Confession: I struggle with a paralyzing fear that something will happen to my son, I can't get to him and my child care arrangements will fall through. He has his own fear of being separated from me, his only parent.
Why We Think This Is So: My support systems have failed me. Several times and always when it really counted. Each time I wound up having to choose between CJ and my job. Having a doctor tell me I had to choose because I was getting sick was the absolute final straw.
In the end, I've realized it's just the two of us and - for the most part - we're okay with that. We homeschool. We travel together in search of "adventure" and that place we feel we can call home. We collaborate on a kid's website (CJsKidsClub.com) and plot the business plan for the Club itself. I do virtual assisting and update social media for others (blogs, Tweets, Facebook page updates, etc.).
Sometimes I'd love to go out with friends and just hang out. Sometimes I'd like some "me" time to just soak in the tub without worrying. Sometimes I feel so overwhelmed that I cry. Yet, I never regret being his mom.
Perhaps the only thing I regret is not establishing myself before I became a mom. On the other hand, seeing my struggle will hopefully inspire him to be and do better for himself and his family.
For now, I will continue to get weird, sometimes condescending looks and remarks, from those who do not understand where I am coming from: a totally paralyzing fear that I'll miss something or not be there for him when he really needs me (again). A fear so intense that I get physically sick - literally unable to function - and that a combination of medication and therapy have not yet been able to conquer.
A "normal" job or my son. That's what it feels like and that's why my employment efforts may always be different from what others wish they would be.
CJ's struggle is more of the standard I-hate-school-and-am-more-accustomed-to-adults-than-children-unless-it-is-playtime variety. However, when added to mine, it makes a potent brew.
Thank God for the ability to homeschool. Thank God for the ability to use my office skills in an alternate setting. Most importantly, thank God for those who can empathize, or at least sympathize, with my struggle and do not pass judgement.
Wishing you much peace, happiness and success,
Why We Think This Is So: My support systems have failed me. Several times and always when it really counted. Each time I wound up having to choose between CJ and my job. Having a doctor tell me I had to choose because I was getting sick was the absolute final straw.
In the end, I've realized it's just the two of us and - for the most part - we're okay with that. We homeschool. We travel together in search of "adventure" and that place we feel we can call home. We collaborate on a kid's website (CJsKidsClub.com) and plot the business plan for the Club itself. I do virtual assisting and update social media for others (blogs, Tweets, Facebook page updates, etc.).
Sometimes I'd love to go out with friends and just hang out. Sometimes I'd like some "me" time to just soak in the tub without worrying. Sometimes I feel so overwhelmed that I cry. Yet, I never regret being his mom.
Perhaps the only thing I regret is not establishing myself before I became a mom. On the other hand, seeing my struggle will hopefully inspire him to be and do better for himself and his family.
For now, I will continue to get weird, sometimes condescending looks and remarks, from those who do not understand where I am coming from: a totally paralyzing fear that I'll miss something or not be there for him when he really needs me (again). A fear so intense that I get physically sick - literally unable to function - and that a combination of medication and therapy have not yet been able to conquer.
A "normal" job or my son. That's what it feels like and that's why my employment efforts may always be different from what others wish they would be.
CJ's struggle is more of the standard I-hate-school-and-am-more-accustomed-to-adults-than-children-unless-it-is-playtime variety. However, when added to mine, it makes a potent brew.
Thank God for the ability to homeschool. Thank God for the ability to use my office skills in an alternate setting. Most importantly, thank God for those who can empathize, or at least sympathize, with my struggle and do not pass judgement.
Wishing you much peace, happiness and success,
Confession: I struggle with a paralyzing fear that something will happen to my son, I can't get to him and my child care arrangements will fall through. He has his own fear of being separated from me, his only parent.
Why We Think This Is So: My support systems have failed me. Several times and always when it really counted. Each time I wound up having to choose between CJ and my job. Having a doctor tell me I had to choose because I was getting sick was the absolute final straw.
In the end, I've realized it's just the two of us and - for the most part - we're okay with that. We homeschool. We travel together in search of "adventure" and that place we feel we can call home. We collaborate on a kid's website (CJsKidsClub.com) and plot the business plan for the Club itself. I do virtual assisting and update social media for others (blogs, Tweets, Facebook page updates, etc.).
