Another Stay-at-Home Mommy coming to a Larkin house near you...

...or maybe not so  near to you.  But just a phone call away! 11 days and counting!  Although, that 11 days doesn't factor in the 5 sick days I plan to use (in lieu of lose) between now and the 29th, not to mention the field trip I will be chaperoning on the 22nd.  Yep, I cannot wait! New adventures are just-a-waitin'!

Conversations and confirmations...

I've got the privilege of staying home today with my two girls--teacher's workday. I love stay-at-home days.  Today has been more than a typical  stay-at-home day, too. A friend found me online and sent me an im.  This im conversation very quickly turned into a lengthy catch-up conversation on the phone.  I don't get to do this often.  Time and circumstances just don't allow for such luxuries.  What a treat.  It was a total reminder of what is to come...time.  Time to spend at my discretion- for family, for friends, for hobbies, for housecleaning (yes, even that). 

While it may have been simply a "catching up with an old friend" conversation to her it was a "confirmation conversation" for me.  It confirmed that the decisions my husband and I are making about me staying home are the right ones.  I knew it, but now I feel it.  My heart is getting happier with each day.  And as for me?  As I said to my dear friend, the Beatles put it best,..."I'm getting better all the time...so much better all the time." 

To work or not to work...

Seriously.  'Tis an easy question to answer.  Not to work, right?  I've been working on not working for a long time now.  It is becoming a reality.  T minus 30 days and counting...really counting.  Although, now that it is becoming a reality I'm second guessing myself and this colossal decision.  What if there's not enough?  What if there's not enough money?  What if there's not enough "whatever?"  Stay at home moms, how do you do it?  How do you make what you have enough?  Is there a trick to it?   I'm going on faith and sheer determination at this point.  Is that enough? 

That was then...

Caterpillar to butterfly, huh?  I've been flying with my new wings so much that I've not been still long enough to get some words down. A lot has happened since my last post.  Life has taken me in several directions and then back to the spot I started in many times over.  I'm on my way now, though.  I have a focus.  I have a destination.  I have a happy place.  I have a  hobby.   I'm working on a new project that I hope will help me on this new path...time will tell and I'll share more later.  Until then...

Caterpillar to Butterfly

So, this blog started out as a class project.  I loved the project.  I loved blogging. It was a great experience to share information,thoughts and just random bits.  I ended it when the class ended.  I've been thinking a lot about this blog lately.  The more I thought about it the more I decided, just because the class ended doesn't mean the blogging experience has to.  And with that, this is the first post of the new blog. I am no longer a caterpillar writing about what my professor wanted.  I'm spreading my new wings and going with the flow.  Won't you come with me?