The "Loud" Mom

I have always been the person in my family to rise before anyone else. I was the one singing, "Good morning! Good morning! Its great to stay up late!" to my friends in college and to jump on my brother to wake him up.

My days were spent filled with adventures and ideas. My passion overflowed in my emotions. I was the loud person.Not like I shout everything I say, but I am the person singing in the store. I am the one dancing in the car. I am also the one who can be loudest when I argue and when I feel heart break. And when my children came into my life my loud nature only become thundering.

Suddenly I was this large force with a loud voice. My children need me. They need my encouragement, my training, my guidance.

And its not just that they need, I need it as well. Me being a loud person, also means I am an emotional person. I feel my children's pain. I cry with them. I cry for them. I am happy with them and at times I am happy for them, even when they do something amazing, but they don't realize that yet.

It doesn't just go to my children, but to the people around me. When my husband calls from work, I talk fast and happy keeping his spirits high so he can handle the stressful shift of 5pm-1:30am in the morning. When my friends cry, I want hug them. When they are angry I want to fix their problems. I am loud because my filled with such a emotions I can't hold it all in. When I have an idea I want to share it If I have a new discovery I want people to know.

I am loud not to put on a  show. I am not here to prove a point. I am loud because I want people to share in the joys I have. I want people to feel free to sing in the store. I want mothers to know it okay to ridiculous with your children in front of everyone.

As cheesy as this sounds. Dance in the rain. Sing out loud and laugh so hard you can barely breathe. People may look. People may say something. They may even say, "You are loud."

Smile and be proud. You are the voice of encouragement and praise to your children. You are the force the protects from the bad. You the person laughing hard and putting smiles on the faces that matter most.

Be loud.

Brief Update!

New Year resolutions...I have actually kept a few this year! I have done more art! Pictures are mostly posted on  https://www.facebook.com/createdphotostudio. I update as often as possible.

My reading list is being tackled, ever so so slowly. This not a ton of time between reading in the short showers my children permit and waiting to pick up my daughter form preschool.  Yet with what little time I have I think am half way through a  book this month so far. Maybe at the end of the year I will have 2-4 books finished. *hears husband laugh at my high ambitions*

Anyways, my goal to post weekly on my blog really sucks, because of how little time I have, but I would love try more. Maybe shorter posts with more pictures. Tidbits moments of my life...though I think that is what Facebook is for. Anyways, more to come later.

Our Power is out!

My husband had just left for his work, when suddenly the lights went out. I already had a bowl and the eggs out getting ready to make cupcakes. Then I heard it. "Oh no! The tablet it broken!" Theo joined his sister's desperate cry as the T. V. was suddenly shut off. My quiet evening routine was disrupted by the dying light of day and no power to my house. There went dinner, cupcakes, and my kids being quiet.
I scrambled for my phone and with a huge sigh of relief found it was fulled charged. Checked the tablet's power, then texted my mother-in-law telling her my power was out. Being 30 degrees outside, I wasn't sure how long our heat would last. After a call to the electric company, they said it take 3 hours. 3 HOURS!? I felt hopeless. How could I keep my 2 year old son and 3 year old daughter entertained in a dimly lit living room without them wanting to touch the candles?
I was frantic for ideas, when my daughter came up to him wanting to be held. I paused.
Then for about 15 minutes I held her while my son wondering from room to room giggly about the lights being out and nothing working. After a little while she fell asleep, while then my son starting pulling out his blocks to play with in the living room. It was quiet and peaceful. My frantic self was suddenly calmed. I pulled out my yoga mat and did 30 minutes of yoga off youtube from my phone. In candle light with my children safely napping and playing, it was the best hour I had in a long time. No TV, but my phone instructing me into yoga positions and the soft glow of candle light. It was amazing.

I am not sure what I learned. But I learned my kids are wonderful. Not that they don't have their moments, but I saw them behave and have fun with new experience of being without power. I realized how little time I give myself to do something for myself like yoga. And how wonderful it felt to have very little tech working.  I feel like I should do this more often.

Anyways, I have to scoot off.

until I have more free time

Tacia

Updates and Slow dates.

I wish I wrote more of late. It been very difficult the last few months since so much happened this year. I wish I could share it all. However, there are to many long stories, too many details, and just mentally tiring to try and rethink about it all. My parent divorce, my children getting older, many of my friends moving and/or having babies.
My sister is not engaged. My brother moved out of state after joining the Military. My husband has a new job. Lots of huge steps taken so fast I was unable to keep up.
But I have a new goal. As the holidays approach and the ever so wonderful New Year's, the holiday of purposely making breakable self promises, I have decied to blog at least twice a month for the Organic Poptart and whenver for my new one.

Also In am a business owner! I own small art gallery and gift shop!  More to post later!


I have another more artists blog running aside this one called, perspectivesfromnata.blogspot.com. Go ahead and check it out. :)

Positively.