Sometimes I'd love to go out with friends and just hang out. Sometimes I'd like some "me" time to just soak in the tub without worrying. Sometimes I feel so overwhelmed that I cry. Yet, I never regret being his mom.
Perhaps the only thing I regret is not establishing myself before I became a mom. On the other hand, seeing my struggle will hopefully inspire him to be and do better for himself and his family.
For now, I will continue to get weird, sometimes condescending looks and remarks, from those who do not understand where I am coming from: a totally paralyzing fear that I'll miss something or not be there for him when he really needs me (again). A fear so intense that I get physically sick - literally unable to function - and that a combination of medication and therapy have not yet been able to conquer.
A "normal" job or my son. That's what it feels like and that's why my employment efforts may always be different from what others wish they would be.
CJ's struggle is more of the standard I-hate-school-and-am-more-accustomed-to-adults-than-children-unless-it-is-playtime variety. However, when added to mine, it makes a potent brew.
Thank God for the ability to homeschool. Thank God for the ability to use my office skills in an alternate setting. Most importantly, thank God for those who can empathize, or at least sympathize, with my struggle and do not pass judgement.
Wishing you much peace, happiness and success,
Why We Think This Is So: My support systems have failed me. Several times and always when it really counted. Each time I wound up having to choose between CJ and my job. Having a doctor tell me I had to choose because I was getting sick was the absolute final straw.
In the end, I've realized it's just the two of us and - for the most part - we're okay with that. We homeschool. We travel together in search of "adventure" and that place we feel we can call home. We collaborate on a kid's website (CJsKidsClub.com) and plot the business plan for the Club itself. I do virtual assisting and update social media for others (blogs, Tweets, Facebook page updates, etc.).
Sometimes I'd love to go out with friends and just hang out. Sometimes I'd like some "me" time to just soak in the tub without worrying. Sometimes I feel so overwhelmed that I cry. Yet, I never regret being his mom.
Perhaps the only thing I regret is not establishing myself before I became a mom. On the other hand, seeing my struggle will hopefully inspire him to be and do better for himself and his family.
For now, I will continue to get weird, sometimes condescending looks and remarks, from those who do not understand where I am coming from: a totally paralyzing fear that I'll miss something or not be there for him when he really needs me (again). A fear so intense that I get physically sick - literally unable to function - and that a combination of medication and therapy have not yet been able to conquer.
A "normal" job or my son. That's what it feels like and that's why my employment efforts may always be different from what others wish they would be.
CJ's struggle is more of the standard I-hate-school-and-am-more-accustomed-to-adults-than-children-unless-it-is-playtime variety. However, when added to mine, it makes a potent brew.
Thank God for the ability to homeschool. Thank God for the ability to use my office skills in an alternate setting. Most importantly, thank God for those who can empathize, or at least sympathize, with my struggle and do not pass judgement.
Wishing you much peace, happiness and success,
For Market Monday this week, we're featuring the convenient, easy to use and easy to clean Easy Lunch Boxes!
We could go on and on about these but why read a long, long entry about it when you can watch the video below?
We know you'll love it as much as we do! =)
Have fun and stay safe,
Our Spiritual Sunday inspirational quote for today is ...
"The only place where dreams are impossible is in your own mind." ~ Emalie
Have fun and stay safe,
Happy International #Foodthanks Day!
It’s that time of year when people come together to give thanks. The AgChat Foundation would like to ask that people especially take time to offer up #foodthanks.
Launched for the holidays, foodthanks.com provides some simple steps people can undertake to express their gratitude for those people who help provide the food we all enjoy.
For more information and to learn more, please visit the #Agchat Foundation's "International #Foodthanks Day" page.
Have fun and stay safe,
So we finally did it. Step #1 of
We'll be announcing our broadcast schedule as soon we finalize it. =)
Have fun and stay safe,
Our Spiritual Sunday inspirational quote for today is ...
"Be yourself, everyone else is already taken." ~ Oscar Wilde
Have fun and stay safe,
| Our new Book Club selection is ... drum roll please ... Masterpiece by Elise Broach!
