why i am blogging again

I have decided to blog again because:

-Breton and Daphne are both teenagers and are not as dependent on me...so several times I have been left twiddling my thumbs because they are busy and I don't know what to do... I can only clean and cook so much.  I need my "stuff" so it's my hobby and sometimes might be my therapy (Dear Diary...)

-I am a writer.  I enjoy writing.  I can explain myself with my written words better than I can verbally. Have you heard me tell a story??  The written version is so much better!

-it makes me happy

-now that I am not doing it in hopes of earning $$ I can do whatever i want to do!  I took off the counter of how many page views I got because now the stats don't matter:)

-maybe what I am writing will help someone else

-In the end it's a photo album/scrapbook/journal of my life for me, my children, my family, my grandkids to look back on.  With cyberspace I think it will be around for a very very long time.

It's Back!!!!!!!

Need a summer photo of this nest (Add it to the To Do List!)

This is why I am blogging again:

A Robyn in a relationship, caring for her two darling blue eggs. I try to maintain the Nest as a cozy commemorative place for our adventures, our struggles, our highlights and even some of the lows. Speckled within, there will be some shout outs, a favourite recipe, lots of photos and a chuckle or two. In the end, I LOVE my blog because it is a collage of our memories. Whether a few visit the Nest or many, the Nest will be here. Welcome.

Not My Birthday but ...

So this was a blog from my 41st birthday and I wanted to go through it and see what I can cross off:

I turned 41 today!

Here are forty one things I plan to do this year:

Skydive (booked and ready) Done read about it here

Bungee Jump Hmmmm not yet but there is this place in Quebec...

Zip line with B&D DONE! Read here

Go to the CN Tower DONE! Click here

Visit Tremblant Done it twice 

Win my triathlon I was first in my first Try a tri! (I was the only one in my age group)

Figure out what I want to be when I grow up Toddler Assistant Directress feels mighty good to me!

Fall in love Robyn 💖 Paul

Get stronger Always working on this one... six pack might be my next goal...

Be healthier Again always working on this one

Be smarter A work in progress

Make good choices for me and my children Everyday

Make more art Not yet

Grow an awesome veggie garden NO thanx , not interested anymore

Get another tattoo? Got two See them here

Paint my bedroom nouveau boudoir:) Done

Get my umbilical hernia fixed Poppy

Eat at really good restaurants Too many to mention but most of them had Thai food

Hangout at the beach more often Hello CUBA 

Grow my hair longer Actually cut it shorter but the goal is to grow it longer from NOW on

Read a book I am reading a lot more this summer See what I am reading here

Write a script for a TV show Hmmm maybe a book...

Travel more Oh ya Las Vegas and Cuba

Drive slower Sometimes

Sleep better Haven't achieved this

Continue to eat in bed! Stopped doing this one

Fix my front steps Done sorta

Bounce more on the trampoline Not so much cuz of this

Laugh just as much as last year or more Yep

See more good movies Haven't seen anything spectacular lately

Dance and sing more often Still a goal

Drink less mix drinks with pop Don't drink at all

Smile a lot Depends on the day

Botox? Not yet...

Go horseback riding Maybe soon... Stella & Molly may I join you?

Kiss - missed it for so long really enjoy it Done done and hope it doesn't ever stop...Paul

Floss more often Crap...got a dentist appt and still don't floss enough

Write better ... For my blog I am trying

Get a mammogram Will do: this year

Have a better race time for my next 1/2 marathon Very happy with my 1/2 this year

Be happy Some days this one is hard  #depression

I like making these types of lists.  They let you set out your goals, passions, dreams and wishes.  And hopefully help you achieve them.

why I haven't...

• Social media changes all the time and I can't keep up...I don't know how to add badges, to code, if I am on the best blogging site, what should I add or get rid of etc etc etc

• It is like having another job.  I can spend an entire day blogging if I wanted to.  This would let me schedule blogs to be posted in the future, in the end freeing up time but for a hobby sometimes it feels like a job.  A job that doesn't pay...

