Tuesday, January 31, 2012
Valentine's DIY: Craft of the month
I'm linking up with Becky at From Mrs. To Mama today to show you guys a couple little Valentine's decorations I put together.
We say "my love" all the time in our house so I thought a little banner with that on it would be fitting. I had everything on hand to make this.
This one is easy. You only need four things to make it:
-embroidery hoop
-target $1 dish towel
-small peice of ribbon
-decorative pin
Thanks for stopping by!
~Megan
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Sunday, January 29, 2012
Friday, January 27, 2012
The Decision to Stay Home
Today I am linking up with Melissa at I Pick Pretty on how we decided that I would be a stay at home mom. So here it goes.
Back in 2010 after Arty(husband) received his master's degree we found out that he was accepted into dental school in West Virginia. At the time we were living in Arizona. We had been talking about having babies for a while but we decided that when he got into any dental school it would be the green light to start trying. I got pregnant in February, on just our second month of trying for real. I know how blessed we are!
So at the time I was working as a property manager for single family homes(and had been for a couple years) but in April I lost my job. So there we were, I was suddenly unemployed and my husband had just finished school and was preparing for a move across the country to start school in August. We barely scraped by that summer, barely. Needless to say things worked out.
We both knew that I would definitely not make as much money as a property manager in West Virginia. Even if the salary was the same, I'm not sure that I could imagine having anyone else watch Sullivan daily. When I was in college taking classes I had a hard time committing to a specific degree because I couldn't decide what I wanted to "be". I always knew I wanted to be a mom. There was never any doubt in my mind about that.
That's not to say that I still don't feel like I want to contribute and help us financially. I love taking pictures and I am exploring that possibility. I may get my real estate license up and running here sometime so that I can help people buy homes, which is my favorite part of the real estate business. I also love making things and sewing so that is another place for me to grow. I am trying to figure out ways to use the things I am passionate about as a way to provide a little extra money for us because if I am being honest things are tight in the money department. And that's ok, I know things could be so much worse. Like the time I was 21 and lived by the beach in California and was out of money and on the "donut diet" where all you eat is a donut for each meal. I also did the "big lunch diet" where you eat the biggest lunch you can find for the cheapest amount of money and that's it, I always picked nachos. That's a story for another day :). Right now we have everything we need, a great townhouse, cars that work, yummy food in the fridge, and so on. We are on a student budget with a family of three but we make it work. I like to think that this experience will make us all around better people. In fact, I know it will.
Back in 2010 after Arty(husband) received his master's degree we found out that he was accepted into dental school in West Virginia. At the time we were living in Arizona. We had been talking about having babies for a while but we decided that when he got into any dental school it would be the green light to start trying. I got pregnant in February, on just our second month of trying for real. I know how blessed we are!
So at the time I was working as a property manager for single family homes(and had been for a couple years) but in April I lost my job. So there we were, I was suddenly unemployed and my husband had just finished school and was preparing for a move across the country to start school in August. We barely scraped by that summer, barely. Needless to say things worked out.
We both knew that I would definitely not make as much money as a property manager in West Virginia. Even if the salary was the same, I'm not sure that I could imagine having anyone else watch Sullivan daily. When I was in college taking classes I had a hard time committing to a specific degree because I couldn't decide what I wanted to "be". I always knew I wanted to be a mom. There was never any doubt in my mind about that.
That's not to say that I still don't feel like I want to contribute and help us financially. I love taking pictures and I am exploring that possibility. I may get my real estate license up and running here sometime so that I can help people buy homes, which is my favorite part of the real estate business. I also love making things and sewing so that is another place for me to grow. I am trying to figure out ways to use the things I am passionate about as a way to provide a little extra money for us because if I am being honest things are tight in the money department. And that's ok, I know things could be so much worse. Like the time I was 21 and lived by the beach in California and was out of money and on the "donut diet" where all you eat is a donut for each meal. I also did the "big lunch diet" where you eat the biggest lunch you can find for the cheapest amount of money and that's it, I always picked nachos. That's a story for another day :). Right now we have everything we need, a great townhouse, cars that work, yummy food in the fridge, and so on. We are on a student budget with a family of three but we make it work. I like to think that this experience will make us all around better people. In fact, I know it will.
~Megan
Friday, January 20, 2012
Wednesday, January 18, 2012
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