Holiday SeasonHoliday Season

The Holidays are among us and we all are busy with shopping , cleaning, wrapping and planning dinner. I know that each year around this time is one of the hardest times I have to go thru. I lost my mom just before Christmas and her birthday and it has been hard ever since. I know people tell me it will get easier and I don’t see how. The one person I could talk to about anything was my mom and now I don’t have that. I know that I have friends and other family members I can talk to but my mom was different. She loved me for me and it didn’t matter what was going on in our life. She always tries and makes Christmas the best for all of us. I still have the present that I got her that year. I know one year it will be easy for me to get thru the holidays but I am not sure when that will be.

It is never easy being down for the holidays, but I try and put on a brave face and get thru it. Sometimes the ones that are supposed to be there for you, don’t listen and make things harder to handle. I know that I will be fine and get thru the holiday season again, but just remember when you see someone don’t judge them you don’t know what they are going thru.

I want to wish everyone that has followed me and went on this year-long journey with me. I will continue next year where I know I will have challenges that will have to deal with. I know that I will get thru them with help from others and myself.

One day it would be nice to get a prayer answered once, but it will happen when you least expect it.

CookbooksCookbooks

These past few weeks, I have been going thru my cookbooks and finding new dishes to try. I have made a couple of goodies. It has been a long process to find recipes to try. I have been posting some of them. I hope others try to make them. I won’t post if I don’t like it. I would let you know if I change it. There are things I can have or I make it smaller cause I only cook for 2 or 3 people. I don’t like a lot of leftovers.

After I been thru the cookbook I am planning on selling them. I will post on different sites. I want others to be able to get out of them as I did. I write down the ones that I want to pass along to my kids.

My grandma did the same thing and I got a lot of them, it’s hard to read a lot of them but it is fun to look thru the books and notebooks full of recipes.

I just want to let everyone know that each week I will be posting recipes for others to try.

Enjoy

To Do ListTo Do List

This past month I have been trying to get back on track with things. So I started to make lists. I have a cleaning list, meal planning , to do list. This has made it easy for me to remember what I need to do. Sometimes I get side tracked and I am not sure what I should work on next. I even made a budget so I can figure out ways to save money. Everyone would love to be debt free and save money too. It is not always that easy. It has been a work in progress for me. I find ways to sell things I don’t need anymore or if that doesn’t work I donate it to a good cause. The feeling that you get when you help out other ways is the best feeling you could have.

I am still in the working stages of this plan. I just know one day it will all be worth it to me. This year I even tried to start growing my own vegetables but something has always gotten in the way. I know that I still have time. I just take it one day at a time.

Just remember that you can do anything that you want, it just takes time. Thank you again for letting me do this.

OlafOlaf

Let me tell you about me little girl. We just got her fixed and so this week has been a long already. She can’t play with her brothers and it hard to keep her from wanting to play. Olaf has a few more days for healing. Plus this weekend she will be at raspberry fest with us.

We had our refrigerator go out this past week to, so we had to change how much stuff we have in the house. So it been hard with Olaf and having to try and use what I need to out of the cooler and my chest freezer.

So if you ever think days go by smooth, think again. I did order a new refrigerator but won’t get it for a month because it has to be made. So I trying to use stuff so we can fit everything in a mini refrigerator. Plus we got another chest freezer so I have more room to put dog treats a d baked goodies.

Hope everyone summer is going good and everyone is staying cool.

Spring CleanSpring Clean

I not sure if anyone has started this, but I know I have, it amazing what you find when you are going thru things. I know that I have wanted to do something a long time but I never had the time. Now that I am not working outside that house and I am home more. I started really cleaning and organizing things. I am doing good so far. I cleaned half of my basement and the garage and already took a trip to goodwill. I know that where I give a lot of the clothes that I am getting rid of. I also going to set up for a garage sale that I have not got to do in a long time because I worked so much. It feels great to get things done. I know a lot of people say that the bigger the house the more stuff you have, I don’t believe that. I think that if you go thru things and just keep what you need or stuff that means a lot to you and you want to past down to your kids, that all you need. I know that it been easier for me to find things that I need when I am organized. Plus you have time to enjoy the beautiful weather we have.

Remember I am still doing craft shows for everyone puppies and dogs. I still raising money for my boy that means more to me then anyone could know.

So please follow us on Facebook and visit us at the show. Next one is Monticello this Sunday from 11-3

Please be kind to all

GoalsGoals

This past week I have start to make little goals and plan out my days. It has really help me stay on task all day. Plus it helps my dogs too, I make sure they get the exercise they need to keep them playing good together and I can get more done.

The first few goals have been playing with my dogs or taken them on a walk while h is great exercise for me too.

The next one is eating smaller meals and taking vitamins each day. I write each thing I do in a planner so I remember when I did what. It made me happier and excited for the next goal.

We have some craft shows coming up so I make a plan of what I need to make and so I have enough for my shows. We have enough I do have more then one a week at times. So please follow us on Facebook at angel’s baked goods and check out our shows and what new.