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Yesterday was Mothers Day and this weekend we spent the weekend celebrating. We spent Saturday with my Mother in law which was very nice. I am very lucky in the mother-in-law department. She is absolutely great! She is great with my daughter, with me and with my husband. My husband cooked dinner for us and we played cards together as a family and it was a lot of fun.

On Sunday my husband made breakfast for me and my daughter. It was great to be spoiled. He made his famous scrambled eggs with sausages. Before we had breakfast they gave me lots of presents. My daughter made me a compact mirror with her picture on it. I love it! she made me cards and she bedazzled a tile. I loved everything she gave me. Her little face as I opened each present was priceless. My husband truly spoiled me and I am again extremely lucky to have them in my life.

We then went to my sisters house for dinner. My two sisters, nephews, niece and brother-in-law had again a lovely time together. The food was fantastic. My sister made roast chicken, with sausages, potatoes and carrots. It was tasty!! the night was great and fun. We all joked and talked and really had a great time.

So why I am sad? We couldn’t celebrate with our mother. She past away almost five years ago. Losing her has been the most difficult thing in my life. We are all struggling with her loss. She was such a big influence in our lives and our driving force. My mother was the person I went to when I was sad, happy, frustrated and even angry. I feel like I lost a piece of me and I haven’t been able to figure out how to live without her. I can’t tell you how many times a day I think of her or want to call her or see her. It really is a large number. I get up each and every day knowing she is gone.

I live each day knowing that my daughter was two and half when my mother died and she does not remember her. I talk to my daughter about my mother. I show her pictures. She one day handed me a note that she wrote saying she loved her grandmother. I cried when I read the note. My mother used to tell me that her greatest fear was that my daughter would not remember her. I live with that guilt each and every day. Mothers day is hard for me because I don’t get to celebrate this day with my mother. I don’t get to tell her what an amazing women she was or that she paved the way for my brothers and sisters and because of her strength we are who we are.

My mother sacrificed a lot for her kids and no matter what I did to try to repay her, in never felt like enough. I now sacrifice for my daughter and I hope that I am half the mother mine was, because if I am half the mother she was than I am an amazing mother.

To all mothers out there, you are special! you are loved! and you will never be forgotten!!

love you mom, forever and always

Ruthie J

I am going to continue to write about my daughter’s 7th birthday party for this post. As mentioned before we chose the theme of Miraculous Lady Bug and Cat Noir. We hired an actress to come to the party as the character Lady Bug. My daughter and her friends were thrilled. They got to have some super hero training along with temporary tattoos. The girls got to exercise and show their muscles.

The above picture shows Lady Bug getting the girls up and participating in some superhero training. Everyone participated in the training and really enjoyed the party

The above picture shows the girls flexing their muscles from the superhero training they received.

We hired a company named Inspiring Imaginations to arrange to have Lady Bug attend our party.I was extremely fortunate to find them. The representative I worked with was Alysa who was amazing extremely helpful. She helped me a lot.

I contacted a number of companies even a company I had used for the last two years and no one had this character. I was feeling desperate and disillusioned and trying to figure out how I would let my child know that I was unable to reach Lady Bug and she would not be able to come to her party. I found Inspiring Imaginations and they also told me that they did not have this character but they gave me hope and said they would look into introducing this character into their catalogue. She later contacted me with the price and the confirmation that they would add this character into their catalogue. My search ended at that very moment.

I am and still enjoying the moments of the party and I am grateful to Inspiring Imaginations for making this party memorable for my daughter who is still speaking about Lady Bug. If you are looking to have a princess or a superhero attend your function than I highly recommend contacting Inspiring Imaginations. I have placed their link below if you are interested in checking them out.

Thanks again for reading and have a great day

Ruthie J

http://www.inspiringimaginations.com

Hi Everyone,

I hope you are doing well. I have been trying to decide what my second post should be and I thought I should write about the party we recently threw for my daughter Portia. The Theme of the Party was Miraculous Lady Bug and Cat Noir. A cartoon that my daughter is in love with. My husband and I also enjoy watching the cartoon. It has great content and has great characters. The main heroine is a teenage girl and boy who have been given superpowers to save Paris. They do this during each and every episode. If you have a chance to watch I strongly suggest you check it out.

