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Life Happens

2005-05-06T12:52:00.000-05:00

Isn't it weird how life just happens and before you know it, a couple of months have passed? There's been so much going on and I just haven't had time to jot a line or two. So let's see.......

Well, I finished school, at least for this semester. I'm taking a much needed summer vacation. I finished the semester with a 4.0 GPA, which isn't too shabby with two kids under my feet while I'm doing homework. Actually I'm pretty proud. I was so nervous when I started back to school in January. I had the butterflies and everything................ But it went well, and I'm finally doing something for me, which I really needed. You can only be "just" a wife and a mom for so long before you really start feeling lost.

My son just had his eighth birthday. Darn it, he makes me feel older every time he has a birthday! Is it supposed to work like that? And my baby girl is getting ready to turn 2. She's getting to where she is saying lots of words really well, so now she wants to talk your leg off all day long. I think she gets that from her mom!!! LOL!

Well, enough rambling for now.......... And even though life happens, I will be back soon! Got lots more great things to talk about!

Time In The Country is updated!

2005-02-01T14:33:00.000-05:00

Well, after much work and a few long nights, I have done a rebuild on my website and changed hosting. The program I was using before was a complete pain in the tail and my new one is SOOO easy! Love it, love it!

I still kept most of the same pages, but the layout looks alot better. I got surprised by my wonderful friend Lib, who secretly designed a website header and sent it to me to add to the new site. It looks so great! Here's a few new things that I've added:

New Advertising Options
New Biz Resources
A new way to enter our Monthly Contest
A new Networking Places page

Would love to have you stop by for a visit! I'm still adding new content almost daily, so I hope there will be a little something for everyone!

As if I didn't have enough to do........

2005-01-10T23:43:00.000-05:00

I am now a full-time college student. Geez, that's a scary thing to say! I started back to school last Wednesday to finish my Business Administration degree. I opted to take most of my classes online and through telecourse, but I'm starting to wonder if that was the way to go. Now I have one class on campus three days a week & four classes worth of classwork and homework to do at home with an 18 month old under my feet! Not an easy chore, I can tell ya! What doesn't kill you will make you stronger, though, right?

Some of my classes for this semester are kinda cool, though. Well, except maybe Algebra. Why the heck do I need to know how to solve for "X"? But anyway......

So, on top of being a wife and mom, running my WAHM website, and doing all of the other things that moms do, I now have another full time "job" as well. Boy, my plate sure is about to overflow!

One thing that I think I'm gonna have to learn...............sleep is highly over-rated........

New Year, New Goals, New Me!

2005-01-03T02:19:00.000-05:00

Happy 2005!

Okay, so I'm a couple of days late! But Happy New Year anyway!

So the way I look at it, it is now January 3rd. That means that I officially have 362 more days (Lord willing) of this wonderful new year to laugh, cry, love, live and make dreams come true. How could I possibly ask for more?

I'm starting my year off right. I'm starting back to college to finish my degree that I started a few years ago. Due to circumstances that could not be helped (called divorce), I was not able to finish at the time because I moved to a different state and couldn't afford paying Out-Of-State tuition to a new college. So, there it went, right onto the good ol' proverbial back burner.

New life, new circumstances, new determination. So, here I am, going back to school with people 10 years younger than me. Am I nervous? YES! Will I get discouraged by that? NO!

Don't get me wrong, I love my family and I always put them first, especially my beautiful children who are my heart. But the Good Lord has blessed me with a brain, and quite an intelligent one at that (not to toot my own horn or anything). So I don't feel that by putting myself first for once that I am taking away from my family. By doing things to better myself, I will also be able to provide a better life for my kids. And what kind of Mom would not want the best things possible for her kids? Besides, every now and then I have to be something besides Mom. I was Rhonda first, so a little time to be me again will feel really good.

Wish me luck!

It's the Holidays! I'm not supposed to be working!

2004-12-28T01:40:00.000-05:00

I told myself that I was going to take a few days off for the Holidays. Well, I did take a couple of days, but only because I've been sick, so that doesn't count!

