Big girl shoes...

Do you ever feel like you are trying to fill shoes that just don't fit? I feel that way quite often right now as I am struggling with what I want to be when I 'grow up'.  Could I stay at home and continue to be a domestic engineer? Yes. Can I go back to school and finish my degree? Yes. Could I keep doing this? Yes. But I'm really struggling with the fact that I'm not really helping anyone. I'd like to help design homes for Habitat for Humanity, design business logos for newbie business owners for free.I want to feed the hungry, clothe the homeless, stop Global Warming, reduce my footprint. I want to exercise more, and eat less. I need to drink more water. I want to help keep our water clean. I want to leave a mark on this world that will remain long after I am gone. I want my grandchildren to tell stories of my life to their grandchildren, and speak of me with pride and fondness.  I want to fill MY shoes. But which pair?? How do you fill them all, when there are so many to choose from? To be a role model to my children of all that they can accomplish in life, of all the good that they are capable of and yet be home when they get home from school... these are huge dialogues that have been going on in my head. I thought perhaps if I vocalized them, organized them just enough to get them out, that perhaps something might jump off the page at me.

I'll let you know when it hits me. Any thoughts? I'd love to hear. You guys always have some of the best life advise to share. One thing I do know. There won't be anymore kids. My minor surgery a few weeks ago took care of that. :)

xoxo~

Abbie

PS.. the image is of my daughter trying to strut her stuff in my only pair of heels.

A good read..

 A good book is never to hard to find, a great book is a bit tougher. My sister in law suggested I read The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society and even let me borrow her copy. Such a wonderful read.. highly recommend it!

It has been so long since I picked up a book and read it. (except crafting books, I shuffle through my knitting/crochet books constantly) But a story, a wonderful yarn that you can float away on, it has been way too long.  The last book I read was The Secret Life Of Bees, and that was eons ago...

Once I got part way through the book it came to my attention that I had nary a bookmark in the house! So I made some. (of course..) You can download the above bookmarks, along with a few others from my other blog, The Vintage Moth.

Get off your computer and go grab a book! (first make a bookmark..)

:) xoxo~

Abbie

Friends connecting!

Woohoo!!  I just figured out how to add the Google Friends Connect widget to my website! Oh, I have missed it since I moved from Blogger. Yay! Will you be my friend? :) Please?  it is such a great way to keep in touch! It is located just below the sponsors. Yay! It was the one thing I really would have loved to move over from the Old Moth blog, but just couldn't figure out how do it. This isn't that one (it had 1900+ friends) sooooo... we'll have to start over, at friend one, so to speak. But that is okee dokee!

Ya know, it's the little things..

xoxo~

Abbie

Worry Woos

The Easter Bunny visited and brought the kids some of the most fabulous books! I really need to share them. Each of kids got a different book and they all loved them, even though their ages range from 2 and half to 11. The books are The Monster In The Bubble, The Nose That Didn't Fit, The Lonely Little Monster.

Absolutely endearing! The images are so cute!! and the story lines are rhythmic and tender. So original and just very nice books.  I absolutely love them and, even more important,  the kids love them! They will be books we keep for years to come.  The Monster In The Bubble would be great for a graduate gift too..

Lovely! Lovely!

xoxo~

Abbie

Easter Greetings!

Happy Easter everyone! I am off to enjoy the sunshine and warm weather. So very rarely do we get to wear sundresses in New Hampshire on Easter. Some years we are digging in the snow for eggs dressed in snowpants, boots, hats and mittens. Today it shoud reach 80!! Will wonders never cease?

Ha! lol! I just reread my post.. WE are dressed in snowpants and boots, NOT the eggs! ;)

To grab some free Easter clipart and images CLICK HERE.

xoxo~

Abbie

Still, in a way..

A lucky day!!

Yay! I NEVER win anything and I won!! I won!

Remember Laura's giveaway over at Hey What's for Dinner Mom?   Now, I have to put a huge shoutout to Laura because her blog is fabulous! She lives in Alaska and in her own words,

"I refuse to microwave, I won't eat food that comes in squeeze pouches and I try to avoid 'real flavor added' products. My kids don't know what poptarts are and have never had gummy fruits. There has to be better food for adults and kids alike and I am on a quest to find it."

Great recipes and tips; her blog is a wonderful place to visit!

Thank you so much Laura! I'm so excited!!

xoxo~

Abbie

I went for a drive...

I went for a drive today and it looked like this. Wet, cold and blllaaahhhh.. I was looking for color, and special things. I found canoes.  All lined up waiting patiently for the summer residents and tourists to return and sweep them back into the lake.

I found a tree. A wee pine tree. I would assume that either this summer or next someone will find it to be too intrusive and it will get plucked out of the ground.

It won't be forgotten though, as I have gone and caught it with my lens. To see other drives I have gone on click the 'New Hampshire' tag below.

xoxo~

Abbie

While You Chase

Two giveaways!!

I usually pass giveaways up.. leaving the bounty for others but there are two that have popped into my radar that I just had to enter!! (and share...)

Laura, over at Hey What's For Dinner Mom? (a blog on my favorite places page) is giving away a a 2 3/4 quart Le Creuset Round French Oven in Flame Orange.  Oooohhhh... yyaaaaaeeehhhh.... Go on over, check out her fantastic blog and enter.

The other giveaway is from Cathe, over at Just Something I Made. Yep. How lucky are we to be in the bloglandia company of such fantastically, generous people?? Hop on over and enter to win! Good Luck!

xoxo~

Abbie