My Glamorous Mom Life
Wednesday, November 30, 2016
Open Letter To The Mom Who Feels Unimportant
People seem to have forgotten the important
role we as mom’s play, they seem to think we aren’t needed very much or
we don’t “do” anything. I guess they think we just live this “glamorous” life
or something? ;)
What I’m getting at is, no matter what anyone
says, YOU are important and your role is just as important. Sure, most of us
stay at home with our kids and don’t “have a job”, (come on, our job is 24\7 no
sick time or pregnancy leave) but I believe the best “job” we have is
motherhood. Our children need us to be here and teach them, play with them, and
care for them. Our children are to be raised by us, not anyone else, that’s why
we are called Mother. We mother them, feed them, teach them, show them, change
their dirty little diapers, sing to them, give them a love they can’t find
anywhere else.
So, the next time someone asks what you “do”
and they give you “the look” when you tell them you take care of your children,
just smile. Be proud of what you do, there’s no one else as qualified as YOU to
raise YOUR children. Don’t get lost in feeling like you aren’t doing anything
with your life, you’re raising our next generation, your teaching and bringing
up (hopefully) warriors for God! That’s the best most important thing you could
do. That’s who are. Not, if you work in an office or design clothes, that stuff
doesn’t define us.
The next time someone remarks that you have all
the time in the world, and that you don’t do anything all day, just smile. Tell
them aaallllllll about your “glamorous mom life”. I’m sure they won’t make that
same remark the next time. ;) Just be proud of who you are as mother, and don’t
let anyone make you think differently. Sure there are days we just simply are
lazy and don’t do much, but I guarantee you, that you still take care your
children, you still fix them food and clean them and help them. Even our lazy
days are filled with work. Lol.
If you’re still feeling like you want something
to do, something that’s your project, find something like jewelry making, or
painting, makeup, designing clothes, ect. And do that from home. I know there
are a lot of women who want to work and do more than mothering but still be the
one with their children. There are so many things you can do now a days and
still be with your kids. If that’s what it takes to give you more confidence as a
mother, go for it. Show the world that you CAN be the one to raise your kids
and STILL “work”.
Keep being glamorous and always remember
Proverbs 31,
Carlee, The Glamorous Mom.
Don’t forget to like my Facebook page and keep
in touch. J
Monday, November 21, 2016
"The More I Obey"
My Glamorous Mom Life
Today I was encouraged by a post from a friend
of mine and I would love to share it with you! (with her permission of course!)
J So, here is what my friend Anna wrote…
“Sometimes when I do my Bible study, I get the
feeling that God sits upon His throne looking down at Earth and shakes His
head. A lot. Today, I read Exodus chapters 14- 17. These passages detail more
of the flight of the Israelite's from Egypt, particularly the destruction of the
Egyptians by the parting of the Red Sea. After the Israelite's were delivered
from their pursuers, they praised God with song and made a mighty noise to the
name of the Lord. But this wasn't the end of the Israelite's trials. They were
still without a home and completely reliant on God to provide for them.
It was a struggle though. They grumbled against
Moses when there was no water, but when Moses prayed, God provided water. They
grumbled again when there was no food, but after a prayer from Moses, God sent
manna and quail. This time, however, there were conditions. The Lord
specifically tells Moses that He is going to test the Israelite's, to see if
they will obey His commands. Moses tells the people that they are to gather
only are certain amount of the manna every day for five days, but on the sixth,
they will gather twice as much. Did the Israelite's listen at first? Of course
not! God had a head shaking moment here as the Israelite's gathered more than
they were commanded and when the morning came; the excess was filled with worms
and stank.
This account mirrors our everyday lives
perfectly, I think. God is our Father and is going to provide for us abundantly
when we do as He commands. But how many times did we actually do that without
having to be dragged, kicking and screaming, through trials first? We can avoid
the worms in our manna if we hearken to the voice of the Lord- that which is
embedded in His Holy Word and the one that speaks to our individual hearts.
That isn't an easy thing to do and it's
something I struggle with daily. When God tells me to bless someone else or to
do something specific, my usual immediate response is to say but what about me,
Lord? My family needs this money, someone else can talk to that person about
You, I am dealing with screaming kids here, I am afraid Lord!
But I have realized that the more I obey, the
less I worry. The more I obey, the better I feel. And most importantly, the
more I obey, the more I hear His voice. And it is wondrous.”
Keep being glamorous and always remember
Proverbs 31,
Carlee, The Glamorous Mom.
Don’t forget to like my Facebook page and keep
in touch. J
Friday, November 18, 2016
A Stress Free Christmas
My Glamorous Mom Life
Thanksgiving and Christmas are upon us, just
around the corner! (wow!) This time of year is wonderful and beautiful to me.
