Queen of my Domain

My oldest had the opportunity to attend a University and College tour in Lethbridge for the past 3 days. With her return home this evening we had the lovely opportunity to discuss school options and life after high school. How did I get here?? I can't believe that I'm having this kind of a discussion with my 15 year old. What a wonderful evening. We talked about trying to decide what kind of courses you want to take and trying to find a school that matches what you are wanting to learn and study. I feels like it was only yesterday that I was trying to make these same decisions. What do I want to learn and where do I want to go? As the queen of my domain I have been moving forward in life raising kids and doing the day to day things that have to be done. All of a sudden time has caught up to me and we are discussing schools, post secondary education, life at college/university. We talked about people that we can ask questions about different career choices. We talked

March is really my favorite month because it's my birthday month!! But it's so much more than that. We get to have two weeks for spring break! Spring is right around the corner or maybe it has already arrived!! We've been having some warmer temperatures that have been wonderful. Flowers start popping out of the ground which is just so wonderful. I love seeing Snow Drops, Crocuses, Daffodils, and Tulips!! All of those winter flowers waking up and blooming through the snow! With the spring flowers also comes the Years ago at a women's meeting a lovely friend talked about doing a room assessment as she did her Spring Cleaning in each room. Walking through each room, and assessing what needs to be repaired or replaced. As Queen of my domain and the fact that we've been here for almost 5 years, it is time to assess each room and do some fixing up as part of the cleaning. This year we are going to fix things up!! Kids wreak havoc on everything so it's time

Shortly after my last post in November my health seemed to take a bit of a turn. I was tired, lethargic and it just seemed that winter doldrums had hit me quickly. It wasn't until I missed my monthly cycle in December that a light bulb clicked and I realized I was expecting baby number 6. This was not something that we were planning as I was using and IUD.  This brought on a whole world of questions, worries, concerns, and fears. My age, the age of the kids, money, (really the lack thereof) and a million others. First our concerns were that I had an IUD still and what was the possible viability of this pregnancy. All of this was discovered on the 28th of December and of course trying to get in to see my doctor was impossible. So I had to wait. Once I saw the doctor I was referred to a gynecologist who gave told my chances of losing the baby in the first 12 weeks was 50% greater than a standard pregnancy. 'Okay, fine.' I thought. I'll wait until the 12 week ma

So it's that time of the year where the summer has wound down and fall has settled in. We haven't any taste of winter yet, here. That being said as the Queen of my Domain, I take care of all the Domain in it's various capacities. This time of year is moving the walnut leaves away from the plants that I don't want damaged. I just pulled my Gladiola bulbs last night because I don't want to lose them. (care of Gladiola bulbs is a whole other post) All of my planter pots have had the dead plants pulled from them. The garden has been cleared and we are ready outside for mother nature to roll winter in. That being said, my biggest goal in life is to find the greatest life that you and I can live!! As we move indoors and become indoor dwellers there is a whole other part of Domain that has to be taken care of, on two different planes. First of all, after living out of doors all summer, my house is dirty, messy and cluttered. The second plane though is the well being of

We seem to cycle through periods of time each and every year. We start the year in January with a renewed sense of self. We set goals, jump on the treadmill and sit quietly in the stillness of winter and deep frost. Spring rolls in with longer days, warmer sunshine and brings renewal of life. Plants and grass start growing, all animals bring forth their young. I find that my heart starts to soar knowing that I can get my hands in the dirt and I that the grips of winter and fading. Summer arrives with the end of school, beach days and lemonades. Then comes fall. There are those that love it and those that tolerate it. I would say I'm more in the tolerate side. I'm not a huge fan of sweaters. I don't seek out all the pumpkin spiced items and I start to miss the warm sunshine. Every day it seems the sun dips lower and lower on the horizon. There is a part of fall that I truly enjoy though and that is the harvest. To be able to see a manifestation of the hard work that starte

I run a very busy life. Would I love more time?! Yes, wouldn't we all. That being said these are the days of my life and I am in the full swing of mommy-dom and child rearing so alas, my days are not my own. I have so many things that I want to pursue in life and I find it challenging to sit back and wait for the empty nest-er days. So I try to do it all. Some have called me Super woman but really I'm just a woman with dreams and realities that are closely tied. I get to spend all day every day with my children. I get to help them learn and grow. I get to watch them succeed and learn new things! I get to explore with them and try to figure out how the world works around us. We get dirty, we get messy, we sometimes lose our tempers with each other but that's all apart of growing! I wouldn't change it for anything. There are lots of other things that I do for my family and with my family. I won't bore you with those details but the hard part that I struggle with i