It's because my other one got deleted...

My horrid Zumba experience.

My hilarious dating experiences, that didn't seem hilarious at the time.

The time I freaked out (a bit irrationally) on a guy over email... and blamed the entire thing on PMS.

Confessing my undying adolescent love for Monte Parish, and then him reading it because Marque Trosper told him to - and then him leaving a comment.

All of the funny and sweet things my kids have said.

Pictures of my garden, pies I've made and bread I baked.

All gone!

My old blog got deleted, I have no idea why.

I never said shut up in it and I never called anyone a bad name. I followed the rules, I promise.

How disappointing, now I wish I wouldn't have.

I tried to look at it one day, and BOOM, it was gone. I had some funny stuff on there too.

*sigh*

Well, it was probably time to start a new one anyway.

A lot has changed in my life in the past 6 months. I got married (3 months ago yesterday) to the perfect guy. Added 5 more wonderful kids to my family - making a grand total of 9 - and, well... I think that's enough changes.

It's probably time to me more mature anyway. Even though we all know that's totally over rated.

It's a new and exciting chapter of my life and now a new blog.

I just hope this one doesn't get deleted too.

It's Because Wonder Woman Does Not Live at my House

We live in a society that women are told that we can have it all. We can work full time, balance marriage kids, friends and do it all 100%.

That's a big fat lie.

I'm not perfect and the new adjustment in my life has been hard for everyone.

I make mistakes all of the time.

I sometimes don't handle situations as well as I should.

I feel guilt all the time.

I worry all the time.

I want to be everywhere all at one, I want to be everything to everybody.

I fail often.

For the longest time I thought there was something wrong with me because I couldn't do it all, I felt (and still do) that I borrow from Peter to pay Paul. Constantly juggling and always dropping the ball.

One of my favorite talks at conference this year was about women. It was beautiful and everything I needed to hear. I found peace when Quentin L Cook said this:

"First, no woman should ever feel the need to apologize or feel that her contribution is less significant because she is devoting her primary efforts to raising and nurturing children. Nothing could be more significant in our Father in Heaven’s plan. Second, we should all be careful not to be judgmental or assume that sisters are less valiant if the decision is made to work outside the home. We rarely understand or fully appreciate people’s circumstances. Husbands and wives should prayerfully counsel together, understanding they are accountable to God for their decisions."

I. absolutely. agree.

Yep, Wonder Woman does not live at my house - but I'm ok with that.

It's Because I love to Read

I just finished this book. I loved it! It is very rare to come upon a book that makes you forget that the characters are not real and that the writing is fiction. I fell in love with the Literary Society and found myself yearning to join and be a part of their group. I want to be Juliet Ashton she is clever and charming, sensitive and smart. I loved seeing things through her eyes.

My favorite part was the second to the last paragraph in the book where she is writing a letter to her friend Sidney and she says “Is it unseemly to get married so quickly? I don’t want to wait – I want to begin at once. All my life I thought that the story was over when the hero and heroine were safely engaged – after all, what’s good enough for Jane Austen ought to be good enough for anyone. But it’s a lie. The story is about to begin, and every day will be a new piece of the plot.” I loved this because it was exactly how I felt when I married my husband after only knowing him for 3 months. He has 5 kids (making a grand total of 9) and everyone thought I was crazy. But I knew it was right and I went for it. It was the best decision I have ever made in my entire 36 years of life.

I will be giving this book as gifts to anyone and everyone I can think of.