#31daysofdecember

December Photo Challenge. Day 1. Selfie. Nate: *after I kissed his forehead* Mom, did you get lipstick on my forehead? I can't go into school with lipstick on me! Me: I'm not wearing any makeup, buddy. Nate: *studying my face* You look beautiful without makeup, mom. Beautiful. I melt! My kiddo knows exactly the sweetest things to say to start my day off just right. 🥰💙 #DecemberPhotoChallenge #Day1 #Selfie #DecemberChallenge #PhotoChallenge #31DaysOfDecember #31DaysOfPhotos #NoMakeup #ForeheadKisses #BoyMom #OneHalfOfMyHeart #December #Smile #SingleMom #SingleMomLife #Influencer #RGPTribe https://www.instagram.com/p/B5kqhFpgBG9/?igshid=7j3ilwnf5k7j

December Photo Challenge. Day 9. Current Read. You Are Enough by Mandy Hale AKA The Single Woman. In life, we are conditioned to always try to please and be pleasing to everybody. This was a hard lesson for me to learn that my worth is not contingent upon what other people think of me. It took 40 years for me to learn it, but it has been one of the most freeing mindset changes in the world! The only way to please no one is by trying to please everyone. For me, I now perform for an audience of One and that's the one who matters most. I highly, highly, highly recommend this book! "I’m finally learning to accept myself as I am. Learning to like myself as I am. Learning to like and accept my life as it is. Learning to stop begging people to want me or love me or make me feel like I'm ENOUGH. And learning that it’s okay to stand up and say: I’ve had ENOUGH. I’ve had enough of hustling for my worth. I’ve had enough of groveling to people unworthy of me for scraps of love or time or attention. I’ve had enough of keeping people in my life who diminish me. And I’ve had enough of trying to be anything other than me...because I, in all my imperfect, messy glory, am perfectly ENOUGH." I am ENOUGH and you are too! #DecemberPhotoChallenge #Day9 #CurrentRead #31Photos #31DaysOfDecember #PlayingCatchUp #YouAreEnough #Enough #MandyHale #KnowYourWorth #YourPastDoesntHaveToOwnYou #SingleMom #SingleMomLife #RGPTribe https://www.instagram.com/p/CIyO__LAf7I/?igshid=1embgz8lab6qf

December Photo Challenge. Day 8. Make A Wish. This is mine. Just going to leave it there. Maybe someday it'll happen. #DecemberPhotoChallenge #Day8 #MakeAWish #31Photos #31DaysOfDecember #PlayingCatchUp #DecemberChallenge #PhotoChallenge #December #StillWaiting #AndWaiting #ImPickyTho #WaitingOnGodToWriteMyLoveStory #TheRestOfMyForever #SomedayMyPrinceWillCome #SingleMom #SingleMomLife #HoldMyHand #NeverSettle #RGPTribe https://www.instagram.com/p/CIyCZ4sALdi/?igshid=10shf421c6lcx

On the eleventh day of December my TejasFarm gave to me, ELEVEN widdle quackers! (From summer, not now!!) TEN eggs in a rainbow! 🎶 NINE DUCKS in a bucket! 🎶 EIGHT BARS OF JOY! 🎶 SEVEN sleeping ducks! 🎶 SIX cousin fowl! 🎶 FIVE GOLDEN EGGGGGS! FOUR Teenage Chicks! 🎶 THREE mama hens! 🎶 Two ducks a-quackin! 🎶 And a creepy but handsome tur-key! These were our newborn ducklings from summer. They were tiny enough so that a water bowl was their bath tub. I'm just looking back through the year at things that brought me joy. 💜 Also, if you want some monthly joy, we have one of our subscription boxes left! It has a facial bar, a lip balm, and a body bar, delivered every other month, easy peasy! #TejasFarm #31daysofdecember #31daysoftejasfarm #singalong #xmassongs #christmascarolspandemicedition #idonthavemilkingmaids #orgoats #orcows #orapartridge #orapeartree . #happyquackers #happycluckers #backyardducks #backyardpoultry #homesteading #🦆 #ducklife #duckstagram #ducksofinstagram #ducks #ducksofinsta #babyducks #ducklings #ducklingsofinstagram #pekinducksofinstagram #backyardadventures #pekinducks #eggsforsale #chickeneggsforsale (at York County, Pennsylvania) https://www.instagram.com/p/CIqtcYFAnxb/?igshid=1jdcwnex9c081

