tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9419251401046512112024-03-13T11:48:55.555-05:00Thoughts of a Jonsi GurlMom of 3, photographer, wife, student and biz owner... come join our adventures! Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00966510902132513546noreply@blogger.comBlogger222125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-941925140104651211.post-18553985873384176552015-09-21T12:47:00.001-05:002015-09-21T12:47:45.483-05:00And Just Where Have You Been?!?!?!....<div align="center">
Well I have to say that this has been a YEAR!</div>
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I know this has been a long lost blog for some time now and I have to say GOD HAVE I MISSED IT! </div>
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Last August I started working overnight back in the real working world and though for the most part I LOVED what I did and mot days LOVED the people I worked with the overnight life as a mom, wife, business owner and human needless to say SUCKS ASS! </div>
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Your days consists of work and sleep, then repeat. Even if you were like me and only got 2-4 hours of sleep a day it still seemed like that is all you do. </div>
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I recently took some time off of work to be home with my kids.</div>
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My oldest D as you know is a sever case of ADHD along with some other diagnostics and needless to say we have had a rough transition to Junior High with meds and thanks to her GT (Gifted and Talented) Teacher this year she has brought to my attention that she may not even be ADHD!</div>
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So we took her off ALL her meds and now we are waiting to have her retested.</div>
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If you don't know much about the ADHD meds let me tell you. It is basically legalized crack in a pill we shove down our kids throats to make their brain waves keep up...</div>
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When your child is 13 and has been on this "crack" since she was 5 she is going to have some with drawls.... hints why mommy is home to help her and us cope with the changes she is and will be going through. </div>
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I hope that this process will not take as long as it has for us to learn and educate ourselves as it has with the ADHD, Insomnia, Anxiety, Mood Disorder and who can forget the ODD that we deal with on a daily basis with her and on top of that the ADHD with our 8 year old...</div>
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So many changes in so little time for them...</div>
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In the mean time I thought I would take this opportunity to finish organizing and un-packing the house that we have lived in for over a year now (don't judge me).</div>
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Work on building my photography business so one day I can open my studio and maybe look for a day job to I can leave the overnight world, but I will be back to my overnight position if these things don't pan out by the time we have our oldest back on the right path! </div>
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I will also be spending this time caching you all up with what has been happening here! </div>
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Let's just say you are in for some HUGE things! </div>
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Its amazing what a year can bring! </div>
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Here is a sneak peek of what's to come! </div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00966510902132513546noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-941925140104651211.post-63604356949034285302015-03-12T08:41:00.001-05:002015-03-12T08:41:11.098-05:00Where Has The Time Gone...<div style="text-align: center;">
As I sit here and try to sleep I can't help but think that today is the day we go and line out classes for my oldest for JUNIOR HIGH!!! </div>
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Hard to believe that Monday she turned 13!!!</div>
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That's right folks I am officially a parent of a TEEN! </div>
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Jeesh! </div>
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Seems like yesterday I was in labor with my first kid! </div>
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Now we are registering her to go into the 8th grade in the fall!</div>
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I can not begin to explain the amazement I feel that we have <strike>survived</strike> already gone through these 13 years! </div>
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D is a very special girl and I am beyond honored to be her mamma! </div>
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This last weekend we celebrated her birthday with a HUGE party (16 kids included!) </div>
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I will share more details on the blog tomorrow on her party...<br />
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If iI thought the last 13 years went quick then this last month flew even faster!!! </div>
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One month ago today my 5th god baby was born! </div>
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I was given the honor of being chosen to be the god mother to my youngest brother in laws lil girl. </div>
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Unfortunatly I was not able to be there when she came to join us in the world but I did get TONS of pics! </div>
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I can not wait to spend the whole summer with this girl!!! </div>
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One of my childhood friends sent me such a sweet meaning of some ink I HAD to share! </div>
