New Blog Website Coming.....

I know there are tons of people who love the blogger platform, and it definitely serves its purpose, but I am so excited to say that my libraluvsstyle blog is officially under construction. Its been a long time coming and has been in works, and I have finally decided to take the plunge and move along.

It's like moving from a physical office....There is the whole construction portion you have to go through and of course during this time the conceptual brain storming and designing is the fun part! Then once you get down to the actual "construction" part, where you are getting down and dirty, all you want to do (or really all I want to do) is have a glass of wine and watch someone else do it, but I am too much of a control freak to let someone else do it! SO, I got to dig deep into my inner web design nerd and just DIY!

This means that I am in a race against time to be able to get content on this new platform and url ASAP! Mama Bloggin' here I come.... XoXo

Girls Night Out Anyone?!

"I live for the nights that I can't remember.." 

That was true, up until I reached the point in my life where I felt it was inappropriate to be getting "turnt" every weekend or even one to three times a month! Especially when I have two beautiful babies waiting for me to wipe their drool and play trains with. 

With that being said, as a devoted mother, wifey, daughter, student and employee, giving 120% everyday takes a toll on a women. Why Is it so hard to ask yourself for a "GNO" (Girls Night Out)? I have to say, for me it's a struggle to even try and plan a fun filled evening with my girlfriends. 

There is the babysitting plans or the work schedules, then creating a "curfew", to thinking/planning the perfect outfit and even the getting ready part can just be so much work that it gets tempting to throw in the towel and just say "forget it" stay in and fall asleep before 10pm.  But damn, us women just need it once a quarter at the very least! If guys can get together to watch hours and hours of sports and drinks gallons of beer in a comrades place or bar--- why the heck can't I? I'm human too (sometimes a slave even) and the GNO is just something that is essential to sustain a happy, balanced loving and confident woman's soul. 

Lately, I barely had any time for myself. Depression was creeping in, I felt like I was just going through the motions of my life and not appreciating my life and it's blessings. Not because I am not grateful, but because I was mentally and emotionally drained! Typically anything I do whether it's cooking, prepping, cleaning, reminding etc. is not for myself. I am constantly taking care of someone else: my boss to my 6 month old son and trying to steal 10 minutes to just "be" is rare.

The idea of listening to a live DJ, or grabbing brunch with bottomless mimosas over silly conversations just makes a gal smile and already takes me away. "Vibing" out - allowing myself the time to "fill up" again and be able to get the unsaid positive reinforcement makes all that planning and time spent all worth it. The feeling of joy is contagious and when shared with friends is even sweeter.

What I think I am truly in need for (and many of you who are in similar positions) is a day or evening with my beautiful spirited and hysterically ridiculously rhythmically blessed girlfriends, AKA my sisters. 

I think Cyndi Lauper got it right, Girls [do] just want to have fun!  I miss you my dearests and if you are a hardworking woman, just remember that you deserve it and the worst thing we can do is feel guilty for wanting some time that is separate from kids, work, and other stresses. Cheers to a GNO! Xo

Welcome

I'm not one for formalities, but I think my first ever post should be something of an introduction don't you? With that being said, hello! I am Maria and this is my blog. Thanks for checking it out and I do hope to bring some interesting and visually appealing content to keep you coming back and checking in regularly.

I asked myself, what will I get from starting this blog? More importantly I asked myself what will the readers get from this blog? To answer that, I hope to be able to document my journey towards being a woman who is comfortable in her skin, spirituality, interests and individual style. I thought what if there are women out there who may be living similar lifestyle, that may just need a reminder that they are not alone and may just need some inspiration. With so many superficial and competitive people out in the world, I would like to open this blog as a forum for only positivity and encouragement in expressing thoughts, fashion, food, creativity, beauty and other mommy things that interests me. I am not a model, nor do I claim to be and so please be kind when flipping through the pages.

Enjoy my loves. XoXo.

~M.