New Chapter in LIfe

I'm sitting here home alone today trying to get some work done but I keep going into deep thought. I planned an update post for staying on top of your goals this year. It was suppose to go up the beginning of February and I have been very busy. But my oldest child (my only daughter who is 18) came over yesterday and went though the things left in her room. Last night I was going through old photos of my kids and family and all the things that we did together. If was fun to see how much not just my daughter has changed but all of my kids have. Only today did it hit me that she hasn't been home in over a month and she really moved out. We are repainting the room and turning it in my youngest sons room/my craft space (the room is huge).

I am a little emotional over this epiphany that I had today. I thought I was OK with it but then it just really hit me after seeing all those old photos last night. I miss all those times we went camping, played in the snow, took them treat or treating, went to the circus, the fair. I am very happy that I captured all those memories and I can look back on them anytime and have those memories.

 I know that I am entering a new chapter in life and no one has said that life was easy. I am not and was not prepared for this chapter. I truly believe that no one is, as there is not a manual on parenting. I will always worry about her, I will always miss her constant presence in my home. No she didn't move miles away and I can go see her anytime and she can come over anytime. Its the fact that she is now on her own and out in the world trying to figure out adulthood.

I wish her the best in this new chapter for her as well in life. I want her to know that I will always be there for her wherever her journey may take her.


Its time for me to get some work done so until next time.

God Bless.

Krystal

Checking In

2019 Make it your Year!

So here we are 3 weeks into the new year. Goals have been set, steps are in place.
Are you keeping up with your goals?

Here is some questions to ask yourself that helped me check myself to make sure that I am on track.

Am I achieveing the small weekly/daily goals that I have set for myself?

Pulling out the planner,  vision board etc, where ever you wrote out your goals. How many have you checked off and successfully completed?

Looking at where you have worked the least, what needs to shift too work on what you have been putting off?

Is it time management or effort that needs to change. Maybe it’s the situation, is it a realistic goal right now?

What can be done right now to get back on track if you have fallen off?

Always look at your goals and what the end result will be never stop rearranging to make each and every goal happen this year. If one can not be reached in the now, is it a one that needs to be moved to perhaps a monthly goal instead of weekly.

It’s not to many questions to ask, its just a few to ask yourself often. Always check where you are with your goals helps you to stay on track and watch  get closer to the end result. It may seem far off now but before you know it it wil be on the horizon.

I am currently on track with my goals. As this blog was one of them.  My goal for the blog was to start posting content again and so far so good. It maybe small but I’m getting there

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Long time no blog!

Wow it’s been quit sometime since I have been on my blog!  Long story short, I had to get a full time job outside of the home after my husband got laid off quite awhile back. In doing so it took a lot of time away from me and I stopped doing a lot of things that I loved. One of them being this blog and another is scrapbooking itself. Another reason is we have moved a few times and I have lost the space that I can call mine such as my scrapbooking room. Most of my supplies are in the storage shed out behind our house and are collecting dust 😞. We are now not only buying one house but two, so we are not moving anytime soon.

I have found a small balance between work and home life so I am easing back into things. My hope is to start blogging more as I love to do it and a passion I never lost. As for my hobbies they have changed drastically. I picked up oil painting and I have been doing that for about a year now. I have recently been doing acrylic paintings. No surface is safe with me around, I started painting on rocks and that has taken a whole new direction for me. My husbands family are rock hounders and he showed them my work on the rocks and suggested that I start selling them at the rock shows. Then I shared them on social media and that opened a whole new door for me. Everyone suggested that I sell my masterpieces, so I have taken the plunge and I opened an Etsy store (Click here to check it out). I have yet to make a sell but in the mean time I am doing all the research that I can and painting to relax.

Here is a picture of the first rock painting I did with acrylic.

I only paint on the weekends as I am to tired to do anything when I get home from work. It is also dark when I get home plus cooking dinner, homework with the kids and winding down for the night after along day.

Now that I have went on a ramble, back to other things that I have been up to.

