misplaced momma

December 16 Tea of the year. I can taste my favorite tea right now. What’s yours?

I like green tea with mandarin Orange flavor. And I love to drink anything hot in my awesome Tinkerbell mug I got in Disney! (pictured below)

check out gwen bells challenge here. Here is the question for Dec 9th…

Challenge. Something that really made you grow this year. That made you go to your edge and then some. What made it the best challenge of the year for you?

This is any easy question… having a baby!! What could be more of a challenge than that??

What made it the best challenge? All the joy she has brought into my life! Not to mention the fact that she is the only thing that kept me going after my dad past away! She made me smile when all I wanted to do was cry. She kept me busy when all I wanted to do was sulk. She made me forget when I couldn’t bare to remember.

She is hands down the biggest joy and best thing that has come into my life. I love her with every part of my soul!

Well, Hello there! There is the first blog for Misplaced Momma! I had another blog before this one that I started back in Feb ‘08.  It started as a photo challenge from a friend. She was doing it and wanted me to participate (rialeilani.com – check her out!). Since I LOVE taking pictures I thought it would be fun! And the blog just blossomed from there! But now I’m in a new phase of my life, so it was time for a new blog!

What changed, you ask? Well, I’m a new momma! Anyone who is a mom knows exactly what I mean by that sentence, no further explanation necessary! But if you’re not a mom… then keep reading (well, keep reading if you are a mom too, geez!)… Children are great but they change your life. Oh, sure, you know that you have to take care of another person and can’t just run off whenever you want. And you have to put this little person ahead of yourself. But it literally changes everything. It changes your point of view, your perception of things and the way you view the world, and most importantly your thoughts and actions. (Plus, when you leave the house you need to act as if you’re going on vacation with all the stuff you have to tote along! Big adjustment there!)

I always wanted to be a “mom.” What I didn’t know at the time was what that really meant! I knew things would change, but I didn’t really know the extent of it. I was never that obsessed with how I looked– OK that  might be a stretch of the truth because I would spend hours picking out the “perfect” outfit, and making sure every hair on my head was in its rightful place, but I was not by any means a fashion diva! But now, I really can’t care. I barely have time to put makeup on anymore, unless it’s in the car on the way to where ever we’re going, let alone have the perfect hairdo! I have exactly 10 minutes to get ready now, I don’t have the luxury to primp…. I say I don’t have the time, but really, I don’t want to take the time. I have more important things to worry about! I want to spend as much time with my little girl as possible, and I don’t want to make her wait for these unimportant things. And this is just the tip of the iceberg!

It’s a lot more than just how I look or taking time for myself.  My thoughts are different. I wonder about how I react to what she does, is it going to effect her next action, and how she will mature and grow up? I am forced to think of the future more than I normally would have before. I think about the people we are around, the people we see on the streets, the other kids she’s going to go to school with in this neighborhood. I think of all these people and wonder, is this what I want my daughter to see, hear, be around? …And this is what made our life altering decision to move seem more relevant.

I’m moving from my happy place! My nice, warm, sun in the winter, no snow ever, palm tree filled happy place! And I don’t know if I’m going to make it! If you read my “about me” you will see that I’m moving back to my home state of Michigan from the lovely Florida. But not only am I moving from the big city life (OK its not like New York city type life but its city life) to NORTHERN Michigan. Now, I love nature, I love animals, it’s nice and peaceful and may be like a vacation… for a little while. But I think the quietness might drive me crazy! I think the little town life might get on my nerves… but you will see! You will definitely see soon how it goes, because good or bad, I’m sure it will give me a lot to write about!