Another school year and I'm already exhausted.....

Wow time flies doesn't it? It was summer and now it's the start of another school year. It's only going on day 4 for my kids but yesterday I swear I felt like I got hit by a car or something. I was exhausted like when you clean the house all day and feet hurting type of exhaustion. I even napped. I rarely ever nap at that. And it's only been the first week. But I am thankful my kids are enjoying their new schools in a new district. It seems to be a never-ending change for my kids from moving to different homes,cities recently and now again to changing schools in a new district. You know how you as a parent are also scared for them because of the new changes but deep down you know your kids will pull through especially because mine have done it almost all of their young lives. My family has been through our share of craziness over the past 3 years but my kids strength surprises me with everyday. Their stress levels came to their worst recently which made us move back home to Dallas but only to be in a new city we've never been to before. Another new district in less than a year but a better one than they've been accustomed to at that. Here is the first day of school pictures I took of them and only one wasn't so happy in returning which you'll be able to tell from their facial expressions.

 
Another big change this time around all 3 of them are on their own each one in a different school. I was hesitant with my son starting Middle School only because he's just as emotional as his mother but even though we had a scare on the first day of school for him (he got off on the wrong exit from his school bus but only was two streets down thank goodness) he's been happy with the new school so far. What a relief that was! Now my high school-er had a weird kind of first day. I say weird because it's the only nice way to word it. Keep in mind we moved back to Dallas from South Texas, the poorest part to be exact and coming into a new district and especially a newly built school (only going on it's second year) which seems pretty extravagant (again wording it nicely) was what made her feel so out of place and well weird. Although now she's enjoying it again another sigh of relief for me. My youngest loves it. She adjusts very quickly to her  new surrounding so I knew with her I'd have no problem. So back to how exhausted I was I guess because I wake up very early (5:45 am to be exact) to get my girls ready because my oldest has early morning band practice and my youngest has to leave early due to her ride then it's onto waking up my son after 7 am. This is over course after I've already made my girls lunches, help my youngest with getting dressed (because she always wants mommy to help with something), my coffee then finally my son's lunch. Then it's off the feeding myself and my husband, the dogs and off to my household chores. Then it's off to pick up my youngest and her cousin (walking in the summer heat no less) so maybe just maybe that all explains my exhaustion huh?
Either way I love it. Yeah I may be tired and going out of my mind but I love being a mom. I am way to hands on to not enjoy it. I am more than hands on, I am in mom mode 24/7. I hope the days get a bit better and slightly easier but then again really Gabby? I have 3 kids and one is in band, it'll never get any easier. So I am going to enjoy it no matter how exhausted I am.

GIVEAWAY WINNER!!!!

Congratulations to Heather Budler-Ronzoni for winning the free giveaway! Please email me your address at garzacreations5@gmail.com to send you your prize. You have 24 hours to claim your prize. Yay!! Thanks everyone who participated. 

New GiveAway!

It's that time again for a new Giveaway! I think you'll love the items that are up for grabs especially if you have a little girl. The giveaway starts today 1/27/13 and this now ends on Monday 2/4/13 at midnight. To sign up / be entered please leave a comment below stating " I Want To Win!" and you'll be entered in the drawing. If you're on Facebook here's the link to my Facebook fan page so you can follow me and see updates of all the new items and upcoming sales.
 https://www.facebook.com/Garza.Creations  

Here are the cute items you could win!
Red Damascus Pattern Pettiskirt & matching hair bow
Pettiskirt size: (adjustable waist) fits newborn up to 3 yrs old

Be sure to share this post with your friends and don't forget to follow leave your comment below. The winner will be selected by random.org and announced on Tuesday 2/5/13. Once the winner has been announced you'll have 24 hours to respond to claim the prize or it will passed on to another winner. Good luck everyone!!

Yummy new recipe!!

 
Hello everyone! I have promised my Facebook fans recently a recipe I tried and I have the link ready to share with you. Sorry it took me awhile to get it out to you but it's been pretty busy here.
I tried this recipe when I saw it on The Rachel Ray Show and thought I could make that. So I did but I made it with half the ingredients listed on the recipe because it was only for the hubby & I.
It came out great and so delicious. It's a based on a Mexican traditional dish with fried tortillas with eggs known as Migas, but to make it this way made it even have a lot of flavor. Although I wouldn't really say this is a Mexican dish because it's not but it's very good to try.

I hope you enjoy it as much as I did. Feel free to comment below or send me pictures of your dish.                                            

 

I'm posting a photo of mine so you can see the difference on how I made it.








http://www.rachaelrayshow.com/food/recipes/tex-mex-frittata-layer-cake/

We made it to 2013!

Another new year and months since I've even blogged, what a big time blogger I am.
Well seems the Mayans were off about the end of the world because it's now 2013! So we made it! Another year to make resolutions we all can't seem to keep so I've decided not to even make any resolutions. I just want to be happy and have a happy/healthy family. So I will strive to make sure we have a great 2013. Everyone has had their set backs because I know we have. 2012 wasn't exactly my best year but it wasn't the worst either. So I'm grateful for that. 
Well with the new year comes new adventures and new business ventures for me. I'll get into more details about this later on but I will have more time to do what I love most, crafting. There are so many things I want to learn to create that I'm doing quite a bit of research and studying (mainly tutorials) to get inspired. For one thing this year will be less of a stress form me since I no longer work 2 jobs from home. I'm not complaining because I know of others who wish they could do what I do from the comfort of their own home too. I've recently made some new items that I really haven't promoted too much especially since my attempt to create/start a giveaway didn't exactly work out too well. So that's one thing I'll try to do more is promoting and advertising. 

Here are just a few things I had fun making in 2012.  

  Just a few items I loved making and can't wait to start creating more. I try to add these new items on my Facebook fan page. So if you have the time take a look at my page and follow me. https://www.facebook.com/Garza.Creations

We just recently came back from a vacation and I have to tell you it was relaxing the only thing was I wish I wasn't sick. I pretty much either had severe sinus or a cold the whole time. That was the only thing I didn't like but I loved spending time with extended family. Ringing in the New Year with them was great! My kids missed all of their cousins. It really was an eye opening experience for me even more so as a mother & Aunt. It made me realize things I never knew went on and made me reflect on how I can better myself not only as a mother but as an Aunt too. It made me even more grateful to have the family that I do in my life. 
On another note I think I'll start blogging more with ideas for all of us from recipes, organizing to helpful products for the everyday woman and mom. What do you think? Would you read them? I would if they were helpful enough. So stay tuned because 2013 is going to be great! Have a great New year everyone!