Updates from the Married-Single, Non-Mom Gal's Life

Sorry for the delay in Blogging. Things have been a little hectic around our house recently.

I am happy to report that my little sister and new little Schoeb are doing fine after the possible miscarriage scare!

Zac started 3 new classes this week... Kitchen Management, Speech, and Psychology.

Al (Zac's baby brother) enrolled in AND graduated from The Minnesota School of Bartending. (This also brings on a lengthy Mother-in-Law story to be told at a later date.)

We planted our first garden - herbs of course. Zac is really stoked about using fresh herbs for cooking.

Zac secured another catering gig - a tea party for 30 guests (Mother-in-Law drama included - like you expected otherwise.)

Ex-Husband drama - possible baby Braden out there???

On top of all that I am feeling my own personal unrest. I have been wrestling with feelings of unbalance in my work life. I love my job but HATE the location. Over the past 3 weeks it has taken me over an hour to get into the office and at least an hour an 15 minutes to get home. I just feel like I could be doing something better with my time (and money). Maybe I should be looking for a job closer to home. Maybe I should just stick it out for one more year, after Zac is done with school we hope to relocate anyway. I even feel conflicted when I pray about it. If I am supposed to give my worries up to God and I quietly look to see what's out there, am I really not giving it up? Am I supposed to sit and wait for God to drop something in my life? HELP!!!!! ADVICE PLEASE!!!!

Mother's Day

Hope all the Mom's in my world enjoyed their special day.

Being Motherless on Mother's Day is not an easy task for me. Getting past the memories of the way things used to be and moving on with the way they are has been a struggle. This year I decided to try something different. I did not include myself in the Mother's Day brunch for Zac's Mom, instead Sue (a fellow mother-less friend) and I headed to the Mall of America. We walked and talked and took in some of the Race for the Cure events going on that day. This was very appropriate given the fact that we both lost our Mother's to forms of cancer. During our day of self-medicated shopping and coffee drinking Sue's Dad called to see why she had decided not to join in the family celebration for her own Mother-in-Law. Sue told her Dad what she and I were up to and oddly he responded "well everyone isn't a Mother." That got us thinking... we removed our mother-lessness from the equation and that left us feeling even more self-aware. Not only do we not have Mothers, we aren't Mother's either. We then started to discuss our friend and family who are Mothers, it was our overall feeling that you are AMAZING women and we really admire and thank you for all you do in our lives. Just your presents can be calming. You may not be our biological Mother's but you have all help shape our lives - THANKS GIRLS!

I'm So Proud!

Just wanted to update the blogging world, Zac successfully finished his very first solo catering gig. It was a friend's 30th birthday party (50 to 75 guests). He grilled ribs, burgers, two types of chicken, prepared prosciutto & apple crustini, wild mushroom & goat cheese mini strudels, brushetta, and rosemary crusted steak fries. (Yummy!) Everyone raved about the food and he had a great time. This may be the beginning of something GREAT!