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One Lovely Blog Award

Posted on June 2, 2012 by Renee Spindle

I am pleased as punch to share with everyone that I have received a nomination for the “One Lovely Blog Award”. My fellow blogger, Joan, at thethingaboutjoan has graciously nominated me for this award. Joan’s writing is from the heart, and I love how she writes about her experiences day in and day out with her kids. Thanks Joan!

My domestic Goddess status has given me the freedom in the last year to learn about blogging and writing my little life’s stories. So far it has been a wonderful journey working on writing and sharing little bits and pieces of my family’s life.

In the spirit of this award here are 7 things you may find interesting about me:

1) I just discovered how much I love writing in this past year. So far it has been a pretty eye-opening experience for me.

2) My sister is my best friend. We don’t live close to one another, but we are learning how much we can lean on each other. Hugs to you Laura!

3) Becoming a Grandma is one of life’s experiences that you can’t really explain in words to someone else. You just having to experience it!

4) Being married to a road warrior is a challenge, but it is a challenge that I accept and embrace.

5)There is no single word to describe how incredible it is to be able to help your parents with anything they need, when they have ALWAYS been there for you. Love you Mom & Dad!!

6) Painting any room in my house is a hobby I love, love, love.

7) My brother and I played a guitar duet in the mall for our guitar recital, many, many moons ago. Remember this Jim?

And now for the good stuff, these are a few blogs that I enjoy following:

Maggiesonebuttkitchen – What a plethora of recipes to choose from. I am looking forward to making some of Maggie’s recipes over the summer. Yum, yum.
Meg Travels– Meg has great pictures of her travel adventures, and I love reading her tips and tricks for great travel experiences.
Shutterbug Sage– Such a great collection of pictures. I love photography, and love looking at the world through another photographer’s eye.
Grandma’s Briefs– Lisa’s intriguing stories of the Grandma life are very relatable, as I have one grandson, and another grandchild on the way.
The Suburban Cook– Kim has an amazing way of writing about her cooking, and intertwining her life happenings with her food experiences.
Joan on the Road – This is my Mom’s blog page. My parents live in their RV fulltime, and my Mom has a wonderful way of drawing you into her stories.
Rantings of an Amateur Chef – Love the presentation of the recipes here. Makes me want to get into the kitchen right away.

The guidelines for accepting this award are as follows:
1. Thank the blogger who nominated you and link back to their blog in your post.
2. Share 7 things about yourself.
3. Nominate about 15 other blogs that you enjoy.
4. Let the nominees know that you chose them. There’s no pressure to accept, just do what feels good.

Thanks again Joan for the nomination. I’m looking forward to checking out your fave blogs, and finding some new peeps to follow. Happy writing to all!

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My Domestic Goddess Status – Just an Update

Posted on April 29, 2012 by Renee Spindle

It is almost the end of April, and it has been just about a year since I quit my job in the Corporate arena! My how time flies!! I was crowned by my beloved Travel Man as the Domestic Goddess of our household shortly after I decided to stay at home for a while. Little did I know how much I would love this title. If you follow my stories you know I left my job a year ago to pursue other interests. Here’s a link to my post from last April about my life change-Our Girls Vision Luncheon.

In the past year I have had the opportunity to spend time with my grandson, do lots and lots of baking, do a little bit of sewing ( I want to get more of this done soon!), start and finish some little home improvement projects, take a few trips with Travel Man, try some new recipes, add to our list of family favorite recipes, read more books, and generally have the luxury to just come and go as I please. This has all been so personally rewarding for me. Getting to discover what I love to do again, and who knew that I had a passion for writing. I always felt that I had some stories to tell that people would relate to, but I did not realize how much I would enjoy sharing them.

My Domestic Goddess title was given to me by my loving husband. It is because of his encouragement and support that I am able to do what I want to do. Thanks Travel Man for all that you do.

One of my biggest perils in my new-found title is getting side tracked when I am working on things around the house. Does this happen to anyone else? I have had a few discussions with my sister, who works from home, about this, and she tells me the same thing I am already feeling. If you don’t stay focused on the task at hand you get sidetracked to some other task, and then you have to re-focus to get back to the task at hand. Was that statement too confusing, it made my head spin just typing it. That’s why I am really focusing on my lists everyday. To stay away from the “side tracks”.

Also, I have had the good fortune to just pack my bags and take a few short trips with Travel Man. We went to Reno to visit my parents, and last year I was able to take a long road trip with him from Franklin, Kentucky to home. Lots and lots of fun being on the road with someone who travels for a living.

For awhile Travel Man’s days off were falling during the week, so our “weekends” would be happening on a Tuesday/Wednesday timeframe. No worries for us, we are just able to do what we want to when he is home. Sometimes at Disneyland, maybe out to dinner, a visit to the parentals, some time with the grandson, and hopefully a dinner together with the twenty-somethings.

