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Behind the Scenes {Thoughts From Me}

March 23, 2018 by Dana

Behind the scenes, there’s been a lot going on here at Luv’N Lambert Life.  It takes a lot to keep a blog running and reviews available to share with you.  It takes a lot to create blog content as well.

Right now, I’m working on deleting old content, as well as reworking some posts.  I’ve removed some past details of our family life, as well as obsolete images.  I’ve also deleted unneeded posts we had.

In the future, I’m considering making the move to WordPress but I’m still undecided on that.  I will be adding in more affiliate posts for content that I truly enjoy.  I will also be adding separate tabs that I will share our posts on.  That will include our Epilepsy Awareness tab with updated posts from us.

I’m embracing being an Epilepsy and Breath Holding Spells Awareness blogger.  It’s a much needed genre for blogging and it’s something I really enjoy.  I know those posts aren’t always well designed from me but they are real and raw and I plan to keep writing them.

I recently purchased a blog planner from my dear friend, Katie Hornor and I will be sharing more about that later on.  It’s amazing and I really needed something that could help me stay on track.  Blogging has been a part of our life for almost 10 years now and I feel I want to become a little more serious and a little less hobby-like with it.

So that’s where we are for now.  I promise the posts I remove you won’t miss.  The ones I keep will be getting some changes as well: photos, rewrites, etc.  All will make Luv’N Lambert Life better in the end.

Thanks for sticking by us through it all.

God bless,
Dana

Filed Under: 2018, behind the scenes, changes, thoughts from me, updates

Overwhelmed {Thoughts From Me}

June 23, 2015 by Dana

So there comes a point in life when you just cannot breathe anymore.  Life becomes too much.  The drama is overwhelming.  Day to day is too routine and you feel like you’re stuck in a rut.

There comes a point in life where you become tired.  Tired of the lies.  Tired of pretending things are not as they are.  Tired of putting on that fake smile just to make the world happy.

There comes a point in life where you stop.  You think, analyze, pray, plead, think some more and you realize the only way it’s going to change is if you make the conscience effort to see that it does.

There is only so much forgiveness that one can give before they figure out it’s not worth it.  There is only so much one person can take.  No one if perfect, and that is completely understandable but sometimes you just have to admit that it’s not changing and it’s not working for you.

Life should be enjoyed.  Life should be shared.  Life should be created through love, laughter and experiences shared by those who make us happiest.

Life should not be filled with remorse, pain, dislike, unhappiness and lack of joy.  Life should not be routine and miserable to live.  Life should not bring us down more than it brings us up.

Each of us has our own struggles and strife.  We are unique among ourselves.  We must each figure out the right and the wrong for us, for our own lives and learn to live, to enjoy every moment like it’s our last.

I look back on my life and I see so many of the joyous moments but lately those have been outweighed and outnumbered by all of the unhappy moments.  I was lost.  I couldn’t find my way out of the darkness that was consuming my soul.  I found myself praying daily for God to ease the pain that I was feeling. I found myself wishing at times that my time in this world was done with.

Yet I don’t.  I have my children to watch grow and theirs to come.  I wish for happiness in my life, to be able to live out my days basking in the glory of their beautiful smiles, wrapped in the laughter and joy.

One day I hope to find the man that was made to love me and to be able to share our lives together, along with our children.  As many days as I give up hope, I still have my mustard seed of Faith to carry me through.  I know the things I want in my life and I wish, hope and pray for it all to happen.

Life changes are already in the process but it’s a long road before I am where I need to be.  It’s a long road to find myself again after so much pain has consumed my life for so long.  But I know I will overcome it all to become the best Mom, best friend, best person that I can be.  At this point in time, that’s all I can do and hope for.

God bless,
Dana

Filed Under: 2015, challenges, changes, learning to live, learning to love, letting go, life is hard, Love, pain, remorse, single mother, starting over, thoughts from me

Changing Me {Thoughts From Me}

December 13, 2011 by Dana

Every year I make a post about what I want to change.  Heck, every few months I make that post.  Yet I never seem to make the changes happen.  I go through the start of the process, but I can’t seem to make it to the awaited result. 