Things get crazy as school lets out and the weather get warmer. It drives me nut to see how crazy times flies and how crowded stores can really be once everyone is out & about for the summer season. Today I just feel like ranting about nothing really.
I was in the store shopping for some groceries I forgot to get on my last grocery trip and I ran into a group of giggly high schoolers. I checked the time, it was only 11:23 in the morning. They should still be in school, I thought, but realized school must of just let out. It really didn't bother me until I saw them messing with things on shelves and laughing at the fact they were going to make some employee's job a little harder. Its little things like that erk me, when people find entertainment in making other people's lives harder.
Just the other day, I was with my mom on our way to set for a party when we got stuck in traffic. Mom had to get over in the next lane. It takes two seconds to let one person over. But I sat and watched 8 drivers go by refusing to let her in the other lane. Only on the 9th driver, did she let our car squeeze in. This kind of things happens to everyone who drives. Hey we have probably been the one of those people refusing to let someone in the next lane. I just think why not? Why is our 2 seconds so much more important to be front than the other?
Why is it we are easily negative to everyone we don't know? This world is filled so much with depressed and frustrated people why do we have to spread it to other people? Maybe life can be a little easier if we found entertainment in saying "thanks" to our cashier, rather than mess up his products. How about we wave someone on and let go of those 2 precious seconds and breathe a little.
Enjoy life and be positive.

God bless

NaTacia

Quotably quotable.

Someone told me they hated this new "trend" of quotes on pretty pictures or neatly designed, floating all around social media. I understood where she was coming from, since many quotes are not even quoted properly or the picture has nothing to do with pictures itself. But I think it wonderful to see these quotes and proverbs floating around. I think they leave a positive message for those who notice it.

Sometimes the pretty flower pictures with  "Live in the moment," is the needed reminder for a mother to slow down and enjoy her children. Or maybe the sunrise with couple walking into it with, "Fight for Love," gives a struggling couple ambition to keep trying. It may seem stupid to others, but for some other person they are just the right words at the right moment. This a trend that actually does no harm, but can help and make people happy. It is something the world could use more off. Here are few of my favorites that floated around facebook.

"I believe that happy girls are the prettiest girls."- Audrey Hepburn.

This one is popular. It is simple, but speaks loud. Happy girls are pretty girls. Beauty is placed in such vain things, like to be pretty you must be size 2, with large breasts, with men fawning over you left and right. No, simply be yourself and be happy and you are already gorgeous.

"If you ask me, I think I am a mixture, of what I don't know." -Marilyn Monroe

We all change over time. We can like one thing, then hate the next moments. We grow up, we renew ourselves. There is always something new to learn everyday, which becomes a little part of us. We are not just one title. For me , I am plucky, ambitious, over bearing, loving, out-going, a mother, daughter,etc. The list can go on and and on. 

 "You can't be brave if you've only had wonderful things happen to you." -Mary Tyler Moore

This one is so very true! Sometimes life has to get a little rough so we can face our fears. You can't run from your problem or expect nothing bad to happen. 

These are pretty short. I like long ones, but I find them hard to remember so my favorites tend be shorter. Anyways, what are your favorite quotes? 

Until another day,

Toodles! 
 

THoughts on -"Rimmel London Moisture Renew Lipstick"

Another product I wish to share with you all. Rarely do share products but sometimes I do, usually from Influenster, which I did receive this product from, but these are my honest opinions. I never share anything I don't like, because if I didn't like why would want to share it?


First those who know me know I hardly wear lipstick. Those who don't know me, would never meet in public wearing lipstick, why? Because it cracks my lips. I am one of those people who sensitive lips that I react to some lip balms even. (I know pretty sad.) On the few time I have worn lipstick it is because I went ga-ga over the color (the artist inside me) or it was for something special, like a wedding. However, Rimmell London Moisture Renew Lipstick was quiet a little surprise for me.
 Please excuse the lopsided lips. My lips are uneven, but that is one flaw I don't want to hide, because it is part of me. No one notices unless I have pictures this close to my lips.

First, very creamy. I tested it on my wrist for a hour to see if I would react, then placed in on lips. Very creamy texture which glides on very smooth. The color was pretty intense the first time I applied. Very bright but liked the fact the it was pigmented and didn't have to reapply sick times to get the actual color of the lipstick. A little goes a long way. So if you want just hint a color I would use a lip brush to apply.

Now just because it says "moisture" somewhere in the title doesn't mean it really does anything for the lips to hydrate or keep moist. Yet, I was very pleased to have soft lips during the wearing period and even after.

The only flaw I would say is I wished it had lasted longer. But I can't really complain about that because most long lasting lipstick or very drying to the lips and leave the feeling sticky and dry.

I would give this product a 4.5  out of 5 stars in my book. It has nice color selection ad love that tha colors are vibrant and the application is the actual color. That is huge thing in my book. One application should be the color not after six time reapplying. Anyways you can find the lipstick I think at Target and places like CVS and Walgreens.

For the price it worth a try. :)

Until another day toodles!