We ordered the cake from St Phillips Bakery in Woodbridge and the cake was better than expected. We ordered a strawberry sfoglia and we had a picture of Lady bug and Cat Noir placed on the top of the cake. The cake was loved by all who attended the party. It was light and mouth watering. We had very little cake left over and people actually ate the piece on their plate. I would also strongly recommend getting any cakes, pastries from them. They even have a hot lunch counter and the food is awesome.

I printed various pictures of the characters and taped them around the room. I also bought various Paris themed items and displayed them throughout the room. I placed tiny eiffel towers with glued on ladybugs as the centre pieces on the tables.

I cooked all the food enjoyed by all. I made some homemade pizzas, a meat lasagne, caesar salad and a kale sesame seed salad. Everyone enjoyed the food (I say with a sigh of relief). I stress about the food for every event because it is important for me that everyone enjoy the food and fill up. I dislike the thought of someone leaving my event hungry. I also made some cupcakes with chocolate and vanilla frosting.

I love planning parties. I start with the theme and then I go from there. I think about decorations, invitations, food and I go a little over the top but I explain that by saying I just want it to be perfect.

Growing up we didn’t celebrate birthdays so I think that is why I go a little over the top when I am hosting a birthday party for someone. I just want the party to be perfect and I want everyone to enjoy it. What do you do when you plan a party? comment and let me know what you do.

Talk soon Ruthie J

Hello Everyone! I am excited to start posting and I hope you like my posts.

I have been trying to decide what my first post should be about and I think I should probably start with me and why I am starting a blog. This is the scariest thing I have ever done in my life as I am used to closing myself off from people, even people I love. Family, friends coworkers are all held at a distance. I am working on breaking the barriers down but it will take some time. I am afraid of needing someone and they not be there for me. I am afraid of showing people that I can be weak. I am afraid of showing peole who I really am. I am so used to being strong and helping everyone else that I try not to let people help me. I have trouble asking for help. I also find it hard to tell people my thoughts, dreams, fears just about anything. I am also shy which makes it hard to meet people and talk to people in social settings including people I know. I try to avoid any social gatherings as I feel that I fail at it everytime. I have imposed these high expectations on myself that I can never measure up to them. I am the person in the corner observing everyone else unless I am drinking. With alcohol the fear is gone and I am able to be fun. I want to find the fun me without a drink. I am hoping this blog can help me open up and stop closing myself off to everyone. I am hoping to show people through my blog who I really am. I feel that people don’t get to see the real me because I am afraid to show them. I can be funny, caring and nice but I feel that people only see the exterior I portray. The facade that I show them. I love to dance and will dance to anything even commercials. I will dance to music in the distance but people don’t get to see that as I only do that when I am in my home. I need to let the fun me out and I need to show peole who I really am. It is scary and I am afraid people won’t like the real me but it must be better than avoiding people and not letting them in. My hopes for this blog is that I can show people who I really am and learn to open myself up to them and to new experiences. I need to find my confidence again as I seem to have lost it a long time ago. I hope you will take this journey with me in self discovery and hopefully fun. I will be writing about anything and everything including shopping, crafts, renovations, shoes, clothes (shoes especially), they are my weakness. I will tell you that I am a mother of a seven year old and she is the light of my life. She is the best thing to have ever happened to me. She makes me laugh daily. She is fun, funny and she makes me feel lucky every moment and blessed. My husband is also fantastic and very supportive. When I told him I wanted to start a blog he said ok. He had no judgement or criticism. I am very lucky to have them both in my life. I give thanks for them everyday! With them I am freerer than with anyone else. we laugh all the time. We are silly together and I can let my hair down in front of them and with no judgement. What I hope you get out of my blog is to know that we all have our issues and problems to overcome and maybe we can overcome some of them together. Maybe we can have some fun along the way as well. I hope you enjoy my blog and until my next post have a great day/night! talk to you soon!