This post is going to be very random as I just need to just write….or type in this case.  My head is a spinning mess as I ponder what direction I should be taking right now in my life.  Ok, let me step back.  Life is good don’t get me wrong.  I have a great family, a roof over my head, and I have my health.  What I’m really talking about is what should I be doing?  I’m in this rut in my career.  I find myself hating going to work every day.  It doesn’t bring me the same joy it once did.  Oh yes, I probably shouldn’t be typing these words since I do have co-workers who read my blog.  But seriously I have to get this off my chest.  Shouldn’t you be doing something you love?  Something that has a purpose?  And that you wake up excited to do?  YES!!!  100 times YES!  So with that being said that is why my mind is spinning messing!  And I’m left with the question “what should I do”.  So on a piece of paper I wrote down the things I love, which were….

Cooking/Baking – Duh!

Being creative

Primal Living

CrossFit

Blogging – the place I get to be creative

So what do I do with all that?  I’ve tossed around many ideas in my head, but this is the year I make changes.  I need to!  Not only for me but for my family because being unhappy in a place where I spend most of my time is running over into my family life.  NOT GOOD!  

So here is to figuring it all out.  And for finding that happiness! 

Any of you have any ideas for me?    

Thanks for letting me vent.  This post may come back in bite me in the rear…..but honestly I don’t care.  This is my space in this world to have my freedom of speech!  So here is to freedom too!!

Enough said…..

I’m thankful for many things….so much that I couldn’t put them all above.  Thank you to everyone for being such great readers!  I hope you all have a very Happy Thanksgiving!!!  And I hope you have a very special day with those you love!!!

Happy Thanksgiving!

Here is part 2 of my trip to Sedona.

Again, we stayed at the Enchantment Resort and it was amazing.  Included at the resort is their spa called Miiamo….which by the way is amazing and offers different kinds of services from your typical spa.  I actually took advantage of those different services and tried acupuncture for the first time and also at a reading of the moment which consisted of a palm reading, tarot cards, numerology, and the pendulum.  Pretty amazing stuff from my reading!  Highly recommend that service if you make your way to the Mii amo Spa. 

On most evenings and early mornings it was common to see wild life along the property of the resort.  We mostly saw deer and we also saw several baby deer.  When calling home I would tell the girls that mommy saw baby deer and their reply was “you mean you saw Bambi”.  So I should tell you all that I saw Bambi!  And Bambi and her mom were ok with you coming within a close distance to capture a picture or two.  Also during our visit we spotted what look to us as wild boar, but there in Sedona they call them a different name….which of course is escaping my mind right now.  I didn’t have my camera at the time to capture a picture of that little critter.  Maybe next time?

And lastly I had to include a picture of the flowers my wonderful husband sent to our room to wish me a happy birthday.  It made our room smell amazing during our stay and luckily my cousin who came up to visit one day from Phoenix was able to take them back to her place to enjoy.

So there you have it folks….part 2 of my wonderful birthday trip to Sedona.  Again if I haven’t said it enough….you must go!

A few weeks ago my mom treated me to the perfect birthday present….a spa getaway to Sedona, Arizona at the Enchantment Resort!  It’s the first trip I’ve had with just my mom since I got married (which will be 7 years come this weekend)!  Needless to say, this trip was well needed for the both of us!  Not just for the mom and daughter time but also for the “me” time (for the both of us).  No distractions… just beautiful scenery, relaxation, good company, and some hiking!  And in my case some sleep!  Haven’t been getting as much as I should these days so it was nice to get some much needed rest.  It was the perfect getaway and it was hard for both of us to pack our bags at the end of our trip. 

 Here are a few pictures from our trip and later this week I’ll share photo’s of the Enchantment Resort, the amazing place we called home for 3 nights/4 days.  If you ever need an getaway and are a loss for a relaxing location and love the West….you have to go here!  You won’t regret it!  Everything was amazing!

The above is one of my favorite images from the trip for some reason.  I got up early the first morning of our trip and headed out to the main building in search of a cell phone signal to call home to talk to the girls.  I ended up walking out on one of the top decks and this was my view.  It was right before the sun was rising and I just sat there in amazement of the beauty of what was around me. 

Here is mom and I (can you tell she’s my mom?) on our first full day and our first hike of the trip!  It would be the first of many hikes we did on our trip!  We learn a lot along the guided trail about the red rocks, the plant life, the history of Sedona, and even about the wildlife. 

The red rocks are amazing.  This picture was taken along our first hike. 

And a couple more of mom and I….sorry, we don’t tend to get many pictures together so we took advantage of the photo opts along the hike.

The hike was a pretty rocky trip with climbs along the way.  We climbed up out onto this rock for a mom and daughter photo moment.

And here are a couple more scenic photo’s from our trip.

Another one of my favorites for some reason.  This was on another hike.  Bright and early and the sun was just starting to make it’s appearance.

I have almost 200 pictures from my trip.  I’m still trying to go through them all and edit some of them.  I’ll be back with more details this week from my trip.

Last Friday marked the 1^st day of Fall!  Crazy to think Fall is here!  I love Fall, but here in South Florida we don’t get much of Fall.  Actually our winter’s are more like our Fall.  The funniest thing is the girls learned about Fall at school last week.  They came home last Thursday full of knowledge about Fall and all the things that Fall is “supposed” to bring….leaves change color, no sunshine (not sure about that one), leaves falling, piles of leaves to jump in, they get to wear boots, and Halloween.  I laughed out loud as they explained all this to me in a very excited manner.  I actually didn’t even know Friday was the 1^st day of Fall until they came home with much excitement to tell me.  But when Friday came, they didn’t understand why the sun was still out and the leaves weren’t changing colors and falling.  They also didn’t understand why they couldn’t wear their boots to school.  Having to explain that in Florida we don’t get Fall like other parts of the USA was a little hard.  I was able to convince them that the sun shining was good because it makes us smile.  They agreed the sun was necessary but the boots took a little more persuading.  I tried to tell them that 90 degree weather wouldn’t be too much fun to wear boots in.  They ended up scoring a pair of pink boots when the temperatures do drop though…thanks to their daddy.

As I was on Pinterest recently I came across the above checklist….and loved it!  Some of the things will be hard to do in South Florida but I’m still going to use it as my checklist.  What’s on your checklist for fall?

 Happy Fall!!

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