Juggling It All

As moms, you do a lot of juggling. As a work at home mom, you juggle more. As a work at home mom, work outside the home mom, and volunteer mom, you juggle even more.

And sometimes it seems that there is just too much to juggle and something has got to give.

Something simple, like adding in the gym a few nights a week has really made a change in our schedule. I want to go to the gym, I do not spend more than 1 hour there, and it is within 10 minutes of my house. At the most, that is 1 1/2 hours (and don't tell me to go at the crack of dawn, because believe it or not, I could not get there and back and get myself and the kids ready in the remaining time- I am a teacher! I have very early mornings!).

So now I have to balance and subtract my activities. But what goes? Everything has a purpose and reason. I feel like I should do most of the things. And if given a choice, the gym would go! But it cannot go unless I am going to be 50 pounds overweight!

My husband is not used to having a work outside the home wife, and I am not used to being a work outside the home wife. We are constantly balancing and juggling, adding and subtracting.

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Baby Brooke Has Arrived!

We are pleased to announce the birth of Brooke Aimes Freeman born March 4th. This is FabMom Kim's second daughter. Word is everyone is doing well and I am sure we will have more information as the days follow!

Congrats Kim, T, and Ruby!!

Welcome baby Brooke!

Big sister, Ruby, checking on her new sister!

Thankful Tuesday's

Today I am thankful for my Sprint Aircard. This neat little card allows me to be on the computer wherever I am! And currently I am at dance class (for my daughter!). In the past I would just sit for 1.5 hours waiting for her, but now I can be productive and work on the computer while I wait!

I am soooo thankful for new technologies!

Hints on Child Training

So I’ve been working my way through my 2008 reading list and just started Hints on Child Training by H. Clay Trumbull. (update - I’ve finished Happiest Baby on the Block and actually read two other parenting/baby books not listed since. I’m due with Brooke any day, I thought it best to fit those in first!)

Back to Hints on Child Training…

I’m lovin’ it and highly recommend it to any parent that is open to learning how to be a better parent and not one who thinks they already know it all or even a lot of it all – LOL.

The short and to the point chapters are really great for my schedule right now and allow me to ponder and reflect on a “hint” without getting bogged down in heavy chapters or forgetting what I read at the beginning of a sitting.

The book has been in circulation for over 100 years and the humility and knowledge with which Trumbull writes is still applicable today.