What Humble Did: SUMMATIME Part One

GUESS WHO IS EXCITED ABOUT SUMMER?

ME, YA SILLY NILLY

 

  In case you didn't know, Summer is THE BEST season of all because I don't have to wake up at the butt crack of dawn and do things before I really feel like doing em.

In short, the kids are out of school and I don't have to wear pants EVER.

The downside to Summer is that it's hot as furk and The Walking Dead is still not on.
Side Note: Sundays just haven't been the same.

So while I rub my hands with giddiness and excitement for No Pants Season, let me tell ya what else I am excited for!

I am going to see this band in June:

Camera Obscura is a band I discovered, no lie, at Barnes N Noble.
 I heard a few songs being played over the speaker system and was immediately hooked.
They are very "indie" and "hipster" so I have waited years for them to come to the U.S. for me to enjoy them live. Me and maybe 200 people.

I am drinking all of this:

SUMMER BEER

12 pack of Beer

19oz can of Country Time Lemonade (try the pink variety for an especially fruity flavor)

and a 5th of Vodka (try Watermelon, get crazy with it)
The original recipe and post can be found HERE

for another variation click HERE for Raspberry Beer Cocktails!

Another great booze recipe is Hippie Juice which was served last year at Jedi's First Birthday party. Not to the kids and yes it was completely illegal.
And. What.

If you wanna get especially crazy because maybe the kids are spending a day at grandmas or finally learned to make friends so they are sleeping over at someones house, you can do this:

Word on the street is it takes 6-8 hours for it to be fully vodka'd.

Okay now that I have outed myself as a lush, you can also check out the non alcoholic beverages that I want to try, and of course food, on my Pinterest Board

Celebrating NO PANTS SEASON means I will be wearing a lot of dresses.
A LOT. Because why bother with shorts creeping up my thighs and creating a bulgina fashion show? Seriously, I am done with shorts. Besides, these new styles that Target has is completely fitting for my "I could stand to lose a few but I don't really feel like it right now" frame. They compliment my boobs and downplay my thick waist is what I am trying to say. The result is that I can twirly whirly if I wanna and not have to worry about surprise bottom butt explosion.

TA DA!
 What I will be listening to whilst celebrating No Pants No Early Wakey Season?

Humble Summer Mix!
OF COURSE!
Consider this my mix tape to you, because I am pretty in love with all of this, and love to feel as though we are jammin to life together and whatnots.

What am I SUPER excited for???
The Second Annual Summer is for ME!! Event  Click the link for more info and to join!

Last year, Summer is for ME!! was a huge success! SO many people joined in and it was great fun. JOIN US AND TELL YOUR FRAAANDS.
HERE is the link of last years majorly fun event

Oh and one last thing before I go!!
I AM HAVING A GIVE AWAY!!
Completely free! NO STRINGS ATTACHED!
Erica, a fellow Humbler gave me some stuff to try out from her home based business and I was more than happy to see what the product was all about.
I received one simmer pot like this one:

And 2 fragrances. I chose Anjou Pear and Stress Relief. Not only did they smell amazing but as soon as I turned on the warmer, it made my whole kitchen smell awesome within a minute or two. WAY FASTER than those Glade candle piece of craps that I usually buy. And the wax fragrance is made out of soy which is better than that synthetic crapola.
I am so in love with this stuff that I am giving away a FREE warmer (like the one pictured if the one pictured is not available) and ONE TOTALLY FREE fragrance to fill it with. A little bit of the stuff goes a long way, and I really think you are going to like it!
To see what all I am talking about you can check out Erica's site HERE: www.sprinkleswithlove.com

To enter the giveaway please comment what fragrance YOU would choose!

pssst: If you would like me to check out your business or product, please email me at Humblecpie@gmail.com


Hey so what are the Humble kids going to be doing this Summer?
Find out in my next post and to make sure you don't miss it, please subscribe!

