4. Go Out With Friends

Make a date with the girls! It is especially hard for me (with young children), to find time for friends. This is where you have to get purposeful. Its important to let yourself have time without kids and without your man. Make a point to do something you enjoy. Shop, go to dinner, have a night on the town, whatever it is that makes you and your friends come alive.


Get silly, have fun, let go!

30 Things Before 30: One

As I mentioned a few days ago we are starting a new theme this month. After waiting for votes, I decided on the topic of 30 things I think I want to do before I turn 30. If you don't already know me well by now, I have done quiet a bit in my short 26 years of life. So, most of these things are not going to be too serious, but I do think all of them would help you to learn yourself. Today we start with my very first idea!

Idea One: Find a True Friend

This one is hard to complete as a lone endeavor and honestly its taken me a lifetime to find anyone I would even closely consider a "good" friend to me. If you are blessed enough to have one, take good care of them. I am rather guilty of trying to make someone grow close to me. I put a lot of effort into making and keeping friends. If you dont have a good friend (or two) I recommend you reconsider your priorities. My husband is my best friend, but this is not the kind of friend I'm talking about. Its best to have someone to help keep you from losing yourself to being completely just mom, wife, grandma, etc.

I want to take this opportunity to thank those of my friends who have been there for me.
From my mother to college buddies and adopted siblings to church family, I am very blessed.

Crying baby; Tuna sandwich

  
 I thought the name of this post was very appropriate for the occasion. If you haven't already guessed, I am eating a tuna sandwich and listening to my son express his dislike for being put down for nap. A random title seemed the best option since I had so much to discuss.

    Considering this is my very first post, I want to cover some of the things I want to explore during the life of this blog. When I first pondered the idea of blogging, it was a distant dream, a hopeful after thought. When I finally got serious, a whole plethora of ideas flowed into my cerebellum. Below I will list some of the questions I wish to answer and a few of the titles that may appear in future posts.

• What am I supposed to do?
• Who am I, really?
• What makes a good mom, not just a good mother?
• What did I learn from my childhood?
• What did I miss? (My childhood and teen years)
• Facing my past, what did I learn?
• The future, what does it hold?
• Love, Life, and Happily Ever After
• Why I like shuffle. 
• Who says I cant do everything?
• Blessings in the mail
• Miracles happen
• The No Good, Very Bad Day
• Plus size and beautiful, dealing with self image
• The beauty queen within
• When Yes means No and Vissa Versa
• Dear Manda, random facts and advice
• What happened? I suddenly grew up.
• Who says "there is no such thing as Prince Charming?"
• Can faith and logic be reconciled?
• Laugh a little
• No longer honeymooners
• Everything I learned, I learned from my mother...

    That is just a few things that I quickly jotted down. I suspect I will have many, many more pop into my mind later on.  Now, over time you will get to know me. Please feel free to ask a question, add a thought, or just point out something I missed. Self exploration is a journey, Im inviting you to come along and be apart of my team. So team, we're off!