I’ve read a million posts, thoughts, books about making changes in life, home, homeschooling and myself.  I take away so much from these wonderful things yet never seem to put them into action.  I join groups online just to put the things I learn into action and still I don’t.  I’m a serious procrastinator and to be honest, I’m not at all sure how to change that.  I want to but I simply don’t know how.

Some would say I’m fairly lazy, yet when I work on something I bust my butt at it so how can I truly be considered lazy?  I consider myself organizationally challenged and a bit OCD in some ways.  The two don’t work well together at all.  Add in the fact I’m a procrastinating Gemini and oh boy, what a MESS! 

Still I know there is some way I can overcome all of my personal challenges to have the life, the home and to become the person I truly wish to be.  I know with God’s help, with His Love and Guidance I can overcome any issue.  I place my faith and hope into His gracious hands daily as I walk this path to find my way in the life He has blessed me with.

I struggle to find my way but I know these are the things I want to be in life:  A loving wife, a gracious Mother, an honest and faithful friend, a strong and faithfilled servant to Him.  So bettering myself in Christ, in Love, in Knowledge are always goals that I strive daily to reach.  I feel I fail at them most days, but I know He guides me through and everyday I become a bit closer to each goal.  One day I will meet them and exceed who I wish to become to reach what He wished for me to be all along.  Until then I will move forward in life and slowly work at the things I need to work towards and change about me day by day, minute by minute and hopefully I will enjoy every single minute of Lambert Life along the way.

Filed Under: 2011, changes, finding god, hope, organizationally challenged, procrastinate, thoughts from me, Unshakable Faith

Educating in His Word {Homeschooling}

August 28, 2011 by Dana

It’s been back to school time for many across the country in the past few weeks and many more still this week. Facebook is filled with posts about parent’s who are more than ready for their children to return to school and other’s who are saddened by this routine of sending their children off year after year. It literally breaks my heart to see these poor families ripped apart by this common occurrence of society. 

It is the social norm to place our children into the hands of strangers every day, to allow them to be raised up, taught and taken care of by absolute strangers who we have only met once in a block building on the day of open house. Like sheep, we follow in the footsteps of those before us, leading the way, who say this is how Education is meant to be and we forget the teachings of our Father to raise up our children in His word.

In fact, His word is no longer allowed in these schools. His word is no longer spoken to the very children who He has blessed us to raise and love upon. We, the parents whom He gave His children to care for, follow along and do the opposite of what He has asked in order to stay within the boundaries of a society who could certainly care less what truly becomes of our beautiful children. We do what we have been led to believe is the “right” thing by a society that says it is so.

What has happened to His word? What has happened to the teachings that He set forth centuries before in writing? Do these words, these directions written directly from Him mean nothing to us? Is society’s wants more important than His commands?

Today’s education is NOT the standard set by the Word of God. It is us, the parents, who God requested to teach the children, to guide and direct them in His loving word. Children are meant to be mothered by their Mothers and fathered by their Fathers, as God has directed. Children are not meant to be herded through classroom after classroom, year after year to be handed over daily to someone else’s care and knowledge. They are not meant to be yanked from the skirts of their mothers as infants and small children to be turned into tiny adults before they are able to enjoy life as a child.

What can we do as parents to change this standard set by society? For one, we must advocate the word of the Bible and share it with our family, our children and those who’s lives we daily touch. As parents, we must provide our children with a strong foundation, allowing them room to grow while maintaining a firm and protective hand. We can become more active in the classroom, know what our children are being taught, and participate in their lives daily. We can observe and learn what lessons our children learn from friends and family and correct the lessons that our children should have never been taught. We can raise our children in God’s word and teach them values as that He set forth ages ago.

Life does not have to be this way.  Parental relationships do not have to be this way.  Education does not have to be this way.  By stepping up, bringing out the word of God and educating our children the right way, in His word, we can change our daily lives for the better and that of our children and their children for good.  It only takes a single step initiated by YOU, the parent.  Are you ready to move forward and let God do His work by teaching your children His word?  Are you ready to make the change and commit to living your life His way instead of following the life society sets as normal?  Only you can take the steps necessary to change your life and that of your children. 

