In the beginning

Welcome to my new blog!

With this blog, I hope to chronicle my adventures, successes, and failures as your fairly average mom, wife, daughter, mother, sister, and human being. If you're looking for a "professional" site, you might be disappointed. As the mother of 4 very active children, as well as a full-time director for a local non-profit, and the wife of a man who believes in volunteerism, my life is full of little details, reminders, and schedules. When you think of this site, think "streaming consciousness."

My everyday life is filled with pretty boring stuff, like what to pack in the kids' lunch? I want it to be reasonably healthy, but I also want them to actually eat what I pack instead of tossing it. And, what to make for dinner? Again, I'd like to eat without gaining weight, but the kids' (and the husband) have bigger appetites. And unless it comes out of a box, I have a hard time convincing my children that it IS real food. How do I fit my own workout routine in between this son's scout activities and that daughter's tumbling practice and before my husband's meeting? And even bigger questions like how do I pass my faith on to my children? Am I setting the best example of how a Christian woman lives?

I hope you find something to enjoy and pass along. Any projects or recipes I find and use from other sites I will do my best to make sure proper credit is given. If you happen to find something out of place, please let me know. After all - as your average human being, I'm bound to miss something from time to time. :-)

Here's to Dyngus Day!