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Ladies (and perhaps a few brave gents) we're getting personal on the blog today. Like, really personal. We're talking about our periods. *Gasp* It's one of those things (along with infertility, miscarriage and postpartum depression) that we forget we need to talk about. Well, here it is! I recently made the switch and decided to stop using pads and tampons. And everything changed. If you are on the fence about your menstrual products, keep reading. I'm about to change your mind for good! -Me and My Period Here's some information that you absolutely did not ask for, but is imperative to my story. I have extremely sensitive lady parts. Tampons cause high levels of discomfort to the point of migraines, severe cramping and a few times nausea. So, I don't use them. Now and then I would see a new kind on the shelf that promised comfort and slim fitting, and I would take a gamble. And lose. Every. Single. Time. I just accepted that I would never be able to wear ta

Hey, hey! It's finally looking like spring over here! I'm so happy we appear to have slid into warmer weather for good. Planning on doing some digging in the garden later today and just soaking up the lovely weather. I finished all my books, but hey, I could always grab another and just hang out. This is my favorite part of the year, it's not smoldering yet, but not snowing. Perfect book lounging weather! Anyway, I read some outstanding books this month. It was my turn to pick the book for book club, and while it wasn't what we usually read, it turned out pretty good. Let's dive right in! "Firestorm"- Nevada Barr If you have not read an Anna Pigeon book, you must do it. Trust me. This is book four in the Anna Pigeon series, but you can read them in any order. The first two I read were like six and twelve. While it's nice to go in order because there are reoccurring characters that we get to know and love it is entirely acceptable to read popcorn

Guys, I'm finally sitting at my desk to write this; my beautiful wood desk that has been in my family forever. It's been cleaned and is shiny again, and I finally feel like we are moved into this new place. Like, there are still pictures to be hung and all that, but it's starting to feel like home. Enough about me! Today I'm here to talk about self-care. None of us give ourselves the care we truly deserve. We're busy with work or the kids or the cleaning or the errands or EVERYTHING else that we have to do. We, basically, just do the minimum of care that is required to get through the day. Now. That doesn't seem very fair, does it? We give our kids excellent care, making sure they have a good meal, clean clothes, clean bodies. We make sure they get enough play time, stories, maybe some TV as a reward. They get tucked into bed each night after we diligently brush their teeth. I mean. They get good care. We make sure of it because we're parents and that'

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 I haven't made this overly public, because I'm still leaving myself some bailout, but I've decided to independently publish a novel. Whoa. Well, it's out there now! About two years ago I had this weird idea, this intense feeling of a story. I had characters pictured in my head, a storyline, some twists and turns and I thought, "This is a neat idea." So I opened up a Word document and just started typing. For a long time, that's all it was; words all jumbled together, run-on sentences, grammatical errors everywhere, but I was happy. I stayed up until the wee hours of the morning just clicking away at my keyboard, smiling, laughing; I couldn't believe how much fun I was having. I never thought anything would come of it. I just figured it would be a hobby. Two years later and I'm still staying up until wee hours writing, having grammatical issues and smiling. You probably think me insanely lucky, staying home with my kids. I must have tons and tons

I don't know about you guys, but the weather this month has been nothing short of depressing. And cold. Growing up in Oklahoma, I figured I had ample experience with weather roulette, but Nebraska (did I mention we moved to Nebraska?!) has a whole other thing going on. The weather here is bananas. It's cold, rainy, snowing, windy, then maybe it will be sunny, for like, an hour. Possibly. I don't feel like I'm asking for much over here! I just want to take the kids to the park (they are driving me nuts!) or be able to sit on the front porch and read a book, you know, regular things one could do in the SPRINGTIME! *deep breath* Moving on. This month has been crazy busy for us because moving never takes just a few days of your time, but I put away two exceptional books. Both of which are the first books of their series. I know! As if I don't already have at least ten series going right now, but I'm a sucker for them. And, in my defense, one of them was a book clu