Wordless Wednesday is live on thehealthymoms.net and talbertzoo.com. Link up to your Wordless Wednesday post. Parrot’s birthday was on Friday. I made him a plants vs zombies cake. I love making birthday cakes. We had cake, ice cream and he opened one small gift from his dad. I also made my famous tuna casserole for dinner. I wish I had more time to write in my blogs and read your blogs. This summer has been crazy busy and I’ve been going non stop. First we moved. Then we drove out…
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Balancing Family and My Blogs
Ever since my fifth child was born back in 2010, it has been a struggle to find time for my blogs and my family. I’ve wrote about this several times right here on the Talbert Zoo. I wrote about how blogging has changed, I sorted my time and priorities, and as a mother of five kids, four with special needs and a husband who works 80+ hours a week, I have had my share of stress, stress and more stress. I’ve been doing this blogging thing for nearly 8 years…
Read MoreA Bit Gloomy
I don’t know what to title this yet. I’m just going to type what is on my mind at this moment. Easter is all over, our Florida trip ended, the kids are back in school, Chris is back to working 80+ hours a week, today is a gloomy day with thunderstorms and I’ve been feeling a bit gloomy myself. I have no idea how many people actually read my posts here completely, or who reads them for that matter. There is so much on my mind, and I’m full of…
Read MoreSorting Time and Priorities
Time. Every day I realize that I just do not have enough of it. I’ve been thinking about what is really important and worthy of my limited time. I am finding out that I do not have time nor the money to do the things that I really enjoy. What is really important? What should I spend my time on? I told my mother this past weekend that I am stressed out and anxious because every single day I have a to-do list a mile long and I barely make…
Read MoreAnxiety and Anticipation
Summer is almost here. Out in Spokane the school year ends a little late. The last day of school this year is on June 12. The last couple of weeks are filled with fun activities. Goose is done taking her end of course exams for the year and is watching movies in all of her classes. Kitty is practicing for the school talent show which is on June 10. Parrot has been bringing home art projects nearly every single day. And Monkey has his pre-school graduation party this afternoon. The…
Read MoreHaircuts, a Possible Move and Blogging
This past weekend flew by way too quickly. Why is it that the weekends go fast and the week days are slower than a snail? Maybe it is because my weekends are always filled with a variety of activities, like these: Housework on Saturdays Saturday morning soccer game (Chris took Monkey to his game) Grocery shopping on Saturday afternoons Mass on Sunday morning More shopping on Sunday afternoon Besides doing all of that I managed to fit this in too. Monkey before I gave him a haircut Monkey after Little…
Read MoreStress, Stress and More Stress
A couple of weeks ago I wrote about our crazy, busy calendar for April. You can read about it HERE. Now that we have been home from our Arizona Vacation for four days now I am in the middle of the craziness of this month and feeling the stress from it. This post is going to be a rant which is what I do to help deal with life when stress tries to take over. In nine days my in-laws arrive from Sacramento, California. This time my sister-in-law and her…
Read MoreDepressed or Just Tired?
I haven’t figured it out yet. This is certain, though. I have been extremely tired and unmotivated for about a week now and I don’t know why. I just can not put a finger on it. These days all I want to do is sit on my butt and play Candy Crush Saga on my android tablet. At night I dream about clearing the jelly and dropping the ingredients down. I wonder if and when I am going to pass that next level. My emotions are filled with excitement when…
Read MoreBlogging and Other News from The Zoo
I’ve been blogging since 2007 and what was once just a hobby has turned into a full time work from home job. I love it, have made great online friends along the way, and in the past, some decent money. But now I am frustrated because I have reached a plateau with The Healthy Moms Magazine. I feel like I am stuck and don’t know how to continue to climb the mountain. If you have been following my main blog you might know that I have a fairly large following…
Read MoreTired, Cranky, Weepy and Slower than Molasses in January Today
Is it really Monday already? Usually I move slow like a snail on Mondays. Today I think I am molasses in January. Last night I barely got five hours of sleep. When I don’t sleep I get cranky and lack the motivation for anything. You see, I have a problem. I’ve had this don’t know how to fall asleep problem since my early 20’s. Back then life became stressful. I was a single mom of a holy terror of a little girl (Goose), lived by myself, worked part time to…
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