xoxo Humble

 

Mom is the New Black...It Looks Good on You

Recently I picked up a copy of a popular women's magazine to read while passing the time during a long bus ride. I don't usually read womens magazines on account of not wanting to buy into the whole "buy this, look like this, wear this" crap. It was the swimsuit edition and I was ready to just scan over the fluff and remind myself that most images were airbrushed and meant to make me buy something. I also reminded myself to toss it when I was done because you know, anorexia happens when little girls look at covers of such magazines or some shit. While I was scanning through the hundreds pages of I don't even know what, I saw a picture of Kate Hudson in a bikini, looking fit and happy. The caption read, "Kate Hudson, mom of 2, BUT WE CAN'T TELL!"

This made my stomach turn. The way it was worded, they made it seem as though looking like a mom of 2 was the opposite of a bikini wearing celebrity, sporting a lovely smile and 6 pack abs. The implication in saying she doesn't look like a mom, is a compliment.


Seriously, this bothered me for days. Ever since I have been someones mom, I have been told I look too young to be a mom. Since I was 16 when I had my first, it seemed like a general observation people were making. It really didn't bother me, although it's annoying when it's being told to me within earshot of my daughter who is now inches taller than I am. Her patience with strangers has been wearing thin since she was born, I presume.

But when people tell me I don't look like a mom?
Well I get pretty offended even if I don't call them out on it.


What the hell are moms supposed to look like? And where do I not fit that image? Kate Hudson is a mom. To her kids, that's what moms look like. I do not look like Kate Hudson. I also don't look like your mom. I look like my kids mom.
I know a foster mom who loves her kids as much as I love mine. She stays up past their bedtime reading them stories, or getting them a snack, or telling them to please go back to sleep. She worries about their education, their health, if she's doing all the right things. She has never birthed her own children, yet, she looks like a mom.
A single dad I know, was told recently that he wasn't in fact his sons father. He soldiers on, loving his son as much as he ever did, while his ex is mostly out of the picture. He looks like a dad and he looks like a mom.
I know of a beautiful lesbian couple who have the most gorgeous baby girl. The love these mother's have in their eyes, brings tears to mine. They both look like moms to me.
I would be honored to be told I had any similarities to them.

This Mother's Day, I want you to realize just how awesome it is to not just fulfill the role of a mother, but to look like it too.
It's not just birthing some kids that makes any one person a mom, after all. There are adoptive moms, single hardworking dads fulfilling at times both roles, there are teachers, nannys, caretakers who love a child or children with every breath of their body. They watch and worry, and love with a fiery passion, just like a mom who waits and waits and waits for a positive pregnancy test or word of a child who needs her to be his/her mom. There are grandmothers, aunts, even uncles, who love a child and remind that child every day how awesome and wonderful they are.

There are mothers who had their babies taken too soon. Sometimes before they are born, who are still have an adoring mother and number 1 fan.

There are moms who struggle every day with a disability or a mental illness or love a child with special needs.The strength they possess is something we would all want for ourselves, to carry us through tomorrow when our normal aches and pains of carrying small children and the endless exhaustion, doesn't seem to quit.

Moms are fucking amazing, aren't they? And we are all amazingly unique, with different stories, and different shaped bodies. And every body and every story we have, is just right!
So can we all just stop feeling uncool because of the sticker decorated minivans we drive, unattractive because ALRIGHT I ONLY SHOP AT OLD NAVY FROM 3 YEARS AGO and start feeling a little more like the badasses we really are? 

Because one thing we do have in common, is that our hearts give more than we get, love harder when it seems like there is nothing left, and hope for more happiness in the life of a child we love, than we could ever even imagine.

Here's to you moms, dads, future moms, grieving moms, waiting moms, offbeat moms, young moms, every mom. 

It is an honor to celebrate this day with you.
Love, Humble

Love to all your beautiful hearts. Happy Mother's Day!