Goodbye...

My dear sweet readers I am here today to tell you goodbye. For now at least I need to step back from here. I have so much going on in my life and so many things I need to focus on that, frankly speaking, are more important than this blog. As much as I love the creative release blogging gives me I just don't have time for it. I find myself stressing out because I don't have time, energy or even ideas to post.

I took a break a while back and came back strong for the past few months but  I feel myself slipping again.

It's funny how life can take you different ways. I have been blogging for almost 4 years now and thought I would never stop . Now though I feel life pulling me in another direction. With Hayley becoming older and even more active than before, school starting for her soon, work for me just after and everything else life has to throw at me it's time to cut back.

I have really enjoyed the ride blogging has given me over the past few years and I am so glad so many of you have been with me the whole ride.

For now I am not going to delete the blog, that way the recipes and other little tidbits I have posted will always be here for you.

I hope each and everyone of you has a splendid life and that God blesses you greatly in it. Remember with him in the lead everything else falls into line quite nicely and that no matter how dark the storms of life are he is always there.

Love you all!
Felicia

Out with the old week in with the new and improved week

What a week! Between national issues like West, Tx and there horrible catasrophe, the Boston bombing and manhunt you would think that would be enough. But nope, we here had our own scare, thankfully that is all it turned out to be, a scare. This great nation of ours is more jumpy than a horny flea on the back of a dogs back. We had an evacuation from Academy Sports because someone overheard one word of a private conversation and went nuts. Some person was talking about the bombing in Boston and another person heard bomb and whoops the whole store was shut down. Same thing at Walmart, someone left their duffle-bag at the front of the store, so they wouldn't get accused of you know shop lifting, and someone thought it looked 'suspicious' and there we go again. Store evacuated and shut down for 5 hours and some dude had all of his clothes and other things blow up.

*sigh*

Don't get me wrong. With all the recent troubles I am glad that everyone is on their toes but  I also wish  people would use their common sense just a touch more.

Happily things in my own little nook of the world, aka my life, were much calmer than the rest of the world. Which in the end is all one can really worry about right? My family is safe, we are together and we are loved. I couldn't be more thankful for that. (Especially after being 'pushed' out of Walmart due to a bomb scare)

I have very few set plans this week. Everyone once in a while you just need a week to breath ya know?

Send a card to Grandpaw
Write Kyla a letter per her request
Possible  park or mall day with Hayley
'Date' night/day with Mike
Follow my menu plan
Keep the house clean
Play more in the art journal
Keep on studying/reading the book of Jeremiah
Finish girls bow holder
Finish bag holder
Drill the silly holes in Hayley's chore chart and post it so you wonderful people can see it
Start working on Hayley getting her chores done

And the biggest thing this week to do is

Take Hayley to kindergarten registration on Friday morning. I am not ready for this. She isn't supposed to be this old yet. Not my precious little girl. Nope...not happening. Excuse me while I go bury my head in the sand.

While I am down there why don't you fill me on what your plan on doing this week. Maybe it will help distract me some from the terror of kindergarten.

Happily Medicated

I must apologize for my recent disappearance.

I have suffered from depression and slight anxiety (which makes me very irritable) for a very long time. Normally I am able to manage it quite well with my 'happy pills'.  This last week though Walmart decided to be out of my medicine. No biggie, I can handle two days without my meds, all be it I would prefer not to.  They were supposed to get in Friday...nope. Then I was told I would have it Monday.


Guess what?

It didn't come in!

To say I was upset is an understatement. I was a basket case Sunday afternoon and Monday. The medicine I take isn't supposed to be stopped cold turkey, bad side effects like being way irritable, dizzy,  and my favorite sensory disturbances. That last one is a dousy and makes all the others even that much worse.

Luckily after kindly trying not to bite the ladies head off via phone call they told me they would check other Walmarts in the are and see if they had my medicine.

8pm Monday night I finally got my 'happy pills' after having to drive 30 minutes out of my way.

So anyways the whole point of that story is to say I wasn't in the best shape to be blogging. I wasn't in shape to do much of anything.

Two days back on my 'happy pills' and I am a very happily medicated person and I am getting caught up on a weekends worth of house cleaning.

If all goes according to plan I'll be back in full swing tomorrow!

*moral of the story*....never ever go more than one day without happy pills!!