2023 Word

 So my word of the year this year is Love!!  In the grand scheme it sounds like a crap word when I have love, but the love of non person stuff.  I want to get back to the things I love, the things that bring me joy.  I want to review more and be more open with my reading.  I want to try and blog more and center myself in those things that bring love into me.  So with that May 2023 bring me Love in my Life, my mind and my soul.  

2019

So I failed again but Calvin is in school a few days a week and I just added a reminder to my calendar  to alert me to post once a week.  So here is hoping it works.
So I decided to take my reading goal into a different way this year instead of genre challenge I took it simple and am doing a book number challenge (The GoodReads one where I want to read 150 books this year and I’m doing one with Calvin we are shooting for 400 books).  I can already see a huge difference I’m at 71 now and Calvin and I are at 87.  I am throwing in some it’s time to let them go books.  I’m weird and can’t get myself to read the last book in a series, if I don’t read it then it’s not over right.  But I decided this year enough was enough and I needed to let them go so I want to do 12 that’s nothing crazy so far I’ve done 5 and I’m working on finishing up some series that I’m behind on.
My word for the year this year is Serenity!

This is a huge thing I have struggled with lately and with having to make some changes for my health this will be a big help for this year.  

2018 Word of the Year

Last year was a miserable fail at blogging, this year I will strive to be better.  I’ll add some reminders to my phone and my planner to kick my butt in gear.

In 2009 my friend Alayna told me about One Little Word and I picked a word that little did I know would hold as much power as it did.  I have picked a word every year since (Strong, Remember, Organize, Brave, Faith, Happy, Sparkle, Create and Kind).  The idea is to pick a word that represents what you want to focus on throughout the year.  2017 held a moment for me that really hit home my word for me I was in the Charolette Airport in line at Starbucks and a pilot got behind me.  I had a 3 hour layover and he was obviously between flights I told him to go in front of me and we chatted while in line when we got to the counter he bought my drink,  I thanked him we waited and talked more then parted ways.  I went and sat down and something in me told me to go back to that Starbucks (which if you are ever in the Charolette Airport the Starbucks by gate E11 is the one you want to go to) the pilot knew a guy who worked their and I got him to come talk with me for a moment and asked if I bought the pilot a gift card would he see that he got it when he came through again.  He politely told me he would and thanked me for thinking of the pilot.  I bought the gift card and proceeded to write the pilot a note telling him how I was struggling emotionally (I was flying because my grandpa had just passed away and I was having trouble seeing things as not being gray and he showed me Kind was still out there).  One simple act letting a pilot go in front of me in line reminded me of something I had lost sight of in my most difficult time and this amazing man proved to me that Kind was still out there.  I left that experience with a different outlook.  I got my soul refilled by a stretch of road in Alabama that holds that home feeling for me and always makes my steps a little lighter.  I was able to see positive in a negative situation and without that experience I doubt I could have.

So it’s Word of the year time and it was one of the furthest things from my mind in November and December coming up with a word.  I knew I needed one but with everything going on I just didn’t have it in me to think about it.  On the 29th I took a few moments to myself and sat just sat and it hit me Balance!  I had completely lost my balance in life, with family, my Posh plus upcoming subbing potential everything.  How could I ever expect to find my peace and fix my inner me without balancing my life so this years goal is balance.

Reading Challenge

So normally I am up on my Reading Challenge Game but this time I've been a major slacker.  So far I have picked my Goodreads Challenge 75 books (not too high since I am finding I am reading longer books thanks to GR trackers at the end of the year) and PopSugar Reading Challenge.  The PopSugar Challenge is always a favorite and seems to get added onto my list year after year.  I also found a challenge for Calvin and I to do, but am still on the hunt for at least 1 more because I'm a stickler for a least 3 so I have variety.  Once I get them all figured out I will blog about each one.


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2017 Word of the Year

A few years back my friend Alayna introduced me to word of the year, and I figured sure why not give it a try.  The idea is to select a word for the year that represents what you want to focus on throughout the year.

So my word for 2017 hit me hard but then I started second guessing my choice for a word.  It was one of the simplest words I have ever choose and I didn't know if I felt it.  Then I had a truly ah ha moment after a friend posted a touching blog piece on her cousin fighting to take his daughter home with him because the surrogate had changed her mind.  All thankfully worked out for my friends cousins but the video she shared about his struggles reminded me why I choose my word in the first place.

So I have been doing word of the year since 2009 and my word Strong and because of the instant need in my life for that word it propelled me to continue doing it every year with Organize, Remember, Brave, Faith, Happy, Sparkle, Create and bring me to my 2017 pick

Much thought and dwelling was spent on picking this years word.  More so than any other year I have picked a word but deep in my soul this needed to be my word for 2017.  So no matter where 2017 feels the need to take me my word has a path for me and I know deep down that it's what my year will truly need.

What a fast two weeks

Wow we made it through another party for Kyrie.  I always feel like I have nine zillion things going on for her party that I don't get much else done.  Then I had a sick little guy so I'm finally getting around to blogging about my Crafty Minion Party Creation and then of course uploading pictures to FB and then updating here.  The little guy and I have been trying out different wraps with our woven and we are loving it. 

 I am trying to convince Seth that Calvin and I need this Natibaby Harry Potter Woven wrap.

Calvin seems to love our Kangaroo time and his face lights up whenever he sees our wrap.  Dance continues on and seems to be filling more of our time up.  Kyrie will be performing in a few short months at a basketball game.  And is getting in extra rehearsals for it.  She also has another band concert coming up so we hear lots of flute music around the house.  Good thing it's the flute and isn't too loud and that she is good at it.  Zee is looking for other activities to fill up her time she badly wants back into Girl Scouts (we told her in the fall because it is on dance night now) and she is also interested in bowling club.  We have to look into that today when we pick her up and make sure we don't have a time conflict.  My little babies are growing up and I'm not sure I'm as ready for it as they seem to be.

My Dearest Kyrie

My Dearest Kyrie,

               Today you turn 11, and I have to explain to you why this is so hard for me.  Every time I look at you I see this little girl.

The girl with the curly hair, the free spirit, the child who insisted that rain boots and shorts go on a day without a cloud in site.  My little 4 year old Kyrie adventurous, talkative heart full of love.  I know I hold you too close, give you hugs when you want to push me away and wish you would stop getting older.  I also know one day you will go off to college, have a career, get married and have a family of your own and every day puts us closer to that future.  I just want to keep you little, so the world won't jade you, so I can protect you from everything.  So please be patient with your mom as I hug you a little more than you like.  I'm just trying to hold you little as long as I can!