[podcast]http://audioboo.fm/boos/221854-cjskidsclub-com-book-club-selection-masterpiece.mp3[/podcast]
We hope you'll join us as we read one chapter of this book per day beginning Monday, November 22, 2010. =) Have fun and stay safe,
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In conversation, blog posts and social media, you will often hear me say that I don't like the word "disability". I believe that no one is perfect and thus, we are all "differently-abled" to some degree.
Sometimes you can't see someone's disability. Maybe there's something hiding in their body, mind or spirit. I've heard many people make comments about how someone "doesn't look disabled" and I'm left wondering what that look should be.
What is the "look" of disability if none of us are perfect to begin with? Why do we say "oh poor dear" and feel sorry for someone that obviously doesn't feel sorry for themselves nor is embarrassed by their "difference"?
Who are we to judge someone's appearance and say that their life is less valuable or less of a life? We all have to do the best we can with what we are given.
Science is working to ensure that everyone can live a "normal" life. Prosthetics, surgeries, physical therapy, medication. Yet, society sometimes bashes people for not "looking disabled".
Perhaps we should remember that none of us can do or be everything perfectly and so we all learn alternate ways of doing and being. Of adapting.
Wishing you much peace, happiness and success,
Sometimes you can't see someone's disability. Maybe there's something hiding in their body, mind or spirit. I've heard many people make comments about how someone "doesn't look disabled" and I'm left wondering what that look should be.
What is the "look" of disability if none of us are perfect to begin with? Why do we say "oh poor dear" and feel sorry for someone that obviously doesn't feel sorry for themselves nor is embarrassed by their "difference"?
Who are we to judge someone's appearance and say that their life is less valuable or less of a life? We all have to do the best we can with what we are given.
Science is working to ensure that everyone can live a "normal" life. Prosthetics, surgeries, physical therapy, medication. Yet, society sometimes bashes people for not "looking disabled".
Perhaps we should remember that none of us can do or be everything perfectly and so we all learn alternate ways of doing and being. Of adapting.
Wishing you much peace, happiness and success,
Okay, so regardless of what you (or I) may think about her politics or her in general, a few things Sarah Palin said in those previews for her "Alaska" got me.
Yep, it feels kinda like a reality-style tv show/ad but at least it's somewhat enjoyable. [RV, Alaska, snow, family, adventure, woman with kick-butt/let's-do-it attitude .. cheesy entertainment .. right up my alley.]
Heck yeah, sister! The funny thing is, she's an example of that. No matter what people are saying or what is going on, she's not giving up and slinking away.
I'm thinking, if she has the chutzpah to keep chuggin' along .. why the heck shouldn't I?
Wishing you much peace, happiness and success,
Yep, it feels kinda like a reality-style tv show/ad but at least it's somewhat enjoyable. [RV, Alaska, snow, family, adventure, woman with kick-butt/let's-do-it attitude .. cheesy entertainment .. right up my alley.]
"Don't retreat, just reload." ~ Sarah Palin
Heck yeah, sister! The funny thing is, she's an example of that. No matter what people are saying or what is going on, she's not giving up and slinking away.
I'm thinking, if she has the chutzpah to keep chuggin' along .. why the heck shouldn't I?
Wishing you much peace, happiness and success,
In conversation, blog posts and social media, you will often hear me say that I don't like the word "disability". I believe that no one is perfect and thus, we are all "differently-abled" to some degree.
Sometimes you can't see someone's disability. Maybe there's something hiding in their body, mind or spirit. I've heard many people make comments about how someone "doesn't look disabled" and I'm left wondering what that look should be.
What is the "look" of disability if none of us are perfect to begin with? Why do we say "oh poor dear" and feel sorry for someone that obviously doesn't feel sorry for themselves nor is embarrassed by their "difference"?
Who are we to judge someone's appearance and say that their life is less valuable or less of a life? We all have to do the best we can with what we are given.
Science is working to ensure that everyone can live a "normal" life. Prosthetics, surgeries, physical therapy, medication. Yet, society sometimes bashes people for not "looking disabled".
Perhaps we should remember that none of us can do or be everything perfectly and so we all learn alternate ways of doing and being. Of adapting.
Wishing you much peace, happiness and success,
Sometimes you can't see someone's disability. Maybe there's something hiding in their body, mind or spirit. I've heard many people make comments about how someone "doesn't look disabled" and I'm left wondering what that look should be.
