Ok so maybe I don’t really change my blog theme EVERY day but recently it certainly has felt like it. I get bored with the same look and have to find something new, fun and bubbly. I have the same problem with my apartment & rearranging…I do it way too often. Just ask my son he’ll let you know how annoying it can get

Kelly over at Spark Plugging asked her readers to participate and answer one of the several questions she threw out there, inspired by blog posts she had read. I had to giggle when I came to this:

Blog this: How often do you like to change the look of your blog?

I found it rather funny that she was giving this as one of the questions because obviously it fits me to a T. So how could I not participate? LOL

As I already stated I recently went through one theme after the other and finally kept this one. While it still isn’t something that screams Tishia or isn’t a theme that is so me I’m really crossing my fingers and my toes & anything else I can manage to cross that I’ll win the blog theme makeover contest!!!! I want to win because I know that a personalized blog theme is EXACTLY what I need. Then I can make sure that it’s something fitting for me, something that fits my personality.

If I don’t win then I think I’ll stick with this theme…at least for a little while. But then again don’t be surprised if you come back tomorrow and see something new. LOL

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Just when I wanted to whine and complain about Caleb crawling into my bed and stealing covers and hogging the bed this morning I had to stop myself. As I got out of bed and headed to the living room to get on the couch I stopped in my tracks and found myself standing and looking at him. I was reminded how blessed I am to be a mom and there was a tug at my heart, making me feel guilty for the minute I thought about whining and complaining. There’s nothing more precious than watching a child sleep. There’s just something so amazing and heart warming about watching my baby sleep.

My baby that will soon be 10. 10. How is that even possible? It doesn’t seem like that long ago that I was holding him in my arms leaving the hospital, embarking on the journey of motherhood. I find myself wondering if I’m ever going to get the chance to bring more children into this world but I also find myself wondering how we’ve made it this far, how I’ve made it this far. Even after almost 10 years of being a mother I still feel like I have no clue when it comes to parenting.

I find myself wondering about all the things that Caleb has missed out on by not having a mom & dad raise him together under the same roof. Sometimes I feel guilty that Caleb has been raised by only me. Sure his dad sees him every other weekend but it’s not the same. I find myself often feeling like I’ve failed him as a parent, that there is more I should be doing. I feel guilty that I can’t give him all the things he wants. I hate hearing him talk about his friends that have both their mom & dad in the house.

Sometimes I wonder what the future will be like. I don’t want him struggling through life like I have. I don’t want him stressing over money like I have. I don’t want him hopping from one relationship to the next like he sees his dad do. I wonder if he will use the values, morals and everything else I’ve taught him…or maybe I should say am trying to teach him because it’s an ongoing process.

But what I find myself wondering the most is when he becomes an adult will he know how much I love him, have loved him & will always love him? Will he understand that I couldn’t give him everything he wanted because I had a responsibility to keep a roof over his head, clothes on his back and food on the table. Or will he only remember the bad times? The times I’ve struggled to pay bills, provide food, etc? I want him growing up knowing that he’s always been the most important thing in my life and that I’m so blessed to be his mom.

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because I’ve got 1 million and 1 bug bites!

I’m back home and I survived the weekend. Ok so the 1 million and 1 bug bites may be an exaggeration but I’m serious when I say I’m covered from head to toe with bites everywhere! And yes I used bug spray. All the time. And the weird thing is no one else got as many bites as I did. Guess the mosquitoes liked me because I’m so sweet

It was fun. Caleb had a blast. But now I’m exhausted. I didn’t sleep worth crap, which that’s not surprising but I think I’m getting too old to be camping and sleeping in a tent. LOL. My back is killing me. We did have an air mattress to sleep on which made things better than sleeping on the ground but dang it doesn’t feel like it helped much. And man I forgot what it was like when it rained…not rained but POURED and you’re in a tent. It’s very loud and disturbing. Had some thunder and lightening too but thankfully it didn’t last all that long.

I feel like I need a couple days just to recuperate from the two days I was away. I napped for awhile when I got home (Caleb’s dad came & got him to take him to a Mud Bog) after a really looong super hot shower. And of course I had to put calamine lotion on to try to bring some relief from the bites. I’m quite the site - covered in pink calamine lotion from head to toe. It’s helped some but I have to keep reapplying every couple hours.

Here are some pics from the weekend:

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Seems how I’m out on this little camping excursion and didn’t have a lot of time to plan a post for today…not like I really plan them in advance because I just write what comes to mind usually. But anyways I don’t check my stats all that often but for the heck of it and the purpose of today’s post I had to. I needed to check out the search terms and how people have been finding me.

Let’s just say interesting!

Advice on dating a marrited man

First off learn to spell married correctly. Second off turn and walk the other way. No turn and R-U-N RUN the other way. Don’t do it. He’s married. It’s W-R-O-N-G WRONG!

My 9-year-old son wears size 14 shoes

No my 9 year old son doesn’t wear size 14 shoes. If yours does…wow those are some monstrous sized feet for a kid.

How do nascar drivers go to the bathroom

I don’t know you tell me

And those were just a few. You should of seen all the thong phrases that were used to find me. I do one post about thongs and suddenly I’m popular. Too bad the thong phrases didn’t really have a lot to do with my post about thongs (the girl that is suing Victoria’s Secret over a pair of thongs that broke).

And then there were some that were scary. I think there’s a reason I don’t look and search terms/phrases all that often! LOL

Hope everyone is having a wonderful weekend!

Tish

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I stayed up until 6:30…as in 6:30 this morning…finishing up a couple VA projects. Caleb and I will be heading out shortly for a camping trip with my mom & step dad. It doesn’t technically feel like a ‘trip’ to me considering we aren’t even leaving Gaylord. But I suppose that doesn’t matter. Caleb’s excited and that’s all that matters.

At first I was looking forward to it. Looking forward to getting away from the computer and work and just vegging for the weekend but now I’m kind of not in the mood. Maybe it’s cause at 33 I’m not thrilled about taking a weekend away with the parental units. I guess I feel too old to be doing that. Which is kind of silly thinking but whatever.

I think it’s going to be kind of hard for me to relax knowing I didn’t get all the work done that I wanted to get done before today. But I’m going to push it aside and remember that the point of getting away for the weekend is to relax, have fun and NOT think about what I need to be doing or should be doing.

Caleb informed me that we’ll be having S’mores galore and if he didn’t eat anything all weekend but S’mores he would be a happy camper. LOL Kids I tell ya. Although I can kind of see his reasoning behind wanting to live on smores the entire weekend They do contain one of my favorite things and cure all treatments - CHOCOLATE!

Here’s to a fun filled (I hope), Smore’s galore weekend!

Tish

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