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Her mother in law wrote out her last name in Chinese Calligraphy for her one day and she immediately went and made it into something she would never loose or could ever replace and of course that would be ink! </div>
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See the lil "Samurai" character? Well not only does it stand for Wong (her now last name) but it is also in the penmanship of her mother in law! </div>
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Location of ink: Inner elbow</div>
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Artist: Cathy Hennessy </div>
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Location of Studio: Riverside, California</div>
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Thank you girlie for sharing your ink with us! </div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00966510902132513546noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-941925140104651211.post-7278148584955671722015-02-25T09:31:00.003-06:002015-02-25T09:31:36.659-06:00Tips N Tricks Tuesday (Wednesday): Intoducing Social Media for Kids<div style="text-align: center;">
Let's face it we now live in a world consumed by social media, we are always connected now days no matter the distance between us.<br />
First the cell phone then the obsession to texting...<br />
Now we are in an era where we not only have one social media account but several...<br />
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The first thing I did was decide on who was going to have which social media and which ones we would leave off. <br />
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Once I was done I set up all of their accounts and printed off the logos for each kid with their user names and passwords written on the back. <br />
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All three are enjoying the world of faces :) </div>
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To say that so much has happened in the last few weeks since my last post is a HUGE understatement! </div>
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We have been CRAZY busy with this roller coaster we call life that my ability to get everything done is well lacking to say the least...</div>
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Though we have had a BUSY BUSY BUSY few weeks we have lots of things to catch up on...</div>
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On the 10th my dad went in for yet another surgery on his neck... He is a retired USAF Firefighter and has had to have several surgeries to fuse his disks in his back and neck over the years. Luckily this is the last for his neck and we are so very blessed that my grandmother from Cali fly out to go ol' Oklahoma to help the old man manage things. </div>
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The last surgery me and my girls were able to getaway from reality here in Arkansas to help them both out but since I am back in the working world I was denied this luxury but was kept up to date thanks to my grams who is a rock star and texted me updates.</div>
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A lot of people are not blessed to have an amazing family like I do and my dad always says he's "cool" and "hip"... </div>
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Well he proved it with his own Facebook status on the 12th when he was waiting to be released from the hospital...</div>
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I couldn't help but think of that annoying song...But first lets take a selfie...</div>
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We have had another phase to Operation Brace Face, New Geek Gear, Date Nights, Ink and more! </div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00966510902132513546noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-941925140104651211.post-37817624916251849242015-02-02T11:08:00.003-06:002015-02-02T11:08:44.465-06:00DYI: Outdoor Furniture Part One<div style="text-align: center;">
With the new home in our lives and the ability to have some creative freedom my mind has gone 90 to nothing on decor ideas...</div>
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One of thproofingsed areas in our home especially during the warmer months is our yard. With this in mind we have a HUGE idea for a corner of our lot. </div>
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Though I will not giveaway what we want it to be I will tell you that it will be epic and so fun for our family and friends! </div>
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In this unmentioned area we are in desperate need of outside furniture...</div>
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I don't know about you but as a mom of 3 outside furniture is EXPENSIVE!!! </div>
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So I thought it would be a fun project for me and the hubby to DIY some...</div>
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I have not fully decided on how I'm going to do the seating but let me tell you I have the tables 80% planned out.</div>
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Since my man man is an electricsion we are lucky enough to have some access to some HUGE wire spools... Which when my hubby brought two small ones home last year I planned on using them as photo props but what they ended up being was tables for our wine nights but the fire... When it hit me... PERFECT!</div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00966510902132513546noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-941925140104651211.post-1702485736142944322015-01-14T11:52:00.000-06:002015-01-14T11:52:14.959-06:00Tattoo Tuesday: Friends Forever <div align="center">
I had asked via Facebook a while back for friends and family to share with me some of their ink and the stories. </div>
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Many moons ago I met this guy we all know as Cheeze Burger...</div>
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Cheeze has always been himself and so fun to be around! If you know him and become his friend it is a life long friendship for sure. His musical talents are amazing to boot and he is an ink addict too! </div>
