To Each His Own

Each adult has a life, a past, a story, a childhood. I am sure there are times you ask your self “well why is this person so arrogant or so ignorant. You wonder why one might do this or that…Well they don’t know any better, let’s just leave it at that. Who we are and how we react to certain things says a lot about our past and our life.

Don’t be quick to judge until you lived a day in somebody else s shoes.

You’ve heard the saying ” if life throws lemons at you, make lemonade”? Well someone of us learn how to and others don’t. It’s not as easy as it sounds to make lemonade you KNOW!  One might forget to add the sugar to the recipe where as another might just leave the lemon peel in altogether making it bitter. Yes life can be bitter for some…Always remember to smile, forgive and to LOVE! One life – Make the best of it!

Frugal Living

You bought what? Really?! And you payed how much?! These are some questions I never thought I would be asking.. What girl doesn’t like a new pair of shoes or that new fancy purse. We all love wasting money. I almost always bought what ever I wanted payed for the item and not a second thought crossed my mind about how much I just wasted, that is until recently. Some time in late December I realized that if I wanted to pursue helping the needy I first have to be on good firm grounds my self financially. No this wasn’t like a New Years Resolution even thought it came to me at the end of the year…It’s just that at the end of the year you add up all your spending’s  only naturally you realize.. yet another year thousands of dollars somehow magically disappeared. Magicians?! Well sure I have five of them as I mentioned before and each of them has to be fed dressed not to mention all their other desires..All of which costs money.  Food is one major expense which you can’t quite eliminate. Some families spend anywhere from 200$-700 a month on just food.. Ridiculous??  I think so. And since we all know there is only one way to save on food other than quitting consumption of food completely is to use coupons. Now sure one could surely go without coupons if all you plan to eat  is borsch for the rest of your life, but God knows I like me a little comfort food every once in a while or junk food I should say..I am happy to say I am saving at least a 100$ a month…Now if only I could eliminate junk food out of my diet I just might save a little more. Saving money is by far more fun than wasting it.

GOD Blessed you with your finances, use them wisely!

For about the past two months now I could not stop thinking about the less fortunate,  kids with no parents – those little orphans with a not so bright future.  There are so many stories to be told. It has been on my heart ever since. I prayed for guidance and answers.. Little by little God was speaking to me, inspiring me and guiding me. As I watched various videos of orphans and street kids, I wondered how can I sit here and do nothing, and how in the world did this never seem to touch me as much as it does now.  Everything around me seemed to be leading me in the same direction. Sure you say there are plenty of causes and people already doing this, but who am I to argue with God’s plans and direction. All the luxuries that I have on a daily basis at times I take for granted. I am lucky to have parents and privileged  to be one. I am blessed to have a warm blanket and a roof over my head while others may be sleeping near a train station. I am blessed with a hot breakfast each morning while another soul is holding out a hand for mercy. I am blessed with hot water for a daily bath  while a street child may be lucky to get a sip of water. We are all called to lend a hand to the hurting world. For the month of December I am hoping to collect as many shoes as possible to be sent to Russia and Ukraine’s orphanages. If you are interested in helping  you can do so one of three ways     1. PRAY, 2.Donate slightly used shoes which I can have mailed 3.Support financially. 

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My Baking Adventure

There are plenty of projects that I have started and did not complete. I set out to accomplish many things and few get gone. I guess that’s understandable when I hear 6 different voices that constantly throw me off task. Today I decided I was not going to let anything stop me. And so I set of on finding the supplies needed in my kitchen for baking my now favorite cake. Seriously it’s so good I am tempted to tell mom to keep the recipe as a family secret recipe that will only be passed down to family, but ok I realized that would be a little selfish of me..So as I hunted for the needed baking sheets and searched my fridge to complete my ingredient list, which I must say took some time. My now 19 month old constantly wants to be in the kitchen and as persistent as I was trying to get her out of my kitchen so I can bake in peace she still kept on magically appearing. After I shoved the first baking sheet into the oven, I waited with patience to see if it would come out as I had hoped and pictured..And of course to my surprise I had forgotten something yet again. One of those things that always seems to happen to me. I took out the half baked product cover it with egg whites and crossed my fingers and hoped it would still turn out ok.. Unfortunately my baking sheets kept making noise while in the over as they were getting too hot. One side kept…

