Category: stay-at-home mom

Coping with the Move Part II: Less Solitaire

4 kids, Army Wives, military life, moving, stay-at-home mom
Coping with the Move Part II: Less Solitaire

Two weeks ago I blogged about how I cope with the move, most of it in the form of counterproductive coping mechanisms. I was playing Solitaire and Jeopardy all day, in between chores and meal serving. The kids are still home all day for the summer, so obviously I was also doing my share of microwaving corndogs and settling petty disputes. I vowed to do better. More healthy coping strategies! I will talk it out, blog, and not hide away […]

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PoppySeed Chicken Recipe: My Most Requested Dish

recipes, stay-at-home mom

If I get an email or Facebook message from a friend I haven’t seen in 5 or 10 years, odds are high they need my poppyseed chicken recipe again. I have had SO MANY phone calls over this one recipe. I’m not promising this is a healthy dish, but it is filling and delicious. Shout out to my college roommate, Nikki, who taught me this one. I’m pretty sure it was the first chicken recipe I ever learned besides “put […]

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What Coping Mechanisms Work for You?

moving, stay-at-home mom
What Coping Mechanisms Work for You?

Sadness got to me a little bit this week. Moving can be mentally hard. I can say that today without feeling too embarrassed about it because I feel like we turned things around by Thursday or Friday, and we had a good weekend. There’s an unhealthy, or as goodtherapy.org put it “maladaptive”, behavior I engaged in far too much this week: playing hours of Tri-Peaks Solitaire and the World Tour Jeopardy app on my phone. These are coping mechanisms I […]

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How to Start Your Day off With Joy

4 kids, attitude, Bible, faith, stay-at-home mom

It is so important to start your day off with positivity! The news, your Facebook, TikTok, Instagram, those things are all iffy. Let’s talk about a better way to start your day. Every morning I wake up, and I do the same first few things. In the summer, I sleep a little later, and I still kind of zombie-walk down to the kitchen, pour my coffee, and plop myself down on a sofa. Sometimes, on my way to the sofa, […]

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How do you think positively 2 weeks after moving?

Army Wives, attitude, stay-at-home mom
thinking positively after moving

Positive thinking is the OPPOSITE of unrealistic expectations, which are perhaps the biggest enemy of my lifetime. Unrealistic, idealistic expectations–ugh-

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So this is the problem with blogging..

4 kids, blogging, stay-at-home mom

It turned out my life as a mom was actually the reason I loved writing. Mostly, I just love being a mom. Thanks to our current sky-high cultural expectations, I’m constantly feeling inferior because I am a house-keeping mom instead of a working mom, and I tried to find ways

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Our Favorite Red Velvet and Pound Cake Recipes

Christmas, recipes, stay-at-home mom
our favorite red velvet cake recipe

I don’t know about you, but at Christmas, I do a TON of baking….mostly because I don’t have enough money to buy people things they want, but by golly I can BAKE things people want. Right? We are so lucky in our family because we have all these delicious recipes handed down from generation to generation. Maybe it’s the French heritage in my mother’s side, or the fact that they were so gifted in the kitchen no one would ever […]

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The Struggle of My Adult Years: Focus

family, stay-at-home mom

When I was a kid, my struggles were confidence, fear, and talking in public. A shyer, quieter little mouse was rarely seen. All my mom ever heard at conferences was, “She’s sooo quiet.” Who would ever think that I used to be terrified of uttering a sentence in a room as small as a classroom? And yet, I was. It’s only funny to me because these days it’s like I’m just hoping for a chance to get up and talk. […]

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Are You an Alone Time Hoarder?

attitude, family, funny stories, stay-at-home mom
Are You an Alone Time Hoarder?

I am definitely an alone-time hoarder. I am always hoarding, saving, and guarding alone time. This isn’t something I became because motherhood is exhausting either. This is simply who I always have been. What do I mean by “alone time hoarder?” An alone time hoarder is a person who jealously guards their alone time. They love and cherish being alone. In fact, they will go to ridiculous lengths to keep being alone. An alone-time hoarder is an awkward name for […]

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5 Months Since the Move: How I Handle the Transition

4 kids, Army Wives, military life, moving, stay-at-home mom

I’m not going to church this up. Let’s just call it like it is. Moving was a j-o-b. Getting our Georgia house ready to sell, selling it, finding a rental, and moving in was exhausting. Helping all our boys adjust to life at a new school…that part was far more difficult than I expected. I am not always the best at realistic expectations.  Moving is a task that keeps giving and giving. Moving, ah…moving. This is the first time we’ve […]

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