Filed Under: 2011, Back to School, changes, education, Follow, his word, homeschooling, Parenting, sheep, word of god

Update: Wearing Skirts {Thoughts from Me}

June 24, 2011 by Dana

Two weeks ago today, I wrote a blog post called New Goal: Wearing Skirts.  This post challenged me to change my style of dress at home and in public.

Since writing that blog post, I have worn a dress or a skirt almost every day.  I can only think of two times that I didn’t wear one: a visit to a friends where shorts were more appropriate for the day and when I was mowing our grass.  On both those days I wore shorts.

I have really enjoyed this challenge. Writing about how much I loved wearing dresses as a little girl started me thinking about why I had changed this attitude in my self.  I realized that over time I adapted to social expectations that are not really me and I have challenged myself to rethink those ideals.  I also adapted to the likes of other’s instead of staying true to myself.

Over the last two weeks, I have worked to change those things about my life.  I have worn a dress almost daily, though no makeup and I haven’t done much with my hair past my normal wash, dry and pull it up.  I’m wearing flip flops with most of the dresses, simply because I haven’t had time to do much else. 

Still the change has affected my entire household, well except for my son!  Both my girls also want to wear dresses.  They often change throughout the day, as little girls are known to do and most of those changes include their lovely dresses or a skirt.  I am thankful that they enjoy this style of dress as much as I do!

Even Josh’s attitude is changing.  He cannot wait to get home just to see what dress I have on.  He is complimenting me more and enjoying the changes in me too.  I am thankful for this change in our life.

Last week, I mentioned to Josh that I wanted to get rid of most of my pants and shorts and replace them all with skirts and dresses.  He was all for it!  For my birthday, he provided me with a small shopping spree to buy new tops, skirts and dresses to make this wish of mine happen.  I was estatic to find 6 cute dresses, 9 tops and 2 lovely skirts.  I have spent this week matching new outfits and old pieces to create an adorable wardrobe to wear.  I will take some new pictures later to share with you all. (Camera battery is dead right now!)

For my next part of this challenge, I think I will challenge myself to do my hair and makeup everyday.  No sense looking cute in dresses without doing up the hair and face too!  I can only imagine what a change that will make in my days.  Something I will greatly look forward to! 

How about you? Have you ever thought about wearing more skirts or dresses to see what a change it makes in you?  Give it a try today!

Filed Under: 2011, challenge, changes, Dresses, makeup, shorts, thoughts from me, tops, wearing skirts, wish

Boys Room Done {July 28, 2010}

July 28, 2010 by Dana

I’m happy to announce that my boy’s room is now finished.  I do have a few things to do in there, like reduce the amount of cars they own and rid of half-bodied Transformers that have slipped through my trash radar but overall it is done.

It took three days of work but it was well worth it all.  I still have to find their mattress pads for each of their beds and wash their comforters to finish making up their beds but all the rest is finished.

Toy bins
These Pennants were passed down from my Mom.
Winston’s bunk with his animal collection and purple sheet (fav color).
The TV zone
These three cubbies were passed down from Grami to the boys.  They were used with baskets for storage by her but now are sitting on top of the dresser to hold the boy’s personal items/collections.
A shot of the stuff inside the cubbies.
I’ve had this picture forever but it never really went with Winston’s old bedroom theme (Cowboys).  It fits perfectly with the new sports theme.
This is a before… note the ruffled edge.
Without ruffles.  A less feminine curtain for the boys.
The curtains hanging above the play table.  Win’s X-men collection is hanging on both sides of the windows and more stuffed things top the windows.  A baseball rug brings the sports theme down to the floor.
The kids love the new made-over room.  It only took a few minutes for the girls to tear it out for Win.    
Next I’m going to work on the classroom/dining room and get things set up for us to begin school work again.  I think the rest of the house has become a huge disaster but they always say things look worse before they look better.  We are hoping to be able to purchase a storage building to place on our property within the next month since there is not nearly enough space for things in the house.  I look forward to that purchase but for now I’m managing to declutter and put things in their place slowly.  It’s a never-ending process but I’m finding it fun to work through.
Til next time…

Filed Under: 2010, boys room, changes, chaos, decluttered, finished bedroom, organized, overcoming, remodel, reorganize, revamp

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