Getting into Money

In my process for growth, I've known that staying at home and making money is a good way to beat going to a job. A regular, hum-drum job. So I did a search and found a few legitimate marketing companies, few work at home positions, and a lot of resources about making money from blogging (if thats your thing).

I love being at home and I recently found a place where I can work, stay at home, and make money. All I had to do was post links all over the internet and don't say it or think it, but its no scam. I have been scammed numerous times and I wouldn't do this to any one.

This has opened my eyes though to many resources out there in the internet land and many places to see and know things.

how many of you have lost everything on your PC? Forgot to back it up, have never backed it up, or its been a while since you've backed it up? Well, I work for a company where you simply pay $6.95 a month and then you have a program where everything gets backed up. I, myself, have the same software and its amazing.

Being a writer, a blogger, a mom with TONS of pictures online, I thought this was a good deal and investment. My job is to marketing it, get others to sign up, and then keep selling or marketing this software.  Its a good and safe program!!

I'd like for you to take a look and let me know about not only backing up your computer, but also earning some cash on my team.

New Growth of Change

I think that growth is a positive thing and since our new life is centered around growth, I enjoy the new things in life. One thing I would love to do is start traveling. I've always wanted to travel and I put it on hold when I got pregnant and one  thing my previous post was talking about was traveling and not putting my life on hold. So, starting this year (planning process) I'm getting things ready for our two big vacations next year. One stateside and one international!!

Stateside vacation will be traveling to Disney World. The twins turn three this year and by Nov of next year they will be four...so they should remember things (I'm hoping for that). We will be staying on site, so I need to start planning now. Budget, eating places, tickets for other fun things, how to get there, etc. This is my vacation that I think we as a whole will love.
round. Things just all came together. I have to start getting my passports and the twins as well...this is going to be so much fun!!

My international destination will be....wait for it...Greece!!! I've put going there on hold for two years...three now. This will be another family vacation and the planning process will need to start ASAP.  When I planned this trip in 2009, I was going with my best friend, for New Years Eve, and staying for two weeks while jumping from island to island. Now, within growth mode...things change.



However, while planning for this trip, I've come across some things. This will need to be planned differently. I will need to get passports, figure out when to go, see where to go, and know what I need to do before we leave (shots, medical info) and for when we get there. So, in a panic mode, I searched for places to go that are magical in Greece.I know for one, I cant jump from island to island...I need to pick one and enjoy that, especially with my family.

So I came across this wonderful site www.kefalonia.co.uk and they have loads of information, from what to do before you go, to the wonderful things you can do while there, pictures, guides, a booking search, and so much more. I was so excited when I got on the site and started to look aSo, with this new information, our official International "holiday" will be the magical island of Kefalonia Greece! This is going to be fun and with that site, research, and other looking arounds, I am going to have the best trip to Kefalonia!


Whenever growth comes along, you have to realize that its best to always grow forward. For me its to stop putting things on hold, to stop waiting for that perfect moment. If we wait and wait and wait....we loose out on something, we loose the ability to grow. My first growth is stop putting things on hold...and get to it!

Enjoy your growth and keep moving forward...who knows I may just see you in Kefalonia or Disney World.

Changes

I am changing the name of my blog...growth has changes as well. I am Erika, mom to twins...but I wanted something a bit different...something else that would define us as a family, growing, and changing.

The Life of Three...we are three...its not me and them, its us! I place me and my kids separate, which can be fine for certain situations...but this is about the three of us and I am super happy about this growth and change!

So dont be confused...this is my blog...Erika mom to twins...Jazzy and Zeke...The Life of Three

Monday Blog

Blogging everyday is my new thing.
I'm going to blog everyday and see what happens! I'm thinking that blogging everyday will help me with some of my personal issues, my own writing techniques, and to meet and blog with more people!

Today's blog is about growth. Taking a step forward in my own life to get all the negative out, to enjoy the life I have, not to lust after one that isn't happening and was a past life. I want to keep growing and show my kids that growth is the best thing in life. Staying in one spot or always groaning and moaning about the past isn't helpful or something that can let you move forward in life.

Growth is the best thing for anyone. My life stopped when I had kids...or so I thought. I blamed my pregnancy for not continuing forth with my dreams. I had plans to go to Greece and spend two weeks there but that was the time my twins were born...so I couldn't go. I watched their father go to movies, go do things, and I would be so mad...how dare he continue to have a life and I couldn't?! I would watch others do things and I always stopped myself because I had the twins, because I was a single mom, because I didn't trust anyone with my babies.

