Fun Halloween Decor

October 10, 2016 by 1 Comment

halloweendecor1Uh oh…I apologize for the email spam yesterday for those who subscribe. I was shutting down my computer yesterday and accidentally posted the rough draft of this post. I quickly pulled it before it went live but unfortunately, I can’t stop the email once they are sent.

Any way, ditch that old email and check out this post which actually has some photos. I have a great area in my craft room where I often display photos, my boy’s artwork and seasonal décor. I decided that I needed some Halloween pieces so I headed over to my Silhouette and cut out these cuties. Joan would be pleased that I assembled them without assistance. She is one of my crafty friends that laughs because I always have some craft assembly project that puzzles me and I ask for her help.

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One of the great things about having my Silhouette is I can whip up things fairly fast to display in the house. So it will be fun to see the boys notice this little Halloween village when they enter my craft room.

I hope you all are having a blessed day!

Belinda

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Happy Monday – October 10

October 10, 2016 by Leave a Comment

breakfastHello happy Monday!! What? You thought I forgot you? No, I didn’t honest, I didn’t forget. Today the boys are home from school so our schedule was a bit different. I had to run some morning errands and now I am finally sitting down to wish you a happy start to your week.
I am very happy today for many reasons, for one, Leao made it home safely from his business trip in North Carolina,  and my family in Florida are safe after this treacherous storm. But I still have prayers for all the people of Haiti and other areas that have been completely devastated by this storm.

I am also happy for the long weekend with my boys, poor Leao had to work. Let’s see, oh and my quarterback has returned to my football team and they rocked it out of the park yesterday. I managed to finish another book and just started one of the amazing books I received on my birthday. So I am feeling good about reading what I own.

The sun is shining bright today and I spent a little while reading on the deck. I will squeeze out a few more sessions before the weather gets too cold and then off to my reading nook for the winter!

I paid to have a signed poster of Nick’s frames for him on his birthday and today we went to pick it up. He was so surprised. I will be sure to share a photo once we hang it in his room.

I spent time reading with Apollo today for his latest book report and reading comics with Nick. He scored big on Saturday when we went to a neighboring town for breakfast (that would be the yummy photo of my breakfast above!)and when we went to leave, we saw a comic book store he always wanted to visit. So he stocked up on some favorites. So he has been catching me up.

I hope you all have a good day and I hope the week brings you something to smile about.

Belinda

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Happy Monday: Today’s Musings

October 3, 2016 by Leave a Comment

happymonday1003_2016bHello! Happy Monday! How are you doing? Did you have a good weekend? I had a nice one. I woke up early Saturday morning with some cleaning projects on my mind. I couldn’t go back to sleep so I waited a little bit and I just started cleaning. I only intended to do a little bit but I got a little compulsive and took care of some things that have been long overdue.

I had intended on spending Saturday completing some craft projects but the cleaning took up a large portion of the day. So I ended up working on some projects in the second half of the day. It always makes me happy when I get to spend time at my craft table just making things.

I even completed reading a book and started another book for my book club. I also am working on some videos because I’ve been meaning to put some videos up on the site and I just haven’t gotten around to it or felt ready yet. There’s no time like the present and I’m just going to jump right in and do it! I can spend hours criticizing or doubting or I could just do it. I chose the latter so stay tuned there should be some videos coming to the blog soon.

Leao came back from his trip so I was so happy to spend time with him this weekend but unfortunately he has to travel again on Tuesday and he won’t be back until Friday. I’m not a big fan of him traveling but he needs to meet face-to-face with his new team that he is managing that’s in the North Carolina office. The boys missed him a lot last week because he doesn’t travel much anymore and when he did it’s was only a day or two here and there but for his new job he needs to do this so that he can better connect with his staff. I’m very happy for him and excited for him and his next journey. He’s so incredibly talented and it’s great to see opportunities seek him out.

My Patriots lost their football game yesterday, but despite my disappointment, I am holding up.  On a happy note I included flower photos today and happy to say my Dahlias are still going strong while my zinnias are trying their hardest to be the tallest in the flower bed.  I find it really strange that my hydrangea is trying to bloom in October. The weather has been so crazy this year that my plants are so confused. So I had to capture the beginning of the bloom.
happymonday1003_2016aIt is So warm today I think that I’m going to go outside this afternoon for a little ‘me time’ with my book.

I hope you have a blessed day and a wonderful week and I will be writing more posts this week so you better come back!

Have a blessed day!

Belinda

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Thoughts on Becoming a Parent of a Teenager

September 29, 2016 by Leave a Comment

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Hello! How are you all doing? I hope your day is going great. It just hit me when I was getting out of my car this morning from dropping off the boys that today I officially become a parent of a teenager. Let’s all take a collective pause……….Nick is now 13 years old and I simply can’t believe it. I knew the day would come but wow, so fast.  Some rethinking is in order.

I have this thing that I always do with “milestone” birthdays with the boys. On the day before their birthday, I pump them up with statements that remind them that this will be the last time they do “x” at their current age. So last night I told Nick, “This is the last time you will have tacos at age twelve the next time you have them you will be a teenager.” I also said, “Today you were 12 when I picked you up from school, tomorrow you will be a teen when you walk through those doors.” They respond so cute to my comments. I think they appreciate the spotlight on the big change.

But as I stepped out of my car this morning, I realized this is officially a new time in my life as well. First, I have to wrap my brain around the fact that I am a mother of a teenager. What??? Nope..ah ok, yes. It’s not like I am a spring chicken but in my mind I have young children. So I now have to accept these new phases as they come at me. I always laughed when my girlfriend talked about her nightmare stories of her teenage girls because it seemed so far away. I used to skip over articles about dealing with your teenager in magazines but now, I know I will slow down and give them a glance. This is a big day for us all as a family. I can’t believe it was thirteen years ago I had my first child. I remember everything. I remember the bed rest, nursing, first steps, snuggling, those teeny tiny fingers and that oh so cute baby laugh. Time truly moves swiftly and I am grateful for all those moments and the new ones to come.

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I hope Nick has an amazing day and moves into this new chapter in life with joy and openness. I know we will go through challenging times but am happy we have a great family to move through this process with us. He is a quite an amazing son and I look forward to all the growth he will continue to experience. Even though I complain at times, I wouldn’t change a thing. Love that boy.  I wrapped up some of his gifts this morning and a few have not arrived and a special surprise gift won’t arrive until the end of next week. But that’s all good.

Have a blessed day friends!

Belinda

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