IT'S ALL ABOUT ATTITUDE!

We are well on our way Mommy friends to Divaville. One of the most important things we need to do along this fantastic journey is to change our ATTITUDES! It is very important for all of us to be in a positive space. Not only is it crucial for our own mental well-being, it is crucial for establishing our children's self-confidence. Your attitude can make or break your spirit. It's all in your confidence and perception of yourself. It's how you CHOOSE to view yourself. Perception manifests reality. What does a DIVA MOM have that no other mom has? CONFIDENCE!
Mommy Friends, only you can give yourself true confidence. If your sense of self comes from another person's validation, they can take it away from you just as quickly as they gave it to you. You have to develop a rock solid sense of self all on your own. You have to stop focusing on the negative things about you and accentuate the fantastic things about you. No more looking in the mirror counting the new grey hairs or wrinkles, no more taking inventory of the cellulite on your thighs or the strech marks on your breasts. This is truly a big step for me. Because, I am always complaining about my "AB"( after baby)belly. But I realize, that everytime I find something or say something negative about myself I am allowing myself to live in a negative space. I was beginning to become what I believed. Unfortunately, my negative thinking began to affect how I felt and treated myself, my children and my husband. It was truly becoming a negative snow ball effect. That is why I started this journey to help other mothers like myself embrace our roles in life and drop the negative self talk. I would like to invite you all to take a few minutes to think about what makes you fantastic. It may be difficult at first because we often feel awkward stating anything positive about ourselves. But, I believe once you see what really makes you special, the more you will begin to live your life in a positive space. If you choose to share what makes you fantastic we welcome your thoughts...If you choose not to share at this time please just take the time to list the things that make you fantastic and keep it in a place where you can refer to it often.

Best Wishes to all my MommyFriends....the blog is now open.

Preggy Memories

I was thinking about my how much I enjoyed being pregnant. I loved that I finally had cleavage and curves. It was the first time I truly didn't obsess about my weight. When I was pregnant with my son I was lucky that most of my girlfriends were pregnant too and they passed their maternity clothes down to me. We really didn't have that much choice in fashion except for Liz Lange for Target, Mimi Maternity and Motherhood where I got most of my clothes. I had an easy pregnancy besides some nauseau in the first trimester. When I was pregnant with my daughter almost two years later The fashion choices for maternity clothes had expanded to Old Navy and Gap. I practically lived in both stores. The clothes were trendy and cute. No more mumu's or Baby on board t-shirts. I had the option of wearing the same styles I would wear when I wasn't pregnant. Perfect strangers treated me so sweet when I was pregnant too. For once I didn't have to make up excuses for eating indulgent foods. I didn't really crave anything in particular initially with Dylan. Towards my third trimester I couldn't get enough Dove Bars. I needed vanilla icecream and the dark chocolate was a heavenly bonus. One time my husband came home from shopping and forgot the dove bars and I burst into tears. LOL It is truly hilarious now but I was pissed off then. I also had to have ice cold watermelon and cantaloupe fruit salad. With Allison I wanted pancakes and lots of them. I frequented IHOP several times a week. The thing that was strangest about my diet was that I absolutely couldn't stand the smell of meat cooking or the taste of chicken. So, that pretty much limited my protein source to fish only. I loved tilapia when I was pregnant. But, I couldn't stand the smell of it cooking .LOL
Can you think of some nostalgic pregnancy moments you would like to share with our mommyfriends? The blog is now open.

I am a victim of "Momnesia"

My name is L.renee' and I have Momnesia. You may not have a cute little name for it. But, if you have kids you have suffered from this from time to time. What are the symptoms of Momnesia? The number one symptom of Momnesia is "FORGETFULNESS"!
Yep..see I told you. We mommy's have all suffered from this at one point or another. Let me tell you my latest episode of Momnesia. I took Dylan and Allie to the grocery store. This is no walk in the park. Before we went to the grocery store I had to get gas for my car. I paid with my debit card and headed over to the Giant. Before I let them out of the car I give them the normal run down of the rules. "Don't touch anything, Don't break anything, don't take anything and put it in your pockets under any circumstance, and Please don't ask me for anything"! After they repeat the rules back I feel confident enough to let them out of the car. LOL
We head into the store. I proceed to fill our cart to the point where Dylan has to get out and walk. They are doing so good by the way. No one has embarassed the hell out of me yet. Not one tantrum from Allie. This is truly a miracle in the making. So, we check out.
I reach into my purse to retrieve my wallet and it's not there. I am in panic mode...I can't find my wallet in my gigantic purse that I have filled to the brim only because it can hold so much shit that I don't really need in the first place. Oh shit!...where is my wallet. O.k it is time to back track.
The check out lady is becoming impatient! Customers behind me are doing the" I can't believe I got behind this moron dance".
I proceed to take Allie out of the cart and Dylan by the hand to go back to the car to see if I dropped my wallet there. Allie loses it! She doesn't want to leave the groceries! She starts screaming and crying. I am literally carrying this drama queen out of the store. So much for winning today's no trantrum award. Dylan on the other hand only wants to know what is going on. And he keeps asking me this same question over and over again all the way out of the store...to the car....and back into the store. O.k so, I walk over to the car and wouldn't you know that I see the wallet open on the front seat just where I left it when I went to get gas. SHIT!!! I go back into the store pay for the groceries. The other customers had dispersed to other lanes and the check out lady looked very annoyed. I paid for the groceries and told the lady that I suffered from a chronic disease. She said what? Being nosey. I said "MOMNESIA!!! and laughed my ass all the way out of the door. So, that was my testimony.
Let me hear some of your crazy momnesia moments.
The blog is now open.

Welcome to Mommy Friends Network

Good Afternoon Ladies,

I wanted to extend an invitation to you to join my new blog " Mommy Friends Network".
This blog is dedicated only to my mommy friends and it is a place for us to meet and talk about issues in our daily lives related to our children, spouses, and any other relationship. You are welcome to post questions to other fellow bloggers and get the real answers that are not found in a book. We can also discuss other topics of interest. This is pretty much a virtual group that will allow us to interact with one another and to make new friends. I hope you will join us.