirts, I've made bags for myself, and I've made bags for friends.  I can't help myself.  When I walk into a fabric store, I'm taken over by all of the beautiful patterns and colors.  I seriously could live in a fabric store.  I am like a kid in a candy store.  So,  here is my favorite by far.  It's not for everyone but I love, love the colors!!!!

Ok, so I know that it looks a bit like a quilt but that's what I love about it!

Blessings!!!

...and we're back!!!

This past week has been one heck of a week!  Sick kids, aching mommy, and awful change in weather!  We went from some lovely days to nasty cold and rainy weather!  I'm slowly moving again but my daughter just seems to stay at a halt.  She has been battling chronic and severe asthma so she's having a rough time.  We've been to the doc WAY too many times and we're going to be heading back to the pulmonologist again Friday.  Something has to give!  However, I feel so blessed that Brayden doesn't have anything worse than asthma and allergies, even though she's been in and out of the hospital since she has been little. 
On another note, I have joined the Pinterest group!  Once you are accepted to join, you can tag anything on the web that catches your eye!  Then you can pin away on your boards!  It's quite addicting!!  Thank you, Sara @http://walkslowlylivewildly.com/, for the idea to join!!  You guys need to check it out!

Blessings!!!

Calypso Mama - Gin and coconut water

Ok, with the weather warming up and today was just an amazingly, beautiful day, I've been thinking about a vacation.  I need to be at the beach soaking up the vitamin D!  Soooo, i've been looking at escapes lately; something that the kids would enjoy as well as myself!  So, in the spirit of some sunshine, here's something for your listening pleasure!!  Thank you to my friend Moodthy @ My Crazy Sexy Life for the song inspiration!

Happy Wednesday and then some...

I did some spring cleaning this weekend and I'm amazed to say that the house looks a heck of alot better!  Oh, and I'm proud to say that in the midst of my cleaning, I found my camera!!!  Yay!!!  However, Caleb's cupcakes were gone by the time I found it so I wasn't able to take any pictures.  Oh, the reason that I cleaned was because my laptop was "sick" for a little while.  My daughter decided to put a virus on it and I had to completely remove everything, restore it back to it's factory settings, and reinstall programs.  Do you know how long that takes?????  People that do that for a living must have tons of patience because there were many times that I wanted to chuck this badboy out the window!  It's back again, thank goodness!  However, no kids are allowed on my laptop from now on.  They can use the desktop. 
Now, if only Friday would get here!  It's been a long week already! 

Happy Wednesday and blessings!

Feeling Lousy

Yesterday was my sweet boy's birthday so I ended up eating things that weren't on my diet.  Since eating raw foods, my RA and fibro symptems haven't been as bad.  I was sleeping better, feeling better during the day, and then yesterday rolls around around.  I thought, hey, it won't be so bad to eat the cheese and crackers, onion rings, and cupcakes.  WELL, let me just tell you, that TODAY is a MISERABLE day!  Thank the lord for my baby girl.  She does reflexology pretty darn well!  Yep, I'm training her up good:)

When I find my camera, I'll take pic of the green octopus cupcakes that Caleb wanted for his bday. 

This is what I feel like this morning:

 Happy Sunday and blessings!!