About Me....

I am a 30 year old Home Maker, with 3 children and a wonderfully busy husband, he keeps our family a float working day and night. So I mantain the home, and take care of my children. I have been doing this for 10 years. In the mean time I have lost my identity. You know ,who I am, who I thought I was before I was a Mother and a wife. And then the other day it dawned on me, That is who I am. No I never thought I would be a Stay at Home Mother. But Here I am and I am not to bad at it. I went through a bout of depression the past year, it got so bad that I didn't want to do anything or clean anything. I did what I had to do to get by. Then when this year started, a few things happened that opened my eyes to the choices I was making for my self that were affecting me and my family. In January A very good friend of mines Father past away ,He had a heart attack. He was a wonderful man that always lived life to the fulliest, 6 years ago my own Father past away from a heart attack. So of course it brought back all those memories. I thought about all the people that had past on, and how I wanted to be here for my family, so I started to think of things I could do to make me healthier.  I had been smoking off and on for the past 10 years but never while I was pregnant, I had always stopped cold turkey. I wanted to quit for good. So I did February 1st. Cold Turkey. I have been smoke free since then. It was easier than I thought but , there are certain occasions that I really want one so I try to keep out of those situations.  On The last day of February ,I had gotten so depressed that I had not been doing my part as a mother or a wife, My house was unpresentable even to my family. I was playing on facebook one day when I came across a friends blog, that had posted a comment about shinning your sink, and of course out of curiosity I looked, when you clicked the link it took you too a website called The Fly Lady. I sat there at the computer the rest of the day reading and reading, I made a journal and printed papers off, and when I woke up the next morning I shinned my sink. Since March 1st, My life has never been the same. Who ever thought shinning your sink would make you feel accomplished.  For the next 31 days I did exactly what The Fly Lady said I should do, a few things different, but by the last Day of the month my house was so clean , I just sat in it crying tears of joy of course. I have maintained it ever since and always will. She taught me about Routines, and I taught my kids and Husband. My kids have a chore chart and make there bed every morning when they get up even my 5 yr old. I can honestly say I am amazing now, I take out the trash 3 days a week, I have errand days, and It only takes me 15 minutes to do all my chores now, so I have all day to play with my girls, and relax knowing its all done. I also have put on quite a bit of weight in the past 10 years also. I can remember meeting my husband and wearing a size 13. WOW to wear that again. So I went on the Atkins diet in February too, I did good I lost 12 pounds but I felt sick all the time. I have been on every yoyo Diet they have ever had. So I thought why not stop dieting and start making good decisions, so I eat half and I eat healthier, no I don't lose 12 pounds in 12 days but I have lost 5 since starting which is better than nothing.  I like to find new recipes, that my family also loves. We use No real sugar now, just Splenda. My kids Drink Crystal Light and have no clue. My Husband has even switched to Splenda tea. We don't drink coke or keep any in the house. I make healthier snacks for them and me. I am trying to stay low calorie, instead of low carb, so I do 100 calorie snacks. Well I have about covered it all. I don't want to overwhelm you. Thanks for reading... Comments or Questions are always welcome.