I love a good blazer! If you find the right one i I love a good blazer!  If you find the right one it will work in your wardrobe for years. Today on the blog I’m rounding up blazers you can buy now and keep forever. Check it out. Link in bio. 
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I love Anthro but my budget does not so when they I love Anthro but my budget does not so when they have a sale I am all over it. Brands like Anthro, ModCloth and Free People almost always have a clearance section on their website. Many of them do a discount on the marked down price a few times a year too so sign up for the emails so you get notified. I grabbed this dress for 60% off right after Christmas!!
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One of my goals this year is to be better with kee One of my goals this year is to be better with keeping up with sales. This week @target has 30% off dresses in the circle app and they just released several new spring dresses. Check out my round up on @liketoknow.it
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At Home · May 13, 2018

When Mothering Is Enough

I am skipping the Sunday Skim this week to write about some of my thoughts on mothering.

I love being a mom.  I spent many years thinking that I would never get to be a mom so I treasure the time I have with the boys.  I have been blessed with the opportunity to stay home with them and be an active part of their days and school and more.  Carpool line may drive me batty some days but getting to pick them up as soon as school lets out is a memory I will cherish.

Staying home full-time wasn’t always my plan.  I really thought that I would be a working mom.  My plan was always to have a career and kids and have it all so when I started staying home it was a big adjustment for me.  I loved working but I also loved my kids and I felt torn.  Would I be happy “just being a mom”?

 

The most wonderful thing about motherhood is that we can all walk different paths and still produce smart, well-balanced children.  There is no right way to do it.  Some of us want a career and some of us want to stay home and some of us want a career but it is better for our family if we stay home and some of us want to stay home but it’s better for our family if we work.  It takes all kinds and I bet most moms would trade places with another mom just for a day.

When I started staying home with the boys I struggled a lot with my worth.  What was I doing?  All of the working experience I had acquired and the degree I had worked so hard for.  What was all of that going to go to now?  At first I felt like I had to fill my time with other things.  Making sure that each day was packed full of doing everything I could for the kids and making sure the house was spotless.  I felt like I needed to take on other things too outside of the home.  I remember thinking, I decided to stay home so things would be easier and now they are just a different kind of hard.  What was I missing?

When I got pregnant with Porter I was reading my bible one night and came across a passage in 1 Timothy where Timothy is talking about widows.  He is listing out what good works should be a goal of a wife and mother.  One of the things he specifically talks about is bringing up children and the importance of that role.  All of a sudden I didn’t see myself as “just a mom”.  I was doing good work.  Some of the best work and it was important.

I really spent my pregnancy being focused on my husband and kids first.  The home was still important but I looked at my job in the house as a means to our family spending more time together.  If I finished the laundry during the week than we were free to spend time as a family on the weekend and so on.  I stopped trying to find something more to do because what I was doing was the good work.

This revelation is what eventually led me to creating this blog.  Opening myself up to doing the right thing rather than just filling my days with anything led me to a job offer with Northshore Parent which led me to a mentor in Katy Monnot which led me to the encouragement and help in starting my own blog.  I had to time to let it organically grow rather than chasing something that wasn’t right.

So the next time you start thinking that you are “just a mom” remember that mothering is the good work.  No matter what you’re mothering journey looks like, working or stay at home, it’s the good work, the important work.  It’s the most important work.

Happy Mother’s Day!

XO,

Tippy

 

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    June 15, 2018 at 11:18 am

    Beautiful post. Go you! I’m also a boy mum. I love your blog posts.

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I love a good blazer! If you find the right one i I love a good blazer!  If you find the right one it will work in your wardrobe for years. Today on the blog I’m rounding up blazers you can buy now and keep forever. Check it out. Link in bio. 
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I love Anthro but my budget does not so when they I love Anthro but my budget does not so when they have a sale I am all over it. Brands like Anthro, ModCloth and Free People almost always have a clearance section on their website. Many of them do a discount on the marked down price a few times a year too so sign up for the emails so you get notified. I grabbed this dress for 60% off right after Christmas!!
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#sale #sales #clearance #bargain #frugalista #plussizeblogger #bloggerswithcurves
I’m dreaming in black and white for Valentine’ I’m dreaming in black and white for Valentine’s Day this year. 
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.
Do like hearts?  I like them so much I have a tattoo of hearts on my wrist. 🖤🖤🖤There are so many black and white options this year for Valentine’s Day I rounded them up on @liketoknow.it. You can shop my daily looks plus some bonus posts each day in the LTK app. 
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#ltk #ltkvday #ltkseasonal #ltkfashion #bloggerswithcurves #plussizeblogger #louisianablogger #valentinesdayoutfits
Still a bit of winter left ❄️ Justin got me th Still a bit of winter left ❄️ Justin got me this coat for Christmas and it is my current favorite piece in my closet. I got inspired on Pinterest and mixed it with this houndstooth pant and two toned shoe. I’m working on a post of my ‘closet must haves’ and a tan shoe with a black toe box is top on that list. What is something you think everyone needs in their closet??
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Shop my daily looks on @liketoknow.it 
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#patternmixing #patternmixing101 #patternmixingfun #ltk #ltkseasonal #ltkvday #ltkoutfit #ltkouterwear #modcloth #winterlooks #louisianablogger
It’s National Polka Dot Day! The high holy day It’s National Polka Dot Day!  The high holy day of Marylin, Minnie Mouse, Lucille Ball and Me!  On the blog I found 50 polka dot items that make me smile. Check it out. Link in bio!! 
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.
You can shop this outfit and my daily looks in the @liketoknow.it app.
The word of the day is monochromatic. Yesterday’ The word of the day is monochromatic. Yesterday’s inauguration had the ladies all serving iconic monochromatic looks. I read a meme that said the group text must have read, jewel tones. I love when politics and fashion collide. Tell me what was your favorite color combo yesterday?  Mine was 100% @michelleobama. Currently searching for a big belt 👀
We finished our @kreweofhousefloats this weekend. We finished our @kreweofhousefloats this weekend. I present Krewe De King: A View of the Avenue Bead Trees on the Northshore. We represent both the Sidewalk Side and the Neutral Ground side! 💜💚💛Krewe of House Floats  maps will be available online February 1st!  We can’t wait to get out and see all the houses in person!!
One of my goals this year is to be better with kee One of my goals this year is to be better with keeping up with sales. This week @target has 30% off dresses in the circle app and they just released several new spring dresses. Check out my round up on @liketoknow.it
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Monday

It is surreal that in 2021 this needs to be said but today in feels important to make it clear that white supremacy is wrong. There are moments in your life where your eyes are opened and you see that the world is not what you thought it was. But you have to choose to see it. It is possible for us to keep our eyes closed and pretend these atrocities don’t exist. And that is wrong. 

My eyes were opened a long time ago but this past year they are wide open. I made a choice to see. I made a choice to acknowledge. I would encourage you today to do something to educate yourself. Something to open your own eyes. Something to see beyond your own circumstances and the world that you personally live in.
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