The Lord and I are working together on some issues in my life. While we are working together and I am seeking guidance from Him, I have decided to take a break from blogging. I will miss you. I do still have email, so feel free to drop me a note. Until a later time....
Some quotes to share with you on Valentine's Day. May yours be great!!
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Katie Jane is having fun doing school. Everyday we work on recognizing letters and she has to do one worksheet, usually practicing lines and shapes. Today, at her request, she did three. I just love her enthusiasm. May she always be so excited to learn.
So often I think I know what I want to say or what I want to write, but I just can't quite get the words to come out naturally. Then I come by someone who has already done so, and who has done it much better than I ever could have. Here is one such writing.
Tim is gone for the week and the older boys have taken advantage of his absence. I know they miss him much, but I have to say they are enjoying the use of their AXE body spray. They spray it just because they can. My whole house has been overtaken by the smell of male teenagers.
September 1, 2007 we committed as a family to get out debt. Because of this commitment, we have had to make drastic changes in our life style. Most have come easy, a few have been hard. But along the way we have been blessed numerous times. One simple, yet huge, blessing came just yesterday. Our insurance office called and our policies are up for renewal. Because our credit score has improved so much over the last few months, our monthly insurance payment went down $40. How exciting! $40 X 12 months = $480 a year. We are saving $480 a year. WOW!!! We are on a roll. Thanks to everyone who has helped us be successful. And a big thank you to God for leading us in this direction and for helping us stay committed.
Passionate Housewives Desperate for God is the book I am currently reading. It is absolutely wonderful. The book is co-authored by Stacy McDonald (mother of 10) and Jennie Chancy (mother of 8). These two women have done an incredible job portraying the beauty of biblical homemaking. Passionate Housewives is a must read for the wife and mother who is striving to be all God has designed her to be. This great read will leave you encouraged....and convicted.
The men are gone and the girls are busy doing girl things. I am playing around on the computer. I came upon a website about SAHM, a term I have seen a lot lately and until recently, didn't know the meaning. The acronym has probably been around for quite some time, but I have just taken notice of it. SAHM means Stay At Home Moms. Anyway, I found this poem and wanted to post it. I have seen situations like this time after time. I hope and pray I can be a good role model for mothers such as this.
I am trying something new. As always, I don't know how to do this so I am just going for it. Let's see if it works....and if it does, let's see if I can keep it working.
It is 5:58 AM as I sit here at my computer. I am not quite ready to motivate so I thought I would sit and blog. What am I going to blog about? I'm not sure. But at this moment it sounds better than doing laundry, making the bed or doing any other sort of housework that needs to be done. The Blueberry Bread is in the oven, my diet Pepsi has been poured, the dishwasher is going, iTunes are playing (Newsboys), my last creme brulee candle is burning (thanks to my most wonderful sister-in-law...CDJ, you are so cool), and all my children are still sleeping.
Tim, Matthew and Lucas have a day full of "man" things planned out. They are going to take off early this morning and head to the new Cabela's store in Lacey, where they will spend the majority of their day. Tim asked me to pack a lunch for them, but we have absolutely no lunch food. Sorry Dave, they are going to have to eat out. Then this evening they are heading to Toledo for the Southwest Washington Baptist Association Men's Annual Hunting Banquet. That's where the Blueberry Bread comes into play. Tim asked me at the beginning of the week to make something for the banquet. Guess what? I forgot. Until about 10:30 last night. He suggested I make Blueberry Bread. So I got up at 5 to make bread. Want the recipe? It is simple and quite delicious.
Blueberry Bread~~from my good friend, D.P.
2 eggs
1 1/2 cup sugar
1/4 cup syrup (Karo or Rodger)
1 cup milk
2 tsp. vanilla
4 cups flour
5 tsp. baking powder
1 tsp. salt
fold in 2 cups blueberries
Fill 2 loaf pans. Mix will be heavy. Bake at 350 for 1 hour or until done.
