just some random thoughts

I often wonder how people survived in the past without the things that simplify our lives today...baby monitors, the INTERNET, my goodness how did they live w/out the internet, cars, bartering (man wish we did that more)...lots of things....

I also wonder why people who don't agree with what other people think, feel a need to go out of their way to tell people what they think is wrong, when maybe they could just us on telling people what they themselves actually think, instead of worrying about others, focus on your thoughts? I dunno, maybe that's my version of being judgemental too.

how to balance "living" with budgeting and not being excessive...yeah...not easy.

prioritizing family over yourself as an individual.  it's not that hard for me most of the time I'm happy to put my children and husband first.  When it becomes hard though...it's hard...I've found the solution for me is other Mom's....just time w/ other Mom's while our kiddos play together goes a LONG way!

sleep...oh how I miss sleep sometimes...but it's a worthwhile sacrifice to make sure my children feel loved when they need a snuggle at night and it's always worth it to stay up a bit later to have real time with my husband without interruption...SO worth it.  I'm often surprised by what can still be accomplished even w/very little sleep...God is good, he helps us to be the best mother and wife we can be if we let Him.

Friends...they matter.  Not just so you can say you have friends although that is nice. They really are a support system that is different than your family and a necessary one.  I have found that  one really good friend is truly a blessing, and if you can find more than one...you are truly lucky!

Money, there really is never enough...people spend what they make, their budgets increase when their finances increase.  It's just the nature of the beast I think.  However I can tell you that I am learning lots of ways to make the most of our limited finances so that our family can enjoy time together and still do fun things....it's a challenge...I'm trying to embrace :)

I know lots of random thoughts, nobody reads this anyways...so it's a good place for me to not worry about punctuation and capitolization and even spelling...and for me to get some thoughts out of my head :)