• I originally started the blog hoping it would lead to "work", so far I got a $50 gift card and a chance to promote a Yummy Mummy Club (YMC) event which earned me some $ and an adventure with Paul. Read about the event here here and here 

• I have not always been in the right "mood" or felt "up" for blogging 

• My iphone SE doesn't allow the Blogger app to be downloaded so, anytime anywhere blogging can not occur, a lot of emailing photos to myself then using old phone, chromebook or laptop to do my blogging = time consuming:(

• From this post...He contacted me, not Tim W, but the other guy from this post...kinda freaked me out a bit.  I won't publish his response because he doesn't require anymore attention.  I don't want my grade four memory tarnished even more.

• You stop living in the moment.  I catch myself trying to get a photo so I can use it in my blog and the whole time I am in a moment I am thinking about how I am going to blog about it.

• People use the blog and social media to "keep in touch" but it ends up being one sided. I don't know they are reading my blog but they do know what I am doing I just don't know what they are doing.  I am happy somebody is reading it...

• That leads to another reason: I didn't think anyone was reading it. With less than 10 followers not always sure if anyone is clicking social media links.  And I also have to remember that I am doing this as kinda a memory montage for all of us, so i should not care if others are reading.... (but I do)

These are the reasons I have not blogged in awhile...

but I am back!!!

Ch ch ch ch changes

Since I have come back to The Nest, I have made a few changes to the site:

My blog description (look up)
My Nest pic

Follow by Email (sign up to get my blogs to your inbox)
Most recent blogs
Pinterest Button
Look up...at the top of The Nest...Twitter link @bretondaphne
Comments... on my blog...they are easier to make 

Thankful for all these people

Our song

We are writing a love song...a rock n roll love song?! :)

Verse...you might try to break me..watch me bend to test my love ..you will find you won't succeed..i will love you till the end...

..Verse 2..She was beautiful and doesn't know it...

If I had my life to live over again, I would find you sooner so that I could love you longer 

...no matter what she wears she is the most incredible jewel...when i gave her my heart...i gave her my love....

I may stumble, i may fall..but you will always be there to pick me up...i will reach out if you lend me your hand....i will stand and never give up

The incident Breton & Daphne and I will never speak of again!

So I blogged last weekend about our adventure to Parc Omega,

 but there was an incident when we arrived…

Let’s just say we went home with one less water bottle.  It is in the garbage at Parc Omega.

Everyday I have a tea.  That day I had two teas prior to leaving.

Can you guess where this is going?  Those of you who know me well probably already knowJ

Word of warning about the new HWY 50, the closer you get to the Parc Omega exit there are less places to pick up snax, stretch your legs or to pee.

I had to pee.

I had to pee badly!!!

I thought I could hold it until we got the Parc.

We turned the corner to go into the Parc and there was a LINE UP!!! Curse Groupon and there deals and the mild weather!

I was dying!!

I have had many experiences where I have had to pee badly while travelling but I have always made it to a washroom or at least a building I could go behind…ok and there once was a run into the cornfield.   Anyways this time I saw nowhere to go!

So I peed in the water bottle!!!!! 

My children and I have agreed not to talk about it ever again.  Well that is what I remind them of each time they bring it up.  I honestly thought I had scarred them for life, as I looked back at Daphne in the backseat as her eyes are covered because she can’t believe I am doing what I did.

But I am happy to say B & D are fine and I believe that our great time at the Parc outweighed my full bladder issues.

That is the power of the Parc!!!

I heart Parc Omega!

In 2015 you will:

This year you will:

Be more creative
careless what others think
do what makes you happy
have more adventures
spend less $ save more of it
laugh a whole lot
read more
sleep better
never drink a green tea latte again! yuck!
continue to deal with YOU, continuing to be incredible and improving each day
be Ok with being alone
learn more
get good grades:)
focus on fitness: try new things having fun
hug more
maybe stop eating in bed...
continue to be honest

Happy New Year Everyone!!

