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Changing

The weather is getting warmer, days are getting longer, and school well that will be done in 3.5 weeks! How has this year flown by so fast??? In fact how has life flown by so fast??? It seems like yesterday I was coming home from the hospital with my baby girl in my arms. Now???? Well Now that baby girl is an Honor student 3.5 weeks away from 7th grade. My other baby???? 3.5 weeks away from finishing K. Me well heck I'm almost 3.................something. And am I where I want to be? Am I where I thought I would be?

Nope not really. See I always thought I would have a huge family, work with children and have your typical life. What I have??? 2 girls and my family is complete, working with a bunch of grown men that act like children, and a burning desire to have a self reliant homestead where I don't have to depend on the outside world if I don't have to. The desire to home school my children, to work in the garden and with the animals. (now I do have 4 hens, 18 chicks, and 2 dogs)

I guess all the upcoming changes from school routine, to summer routine is what got me thinking about all the changes in life. Changes from my plan, changes from my wants, changes from my thoughts. But changes that show I am growing as a person and that remind me that even though I may not be where I want to be in life, I'm changing my path to get there.

Our Moderator of the Month is...

SHELIA(Ghostlady)

Sheila, one of our Cabarrus/Western Stanly County Area Group moderators, is our April Moderator of the Month!

Check out the Mommy Forum for more fun information about her!

What is your favorite movie? It changes by the season. I love old school Disney, but am currently on a Jane Austen Kick - Emma and Pride and Prejudice.

What is your least favorite household chore? Lately, all of them. But generally laundry winds up being the most

tedious because I'm always chasing washer cycles and trying to make sure I don't dry (and shrink) things I shouldn't.

Who is your idol? Someone you look up to? My Great Aunt Gertrude. She passed away while I was in HS, but she was an amazing woman who taught me SO MUCH. She believed that a young lady should be able to take care of herself, but should also know how to be a lady.

What are your favorite television shows? I'm a total NCIS and Bones junkie. We're also very in to Castle here. I used to be big in to CSI too, but lost interest over the last couple seasons.

If we were to interview your best friend, how would she/he describe you? Crafty or Nerdy, depending on which of my 2 besties you asked. Oddly enough, both are English Majors... one is my crafting "enabler" and we're always getting in over our heads on some project or other... the other is my best pal from College and we just get in to dorky mischief, share books, and baffle our respective husbands.

What is something you are passionate about? As cliche as it is, I'm most passionate about being a mom. Everything boils down to taking the best care I can of my little guy. But we're also very into medieval reenactment as a family, and are talking about getting involved with the local SCA.

When you were younger, what did you want to be when you grew up? I was determined to be a doctor when I was growing up. I was going to be a neonatologist. Then around Junior year of High School I realized that since I got sick at the drop of a hat, working in a hospital with sick people was not the brightest of ideas. I thought about teaching biology, but my HS bf was headed that way, and my mom vetoed it because she thought I was just following him, so I went to school for Spanish instead. I still love science tho, and took as many classes as I could in college without changing my major.

Who was your movie/television star crush from your high school days: I really didn't have one. I joke that I hit puberty late... although I dated and everything in HS, I really wasn't real boy crazy until college, and even then never really crushed on people the way my sisters did. I also had NO CLUE that guys were interested in me... it's been kind of interesting as my friends and I have gotten older and started reminiscing about old-times, just how much I was clueless about.

What was your favorite subject in school I had my top 3: Science, Math, and Spanish. I was fortunate enough to have some really great teachers in all 3 subjects.

What is your favorite thing you do to pamper yourself I love to sink into a warm, lavender scented bubble bath. Unfortunately, so does my boyo, so it's a luxury I don't get to enjoy without interruption very often. In the summer I like to curl up on my porch with a good book though, and I can usually get away with that.

What is something you'd like to do but haven't? Travel. I would love to visit Ireland and Spain.

What is your favorite thing about being a mother? Snuggles. We're mostly AP, and Connor has always been a snuggler.

How did you come to join CPM? I'm a member of BuffaloMommies back home, so the first thing I did when we got the job offer and made the decision to move down here was check to see what the local TMN chapter was.

Thank you Shelia for all you do to support Cabbarus County moms! We appreciate you.

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