Procrastination…

For the longest time I have been procrastinating…I let piles of paper mount up in my garage. Boxes of toys were overflowing out of bins. I always said – Oh I will get to it..One day  And even though I really had the desire to get rid of it all and start fresh there was a bit of me that just could not part with all of my belongings..One day my daughter started talking of a garage sale and I thought Well why not..This was my changing point in how I think and how I relate to money and my finances and my situation in general..I am a procrastinator and what’s worse is I’m a shopaholic and the two just don’t mix well together. I don’t really splurge on big items, which probably wouldn’t have been so bad but instead I buy loads and loads of itty bitty things that eventually get lost in piles and boxes. It had to stop.

I was so excited to hold my first ever garage sale. And once I and my daughter came to a settled price of who gets the profits we set a day. It turned out my daughter won, so it was going to be 100 for her and nothing for me. All I was happy about is my garage is going to breath better and look empty and be clean..I could not stop day dreaming ..I waited with eagerness for the day to come. Who could resist the excitement…

I defiantly could not have done it all with out some help and was thrilled when I got volunteers. Two of my sisters agreed to help and help then did. It took days of work and preparation and sorting and pricing ..I had no idea it would take that much effort but in the end it was all worth it.. I just wish I would have taken the before and after pics to show the difference..

I was so happy with the end result it just motivated me to also get my paperwork all in order. So for the past week I have been busy organizing and sorting papers. I don’t want to see procrastination in my place any longer. I will not put off any task for later if I can do it today.

 

 

School…

Try not to be judgmental while reading this  There isn’t a fancy story  line or even proper grammar, my writing  is exactly how I think or talk with no additives, all natural Product!

As a child I don’t remember liking school all that much..I recall plenty of days where I would have much rather stayed home. There were days where I would have rather cleaned then go to school..I find it difficult to encourage my kids to go to school when they have those days..At times I feel like a hypocrite or a liar having to tell my kid ” oh sure honey school is fun ” when in the back of my mind .. I have a completely different picture painted. It’s been so long since I have been in school I have kinda almost forgotten…There were good days of course..The beginning of a new school year was probably by far the most funnest time well and of course the last days of school, who can resist liking that..

So finally one day till school starts for the kids and I can say I am all done with the school shopping, or so I think. I am sure I must have forgotten to buy a thing here and there. From pencils to notebooks and not to forget new clothes since they grow at the speed of light..That stuff gets expensive when you add it all up.

I have managed to get all the kids to bed on time. Now my curfew I have yet to work on. So lets just hope I can get up on time to send them off to school…I can already picture my morning chaos..

Daily Activities

As any mother, I started worrying long before the summer break came, about what I would do with my kids and how we would spend our time together. Now seeing that we have hit August it hit me that I have less than 20 days now before school resumes again. I have come to realize that I didn’t get to do all the things I had hoped I would do. I look at m
y one year old and realize kids really don’t need all that much. For goodness sake the kid enjoying just trying on her older sisters under garments than for a few minutes she played with the door stopper. I can just play peekaboo all day long and she* is 94 ha7ppy 8and now s-he- i-s -he-l-p-ing- me- -ty-p-e -her-*e -ar-s – you can see lol Now the older ones I am a little worried. They constantly claim to be bored. Their one favorite activity is to put my house upside down each and every day. I clean one day they mess it up the next..These kids need to learn the meaning of CONSEQUENCES Now with two weeks left before school, I am gonna show them PAY BACK! August is officially Organizing month in my HOUSE! We shall see where this will lead us…Hopefully before school starts again I will have a house guest worthy! Can’t wait LET THE FUN BEGIN