What is the "look" of disability if none of us are perfect to begin with? Why do we say "oh poor dear" and feel sorry for someone that obviously doesn't feel sorry for themselves nor is embarrassed by their "difference"?
Who are we to judge someone's appearance and say that their life is less valuable or less of a life? We all have to do the best we can with what we are given.
Science is working to ensure that everyone can live a "normal" life. Prosthetics, surgeries, physical therapy, medication. Yet, society sometimes bashes people for not "looking disabled".
Perhaps we should remember that none of us can do or be everything perfectly and so we all learn alternate ways of doing and being. Of adapting.
Wishing you much peace, happiness and success,
Okay, so regardless of what you (or I) may think about her politics or her in general, a few things Sarah Palin said in those previews for her "Alaska" got me.
Yep, it feels kinda like a reality-style tv show/ad but at least it's somewhat enjoyable. [RV, Alaska, snow, family, adventure, woman with kick-butt/let's-do-it attitude .. cheesy entertainment .. right up my alley.]
Heck yeah, sister! The funny thing is, she's an example of that. No matter what people are saying or what is going on, she's not giving up and slinking away.
I'm thinking, if she has the chutzpah to keep chuggin' along .. why the heck shouldn't I?
Wishing you much peace, happiness and success,
Yep, it feels kinda like a reality-style tv show/ad but at least it's somewhat enjoyable. [RV, Alaska, snow, family, adventure, woman with kick-butt/let's-do-it attitude .. cheesy entertainment .. right up my alley.]
"Don't retreat, just reload." ~ Sarah Palin
Heck yeah, sister! The funny thing is, she's an example of that. No matter what people are saying or what is going on, she's not giving up and slinking away.
I'm thinking, if she has the chutzpah to keep chuggin' along .. why the heck shouldn't I?
Wishing you much peace, happiness and success,
This week's News Bytes podcast is ready and it's another cheesy one! Although by now, what should you expect, right? =)
Our topic is gratitude but we skipped around ...
Have fun and stay safe,
We loved Scholastic's "The First Thanksgiving" Plimoth Plantation Virtual Field Trip that aired today at 1:00 ET (10:00 am PT)!
In case you missed it or have no idea what we're talking about, check out the video below.
You can also download some cool items like a series of letters from a Pilgrim and a Wampanoag!
Have fun and stay safe,
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CJ and I have been moving around quite a bit. We call it "adventuring" but others call me crazy. LOL
We've driven from Mom's homestead in deep south Texas to New York and back again. Then it was on to Georgia and Iowa. The latter is where we are now.
Now, we have to drive back down to Mom's to take care of some legal issues.
It has been fun, that I won't deny, but at some point, everyone gets tired. Heck, just the thought of getting into my beloved Escape for another long trek makes my butt hurt!
Wishing you much peace, happiness and success,
We've driven from Mom's homestead in deep south Texas to New York and back again. Then it was on to Georgia and Iowa. The latter is where we are now.
Now, we have to drive back down to Mom's to take care of some legal issues.
It has been fun, that I won't deny, but at some point, everyone gets tired. Heck, just the thought of getting into my beloved Escape for another long trek makes my butt hurt!
Wishing you much peace, happiness and success,
CJ and I have been moving around quite a bit. We call it "adventuring" but others call me crazy. LOL
We've driven from Mom's homestead in deep south Texas to New York and back again. Then it was on to Georgia and Iowa. The latter is where we are now.
Now, we have to drive back down to Mom's to take care of some legal issues.
It has been fun, that I won't deny, but at some point, everyone gets tired. Heck, just the thought of getting into my beloved Escape for another long trek makes my butt hurt!
Wishing you much peace, happiness and success,
We've driven from Mom's homestead in deep south Texas to New York and back again. Then it was on to Georgia and Iowa. The latter is where we are now.
Now, we have to drive back down to Mom's to take care of some legal issues.
It has been fun, that I won't deny, but at some point, everyone gets tired. Heck, just the thought of getting into my beloved Escape for another long trek makes my butt hurt!
Wishing you much peace, happiness and success,
This Teaching Tuesday, we'd like to remind every kid and every parent - homeschooled, public schooled, unschooled or hybrid schooled - that there is always something fun you can do outdoors.