I've been doing lots of changes and updates to my site, www.timeinthecountry.com. I'm adding some new articles (one of them is about blogging and mentions Blogger.com!) I've also been doing some updates on my Biz Resources, Advertising, and Link Partners pages.

After lots of searching for the right ones, I've added my Message Boards also. I will continue to add more great things within the next couple of days before republishing, so looks like I'd better get to work again. Stop by soon to see all of the great things that I've been working on!

New "Time To Talk" Forums Added!

2004-12-23T13:39:00.000-05:00

Time In The Country now has forums!

I know that the holidays are not a great time to start something new and to try to promote it, but I finally had the time to sit down and get the message boards started, so hopefully they will take off soon. I've had a couple of people to join already and will start getting the word out more in the coming weeks, but for now I'm just glad to have them added.

So stop by the new Time To Talk Forums and get to know everyone!

I got my first website award!

2004-12-14T13:23:00.000-05:00

Time In The Country has been awarded!

I was just given the "Successful WAHM Award" from The WAHM Connection! To quote Kelly Land, owner of The WAHM Connection, "We have found your site to be useful to WAHMs and others. Please accept our award and congratulations."

I have been putting so much time and energy (not to mention my heart and soul) into building a successful resource site for WAHMs and this bit of recognition makes me feel like it has been worth it!

I'm just getting started and I know that I have a long way to go, but the encouragement that I have received has been so helpful in keeping me motivated.

Just a few little facts about me

2004-12-09T02:12:00.000-05:00

For those of you who don't know me (and even those who do) here's just a few little well and not so well known things about me:

I have two great kids.
I love to crack stupid jokes.
I hate math.
I'm from the "Show Me State" - Missouri
I have 3 tattoos - they are small and tasteful, I swear!
I adore Vin Diesel - he is SO beautiful!
I play bass guitar.
I love to read, though I hardly ever get to.
Christmas is my favorite holiday.
Purple is my favorite color.
I collect Barbie dolls.
I'm addicted to ChapStick.
I have tons of determination, but no organization.
I love to drive fast!
I'm very hard-headed and stubborn.
I've never missed an episode of Nip/Tuck.
I don't believe in giving up.
I encourage my children to follow their dreams.
Some of the things in my past would be perfect episodes of Springer.
I'm a germ fanatic.
When I get really mad, I cry.
I suffer from CRS - Can't Remember S***
I love scary movies.
I hate to shave my legs, but ya gotta do what ya gotta do!
I have hair down to my waist.
I was the "Queen of the Hair Poof" in high school.
I love surprises, but don't experience enough of them.
I have a tendency to make a big deal out of nothing.
I love Betty Boop and Eeyore.
I am a member and regular attendee of a great church and always pay my tithes.
I'm addicted to Mt. Dew.
I hate to be wrong, even though I am quite often.
I'd love to be on Fear Factor, but I gag everytime I watch them eating something gross.
I want a rag-top Jeep Wrangler, purple of course!
I often make it through my day on nervous energy.
I makes me gag to see anyone throw up, even on TV.
I could never be a nurse (see #36)
I'm a night owl.
It spooks me out to have the window blinds up at night. I always think someone is looking in.
I hate to watch sports on TV.
When I was a little girl, I wanted to be a race car driver (see #14)
I do alot of things without thinking about the consequences.
My pet peeve is being around people that you don't know which one of their two faces you are talking to.
Though I try to keep my kids in the latest fashions, I refuse to EVER let my daughter dress like a hooch!
My left ear is pierced 5 times and my right ear is pierced 3 times.
My favorite trait about myself is the fact that I am VERY unique!
I hate to cook.
I can't eat meat on a bone.
I have weird eating habits (see #48)
I don't wanna grow up, I'm a Toys R Us kid!

Okay, so my little list has turned into a long list, but it has been fun. Bet there's lots of things on here that you didn't know about me. Believe me, this list could keep going and going and going and.............

No rest for the wicked!

2004-12-09T01:14:00.000-05:00

You know what they say, "No rest for the wicked!" OoooooooWeeeeee, Baby, I must be wicked!

