Can life get any crazier?

So... Lots have changed in the past few months for me...I have been given the opportunity to go back to school and continue my education in hopes of becoming a high school english teacher. Yes I might be a little crazy but oh well it's what I want to do with my life. Actually what I want to do with my life is become a writer or a photographer or both, something in the creative world that I so desperately want to live in but I have kids and a family to support so I must do something practical. I have filmed a lot of youtube videos lately but haven't had the nerve to post it yet. I'm not sure why seeing as I have a lot of personal thoughts here on my blog but I guess YouTube is more accessible and easier to find than blogger so I'm not as nervous letting all of you into my mind. I wish I could just muster up the nerve to post those videos because I spent a lot of time editing them, hopefully one day. I think my goal with YouTube and this blog is to preserve memories for my family for when I am gone, I learned a lot with the passing of my nana she didn't have many pictures of herself only of her family and my fiancé, who lived with her his whole life, didn't know much about her. So if there is a way to preserve a memory of me for my kids, grandchildren, even my great grandchildren then I will feel as if I have accomplished something in my life. I wish there was a way to preserve memories for everyone. When my aunty passed away a year ago I kept thinking to myself, I didn't say goodbye, I don't know much about her, the memory of her is slowly fading away and will continue to fade away with time. I don't want my kids to go through that when it is my time to fly high in the sky with the angels. So lets take a leap of faith and hope that I grow some balls to post more often and to finally post a video. Btw would you guys hate it if I switched my blog over to WIX?

 Lets catch you all up on some things shal we? So my nana passed away back in July, and since then I had a month to find, pack, and move to a new house with my fiancé two sons and my papa. Well it's been almost two months since we have moved into our new house, and can I just say, I absolutely love the house. But things have happened that I don't feel is right to post on the world wide web and circumstances have changed and we are having to move out of our house by the end of the month, this time just me, my fiancé, and kids. Sometimes I think that this is a change for the better, we will be moving to town instead of being 20 miles away from my sage's school we will be only a 20 min drive away. We will also be closer to my school as well and closer to skyler's babysitter (my grandma). I also made a goal this year to be more involved with my Sage's school and join the PTO, I haven't joined or even gone to a meeting yet but I am volunteering to take pictures at his school's carnival day on October 7th so that should be exciting a fun! I have been distant from my kids and maybe a little harsh on my older boy and there really is no excuse for it other than I have been completely stressed out about everything and living out of boxes for two months. So I hope that I can be a better person for my family, calm down a bit, and not let everything get to my head. I want to spend more time with them and create beautiful memories to cherish forever!

Until next time lovelies...

I'm Sorry!!!

I'm sorry I have been so MIA lately! My computer decided to go dead on me so I have now decided I need to get back into business with my iPad because I hate being separated from my blog and my technology! Sadly I can't really edit videos for my YouTube channel on my iPad because I have no way of getting my video footage onto my iPad but I'm slowly trying to figure it out.  I must say typing on the iPad isn't as bad as I remember but it still isn't as good ad typing on an actual keyboard. Hopefully my laptop is fixed soon and I can start posting my blogs that I have been wanting to post with all the pictures to go with it!!!   

Living an Oily Life

Well guess what guys!!! I have rediscovered my love for essential oils!!! yes I know I am late to jump on this bandwagon. I started this journey around two years ago, the hubby put my oil box in a place where I couldn't find it lol (I just wasn't looking hard enough) but now I have found it and it was right at the best time possible.  A few weeks ago Sky came down with a horrible fever that just wouldn't break no matter what I gave him so I decided to use a little bit of peppermint oil on him and bam within the hour it broke.

Yes I know that it might have been a coincidence but I honestly believe it was the oil because It has worked on me and my family before and yes I know you should be weary about using peppermint on babies but I have You have no idea how happy I am to have my oils back in my life and to be able to use my diffuser again is just wonderful. 