We went on a family vacation about a year ago to go see my husbands mom and dad in Georgia. It was a nice but stressful all in the same sense. My kids had experienced a school shooting prior to us leaving which took two classmates lives. We were dealing with all the emotions that go along with that as well as the anxiety. Then in July this year we went to Mississippi to see my family that I haven’t seen in 17 years. That was good a trip but just like the Georgia trip it was stressful. There was a few things that I learned on both of those trips that I would not do again if I was to make those trips again.  My daughter graduated in May before we left and that was stressful ad crazy. At one point I didn’t think it was going to actually happen. She got thru it and made and I couldn’t be more proud. Then she turned 18 is June and that wasn’t so bad but it did make me feel old.

So in a small nutshell that is what has been going on in my life besides working. So I will go ahead and end this post and hope it wasn’t to boring.

Hope to see ya soon,
Krystal

Wednesday Hodgepodge

Hope your all having a great Wednesday!!! Wow it has been a while since I have wrote on this blog once again. So why not start back up with a link in!!! Here is the original post and where the link up start http://www.fromthissideofthepond.com/


1. March is known as the windy month. Which of the following phrases best fits your March so far....'throw caution to the wind', 'three sheets to the wind', 'runlike the wind', or 'seewhich way the wind blows?

Well I would have to say that see which way the wind blows. One day here it is nice and sunny then the next the wind is blowing everything around while the sun is out and it is chilly.

2.Your favorite green food? Your favorite dish made with your favorite green food?  Favorite green food, hmmmm that one is a little hard considering that I like all kinds of foods that are green. so I am going to say okra. I love to make fried okra it is so yummy!!!

3. Ever been locked out of your home-car-office-anywhere? Do tell!!!
Oh I have been locked out of my house and my car. One day I was at Tuesday Mornings with my youngest son and I was done shopping and went to get in the car and realized that the keys were still in the ignition!!! My husband was out of town and I didn't have any money to call a locksmith. So I had to break into my own car and everyone around me was giving me the stuff to do so but the 2 cops parked across a couple of spots did nothing. Mind you that this was in the summer time and my son was so good. He sat on the parking block in the shade and played with his toys while I broke into the car.

4. Yoda, Kermit, Shrek, The Wicked Witch of the West, Oscar the Grouch, The Grinch, or Mike Wasowski (Monster Inc).... of the green characters listed, which one's your favorite and why?  I have to say that I like Shrek, he reminds me a lot of myself. He tries to get his point across but no one ever takes him seriously, I have to say Mike Wasowski too. He is the same everyone just runs him over while he trying to be serious as well.

5. "The first task of a leader is to keep hope alive. "-Joe Batten" do you agree? Why or why nope?  I do agree because if you don't have hope then you have nothing to live for. You have to have hopes and dreams because of you don't you have anything to live for.

6. Share a favorite song with an emotion in its title.
Hmmmm, this is another one that I have to think about. I do listen to a lot of music but I'm not really keen on remembering names and titles. I am the same way with movies.

7. Whats a road trip you'd like to take? I would like to take a road trip with my family to go to Mississippi to see the rest of my family. It has been 13-14 years since I have been back there to see them. My daughter was just barely a year old the last time I have seen them and she is now almost 14.

8. Insert your own random thought here.
Random thought for today is all work and no play til 5 o'clock when its the end of the work day!



Sorry there is no pictures to make this blog post more eye catching but my computer doesn't want to work in my favor rite now Lol.

I have everyone enjoyed and have a great and blessed Wednesday!


Krystal and Family.

Tuesday Talk

Well I know that its been a while since I have done any blogging. I have no excuses for it, I have just been lazy. But this Sunday I sat down and thought about it and I have came up with some ideas that might help me stay in the game.

I have decided to make fun titles for each day of the week and they are all related to what the topics will be talked about in the blog that day.

I have also decided that I will dedicate Sunday evenings to a time to sit down and plan out each blog post as much as I can so it can be published throughout the week.