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She was a true roll dog and lived a lot of life with him and was his best friend for years.</div>
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She had a litter of 10 puppies and he kept one and gave the rest to friends who all still have them to this day. </div>
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Sunday morning the girls' great grandmother lost her 4 year battle with cancer. </div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00966510902132513546noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-941925140104651211.post-82451483644676208962015-01-09T18:24:00.002-06:002015-01-09T18:24:33.068-06:00Dating Your Spouse<div style="text-align: center;">
The hubby and I have been togetherfor almost 11 years. It is so hard to believe some days. Then others it seems like forever which I think is true for all relationships no matter how much time as been sent together. </div>
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The majority of the time (like 99.99%) we have been able to spend every night together. There has been VERY few nights where we were separated or didn't get to see each other. We never had to really "fit" each other in our schedules.</div>
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Back in August I went back to the working world after three years of being a stat at home mom. Though going back to work was a HUGE change not only for us but for our kids we decided I would work overnight... This has been an even MORE change for us because now mom is on a different planet.. </div>
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This has taken a HUGE toll on not only family time (more about "dating" your family later) but also on time me and the hubby has together. </div>
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With 2015 among us I thought it would be a great idea to start "dating" my hubby again.</div>
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Now I will be real with you. With 3 kids, schooling for us all, work schedules, school functions, house to do's and life in general having a REAL out of the house date for us is like winning the lottery... Literally!!! </div>
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I hit Pinterest hard with at home date night ideas and we kicked it off this week...</div>
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The hubby claimed the first week to kick off and let me tell you. I was pleasently surprised! </div>
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Monday night our "date" consisted a candle lite bubble bath... It was a great way to start off my weekend (since Monday nights are my Friday's) and it was so nice to have that alone time to be able to chat about things.<br />
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With 2015 among us I have really spent a lot of time thinking about the things in my life that need to be revamped. </div>
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Some of these things are personal and some of these are geared towards my business adventures, blog and other things. </div>
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So here are my personal goals:</div>
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I want to spend more time with the hubby and kids, I feel like with me on a different schedule that this is something I don't do enough of. </div>
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The hubby is back in school so that gives me a "date" night with my girls! </div>
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I am excited about this and I hope to be able to utilize this to the fullest. </div>
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Also the hubby and I are now swapping weeks for at home date nights. </div>
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With three kids, and opposite schedules we don't get a lot of time to have our time and we thought this was a great way to spend time together.</div>
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This is our first week and the hubby called grabs on it ( which was a nice surprise). </div>
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So he gets to plan and set up as many date nights as he would like... </div>
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<strong><u>Blog:</u></strong></div>
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The blog will continue (no fear) but I want to try new things, pinterest hacks, DIY's, home décor and things like that. I WILL be keeping our Tattoo series her for you all. Seems like that is one of the best read ones here and I LOVE my ink just as much as the rest. :) </div>
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I will also revamping it and making it more of my own versus the style I have now... </div>
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<u><strong>What the Photography</strong></u></div>
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I will be revamping my photography biz... I will share the info as soon as I am done working out all the details but the changes will be HUGE! </div>
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<strong><u>Creative flow:</u></strong> </div>
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I have not been in a creative mood in well forever so I have started a 365 photo challenge project! </div>
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I invite you all to follow us on the dedicated blog for it <a href="http://whatphoto365.blogspot.com/">here</a> and join us! </div>
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Link up with us and encourage the other, comment, give feed back, share with friends and family and even ask them to join us! You don't have to be a photog, grab your cell phone and have fun! </div>
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I am really excited about this year and I hope that I will become a better mom, wife and overall person! <br />
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As sad as it is to admit we have been here since August and we have yet to unpack everything...<br />
