Hello World! 

Well, I haven't been consistent, (sucks I know), but I will try. 

The family had COIVD. but we are okay and we were not too sick (thanks to vaccines and us being generally healthy). Mostly recovered now. 

Tomorrow begins April 1, and Blogging from A to Z challenge. I will try this and see if I can succeed with this time around. 

I am getting to the point of the year where I am tired of kids activities, tired of my own activities and ready for summer to start. Yes, I know it's only April but the days are getting longer and weather is getting warmer so I am in the mood to spend more time outside in nature. 

Plus we are starting renos in our house. Bringing both bathrooms into the 21st century. 

I am crazy for starting renos. I hate them and mess they bring,  but I love designing and shopping for the house. My design style is functional and fashionable. It has to look good but also has  to have a good function for our busy household. We have a smaller house with not a lot of storage. I love the design of hidden storage. 

I cant wait to share my reno journey with you all! 

Peace, love & coffee 

Navyhawk

People that have helped me.

 Day 6 of the Ultimate Blog Challenge: 

Someone that has helped me. 

Story time: 

A long time ago, we were trying to have a baby. Had a couple of losses and it was getting dim. Then we did got pregnant, through the 1st trimester, almost through the 2nd semester, and then bam... at 22 weeks, I went into early labour. I was hospitalized for a week, preparing for the worst (the word non-viable was being floated). By a miracle, the labour stopped. As a result though,  I had to be on complete bedrest until 36 weeks (term). 

So that meant, not working, not being able to cook, clean, or do anything except lie on a coach and be bored. 

The people that helped me, were ladies of our church. My mom arranged for them to come by, keep me company while husband was working, helped clean and cook for us not because we needed that (my husband is decent at both), but because they wanted to help. 

The biggest thing though, was they taught me to knit. Because I couldnt do anything active, they said that knitting would keep my mind off the stress of the high-risk pregnancy. So, that's what we did. I learned how to knit preemie hats, and finger puppets for our children's hospital. 

This really helped keep my mind of what was going on and it is something that I continue to do. 

The ending of the story, my daughter (K1)  was born at 35 weeks, healthy and a firecracker. and K2 was born 2.5 years later (a textbook, perfect pregnancy). 

I am thankful for all the prayers, chats and help we received during that time and they helped me. Not only did they teach me a new skill, but they helped ease our lives when we were going through a tough time. 

Dang it COVID

 Day three of the Ultimate Blog Challenge, and the prompt is write about someone I admire. 

But  I can't do that right now so I will talk about COVID. Between Christmas and New Year's, we got word that the schools were going online again. We could mentally prepare for it. Today we  go back to a modified level 4, where lots more things are closed, and we are back to working from home for the most part. 

I am not doing well with this. The past 2 years have been extremely hard for someone who craves social interaction and people. I only just got back to dancing and now, that is taken away from me. My 2 girls, one who is a competitive synchro swimmer and the other a dancer, is now back online with their training. 

We are so beyond done with it. 

Now I have heard people say to me, "your lucky. why are you upset? Count your blessings." But you know what, those words are not helpful. When people complain about it, then we need to say "yes. that really sucks. How are you coping?" Be a listening ear to someone. 

Let us feel our feelings so we can process them. Once we process our feelings we can move on. 

Don't pick your nose, wash your hands, and most of all, please be kind to one another as we go through another month of this. 

Peace and love, 

NavyHawk

Selfish Post!

Day 2 of the Ultimate  Blog Challenge and my mission is to do a more detailed introduction. 

Instead, I will tell my journey and why I got back into blogging. 

So, I a diagnosed chronic pain issue as well as a gluten intolerance. I was diagnosed 3 years ago. That first year was brutal. I did the whole "why me?" And wallowed in self-pity.

Then I smartened up. I changed my mindset, changed the way I lived, took charge. I deal with my issues through healthy gluten free eating, moving my body, and holistic treatments. This is working for me right now and I am not ruling out medical intervention in the future. All this is being done under the supervision of a doctor and they are pleased with the results. That's not to say I don't have flare ups because I do and when I do, I listen to my body. They are usually caused when I do too much and I don't take time to care for myself. 

Anyways, back to blogging. Over the years I have started and stopped blogging many times. But something always draws me back to it. So here I am, attempting again in 2022 to blog consistently. It calms me and relaxes me to write about my feelings and thoughts and I hope that you get a little something from my ramblings. 

As I said yesterday, I want to write about random things that are happening and what I'm feeling! Glad you are joining me on the ride! 

Peace, Love and Coffee

NavyHawk