Even though it's not summer anymore, we still think this video from Take Me Fishing has a great message.
Have fun and stay safe,
CJ and I have been moving around quite a bit. We call it "adventuring" but others call me crazy. LOL
We've driven from Mom's homestead in deep south Texas to New York and back again. Then it was on to Georgia and Iowa. The latter is where we are now.
Now, we have to drive back down to Mom's to take care of some legal issues.
It has been fun, that I won't deny, but at some point, everyone gets tired. Heck, just the thought of getting into my beloved Escape for another long trek makes my butt hurt!
Wishing you much peace, happiness and success,
We've driven from Mom's homestead in deep south Texas to New York and back again. Then it was on to Georgia and Iowa. The latter is where we are now.
Now, we have to drive back down to Mom's to take care of some legal issues.
It has been fun, that I won't deny, but at some point, everyone gets tired. Heck, just the thought of getting into my beloved Escape for another long trek makes my butt hurt!
Wishing you much peace, happiness and success,
Iowa is a bit different that we envisioned it being. Yes, there are rolling farmlands but there's also this amazing landscape just tempting you with adventure!
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Song: Ghost Of An Earthworm (Instrumental) by Loch Lomond
Isn't it beautiful?
Have fun, stay safe and God bless,
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Song: Ghost Of An Earthworm (Instrumental) by Loch Lomond
Isn't it beautiful?
Have fun, stay safe and God bless,
Iowa is a bit different that we envisioned it being. Yes, there are rolling farmlands but there's also this amazing landscape just tempting you with adventure!
Check out out our video presentation below. =)
Have fun and stay safe,
| For Market Monday this week, we're featuring another one of our favorite products: the Vicks Waterless Vaporizer! This works with the Vicks Waterless Vaporizer Scent Pads. No water, no goo to rub on and stink up your sheets! (Click here for read our official Amazon.com review.) We have gone through four of these babies and will keep on buying them for as long as Vicks keeps making them. =) Have fun and stay safe,
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So this weekend was supposed to be our "No Rules Weekend". You know, one where you let your hair down (girls) or skip the gel (boys .. and girls?).
What did we wind up doing instead? We crashed a friend's Thanksmas party and slid down the side of a muddy hill on our booties!
Not exactly what we planned but fun anyway. What did you do this weekend?
Have fun and stay safe,
Our Spiritual Sunday inspirational quote for today is ...
"I don’t know if the optimists or the
pessimists are right. But the
optimists are going to get
something done." ~ Craig Venter
Have fun and stay safe,
Our Spiritual Sunday inspirational quote for today is ...
"It’s not how good you are. It’s how good you want to be." ~ Paul Arden
Have fun and stay safe,
Yes, we're late with the podcast this week. It should have been done and uploaded Wednesday morning but it's Friday evening. Sorry!
We were extra giggly this week so we hope our personalities make up for our tardiness. =)
Have fun and stay safe,
Yep, that's what my friends are teasing me about this time. What with my until-now failure in the romantic department and all, I'm being told perhaps my problem is that I'd been looking in the wrong area.
Rural-ish guys from my hometown were either disdainful of my tech thing and/or would totally put themselves down, saying how much smarter I was. It wasn't about being smarter, it was about my fascination with tech and the internet! I ran away as fast and as soon as I could.
If I find a techie in town, he isn't into kids or animals and I've got both. He probably won't like nature too much either and my son and I love it! He usually also has a tendency to yap, yap, yap about things I may like in small, regulated doses. You know, like computer processor speed, RAM, stocks, etc. I want to do my thing (websites, social media, software testing and training) and then go chill in nature with my little family, man!
BBQ, camp, fish, take a ton of pictures and try to finish any of my 20+ novels-in-progress .. that kind of thing. Truthfully, I wear a lot of hats so I automate everything I can. I pick a computer that will do what I want and need it to and that's that. I can fix them if I need to but otherwise, I don't sit there comparing stats. I save that for cars! LOL Stocks, investments and stuff, heck, that's what my IRA is for.
The last guy I dated used all my online posts and Tweets to craft a very lovely little image of a potentially happy family with a real father for my son. In the end, after this spiritual-leader-in-training (really) kept implying I had no feelings, I told him emotional blackmail didn't work with me and he said, oh, no wonder. I'm doing the let go and let God thing. I may have lost faith in religion and religious "leaders" but God I will ALWAYS believe in.
