So I have been trying to make an extra effort to give myself some exercise since Naenah is in school now. I started in August. Walking. Three Miles at least three days a week. Three weeks ago, I started running. Yup. Running. Well, I hope it looks like running. I call it an educated stumble.
This week I've finally made it to running thirty-five minutes straight! YAY!! Go ME!!! Seriously, this was a thing I do before. I ran a 5K circuit with my sister the fall/spring after Nae was born in 2007/2008. Got burnt out and never really went back to running, until now.
I'm only running two days a week, its walking for this girl the rest of it. So today, I'm Thankful for my feet. I pound on them so much, to run, to massage, to walk, to clean. And they just keep holding up.
In other Thankful News....
Charlie and Kenn will be here on Saturday!!!!
I got to chat with my girl Stephanie Cooley this week, I love her and miss your so much. I'm so glad she calls me and allows to call her back when I can.
Chatted with Rita this week, giggled and traded ideas and plans for our meet up in San Diego and their turn out here with us!!
Naenah is knocking it out of the park at school, she loves it and I love her.
Trav and I have shared so much to giggle about this week. I need that. Just when I think mood is gonna turn, he gives me a mean case of the giggles. I love him.
How about you? Leave me your things your Thankful for.
Thursday, October 25, 2012
Thursday, October 11, 2012
Lessons Learned, Gratitude & Crazy weeks at school
Happy Thankful Thursday!!!
There has been so much going on this week. Naenah had her first field trip, and of all places it was to the pumpkin patch! I had the awesome pleasure of being able to attend as a parent group leader. Nae and I were grouped up with two other little girls that made the day fun and eventful. We rode a trailer pulled by tractors out to the pumpkin fields, picked pumpkins, got lost in a corn maze, had a picnic sack lunch. All three girls napped on the bus ride home. I was present in the moment during the course of the day. On the ride home, reflection was pretty funny. I had a blast!! Exhausted, but it was fun.
Today, Nae rides a firetruck all over town for Fire Safety Week. Tomorrow is a half day at school, home early.
So much has been going on this week that you would think that I would have no time to reflect. Its just the opposite. All this stuff happening and I'm struck with Gratitude. Making me understand just how wonderful it is that I get to be here to do all this stuff with her. To take pictures of her new experiences.
Her Daddy is a true hero. We made this move to improve her quality of Life. He works long hours so that I can be there to send him pictures of all the fun stuff. Yet again another thing to be Grateful for.
I finally got to sit down and connect with my business partner, Hayley. Both of us so busy the last few weeks that our orbits are just now coming back to one another. Lunch was good, so glad I had the chance to sit and see her for a bit.
Cut my finger last Saturday. I've taken the week to let it heal. Now, my week next week is full!
Lesson learned this week: I love my Life. All of it. The ups and the downs. Why? Because its mine. I got to pick and choose every heartache, happy thought, frustration and gleeful moment. Its no lie, Life really is what we make of it.
So, go on. Make Life. Then, if you have a minute, let me know about it.
Love, Light and Bright Blessings
Norms
There has been so much going on this week. Naenah had her first field trip, and of all places it was to the pumpkin patch! I had the awesome pleasure of being able to attend as a parent group leader. Nae and I were grouped up with two other little girls that made the day fun and eventful. We rode a trailer pulled by tractors out to the pumpkin fields, picked pumpkins, got lost in a corn maze, had a picnic sack lunch. All three girls napped on the bus ride home. I was present in the moment during the course of the day. On the ride home, reflection was pretty funny. I had a blast!! Exhausted, but it was fun.
Today, Nae rides a firetruck all over town for Fire Safety Week. Tomorrow is a half day at school, home early.
So much has been going on this week that you would think that I would have no time to reflect. Its just the opposite. All this stuff happening and I'm struck with Gratitude. Making me understand just how wonderful it is that I get to be here to do all this stuff with her. To take pictures of her new experiences.
Her Daddy is a true hero. We made this move to improve her quality of Life. He works long hours so that I can be there to send him pictures of all the fun stuff. Yet again another thing to be Grateful for.
I finally got to sit down and connect with my business partner, Hayley. Both of us so busy the last few weeks that our orbits are just now coming back to one another. Lunch was good, so glad I had the chance to sit and see her for a bit.
Cut my finger last Saturday. I've taken the week to let it heal. Now, my week next week is full!
Lesson learned this week: I love my Life. All of it. The ups and the downs. Why? Because its mine. I got to pick and choose every heartache, happy thought, frustration and gleeful moment. Its no lie, Life really is what we make of it.
So, go on. Make Life. Then, if you have a minute, let me know about it.
Love, Light and Bright Blessings
Norms
Saturday, September 29, 2012
Clarity
Life. A series of changes.
Are you ready for those changes? Do you have the mental and physical capacity to let things go?
Its with time, hardship, tears, and understanding that I sit at this point in my Life.
Do I have the correct people around me to lift me up? Do I have the support to get through the obstacles that the changes in Life present to me?