However, noticing that my life is on hold didn't sit well with me. My growth is that I am OK being a single mom, that I can still do things even though I have two kids...just taking them along sometimes is better than not taking them. They provide laughter, fun, and joy to me. I love that they are who they are and I wouldn't change anything about them.

My growth is that I am going to start living my life, to start enjoying things, stop putting things on hold. The twins are so awesome at the movies, I don't mind going with them. I love doing things and so do they, apparently. I can still travel, I can still go and see things. My growth is to keep growing and to keep moving forward. My life doesn't stop because of kids...it only begins and continues to blossom.

I hope you take your growth (w/o or w/ kids) and prosper in it and continue forth in your own growth!!

Happy Monday World!

This weekend...

...was so much fun!

Friday we went swimming and went to the Aquatic Swimming Center in Mesa. My daughter enjoyed herself and my son thought we had lost our minds. I cant believe how talented my daughter is...what an amazing little fish I have. My son watched from the sidelines and was fine doing that. Once we were getting ready to leave, my son decided to come in and join us. He stayed relatively close to the edge of the pool and got on his stomach a few times when he saw his sister doing it. His courage inspired me!

Saturday we woke up and grandma surprised us with news that we would go see Madagascar 3!! or as the twins like to say The Move It Move It Movie! How amazing was that movie?! Everything from the beginning to end was a treat and a special joy. For two kids who can't sit still, I was a bit worried about what they would do that the movies. However, these two were so enthralled and captivated by the movie...they were still.

Until, of course, the music came on! Then my daughter knew it was her chance to dance and shake it.

We came home and my son promptly took his nap...not so much for my daughter. She thought it was a great way to play and promptly started play time. While my son slept, their father came over and chatted with his daughter for a bit and then we took them to another water park.

At this water park, the kids area was much smaller but still very fun. My daughter, as usual, jumped right in. Taking time to get used to the water temp, splashing with her hands, and kicking the water around. She watched her daddy sink his head into the pool...which brought on a round of laughter from the twins. Within a few moments, daddy and her were off in the bigger area of the pool, she wrapped tightly around his neck and him holding onto her hands.

Me and my son watched and walked, every so slowly, to a less crowded area of the kids side. He got comfortable while I sat in the pool and he played with a few water features. Soon though, his father came up and grabbed him, handing me my daughter. All four of us walked towards the deep end. We dunked them, let them kick, and then everyone was enjoying themselves. As we took turns watching them, I got to go off the diving board and a water slide, and their father went twice on the diving board and once down the slide. It was a great time.The most inspiring moments though were when we made it back to the side where the shallow water was and my son took that water adventure seriously. From floating, trying to kick and use his hands, to following in his sisters steps and jumping in and plopping down. Soon it was him I was watching as he dunked his own head and tested being under water.

Home and then changed for a nice dinner...with that we came home and they took a little time to sleep...but sleep they did.

Sunday

Service was awe inspiring. The twins couldn't sit still but from what I heard from the Brothers talk, I was moved and very over joyed. So happy to have made it!!

Sundays are the time we are laid back and we enjoy ourselves or the relaxing moments. We did that today. With the grandparents, we watched a few movies, chilled, and enjoyed a wonderful Sunday together.

I love it when my children are happy. Sometimes being a mom is hard, challenging, frustrating, and downright tiring. With trying to do things your way, their way, and the right way...its hard to just feel and know you are doing things the best way you know how. I love seeing my twins happy and healthy. I love seeing them understand what I've taught them, and I enjoy seeing them smile. When I look back on the moments they acted out, I know its partially because of age and being tired, I also know they are good kids and I love and enjoy that about them. I thank God for my small family and for the many more attitudes and moments I have with them.

Hold yours close everyday and cherish those weekends where even if things don't go as planned they are right.

How do you get to where you want to be?

I ask myself that all the time. How did my life end up one way and I was doing everything for it to end up another way? I've wondered many times but sometimes it just happens like that. I'm working on building myself up, being a happier person, and of course, making an income and stable home for me and my kids.

In life we make choices, decisions, and try to live by them...sometimes its harder than we think to do this. I know I am hard on myself if things don't go right, my way, or how I planned something. I know sometimes its just unforeseen circumstances and other times its just the way the cookie crumbles, and then its the choice itself.

We, I, can't and wont be dwelling on the past any more...I have a bright future and I know the stuff Im dealing with is only temporarily. I know good things will come and I will find a way. I always do and I want to make sure that I always keep my head up. I want to inspire others, be strong for me and my kids, and work on the future...leaving the past behind. Join me on my journey!