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Hard to believe that we have made it to another year already! </div>
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I swear the older you get the faster time goes by and well I don't like it...(pouts)</div>
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4 girls ages 12 and under... I am STILL a WILD CHILD :) </div>
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Decorating was BARE minimum lol with party hats and noise makers and my handy dandy chalk board... </div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00966510902132513546noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-941925140104651211.post-19776627532152185852014-12-31T14:21:00.001-06:002014-12-31T14:26:31.975-06:00Our biggest reads for 2014... AND 2014 Resolution Follow-ups!! <div style="text-align: center;">
Last Year I got the kids involved in some <a href="http://jonsigurl.blogspot.com/2013/12/new-year-new-usresoultions.html?m=1">New Years Resolutions for 2014</a> and here is how we did...</div>
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D was the ONLY one who stuck with it!!! </div>
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Here on the blog we have had an AMAZING year! </div>
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Thank you to every pair of eyes who has stopped by and read our posts, commented, followed us here.</div>
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I have HUGE plans for 2015 personally, for the blog and my many businesses this next yearand I cacan't wait to share then with you guys! I will share some brainstorms tomorrow here :) </div>
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Until then here are the too FIVE posts of 2014!!!</div>
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#5: <a href="http://jonsigurl.blogspot.com/2014/10/hidden-tresures-in-older-home.html?m=1">Old Treasures</a></div>
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#3: <a href="http://jonsigurl.blogspot.com/2014/10/tatted-tuesday-tattoo-of-friendship.html?m=1">A Tattoo of Friendship</a></div>
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Since the Hubby and I are both now working parents working 40+ hours on average a week and the chicka's are older (12,11 and 7) we thought it was WAY past time to get them involved in chores around the house. </div>
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With us having opposite schedules and both of us taking a "shift" with the kids we decided on a NEW and hopefully better way to get them involved. </div>
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I used to control the ENTIRE chore list for them and it was not going ANYWHERE...</div>
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I have sat down with the kids and hubby for that matter and explained to them that we are in fact a family there for we are a TEAM and we needed to help each other keep OUR home clean, neat, organized and guest friendly. Since our home is the "hang out" for all of the girls friends I thought it was only fair.</div>
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I came up with the idea to get the kids involved in picking their chores out of the ones me and the hubby came up for them and allowing them to chose the days that they wanted to do them. I figured if they were allowed some decisions that they would be more apt to participate. </div>
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Now there were chores that they had NO say so in etc. but I did find that at our family meeting (our first one ever!) that they were excited about it AND they really thought out things that they wanted to do and which days worked "best" for them. <br />
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Picking Up their bedrooms before bed<br />
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Brushing Teeth<br />
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Dusting: Living Room, Bedroom<br />
Sweeping: Bedroom, Living Room, Dining Room, Hallway, Bedroom, Kitchen (One day a week)<br />
Mopping: (Same Rooms as above) (One day a week)<br />
Loading and Unloading the Dishwasher: (2 days a week each) <br />
Laundry: This is their own laundry (Once a week)<br />
Deep Clean Bathroom: (Once a week) <br />
Taking out Trash<br />
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Thanks to pintrest I found some really CUTE free printables for each of the kids that I can utilize to help keep us ALL on track! <br />
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Here is what I have chosen for each: <br />
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Each reward is earned after the said number of days that they have repeatedly done their chores without being asked or reminded. If they miss a day they start over on their days...</div>
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After searching online I have to say they are REALLY PROUD of white stockings!!! Geesh! </div>
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Like I mentioned earlier I am looking at two different additions to our collection here they are: </div>
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We have talked for years on a pink and green theme but could never find a set... I happended to find these today...</div>
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The hubby is REALLY loving the rustic colors of the brown and red set and it is a RARE moment when he inputs on Christmas ANYTHING (he can be known to be a bit of a scrooge) so I would love to play with the theme to show him his input is valued and welcomed! </div>
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When I posted on my FB page asking for people to share their ink I was given a HUGE response, some friends and family had one or two to share and then there were other's like myself, the hubby and a few other friends who was gracious enough to share multiple if their stories and ink...</div>
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So our first Feature is dedicated to my co-worker Adam! </div>
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Adam is originally from New Mexico and is now here in the Natural State with his beautiful girlfriend. </div>