It is yum-yum good.
My house smells delightful....with Blueberry Bread baking and the creme brulee candle burning. Talk about aroma therapy. The kids will for sure wake up hungry.
I haven't decided what my day will hold. I am babysitting for a friend for a couple of hours this morning. After that I don't know what we home folk are going to do. Justin received his new curriculum yesterday. We might take some time and get that in order. He is due to start his new year on Monday. AJ is going to spend the day with us, starting around 11. That will be fun. Other than that I imagine I will do school with Cayla and Katie.
I suppose that is enough rambling for this morning. I should be a good mom and get something going for the kids for breakfast. Lucas and Katie are now up and have asked for something to eat 3 times already. Why they got up so early, I do not know. Maybe it was the aroma permeating our home. They are going to be extremely disappointed with oatmeal.
If you are in a bad mood and need a good laugh...here you go. Cayla and I laughed out loud as we watched it. It is 6 minutes long, so watch it when you have time to watch the whole video.
I change my template about as often as I rearrange my furniture. I can handle changes on the little things...it's the big changes that scare me. Maybe if I take charge of the little changes then I won't have to deal with big changes. I don't think it happens that way, but it's a good thought indeed.
I hope you enjoy the new template. I picked this one because my favorite color is green. Take notice, I have added a question on the sidebar. You'll have to take a peak...and just for fun, leave me an answer. Also, for those of you who read my blog and don't comment, just for fun would ya comment? I love comments. Have a great day.
How in the world do you get a link (with picture and all) to appear on a sidebar? I have been sitting here for two hours (waiting for Justin to come home) trying to figure this out. I am about to go insane. I have signed up for http://www.themomblogs.com/ and I cannot get the link to appear on my sidebar. Well it is there, but not how I want it. My desire is to be able to click on the picture and go directly to the link. Can anyone please, please, please tell me how to do this? You can email me with any suggestions.
Do you know that a slow cooker is called a slow cooker because it cooks slow? I would have to guess that your answer would be, "Why of course, doesn't everybody know that?" Well, you see, some people have logic and some....not so much.
Sunday morning is not the most appropriate time to write a post. But I feel this matter is of utmost importance. If for nothing else, it will serve as a reminder to myself in the future as I go back and read what I have written.
Life is short and our children grow up FAST, way too FAST. I've heard this many times over the years but I think it may finally be sinking in. Last week, Justin took his driving test and upon successful completion, obtained his permit. We now have a teenage driver in our home. It seems as if he was born just yesterday, but no...that was 17 years ago. Seventeen years have flown by.
Seventeen years ago, when Justin was a baby, I was busy. Too busy. Too busy working, too busy socializing, too busy cleaning, too busy hanging out....too busy to hold my baby. And this pattern continued over the years through a few more babies. But God is actively taking a hold of my heart and I am slowly learning that time with my children is short.
Last night Larah went to bed at 7:00. For some reason or other she woke up at 9:00, thinking it was time to rise and shine. In previous years, I would have gone into her room, laid her back down and told her to go to sleep. She probably would have cry and protested, until finally crying herself to sleep. But as I learn that time with my baby is precious and fleeting, I took this opportunity to hold her. I picked her up, held her in my arms and cuddled with her for an hour and 10 minutes until she finally drifted off to sleep. During the hour and ten minutes that I held her, I marveled at God's gift to me. I sang to her. I prayed for her. I rubbed her face. I smelled her hair. I cried. I cried out of sadness that I didn't take these opportunities with our first children and I cried out of joy, for God has continued to bless me with more babies. I cannot go back and fix my yesterdays but I can learn from them and I can live today. Today I will slow down and hold my baby. Today I will not be too busy.
Aunt Amy and Larah at her suprise and belated FIRST birthday party.
Steve, Dad, Micheal, Ben, Amy, Mom, Me
I love you guys!!!
And I miss you already!!!
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