My dirty habit

Wow - life is expensive.  I mean I always knew life was expensive but it really is and now I also must figure out how to pay for everything I have had the privilege to enjoy.  

I love books and reading the "new" stuff  out there.  The downside to this is, as a new mom all this information can honestly drive me crazy because I question EVERYTHING.  A kobo or an eReader would be great and all, but the reality is, I can't afford it and I don't find technology all that relaxing anyway!  The library is good but if I forget to return my books, I then get dinged with a fine which really defeats the purpose.  As such, I have been purging my book shelfs and selling my books to the used book store to support my dirty habit.  I now have a list of used books I'm looking for and it's a game for me to find them an the truth is, I enjoy it.

While on topic, here is a book recommendation for you.  It's a fantastic quick read with a boat load of metaphors in it and what I find amazing about it is that everyone has a different interpretation of the story. 

Family vehicle

HA!  And this is EXACTLY why we drive a Subaru. 

YEAY Me

Time to Relax

I seem to be very confused.  I'm such a YES person but when someone offers me help, I say NO.  What is wrong with me?!  Why am I so bad at asking for help?!  I'm a new parent baby F is only one three months old, clearly I need help!  Parenting is the hardest thing I've ever done!  Nonetheless, I'm happy to do nice things for other people and I forget to take care of myself.  As discussed in previous post, I need to take care of MYSELF first.  If I don't take care of me, then I can't take care of my family!

I need to work on relaxing, here is some inspiration:

YES and NO

One thing that I am trying desperately to learn how to do is to say no.  I'm a "yes" kinda person.  When friends and family ask me to go for coffee, a beer, shopping, a run you name it, I say YES, YES, YES!  Hook a sister up!!!  So, I go, and I "try" and do it; I try and do it "all".  The one thing I seem to keep forgetting is that now I have a baby and this baby takes up a boat load of time, energy etc (insert adjective of your choice here).  I can go for my coffee or beer but I also need and want to take care of baby F.  When I say yes too often I'm actual kicking myself in the teeth!  I am the one who ends up paying for it when I get too run down and crazy over tired!  So for right now, I need to say NO and I need to take care of my baby.

I clearly need to purchase a t-shirt with the following on the front.