Higher Education and "ME" time.

Higher Education. College.  University.

I will be honest, I do not believe that one must have a higher education, such as a college degree, to become successful in life OR to have a successful career.  HOWEVER, I do believe that everyone should take every opportunity to educate themselves in all aspects of life (and what it holds).

I currently do NOT hold a college degree, BUT that does not mean I am "uneducated".  I actually feel that I am more "educated" than most because have taken opportunities to learn and familiarize myself with areas that I wasn't educated.  For example, if I am having a conversation with someone, and they start speaking of something that know nothing about, I will research the topic and learn about the topic so next time I will be familiar with the topic when it arises. I literally treat every opportunity as a learning opportunity!

The time has come (once again) that I am considering going "back to school" to obtain a college degree. NOT because I feel that getting a degree will "make me somebody", or "make me smarter", but literally because of the fact that the field I would one day like to work requires me to have a degree. I am a servant at heart, and would love to work with those in need. I would like to work within the counseling field, preferably within the military community.

IF I make this jump back into school, it will be my 3rd attempt.

I have ALWAYS put my family first. ALWAYS!

I have never put myself first.  During this season in life, I am starting to want to do something for "me", to benefit "me", to spend "my" time on. But I worry that it will take away from my family. Sometimes I feel guilty for wanting something for ME, and it NOT including my family.  It's not that I am just dying to have a college degree....or even to have a career outside the home.  However, I do think I would like some time committed to ME ...I just don't know how I will juggle my "me" time, along with my other family duties...and be successful at them ALL.

Say NO to your children

This made me laugh.

It's something I have been saying for years, now I have a pic to post about it

:)

Pics, Sayings and Others

Sharing more pics about subjects that are near and dear to my heart:

Creative ideas, or lack thereof on my part.

As I posted in my last blog, I have been praying for peace and contentment.  It says in Luke 11:9 - So I say to you: Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you. So I have diligently prayed for peace and contentment, and as promised in the good Bible, I feel that God has already started answering my prayers. 


One of the things that my family is so very used to is having a filled calendar with all kinds of events to attend and spending wonderful family time together. I have always been a firm believer that too much time with nothing to do will cause bad attitudes and mischief, especially with a house full of boys.  I had an elderly role model tell me one time "Be glad you have boys, but plan on keeping them busy with positive activities or they'll keep you busy with disciplining their bad behavior if they have too much time on their hands".  


With that said, during a conversation with my husband a few nights ago, we decided we needed to start filling our calendar with positive activities to do.  We feel that doing this will not only keep everyone busy, but it will also (hopefully) give us the opportunity to meet other like minded friends / families, keep our minds off how hard it has been adjusting to the new area (along with the horrendous weather), our minds off how much we miss the old base, and hopefully start having a love for our current geographical location. Plus we will (hopefully) get to see some new sights and do more fun / family activities. (Other than sitting around the house for days on end), AND it will help our time here go by just a tad bit faster.


Doesn't all this sound wonderful? Why, yes....yes it does.


Well, that is, unless you are the one having to come up with all the activities, in a town that doesn't offer activities. Ok, so that means to start getting a bit creative. Ummm....I have absolutely, positively NO creative juices in this body.  If I am creative, it's because I found it on the internet (or pinterest). It is by NO MEANS my own personal idea. 


Now mind you, we can travel to surrounding areas over an hour away, but all that costs money, and my husband and I are truly trying to pay off debt that we have accrued over the past few years. (off topic note: I HIGHLY suggest Dave Ramsey's "Total Money Makeover") So going "off for the weekend" and such is not a good idea for us financially. 


So now....NEW adventure:  To find free / inexpensive / creative events and / or activities for our family to participate in to fill up the calendar.


....Guess I am off to find "event planning" activities for the upcoming week.


(If you have any ideas, feel free to leave them below in the comments section)

Need Peace and Contentment

We recently moved to a new location due to my husband's military career.  Oh how I loved our previous station.  It was a big base, had lots to offer as far as homeschool resources, churches, events, sites to visit, and the weather was absolutely, positively awesome.  The new station he is assigned to is literally a hole in the wall base, where homeschooling is mostly non-existent, churches of our faith are few and far between, there are no local events or sites to see, and the weather is atrocious!  I find myself pondering of ways of how to get orders back to the previous base.   I even have a countdown on my calendar of how much longer my husband has until he can request a new set of orders.

I have been a military spouse for 15+ years, have lived all over the country, and have NEVER, ever had this hard of a time adapting to a new station.

I know God has my family here for a reason, and I am almost certain of what that reason is; however, I (and my family) need peace and contentment during our time here.  We need to learn how to make the best of our situation.  I know our life isn't "hard"....we could be in a 3rd world country starving and not know our Lord and Savior. So with that said, I find myself feeling selfish that I am complaining and not finding happiness when there are hundreds of people that would love to have the opportunity to live my current living situation.....but that still doesn't take away the unhappiness of my (our) life here.

I pray for Peace and Contentment with our current living location.  I pray for positive opportunities to open up for my family; rather it be events to attend, positive friendships with others, or even an opportunity to move to our old base.  I pray for these things.

Please join me in prayer.

Introduction

I've been pondering on how to "start" this blog.  This blog is mainly to share my personal thoughts, feelings, emotions, and such, so instead of writing a big long story of "who I am" and / or "what I stand for", I decided to post a pictorial introduction. 

Randoms:

A few for Daily Encouragement (Faith-Based)

I am always trying to teach my family, and others for that matter, on how what you eat and put inside your body DOES take part in how you respond and react in different aspects of your life: 

(Health(ier) Lifestyle:

Homeschooling encouragement and sayings:

...and last, but not least, part of my personal views on vaccinations / immunizing: