It’s been a week since I wrote on here. One of the longest times I haven’t written in a while. It wasn’t a break or anything planned – just nothing really to write on.

I do have some really exciting news – I’m going to be writing for She Reads Truth after their Advent plan ends. I’ve been helping out with some of their emails/organization the last few months. This just happened and I have to say, the invitation made me squeal. I’ve been praying for a while for God to direct me to a place I can write about His Word more. A place that I can be challenged and grow in my faith. SRT has already been such a rock for me this year, I’m so humbled and honored to be joining the women who are behind the words of She Reads Truth.

We are only on Day 3 of our Advent plan, so please come join! It’s never too late, and if you download the YouVersion app on your phone, you can follow along from there as well.

In other news, Babble was down (for us writers) for 2 weeks trying to get their new site design all set, now they’re back up and I love the new look. Take a peek here.

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So this week and last I’ve been writing other places, and because it’s often hard to keep up I try to do a post over here every week or so linking to them all. Especially with the adoption updates as those are on Babble.

Over at Military Family I wrote about having military mom friends – is it a must? Do you just have them and no others since our lives are kinda hard for civilians to understand? Or do you go the opposite way and avoid other military spouses altogether?

I’m excited to be writing over on Oreck’s new blog Getting Fresh with Oreck once a month as well. I blogged in August about teaching your children responsibility from an early age. And yesterday was a post on how to clean without taking time to clean.

Then at Babble, there was the post about what we decided with the waiting child we’ve been talking about – to pursue his adoption or not? We pondered all kinds of worries and fears and ideas before we made a decision.

I also wrote on the side of adoption that I’m not a huge fan of – why some children cost more than others to bring home and why wait times are much longer or shorter depending on the child. Then there are some great reasons you might want to consider adopting.

Well, there I am. Little bits of life and thoughts all over the internet for everyone to read. This morning was play therapy, right now is nap for Bella and work for me, and this afternoon is preschool. Have a wonderful Tuesday all.

Right now, I juggle my writing and other work with Bella, the house, the cleaning, the laundry, the cooking, and then playdates and activities for Bella so she doesn’t get left out. As well as all the errands.

It’s quite a lot. So I finally decided I couldn’t do it all – but my main concern was making sure Bella got the attention and interaction she needed. I can’t do it all at night but I can make sure most of the time I’m with her I’m actually with her. And if I can’t be – she’s still begin cared for, loved, and having fun.

Today I’m writing over at World Moms Blog to tell you what I did, how I manage a 30-40 hour work week with being an at home mom as well. It’s not pretty, sometimes things are left to another day, but we’re settling into a routine thanks to a certain someone.

So go – read and have a peek into my week…

Well, howdy-do!

What do you think? I LOVE IT.

Sarah from One Starry Night redesigned my site and uploaded it last night. What a way to wake up huh? I loved my old design but once a year I change things up a little, and with everything that has happened these past few months I decided to revamp and redo.

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Right now, I’m in the car headed home. I have a WordPress app I use to blog from my phone. We spent the past week in Colorado visiting family, celebrating my little brother getting married to someone we all love, and having a memorial service for the boys.

As I write this, Bella is babbling behind me about “Mama and Daddy get back WHEEEEE” (no idea), Sam is driving, and we’ll be stopping in a couple of hours to eat on the border of Colorado and New Mexico at a place he picked out last night (He never picks so this is a big deal). I’ve got an iced coffee next to me that is so sweet I can barely drink it. :/ This makes me stabby. I adore a good iced coffee. (more…)