Being Intentional: Sleep

I am TIRED! Bet you haven't said that before... ha! This is my daily mantra - maybe even my hourly one. The problem is as soon as my boys are in bed I get a second wind. I am FREE! To read, to write, to watch a movie, play a board game, to clean in peace (OK this is one is…

Finding Joy

Motherhood is the hardest job I've ever had, more than working midnight shows at the movie theater, getting home between 2am and 5am - then having to be in my graphic design class by 7am. It can be absolutely exhausting, frustrating, irritating, boring, monotonous and everything I do my three-year old mimics! I said stupid one time in…

Strawberries and Cream Oatmeal

Who wants to eat a healthy breakfast and still find "joy" in it? I do! This filling bowl of oatmeal is naturally sweetened with a topping of fresh strawberries and Half & Half... SAY WHAT? That's right folks... Half & Half. It doesn't get better than this. Make a bowl of oatmeal (I make a…