Crazy Hectic Day ~ But I’ll Survive

Today was havoc… there’s no other words for it. You know when you have a day that EVERYTHING goes wrong? Well, that was me today. I’m sure I could have mentally turned this day around, but I didn’t ~ so up until not too long ago I was going CRAZY!


My dog ran away, 3 dishes are broken {complete accidents}, my living room looks like a tornado went through it, so does my kitchen, and I’m exhausted….. been exhausted all day long.


But as I sit here looking at the mess I get to clean up, which will probably take me until close to midnight, I’m feeling grateful.  I’m feeling grateful for my life, because as hectic as days may seem, my life is really good.  Sometimes when we have days like this it’s so easy to get caught up in the depressingness of it all, but if I do that… I’ll just go in a downward spiral.  So ~ I’m going to clean up this mess, pray for my dog, and thank God for my children and my many blessings in my life.

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Just a Motivating Monday – Growing

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It’s not only children who grow. Parents do too. As much as we watch to see what our children do with their lives, they are watching us to see what we do with ours. I can’t tell my children to reach for the sun. All I can do is reach for it, myself. 
 ~Joyce Maynard


Being a mom has opened up a lot of things for me.  At the age of 16 I starting doing books for small businesses…. and I have worked ever since.  I of course got my high school diploma, took a few college classes ~ but I NEVER got my degree.

I absolutely want my children to go to college, and I absolutely expect them to never let go of their dreams.  Well, how in the world can I expect that out of them, if I don’t do the same?  

I make it known to them that I am focusing on fulfilling my dreams, and they are watching me do this…. in turn, I KNOW they will do the same with their life.  But why should they go to college and get a degree if their own mom doesn’t have one?  So, I’m going to college, my friends.  I’m actually starting this Spring semester and am probably NUTS since I hardly have time as it is, but it’s something I have always had as a goal.  And I’m diving in.  

I’m starting with classes that are in subjects that are of interest to me ~ psychology for now.  I’ll eventually go through and get everything done for my degree, but this semester is all about psychology.  I’m taking 12 credits in understanding people this semester.  

I want my children to be proud of me.  I want my children to follow in my footsteps.


What kings of things are you doing to grow with your child, to show them that we NEVER stop reaching for the stars?

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There is a Friend



There is a friend!


And my heart feels THAT much better.


Not all kids at Jayden’s school are devils mean.


And I wish I had a camera to see the looks on their faces today as they saw each other at Costco.

A girl.  



Jayden and this girl stood in front of each other, arms to their sides, HUGE grins on their faces…


Jayden says, “Hi, Anya, how’s your day?”


She replies… “It’s good Jayden how is your’s?”


and more awkward, silly, cute grins.  Then she says….

“I’ll see you at school, Buddy.”



She called him Buddy.

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Kids are SO Mean!

I’m still a bit upset about {THIS POST}, because Jayden’s still upset. He’s such a cute, sweet, hard to not love boy. I don’t get how he doesn’t have friends. I don’t get how kids are so mean to him.

To be honest I would honestly like to pull him out of school and keep here where I can protect his feelings. He has such an amazing teacher though, and his school is REALLY helping him with his reading and doing things with him I probably would be no good at.

Nothing’s worse than going out to the playground and not having friends to play with, or to go through elementary school not having a friend. And what’s even worse is when you are the parent that knows your son has no friends. They throw his shoes in puddles, call him a loser, when he’s so much more than they are. Both Gino and I have told him… Stand up for yourself, Jayden. You have OUR permission to do whatever you need to do to protect yourself from little asshole children {okay, we didn’t say asshole children to him…. but that’s what they are!} And you know what he says…. It’s not right. It’s not right to be mean to other children.

Jayden, I’m going to tell you right now that I know you were put on this earth for things that are so wonderful, because you are so wonderful. 

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Pour Your Heart Out – #1

Tonight I was over at my Bloggity friend {Chelle’s blog} and she was writing a blog for Shell’s awesome {and you can click on the picture to head to Shell’s blog}……….


probably not the best thing for me to join, because I love to hold things in… and then they need to come out ~ so here I go……

I try to keep the tone upbeat here at Garibay Soup… I really, really try. I think mainly because even when I’m not feeling upbeat I know my blog is upbeat. It’s sortof MY LITTLE HAPPY PLACE.

But I’m not upbeat right now. I have so much family drama that I feel absolutely sickened by it. I have a LOT of family alive and I talk to 4 people out of my family. My mom, her dad (My Grandpa), my aunt who I love to death, and 1 of my sisters from my father… and that’s just because I told her I’d buy her a car if she’d help me out. Had I not bribed her to be my on call babysitter, she’d be in her teen world and I wouldn’t be hearing from her.

This is sad. My entire family is so EFFED up that I feel a little gloomy over it.

 I have a sister {from my mom} that I have ALWAYS been VERY close to… and where is she? Oh, she is immature, jealous of me and thrives on drama ~ she can argue otherwise, and frankly I don’t give a crap, but when it comes down to it… she lives a MISERABLE, NEGATIVE life and finds any reason to push people away… well, sweetheart you pushed away the 1 person in this world that loves you to death, and I don’t think I can ever let you close to my heart again.  Hopefully she grows up and realizes who and what is important in life.

My Grandma is the most dysfunctional, controlling, manipulative creature on this planet.  I just want to say that I am EXTREMELY thankful to not have her playing puppet master in my life anymore – lady… if you read this blog I’m just gonna come out and say LEARN HOW TO BE A MOTHER TO YOUR CHILDREN AND STOP JUDGING THEM SO HARSHLY… IT’S QUITE SICKENING.  I have learned a great deal on how not to be with my children from you.  


The funny thing is she wonders why her children have no respect for her {except for the one leaching off of her} but it’s because she sent them all away {me included} as children.  My own mother got sent away at the age of 14 because she wasn’t the “ideal” child… well, my mom ended up 14 and pregnant… thank God cuz now I’m here LOL.  But then when her children were facing hard times in life and needed a mother the most… she vanished, putting her nose up in the air acting like she was too good for them, when in my opinion she was worse than them.

My dad’s entire family… please don’t even get me started on that joke of a circus, because that’s exactly what it is.

The rest… they just have major issues and it’s extremely sad that they turned into what they turned into, but in the end it’s good they are not in my life, because I am doing positive, exciting things with my life.

Okay… now to turn this around a bit.

I have learned from what my family has become to what my family is going to be like.  It’s not going to be perfect, because what family is?  But there is going to be a heck of a lot of values taught, unconditional love given, and definitely a family feel to it.  And for this reason alone I want a large family.  I want to have family holidays together, family reunions, and get togethers throughout the year……  I want my family to be close.

So, if that isn’t pouring your heart out, I don’t know what is.  And I feel a lot better writing this… even if I lose a few blog followers.  This is me people… I’m not perfect, and neither is my life.

  

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You are so beautiful, Sweet Girl

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Oh sweet girl you have no clue how much this little face right here kills me.  This little face makes me smile when I am mad, and probably gets you out of a lot of trouble that you should be in. But how could anyone not smile and kiss the heck out of this cute little face?


You are so beautiful, Sweet Girl.  

There are more pictures to be seen over on my {photo blog}

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Just a Motivating Monday – Facing Fear

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I could elaborate on the quote below, but I think that it really says it all.  I personally know that I’ve had to step outside of my comfort zone these past few months and I’m growing and gaining in ways I never knew were possible.  I hope this quote will inspire you in a way that has for me.

You gain strength, courage, and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face. You must do the thing which you think you cannot do.
— Eleanor Roosevelt

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