I'm thirty-six years old this year. I have learned that the one thing constant in Life is change. I feel pretty lucky to understand this so young. Some go all their lives and only find out in the end when there is such limited time to try and fix their point of view.
We try not to take anything for granted. Nothing.
With that said, its still hard to embrace changes. I find that is it the most difficult to love yourself through the changes. I'm constantly judging myself. Thinking I should have done that a different way, handled it more gently.
That stuff is easier to do when you have people around you that love and support you. If you don't have these two things, love for yourself and support. Get them. Work to have them. Make them your first gifts to yourself.
I promise they will help.
That is my clarity, bright and early this Saturday morning.
Happy Saturday.
Blessed Be.
Are you ready for those changes? Do you have the mental and physical capacity to let things go?
Its with time, hardship, tears, and understanding that I sit at this point in my Life.
Do I have the correct people around me to lift me up? Do I have the support to get through the obstacles that the changes in Life present to me?
I'm thirty-six years old this year. I have learned that the one thing constant in Life is change. I feel pretty lucky to understand this so young. Some go all their lives and only find out in the end when there is such limited time to try and fix their point of view.
We try not to take anything for granted. Nothing.
With that said, its still hard to embrace changes. I find that is it the most difficult to love yourself through the changes. I'm constantly judging myself. Thinking I should have done that a different way, handled it more gently.
That stuff is easier to do when you have people around you that love and support you. If you don't have these two things, love for yourself and support. Get them. Work to have them. Make them your first gifts to yourself.
I promise they will help.
That is my clarity, bright and early this Saturday morning.
Happy Saturday.
Blessed Be.
Tuesday, September 18, 2012
Always Learning
When was the last time you stood up for yourself? Did you have a really hard time doing it? Feeling that you were gonna make someone upset, disappointed, mad. But, you knew, just knew that if you didn't make your stand you would regret it. Yeah, I have had to do that at least once in the last two weeks. I have lost sleep, talked myself in and out and in to it again. Driven those around me crazy because I talk about it incessantly until I actually go through with it.
But guess what...I do it.
Too many times in my Life I have followed orders, obeyed. Done the right thing according to what others have wanted. Not this time.
What drives me? What is so different about my Life now?
Travis and Naenah.
Seriously, that is it. If anything takes away from my time as a Mom and Wife, it better be a pretty damn good reason. If I feel like its not doing those two any justice, I'm not doing it.
My business is ran this way. Yup, you read it right. I LOVE being a Massage Therapist. BUT, my family comes first. If you can understand that, then I will make every effort in my being to make sure that your therapy session holds all the benefits and more.
How now does this go along with a Life of Gratitude? Each thing holds a reason, to learn, to observe, to practice Gratitude. I'm only human, and I do indeed have a temper and an attitude. But I will never be beyond Gratitude.
Standing up for myself teaches me so much.
I learned this time through that I'm worth my time, and if others can't understand that, then I'm not the person for the job.
But guess what...I do it.
Too many times in my Life I have followed orders, obeyed. Done the right thing according to what others have wanted. Not this time.
What drives me? What is so different about my Life now?
Travis and Naenah.
Seriously, that is it. If anything takes away from my time as a Mom and Wife, it better be a pretty damn good reason. If I feel like its not doing those two any justice, I'm not doing it.
My business is ran this way. Yup, you read it right. I LOVE being a Massage Therapist. BUT, my family comes first. If you can understand that, then I will make every effort in my being to make sure that your therapy session holds all the benefits and more.
How now does this go along with a Life of Gratitude? Each thing holds a reason, to learn, to observe, to practice Gratitude. I'm only human, and I do indeed have a temper and an attitude. But I will never be beyond Gratitude.
Standing up for myself teaches me so much.
I learned this time through that I'm worth my time, and if others can't understand that, then I'm not the person for the job.
Thursday, September 6, 2012
Thankful Thursday...Shayla Deppershimdt
As a Military Brat, its not a common thing to rely on others. Your family unit gets most of the lean, then if they can't help, you suck it up and try to figure out how to shoulder the rest.
Growing a family around family makes a girl spoiled. Probably one of the single things that has made me worry about moving to a place where there is no family is how we will get by and do it on our own.
That's where Shayla comes in. Hayley too, but she'll get her own blog next week. :)
She has been one of the awesome, trustworthy people I have been able to lean on since her move here, next door at that. So easy going, which is so healthy and welcomed changed to me being high strung most often. She's a Mom to Kaylee (3) and Layton (1), a wife to Mark and Mommy to their fur baby Geesy (half pit, half Saint Bernard!!)
Always open to giving advice, and listening. Most of all, taking my kiddo when Trav and I's schedules are not meeting up.
Shayla is my Thankful Thursday Blessing this week. I'm so lucky to have her as a neighbor and friend. From bouncing budgeting ideas to creative craft ideas, she's a pretty open minded gal. I am Blessed to have her in my life. Thank You Shayla!!
In other thankful news...
Mom and Dad made it safely to the Philippines for a month long visit! So awesome that they get the chance to soak up all that wonderful love from the Familia there.
