Misc. Monday-Mother's Day Weekend

Happy Monday everyone!

I know Mondays are hard

{Miah almost missed his bus this morning},

but the sun is shining and there's no rain in the forcast for the entire week, and this thrills me.

Now, let's talk about my weekend.

Friday & Saturday

My parent's took Nehemiah friday night, which allowed me to detox from my

 not-so-good-horrible-very-bad-week.

I made myself a lovely pasta dinner and camped out in front of the tv to watch this movie

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It was an okay movie with some funny elements, but I felt it was very predictable.

After sleeping in {which was fantastic might I add} I decided to pamper myself a little.

I took a nice hot bath, did my eyebrows and my nails, and then enjoyed a big cup of coffee in my quiet house.  The quietness allowed me to re-group and pull myself together. 

I really needed this.

Later in the day I grocery shopped without any pain in my legs :)  

{reminder, due to the Fibro shopping is usually a very difficult task}

and then we headed over to my friend Lisa's house for dinner.

 Sunday

I woke up early to go to church with my mom. 

Now ya'll remember that my mom attends the church I no longer attend, and I don't like visiting there. 

It was Mother's Day, so I sucked it up and went with my mom without any complaints. 

To my suprise, I actually had a nice time.

All my mom wanted for Mother's Day was to attend church with her daughters, and of course I delivered. 

Nehemiah bought her a little something too, which was nice. 

When I came home I got to open my Mother's Day gifts. 

Let's remember that Nehemiah is only 4, and he didn't quite get that I bought the gift he picked out lol.

He was so excited when he saw this in the store...

He saw the zebra prints and it was a wrap, he knew his mama had to have it!

Plus he picked out a pink flower for my hair, which I wore to church.

Then I looked in his bookbag and found a little something.

He made me a craft of his two hands{which are in pink paper}.

Holding the hands apart, there's a strip of green paper and his teacher helped him write

"I love you so much."

I will probably keep this forever.

Nehemiah remembered that I love zebras, and that pink and green are my fav colors.

He did good!

Oh, and my mom got me a card {with a little suprise in it} that has a girl on the front wearing pink and white zebra stripes,

and she's drinking a cosmo. 

She know's me so well!

 I also forgot to mention that Lisa {I mentioned her above}got me Netflix for a year.

{now I can watch the first seasons of Gossip Girl!}

And because it was such a special day you know Mary and I chatted.

Tomorrow morning I'm taking Samantha out to breakfast because she spent her Mother's Day working.

I wouldn't be half the mom I am today without these strong ladies in my life.

I'm so blessed to have an amazing support system.

How did you spend Mother's Day?

Thomasina

 

Miscellaneous Monday

It's my first post after the A-Z challenge
and I'm so proud of myself that I made it.
I mentioned on Saturday that I'm trying out a blog schedule, so today is Miscellaneous Monday.
I have a lot to share so bare with me.

Friday Night
 I did my usual routine, watching tv and reading.

Remember when I posted here that I had all those magazines to read?

Well I attempted to plow through my pile, and the first magazine I read was

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This was a great read!

Seeing it was so wonderful I decided to share some stuff I learned.

1.) Eating deviled eggs is the answer to breaking strands

2.) corkscrews make ravishing curls

3.) applying gelatine makes hair folicles stronger

4.) applying cranberry juice to red hair replenishes the color

5.) applying crushed ibuprofen to the scalp gets rid of dandruff

6.) Palmolive dish soap removes buildup (you have to extra condition after using it)
7.) If you condition first and then shampoo, you'll reduce dryness

*before doing any of the above, read the magazine first to get the full details*

Here are some facts I learned:

1.) in the 20's African Americans used pure lye to straighten their hair

2.) in the 60's ladies used household appliances (such as irons) to straighten their hair

3.) 90's hair is definately back in

4.) 450 degrees fahrenheit is the highest temperature that hair heat tools can reach

(wow, right)

5.) hair products can break out your forehead

Saturday Night
My mom and dad took Nehemiah over night so me and the bestie decided to have a girl's night out.
I didn't want to go anywhere or do anything I would later have to repent for,
so we decided to try out a comedy club or a sports bar.
Well...apparently we don't have many comedy clubs within our radius,
so that idea was out.
We decided to get cute and try out the sports bars we found online.
OMG
Every place we attempted to try out was a bust.
After driving all over the place we decided it was time to come back home.
On the way home I made a discovery,
I have no identity outside of motherhood.

My bestie felt the same way.
When it comes to planning activities for our kids we have no issues finding things to do.
When we have a night away from our kids, we don't know what to do.
I missed Nehemiah, and my bestie missed her daughter.
Maybe we have these issues because we're single mothers.

So this poses the question,
How do I establish an identity that doesn't revolve around
runny noses, preschool, playdates, toys, and pillow pets???
I'm not saying I don't enjoy motherhood, I love being a mommy.
I just need to know how to start living a little bit of my life for me.
Does anyone understand?

Thomasina