My three favorite oils are Peppermint, Lavender, and Citrus Fresh (not all together) but I LOVE to put them in my diffuser! Not only does it deodorize my house of the stink that 3 boys can bring lol but It helps to soothe and energize me depending on what I decide to put in it.  My little man Sage loves to use Lavender before bed time I made a little spritzer bottle for him that he calls his sleepy spray and he sprays it all over his room especially on his pillow and it helps hims fall off to sleep with no problems, I have recently used this with my little guy Sky and what do you know, it helps him too.  Well thats all for now guys keep an eye out for more oily posts, probably some diy projects that I use my oils for :)

Let the Games Begin

So tomorrow will be my first official day of vloging I am SUPER excited but also really NERVOUS! I already am exposing my life to the world by putting my blog out there but now I will be videoing my life for everyone to see.  I don't mind I love my life and hopefully my struggles will help someone one day who is down thinking they are the only ones with these problems.  I know by watching peoples daily vlogs and by reading peoples blogs I have a new perspective on life and it has helped me so much mentally and emotionally! I have watched so many YouTube videos but I am still confused on when to bring out the camera and how long my vlog should be after I edit together all the footage.  I guess I will get the hang of things it's all a part of the learning process and things will eventually fall into place.  I am excited for this next chapter in my life and I am so glad that you all are along for the ride :)

Cameras, SD Cards, and Editing, Oh My!

So I have been getting out all of my tech gear trying to figure out what camera to use as my blogging camera until I can save enough money to buy myself the Canon G7x.  I have a Canon s95, rebel t3 and an ELPH 350.  I have been watching YouTube videos all day trying to pick one and I have been playing with them trying to master some of the settings and it seems like the S95 would be my pick but it doesn't have auto focus during recording mode but the ELPH 350 does.   I guess what I am thinking is to use my t3 to record things that I won't be walking around with and use my ELPH when I am doing actual out and about vloging and my s95 as my back up camera.  What do you guys think? I love all three cameras so it is so hard to decide.  I was also thinking of doing a review on one of the cameras one day if there was any interest in it so let me know in the comments if you would be interested in me doing any reviews and on what type of devices.  Until next time my blog family!

Taking the Plunge

So off and on for about a year now I have been posting YouTube videos in hopes of starting daily vlogs but I have been way to scared to let them stay up for long.  Starting next week I will be doing daily vlogs and hopefully matching blog posts to go with it.  Or maybe I will start small and post vlogs every other day, I'm not sure it depends on how busy I am, did I mention I'm starting back at my old job today.  I guess I really can't stay away from this awesome job, I can't wait to see the kids that I work with again I have missed them soooooo much!!! I'm hoping they missed me to.  This week if just full of firsts, and returning.  Ever since I graduated high school I have always wanted to be a nurse but never thought I was smart enough to get into nursing school but now that I have gotten through most of my schooling and only have a few short years left I feel like I am finally in a place mentally and physically to begin the application and testing process to get into nursing school.  I have put in my order online for my TEAS V study book, will study all summer and take my test in August and hopefully get passing scores.  So guys please stick with me on my journey to finding my place in this world and hopefully it will be a fun and bumpy ride.

The Craziness That is my Life

So this week has been crazy so far.  My nana fell and broke her hip, work is insane with May Day prep, I have an interview for a very important aspect in my life, and I am thinking about going back to school part time to finish up my teaching degree wow is that enough on my plate? lets back it up a minute tho.
So all weekend my Nana has been falling down and not knowing how she was ending up standing in front of her TV, Monday morning came and as we were getting ready to leave the house to drop off the kids and go to work my fiancé hears Nana screaming for help because she fell down.  He was able to get her up and back into bed but she kept getting up and was falling asleep standing up.  So before we left the house we made sure she was in bed and not standing up hoping she would stay there till Papa came home in a little while.  As I am getting things ready at work for the day I get a call that Nana fell again and had to be taken to the hospital because of a suspected broken hip.  Fast forward a few hours and it has been confirmed that she has a broken hip and needs surgery.  After a successful surgery she is doing fine just a lot of physical therapy ahead of her and hopefully things will go back to normal.
As far as everything else goes I can't really get into much detail right now but as more information is available I will definitely write about it.