Let’s have some rainy Saturday morning real talk here. Before I was a mama, I totally didn’t get it, this whole, raising responsible teenagers thing. I was a school counselor in a large high school in Northwest Arkansas, and the regular things that many teenagers do kinda made me feel a little… Continue reading Are you a helicopter or a lawn mower mama? #guilty
Cole and I knew a few months ago that this summer was going to be a little different, and decided to focus on finding the fun in every day. Fun for a 9 year old boy can be interpreted several ways, swimming, setting off your own fireworks (much to his mama’s terror), time with wild… Continue reading Summer Lovin’
I love my little old house, but with little old houses comes a lot of little old house problems. I bought our home a few years ago, and every summer have bought my home something nice…..and by something nice I mean, a new dishwasher, a new hot water heater, some nice new pipes and several… Continue reading Money Peace for Single Mamas
It turns out that Snoop Dogg had it right, although he wasn’t exactly talking about budgeting his money to make a better life for himself and his family, he still made an excellent point. You have to have your mind on your money, and be thinking about what on earth your money is going to… Continue reading Got My Mind On My Money, My Money On My Mind
Let’s talk about your 2019 goals 🤗🤗. I so love the beginning of the year, even though we are big goal setters all year. There’s about a fresh new year (and a ridiculously long month, AY) to help me re-evaluate and make some changes. Cole and I are going to map out his goals for… Continue reading Goal Digger 2019
I have laid awake many a night and wondered how on earth I am gonna pay that electric bill, or how I am going to manage raising that little person with all of his needs, and get my car fixed, and my air conditioning, and my plumbing. It seems at times if my finances are… Continue reading God’s Provision
“I guess you can just stay in the condo and I will go to the beach all by myself!”, I said as my child threw himself across the bed in our condo. I took the doughnuts and myself upstairs, and sat down to have a good cry. My mom, forever my therapist, listened to me,… Continue reading Unglued (on vacation)
I used to be completely right brained, a lover of art and music, driven completely by my whims and emotions, then I became an educator. Because of the nature of my job, I had to kind of develop my left brain. Take a look at my desk at work and you will note my… Continue reading Broken Crayons Still Color
I guess I am basically a terrible example of having blind faith in God’s promises. I just sent a picture of a new book I got for myself for Christmas, Anxious for Nothing, by Max Lucado, to a friend who struggles with anxiety and self worth (when she is this amazing mom, coworker, aunt,… Continue reading Oh Ye of Little Faith
I love the beach. There are specific VIPs in our life who do not love the heat (my parents) or we would just move there tomorrow. So this year, Cole and I were able to go not once, but twice to the ocean, which made my soul so very happy. I believe in vacationing for… Continue reading Letting Go
Boy Mama No Drama 