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All of Adam's ink has been designed and sketched out by himself except for one ( I will let you know which one soon) </div>
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<strong>Age:</strong> 19 (my first tattoo)</div>
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<strong>Artist:</strong> Adam Sedillo
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<strong>Shop:</strong> Lucky Bastard Tattoo</div>
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My first tattoo!!! I wanted it to be have meaning and a purpose and not something I regretted when was older. I always wanted some kind of cross, so I knew that was going to have something to do with it. After finding a sweet stencil online, I took it and made it my own to give it meaning. I removed some pieces to make it smaller than the original and I redesigned it to kind of, camouflage my last name down the middle. I do believe in God and have faith in the Lord and believe there is an Almighty Power, which is why I chose to go with a fire-ish design of the cross. I chose my last name because it's family, my ancestry, it's who I am. My name down the middle represents me being within the Lord, or a symbol of my faith in Him.</div>
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<strong>Shop:</strong> Lucky Bastard Tattoo
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This was my second tattoo. I came up with the idea and combined different lion designs to draw out this piece dedicated to my mom. My mom and father split when I was about 6, so my mom raised my brother and I a single mom. She played the roll of my mother and my father, which is why the lion is a male lion with a mane. I chose a lion because lions represent strength, courage, and having no fear. All qualities my mom showed raising two boys on her own. It's hard to tell, but her name is shaded in purple, which is the color loyalty. Coincidentally, my mom is a Leo and her favorite color is purple, but those have no reason behind why I got the tattoo. It's in my right shoulder. I chose my shoulders because I'll carry my mom with me wherever I go. And if I ever need anything, she's got my back.</div>
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This is a tattoo dedicated to and matches my little brother's. On the left, the kanji is the character for "Loyalty," which is written above it. On the right, the kanji is the character for "Little/Younger brother with his name, Angel, written below. He has a matching tattoo, which is identical, with the exception of his right kanji is "Older/Elder brother" with my name written below. Everything is in a continuous ribbon, which is twisted to make an Infinity. Resembling "My brother will forever have my loyalty."</div>
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<strong>Artist:</strong> Justin Arrey
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Self explanatory. Live and Learn. For some reason I tend to act before I think. I learn from life's lessons and take from everything I experience. I also just really like line work so I wanted something semi-fancy.</div>
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This last weekend we were honored to have been included to the besties and her families Thanksgiving feast and celebration. </div>
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We celebrated last Sunday with it being the best day with the least amount of us having to work. </div>
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We are very blessed to have families like this to open their homes, traditions and hearts to us. We had a blast!</div>
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I have to take a moment to give a congratulatory shout out to my cousin Nathan and his wife Maricela!</div>
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Yesterday they were blessed with thier first child as Abby entered the world and into this crazy family we all know and love. </div>
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Congrats to you both on your best accomplishment in life. </div>
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Here is to the many years of drama, boys, and fashion headed your way! The giggles and tears will be endless.</div>
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You two are an amazing couple and I know you will both be even better as parents! </div>
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I am so excited for you all and your new journey. I wish I could be closer to watch her grow into the beautiful young woman I know she will be but never forget I am only a phone call, text message or FB message away of you ever need anything!</div>
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I am so proud of you both and honored to be apart of her life. I can't wait til the day we can meet her! I love you 3 very much!!! Miss you all even more! Here is to the new parents, may God grant you patience, laughter, and an amazing support team! </div>
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Congrats again to you both and welcome lil Miss Abby!!!!</div>
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After I FB post I am so overwhelmed with the response that I have received with everyone's amazing ink work and stories that go with them! </div>
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This one is not only a special one to her but it hits home with me also as I know her mom and we spend SEVERAL years of our childhood with this girlie almost daily!</div>
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<strong><u>Shop:</u></strong> Empire Ink located in Fontana California </div>
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<strong><u>Artist</u></strong>: Katie Bradburn</div>
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Last April she went in to receive the ink after learning her mom had cancer. Her mom is now cancer free for a little over a year! </div>
