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Working Mommy Wednesday – Fall Colors

Posted on by Sarah Marshall


This week’s Working Mommy Wednesday prompt:
Show photos of autumn in your area.

I grew up in Michigan, where fall colors were prominent. Then for 6 years we lived in Texas where our seasons were scorching hot and hot. Not a lot of color change in the trees there. So I’ve absolutely embraced the transition from green to rich oranges, yellows and reds in the trees around us.

This photo is taken from my garage across the street of the pasture were we see cows grazing every day. This was a couple weeks ago and I wish I’d had time to take another one today because there are so many more colors now!
From my driveway

Mine, all mine

Posted on by Sarah Marshall

It’s Hump Day and that means Working Mommy Wednesday!!! Today’s prompt: How do you carve out personal time for yourself?

Like most working moms, I tend to feel like if I’m not at work I should be with Brooke.  Making up for lost time if you will.

Then one day, I stopped at home to get library books on the way to pick up Brooke at daycare. As I was leaving, it occurred to me that I could do this every day and have a little Brooke-free time.

So that’s become part of my daily routine. I use the time to get dinner prepped, laundry folded or just sit for a bit and watch TV. It’s not a big chunk of time, about 40 minutes or so, but its enough for me to decompress from my work day and get in a little quiet time.

How do make sure you get some personal time?

Working Mommy Wednesday – Holidays are coming!

Posted on by Sarah Marshall

Our prompt this week:

The last quarter of the year is full of amazing holidays. What is your favorite? Halloween, Thanksgiving, Talk Like a Pirate Day or Christmas?

Christmas is my favorite of the end of year holidays. Halloween doesn’t do much for me. The free candy aspect was pretty cool growing up but coming up with an idea and actually creating costumes wasn’t fun for me at all. Even in middle school when the cool thing to do was dress up as a baby – which really just meant you came to school in your pajamas. You maybe brought a bottle or something to make it “legit”.

Thanksgiving has been small for us recently because we’ve lived far from family. Traveling just never made sense because its right in the middle of football season and Keith’s work schedule wouldn’t accomodate leaving town.

Then there’s Christmas…ever since my first apartment in college, doing all the “Christmas” things have been a huge deal to me. My best friend Erica and I had a Christmas tree in our apartment and when I moved into my own a few years later, one of the first things I did was get a Christmas tree of my own. For some reason, having my own Christmas tree symbolized being an adult to me. I chose a theme – silver and red – and bought my own decorations.

When Keith and I moved in together, it became our Christmas tree. Room was made for the various sports-themed ornaments that Keith had since being a kid and my silver & red tree become representation of our two styles beginning to merge. That is when we started creating our traditions and even attempted “family” pictures in front of the tree.

Christmas 2007
Sheed being as cooperative as ever!

This year Keith and I have agreed to upgrade to a bigger tree! I’m very excited about this. We’ve recently moved to a new home in a new city and its been like a whole new life for us. Once again, the Christmas tree will be a reflection of our lives. I can’t wait to decorate it with Brooke and see her face when she wakes up Christmas morning to see what is waiting for her underneath.

What holiday is your favorite? What do you like so much about it?