Stay Home Mom

I want

to take the time to show you

some books I read last year

about stay home moms.

 

My first response

to several of these

books was,

where have you been!?

I really wish I would have thought

to seek out to find

such books back

several years ago.

 

 

I read My Heart's at Home first.

And let me just say, I absolutely loved.

Jill is very down to earth

and tells it like it is on how

to maintain the wife and mom role.

 

 

 

the balanced mom

was really good. The author, Bria Simpson,

graduated from Duke University, obtaining a Masters in Psychology.

She worked as a child and family therapist,

followed by staying home full-time with her children

Now works part-time as a life coach and author.

She's married with three children.

This was a very fast read,

several of the points given I already

knew but was a great reassure

book for me.

Love the cover!

Love the feel of it!  

This was really the first one I thought

to myself where were you

five years ago.

Following graduation from Duke University, I obtained a Masters in Psychology. After working as a child and family therapist, I stayed home full-time with my children, and now work part-time as a life coach and author. My husband and I have three children.

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The Essential stay at home mom manual

 is another one I wish

I had when I first came home.

It's kinda geared more towards having

smaller children. Which the author,

Shannon Hyland-Tassava, children are

older now, school age.

Really, really liked this book!

Great cover too!

She's on my facebook page

and enjoy following what she's

up to. Making friends through books,

making friends through facebook is the bomb.

She even talks about that in her book.

Very down to earth!

 

 

 

 

I really have enjoyed the survival guide,

although I haven't finished it. It's kinda a thick

book and I am bad about reading

more than one book at a time.

It's loaded with lots

of different moms

thoughts and opinions of the stay home mommie

mode!

 

 

I have to say, I've only read a few pages

of the praise one. I just haven't had

time to finish it up.

This book has GREAT reviews

on Amazon.com though.

 

 Here's a few old blog post

of me voicing

on my struggle at home,

but knowing I am right where

I supposed to be:

 

SHM

 

facebook-status-updates-God's calling

 

spring-break

 

  

An additional list of Stay Home Mom books!

 

 

Have you read any of these books?

How long have you been home?

What's your take on the stay home mom roll?

Was it hard for you to give up

your career? Identity?

 

P.S. my side job is artist, photographer, author, blogger!!!

 

Snowflakes

Babe it's cold outside! Everyone's wishing for snowflakes here after its been raining for eight straight days!

Handmade Planner

With the new year comes a new calendar. I usually keep a calendar in my kitchen and its been years since I've kept a planner. I used to live by those things when I was in college and my early years of working. So I thought this year I'd start fresh by using one again. Maybe it could help my head from spinning, right!? But this wouldn't be just any planner. It would be handmade. Yelp, that's right! If I was gonna use one I wanted it to be special. And what better way then to customize your own. Even better the mix media journal I wanted to use to create this was free. One day before Thanksgiving the art store was having buy one get one free sale on art journals. It was the perfect size. Off to creating this planner and the hubby along with my oldest daughter both kept telling me they'd buy me a planner. I continued creating! That's usually how it goes at my house when the creative juices are flowing, lots of questions, why!? I first painted the cover a blue, Indian Turquoise, that I love and use in most of, if not all, my work! I then glued a piece of cork board in the shape of a heart. I painted it the week before on a day I just felt like smearing paint! Moving on in to the inside, I created a page stating who's planner this was. Adding a year at a glance, a pocket and each month laid out with hand stamped numbers used for the dates. I am in love it looks and feels grand!

 

 

 

Dreaming is a form of planning 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By failing to prepare, you are preparing to fail.

-Benjamin Franklin 

 

 

 

Do you keep a planner!?

 

 

 

New Year New Word Relax

Night time sketching
#relax #church #vermont

My new word for the year is Relax.

re·lax
Make or become less tense or anxious.
Rest or engage in an enjoyable activity so as to become less tired or anxious.

This church is in a free calendar that was sent to my home. It's St. Barnabes' Episcopal Church in Norwich, Vermont. I've always loved churches. The red door caught my eye and last night felt the need to give it a sketch. Enjoy!

Paint Brush Cleaning

One downfall to an art studio is the clean up! My hubby, Mr. Clean, went in my studio the other day to put something up for me and liked to have freaked!!! Days later I begin clean up, because believe it or not once I am done with a round of projects I have to clean up and start fresh the next time. It kinda reminds me of my office job I had years ago. My desk would get so messy but before it was all said and done the next day my desk had to be spotless, that's kinda how I keep my house too! Clean slate makes this girl, Mrs.Clean, a happy girl! It's my nature...so off to cleaning the studio the other day. All the glued, mod podge, up sponges tossed. All the scrap pieces of paper that just don't make any since to put in the scrape bucket, or should I say buckets, gone...ones i don't see a future with, in the trash. All the paints put up. All the glitter put up. All the pens put up. All the pencils put up. All the scissors put up. All the aprons put up. All the paint brushes put up or should I say in a bucket of water. This list goes on but I am gonna stop here at paint brush and show you how I clean my brush that sit in a bucket of water for DAYS...I soak them in Murphy's Oil soap then I scrub them!