Like the title of this blog post Tuesday Talk. I am hoping that every Tuesday that I can keep up with talking about random things that are going on in all parts of my life. So that is my Tuesday Talk for now stay tuned to find out what tomorrows topic will be!!!


Have a great day,
Krystal and Family

Monday Blues

Well its Monday once again and it that time again to go back to work. I am glad that I have a job that I love so its not that bad but I know a few people who snarl when this day comes to go back to work. We had a great weekend of cleaning, watching The Walking Dead and plenty of family time.

My daughter and I got to spend some time together on Saturday and we got our hair cut. I went from lots of length with one layer to short with layers. My daughter has the same haircut but hers is a little shorter then mine, but we both love our haircuts.

Here is the after and before pics of me since I seemed to have uploaded them backwards.

 

My hair before was long and stringy because I have very fine and thin blonde hair but after I got it cut it looks and feels so much more fuller and thicker!!!! Man, how a haircut can make a difference.

 

  I hope that everyone has a blessed day
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HAPPY NEW YEAR EVERYONE!!!!

I hope everyone had a fun and safe New Year's Eve and are recovering nicely today. We didn't do anything to special, we stayed up with the kids and watched The Walking Dead on Netflix all night. I believe that we are almost caught up to the current season.

I am very thankful for 2013, a lot of things have happened good and bad, and I am very blessed because it has all helped me shape me into the person I am today. I have learned a lot about my self also. So good-bye 2013 and bring on 2014. I am ready to self discover some more and see what great things lay ahead for the New Year.

Today I am off from work and plan on packing up the Christmas décor. Then clean up the house some and relax.

How are you bringing in the New Year today?

What are your plans?

What great things do you want to happen this year?

I didn't set any New Year's resolutions because I never seem to stick to them any way. So this year I am going to go with the flow of things.


Hope you all have a blessed day and a Happy New Year!!!

Krystal and Family

What a Weekend

I know I have not posted anything and I even missed Wednesday Hodgepodge. But the Hepner house has been struck with a common cold and we are all stuffy, runny, and even coughy around here. Needless to say I haven't even vlogged. I am hoping to get back in the swing of things tomorrow. I have just been so out of it and then trying to help the kids and get medicine in them to help them to be able to breath through the snot. I am still stuffed up and probably sound weird but I am going to go for it, I am not going to let any thing stop me.



So I was thinking about doing a Sunday Psalm Verse every Sunday, so I thought I would start with today. Here is today's verse:

 

Hope you have a great day and May God Bless!!!

 

Krystal Hepner

One of those days

I have been having a rough few days at work. I have a coworker that makes me feel as if I'm a child and I'm stupid. When I ask a question she reacts as if I'm a child then she yells at me which makes me feel stupid. I can't wait for my days to end so I can go home when I use to enjoy coming to work. I am going to make the best of today and get through today with a smile no matter what.

On a different note I got a new toy!!! My husband got me a Nikon D80 with a telescope lens!!! I have been in heaven with it. It takes great pictures, my kids hates it because all they hear is click, click, click lol. When we put up our Christmas tree a few days ago I took tons of pictures. I well share later because I'm at work and don't have access to my pictures our the camera.

Well I hope everyone has a great day, I'll try and be back later with photos!!!

God bless!

Krystal Hepner

I'M BACK!!!!

I am finally back online!!! I have recently gotten a job and have been very busy. My husband also lost his job the same day that I got mine. So things around here have been really stressful and busy. But I am thinking about keeping up with this blog more and doing vlogs, but first I have to get my blog out there and then start a new Youtube channel so that I can put the vlogs out there. I don't know if my life would be interesting but I did start videoing some of my life when I went on a trip a few weeks ago. I am up in the air as to what to do because I really would like to do it. Not just to share my life with everyone but for my own reasons.

You know you see the reality shows on TV and I have to say that is not reality that is reality with a splash of Hollywood. My family life can boring at times or it can be serious at times or just plan out silly some times.

But we will see were it takes us and how it goes. So until next time, God Bless and Have a Great Day oh and don't forget to smile!!!