Rita called to make me giggle in the middle of the week.
Naenah lost another tooth!! Glitter money is in high demand around here!!
I have been wrangled into yard duty at the school in the mornings, its hilarious to watch all the young minds at play!!
I hope that this inspires you to look around and find the things that you are thankful for.
Bright Blessings!!
Norma
Growing a family around family makes a girl spoiled. Probably one of the single things that has made me worry about moving to a place where there is no family is how we will get by and do it on our own.
That's where Shayla comes in. Hayley too, but she'll get her own blog next week. :)
She has been one of the awesome, trustworthy people I have been able to lean on since her move here, next door at that. So easy going, which is so healthy and welcomed changed to me being high strung most often. She's a Mom to Kaylee (3) and Layton (1), a wife to Mark and Mommy to their fur baby Geesy (half pit, half Saint Bernard!!)
Always open to giving advice, and listening. Most of all, taking my kiddo when Trav and I's schedules are not meeting up.
Shayla is my Thankful Thursday Blessing this week. I'm so lucky to have her as a neighbor and friend. From bouncing budgeting ideas to creative craft ideas, she's a pretty open minded gal. I am Blessed to have her in my life. Thank You Shayla!!
In other thankful news...
Mom and Dad made it safely to the Philippines for a month long visit! So awesome that they get the chance to soak up all that wonderful love from the Familia there.
Rita called to make me giggle in the middle of the week.
Naenah lost another tooth!! Glitter money is in high demand around here!!
I have been wrangled into yard duty at the school in the mornings, its hilarious to watch all the young minds at play!!
I hope that this inspires you to look around and find the things that you are thankful for.
Bright Blessings!!
Norma
Thursday, August 23, 2012
Thankful Thursday...
This week was the first full week of school. We started last Thursday, but this week was really the test. So, I thought that I would post these pictures in celebration of our first full week.
As well as photos of the things I'm thankful for...
How can I even look at this one and not be thankful to be her Momma?
My Life is measured by the smiles and giggles from these two. The sounds makes my heart swell, with Happiness, but the Gratitude is always the underlying emotion.
I'm beyond Lucky, and I will continue to try and live everyday as Grateful as possible.
Other things I'm Grateful for this week:
My FB family. When I need to be up lifted, they were there. A candle to light the dark.
I got to talk to much of my family this week, that I needed too.
I'm Thankful for Massage Therapy, through it, I can help.
How about you? What do you have to be Thankful for this Thursday?
Go ahead, I dare you, post it in the comments.
Sending you LOVE, LIGHT, and BRIGHT BLESSINGS
Norms
Monday, August 13, 2012
The end of her days of no school responsibility....
This last weekend was the very last weekend that Naenah, Travis and I will ever have with school-less responsibility. It didn't even dawn on me really until yesterday morning. Trav and Nae went outside while he was grilling to give me a few minutes of quiet myself. I was gonna sit inside with my Nook, but realized that this was her last weekend before school.
I went outside to sit and be near my family pod. I found Him pulling her around in her red wagon, all over the yard. I think he realized it too. I made mention to him of my thoughts and he nodded his head in approval, sadness in his eyes. I sat and just listened to the sounds of their giggling.
As Naenah ages, I see why so many family have more than one child. To give them siblings, to teach them about positions in the family, to fill a home. I think the one that stands out the most at the moment is to keep this pending sadness at bay. This is the stuff that is rough on a parent. As the time nears for her first day of school, I find myself getting more and more emotional.
I always thought that growing up and becoming responsible sucked as a kid. This? This is worse!!! LOL
I know that we will all move forward, that everything we deal with is part of her Life's path, as well as ours. Its the end of an era in our household, one my family and Trav's have marked with Joy. Again, I'm so grateful to be a part of her Life. To have a hand in what sort of a person she will stand up and be. Its no little feat, nor is it something to take so seriously we forget to teach her to be Happy.
She is beyond excited, I will do all I can to keep her in that mind frame.
I am Blessed.
I went outside to sit and be near my family pod. I found Him pulling her around in her red wagon, all over the yard. I think he realized it too. I made mention to him of my thoughts and he nodded his head in approval, sadness in his eyes. I sat and just listened to the sounds of their giggling.
As Naenah ages, I see why so many family have more than one child. To give them siblings, to teach them about positions in the family, to fill a home. I think the one that stands out the most at the moment is to keep this pending sadness at bay. This is the stuff that is rough on a parent. As the time nears for her first day of school, I find myself getting more and more emotional.
I always thought that growing up and becoming responsible sucked as a kid. This? This is worse!!! LOL
I know that we will all move forward, that everything we deal with is part of her Life's path, as well as ours. Its the end of an era in our household, one my family and Trav's have marked with Joy. Again, I'm so grateful to be a part of her Life. To have a hand in what sort of a person she will stand up and be. Its no little feat, nor is it something to take so seriously we forget to teach her to be Happy.
She is beyond excited, I will do all I can to keep her in that mind frame.
I am Blessed.
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