As much as it irks me to admit, perhaps I do need to return to my roots (although not my hometown) in order to be truly happy. After all, being a tech addict doesn't mean I have to be a corporate, city dweller anymore. Ag has changed and some operations are now more technologically advanced than a lot of other businesses!
Now with #agchat and social media, farm/ranch websites and blogs, and a host of other things, I'm able to cyber-stalk some couples who successfully manage to balance it all.
Who am I talking about? All you have to do is attend an #agchat chat on Twitter to find a host of people I consider positive role-models. I would name them by name but then this post would get way too long. You can check the list of blogs I follow for some of my favorites.
Then again, inspiring as those couples are, I don't need a man to be happy. I would like to have a "whole" family but heck, CJ and I have a life regardless. A life we are happy with for the most part. We homeschool, we travel/explore/adventure and we try to fit in some farm/ranch life whenever and wherever we can.
Maybe I should re-open my Virtual Assisting business and specialize in ag related tech, training and social media or heck, just get a job like that on a farm somewhere so I can have the best of both worlds.
Either way, my friends are going to giggle. After all, I ran away from the ag life just to realize you can take the girl out of the country but you can't take the country out of the girl!
Wishing you much peace, happiness and success,
Rural-ish guys from my hometown were either disdainful of my tech thing and/or would totally put themselves down, saying how much smarter I was. It wasn't about being smarter, it was about my fascination with tech and the internet! I ran away as fast and as soon as I could.
If I find a techie in town, he isn't into kids or animals and I've got both. He probably won't like nature too much either and my son and I love it! He usually also has a tendency to yap, yap, yap about things I may like in small, regulated doses. You know, like computer processor speed, RAM, stocks, etc. I want to do my thing (websites, social media, software testing and training) and then go chill in nature with my little family, man!
BBQ, camp, fish, take a ton of pictures and try to finish any of my 20+ novels-in-progress .. that kind of thing. Truthfully, I wear a lot of hats so I automate everything I can. I pick a computer that will do what I want and need it to and that's that. I can fix them if I need to but otherwise, I don't sit there comparing stats. I save that for cars! LOL Stocks, investments and stuff, heck, that's what my IRA is for.
The last guy I dated used all my online posts and Tweets to craft a very lovely little image of a potentially happy family with a real father for my son. In the end, after this spiritual-leader-in-training (really) kept implying I had no feelings, I told him emotional blackmail didn't work with me and he said, oh, no wonder. I'm doing the let go and let God thing. I may have lost faith in religion and religious "leaders" but God I will ALWAYS believe in.
As much as it irks me to admit, perhaps I do need to return to my roots (although not my hometown) in order to be truly happy. After all, being a tech addict doesn't mean I have to be a corporate, city dweller anymore. Ag has changed and some operations are now more technologically advanced than a lot of other businesses!
Now with #agchat and social media, farm/ranch websites and blogs, and a host of other things, I'm able to cyber-stalk some couples who successfully manage to balance it all.
Who am I talking about? All you have to do is attend an #agchat chat on Twitter to find a host of people I consider positive role-models. I would name them by name but then this post would get way too long. You can check the list of blogs I follow for some of my favorites.
Then again, inspiring as those couples are, I don't need a man to be happy. I would like to have a "whole" family but heck, CJ and I have a life regardless. A life we are happy with for the most part. We homeschool, we travel/explore/adventure and we try to fit in some farm/ranch life whenever and wherever we can.
Maybe I should re-open my Virtual Assisting business and specialize in ag related tech, training and social media or heck, just get a job like that on a farm somewhere so I can have the best of both worlds.
Either way, my friends are going to giggle. After all, I ran away from the ag life just to realize you can take the girl out of the country but you can't take the country out of the girl!
Wishing you much peace, happiness and success,
Yep, that's what my friends are teasing me about this time. What with my until-now failure in the romantic department and all, I'm being told perhaps my problem is that I'd been looking in the wrong area.
Rural-ish guys from my hometown were either disdainful of my tech thing and/or would totally put themselves down, saying how much smarter I was. It wasn't about being smarter, it was about my fascination with tech and the internet! I ran away as fast and as soon as I could.