When you're a work at home mom, you work around everyone else's schedule. There is no such thing as 9 to 5. I get up at 6 a.m. to get my 7 year old son ready for school, then jump on the computer till it's time for my 17 month old daughter to wake up. If I'm lucky I get a few minutes during naptime, then back on after everyone else is asleep. So I get an average of maybe 4 hours of sleep every night.

In between all of this, I get to do my other jobs, which include but are NOT limited to:
Mommy, Wife, Chef, Maid, Nurse, Secretary, and Owner of Mom's Taxi Service. Next month, I also get to add the title of Student to this list, because I'm starting back to college. Guess that means in all of my spare time, I'll have to do homework, too!

Oh well...........looks like I'm gonna be wicked for a looooong time!

I'm sick and tired of being sick and tired!

2004-12-08T22:39:00.000-05:00

What an insane week!

On Sunday, my little girl started acting like she wasn't feeling well. By Monday morning when we went to the doctor, she was coughing, sneezing, snotting and has an ear infection! YeeHaa!

So all week long, let's just say she's not been a happy little camper. But instead of just being cranky, she decides to spend the last three days practicing her screams! I don't mean just a regular old scream, I mean a blood-curdling, shatter-the-windows, stomp-on-your-very-last-nerve kind of scream!

Needless to say, Mom has been looking forward to bedtime the past few nights. That's when I have to take a deep breath, pop open a Coke and jump online. Too much to do to let a little sickness get me down.

Speaking of sickness........... Gee, my throat is getting scratchy!

I'm in the ho-ho-holiday spirit!

2004-12-05T13:57:00.000-05:00

I am feeling the spirit of Christmas early this year! Got the tree up, getting ready for our annual Christmas Party next Saturday night, my son is practicing for the Christmas Program at church, got most of my shopping done (yay!).

I think putting up the tree is the thing that gets me really geared up. Decorating for the holidays was a special time for my Mom and me when I was growing up. We took a whole day to get the tree just right, with tons of lights and all of the ornaments that we had collected through the years. Then we would decorate anything and everything else inside and outside the house that would sit still long enough.

Now that I'm grown with two kids of my own, I still have my childhood collection of ornaments on my Christmas tree, and each year I add a new one for my son and one for my daughter. When they get older and have a family of their own, I will pass them on along to keep the tradition going.

There's so much to celebrate this time of year, but even with all of the hype and stress, I am instilling in my children the TRUE meaning of this joyous celebration. As we all have heard so many times, Jesus Is The Reason For The Season!

To you and yours, many blessings for the holidays and every day!

You just never know with kids!

2004-12-04T23:05:00.000-05:00

Okay, so I'm stumbling into the bathroom this morning to take a shower. Half awake anyway, I slide the shower door open and turn on the water just as hot as I can get it. This is the only way I can get my day started cause I am SO not a morning person.

So anyway, I open the shower door to get in and almost step on a toy motorcycle and a Dorito! Guess Baby Girl was playing in the shower yesterday, huh? It was awfully nice of her to close the door back though, right?

Well, time to go to bed now. Wonder what I'll find in the morning?

For my friend

2004-12-03T23:32:00.000-05:00

Had a friend share some heartbreaking news with me yesterday. She suffered a big loss in the early a.m. I tried to respond, but sometimes you just can't find the words. Nothing can make it better and after awhile it seems like everybody says the same thing.

So to my friend, you know who you are, I give you my thoughts, prayers, an ear to listen and a shoulder to cry on. It doesn't seem like much to offer, but then again, it may be just what you need.

I'm here for ya when you need me.

Hugs to ya!

It was time for a change!

2004-12-03T15:18:00.000-05:00

Well, here I am.......starting all over again with my blog! I was using a dfferent free service, won't mention which one, but wasn't satisfied. And you know it ain't good to have a woman that's unsatisfied!

So, with all of my previous thoughts out the window, it's time for something new. Bad thing is, I don't have a darn thing on my mind right now.............just my luck!

I'm sure some kind of exciting something will happen to me today, so I guess I'll come back later!

Ta-ta for now!