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When you move away from family the holidays seem to add a heavier weight to your heart. Until 3 years ago we never had to wonder what we were doing for the holidays we already knew. Our biggest hurtle was figuring outof what we were contiburlting that year and how to fit all the places in one day. </div>
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luckily we have met some amazing people (the bestie Tracy) in the area and we have been invited to join thier family for the second year this Turkey day. </div>
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add a marriage... full time job #2 is on your resume...</div>
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Then you add your full time retail job... we are up to 3 </div>
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Mix in part time student and freelance photographer you add two part times and make the count to 4 full times...</div>
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Then adding your two small buisnesses your building...well we are up to 6 full time jobs in a 20 hour period...</div>
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I only count 20 because I sleep for 4...</div>
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You may think I am totally insaine to take this all on but I honestly love it. </div>
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I also did not count my blogs, house cleaning, errands, appointments and everything else required to function..</div>
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Time management is my BFF. </div>
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I also am addicted to To Do Lists, my planner, and the goal of reaching a better life for me and the family. </div>
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Since I work over night my days start usually around noon... </div>
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now I won't lie there are days where I get called to wake up at 2:45 because I over slept but its rare...<br />
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When I get home I start on the blog or on homeowrk until 8-8:30 then its off to dream land.<br />
Since the paper is as needed bases I squeeze it in as needed.<br />
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When I wake up its finishing up homework and cleaning up the house until 3 when I go get the kiddies from school.<br />
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Then its time for homework for them and I start working on laundry dinner and utilize my smart phone to do stuff for the biz...<br />
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Then I sneak in time with the hubby and get the girls ready for school the next day. Around 8:30 I get ready to go to work until 7am...<br />
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On my off days its a race to get caught up in everything I didnt get accomplished that week or try to get a head start on the next week.<br />
Since I work on weekends I sleep a few hours during the day.<br />
The hubby and kids take this time to do a few chores around the house to help lessen the load on mommy... I ♡ it!<br />
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Its nice to wake up and not see a million things to be cleaned.<br />
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Since we are only 3 months into this new routine I am still working on making this schedule work for us. I still try different sleep schedules to see what benifits us the best as a family and things I can do to help us all pitch in to help each other.<br />
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After a thanksgiving break I wilk be introducing chores for the kids and ways for them to earn treats for helping.<br />
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Stay tuned on how that pans out...<br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00966510902132513546noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-941925140104651211.post-45980932234483815482014-11-19T11:47:00.001-06:002014-11-19T11:47:25.985-06:00My 5 Latest Addictions: <div align="center">
As much as I would just like to say my only addiction right now is being in a warm place with our VERY early winter weather this year I would be lying. :) </div>
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Thanks to the freezing weather I had 3 addictions to add this time :) </div>
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<em><u>Aquafina Lip Balm:</u></em> </h2>
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With winter making her presents known early this year we have been feeling the pain of dry lips! </div>
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Mine got so bad it busted open in my sleep and started to bleed :( </div>
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I am NOT a huge lip wear gal and 99.99% of the time (even if I do apply makeup) I do not wear ANYTHING on my lips. I am just not a fan of it anymore. </div>
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I do however LOVE these! It goes on smooth and silky and I don't feel like I sticky toddler... which my friends is a great thing! Another thing that I love about this is that they come in a 4 pack for less than $3!!! Hell yeah! </div>
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When your a mom of three girls.... there is one for you each :) </div>
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Originally we hunted down this stuff for the hubby. He is an electrician and when outside in the elements and working with your hands needless to say they don't always stay so purty...</div>
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We found this at Lowe's in the Paint Department but I have also seen it at The Home Depot.</div>
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It is a little pricy BUT WELL WORTH IT! </div>
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Since I am working overnight I started to use it too this winter, cardboard and girly hands are never going to be BFF's. The cardboard dries out your skin and cuts your hands and by the end of your 9 hours you have lost the fight against boxes...</div>
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Laugh if you will it is true!</div>
