Active Social Lives It's exhausting to be the social coordinator of the family. Over the past 19 years, Caleb and I have switched roles for who schedules our social lives. I know I used to do it a lot more before I got pregnant and then when the kids were tiny.
Good Beds This is about good beds; it's not about being good in bed. The two don't have to be mutually exclusive. Anyway, back to my main idea. I remember those early Tempurpedic commercials almost every time that I hop into my bed. In the old commercials, there
Joyful Couples Lately I have been thinking about joyful couples. Growing up, I don't think I ever witnessed the adult couples in my life playing with each other. There were moments of laughter, but I don't think their relationships were a source of true joy. Something has happened,
Going with the Flow As a hobby, I haven't been successful at being a horse woman. I think the mommin'-and-military-spouse life just doesn't allow for such a time-consuming hobby. Lately, I've switched from trying to develop myself as a rider to developing myself as a pilot.
Rough-housing Times: they are a-changin'. I used to have to say to my kids, "You have two parents!" when they would walk directly past their dad to ask me to do something for them. You know what I'm talking about. It doesn't matter if
Wild Hair I remember the wild hair of my youth! It was the expression of my youthful impatience to get going! My mom would try to wrangle my hair into adorable ponytails, and I would let her because she had a firm grip on my head, but those ponytails didn't
One Year Well, well, well. I have made it to one year of weekly posts. Go me! I'm halfway to my goal. It's taken me 3 years to get this far. The first two years, I was just too smoked to do weekly posts. I had to do
Leveling Up I've written about working to obtain my Level 2 licensure in teaching. I think that I've been doing this for about 3/4 of a year, now. Initially I thought, "Ugh...more classes," because college really didn't prepare me for being a
Body Acceptance Body acceptance is still really tricky for me. I admire people who have body confidence. Sometimes I do and other times I just feel deflated by the person looking back at me. I think people require a strong sense of what healthy feels like in their bodies, because our visual
Shifting Focus I find myself so focused on other people that it's hard for me to concentrate on an energetically higher state of living. When I was living in Oklahoma, Texas, and Kansas, my kids needed me at home, and I spent a lot of time working on raising my
Big City Stress Man, I'm pretty fortunate to live in Las Cruces. We have everything I need here, and I don't have to worry about traffic. Alafair and I just spent a week in Denver, and I was amazed at how much traffic was there. All day, every day,
Denver Trip Alafair was supposed to go on a Pacific Northwest trip with her 6th grade AES class this week. Aidan was also supposed to go on a Washington, DC and NYC trip. There were enough people registered for Aidan's trip, but in January we found out that there were
Keeping It Up I'm always working to keep the balance between growth and rest. I'm particularly busy now as I'm finishing the courses required to be in a higher pay bracket with teaching English. I'm also continuing to work toward my 1500 hour Registered Yoga
Attunement I was reading the book, "When the Body Says 'No'," by Gabor Mate, and it was showing the connection between stress and diseases. People who don't have a handle on their stress tend to have diseases. This book states that a lack of attunement
Accessing Adulthood Recently I read an article that spoke about accessing chakras to access adulthood. I liked that concept better than the arbitrary age of 18 as the indicator of an adult. Chakras are the energy centers that are along our spines and around our bodies. There could be anywhere from 5
Jolts of Joy Following my previous post: I wanted to discuss creating states of emotional balance when going through the ups and downs of life. Years ago, when I attended the International School of Clairvoyance, I was taught how to raise my vibrations. People often say to think positively, but just thinking positively
Thankfulness I have set for myself the goal of writing weekly posts until May 2026. What I will do after that is unknown. I've been chugging along at this personal goal for two and half years. Two years ago, I was unable to post every week, because I was
Tissue Issues The following is an excerpt from Denise LaBarre's book, "Issues in Your Tissues: Heal Body and Emotion from the Inside Out": If you have experienced unexplained back pain or fibromyalgia, or chronic fatigue syndrome, or another set of symptoms that a doctor could not easily diagnose,
Screaming Fits I was thinking about how happy I am that the days of screaming fits about clothes not fitting correctly have come to an end. I think that's a response for people who are on the Autism Spectrum. As I've aged and learned about Autism, I'
Too Domesticated I had been feeling too domesticated lately. I used to have a lot of freedom and would do adventures that made me feel very excited. I rode horses and did truly impressive things on horseback. However, every time that I've tried to make horses a permanent part of
Chivalry and A Gas Station Almost everything I write on here has to deal with how I try to live my life in a balanced manner--in a yogic manner. Yoga doesn't mean simply doing asanas. It' s about balancing all the parts of your life to help yourself become a wellspring of
I've Got A System Life has become less chaotic now that my children are older. They can help me with the house, and I don't have to choose between holding them or doing chores. The less mess makes my home a calmer place to exist. I used to be a stressed-out momma
Poop Pics I'm pretty focused on health. One of the biggest indicators of how healthy people are, comes from the shape of their poops. After taking the kids for their summer check-up, the doctor gave me a chart that had pictures of poop based upon how much fiber a person
Little Homestead We're developing into a little homestead. I love cooking with cast iron. Caleb loves making sourdough bread. Aidan loves raising chickens. Alafair loves Raising Cane's chicken. Alafair doesn't actually seem to like any aspect of homesteading, yet. She used to think she liked having
Arm Pit Hair I suppose I'm about to contradict myself just a little from my previous blog. I said that I wasn't very concerned with controlling my children. Alafair is at the age where she is growing arm pit hair. I'm at the age where I'
