Pinspirations....

Hey, peeps! It's been a hectic weekend! I'm not even going to start by recapping it right now! Let me just say...7 days away from home and WHOA...it's a crazy nest in there!

Pinterest is addictive. I mean seriously, peeps, I'm addicted! I don't think if I stopped pinning now I'd ever accomplish everything I've pinned! But that doesn't stop me....or about a bagillion others of us! It is so great to get your juices flowing.

I'm not one of those pinners that feel incomplete or unsuccessful when pinning. I love getting new ideas, mixing recipes, and sharing my posts! Today, I thought I'd bring you some of my favorite pins lately!

The Blogging Essentials Giveaway

Welcome to the Blogging Essentials Giveaway hosted by The Squishable Baby.

This giveaway is part of the Boost your Blog - Giveaway challenge (#BB100). The purpose of this giveaway is to boost another bloggers blog - whether they are a new or a seasoned blogger. I am hoping that the winner will be provided with the necessary tools to either start their blogging journey on the right foot, or improve upon the blog that is already started. I have gathered a variety of exciting tools. One winner will receive:

Sunday Social: Let's get to know each other

Welcome to another week of Social Sunday! The post of the week where we answer random questions and try to get to know each other a little better!

This Weeks Questions:

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1. How much time do you spend on Social Media a day?…be honest: Between blogging....keeping up with friends and family back home...and my day to day...umm...a lot lol! No, seriously, between wifi access and everything I am pretty much on from 7am straight off and on throughout the day. I actually get frustrated because by noon....I feel bored! ;-)

Sunday Social: Introduce Yourself

This Weeks Questions:

New Year lets introduce ourselves again 

Stuck between a rock and a hard place

I've done it again peeps. I've hit a lull in my writing.

This time, though, it isn't because I don't want to write. I have so many ideas swirling around in my head, it is starting to make me sea sick!

30 Days of Gratitude: Day 4 and 5

Day 4: Nov 4, 2013

I'm grateful for friends. Friends that carry us through the good and the bad. Friends that laugh at the ridiculous things we do instead of judge. Friends that lean on us for support when the skies look a little to gray. Friends that make memories to last a lifetime!

Why I disappear!

Where’d you go?

 I miss you so,

Seems like it’s been forever,

That you’ve been gone.

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Does this picture look at all familiar? Unfortunately, this is an all too regular scene in many homes today!

Sunday Social: All about my bloggy experience!

Welcome to another week of Sunday Social! I know I'm always a day late but you can check out later today why I'm not posting on Sundays! ;-)

This is a weekly gathering of bloggers to discuss a topic of 6 questions presented to us and each week I'm having a blast answering all of them!

This weeks topic is all about our blog! Please stick around and check it out and then head over to A Complete Waste of Makeup to read what more lovely bloggers have to say about their experiences!

What You Missed W36

Lil Mister and Oupa watching the races!

I'm so freaking nervous peeps! For those of you who aren't following me on Twitter or Facebook, I posted today that Hubby Dearest is reading this little corner of the www for the VERY.FIRST.TIME! Now, I really don't have anything to worry about because I'm not on here bashing his name or dragging our family through the mud. I have nothing to be embarrassed about because I am nothing but honest.

However....I guess I just hope he is proud! 

Catching Up

So...I’ve taken a bit of a break. I can’t exactly tell you why...no, it’s not because I don’t trust all of you! It’s simply because I don’t really have a reason. I guess I just got sidetracked.

Life is fluid. It moves, it evolves, it changes and it is constantly taking us with it regardless of whether we want it to or are ready for it to. For the past couple of months, I’ve just been flowing with this wonderful life God has blessed me with.

What Do You Write About?

‘What do you write about?’

It was said with a smirk. It was meant to be condescending. The question, surprisingly, did not surprise me.

You just can't believe it....

So I’ve done it!

I know you thought I wouldn’t, but I do enjoy proving people wrong.
Oh, you of little faith.
How could you ever doubt me?

I get it. You thought I was different. You figured I wasn’t the type to follow a trend. You assumed that I was the one who would buck tradition.

Well....you were wrong!
Sorry.
Actually I’m not sorry. Not even a little bit!

I wanted to do it since I first stumbled upon blogging. It is what got me interested to begin with. No, it’s not about popularity.

Simply put, it is because of this gold mine that I even learnt how in love with blogging I could be.

My first time I cried tears of joy and of pain. Nothing I’d ever read had evoked so much emotion, familiarity, empathy from my heart.

As I perused the virtual isles of other women (and some men) pouring their souls into what could only be described as an over sharing of highly personal information, I became lost and engorged in the idea that I, too, wanted to spill my wordfilled virtual guts out for all to read.

I had the idea that what I was writing was, well, just so darn necessary for my sanity that I needed to get it out there.

Someone had to know what I was going through. Someone out there had to be able to relate!

Then I hit the lull. I’ve fought through it. It hasn’t been easy. Bloggers block has taken me to some dark places. Lucky for all of you I’ve managed to keep them from your prying eyes. I fear the nightmares you would tell me about and the therapy bills that would find their ways to my inbox!

Yet, we’ve gotten through it. I’ve been at this for almost four months and well...you guys are still allowing me to! No getting booed of the virtual stage just yet I hope!

What is it I’ve done? Oh....I’m not sure you’re prepared. Okay if you insist. But you better say please!
What’s that?? Oh, please! Okay....I’ve...
I’ve....
I’ve....
I’ve joined Top Mommy Blogs!! Hehe YAY!

See that little banner down at the bottom. Yea that one right there!!! Go clickity click all over that bad boy! You know you want to....just touch it....just once....a day. Help a sister out!

Oh and while you’re at it you can clickity click on that google+ and facebook/twitter tabs too! Oh yea....it feels good doesn’t it! ;-)

Shana..