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Now when you add freezing temps outside we are in a WHOLE NEW problem, we now add dry cracking bleeding hands on top of dryness from cardboard... </div>
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But this stuff is AMAZING! </div>
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It last a while too so it is worth every penny! </div>
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I LOVE music and all kinds of it, Since I am home all day by my lonesome when I am not asleep and I listening to my friends like Queen, The Beatles, Selena Gomez, Linkin Park, Florida Georgia Line, Marilyn Manson, Gold Finger, Sublime and Pink serenade me through out my daily to dos... Thank you Slacker! </div>
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This is our favorite guilty pleasure so far...</div>
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We are finishing up season 3 now and ready to see what happens next...</div>
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I am LOVING the chalkboard trend right now, I don't know why this is not something I didn't think about but it is ENGENIOUS! </div>
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So what are your MUST haves right now?</div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00966510902132513546noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-941925140104651211.post-38633544608936445382014-11-18T13:51:00.001-06:002014-11-18T13:51:35.292-06:00Tatted Tuesday: Forever Daddy's Girl <div align="center">
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When you become an ink addict it is almost like there is an unwritten law about adding a dedicated tat for your child and or children once you have reached that point in your life. <br />
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This is a fact not only for my self (I will be sharing my ink that is dedicated to my children soon) but also for my hubby and thousands of other parents out there!<br />
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After our youngest daughter was born I knew it wouldn't be much longer before it would be time to visit the tattoo shop for a new addition..<br />
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Off we went to see Jeff at <a href="https://www.facebook.com/pages/Forbidden-Images/162448917116183">Forbidden Images</a> in Downtown Dothan Alabama.<br />
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He chose to go with an Old English Script with shaded letters instead of solid....<br />
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Location: Right forearm</div>
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Design: AALIYAH in Old English Script</div>
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Time: 1-1 1/2 hours</div>
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Cost: $100</div>
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Pain Scale from 1-10: 1 </div>
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Age when received: 23-24 years old</div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00966510902132513546noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-941925140104651211.post-63829197577492002642014-11-10T15:12:00.001-06:002014-11-10T15:12:15.655-06:00November= Thankfulness: My List<div style="text-align: center;">
As I am sure most of you have seen the month of November makes people in social media all of a sudden voicetrious on thing they are thankful for. Each day they post something or someone they are thankful for. I know how easy it is for life to catch us in its grasp and how easy it is for us all to get caught up with our day to days that we don't think about expressing the things we are most thankful for throughout the year.</div>
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Last year I participated in this and did the daily post but I decided not to this year.</div>
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it is not because I am not thankful I just personally challenged myself to take a moment each day and think about what I am thankful for 365 days and not just 30 days.<br />
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Here are the things I am most thankful for:<br />
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My Girls:<br />
So they drive me crazy but they aare mine. The reason I breathe, these 3 are my life and i am honored to be called mommy by them.<br />
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My Husband:<br />
Sure we have had our trials but he is my rock. We have stuck by one another no matter how bad things have gotten and I am lucky to have him as my partner in crime.<br />
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My Family: </div>
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From my in laws to my cousins and everyone in between. I may not always get a along with them all and I may not always get the chance to tell them but they all hold a spit in my heart.<br />
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My Education:<br />
I am a huge fan of education and actually LOVE going to school and the opportunity to do so. I think this is a vital part of who I am.<br />
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My Friends:<br />
From the two best beasties to the amazing co workers I have there is something about having that bond with people that makes the little stressful things easier to handle.<br />
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My Job:<br />
So many can't work and I am thankful I have the ability to do so. I take pride in my job and being able to have it.<br />
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My Health:<br />
I am so very lucky my body allows me to do the things I do.<br />
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My Home:<br />
Having the luxury of a place to rest my head with my kids and hubby is something some don't have. I am thankful for us to have a place to call home.<br />
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What are you most thankful for?<br />
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