Really Real Housewife of Madison County - Episode 2

A Day in the Life of a RRHMC

 For some reason, when I woke up this morning I thought to myself, "Self, you should take pictures throughout the day and expose what a Really Real Housewife's life is like!"  So here it is, the glamour that is my life! ;)

Breakfast time! Here is Amelia enjoying her cinnamon waffle (courtesy Eggo) and Levi snoozing in his swing. He's already had breakfast.

Remember now, this is about keeping it really real. So here's a real mess! :P I was lazy last night and didn't do dishes before bed, so I had to catch up this morning. I decided to let bottles soak while I ate breakfast.

Personally I like to eat my breakfast on the fine china.  What can I say, I'm just trying to keep it really real.  I decided to try and catch up on my coupons while we were eating. UGH.

After she ate her brekafst, Amelia decided she wanted clip coupons, too.

Somehow I missed taking any pics between breakfast and naptime.  Basically the rest of the morning went  like this: Dishes, clean up kitchen, play with kids, eat lunch, get Amelia down for nap.  I made myself some coffee to enjoy during naptime.  I've already had one cup, going back for my second!

Doing today's Bible reading/devotions. (See previous blog post)

Its really hard to focus when you have this going on .  Sheesh.

Gorgeous fall day today, so I decided to step outside while Amelia was still asleep and breathe it in.   Seeing as how this is an episode of Really Real Housewife, I should point out that in my neighborhood, people drive only the finest of vehicles.  Check out those sweet rims. *cough*

This is one of my favorite parts of our daily routine around here: post-nap chocolate milk and snuggles. <3

Time to get supper started! I was feeling some chicken-n-dumplins.  My mom makes these, and does so excellently.  I decided to brave it all by myself, to see if I could live up to her standard!  Here are the dumplins waiting to go!

Letting the chicken thighs cool after boiling them, so I can pick the meat off the bones and add it back.

Here's the broth from boiling the chicken thighs, nice and seasoned up, ready to go!

Daddy's home from work now!  This is also part of the daily routine.  He calls it, "Daddy Playground" lol.

I DID IT! They were delish!! Amelia gobbled them up and Keith lavished praises on them.  I am complete.

Daddy helped out with bathtime tonight while I cleaned up the kitchen.  Somehow I forgot to take anymore pictures after this.  The evening concluded with Amelia's nightly routine of milk, lullabies and snuggles.  She is now in dreamland and Keith and I are relaxing until it is time for us to go to bed, too!

 So there ya have it.  Be jealous, dahling.  This is a typical day in my wonderful life and I wouldn't have it any other way!!!

today's devotions

Today I took the opportunity during naptime to sit down with my Bible and give the Holy Spirit the opportunity to speak to my heart. (Disclaimer: Please do not get an over-inflated idea of me as a Christian because of this. A personal walk with God is an area of my life that admittedly needs much growing! But I am working on it! :D ) My pastor once suggested this for a daily Bible reading schedule: Read Psalms everyday, and read the chapter numbers that correspond with the date. For example, today is the 16th, so I read Psalms 16, 46, 76, 106, 136. The times that I have done this, I have been fascinated that the chapters often carry a theme when grouped this way. This is what I feel the Holy Spirit gave me from my reading today (I encourage you to read the chapters for yourself, you will undoubtedly gain a blessing!!!): Psalm 16 - Decide to make God the Lord of your life. Trust Him and know that He won't fail you. Psalm 46 - No matter how scary the circumstances may seem, God is always in control, and provides a refuge for us. Psalm 76 - God is in control. He will make His glory known. Psalm 106 - Even the most dedicated Christian fails sometimes, and God's judgement is perfect. But how wonderful that God also has forgiveness and gives grace to get back on track! Psalm 136 - God's mercy endureth forever! Though the times are ever-changing, though we are imperfect, God's mercy endureth forever!!! And this is what makes living worth living!!

One of my favorite songs

"The Love of God" - Fred­er­ick Leh­man

The love of God is greater far
Than tongue or pen can ever tell;
It goes beyond the highest star,
And reaches to the lowest hell;
The guilty pair, bowed down with care,
God gave His Son to win;
His erring child He reconciled,
And pardoned from his sin.

Refrain

O love of God, how rich and pure!
How measureless and strong!
It shall forevermore endure
The saints’ and angels’ song.

When years of time shall pass away,
And earthly thrones and kingdoms fall,
When men, who here refuse to pray,
On rocks and hills and mountains call,
God’s love so sure, shall still endure,
All measureless and strong;
Redeeming grace to Adam’s race—
The saints’ and angels’ song.