On the ninth day of December my TejasFarm gave to me, NINE DUCKS in a bucket! 🎶 (I know there are more, but we'll just cheat & count the ones looking at the camera 😂) EIGHT BARS OF JOY! 🎶 SEVEN sleeping ducks! 🎶 SIX cousin fowl! 🎶 FIVE GOLDEN EGGGGGS! FOUR Teenage Chicks! 🎶 THREE mama hens! 🎶 Two ducks a-quackin! 🎶 And a creepy but handsome tur-key! These were our newborn ducklings. They were tiny enough that I could make a duck pile in a bucket to transport them outside for the day. They are the best at 1-2 days old. Just cute and not messy yet. Yet. 😳 #TejasFarm #31daysofdecember #31daysoftejasfarm #singalong #xmassongs #christmascarolspandemicedition #idonthavemilkingmaids #orgoats #orcows #orapartridge #orapeartree . #happyquackers #happycluckers #backyardducks #backyardpoultry #homesteading #🦆 #ducklife #duckstagram #ducksofinstagram #ducks #ducksofinsta #pekinducksofinstagram #backyardadventures #pekinducks #eggsforsale #chickeneggsforsale (at York County, Pennsylvania) https://www.instagram.com/p/CIlEFlNgnep/?igshid=1un1jqagg7pjp

On the eighth day of December, my TejasFarm gave to me, EIGHT BARS OF JOY! 😂🎶😂 SEVEN sleeping ducks! 🎶 SIX cousin fowl! 🎶 FIVE GOLDEN EGGGGGS! FOUR Teenage Chicks! 🎶 THREE mama hens! 🎶 TWO ducks a-quackin! 🎶 And A creepy but handsome tur-key! 🎶 I staged this one just a little bit.... Want to show someone you're thinking of them? Want to make someone smell nice? Want to try a buncha stuff? Want to send gifts to a family? Want to share some vintage tin love? This tin of goodies is up on TejasFarm right now (until it isn't...), ready to ship wherever your heart or pointer finger pleases. The troll doll is for size reference, you can not have it, don't even think about it! 🤣 #TejasFarm #31daysofdecember #31daysoftejasfarm #singalong #xmassongs #christmascarolspandemicedition #idonthavemilkingmaids #orgoats #orcows #orapartridge #orapeartree (at York County, Pennsylvania) https://www.instagram.com/p/CIjKtnzHy0U/?igshid=1ozxpuvamcqmp

On the seventh day of December, my TejasFarm gave to me, SEVEN SLEEPING DUCKS! SIX cousin fowl! FIVE GOLDEN EGGGGGS! FOUR Teenage Chicks! 🎶 THREE mama hens! 🎶 TWO ducks a-quackin! 🎶 And A creepy but handsome tur-key! 🎶 Had to look through the archives for this, from April. I can't wait to hatch ducklings again, they were so adorable. This is 6 Pekins and a Khaki Campbell in the middle. #TejasFarm #31daysofdecember #31daysoftejasfarm #singalong #xmassongs #christmascarolspandemicedition #idonthavemilkingmaids #orgoats #orcows #orapartridge #orapeartree #happyquackers #ducklings #pekinducks #happycluckers #ducklife #backyardpoultry #itsadistractionfromreality #homesteading #raisingducks #backyardchickens #backyardadventures #eggsforsale #chickeneggsforsale (at York County, Pennsylvania) https://www.instagram.com/p/CIgFff7Ache/?igshid=1x7zrau8ue430

December Photo Challenge. Day 5. Favorite Quote. There are countless quotes I love and that bring inspiration to me. But none resonates within me so strongly as this one. I found this quote quite by happenstance many years ago after getting divorced from my daughters dad. For over 3 years I stayed home. Did nothing. Went nowhere except work and errands and school events. I was so tightly closed up b/c I saw no value in loving again or in anything other than my daughter. But we are NOT meant to live like that and I have far too much life and joy and passion inside of me to live any sort of non-meaningful life, closed up and alone. The day I found this quote was the day I literally felt something break free inside of me and I started to LIVE again. So THIS is my quote. Vibrant, passionate, ALIVE me feels every bit of it and knows exactly what it means to risk and the pain that comes from holding yourself back from blossoming into who you are meant to be. #DecemberPhotoChallenge #Day5 #FavoriteQuote #PhotoADayChallenge #31DaysOfDecember #31Photos #TheBerMonths #Quote #Risk #Blossom #LiveLaughLoveEmbraceBreathe #Passionate #Blessed #AnaisNin #Alive #ThankYouGod #Life #Free #DecemberChallenge #PhotoChallenge #December #ChristmasTimeIsHere #ItsTheMostWonderfulTimeOfTheYear #SingleMom #SingleMomLife #PlayingCatchup https://www.instagram.com/p/CIe20TJgK3G/?igshid=1woty8cm05dgj