I used this pic one year for New Years cards that I sent out instead of Christmas cards.

HAPPY NEW YEAR
HOPE YOUR YEAR ISN"T CRAPPY!!!

Wishing you all the same this year:)

I am thankful:)

Today I am grateful for:

A very fun filled weekend with B&D 

Great bike rides

Marvellous weather

Good sleeps

My ability to juggle

Of course my Dad !!!

My pink pretty peonies

Good flicks

Thankful for:

My Momma's Day with B&D 

Most of all making decisions that are right for me at this moment in my life

Birthday Celebrations for Molly

Awesome weather!!!

Garden helpers and seeing my fav flower growing: tulips:)

Great articles from great friends

The positive feedback on my art

Coconut body butter~edible!!!

Unexpected pepper plants

Layla for coming to paint with us

Pretty nail polish 

Forty onederful

I turned 41 today!

Here are forty one things I plan to do this year:

Skydive (booked and ready)

Bungee Jump

Zip line with B&D

Go to the CN Tower

Visit Tremblant

Win my triathlon 

Figure out what I want to be when I grow up

Fall in love

Get stronger

Be healthier

Be smarter

Make good choices for me and my children

Make more art

Grow an awesome veggie garden

Get another tattoo?

Paint my bedroom nouveau boudoir:)

Get my umbilical hernia fixed 

Eat at really good restaurants

Hangout at the beach more often

Grow my hair longer

Read a book

Write a script for a TV show

Travel more 

Drive slower

Sleep better

Continue to eat in bed!

Fix my front steps

Bounce more on the trampoline

Laugh just as much as last year or more

See more good movies

Dance and sing more often

Drink less mix drinks with pop

Smile a lot

Botox?

Go horseback riding

Kiss - missed it for so long really enjoy it

Floss more often

Write better ... For my blog

Get a mammogram

Have a better race time for my next 1/2 marathon 

Be happy

Yummy in our tummies!!!!!

These are two recipes I made this week for the kids and I.

http://m.kraftrecipes.com/recipedetail.do?recipeid=162241&cn=US&reqfrom=search

(I added some leftover roast beef and corn to this one)

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http://www.chow.com/recipes/30887-spinach-pesto-fusilli

This one the kids preferred!

Both I liked and there was lots.  We ate it for lunch more than once:)

Bon appetite !

Pink

I am wearing pink, thinking pink, dreaming in pink, all in an effort to raise funds for CIBC Run For The Cure.  This is the 15+ year that I have done it all in honour of my Mom.  Our Team is Sue's Crew.

Go to http://www.runforthecure.com/goto/Robynsnest  to support me and donate to a great cause.

No Match Made

So as you can see from the info below the title, Robyn's Nest, I have re-focused my blog (scroll up).  So since today is Sunday, it is Dear Diary Day.  We will see how this new schedule goes and may have to tweak it:) I will be creating a new blog for Breton and Daphne, more of a scrapbook style, so they can see photos of our adventures and activities.  I will post links to this new blog occasionally, so you have the option to see our family photos and at times I will use some of the photos in this blog.  Thank you for reading and hopefully sharing with others.

Dear Diary

This week I met with my therapist.  I made the appt after a day where I felt like I was spiraling...

She made me really think about my goals, and on that day I hadn't thought beyond that day.

She pointed out to me how fast I have done everything: getting a lawyer, organizing the mediator, the divorce, establishing MY house, talking to his new girlfriend... She asked me why am I jumping into dating again so fast?  It has been 8mths since the separation, 3mths since the finalization of the divorce.  I have dated but did not know really what I wanted.  With the Match.com, I even sabatoged a potential "match".  Too much information too fast.

So for now, I am withdrawing my profile from the website and we will see, slowly, if I meet someone the "old fashion way".

 

My Design

I designed this on www.spreadshirt.com.  It's also on Pinterest.