Muffie's Place: Tsunami of a Year

Tuesday, May 21, 2013

Tsunami of a Year

Oh, wow where to begin. I am pretty sure I fell of the face of the planet but so much has happened this year and it is not even June yet. 2013 is turning out to be a tsunami of a year LOL. I have shared with you that both my husband and I lost brothers in March; our oldest son was married on April 6 but wait that is not the best part…I went back to work. I know I know I was really enjoying my time at home and this was a really tough decision. Hubby was not on board 100% with the decision but he left it up to me. I spoiled him in just the few short months I was home. Clean clothes, dinner on the table and a wife that wasn’t stressed and grumpy all the time LOL. Like I said it was a hard decision, but with the way the economy is going I feel I need to contribute to our goals of owning our own home and being out of debt. I am hoping this is just a temporary stint back in the work force but if not at least I love my job and it pays well. It is nowhere near as stressful as my last job. However, this means I am back to crockpot cooking and OAMC (once a month cooking.) So watch for recipes that are hubby tried and approved over the next few months.

I will also share with you some short cuts I have learned for housecleaning on the fly. I will post my tricks at keeping the bathroom clean and tips on short cuts on other dreaded house cleaning chores. I mean who wants to spend their off day cleaning house all day.

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Hello and welcome to Muffie’s place. I am a wife, mother, daughter, and sister who has, yet again, entered a new chapter of her life...the empty nest. Hubby and I are enjoying each other and getting to know each other again...We are finally able to look across the table and talk about something other than school, sports activities or the boys in general. We miss our boys dearly but rest in the knowledge that we did our best to rear Godly men and instill in them not only the head knowledge of God but the heart knowledge as well. Now momma has to let go and release them back into God's hands, all I can do now is pray.

Today Life is Good and God is Great. So come along on the journey as I strive to balance work, the empty nest, preparing for retirement and yet finding time to be barefoot and play in my garden. However, in order to live this dream life I have to adhere to a strict budget. This is how I deal with a one salary household (even though we both work we are striving to live on one salary), budget constraints, feed my man that has a manual labor job and at times is a bottomless pit. Bottomless equals empty pantry and freezer, thank goodness it comes in spurts and I get a chance to restock. Also on this strict budget I strive to clothe both of us and buy steel toed work boots (*faint) for as little as possible. Since we have moved to a different region we have a distinct winter and summer so one wardrobe does not work any more. We have to have winter clothes and summer clothes. I have to learn to manage all of this and still make time to have my fun too.

With the boys are all grown and on their own means I can clean my house and it doesn’t look like a locker room or dorm room at the end of the day. You know, I miss that just not the smell. We still get those frantic calls when their month is more than their bank accounts. Hey what is a mom to do let her babies starve? I remember how it was when we first started out, rent, food student loans and the car always breaking down. Life it is full of surprises and in this economy usually those surprises are not that good.

I used to joke that I was born a decade too late that I should've been a hippie but my best friend tells me I am too conservative to be a hippie that I am just a little ol' earth muffin. I have been married to my soul mate over half my life and we have three wonder sons and three beautiful daughters (in-laws.) Most of all I refuse to grow old. So grab a cup of coffee and come along on the journey of budgets, natural herbs and essential oils; living green and leaving a small eco footprint. Oh and lending a helping hand when needed.