Heidi

Hi! I'm the owner of TheBusyNothings.com. I've been married to my college sweetheart Ben for 10 years and I'm passionate about my 2 little boys- one of whom has special needs. I love being real about my life and struggles and seek to understand God and chase his beauty. I enjoy cooking healthy/gluten-free, fashion from thrift stores and exercise to keep my sanity. I work from home, freelance writing and social media consulting with bloggers and small businesses. I am slowly figuring out how to balance family life and work. I love connecting with people, contact me at TheBusyNothings@gmail.com

Sarea

Hi, I'm Sarea, contributor at the TheBusyNothings.com. I home-school my three kids, dabble in photography, quilt, know how to change the oil in my car and love baseball #GoNaturals. I volunteer at the local Arts Center. I am an instructor of Life-guarding/CPR/First Aid with the local Red Cross. I like finding new music. I have a love for records and have quite a collection, but currently no way to play them. I have a fetish for office supplies, I am a great listener, love roller coasters, I am WAY behind in scrapbooking and can't wait till my oldest turns 18 so we can skydive together for the first time! Follow Sarea below!

Sherry

Hi, I'm Sherry, a writer for at the TheBusyNothings.com. I am passionate about helping people with disabilities learn life skills and am fortunate enough to be able to do it full time! I love doing Wordless Wednesdays, capturing life at the Camp I work at as well as sharing bits of my life. I work a lot and come and post when I can!

Katy

Currently living "The Rockies Life" in Fort Collins, CO but a southern girl at heart! In love and married almost 5 years. No kids yet...just a few furry friends. I am a Social Worker who spends most of her days in jails, foster and group homes, connecting with and advocating for at risk kids. I love eating healthy but indulge way too often in my favorites -wine and cheese. I love spending time outdoors hiking, biking and just adventure-ing!!

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Sarea

In which Sarea does nothing she planned…

This is my weekend without kids…I’m supposed to be reflecting on my life, setting goals and thinking about where I am and where I want to be…

Instead, I’m doing this…

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Painting my nails for the Naturals baseball game tonight…

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Cleaning the nightmare of newspaper subscription off my desk…

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Watching movies:  ”Les Miserables”, “Mama”, “Jack Reacher”, “The Impossible”, “Hansel and Gretel”…

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Working on my paper piecing quilt…

So, while this weekend won’t consist of me hiding myself away in a cabin and pondering my life, it will have me doing things I enjoy on my terms!  Oh, and since tomorrow is Father’s Day, I would like to say that my dad is amazing and one of my favorite people on this earth!

I love you Dad! 

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Does Anyone Think Anymore?

The other day on my way to the gym (yes, shameless pat on the back here), I didn’t turn my radio on.  That is not normal for me, I love music!  I just felt like thinking and I don’t get a lot of time to do that.  I mean, I don’t MAKE time to do that.  I am not talking about thinking about what’s for dinner, my ‘To Do List’, or little things like that, but LIFE.  Then I started wondering…How many of us actually take the time to do that?

thinking We are so bombarded by media, technology and others opinions, when do we take time to think for ourselves, or ponder what is really important in life?  Thirty minutes alone with my thoughts and I was on the verge of becoming a hot mess!

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I have been divorced for 3 1/2 years now, and if I am being honest, I don’t know who I am outside of mother, daughter, sister, friend, and employee.  I’ve started a journal (a beautiful hand bound leather journal) that is going to be about me rediscovering myself.  I will not pretend for even a moment that this is going to be a fun journey, or a painless one either.  I’ve made a lot of strides in my life over the last few years and I am happy for that, but I still have this nagging feeling that I am missing part of the bigger picture…

I am planning a “Sareacation” (yes, I just made that up!) in a couple of weeks when the kids are at their dads.  I want to purposely set aside some time for me to just think, dream, pray and write.  If I can figure out a way to articulate myself, perhaps I will share part of this journey with you.

P.S.  On a lighter note, speaking of the gym…I had my first locker room shower experience yesterday and I am thinking it might be blog worthy!  Stay Tuned!

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