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Finally: Rocking Chair & Ottoman

July 29, 2013 By Mrs. Mom 2 Comments

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So, it’s no secret that this is fourth pregnancy. I am only a week and a half from having my fourth baby. Each time that I’ve been pregnant, I’ve wanted a rocking chair and ottoman. During my 3rd pregnancy, my husband brought me one and put it together. I was extremely happy until I went to sit in it only to find out that the ottoman was broken. With that, I to was broken…heart broken. I didn’t want him to buy another hair, only to get it home and have it break as well, so I opted out.

This time around my mother inlaw brought me a chair for Mother’s Day. I left it in the box because I knew we were getting ready to pcs and I didn’t want the movers to break it. Now that we have moved, my husband took it out of the box and put it together. I am so excited because I can finally rock my new baby to sleep the way I’ve dreamed. I can breast feed and read books in the chair as well. I hope my mother inlaw knows that her money was well spent as I sit here with a thankful heart…

Filed Under: New Things, Pregnancy Tagged With: gifts, pregnancy

Learning to Cross Stich

August 16, 2012 By Mrs. Mom Leave a Comment

I have a neighbor, that is really nice, and loves to cross stitch. She recently showed me all of her products and I became excited. Those of you who know me, know that I really enjoy trying new things. I went to the store today and picked up a little something. It was a very small cross stitching set. I couldn’t wait to uses it, so when I got home I showed it to her. She taught me how to {Read More}

Filed Under: Cross stitch, Inspired Crafts, learning, New Things

Something A Little Different

May 31, 2012 By Mrs. Mom Leave a Comment

Everyday we do the same thing. Monday through Friday, I struggle with my kids to take a nap. They really don’t want to take it and I want to try something different, but what? What am I supposed to try to make nap time great for all of us? Well, today we did something a little different. We went for a bike ride.

After all of the “stress” that I had been feeling this week, I needed a bit of a stress reliever. Now it wasn’t easy because my legs were hurting, so I just took it slow and we didn’t go too far. We did enjoy ourselves though.

We stopped at a park and I let the kids play for a while while I just sat. That’s right! I just sat on the grass with nothing to do and rested. It was really nice to just sit.

There was a lady there win her two children and they had brought some Subway to the park for lunch. The fittest thing happened. These three, or maybe four, ducks began to Walt to their table. The ducks had come from a pond near by and were simply seeking to join them for lunch. She and her kids hurried and swallowed their lunch and the moved to another location. The ducks must not have gotten the memo because the follower her as she we to her next location.

After my children played, the got into the bike trailer and I rode home. It was really nice. We were on a trail out here in Utah and the mountains made the scenery amazing. With my iPhone playing music, I turned around only to see that my children we asleep. I smiled a continued to ride. It turns out that Precious was really asleep meanwhile Ice Man was only pretending. It didn’t matter though. It was a great ride and I think we’ll do it again sometime soon.

Now that I’ve had a nice break, I’m back home and must get to work on my final research paper for school and all the other work I have, which includes folding laundry.

Today is a really good day and a wonderful occasion to smile.

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Filed Under: New Things Tagged With: bike rides, Change, nap time

Can’t Wait

March 1, 2012 By Mrs. Mom 3 Comments

Today my heart is full of so much anticipation. You know what it’s like when you are looking forward to something and it just isn’t happening soon enough. Well, that’s kinda how I feel except that I am about to get started and I can’t wait to we the results. I wish I could say more, but it’s probably best that I keep it quiet for a little while untold things are moving forward a bit more.

What I can say is that it’s going to be great and I can’t wait.

Until next time…

Filed Under: New Things Tagged With: Excitement, new things

I’m Feeling…

February 10, 2012 By Mrs. Mom 3 Comments

This morning I woke up and I smiled. As I ironed my sons clothes for school and thought about my day, I just smiled more. My husband asked me why I was smiling so big. At first I wasn’t sure. Then I realized it was because my daughter had slept all night. She didn’t get up one time to ask me to put the blanket on her. She didn’t wake up to ask me about her favorite Violet. Since she slept all night, so did I. Not only did she sleep all night, but she didn’t wake me up either. I am so thankful. A full night of rest has done my body good.

In the past I would wake up tired and moody. Not getting enough rest was really taking a tole on my body, so I began to pray and ask God for some help. I just could not figure out how to get her to go to sleep peacefully, stay asleep soundly, and wake up joyfully. It turns out, that was not my job. It was God’s and I am so glad that he did it. I just stuck to the sam routine that I have always done with her and he did the rest.

Rest…the body needs rest. It cannot function properly without it. I would stay up all night and wake up early and wonder why I was moody. Yes, honestly, I was moody. Last night I went to bed early. I had already completed my school work and didn’t need to stay up all night. Now I am able to take some time today to have fun with my kids.