If I find a techie in town, he isn't into kids or animals and I've got both. He probably won't like nature too much either and my son and I love it! He usually also has a tendency to yap, yap, yap about things I may like in small, regulated doses. You know, like computer processor speed, RAM, stocks, etc. I want to do my thing (websites, social media, software testing and training) and then go chill in nature with my little family, man!
BBQ, camp, fish, take a ton of pictures and try to finish any of my 20+ novels-in-progress .. that kind of thing. Truthfully, I wear a lot of hats so I automate everything I can. I pick a computer that will do what I want and need it to and that's that. I can fix them if I need to but otherwise, I don't sit there comparing stats. I save that for cars! LOL Stocks, investments and stuff, heck, that's what my IRA is for.
The last guy I dated used all my online posts and Tweets to craft a very lovely little image of a potentially happy family with a real father for my son. In the end, after this spiritual-leader-in-training (really) kept implying I had no feelings, I told him emotional blackmail didn't work with me and he said, oh, no wonder. I'm doing the let go and let God thing. I may have lost faith in religion and religious "leaders" but God I will ALWAYS believe in.
As much as it irks me to admit, perhaps I do need to return to my roots (although not my hometown) in order to be truly happy. After all, being a tech addict doesn't mean I have to be a corporate, city dweller anymore. Ag has changed and some operations are now more technologically advanced than a lot of other businesses!
Now with #agchat and social media, farm/ranch websites and blogs, and a host of other things, I'm able to cyber-stalk some couples who successfully manage to balance it all.
Who am I talking about? All you have to do is attend an #agchat chat on Twitter to find a host of people I consider positive role-models. I would name them by name but then this post would get way too long. You can check the list of blogs I follow for some of my favorites.
Then again, inspiring as those couples are, I don't need a man to be happy. I would like to have a "whole" family but heck, CJ and I have a life regardless. A life we are happy with for the most part. We homeschool, we travel/explore/adventure and we try to fit in some farm/ranch life whenever and wherever we can.
Maybe I should re-open my Virtual Assisting business and specialize in ag related tech, training and social media or heck, just get a job like that on a farm somewhere so I can have the best of both worlds.
Either way, my friends are going to giggle. After all, I ran away from the ag life just to realize you can take the girl out of the country but you can't take the country out of the girl!
Wishing you much peace, happiness and success,
Rural-ish guys from my hometown were either disdainful of my tech thing and/or would totally put themselves down, saying how much smarter I was. It wasn't about being smarter, it was about my fascination with tech and the internet! I ran away as fast and as soon as I could.
If I find a techie in town, he isn't into kids or animals and I've got both. He probably won't like nature too much either and my son and I love it! He usually also has a tendency to yap, yap, yap about things I may like in small, regulated doses. You know, like computer processor speed, RAM, stocks, etc. I want to do my thing (websites, social media, software testing and training) and then go chill in nature with my little family, man!
BBQ, camp, fish, take a ton of pictures and try to finish any of my 20+ novels-in-progress .. that kind of thing. Truthfully, I wear a lot of hats so I automate everything I can. I pick a computer that will do what I want and need it to and that's that. I can fix them if I need to but otherwise, I don't sit there comparing stats. I save that for cars! LOL Stocks, investments and stuff, heck, that's what my IRA is for.
The last guy I dated used all my online posts and Tweets to craft a very lovely little image of a potentially happy family with a real father for my son. In the end, after this spiritual-leader-in-training (really) kept implying I had no feelings, I told him emotional blackmail didn't work with me and he said, oh, no wonder. I'm doing the let go and let God thing. I may have lost faith in religion and religious "leaders" but God I will ALWAYS believe in.
As much as it irks me to admit, perhaps I do need to return to my roots (although not my hometown) in order to be truly happy. After all, being a tech addict doesn't mean I have to be a corporate, city dweller anymore. Ag has changed and some operations are now more technologically advanced than a lot of other businesses!
Now with #agchat and social media, farm/ranch websites and blogs, and a host of other things, I'm able to cyber-stalk some couples who successfully manage to balance it all.