Refrain

Could we with ink the ocean fill,
And were the skies of parchment made,
Were every stalk on earth a quill,
And every man a scribe by trade,
To write the love of God above,
Would drain the ocean dry.
Nor could the scroll contain the whole,
Though stretched from sky to sky.

Refrain

Really Real Housewife of Madison County - Episode 1

I have joked before about being a "Really Real Housewife of Madison County," when referring to real life domestic issues (cleaning, laundry, baby stuff, etc). I think the "Real Housewives" show series are grossly distant from true reality, lol. Anyway, I think I will start these posts as a place to put my ramblings of domestic life; the adventures of a stay at home wife and mommy.

My Really Real Housewife thought for today: Why are cloudy, dreary, rainy days perfect for doing a whole lot of nothing productive?? Today it is cool, about 60 degrees and sort of dreary. Therefore, the babies and I are spending the day inside, in our jammies, doing a lot of snuggling, playing, and laying around, LOL. Oh sure, there's plenty of things I *should* be doing (read: laundry, dishes, vacuuming, etc). But I guess the babies and I are taking a day off today.

I've really been in the mood to craft, and I think its been brought on by the changing seasons. Unfortunately my craft desk looks like Michaels puked all over it. O__o I really do have to get in there and straighten it up though, because I need to get started on some cute things for my bff's baby shower coming up.

Its getting close to naptime around here. I'm praying I can get both babies to take nice long naps at the same time today (please refrain from laughing...aw who am I kidding, go ahead!) so that I can go tend to my craft desk! ;)

Reconnecting!

Clearly it has been a very long time since I have touched this blog, ha! But I am finding now that I am a stay-at-home mom taking care of 2 babies under the age of 2 (WOWZERS), I enjoy reading blogs and using them as sort of my adult connection to the "outside world," ha! There also times that I have things in my life that I like to share, whether it be a thought, a creation, a bargain, etc. Anyway, I hope that I can use this little blog to be a blessing to others! :)

New Motivation

Well, I wasn't a die-hard Biggest Loser follower this season, but I did enjoy checking in on it once in a while, especially toward the end.  Watching tonight's finale was amazing!  Especially seeing all of these heavy-set woman develop these gorgeous, fit yet feminine bodies gave me a little boost in my own weight loss journey.  

My whole life I have felt like a fat person.  While I have never been one of those naturally skinny people, up until I was about 18 I was not what I would now consider "fat."  However, I always felt like this huge, disgusting person.  Remembering how I felt while looking back at pictures of what I really looked like kind of makes me sad.  Maybe if I had felt a little better about myself back then, I wouldn't have let myself turn into the overweight woman I am now.  I literally now look the way I felt back then.  I guess since I always just felt that I was fat anyway, I let myself believe that it didn't really matter what I ate or how lazy I was, I was already fat, right?  Then the pounds just kept coming over the last 6 years.  But now I realize the damage I have been doing to my body, my emotions, my confidence.  I am determined to undo all this!

So while it may not come as fast or as obvious as I would like, I figure as long as I am working out 5-6 days a week and making smart eating choices throughout the day, then I am improving my health.  

So here's to getting back on, and staying on track!

New Motivation

Well, I wasn't a die-hard Biggest Loser follower this season, but I did enjoy checking in on it once in a while, especially toward the end.  Watching tonight's finale was amazing!  Especially seeing all of these heavy-set woman develop these gorgeous, fit yet feminine bodies gave me a little boost in my own weight loss journey.  

My whole life I have felt like a fat person.  While I have never been one of those naturally skinny people, up until I was about 18 I was not what I would now consider "fat."  However, I always felt like this huge, disgusting person.  Remembering how I felt while looking back at pictures of what I really looked like kind of makes me sad.  Maybe if I had felt a little better about myself back then, I wouldn't have let myself turn into the overweight woman I am now.  I literally now look the way I felt back then.  I guess since I always just felt that I was fat anyway, I let myself believe that it didn't really matter what I ate or how lazy I was, I was already fat, right?  Then the pounds just kept coming over the last 6 years.  But now I realize the damage I have been doing to my body, my emotions, my confidence.  I am determined to undo all this!

So while it may not come as fast or as obvious as I would like, I figure as long as I am working out 5-6 days a week and making smart eating choices throughout the day, then I am improving my health.  

So here's to getting back on, and staying on track!