This has been a great year of re-discovery for me. A big hug and thank you to all of my family for your loving support and guidance. I’m looking forward to more and more new discoveries in this next year, and hope to share the stories with each and every one of you.

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10 Reasons why I couldn’t sell my iPad…

Posted on January 20, 2012 by Renee Spindle

There are not many times in my parenting/adult life where I have treated myself to a gift. However, in December 2010 I did. There was this new-fangled gadget on the market called an iPad, and I just wanted one. So, with my Christmas bonus from work I cautiously spent the money on my own iPad. This purchase took quite a bit of convincing from Travel Man to complete. “You deserve it honey” and “You never do anything for yourself”, are the words from my husband that ring in my head.

When the iPad was new, I used it a lot at work and not so much at home. When I walked away from my job last year, and my status changed to Domestic Goddess I thought I would have used it more than I was. So, the iPad was sitting on my desk collecting some dust, and I had this fleeting thought that maybe I should just sell it. And then logic and reason set it in, along with some teasing from my family.

After spending a few months debating with myself and really paying attention to the use on my iPad I came up with this list:

10. Evan, my grandson, and I like to play checkers and tic-tac-toe on the iPad. Where would we play our games on the go?

9. When someone in the house says, “Google it”, where would we go to become informed? The iPad is usually sitting right on the coffee table or kitchen counter for anyone to grab and look something up on the web.

8. The DJ capabilities with iTunes, the iPad and the Remote app are amazing. How would we play all that fine music at the Party House during family parties? How would the assigned DJ skip to a new song right in the middle of one that’s already playing?

7. I love to play word games on the iPad. How could I possibly keep up on all my games of Words with Friends, and Scrabble in a timely manner?

6. Amazon shopping is my favorite form of shopping, along with a Prime membership of course. How could I check on my Gift Lists? How would I get my Christmas shopping done?

5. There is always some movie that I want to watch on Netflix, and I find using the iPad is the best way to dump movies into the Netflix Instant Que. How would I search for movies on Netflix, or reserve a movie on Redbox?

4. The iPad has become a phenomenal tool for cooking. The ability to view the recipes on-screen while preparing a meal, etc. is awesome. How would I view all of the Pioneer Woman recipes that my family has grown to love? Check out this cool iPad holder I got for Christmas from my hubby for using it while I cook.

3. I have learned to use WordPress to write posts to my blog in the last few months. How would my blog posts get shared with the world at a moment’s notice? I can take it with me wherever I go.

2. I can essentially have a mini computer with me wherever I go. When I am with Travel man on a mini-vacation I don’t have to wait to use his laptop. I have my iPad.

1. The number one reason I couldn’t sell my iPad is that it is the first time in my working career that I used a bonus to buy something just for me.

Thanks to my family members, particularly Travel Man, who have encouraged and teased me through this decision. I will forever love my iPad.

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Finding My Place in My World

Posted on December 14, 2011 by Renee Spindle

You know I was thinking today that I have had the good fortune to be at home taking care of my family full-time for a little over six months now. I am having such a great time cooking, crafting, blogging, entering Pioneer woman giveaways, reading, spending time with my kids and the grandson, and of course my loving husband.

My Domestic Goddess status is truly working for me. It is one of those life experiences that I always wished I could have, and then it just landed in my lap unexpectedly. For over 25 years I worked full-time, juggled and struggled with kids in school, sports, and choir/theatre activities, etc, etc. When I sit down occasionally to reflect on all of those busy times, because I have a lot of time to do that now, I just shake my head and say to myself, “How did we do all of that?”. When I was working full-time and managing the household the stress level could get pretty extreme.

And now my new life status is finding me virtually stress free. Of course there’s still a little stress here and there, but it’s nothing compared to what used to be there.

For a long, long time I had to work just for survival’s sake. Now that I have the opportunity to choose whether or not to work my outlook has completely changed. It has been very eye-opening to have the freedom to just clear my head and be more relaxed about life.

As the New Year approaches I will be putting some new goals into place, and for the first time in a long, long time my goals will revolve around me. Setting goals, meeting goals, putting a business plan in place to be my own boss, doing a little part-time work, doing some volunteer work. The possibilities are endless and the world is my oyster.

My support group is tremendous. Travel man is my biggest cheerleader. Even though he is away about 70-80% of the time he is always cheering for me from wherever he has landed at any given moment. My parents, and especially my Mom give me tremendous guidance. And then the rest of the family is a great source of positive reinforcement, and constant sources of never-ending love and hugs.

For me it will be an exciting New Year going forward. I can’t wait to share my new experiences and adventures with you all. Have you found your place in your world yet?

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