how is this ok ...

here i was in target ... everytime i go with the kids, we tour the toy isle.  having 4 sons, we usually skip the "girly" isles ... except for today.  I was aghast at what I saw in the barbie section.  look at the picture below and tell me how this is ok and what exactly are we trying to teach girls in the age groups that play with barbies ... seriously?

let alone, that I have NEVER seen any body existing naturally in these proportions ... but we are showing young girls that is fashionable and acceptable to wear a dress open in the front all the way down to one's navel ... Mattel & Barbie should be ashamed.  Seriously can't believe it.

in the beginning ...

I have come to a crossroads ... yet again ... at least is seems I am continuously at momentuous forks in the road, which require defining me or my life ... and this is one of them.





We are moving in a little over a week. I haven't started packing. I will (hopefully soon). I started thinking about all of the "things" I need to pack and realized I have so many projects and plans and hobbies ... things that I would like to spend time doing if I only had the time. The problem is, like most everyone these days, I don't have the time. Between, trying to keep my family happy & healthy, make my house a home, and work ... there just isn't much time left ... and what I have found to be happening ... I have stolen and consequently wasted time on hobbies & projects that just don't matter, from my other more knoble pursuits.





So, this is it ... I have decided, once and for all to draw the proverbial line in the sand, between me & my highest priorities and on the other side the wispy wishes and time wasters. This is NOT to say, that I have given up all of my hobbies or projects. I will still sew. I want to become great at it ... but I think, I can become a great seamstress while improving my home and family. It is the other things that I am sacrificing - yep, I typed sacrificing without even realizing it and Yes, that is the true definition of giving up one thing for another or in hope of another - so, I am sacrificing these less important things in the hopes of being a better Wife, Mother, Friend, Sister, Daughter ... with the hope, that after this sacrifice isn't a sacrifice anymore, I will see that I have gained so much more in love and strengthened relationships than could ever compete with a mere hobby.





So, here we are ... one of the reasons, that I am combining my two previous blogs into 1 AND getting rid of a bunch of "stuff" before my move ... with hope.