I choose to be happy.

I’m surprised it took this long for someone to tell me but today I received news that I thought would kill me. News that that I knew at some point would come but never this soon. However it didn’t kill me I’m still here. I didn’t cry, I didn’t feel anything. Looking at the picture …

Fall.

Last week was mental illness awareness. First let me say it is okay to not be okay. There are nights I still cry. I have nightmares, night sweats, toss and turn most of the night. I have within the last few months taken myself all anti-anxiety meds and depression medication because I wanted to feel …

Birthday weekend!

This past weekend I had something to do each day. Friday- I took the day off of work for my birthday. I cleaned up the yard, I mowed the lawn and decided to be a good neighbor and help mow their lawn as they have been working a lot. I ended up being stung by …

September already?

School has started already which is crazy to me. The week of school starting we headed up north for our first annual family Labor Day weekend. There was kickball, volleyball, tractor rides, girls day, canoeing, snapping turtles, grilling, exploring and exhausted dogs. Ares finally went in the river but at two years old it quickly …

Summer.

Hi friends! I know, I know it has almost been a month since I have written. There were many times I wanted to but just couldn’t find the right words. Here is a little bit of what we have been up to. Painting the housecompletely redid the back yard with a deck, new fence and …