Who am I talking about? All you have to do is attend an #agchat chat on Twitter to find a host of people I consider positive role-models. I would name them by name but then this post would get way too long. You can check the list of blogs I follow for some of my favorites.
Then again, inspiring as those couples are, I don't need a man to be happy. I would like to have a "whole" family but heck, CJ and I have a life regardless. A life we are happy with for the most part. We homeschool, we travel/explore/adventure and we try to fit in some farm/ranch life whenever and wherever we can.
Maybe I should re-open my Virtual Assisting business and specialize in ag related tech, training and social media or heck, just get a job like that on a farm somewhere so I can have the best of both worlds.
Either way, my friends are going to giggle. After all, I ran away from the ag life just to realize you can take the girl out of the country but you can't take the country out of the girl!
Wishing you much peace, happiness and success,
It's pretty much a well-known fact that CJ and I travel quite a bit. We've been in Texas, New York, Texas, Georgia and now ... Iowa.
Yeah, broke that little pattern, didn't we? ;)
So, what are we doing here and how long will we stay? We aren't sure, actually. I mean, we know why we're here: one of my best friends came back to her hometown. We just don't know how long we'll be here.
Even though we've got an itchy hitch (RV talk for adventure addiction), CJ and I have also been talking about finally settling down somewhere. My friend says she hopes this is the "where". I guess we'll just have to wait and see. LOL
Wishing you much peace, happiness and success,
Yeah, broke that little pattern, didn't we? ;)
So, what are we doing here and how long will we stay? We aren't sure, actually. I mean, we know why we're here: one of my best friends came back to her hometown. We just don't know how long we'll be here.
Even though we've got an itchy hitch (RV talk for adventure addiction), CJ and I have also been talking about finally settling down somewhere. My friend says she hopes this is the "where". I guess we'll just have to wait and see. LOL
Wishing you much peace, happiness and success,
It's pretty much a well-known fact that CJ and I travel quite a bit. We've been in Texas, New York, Texas, Georgia and now ... Iowa.
Yeah, broke that little pattern, didn't we? ;)
So, what are we doing here and how long will we stay? We aren't sure, actually. I mean, we know why we're here: one of my best friends came back to her hometown. We just don't know how long we'll be here.
Even though we've got an itchy hitch (RV talk for adventure addiction), CJ and I have also been talking about finally settling down somewhere. My friend says she hopes this is the "where". I guess we'll just have to wait and see. LOL
Wishing you much peace, happiness and success,
Yeah, broke that little pattern, didn't we? ;)
So, what are we doing here and how long will we stay? We aren't sure, actually. I mean, we know why we're here: one of my best friends came back to her hometown. We just don't know how long we'll be here.
Even though we've got an itchy hitch (RV talk for adventure addiction), CJ and I have also been talking about finally settling down somewhere. My friend says she hopes this is the "where". I guess we'll just have to wait and see. LOL
Wishing you much peace, happiness and success,
It's pretty much a well-known fact that CJ and I travel quite a bit. We've been in Texas, New York, Texas, Georgia and now ... Iowa.
Yeah, broke that little pattern, didn't we? ;)
So, what are we doing here and how long will we stay? We aren't sure, actually. I mean, we know why we're here: one of my best friends came back to her hometown. We just don't know how long we'll be here.
Even though we've got an itchy hitch (RV talk for adventure addiction), CJ and I have also been talking about finally settling down somewhere. My friend says she hopes this is the "where". I guess we'll just have to wait and see. LOL
Wishing you much peace, happiness and success,
Yeah, broke that little pattern, didn't we? ;)
So, what are we doing here and how long will we stay? We aren't sure, actually. I mean, we know why we're here: one of my best friends came back to her hometown. We just don't know how long we'll be here.
Even though we've got an itchy hitch (RV talk for adventure addiction), CJ and I have also been talking about finally settling down somewhere. My friend says she hopes this is the "where". I guess we'll just have to wait and see. LOL
Wishing you much peace, happiness and success,
Our Spiritual Sunday inspirational quote for today is ...
"Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that,
but the really great make you feel that you, too, can become great." ~ Mark Twain
Anyone who goes trying to prove how much "better" they are, is actually someone who feels like they aren't so great.
They wouldn't have to try to boost themselves up by putting you down if they were honestly confident.
Have fun and stay safe,