The decorations, thankfulness, gifts, Jesus’ birth celebration, time with
family, Christmas movies, and so much more, are just some of the things to look
forward to. We get so excited once November 1st gets here and turn on
Jingle Bells and Silent Night, then we get the tree up and start buying gifts. #Christmastime
#besttimeofyear
But then we start stressing over getting a
perfect Thanksgiving meal cooked, figuring out who’s having dinner with who and
where and when. Getting your kids exactly what they want or you think they
want, figuring out your Christmas day schedule and so on. We. Get. BUSY! We get
so busy that we forget what this time of year is about, and we get stressed and
don’t “enjoy” the holidays.
Know this, everything doesn’t have to be
perfect, everybody doesn’t have to get EVERY item on their Christmas list, YOU
don’t have to do everything. Take time this season to relax and truly enjoy
this time of year. Drink some hot chocolate and watch Charlie Brown Christmas,
or Santa Claus Is Coming To Town. Maybe you like the Santa Claus movies or Home
Alone, whatever makes you relax and enjoy Christmas. Take a day to watch
Hallmark Christmas movies all day, eat some Christmas cookies or Pumpkin pie.
Read your children the Christmas story, make ornaments together. Just do
SOMETHING to make this time of year peaceful and enjoyable for you.
One
thing I quit doing is Black Friday shopping, it’s just crazy and stressful.
Plus, I mean most of what’s on “sale” you can get throughout the year for the
same price, trust me I worked retail. That’s one less thing for me to stress
over. Another thing I do is we as a family take a whole day to put up
decorations and the tree together, we have Christmas music, apple spice desert,
and watch Christmas movies afterwards. This year we read the Christmas story to
my 10 month old. It was a great fun family day. No stress. (amen to that)
So, figure out what YOU need to do to put less
stress on yourself and your family and ENJOY this busy, fun time of year. Always remember, prayer is the best stress reliever! Have
a thankful Thanksgiving, a merry Christmas, and a blessed New Year.
Keep being glamorous and always remember
Proverbs 31,
Carlee, The Glamorous Mom.
Don’t forget to like my Facebook page and keep
in touch. J
Tuesday, November 15, 2016
Leading By Example
My Glamorous Mom Life
We lead by example. Right? That’s what we
always hear, but do we actually put that into action in our daily lives? Or is
it just something we take action in during the “big” things? I believe as moms
we need to take that into action even in the smallest thing.
Just the other day as I was about to tell
Tobias for the hundredth time to be a little patient with me as I’m doing something
like cleaning his bottle or something of the like, it hit me. Why would my son
be patient with me if I am never patient with him? That makes no sense right? I
mean he is MY son, he is with ME all the time so surely he will take on some of
my habits or personality. So, how can I tell him to be patient if I’m not
practicing patience myself? That doesn’t make me very “glamorous” now does it?
You see, if I am going to teach my son what is
right and wrong then I need to show him what is right and wrong. I can’t expect
him to learn patience if I am not at all patient. If I tell him one thing and
do another then I am only taking one step forward and five steps back. You’re
not really teaching if you’re doing that. (talking to myself here as well) Our
kids do not want to learn from hypocrites, they want to learn from mature,
responsible, sometimes the tough parent, who loves them, who is willing to show
them and not just spout out words.
I’ve seen it time and time again, parents who
drink or smoke tell their kids not to and the first thing their kids do is get
hooked on it. But parents who lead by example have much better results. That’s not
to say your kids won’t rebel, but your example will be with them and they will
understand what they did was wrong. Proverbs 22:6 says… “Train up a child in
the way he should go, and when he is old he will not depart from it.”
So, lead by example, be patient and stick with
it. Your child will learn, and when he is old he won’t depart from it. Your
children will love you for it, even if they get mad at first, when they can’t
do something, they will come around. Be blessed and glamorous.
Just something God showed me the other day,
hope it encourages you as it did me. :)
Keep being glamorous and always remember
Proverbs 31,
Carlee, The Glamorous Mom.
Don’t forget to like my Facebook page and keep
in touch. J
Thursday, November 10, 2016
It's The Little Things
My Glamorous Mom Life
Okay, this week I felt so great, almost
glamorous. You want to know why? I made a really nice meal. #boom #fireworks .
