Newest Posts - Joy & Charley

SEPTEMBER 10 - 2018

How do you know if you're the problem in your relationships? And I mean the MAIN source of most issues. It's kinda hard to decipher. Because ...

FOMO and Putting On Your BIG girl pants.

AUGUST 28 - 2018

Baby Steps and Mascara

As a self-professed ugly duckling and former obese person, I, at times, have major issues with how I look. I think most females do, and my body ...

AUGUST 21 - 2018

The EASIEST and CHEAPEST Way to Make ...

When You Want to GROW Without Breaking the Bank One of my favorite quotes is by Maya Angelou "when you know better, you do better." That in a ...

AUGUST 7 - 2018

When failing is the only option

You never really hear anyone say that they love to fail. I mean, who does love falling flat on their face for all to see? But we've all ...

JULY 27 - 2018

I feel like....When Someone Just ...

We are a swim family. As in every June and July you can find me at the pool. No I'm not laying out or reading a book, I'm sitting there as my kids ...

JULY 23 - 2018

And Before You Ask...When you have no ...

We had separated five times in ten years of marriage, three times with lawyers. For the entirety of my marriage I felt the need to squirrel away ...

JULY 16 - 2018

I'd rather be at work...

"I would have rather been at work" I say this almost daily when my husband walks in the door and asks me how my day was. He always chuckles and ...

JULY 10 - 2018

That Time I Fired a Bride

I live for going above and beyond for my clients. Honestly I do. I have learned over the years to put down my pride when I'm dealing with anyone ...

JULY 2 - 2018

When You're Just Plain Ugly

I judge others based on SO MANY dumb things. I see a girl at the pool...and judge her. Oh just wait until she has kids, that banging body will ...

JUNE 28 - 2018

Red Flags

Red Flags: When Our INtuition is Speaking "Red flag! Red flag! Red flag!!" Sometimes they scream bright and red in our face and other times ...

JUNE 15 - 2018

Thunder thighs: When Lightning Strikes

I think SO MANY women deal with this topic. It kinda blows my mind, and then at the same time makes me feel better that I'm not alone. I have a ...

JUNE 4 - 2018

When we can't see people, literally

If only I had a penny for each time I said Literally. I’d have a lot of pennies. Literally. I think it’s one of my favorite word because ...

MAY 28 - 2018

When self LOVE really isn't love at all

It was suppose to be "girl's night" in. The boys were off camping and my daughter and I were left alone for the first time in a long time. I made it ...

MAY 22 - 2018

Is that you God?

Do you believe the enemy, and I'm talking about satan here, prowls the earth looking for any method to ruin people's lives? I do. It's quite ...

MAY 14 - 2018

Thunder Thighs: When you need a HEART ...

Oh for the love of all things sand-y and sun-ny. It's bathing suit season. And each year I think "this is the summer that I'm going to be ...