As part of the iHomeschool Network’s 10 in 10 Blog Hop, I’ve written up this little post about ten random thoughts on my mind. Truly, these are completely random! Unfortunately, this is how my brain works most of the time! Scattered…and random. 🙂
10 COMPLETELY Random Thoughts from Stacie:
“It’s hard, but it’s good. It’s good, but it’s hard.” I heard this from Todd Wilson at our homeschool conference earlier in the summer, and it has stuck with me. All kinds of things seem hard lately, but I remember that the hard things are good things. Life is hard…but it’s good.
My husband is amazing. There are challenges in our relationship for sure, and we don’t have a picture-perfect marriage. But for all of the trials and troubles we’ve been through, I would do it all again. He is an amazing dad, an attentive and gentle husband, and one of the nicest guys you’ll ever meet. I adore him.
Where in the world do all these clothes come from? I don’t know if it’s just having three girls so close in age or what, but somehow I keep finding different clothes and outfits around our house. I truly don’t know where it all comes from. It’s almost like the clothing multiplies!! I guess I’ll have to do another clear the clutter challenge. *sigh*
Vacationing with kids is not really a vacation for mom. We just came back from a wedding/vacation in Colorado Springs. It was one day of traveling (12 hours that day!), two days of sight-seeing and wedding-ness, and one day of travel back home. While things went very smoothly and we had a good time, I still did most of the same stuff I do every day. At this point in time, a vacation for me is not wiping behinds, giving baths, cleaning up messes, stopping fights, disciplining, listening to whining, and eating at McDonald’s. Someday I’ll have a real vacation. And yes, I will probably think back and miss these days.…
Why can’t I find a cute, but modest swimming suit? I spent hours and hours looking for one. I was horrified at so many of them, I almost gave up. The modest ones were so ugly…and the cute ones showed way too much! I finally stumbled upon a tank style suit and swim shorts that are halfway modest, but I’m still not planning to wear it too often! I just don’t understand why it has to be such a pain.
I really need to start planning for school! I can’t believe July is halfway over! I generally love back-to-school time, but it seems like the summer has flown by way too fast. I’m procrastinating…
I think I might have adrenal fatigue. Every night around 11 PM, I go into overdrive and start writing posts, cleaning, reading books, and absolutely cannot fall asleep until 2 AM — even though I need to get up early. A friend gave me the book Adrenal Fatigue: The 21st Century Stress Syndrome, and I pretty much made a self-diagnosis using the book. I guess I should make an appointment and find out for sure.
P90x2 is going to kick my tail. I borrowed P90X from a friend and did one round of that, but when P90X2 came out, I wanted to give it a try. One of my 2012 yearly goals is to finish a round of it. My husband and I are going to do it together over the next 90 days, but it’s stinking hard…
Our dog is going to die soon. My husband recently found a cancerous tumor inside our little dog Scooter’s mouth. He removed it but told me last weekend that he found another one in a place in Scooter’s mouth where it can’t be removed. We’ve had this little guy for 11 years, so I’m pretty heartbroken (even though I get mad and yell because he keeps peeing on the floor in our house. Thank goodness it’s laminate). Anyway, I keep thinking about how to tell the girls, when to tell them, and what to tell them. 🙁
Do I want to keep blogging? Yes, this is a huge question for me! I love blogging for sure, but all three girls will be homeschooled this year. I’ll be teaching my two youngest daughters to read and my oldest will be doing 4th grade. I’ve been putting in 3-4 hours each day on this blog, and it just doesn’t seem to be growing as quickly as I hoped. I need to step back and reevaluate using my mission statement and see how/if blogging fits into the picture. Maybe I’ll just cut back my hours a little bit, maybe I’ll just write a few times per week, or maybe I’ll just stop. I would definitely appreciate your prayers as I’m figuring this out!
See? I told you. Ten completely random things from my brain!
Do you have any random things on your mind? Feel free to share. I need some reassurance that I’m not the most random person in the world….
If you are a blogger, feel free to link-up your top ten lists over with Angie at Many Little Blessings!
Skirnir Hamilton says
1. Lands End has some nice modest swim suits, if you are willing to pay the price and I have not decided if I am at the moment. I lost about 50 pounds of weight a year and a half ago and I need a new swimsuit, but can’t decide what I want yet.
2. When it comes to the blogging, you have to decide if it fits what you want to do with your life. I know I am going to continue blogging, but I so hope it helps someone. IE blogging only fits my life if it aids others, but how to decide if it helps someone save some money, or think about something they wouldn’t have thought about? If I judged by comments, I would give it up. People just don’t tend to comment much. So it can be a tough thing to decide.
3. Oh, and when it comes to where does all the clothes come from… I want to know where do all the socks go? Seems I need to go buy my son more socks as he seems to not have any almost. We just bought him some recently, as he changed shoe size, but no idea where all the socks went.
Lastly, yes, I have some very random thoughts that if everyone knew what they were, they would wonder if I am, or how in the world I am not crazy. But it seems most people I know have such strange random thoughts.
Karla says
You sound like me, with a zillion thoughts going through my mind at any given moment and they ramp up at bedtime. I’ll have to look into that book.
As far as swim suits…they’re not cheap but take a look at lands end and j crew. GREAT quality, wonderful sizes (cater to large, small and in-between), and nice styles that keep you comfortable and cool, but don’t show the world your entire body. Good luck!
Susan @ A Happy Heart at Home says
That’s really sweet about your husband. I get a ‘second wind’ late at night, too. Makes for a really tired morning the next day, though. We homeschooled for 15 years. You’re welcome to come by and see my Top Ten list. 🙂
Stacie says
Thanks, Susan! Heading over to check out your top ten. I’ve always been a night owl, but this is like a crazy second wind!!
lisa davis says
I read your blog all the time but you would never know it because I never comment. I’m sure there are many many more like me. Please keep it up!!
Stacie says
Thanks, Lisa! I know everyone is busy, so I’m grateful you took a few minutes to comment today! It means a lot to me!
Melissa Pflugradt says
I know the swimsuit challenge feeling. It’s so frustrating. My husband was surprised on how expensive it is for a woman to dress modest, but cheap to dress so skimpy (I tried to tell him! lol). . What I did is I went to walmart. I bought a plain one-piece suit, swim shorts, and a cheap crew plain tshirt. Roughly $30 or so..but cheaper than the $50 plus I see the prices for on actual modest swim wear, but appropriate enough to wear at a place that centered for kid’s to go swimming.
Stacie says
It is sad, isn’t it (how much cheaper it is to dress skimpy!!)?!! Thanks for the suggestion!
Lezlie says
I don’t get to read on here much, but have read several things today and LOVE your blog!
Thanks for your “realness” and truth on here! As far as modest swimsuits, I TOTALLY know the feeling. There are websites with modest suits if you google them. There are some cute ones out there if you want to pay the price or make your own out of regular and add the shorts or skirt.
God Bless You!
Stacie says
Thanks, Lezlie!
Theresa says
Oh Stacie, I am so sorry to hear about your dog. I can’t imagine how tough that will be for your sweet family! 🙁
I’m going to have to look into adrenal fatigue. I am just like you. Once everyone else is in bed, I do what I call “the flight of the bubble bee” and don’t stop until WAY too late. Like right now for instance. I just sat down to catch up on emails and it’s nearly 1am!