You read that right, a good meal. You see, most of the time I’m either to
stressed, busy, or just plain lazy to cook up this amazing meal. Crock pot
meals or dare I say frozen meals are my go to if out to eat is out of the
question (better spoken as out of the budget :p ) so being able to have a
really nice meal for my husband to come home to makes me feel great, like a job
well done. Feeling like I actually accomplished something well, makes me feel
good, makes me feel “glamorous” per say. Just being a good wife and mother and
feeling like I did it well is all it takes to helping me feel glamorous even
when everything might not be so glamorous. When I actually do what I should as
a wife, and as a mother, it makes me feel beautiful in my husband’s eyes, and
great in my child’s eyes which in turn make me feel glamorous, special, and
accomplished. Its little things we do and get done right, that make us feel
like glamorous moms and wives’. I think it’s just as important to be a
glamorous wife, just as it is a glamorous mom. So, take time to do those little
things like a home cooked meal, or whatever it is you would like to feel
accomplished in and watch how much more glamorous you will feel in your
everyday life. The everyday “duties” we have to do, don’t have to seem so
dreadful. They actually make us feel great when we do a good job at them. Be
blessed and glamorous.
Keep being glamorous and always remember
Proverbs 31,
Carlee, The Glamorous Mom.
Don’t forget to like my Facebook page and keep
in touch. J
P.s. we had cubed deer steak, white cheese and bacon macaroni, and three cheese mashed potatoes.
Thursday, November 3, 2016
Becoming A More Glamorous Mom
My Glamorous Mom Life
Dear Glamorous Moms,
I want to share with you some key happy mommy
info I discovered last night, during an argument of all times. (what!?) You
see, while I was so busy going on and on about how much my husband had made me
so mad, and how frustrated I was with Tobias, I began to think about how
blessed I am. Yes, blessed. Even though I’m super mad and upset I was thinking
about the blessings in my life. I started thinking about how blessed I am to
have a husband who loves me and the Lord, how blessed I am that no matter what,
he will still love me, and how blessed I am to have an amazing little boy with
him. I couldn’t imagine my life without Tobias, and that wouldn’t have been
possible without my husband. You know what that made me do? It made calm down,
think, and get over myself. Sometimes we
fuss and get mad at #everything because we are stressed or tired. Instead of
having a civil conversation we end up yelling and demanding what we want. But,
when we take the time to start thinking how much God has blessed us, we start
thinking how incredibly selfish we are being. We are already blessed so much
and yet it’s not enough. I personally want to look more on the positive side
and keep my mind focused on the blessings, and maybe then I won’t get so heated
about something that’s probably not important any way. #canyoufeelme Take time to be grateful for your blessings
today, praise God for your blessings. It will help you have the right mindset
and be able to be happy mommy for your little one who doesn’t need a stressed
out maniac like we sometimes get. J I believe having this type
of mindset will help me be a better, more glamorous mom.
Keep being glamorous and always remember
Proverbs 31,
Carlee, The Glamorous Mom.
Don’t forget to like my Facebook page and keep
in touch. J
Tuesday, November 1, 2016
Introduction To: My Glamorous Mom Life
My Glamorous Mom Life
Hi, my name is Carlee and I’m about to
introduce you into my “glamorous” mom life. #momlife …. Because we are run on
hashtags #needcoffee. Today I woke up to a soaked baby needing a bath yet
again, lol I’m down to one last sheet after we had just bought more because I haven’t
made it to my laundry spot to do laundry. #apartmentlife The bed needs cleaning
now of course, but I love seeing how much fun my son Tobias has in his duck
bath. This is a typical morning for me. I did at least get up in time to have 1
cup of coffee and enter 1 event on the fashion game I play. ( yes I love video
games). I also managed to read my Bible in the quiet (yes!). See, just a few minutes
of quiet can make me feel glamorous. Don’t get me wrong, lipstick and falsies
are my thing but being glamorous isn’t always about the outer part of things. Full
face of makeup, hair done, perfect outfit are most of the time impossible for a
mom of little ones. I do however sacrifice the hair, nails, and time to pick
out an outfit to make sure my makeup is on fleek. ;) Sometimes though, being glamorous
is about a few minutes alone, or a few minutes of quiet, maybe an hour away
just to get groceries or buy things for your little one. This past weekend me and
my husband’s date consisted of taking Tobias to the local corn maze (alone time
is rare for us), even though we couldn’t go out alone we made it work and had
an amazing night. That, made me feel special and glamorous. To be a glamorous
mom sometimes, you have to drop the expectations and be okay with imperfection.
Make it work. Accepting that you might not be 100% on fleek, your house may be
a mess, you have no time or money to get your hair done, and maybe you are
running on 2hrs of sleep and 20 cups of coffee, but that might be just what you need to
start feeling glamorous.
Keep being glamorous and always remember
Proverbs 31,
Carlee, The Glamorous Mom.
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