Love a good bargain!

Don't you just love the 'bargain high'? We spent yesterday doing a little shopping and managed to rack up some great deals. Pretty happy with our 'haul' and 'The Little' is pretty darn impressed with himself as well. He managed to find an $80+ toy set in brand new condition for a whopping $4 at the Goodwill store. His grandma snatched it up and he and his cousin and our little 2 yo buddy played together for hours and it was nothing short of adorable! $4 to bring together three wildly different kids...that's a deal! 'The Little' is too old to have it here for himself, but still gets to play with it at grandma's, so it's a win win for him!

Always fun to get the kiddos involved in the bargain hunting, and I love watching him get excited over his new stuff. He was sitting at grandma's last night and out of the blue says 'thank you mom for getting me perfection' (found the travel version new in the box for $2) and his uncle asked what he said and when I repeated him, he just smiled and said 'he's a good kid'. He sure is a good kid, I'm lucky to have him!

Another step forward!

I've taken action on my health over the last several months, little by little, bit by bit. Without getting into too much detail, I've made steps towards a huge piece of all of this for myself, and anyone who is a mom knows how hard it can be to make time for yourself. Hoping to keep moving forward there. This relates to a lot of my 'missions', in fact, in a way, it affects all of them.

So I'm getting ready to watch Fast Food Nation, grabbed the book too, their relevant to my nutrition class but I'll admit to having been afraid to watch/read because I don't know if I wanna know, yk? If it's bad enough to keep me away from the drive thrus (which we rarely hit anyway) then that could be a good step on the weight loss mission!

Back with my thoughts on it later!

More on the missions...

I'll get through them all at some point! In fact, I can probably roll those last few together.

Successful student. I'm a full time student in my first year of school. This past fall was my first exposure to college (I'm one of those 'non-traditional' students) and it's been interesting. I did very well with a 4.0 for the fall semester and took a class over winter which proved to be a bit more challenging but I managed to get a B. Those winter classes sure go fast! Anyhow, I've got an interesting course load this semester and am currently looking for the happy balance to keep up with all of my classes. I've learned that taking the first exam or getting back that first graded project is a good way to get the feel for the rest of the semester and I think I'm at that point now, between today and Monday I'll have had something major in every class and I'll be able to get a better feel for things going forward. Right now, I've got so much reading to do, it makes my head hurt just thinking about it all! But I'll get through it, because I'm a M.O.M!

The missions...continued...

So mission number two is regaining control over my weight issue. Anyone who knows me knows I kicked arse and dropped a bunch of weight over the last couple years. In the last few months, due to some outside 'influences' (i.e. bad meds) I managed to completely lose control of my eating, weight, etc. So I'm on a mission to get that under control again, and the first step there was to talk to a therapist because I need to get the emotional thing under control again.

I miss the person I was becoming, full of energy, more confident, in control, etc. I want to be that person again, so I'm on a mission to make it happen!

The rest of the missions...later!

So...the missions!

As I said, I'm the M.O.M, that's Mom on a Mission. Right now, I've got several missions and figured it only makes sense to share them here, right?

The mission that is consuming me at the moment is that of Homeschool mom. This is a relatively new mission for me, as I've only recently taken on this challenge. I got fed up with a school system that didn't want to help in the slightest. 'The Little' is a great kid and he was struggling and suffering and I couldn't stand by and watch him slip through the cracks. So I took matters into my own hands, spent some time researching our options, and then in a sort of sudden (yes, I had been planning, but hadn't made a final decision) step, made the last day of the grading period this past January, the last day that 'The Little' had to go to school.

Sure, it's only been what, three weeks? In that short period of time, the changes have been phenomenal. He's so much calmer, the stressful outbursts have calmed (more about his 'uniqueness' at another time) and get this, he's EAGER to learn! As I type this, he's working on a 4 part lesson on language arts and it's not even officially our 'school time' at the moment! I know that kids are born with a love of learning, and I see now how schools that force every kid into that same box or to walk the same line are squashing that in a kid like mine, so I'm doing what I can to keep that love alive! So far, so good!

The consuming part is that, like most other HS'ers I've talked to, I'm on a quest to find *the* ultimate curriculum, learning tools, etc. We're still trying to find our 'groove' so to speak, but little by little, things are falling into place. I'm learning that the best part about schooling at home is that if it doesn't work, we can ditch it and move on to something that will, and that is GREAT!

So, that's the First Mission. More to come later!

So now I'm a blogger!

Welcome to my blog! As I mentioned, I've considered becoming a blogger for a while now, so here it is!

I don't want to be too repetitive, but if you find yourself relating to any of my 'missions', then come back often and enjoy the read! There's always something happening around here and I like to talk, so you'll have plenty to read!

Thanks for stopping by!