Today's Words Of Glass

Full Disclosure: I received products free of charge for the purpose of providing a review. My opinions are completely my own based on my experience.  What a difference a year makes! I can't believe how much progress that Lil Man has made with his reading. He's in 1st grade this year. It's definitely been an adjustment for our family with him going to school all day, and I rejoined the workforce. ( My Life As A Non-instructional Aide ) But I'm extremely happy with his progress in school. I love watching him grow, and it amazes me that he is now able to read to me. We enjoyed reading God's Great Love For You by Rick Warren together. I could tell that he was proud of himself for being able to read most of it to me. I loved this book. There is a big message behind the book ( God's great love ) but it's written in a way that children ( in my opinion ) can identify. The main character is the little girl that's on the cover. You see her in various situati...

Change - even good change is not always easy. I didn't realize how hard it would be to spend such little time with my son. Yes because of my job I do get to briefly see him throughout the day. But the quality time that we spend together is significantly much less than before he started school. I know I know. It's good for him. It's good for me. I know that we should not be connected 24 hours a day. But I didn't expect

Because I keep answering this question over and over and over, I thought I'd put it here in case other people might want to know. Now, please keep in mind this is for my current school and situation and I know it will vary from school to school etc. As a non-instructional aide this is what I do...

This post contains affiliate links. I'm a planner. I always have been. And I have tried several planners throughout the year. Although I use my phone calendar for all appointments, I still like to have a paper calendar. There is just something about writing it down, crossing it off, and just seeing everything in print. And I don't even know how I stumbled across this planner, but somehow I did. It's the me & my BIG ideas create 365 The Happy Planner.

New theme and hopefully a new breath of fresh air for this little blog of mine. Many of you know that I blog at Will Run For Ice Cream . However, I have 2 blogs, and I've had them for quite some time. I bought the domain for this one at the same time that I bought #WillRun4IceCream. But for some reason, I've never had a clear direction where to take Today's Words Of Glass. And I still can't say with certainty that I know where that will be. But I can say that like Will Run For Ice Cream, I will be honest and transparent with my writing. I don't need fake in my life, and I'm sure that you don't either. So last weekend, we were on our way to the Healthy Kids Running Series where Lil Man is running this year. This was his second race, and we were super early. So, we decided to stop by the tractor supply store to look at the chickens. We did this last year, but this year somehow we walked out with......

I was thinking today about how far I've come with stepping outside my comfort zone. But as I came across this blog post from 2013, it still made me chuckle. Reposted from May 2013 Many images came to my mind as I stepped WAY out of my comfort zone and tried Zumba ( rolling my eyes ) of all things today. Fish out of water, an innocent squirrel being electrocuted on an electric fence - I'm pretty sure this was what I looked like as the room hip hopped, Salsa and swayed. I don't have a rhythmic bone in my body. If I ever thought I did, today proved otherwise. I stayed in the back of the class and tried not to get in anyone's way. But then we had to turn around.

Apparently I've been recharging a little too long.. it's been awhile since I've posted here. Honestly, I've been busy at Will Run For Ice Cream . I decided to take a big step and put my health first. You can read how it all started ( How I'm Going To Overcome Sugar Addiction ) or if you want to just jump to the end and see how it went, you can click here  (day 7) or here  (the journey continues). I'm still trying to find.. I would say balance... but someone ( thanks Pastor G ) told me that rhythm was a better word .... and I have to whole-heartedly agree. I'm trying to find my rhythm with family, exercise, goals and dreams. I have truly loved being home with Lil Man, but I have also felt the increasing pressure to generate some income. And my dream for the longest time has been this blog and social media. I would love to be able to generate some income from what I love which is writing and sharing with others. And I've been spending some time doing...