We are going on a nice picnic with some other moms. I have never met them. They are a part of a mom’s group that my neighbor goes to. She invited me out and since I got all of my work done, why not. It should be fun. I am a little nervous about meet the mothers in the mom group. It has been a while since I was introduced to a whole new group of women who already knew each other. I used to attend the mops group back home. I miss some of my friends, but I’m sure that this is good for me.

My birthday and Valentines day are just around the corner. This is always an exciting time for me. I get to start a new year of my life. This is when I normally reflect on the past year of my life. I am so thankful for all that God has blessed me with. He has given me a wonderful husband, great children, awesome family and friends. Not only that, but there is nothing that I honestly have to want for. He provides everything that I need and want. I serve an awesome God. I just really enjoy this time of year because it is a very happy loving time when we all show each other how much we care for one another. I’m not only looking forward to a great weekend, but a great two weeks. Next weekend, we are taking our kids to see the Fresh Beat Band. It should be cool. We all really enjoy the t.v show. They have been waiting weeks to go and I am excited about taking time away where I don’t have to cook or clean. I can just relax and enjoy the scenery.

The other day I received some roses from my father in-law. It was really sweet, but the best part is that he is overseas and thought about me and my daughter. He sent me roses from FTD and my daughter got a teddy bear, that she just loves. This is what I mean. It is the time of year when we all just show each other some love. My kids are even looking forward to the chocolate candy and cards that they are going to get. Love is so exciting…

Wow! I feel GREAT!!!

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Filed Under: Daily, New Things, Reflection Tagged With: birthday, early morning, Fresh Beat Band, friends, gifts, long night, love, meetings, moms, plans, refreshing, rest, sleep, smile, tired, valentines

Big Move, Big Opportunity…

October 20, 2011 By Mrs. Mom 10 Comments

Less than a month ago I was in another state.  All of my belongings were tucked away in their own spaces and normal was something that my family had been used to for the past 6 years.  Today, the same cannot be said.  We are clear across the country in a western state, 1/3 of our belongings are still in boxes, and normal is something that we are creating now.

I must say that this is a beautiful place to live.  There is a constant scenery of the mountains in every direction that I turn.  The people who I meet here are very kind and friendly, which is always a plus.  As long as I’m here, I’ll never be able to say that I can’t find a store to shop in or that I need to order something online.  There are malls about 10 minutes away in all directions.  How exciting right?!  I’m looking forward to shopping for myself and my family…not to mention our new apartment.

I wasn’t sure what I was going to be walking into coming over here.  Now we didn’t just decide to pick up and move clear across the country.   No, this was a career move and what a move it is.  We thought that we could possibly move to New York, Massachusetts, Maryland, and other east coast states, but that wasn’t the case.  The good thing is that my husband and I welcomed the opportunity to venture into another land with high hopes and great expectation. I heard such wonderful things about this place, Utah.  I was told that I would love living here.  Many people told us that it is a very family oriented state with lots of things to do.  Since we are from the east coast we were curious to see what it was like living in the west. What no one failed to mention was the fact that it isn’t very diverse.  They would say things like, “It’s a great place to live, but you don’t see very many black people.”  Now that would have scared me if I came from a place where the black population was very high, like Georgia, perhaps.  Instead it just intrigued me.  I mean race isn’t really an issue for me.  My husband is Puerto Rican, my pastor back home was white, and I have friends of all different races and cultures. I wondered what type of adventure was awaiting me on this side of the US.  Now that we are here I am glad that I’m not the person that takes what everyone says to be gold.  We moved to a very nice place where, like I said earlier, the people are very nice and it is pretty diverse.  Although I am the only dark face that is seen in many of the places that we go, I am happy that God gave me an optimistic look on life.  I see such great potential for me and my family here.  We will be here for a couple of years and I plan to make the best out of it.

You know, it’s a blessing to be the way that I am.  Nothing gets in my way.  I think that there is good in everyone and there is always potential for greatness around the corner.  So what, there is only a 3% black population in this state and, yes, I am aware of the fact that the majority of the culture around here is Mormon.  I’m a Christian woman, who is ok with being different. I choose to stand out for Jesus, with a big heart and a smile.  I enjoy meeting people and hearing what they have to say.  I want to see more of Utah.  I want to learn of its culture and I a curious to find out why it’s people believe what they do. I enjoy history and this place is full of it.  I am excited because I am sure that God has something here for me and my family that we are not expecting.  I hope that the people who I come in contact with will get a taste of God’s love in an unforeseen way.

My house back home no longer has its family, but my apartment here has a new one.  I know that is a weird way of looking at things, but everything looks so bright and full of opportunity.

On another note, my children are not used to living in an apartment at all.  They are used to running and jumping and ring free…but that’s a post for another time.

Filed Under: Daily, Findings, New Things, Uncategorized Tagged With: apartment, home, moving, new people, new place, optimistic, Utah

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