New skin, New me, New tone!

Oh it is great to be back in front of blogger with fresh ideas and new things to write about on here. So many things have happened since I was on here last. Plus many of the past posts were taken off because I didn't feel them worthy to be on here.

Honestly, the reason I'm coming back to writing is because I feel like I'm at a place in my life where I can share my adventures of daily life of a French girl turned Southern Bell, housewife, marine wife, and mother to 3 darling daughters. I will travel back in time to explain things of how I was, how things came to be, and why somethings are the way they are. I will be collaborating with two dear friends of mine a lot now. Their blogs are amazing. One has a really good foundation while the other one is just starting out.

I hope you enjoy the blogs to come.

Diana comes home today!!!!!

Mini Cornucopias

Here's what you'll need...
• Fruit shaped candy (like Runts)
• Sugar cones
• Plastic baggie
• Small piece of ribbon or yarn
• Knife
• Scissors 

Here's how you make them...1. With a knife cut the ends off of your sugar cones. 

2. Fill the corner of the baggie with fruit candy. 

3. Put your sugar cone into the corner of the baggie, scooping up some candy as you go. If your cornucopia doesn't look like how you want it, arrange the candy from outside the bag.4. Tie a ribbon around the baggie at thebottom of the cone. If you want to make these into name cards for a dinner table just cut out a small piece of fall colored paper, write the name, and thread onto the ribbon before you tie it.
If you like these cornucopias, but don't want to eat them or wrap them in a baggie, you can always just glue the fruit into the cone

Mom Fears

We prepare for natural disasters and economical collapses, but what prepares us for our worst mom fears? How can we prepare ourselves mentally and emotionally for kidnappings? We can spray the house for spiders and cockroaches, but we can't spray for child molesters or cancer. Mom fears are the worst fears.



We hear about them on the news, children who are abducted or molested. We hear about sick children who need surgery, or who won't make it to their next birthday. Every single one of these things can be found on most moms' list of worst fears. Personally, I fear that I will fail my children as a mother. That I will not teach them properly, that I will not love them enough or pay enough attention. I fear that I won't emotionally support them when they really need me to be there for them. How am I supposed to prepare for that? Where is my mommy manual when I need it?!
I love my children, I would do anything for them and I want to protect them from all evil and wrong. Sometimes, though, it's not something we can control. Hearts can be broken, and sure, mom can be there to offer a shoulder to cry on, but what if we're "too busy"? There's another fear - that I'll be too busy with something to notice my child.
Motherhood is just one big paranoia, isn't it? Do we really have to carry a child, birth said child, and then watch them grow up to be adults? No one told me that once I became a mother, so many things would make me fearful.
What are your worst fears as a mom?

Right Now...

I realize that I haven't been posting like I have said I was going to many days ago. But the night I was going to post I was awaken by my phone going off telling me that we were under a tornado warning and three of them heading toward my home. I gathered the kids and the document box and binder and left for Erica's. She's just out of the hospital and had heard we were having storms. The power went out while we were there and there were sicking pops that could be heard all around. After it was clear we went out and there were trees down everywhere. We have to push Courtney's (my little cousin) car out of the mud. And cut through trees to move them so I could go check on my home. I still had power when I got here. I just had a few limbs down but the little town of Coaling that I had to drive through was devastation. It was so sad because complete houses were gone.
I went back to Erica's about one o'clock. I had a good stock of diapers and Gerber food. Erica's house was already running by generators. We decorated and put out snacks for the kids knowing the weather was not over. And it wasn't. After taking a small nap myself with my little baby I woke up to the kids playing and James Spann's voice.


And the town I moved to when I first came here was destroyed after protecting my children. I couldn't stop staring at the screen.Hearing that its destroyed a street I was very familiar with just made me feel numb. I messaged everyone that wasn't with me and made sure they were okay and safe.


After seeing this I am very surprise to see that people are alive. People walked out of building that had become nothing. But destruction had taken over the town. Thursday I stayed with Erica cleaning up her yard and home. Friday I was helping through different locations.
Here are the videos that really got to me and I have been helping every since.











My prayers go out to the victims, the families of the victims, the injured, the missing, the people that lost their homes and jobs. I have donated many materials, bought four tshirts for myself and many for my family, wristsbands, and magnets. Much of my time has been spent going to different shelters, boxing things up and doing whatever I am asked to do.

Kids television

I let my 3 year old cousin watch an episode of Spongebob Squarepants today. I found it incredibly inappropriate at times. It was funny to me, but I'm an adult. I don't think I'd want him to watch it even if he was 9. The show is actually one of the least offensive cartoons on Nickelodeon, Disney and Cartoon Network.

I was raised very conservatively so maybe it's just the strict standards I was raised with that has affected my judgement on this. Is it just me or is there a lot of too adult, inappropriate content in the average kid's cartoon now?

I allow my toddlers to watch Nick Jr. or PBS kids (only one hour a day) that is geared towards toddlers and has very little offensive content. But what about when they're older? I'm rethinking letting them watch kid's programming at all when they outgrow the younger shows.

If these networks won't put anything disgusting or offensive in their toddler programming, why do they have to saturate children's programs with it? When I was a kid, which was in the 80's, we had a lot of cartoons that were not grotesque at all.

Some of it was mildly violent (Tom & Jerry, Roadrunner & Wile Coyote) but very little of it was just tasteless stupidity or crude. Most of it was solving mysteries or fighting against the forces of evil. Even the funny ones back then didn't have that much low brow humor. Some of them were funny without having to go there.

Are my standards ridiculous or are there other moms out there who don't appreciate the entertainment that is being offered to our children?

Easter Basket for the kids

So I have already finished Diana and Peter's Easter baskets. Diana is receiving a Melissa and Doug outdoor sets. Peter's basket has a Mr. Potato head. Esme's basket is going to have a guinea pig.

Diana loves the flowers and being outdoors. She loves having the new house and we have been planning on what we are going to plant and grow. Its very interesting to getting to know her.

Peter is just three years old and he loves playing with the shape boxes. Its so amazing watching him learn. I hope things are okay with his mother. I enjoy having him in my life.

Esme is my little ladybug and I have had this idea planned for a while. I didn't want to get her a cat or dog so I'm introducing having a pet with a guinea pig.

Those are the main things going into their baskets. I made them homemade coloring books also. I added bubbles and different wands for bubbles. And chalk since we have a very long driveway. And each basket has a chocolate bunny, some jelly beans in different kinds of eggs.

I'll post pictures Saturday night of the baskets once the children have gone to bed.

Epic Book Drive

Over 80% of schools in New Orleans were damaged by Hurricane Katrina. In the most underserved areas, there’s 1 book for every 300 children. This is amazing idea. I wish most school would participate in this. Literacy is very important and its really astounding how many people are illiterate around the world. Each community gets us one step closer to fixing this problem.